Judge recommends charges for man who lied to 911 operator, led to police...
In 2014, John Crawford III picked up an air rifle off the shelf of a Walmart store in Ohio. He was nonchalantly walking around the sporting goods section, on the phone with his girlfriend and carrying...
View ArticleNV, OH, WI & FL-Sen: Koch Groups Ignore Cult Of Trump, Shift Focus On...
Good read from The Guardian today:Key conservative groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and their network of rich allies are plowing millions into Senate races after becoming frustrated by...
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Trump support maps in Columbus OH
Trump’s support in Franklin County (Columbus) Ohio in the recent Republican primary was very low towards the center and north of the county and higher in the white working class and middle class...
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OH-Sen: NRA Attacks Strickland (D) For Standing With Obama On Gun Control,...
Received this e-mail today from Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:I just talked to Ted and this is urgent:The National Rifle Association (NRA) just launched a major attack against Ted....
View ArticleOH-Sen: Rob Portman (R) Shuts Out Reporter From Student Newspaper At Ohio...
Kudos to Blue Nation Review for catching this:The event was part of a “Congressional Conversations Initiative” series that will also include Nancy Pelosi. OSU bills the series as a discussion “on...
View ArticleNH & NC-Sen: Kelly Ayotte (R) & Richard Burr (R) Hint That They'll...
Can’t say that I’m surprised:Some Republican senators facing tough re-election fights this year are thinking about skipping July's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, CNN reported Tuesday.Sen....
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OH-Sen: Strickland (D) Hits Portman (R) Over Votes To Gut Medicare &...
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:Ted Strickland (D. OH)I grew up on Duck Run, a small road in southern Scioto County, surrounded by...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Joins The Call To Expand Social Security
I’m liking this:Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Ted Strickland said Tuesday that he favors increasing payroll taxes on the wealthy to bolster Social Security.Strickland, speaking before the Ohio...
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Ted Strickland: Tax the wealthy to preserve Social Security
Former Gov. Ted Strickland, and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, has jumped on the bandwagon for protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare through the most obvious and...
View ArticleNV, IL, WI, NH, FL, OH-Sen: Dick Durbin (D. IL) Wants You To Pick The Next...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D. IL):While I’m not up for re-election this year, I’m focused on helping Democrats take back the U.S. Senate in November. We have a number of...
View ArticleNever any mention of the NUMBER of UNCOMMITTED super delegates & WHO some...
Did you know that Former President Jimmy Carter (GA) and Former Vice President Al Gore (TN) are, as yet, still uncommitted super delegates? I find it especially surprising that Gore, VP to Bill...
View ArticleRepublicans Devise A New Way to Humiliate Women For Getting An Abortion
In their quest to punish and shame all women who obtain safe and legal abortions, Republicans in state legislatures across the country are introducing “Fetal Burial” Bills, which make it a legal...
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Ted Strickland, the Kochs' number one target this cycle?
The Koch brothers have some kind of thing about Ohio, spending outrageous sums of money to do things like get Sen. Sherrod Brown out of office, or cut funding to the Columbus Zoo. They've already...
View ArticleWTF is wrong with you? Yes, YOU!
Currently on the rec list: Two diaries on the delegate race (spoiler: same as two weeks ago), two Hillary supporters diaries (Hillary still rules!), one Bernie supporters diary (Hillary still rules!),...
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OH-Sen: Strickland (D) Reminds Us When Portman (R) Said The Senate's "Solemn...
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:Ted Strickland (D. OH)We all know that Senator Rob Portman has been taking some serious heat from voters...
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AZ & OH-Sen: Council For A Livable World Determined To Flip These Two...
Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World:Did you see the recent New York Times article exploring the risks of a new nuclear arms race? The US is planning to spend up to $1...
View ArticleBernie earns extra delegate in OH; revolution continues
Report from the authorized representative for the Bernie Sanders campaign Ohio: 1 District Delegate gain for Ohio. HRC 80 Bernie 63. Official Count.This happened today after the Ohio Secretary of State...
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The G.O.Politboro Strikes Back: still moving goalposts now that Cruz has...
Amusingly one GOP delegate, Soloman Yue of Portland Oregon, originally born in the PRC, was trying to get the convention to switch RNC Convention rules from US House of Representative rules to Robert’s...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Portman (R) Says He Is Going To Spend "Like, Very Little" Time At GOP...
Of course:It wasn't supposed to be this way. When Cleveland bid to host this summer's Republican National Convention, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman was among the city's biggest cheerleaders and figured to be...
View ArticleKasich, the “moderate” of Fantasy and Lore
In the bizarre ideological, economic, ethical and moral wasteland that is GOP politics, the Ohio governor is being offered as an oasis, a “reasonable” choice for conservative voters who recoil at the...
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