Cleveland will pay $6 million to family of Tamir Rice
In 2014, Tamir Rice was gunned down by Cleveland police. He was an unarmed black boy, only 12 years old.Today it was announced that the city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to Tamir Rice's family....
View ArticleOH-Sen: Senate Majority PAC's New Ad Continues To Hit Portman (R) On Free...
More news out of Ohio today:xYouTube VideoSenate Majority PAC has purchased about $850,000 worth of cable and broadcast ad time in Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, according to group spokesman Shripal...
View ArticleOH, PA, IA, CO, NV, NH And IL-Sen: Tom Steyer Is Launching The Biggest Youth...
New York Times is out with a new piece about the upcoming elections in these states:The billionaire environmentalist Thomas F. Steyer and his political advocacy group, NextGen Climate, will spend at...
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Cleveland Police Union President Insults Memory of Tamir Rice
Many of you already know that Tamir Rice’s family was awarded today $6,000,000 for his death.www.dailykos.com/…www.dailykos.com/…Ideally this would be a moment for somber reflection for all parties...
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OH-Sen: House GOP Is Hurting Rob Portman's (R) Re-Election Bid By Weakening...
With friends like these:Advocates of legislation to combat painkiller and heroin abuse are balking at changes House Republicans have made to a Senate-passed bill, arguing the revisions would compromise...
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Ohio’s Strickland and Portman tied for Senate seat, but voters want a Garland...
Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Ted Strickland is in a dead heat with GOP Sen. Rob Portman at 38 percent each with 23 percent of the electorate still undecided, according to the latest Ohio PPP poll...
View ArticleOH-Sen: PPP's Newest Poll Has Ted Strickland (D) And Rob Portman (R) Tied
PPP has a new poll out of Ohio today that shows that voters there want Governor John Kasich (R. OH) to drop out of the presidential race because they feel he’s neglecting his duties there. They also...
View ArticleObama presses case for Merrick Garland in vulnerable GOP senators' media markets
Just in time for the Senate recess, President Obama is taking his case for a vote on Merrick Garland to voters in TV markets where Democrats hope to pick up seats in November. Several recent polls have...
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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman takes credit for all the things he voted against
Show Portman the exit.Republican Sen. Rob Portman is facing a tough challenge in Ohio from former governor and congressman Ted Strickland. Since Portman is a member of the vacationing McConnell Senate,...
View ArticleOH-Sen: The Attack Ads Keep On Coming Hammering Rob Portman (R) On SCOTUS...
More news out of Ohio today:xYouTube VideoAn outside group has gone on the air this morning with ads attacking Sen. Rob Portman for being unwilling to allow a vote on President Barack Obama’s Supreme...
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Still berning in Athens OH
Some photos of some Sanders supporters taken today outside the Hillary Clinton appearance in Athens, Ohio.Whew. That was a dozen or so protesters. Just as a quick palate cleanse, here’s are a couple of...
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Hillary in Athens, OH while Indiana Berned
While Hoosiers were voting yesterday, Hillary was in southeastern Ohio (Appalachia), courting votes in coal country. Athens County was her weakest Ohio County in the March 15th open primary. She won...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Looks Like Rob Portman (R) Spoke Too Soon About Sticking Kasich All...
Whoops:Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee, but not every lawmaker is ready to rally behind him yet.Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who is facing a tough re-election in 2016, says that he...
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Kasich Pulls Out: tRumpus Interruptus
Showing that in-enviability not inevitability of the 2016 campaign, John Kasich is reported by several media outlets to be pulling out of the GOP POTUS nomination race. Turned his flight around in...
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Reality to Rob Portman: 'Give up on Kasich, already'
Lalalala, says Ohio Sen. Rob Portman. "Trump? Trump who?"Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who is facing a tough re-election in 2016, says that he is sticking with Ohio Gov. John Kasich."John Kasich is Rob's...
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Congratulations, Rob Portman! You're on Donald Trump's VP short list!
Of all the vulnerable Senate Republicans clinging to the fantasy that they can run away from Donald Trump, the clingiest has to be Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). This is the guy who was doggedly endorsing...
View ArticleOhio Republicans want you to pay to vote, introduce a bill saying as much
Ohio’s very own state Senator Bill Seitz is tired of activists and hippies and groups who try to petition judges to keep polls open later during elections. It’s frivolous, says Seitz! He wants it to be...
View Article"I'd sooner vote for a rat crossing the railroad tracks"
So this was the absolute highlight of my day. I often stop into a local gas station on my way home. There is a woman who works there who knows me well, but only in terms of what I buy. Beyond that I...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Portman (R), "Trump On The Ticket Will Help Re-Election Bid, But Not...
He actually said this:U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said having billionaire businessman Donald Trump lead the Republican ticket as its presidential nominee will “be a positive in the end” for his re-election...
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OH-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), "Stop Trump By Sending Ted Strickland (D)...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA)Hello,Donald Trump's final...
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