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WI, NH, OH & NV-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Wants These Climate...
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):We’re at a tipping point in the climate fight.The world made critical progress in Paris with a historic agreement. The President’s Clean...
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GUEST: Media Matters' Salvatore Colleluori...On today's BradCast, ownership of our nation's media gets more and more rightwing in advance of the 2016 Presidential elections.First up, in Ohio, a...
View ArticleProsecutor in Tamir Rice case won't get county Democratic Party endorsement...
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty will not receive the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party’s endorsement for the March primary for his re-election, Cleveland.com reports:Neither Parma Safety Director...
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OH-Sen: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D. CA) Helps Ted Strickland (D) Get Ready To...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D. CA) in support of former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:When asked if he would support Trump if he were the GOP...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Singer/Songwriter Carole King Helps Ted Strickland (D) Get Ready To...
Tapestry is one of my top favorite albums so I am very excited to get this e-mail from singer/songwriter Carole King in support of former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:This is...
View ArticleCincinnati rally planned for Tamir Rice
Black Lives Matter-Cincinnati is planning a rally today, Tuesday, December 29, at 6 PM, protesting the lack of indictments in the 2014 murder of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland police officer. The rally will...
View ArticleThe police protection playbook: how Ohio officials followed the script to the...
The day ended with impassioned calls for calm; that Cleveland and Ohio residents be respectful and mindful of the process and the inevitable march toward justice. I closed my laptop during Cuyahoga...
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WI, CA & OH-Sen: 21st Century Democrats Helps These Dems Close Out 2015
Received this e-mail today from the progressive group, 21st Century Democrats:Russ Feingold (D. WI)Democrats must take back the majority in the U.S. Senate. That’s what 21st Century Democrats is...
View ArticleTamir and the trolls
Officials in Cleveland declined to bring charges against two police officers for the murder of 12-year-old Tamir Rice on Monday, December 28. That outcome was pretty much expected. Hoped for? Welcomed?...
View ArticleReflections on the Racial Double Standard in America
The end of the year is always a time for reflection about yourself, your loved ones, and your community. That’s why we get to enjoy the flashback articles from Bill in Portland Maine and also endure...
View ArticleFear of black boys is in the jaundiced eye of the beholder
Now that the city of Cleveland will not be prosecuting any of its police officers for the murder of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a new round of thought pieces and analyses are making their way around the...
View ArticleNV, OH & NH-Sen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps These Democrats Get...
Happy New Year’s Eve! Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA):2016 is almost here. We can’t put it off. If we’re going to take back the Democratic majority in the Senate...
View ArticleLabor movement's prospects over the next several years look alarming
(Cross Posted at The Makeshift Academic)As another election year dawns, I find myself contemplating the future of the labor movement.The immediate future looks grim.That isn't to say that the labor...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Praises Obama's Executive Action On Guns
Glad to hear:Southeast Ohioans are sensible. They don't want criminals getting guns. They don't want people with mental illnesses to buy semi-automatic weapons. So they'll vote for the next Democratic...
View ArticleOhio man shot his 14-year-old son after mistaking him for an intruder
An Ohio man is grieving today after he mistakenly shot and killed his own son:Police say the man thought his son had caught the bus for school Tuesday morning, but the teen returned home soon...
View ArticleOhio Press Group Says We Deserve Better Political Reporting
I found an interesting guest column in my local paper the other day from Dennis Hetzel, who is executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association and president of the Ohio Coalition for Open...
View ArticleBundy supporter was recently arrested on concealed gun charge, detained while...
Pete Santilli, the man who’s been live streaming his Pete Santilli Show from the Oregon standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon was recently was pulled over in the Cincinnati area...
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Ohio's Not Waiting for Bernie Sanders
Last week, Bernie’s first campaign office opened in Ohio… without the campaign. A group of forward-thinking activists and die hard Bernie Sanders supporters began planning and raising funds in...
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new low oil prices and how they're set, Ohio HB 422, Canada adds 144 rigs,...
as the price of oil has continued to fall over the past several weeks, i've been expecting and waiting for the price of oil to stabilize, maybe even rise a bit, such that the ongoing drop in the price...
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