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Unmask ICE in Springfield, and beyond

DHS Secretary Noem announced that federal agents in Minnesota will begin wearing body cameras. This comes after the world has been outraged about their behavior in U.S. communities — behavior that resulted in death and serious bodily injury…

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Six ways to help Haitian-Ohioans NOW

As ICE and the Border Patrol threaten to surge in Ohio, people around the state and country are wondering what they can do. We’ve compiled a list of 6 action items.

Here is a list of the key organizations working on the ground in Springfield…

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Democrats and Republicans―The Differences are Enormous

Amid widespread revulsion at the behavior of the second Trump administration and its Republican loyalists, there is a curious tendency to blame Democrats for the slide of the United States toward fascism. As one enraged commentator put it…

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Five Ohio immigration bills to know

This article first appeared on Substack.

It’s a major election year, and the Ohio legislature is about to return from their winter break. That can only mean one thing: campaign messaging bills.

The…

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