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Free Press is committed to documenting the people taken by ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

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I stand with Sen. Mark Kelly against President Trump and Pete Hegseth

I stand with Sen. Mark Kelly against President Trump and his War Minister, Pete Hegseth. No one is buying Pete Hegseth and Trump's lies about Sen. Mark Kelly (D - AZ). We know what Sen. Kelly said. He reminded service members they are obligated to not to follow "illegal orders."

First of all, Kelly didn't tell anybody to violate lawful orders. He was educating many, especially those in the military. Evidently, Trump and the Pentagon need to be educated that Article 92 of the UCMJ informs military personnel only about the "failure to obey lawful orders or regulations."

Freepoint Hebron Cited for 3rd Air Violation as They Plot Toxic PVC Expansion

Plastics plant

While regulators catch them venting gas for 60 hours straight, the company pushes "chemical recycling" pilot with East Palestine chemical.

HEBRON, OH — In case you missed it, the Buckeye Environmental Network is exposing a critical public health failure in Licking County. Freepoint Eco-Systems has been slapped with its third air permit violation in a single year by the Ohio EPA.

While this company quietly admitted to illegally venting volatile chemicals 79 times, they are simultaneously seeking to expand their facility to "recycle" PVC—a process involving the same toxic chemical behind the East Palestine disaster.

THE FACTS MEDIA OUTLETS ARE MISSING:

1. A 60-Hour Chemical Release This wasn't a minor leak. Between February and June 2025, Freepoint bypassed their mandatory vapor combustors 79 separate times.

  • One single event lasted 59 hours—nearly two and a half days of continuous, unpermitted venting to an open flare.

Free Advertising for Private Schools

CCS administrative office

Republicans aren’t the only people who support private schools in Ohio.

The Columbus City Schools (CCS) Board of Education also wants to make private schools the best they can be. Need proof?

There are lots of cuts that the Board of Education are talking about to save money, but they keep ignoring the two most obvious. They ignore these two choices, because not to, would affect the administrators in the Central Office (over 250 full-time plus their support staff).

On December 8, 2019, the former superintendent got the paperwork approved for CCS to pay the retirement contribution for everyone in the Central Office. That means that every year since 2019 an additional 5-6 million dollars have gone into the pockets of the administrators in the Central Office instead of helping the students. Now with budget cuts on the horizon the entire Board of Education has suddenly forgotten this selfish decision.

Showing how selfish and greedy they are? That’s a great way to help promote Columbus private schools!

Starbucks Union Strike

Strikers

Tuesday, Nov 25th from 8am - noon
8070 E Broad St

Join Starbucks union baristas in Central Ohio!

Starbucks Workers across The United States have been fighting for a union contract for four years. In 2024 we started contract negotiations with the company and reached agreements that address many of our biggest issues. However, Starbucks has stalled negotiating increases to our wages and we have reached a critical moment in our campaign requiring a massive strike across our 600+ unionized stores, starting on Red Cup Day. The holiday is both Starbucks highest grossing season, as well as one of the most financially stressful for workers.

There are 19 Unionized Starbucks stores in Columbus, accounting for almost one third of the company owned locations. Your donations will support striking workers and greatly offset our financial burdens during this critical moment. Please give what you can and help support workers fighting for their rights!

The weather is looking dreary so make sure to layer up and bring an umbrella/raincoat.

The Separation of Children During Trump’s Two Presidential Terms

Introduction

This post offers a position against Trump and his administration policies during his first and second presidential terms of authorizing the separation of children from their families and treating them in abhorrent ways. It’s part of their efforts to deport immigrants and the promises they made to their base to do so. Such policies deserve our criticism and scorn. There is also something new currently, that is, to push for the end of birthright citizenship. 

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Looking Back to Trump’s first presidential term

 Caitlin Dickerson looks Back at the Family Separation Policy of Trump’s first term, writing for the American Immigration Council, Oct 30, 2025

(https://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/family-separation-policy). Here are comments and excerpts. 

Family separation during the first Trump administration

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