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Wade Rathke, founder of ACORN and Chief Organizer of ACORN International, joined us from Mississippi to take about the Voter Purge Project. This protects eligible voters against disenfranchisement by…

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Mary Jane’s Guide: We want MORE!! -- Ask Congress to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

This year – 2020 – marked the 50th anniversary of many momentous moments: breakup of the Beatles, emergence of Earth Day, killings at Kent State and enactment of the Controlled Substances Act. This law left an indelible mark on…

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Plumes of smoke billow from the eWorld Trade Center towers in New York City after a Boeing 757 hits each tower during the September 11 attacks

9-11 Accelerated our current Police State

Like many Americans, I’ll never forget where I was on 9/11. Fittingly, I was in world history class during my senior year at Bexley High School — the hallways had already been buzzing about a possible terrorist attack in New York City that…

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Two Jailbreaks, One Suicide, and 100% COVID Infection Rate

How much incompetence can one county jail exhibit, and continue to operate? A jail break Tuesday (September 8th) from the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead should be the last straw. 


Despite warnings this would happen…

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