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LGBTQties Burlesque Fundraiser:  Community Pride 2019
Friday, May 31, 2019, 7:30 (doors open)
In case ya hadn’t heard about this bop of an event, called LGBTQties Burlesque & Variety Show, let us put you on. It’s a good vibe party with local LGBTQ+ entertainers of color, servin us their best drag and burlesque for one night only before pride. It’s a little moment to be around us Queeros, get that feel, and help us put this Pride thing together! We’d love to see you there! Suggest donation of $5-$10. Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8:30pm! Location: AWOL Bar, 49 Parsons Ave. Columbus 43215.  Facebook. 

House Judiciary Chairman Jerold Nadler, D-NY, has declared that our country is in a “constitutional crisis” as a result of the executive branch’s refusal to honor congressional subpoenas for documentation and testimony regarding the Mueller Report and other congressional investigations. He went on to say that the survival of the Republic was now at stake. Others in politics, the media, and academe have expressed concern over the erosion of democracy in the United States. If democracy in America, a seemingly successful experiment which has withstood the test of time over the past 231 years, is in jeopardy, who is at fault and what can be done to remedy the situation?

“The age of nuclear energy is coming to an end. The age of radioactive waste is just beginning.” Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

Hang Ups Plague California’s Nuke Dump By-the-Sea, But ‘Regulatory Capture’ Prevails…for Now…

Even when a person has health insurance, healthcare in the U.S. is largely inaccessible. Copays and deductibles are enough to put people in thousands of dollars of debt. Investopedia cited an NPR poll that found, “27 percent of respondents struggled to cover food, utilities, and housing expenses because of medical bills.” In fact, due to the impact medical bills have, “Medicare for all” has become a popular political conversation, as more Americans are unable to afford healthcare and begin to compare our healthcare system with that of other countries.

Only immediate climate action can save the future. If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.

A speech by Bill Moyers

At an April 30 conference entitled “Covering Climate Now,” co-sponsored by The Nation and Colombia Journalism Review, Bill Moyers made a speech which included the following remarks:

“I have been asked to bring this gathering to a close by summing up how we can do better at covering the possible 'collapse of our civilization and extinction of much of the natural world,' to quote the noted environmentalist David Attenborough, speaking at the recent United Nations climate summit in Poland...

A few weeks ago, Ohio became the sixth state to pass a so-called “Heartbeat Bill” that prohibits abortion after a “fetal heartbeat” can be heard–around the sixth week of pregnancy when most women don’t even know yet they are pregnant.

Ohio’s “Heartbeat Bill” has been covered extensively, and I don’t intend to reinvent that wheel. Little has been mentioned, however, about how these bills, especially in Ohio, originated with individuals opposed to adoptee civil rights and how implementation can stymie adoptee rights and adoption reform.

“Heartbeat” and Adoption: Background

Tuesday, May 28, 6:30-8:30pm
Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
We are in need of volunteers! Join us this Tuesday, May 28 at 6:30pm at Columbus Mennonite Church to get hands-on with our current projects that are happening THIS WEEK! There is some exciting news to share about a path forward, but we need your help. All are welcome!

Death Penalty Action is raising funds to support protests on the ground at the site of the 1500th execution in the United States since 1977. At this writing on May 24th, the 1500th execution may be July 31st in Texas. This may change if there is a stay in prior execution(s) or new dates are added.

These funds will help us raise awareness and coordinate on-the-ground activities around the date of the execution. With your help, we'll be able to support abolitionists who would travel to be there.

Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $1500. Every little bit helps. 

Thank you for your support. Death Penalty Action (DPA) provides high visibility resources, leadership, support, educational and direct action events and activities within the broader anti-death penalty movement.

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OMG! Ohio Rep. John Becker (R-Clermont County)is even dumber than I thought. In fact, he has just grabbed the dumber-than-a-doorknob title held for the last few years by former Rep. Jim Buchy who once told Al Jazeera  he couldn’t figure out why someone would want an abortion.

Becker is the Republican who introducedHB 182in the Ohio House a couple of weeks ago, The bill excludes private insurance coverage for abortion, It includes two other whackadoodle provisions:

·         mandates a medical procedure to remove the embryo in an ectopic pregnancy from a Fallopian tube or elsewhere and implant it in the uterus in to order avoid abortion.

·         “prohibits the use of drugs or devices used to prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum.” whatever that means.