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The cruelest budget bill I've ever seen

This article first appeared on Rachel Coyle's Substack.

A budget is a moral document. It shows us your priorities.

For example, Ohio’s budget can fund programs that support children and families — or it…

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They deported Emerson

Following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, after the deportation of Cincinnati teenager Emerson Colindres.

"They did it. The Trump administration deported Emerson Colindres. What…

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Scuttling International Humanitarian Assistance

Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, he and his Republican allies have worked to destroy the U.S. government’s overseas humanitarian aid programs.

This action flies in the face of the U.S. government’s lengthy record of…

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Woman with sign saying Trump has 34 felonies, my parents have NONE

Who’s spreading fear- inducing immigration lies? Your MAGA neighbors (surprise, surprise)

Trump’s win convinced local conservatives they too have a mandate to rid Columbus of immigrants, but their tactics amount to nothing more than spreading lies, and hopefully that’s all they do. But the anxiety-inducing damage inflicted by these…

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