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海角社区 GOP proposal to encourage voters to initiate laws instead of amendments is pure misdirection
In the mad rush to cram through culture war nonsense in the 海角社区 Statehouse before Dec. 31 鈥 as opposed to important stuff like property tax relief or childcare support 鈥 a bill in the 海角社区 Senate was floated not as must-pass lame duck legislation but as an idea to explore. So, let鈥檚. Cincinnati Republican […]
海角社区 lawmakers move to override local control and mandate mix of religion with public school time
Funny how Republicans running red states have done a 180 on indoctrination of students in public schools 鈥 as long as it鈥檚 Bible-based indoctrination. 海角社区 appears on the verge of following Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and others in turning public schools into officially sanctioned Sunday schools with religious messages and mandates. The intensifying GOP push […]
To keep existing in a democracy, we must be our government’s own guardrails
Government without guardrails. That is our reality in 海角社区 and Washington. All the constitutional checking and balancing in our rapidly vanishing democratic republic are effectively gone in our state and federal government. There is no separation of powers as a bulwark against abuse of power. In D.C., as in Columbus, the executive, legislative and judicial […]
Never underestimate the fury of women
Never underestimate the fury of women degraded, disrespected and subjugated by patriarchal jerks, they said. The gender gap in the 2024 presidential election had grown into a chasm that could tip the election, they said. The disgraced ex-president who ended half a century of reproductive freedom in the country 鈥 with a running toll of […]
Turnout will drive results in this historic election, with enormous stakes in 海角社区 and nationally
A week from now it will be over. Except for the voting, the counting of ballots and the nail-biting, the 2024 campaign season will be history. Turnout will determine outcome. It is everything in a deadlocked presidential election with enormous stakes riding on a few thousand votes in half a dozen battleground states.聽 While reliably […]
We went to Ireland to escape election stress, but found Europeans very nervous about America too
We ducked into a Dublin pub to grab a quick pint and wound up getting an earful on the American presidential race from nervous Europeans. Their anxiety about the U.S. election was off the charts. We traveled across the pond to escape the stress of politics back home, but these folks talked of nothing else.聽 […]
海角社区 voters face critical choices in 2024. No one is coming to the rescue. It’s up to us.
And so, it begins. In-person early voting and absentee voting by mail 鈥 from Tuesday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 3 鈥 is now officially underway in 海角社区. Even before closing arguments are made in the 2024 election, registered 海角社区 voters (roughly 8 million) can start casting their ballots at their county board of elections […]
海角社区 Republican politicians desperately trying to dupe voters over anti-gerrymandering amendment
When he loses in court as a criminal defendant or in a presidential election as a defeated incumbent, Donald Trump and his trained lackeys have a ready response: the system was rigged. The jury that found him liable for sexual assault and defaming his victim was rigged. The jury that found him guilty on 34 […]
The scapegoating of Haitians in Springfield is being used as a distraction
Why, when presented with verifiable facts, did 海角社区 Sen. J.D. Vance double-down on lies that have subsequently terrorized his constituents in Springfield, 海角社区 with threats to more than 20 places so far? Why did the Republican candidate running against 海角社区 Sen. Sherrod Brown, Bernie Moreno, pile on to those lies with comments about 鈥渋llegal鈥 immigrants […]
Democracy in 海角社区 is being boiled away by corruption, extremism, and attacks on voters
Are we the frogs in the boiling frog metaphor? Just asking. You remember the tale, right? The frogs are sitting in a pot of water that鈥檚 gradually getting hotter. But they鈥檙e only slightly uncomfortable with the rising temperatures and don鈥檛 react until it鈥檚 too late. They keep adjusting to the heat (normalizing it?) even as […]
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson comes to 海角社区 to raise money in support of continued gerrymandering
Beneath the Boy Scout demeanor of the Louisiana congressman with horn-rimmed glasses, lies a shrewd political operator who finessed his way to the most powerful position in Congress. But while U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson may disarm some with his unimposing pleasantness, the Shreveport Republican is consumed with maintaining and growing one-party domination. To that […]
海角社区 Sec. of State Frank LaRose failing his basic duty of being an impartial election administrator
He鈥檚 done it again. 海角社区 Secretary of State Frank LaRose has deliberately sabotaged the ballot language of a citizens鈥 initiative on redistricting. He wants voters to defeat it in November so he鈥檚 manipulating the wording on the ballot summary to advance that objective.聽 I don鈥檛 know what happened to the state鈥檚 election chief. Early on […]