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The idea of The Exercise – cooperation between the country’s two major political parties, on purpose, and why – is fiction, not fact.
Before any fact ever becomes a proven fact, it has a degree of likelihood. When something is proven as fact, it has a 100 percent degree of likelihood. Below that 100 percent, however, lie murky depths, the deeper, the murkier.
The idea of The Exercise has a high degree of likelihood, in large part because fictional Progress Party shotcaller Jack Barns conceived a need for it. No political party can exist in a vacuum.
This brings up an interesting philosophical question: why? Two possible answers: for good, or for evil.
For good? Nope. That really is fiction. There may be room in politics for it, but altruism rarely makes an appearance, by choice or by chance.
For evil? Now, we’re getting somewhere. Behind all the rhetoric, public bickering and inability of elected officials to represent their constituents of every party, or no party, lies the idea of The Exercise.
WHEN: Saturday, February 20th from 12-1pm (local time)
WHO: Anyone who wants to stand in solidarity with IUE-CWA Local 84704 workers
WHAT: We will hold signs and pass out flyers at each Walmart location
The COVID-19 pandemic has created incredible health and economic problems for millions of U.S. families. We need to act now! According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: "President Biden’s $1.9 trillion emergency relief plan includes a Child Tax Credit expansion that would lift 9.9 million children above or closer to the poverty line, including 2.3 million Black children, 4.1 million Latino children, and 441,000 Asian American children." If passed, this expansion of the Child Tax Credit would be available to 27 million children whose families don’t currently get the full credit because their parents don’t earn enough.
On Thursday, February 18th, Edith Espinal will leave Columbus Mennonite Church, where she’s been living in sanctuary for more than three years, to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. While ICE officials have assured Edith is not a priority for detention or deportation, this is still a risk. That's why Edith needs our support!
Join us tomorrow, February 18th from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the ICE field office at 675 Brooksedge Boulevard to keep ICE accountable to their assurances and promises that Edith is safe from detention and deportation.
The Biden administration has announced a series of immigration executive orders, including one that sets new guidance about who is considered a priority for removal. Under these new guidelines, Edith should not be considered a priority for removal and should be granted a reprieve from deportation.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
In a white-dominated Columbus old-money suburb, another left-leaning government official is being targeted by a secretive group with an obvious right-wing bent.
Expressing or acting on progressive views in one of Central Ohio’s suburbs can, for example, get your Juneteenth celebration picketed. This happened to a group of Upper Arlington (UA) teachers last year. The “protester” was an ultra-conservative UA resident who was inciting likeminded residents to dox and harass Black Lives Matter supporters in UA through an unsearchable invite-only Facebook group called “UA Golden Pride.”
Wednesday, February 17, 6pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Facebook Event
Join us for a dynamic discussion surrounding LGBTQ+ people who experience disability. We will discuss our lived experiences, ableism, share hope for those who may be struggling with their lived experiences, and answer questions you might have that will help you in your understanding of people with disabilities.
We look forward to sharing with you.
Please use this Zoom link to join this event.
Hosted by Greater Cincinnati HRC [Human Rights Campaign].
Rep. Brigid Kelly wants to see the Ohio General Assembly embrace legislating by virtual means as the state keeps battling the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Whether the legislature meets in person or by video conference, the Cincinnati Democrat would like constituents to be able to testify for and against bills through digital means. And if hearings and floor sessions continue to be held in person, Kelly wants everyone to wear a mask just as Ohioans are required to do in nearly all other public indoor spaces. Kelly offered sponsor testimony on Thursday morning for two bills to allow for virtual committee hearings and sessions along with requiring masks be worn at the Statehouse.
As was foreseen, last week the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump for the crime of inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Now, there are millions of Americans who have a choice to make. Republicans, conservativesand even some libertarianshave stretched their usual political norms to make excuses for Trump’s erratic behavior for years, but while the Congress and Vice-President counted the 2020 Electoral College votes on January 6, we finally saw in plain sight how far Trump and his rabid supporters would go. The riots at the Capitol were a direct attempt to usurp the democratic processes of our constitutional republic and any attempts by anyone to defend those actions are fundamentally flawed.