Between deep Medicaid cuts and a ballooning budget for an increasingly fascistic Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the recently passed federal budget contained grim news for just about everyone in the country. While MAGA-land rejoices at the bill’s passage, recent climate-related disasters show that everyone will suffer under this “Big Beautiful Bill”. The legislation guts Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), eliminating tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles — a move that will cost Ohio billions in investment and thousands of jobs. Even Trump’s most rabid white nationalist supporters will live in the hotter, more disaster-prone, and volatile climate system that this climate rollback will help to usher in — right along with the rest of us.

Senate Bill 63 would ban ranked-choice voting statewide and withhold state funding from cities who want to use it.

Six weeks into Columbus’s self-declared “Summer of Safety,” the headlines are bloodier than the branding suggests. Two youth-involved mass shootings. A spike in gun seizures from teens. Millions of dollars spent—and still, no public accounting of whether any of it is working.

Columbus officials announced a historic $28.2 million investment in youth violence prevention this year. Yet despite repeated public records requests, direct interviews, and community testimony, it remains unclear how much of that money has been disbursed, who it has helped, and whether it’s had any impact on the escalating violence.

In Spring 2025, Mayor Andrew Ginther and Public Safety Director Kate McSweeney-Pishotti announced Columbus would allocate $28.2 million in federal and local funds for youth-focused summer programming. The stated goal: curb youth violence by investing in prevention, jobs, recreation, and mentorship.

“We have 112 programs that are receiving some level of funding, whether it be $5,000 or $500,000,” said McSweeney-Pishotti, in a July 10 interview with ABC6/FOX28 Columbus.

The incredible LEV PARNAS tells us an astonishing story of the dark money & deep betrayal that is Donald Trump.

Born in Ukraine, Lev was raised in the mobbed-up corners of Brooklyn, leading to the unlikely depths of the Trump miasma.

As the star of “From Russia with Lev” by Rachel Maddow, Lev answers some of the most critical questions of Trump’s pending demise.

In this is an unforgettable insider hour; Lev gives us unique, powerful insights into the seismic Trumpian madness now shaking our world.

Solartopia co-host MYLA RESON introduces Donald & William Barr into this rogue’s gallery of global embarrassment.

Progressive PR maven ILENE PROCTOR tells us about Ghislaine Maxwell and more.

Alabama Doctor RUTH STRAUSS argues that the “Apprentice” movies goes too easy on Trump.

Long-time activist HEIDI VERTHAILER chimes in.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH adds a dimension on Watergate.

Health Care activist CHUCK PENACCHIO explains his sterling campaign for the public wellbeing.

Cal Care proponent PAUL NEWMAN checks in from Santa Monica on AB2200 which was killed by Gavin Newsom.