OH-Sen: OH Dem Women's Caucus Goes After Portman (R) For Voting Against...
Received this e-mail today from the Ohio Democatic Women’s Caucus:Sen. Rob Portman voted against paycheck fairness FOUR TIMES.We can't let that stand. Join the Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus and demand...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Goes After The Kochs' Secret Surveillance Operation
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:First we learned that TedStrickland is the Koch brothers' top target.Now POLITICO just broke the news that...
View ArticleWant An HIV Test In Ohio? Go To The Food Bank
In the never ending war on women’s reproductive health, a new low has been reached in Ohio. Not content with a 2013 law preventing Title X funds from going to Planned Parenthood for contraception and...
View ArticleWhat I do when I see anti-Muslim hate
Every day now, our politicians and media are stooping to new lows to attack Muslims.But, instead of just sitting here and being pissed off about it, I’ve decided on a new tact: Every time some media...
View ArticleSeven Biggest Cheers at Bernie Sanders Rally in Cleveland (video clips)
On Monday night, a crowd of some 7000 packed into the Cleveland State University arena to see, hear and rally for Bernie Sanders, as he pursues the United States presidency. Sanders spoke for 80...
View ArticleTrump read-in planned in Columbus tonight
This looks interesting: a facebook page organizing a protest at Trump’s speech tonight at the Columbus Convention Center:Donald Trump: Hatred is NOT Welcome in Columbus! ODIO NE ES BIENVENIDO EN...
View ArticleTrump of the Wall
Wherein, to give away the end of the diary, after throwing red meat to his bigoted audience for over an hour, Trump endorses Claudia Rankine's Citizen at the rope line.You may remember the recent story...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Former Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe Helps Strickland (D) Get...
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:So goes Ohio, the saying goes. And in 2016, that couldn't be more...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Jon Stewart & 9/11 First Responders Push Portman (R) To Fund...
It really shouldn’t have had to come down to this but still:Sen. Rob Portman (R. OH) meets face to face with 9/11 Responders.As of Thursday morning, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) was among just 34 senators...
View ArticleOhio deputy charged after fatally shooting his neighbor in the head
Pike County Deputy Joel Jenkins is facing involuntarily manslaughter charges after a late night gun accident:Pike County Sheriff Charles S. Reader said that Deputy Joel Jenkins, who has been with the...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the 50-State Strategy: Finding Democratic candidates for...
A movement is growing at Daily Kos to fix a key problem in our party — regardless of who wins the presidential nomination. In the past couple of months we’ve launched Crowdsourcing the 50-State...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Strickland (D) Goes After Portman (R) On 9/11 Responders Health &...
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign: Have you seen this video?With just a week until the health and compensation bill for 9/11 first...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Slams Rob Portman (R) For Saying He Would Support...
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate race:Donald Trump took his hate a step further this week, saying we should ban all Muslims from coming to the United...
View ArticleOhio deputy now facing two murder charges for separate shootings, one on-duty...
Last week Pike County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Jenkins was charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally shooting his friend late at night while showing off a gun that was not his service...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Portman (R) Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag, "Talk About ISIL Probably...
Ah, well that’s explains everything:Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on Thursday suggested that the national debate about the Islamic State and terrorism has likely strengthened the Republican party...
View ArticleArmed, Suicidal Woman Flees Police, Drives off Cliff into Lake Erie, Rescued,...
Around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday, Lorain, Ohio, police answered a 911 call from a relative of a suicidal woman with a handgun. Thanks to the police officers' judgement, bravery, and some luck, the incident...
View ArticleCincinnati Bans Conversion ‘Therapy’
Fix society. Please.That was the close of Leelah Alcorn’s suicide note; she was a Southwest Ohio teen who killed herself a year ago after undergoing conversion ‘therapy’. This past Wednesday the...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ohio Gay-Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell Backs Strickland (D) Over...
Big news out of Ohio today:The lead plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit that led to legal gay marriage nationwide is endorsing a Democratic challenger to Ohio senator Rob Portman, despite Portman’s...
View ArticleOHIO: Newspaper Editor Fired For Writing About NRA
Not much to add to this as it’s very well written by Chelsea Kiene…. Read it all here.Here’s the nut graph…Jan Larson McLaughlin, 53, said she was handed a letter of termination accusing her of...
View ArticleOhio Crucial for 2016 Election, yet No.1 State to Purge Registered Voters...
Not since John F. Kennedy has a Democrat been elected President of the United States without winning Ohio. Yet, Ohio remains the number 1 state in the United States to continuously purge registered...
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