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Recently, I attended a town hall meeting with the three candidates running for District 7 Columbus City Council. The residents at the event live in District 7 and love Columbus. They love our city so much that they took their valuable time and energy to attend and ask questions. Unfortunately, nobody had the courage to tell them that THEIR VOTE DOESN’T MATTER to Columbus City Council.

Our Republicans in the state capital rule Ohio with “gerrymandering” mixed with a generous amount of hate and a dash of religion. Jealous as always, Columbus City Council has their own upside-down version of “Gerrymandering” that they are proud to call “Citymandering.”

Sure, the residents of District 7 will vote in the primary election Tuesday, May 6, but so will EVERYONE ELSE IN COLUMBUS. My wife and I live on the Far East side. We have no clue what’s important to the residents of District 7. Yet, our votes will count just as much as theirs. It’s just like “gerrymandering,” but for Democrats instead of Republicans.

I know that those who read my articles will be interested to learn that President Donald Trump has appointed Martin Marks to be his administration’s liaison to the American Jewish community with the title Special Assistant to the President and Director of Jewish Engagement in the White House Faith Office. Marks, whose mother handbag designer Lana Marks served as US ambassador to South Africa in Trump’s first term, appears to be well qualified for the position as “Before turning to politics, [he] was a writer and owned a yoga studio in Palm Beach.”

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Saturday, May 3, 1-3pm, King Arts Complex
867 Mt. Vernon Ave.

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This year, we’ll be at King Arts Complex again and are excited to bring in valuable resources from our community, delicious food, and entertainment! We’re excited and hope you are, too. After all, it’s all to celebrate you — the workers!

We’d love you and your organization or business to help sponsor May Day, or for individuals to make a Community Solidarity Donation.

Last year, we had 300 meals for participants and ran out! Help us feed our community again this year with a donation $25, $50, or $100 today here.

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Este año, estaremos una vez más en el King Arts Complex y estamos entusiasmados por traer valiosos recursos a nuestra comunidad, deliciosa comida y entretenimiento. Estamos entusiasmados y esperamos que usted también lo esté. Después de todo, ¡se trata de rendir homenaje al trabajador!

One of the world’s, oldest and most dangerous conflicts went critical this past week as nuclear armed India and Pakistan traded threats of war. The Kashmir conflict is the oldest one before the UN.
In my book `War at the Top of the World’ I warned that the confrontation over Kashmir, the beautiful mountain state claimed by both Islamabad and Delhi, could unleash a nuclear war that could kill millions and pollute the planet.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), the new Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Marty Makary, the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner have pledged to remove industry conflicts of interest (COIs) from government agencies. But little has been released so far about their plans for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reportedly rife with industry influences.

Bob and Dan walking away from a fire

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan spin tunes that use the word "fire" including Fire and Ice, Fire on the Mountain, Ring of Fire, Girl on Fire, Jump into the Fire, and more!

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Listen live at 11pm Friday, May 2 and 9 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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Monday at 2pm streaming May 5 and 12 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM

The word taxes made out of money

Tax policy experts and lawmakers have long circled 2025 as a year to prepare for. What makes it so significant?

For one thing, Federal COVID money to states is expiring, straining state budgets at the same time the economy is starting to weaken. For another, Republicans in Congress are working to increase and extend President Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations — while cutting trillions from health care, housing, and education programs for everyone else. And it all up and you get a fiscal tsunami.

While major tax policy changes are being made and discussed in Congress, this is also happening in the states.

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How is Donald Trump managing to receive $1 million bribes (by a more polite name, of course) for a dinner at his Florida lair?

What is Elon Musk using to offer voters in state elections $1 million for their votes?

How is Vivek Ramaswamy flooding televisions in Ohio with his campaign for governor over a year out from any election?

What is spreading like an epidemic into local races like those for mayor of Boston and New York — with Andrew Cuomo in New York seeming to skirt the rules by using this entity as if it were his campaign, and one billionaire dumping $1 million into attacking a candidate in Boston?

If you said "Super PACs," you're right! Click here to tell your state to get rid of them!

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