Ohioans to Finish Job, Slay Congressional Gerrymanders
(To circulate petitions, go to ohfairdistricts.com.)Ohioans are set to finish the job. In 2015, Ohio voters resoundingly passed an issue to slay statehouse gerrymanders. Now many are signing petitions...
View ArticleReaching Out For Advice
Hello Everyone,I am a first time user, long time reader. I’m reaching out to this great community for some advice.A good friend of mine is struggling with health and financial problems. What I’d like...
View ArticleIn Ohio, undocumented dad of four faces deportation after 16 years in U.S.
The New York Times highlights the story of Jesus Lara, an undocumented dad of four U.S. citizens who stands to get ripped away from his family and the small Ohio town he’s called home for nearly two...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Pushes Plan To Crack Down On Big Pharma's...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:This excerpt of a 2015 Forbes interview with former Turing Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli pretty well sums...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Connie Pillich (D) Pushes Call To Make Medicaid For All A Reality In...
Received this e-mail today from Connie Pillich’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: I believe that healthcare is a right, not a privilege. And I’m tired of insurance company lobbyists and giant...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Renacci (R) Won't Hold Town Halls Because He Doesn't Want People...
Coward:Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) told a local radio station on Tuesday that he doesn’t intend to hold any town halls because “just having a town hall setting where people are screaming doesn’t make a lot...
View ArticleRant: "People who work for a living; people who take a shower after...
I just happened to catch Tim Ryan’s interview with CNN’s Don Lemon last night and...even more so than his comments about Nancy Pelosi, the particular comment in the headline pissed me the fuck...
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VT-Sen: Sanders & MoveOn.org Heading To PA, OH & WV To Target These...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) and MoveOn.org:Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT)Dear MoveOn member,This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Helps Keep Up The Momentum To Defeat Senate GOP's...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:“Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid” - New York Times, 6/22For over seven years,...
View ArticleOhio city councilman wonders if EMS should stop responding to overdose...
Middletown, Ohio is facing the same epidemic opioid problems much of Ohio faces. Sadly, many people are overdosing and the Emergency Medical Services in Middletown are being stretched thin. While...
View ArticleMessage to Sen. Portman: 220,000 Ohioans with substance abuse coverage will...
Last week, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman was in Cincinnati for a press conference about the heroin crisis in Ohio. Portman said this about recent deaths due to Fentanyl-spiked drugs: You're playing Russian...
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Sen. Sanders headlines healthcare rally in Columbus OH
MoveOn.org hosted a rally against Trumpcare 2.0 at a concert venue today in Columbus, Ohio. I’d estimate maybe a thousand people attended, many from Sanders 2016 organizations and Democrats generally....
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PA, FL & OH-Sen: Al Franken (D. MN) Helps These Democrats Continue To...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Al Franken (D. MN) in support of U.S. Senators Bob Casey, Jr. (D. PA), Bill Nelson (D. FL) & Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:Sen. Bob...
View ArticleMA & OH-Sen: Russ Feingold's PAC Refuses To Let Wall Street Billionaires...
Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold’s (D. WI) group, Legit PAC, in support of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) & Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election...
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OH-Sen: Ed Markey (D. MA) Helps Sherrod Brown (D) Keep Up The Resistance...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D. MA) in support of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:Sen. Sherrod Brown (D. OH)I could rattle off a list of why working...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Calls On Senate To Recognize LGBT Pride Month After...
Hells yeah:xThis year, the White House broke with an 8 year tradition and did not issue a presidential proclamation acknowledging June as Pride Month.â Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) June 28,...
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WI, OH & FL-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps These 3 Dems Defeat...
Getting ready to head out of town today so playing catch up today with diaries. Received this e-mail yesterday from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D....
View ArticleEven red states not eager to share voters' personal information with voter...
Campaign ActionState election officials are not rushing out to bow down to the massive information demand from Donald Trump’s voter suppression commission, a commission that just got another member...
View ArticleChildren increasingly impacted by the opioid epidemic, but Republicans won't...
As lawmakers try to figure out what to do about America’s increasing opioid epidemic, there is one group largely left out of the discussion—children. Children of drug addicts are often left to fend for...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Continues To Hammer GOP On ACA Repeal For Tax Cuts...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:I’m open to a lot of different ideas on how to fix the Affordable Care Act -- but I will not sacrifice millions...
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