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August 2, 2023 Weekly Headline notes
ONE. The Ohio State legislature approved $24 million to establish “intellectual diversity” centers at five Ohio public universities. English translation from Right-Wing English: “radical right-wing indoctrination” centers with no actual “…
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Dismissal of Joe Motil’s Criminal Complaint Similar to Handling of George Floyd Protest Cases
In response to a criminal complaint filed by Columbus mayoral candidate Joe Motil against a city official, Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein referred the matter to Whitehall assistant prosecutor Brad Nicodemus, supposedly for an independent…
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Libertarian Party of Ohio Files Complaint Against Secretary of State Frank LaRose for Violating The Hatch Act
As the unprecedented, unnecessary and expensive special election approaches on August 8, the Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) still stands with over 200 other organizations against Issue 1. But now the LPO is taking things further by filing a…
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De-escalation Training for Ohio law enforcement has been rescheduled (to next century)
Jadarrius Rose’s semi was traveling through the middle of Ohio near Circleville on July 4th when a state trooper tried to pull him over for missing a mud flap on one of his tires on a perfectly sunny day.
State troopers often pull over…
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