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Bill to allow recall elections introduced in Ohio House
State Reps. Mike Foley (D-Cleveland) and Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) just wrapped up a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse where they announced legislation to allow for recall elections of...
View ArticleOhio University or Bust?
I need help from fellow Kossacks about whether to let my daughter attend Ohio University in the fall. Should I contribute to the coffers of the state that harbors safe haven for Kasich? Boehner? Mean...
View ArticleStudent Arrested for Stealing Inhaler During Asthma Attack
An 18 year old student at the University of Cincinnati was arrested yesterday after he "stole" an inhaler from a local Walgreens. He was suffering from an asthma attack during an attempted purchase of...
View ArticleReports of the death of the salesman have been greatly exaggerated.
Discovering that John Boehner made his living as a plastics salesman was not entirely surprising, but telling. Even the most cursory movie-goer in my age group will remember "The Graduate" being...
View ArticleStudents Leading the Way In Moving Beyond Coal
Nationwide young people are working to move their college campuses and communities beyond coal to clean energy solutions - and they are winning. In the past few weeks we’ve seen three colleges decide...
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We Are Ohio -- SB5 repeal rally (photo diary)
Buses and cars from all over Ohio converged on the Statehouse in Columbus today for the "We Are Ohio" rally for repeal of Senate Bill 5, the union-busting bill signed into law by Gov. Kasich last...
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Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Yuri's Night 2011 edition)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. This week's featured story comes from the...
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Update on Ohio efforts to repeal SB 5
Yesterday, over 10,000 people rallied on the lawn outside the Ohio Capitol in Columbus. The gathering was a kick-off event for efforts to repeal Senate Bill 5. If SB 5 is allowed to stand, it would...
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DK Elections Daily Digest: 4/11
Senate: • CT-Sen: William Tong, a state rep we mentioned once before, is supposedly gearing up to enter the Democratic primary. He was recently in DC "making the rounds," and is reportedly trying to...
View ArticleENOUGH! Get active. State & Local Action Group's First Campaign
It's time folks. Time to get started on our plan. Today we begin choosing our first target. Here's the question: what crazy legislation has been passed in your state? In the comments below, please...
View ArticleCollege Democrats Continuing the Fight in Ohio
This is a very critical time in Ohio. Republican Governor Kasich's agenda is to eliminate union rights and hinder the middle class, defund education, and the terrifying attempt to steal voting rights...
View ArticleOhio Governor Endorses Socialism — for Diebold
Anyone with a few brain cells could see that Ohio Governor John Kasich’s plan to privatize the Department of Development (dubbed “JobsOhio, or as we in Ohio call it, “RobsOhio” — and we’ll shortly see...
View ArticleHow much private sector employment is created by the public sector?
I hear all the incredible sanctimonious language from the conservative GOPTea Party about the size of government, and I think it's about time we on the left, we who are pragmatic about this economy,...
View ArticleHorrible news from Sherrod Brown
Yesterday’s Midday open thread hailed the “good news” that Sherrod Brown had amassed “$1.3 million for his re-election bid in the first quarter of this year.” While I think Brown is one of the better...
View ArticleJust Say No To Capital Punishment
"The death penalty is capricious, discriminatory and barbaric. The shortage of sodium thiopental has stripped what Justice Harry Blackmun called 'the machinery of death' of even a cloak of...
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Today's Strongman Report, 14 April 2011 - Dirty Money
While even a heart attack and hospitalization can't keep Egyptian Investigators from looking into Mubarek's alleged embezzlement of government funds and Nelly Furtado, Beyonce and even the London...
View ArticleRecalling Mr. Kasich
Soon — after their drive to recall state senator — Wisconsin will get busy will its effort to recall its governor Scott Walker, something Wisconsin's constitution allows them to do a year after...
View ArticleA Day in OH: Guns in bars are good!
When much of the nation is still grappling with the tragedies in AZ and with possible legislation underway limiting large capacity magazines, what does the Republican controlled Senate leadership of...
View ArticleOhioans: Prepare for glory! S.B. 5 petition language APPROVED.
Today is the first official day we can wage the first part of our statewide countermeasure to the anti-union bill that is Senate Bill 5, which significantly limits the collective bargaining rights of...
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Cell Phones for Poor People?
Whenever you and I got our first cell phones, we likely saw them as a luxury, an achievement. We had embraced technology, and now we had new ways to stay in touch with people and to master the...
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