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Columbus City Council Continues to Defund Public Education

Just like every other major corporation that is flourishing in financial success, Ginther and this City Council will continue to ignore independent reports that the hundreds of millions of dollars handed out in tax abatements and TIF’s are…

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No fracking

Tell your Ohio senator: Vote NO on SB 294

This Tuesday, January 27, the Ohio Senate Energy Committee will hear testimony on Senate Bill 294.

Tell your Ohio Senators: Vote NO on Senate Bill 294

This bill would declare the state’s energy siting policy to be…

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ICE Out National Day of Truth and Freedom

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Protesters braved the icy cold conditions to protest ICE in Columbus. Interviews with Emily Cole of Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change and Munira Abdullahi, State Representative, House District 9. Speaking…

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Video from protest

ICE murders Alex Pretti

On Saturday, January 24, 2026 Immigration and Customs enforcement murdered yet another American citizen who was protesting the Gestapo tactics, and specifically trying to assist a woman who had been thrown the ground by ICE thugs.  Pretti…

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