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Amazingly, Time selected a man for this prestigious title that does not make Americans feel proud at home and respected abroad. Man of the Year should be reserved for those whose work and contributions help positively impact the quality of life for others and enhance the image of their country.  Not President-elect Trump! 
 
Donald Trump is a fascist man who insulted Mexicans, attacked refugees, disparaged Muslims, maligned Arabs, defamed women, called a former POW a traitor, insulted Jews, humiliated Gold Star parents whose son was killed in Iraq, and yes, he even mocked a disabled reporter. No other public office holder would have gotten away with it in recent history. 
 
Like everyone around the world, I feel that all I have read about this past year is about the innocent people who were murdered during the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. The news makes me think about all the lives that were cut short and the entire families that have been wiped out.
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If the incoming Republican administration does try to report some 10 million or so illegal immigrants, there are likely to be some complications. Maybe a few hundred thousand legal immigrants and actual US citizens will also be deported by accident because they "looked illegal." This may result in billions of dollars in lawsuits later. Maybe a few million immigrants will go into hiding, work underground, and assume new identities.

Many of these immigrants are not just fleeing poverty, but they are possibly escaping being murdered in their home countries. Most of the time, they are willing to jobs that no American would do. Immigration is not as big a problem as Republicans would have people believe.

Every immigrant in the US has the right to have their cases heard. Right now, the justice system is already so overloaded with immigration cases that some won't even get hearings until 2027 or 2028. This is why the Republicans are not going to be able to deport 10 million immigrants all at once.

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Over 8,000 Americans die every day, many of them unnecessarily.

Why? Because the United States still doesn’t have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention.

One particular American’s death has driven that point home. On December 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s 50-year-old CEO. The bullet casings from the shooting read “deny,” “defend,” and “depose.”

Those three words neatly sum up the gameplan America’s giant insurers so relentlessly follow: deny the claim, defend the lawsuit, depose the patient.

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The Ohio state legislature has done it again.

Two years ago, lawmakers stuffed House Bill 507, a bill about how many poultry chicks could be sold in a batch, with unrelated amendments – at the last minute during lame duck session, with no notice or chance for people to comment. One of those amendments REQUIRED fracking our state parks.

Last week, during the 2024 lame duck session, legislators stuffed HB 308 – a bill that declares nuclear energy to be “green” – with a series of amendments, during its last committee hearing, again with no public notice or chance to comment.

This time, one of the amendments extends fracking leases for our state parks and public lands from three years to five years, with an option to extend for another three years – meaning that every lease doled out to the oil and gas industry allows them to frack our state parks and wildlife areas for up to EIGHT years.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
wo Dollar Radio Headquarters, 1124 Parsons Ave, Columbus

Been hearing about all of the bills going through the Ohio Statehouse and want to take action?

Join Abortion Forward, PPAO, TransOhio, and Equality Ohio in Columbus for an action-filled happy hour, where we will tell you about some of the good and bad bills and answer any questions you have. We will be calling and writing letters/postcards to our legislators to urge them to act in a way that supports reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ rights! Don't worry, we will walk you through every step, and have scripts available for you to reference if needed. We will also be hanging out and creating community, so come whenever you can and stay as long as you'd like!  
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Over 8,000 Americans die every day, many of them unnecessarily.

Why? Because the United States still doesn’t have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention.

One particular American’s death has driven that point home. On December 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s 50-year-old CEO. The bullet casings from the shooting read “deny,” “defend,” and “depose.”

Those three words neatly sum up the gameplan America’s giant insurers so relentlessly follow: deny the claim, defend the lawsuit, depose the patient.

Syria, known throughout history as the “crossroads of civilization,” now finds itself at a crossroads of its own. After 54 years, the Assad family’s brutal dictatorship in Syria has finally ended.

“I never thought I’d live to see this day,” said my dad, who left Aleppo as a teenager. My parents grew up there.

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