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1980 Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein: There’s much more to the story.

Epstein came to my attention when I was an investigative journalist for one of Columbus, Ohio's alternative newsweeklies, Columbus Alive. Not many people know that the infamous Jeffrey…

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Sonia Sotomayer

This battle for legal accountability

“I dissent a lot. I'm hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that it's done. I'm only joking — maybe not," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a crowd recently. ​"No…

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America Has Room for Arab America

Erika Kirk attacked Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed for describing his home state of Michigan as the “Capital of Arab America.”

Does Ms. Kirk also want to rename Chinatown and Little Italy?…

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What comes with the decline in Trump’s power?

Trump’s power will be limited but not eliminated in January when Democrats take control of both houses of Congress. Democrats do not have the power to overcome Trump’s vetoes unless at…

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Action Alerts

Documentary film screening: Groundswell

Tuesday, November 10, 2026 - 7:00pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

In collaboration with Sunny Glen Garden and the OEEFA, Simply Living will be screening Groundswell on November 10th at 7:00 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road in Columbus.

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Media Bias Misleads, Manipulates, and Divides Americans

I was taken aback by a Wall Street Journal front-page story on November 8, 2026, with the headline: "No Star-Spangled Banner in Sight! First-Ever Palestinian State Lawmaker Celebrates Win with Palestinian Flag."

The story featured Democrat…

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Talarico on SNL

Money for Organizing – Yes!

The amount of money spent on the US midterms was astronomic. Billionaires spent tens of millions to beat the California wealth tax. Elon Musk spent almost a quarter of a billion in Texas alone in political protection money for his business…

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Trump & Co Sell Out Ukraine for Personal Gain

October saw the Trump administration provide many forms of economic and military aid to Russia’s war on Ukraine:

    A “diesel deal” to bail out the funding of Russia’s war machine.Lifting oil sanctions on Russia to help fund Russia’s war…
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