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We all want to live and raise our children in a safe place. Two immigrant parents thought they came to the United States for exactly that, only to have their dreams dashed in March.
Bizarrely, we now seem to have a standoff between the Trump administration and the US Supreme Court and lower federal courts. As wildly, it’s over a situation where the administration admits that they made a mistake, but still seems to be trying to draw a crazy line in the sand and not make it right. What’s building up as a constitutional crisis is all about the deportation of one man, Abrego Garcia, who was deported based on the administration’s unprovable claim that he was a member of a gang. Nonetheless, they sent him to a prison in El Salvador, and, so far, are continuing to refuse to return him despite the US Supreme Court decision that they need to do so.
The backstory on Garcia seems straightforward. He’s been in the Maryland for the last dozen years. He’s married and working in construction. They are raising three children with disabilities. He has never been arrested in the US, and there is no record of illegal activity here or abroad. Yet, somehow, he ended up on the night flight to the notorious prisons in El Salvador.
Monday, Apr.14, 2025
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On April 5th, the 50501 Movement joined forces with grassroots organizations across the country to help lead the largest single-day protest since the beginning of the Donald Trump’s disastrous regime. Over 5 million Americans participated in more than 1,000 demonstrations in all 50 states and Washington D.C., uniting to send the People’s Veto: Hands Off our democracy!
The Growing American People’s Movement
The magnitude of this protest exemplifies a thunderous resistance against the erosion of democratic norms and the quest for economic justice. Between Trump’s tantrum-induced tariffs, the hollowing out of necessary government services to line the pockets of anti-American billionaires and the silencing and kidnapping of legal residents, the American people have had enough. Now, they are making their voices heard and standing up for each other like never before.
The Columbus International Film & Animation Festival (CIF+AF), the longest continuously running film festival in North America, proudly announces its 73rd annual event, set for Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT at Phoenix Theatres Lennox Town Center 24, located at 777 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio.
Established in 1952, CIF+AF has a storied history of showcasing exceptional independent films and animations from around the world. The festival has honored works from esteemed entities such as National Geographic, HBO, The National Film Board of Canada, Disney, and PBS, and has been a platform for films that have gone on to receive Oscars, Emmy Awards, and other international accolades.
This year's festival will feature a curated selection of films, offering attendees a diverse cinematic experience. Tickets are available for purchase through Eventbrite.
For more information about the festival, including its history and upcoming events, please visit the official website at columbusfilm.org.
Equality Ohio strongly opposes Sub. HB 96, the latest version of Ohio’s state budget, which directly threatens public education, democracy, and marginalized communities, including LGBTQ+ Ohioans.
Saturday, April 12, 6-8:30pm, doors open at 5:30pm
Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
Join us at the Old First Presbyterian Church for an exciting opportunity to meet the candidates who are running for Columbus City Council! This in-person event will give you a chance to hear directly from the candidates about their platforms and ask them your burning questions. Don’t miss this chance to be an informed voter and make your voice heard in the upcoming election. See you there!
This event is also the April Free Press Second Saturday Salon, free and open to the public with refreshments.
Harvey's Comment in LA Times:
These Olympics must also be 100% solar/wind/geothermal powered & the Diablo Canyon reactors must be shut before they begin.
the Games are threatened by potential catastrophe from the continued operation of these two uninsured, obsolete nukes surrounded at Avila Beach by earthquake faults capable of blanketing the region with lethal Chernobyl-scale radioactive clouds.
debate still rages over how much radiation Fukushima poured into Tokyo in 2011-21; we must not allow that possibility for Los Angeles in 2028 & beyond.
we have just suffered horrific fires caused at least in part by a faulty central-powered utility system that must be replaced by micro-grid based renewables. rooftop solar is the answer for Los Angeles to have a cheap, safe, clean power system, and it must happen prior to the Olympics.
Trump Tariffs
It's becoming increasingly clear that the new Trump tariffs will significantly impact the solar industry, adding additional tariffs on top of the already 50 percent level that are assessed against many of the leading solar panel exporting countries.
Preliminary calculations by solar.com anticipate a net 10 cents per watt average increase to the cost of solar hardware. There's currently a significant inventory of solar panels that have been warehoused in anticipation of these tariffs, so the impact on the industry may not be immediately felt.
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, there's currently about 50 gigawatts of solar panel manufacturing capacity here in the US, which is theoretically enough to meet domestic demand for solar panels.
However, the subcomponents of those panels, such as the silicon and the metal for the framing, will be subject to the Trump tariffs.
Greep Zoom #219 opens at the giant multi-million global marches that tried to confront the Trump regime.
One performer at LA’s Pershing Square gathering is CLIFFORD TASNER of the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action who introduces us to Trillionaires for Trump.
The fictional Trump “tariff advisor” Ron Vara is exposed by TATANKA BRICCA as a mythological economy crasher.
Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH chimes in with his usual wisdom.
The great DAVID SALTMAN raises the issue of a general strike.
Computer genius LEE FELSENSTEIN offers a “Reverse the Media” strategy going forward, complete with a national mailer on his critical digital design.
Radio maven LYNN FEINERMAN adds to the brilliance with her call for grassroots organizing.
Indivisible’s MIMI S calls for support for the “Make Polluters Pay” movement.
From Minnesota KARLA SAND tells us that 1 in 4 Americans is disabled while she emphasizes the need to protect Medicare and emphasizes that she goes of ‘every darn thing.".