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Hedy Tripp shared insights on the historic election of a Hmong American woman as mayor in St. Paul, Minnesota, and highlighted the Somali community's resistance against hate mail and threats in St. Cloud. 

Ray McClendon provided a detailed update on the dismissed Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump, emphasizing the role of Pete Scandalakis and the lack of legal recourse due to state charges. The group discussed the importance of grassroots organizing and voter turnout, with Ray highlighting the success of relational organizing in increasing Black voter turnout in Georgia and Virginia. The conversation ended with a brief mention of the impact of Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation and the need for continued focus on grassroots activities ahead of the 2026 elections.

Mohan Karki is a Bhutanese-Nepali refugee from Ohio who has been held in detention at the St. Clair County jail for over six months and is at risk of an imminent deportation currently scheduled for Tuesday, December 2nd. See this article for more information about Mohan’s story and his likely fate if he is deported to Bhutan and expelled into statelessness.

• Click here to send an email to the ICE Field Office Director Kevin Raycraft

As one of the few surviving non-corporate owned sources of information in Columbus we pride ourselves in reading your opinions. One person had some illuminating observations about two recent stories. You deserve to read them.

Response to Political Theater Nov 27, 2025

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/political-theater

It’s no secret that the mayor is trying his best to expand and promote women’s sports in Columbus as he stated in his recent State of the City Address while claiming to position Columbus as the nation’s capital for women’s sports.

The US government wants us to forget about the Israeli genocide and the daily war crimes it commits in Gaza and the West Bank as was as in Lebanon against Palestinian refugee camps there. That's the reason the White House, the US State Department, the mainstream media, as well as major Jewish-American organizations act blind, deaf, and mute when it comes to Israel.

Last November 27, Israeli occupation forces executed two young Palestinians in cold blood even after they had turned themselves in. An outright extrajudicial killing in blatant violation of international humanitarian law. The incident happened last Thursday during an Israeli military operation in Jenin, northern West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain men as Al-Muntasir Billah Abdullah, 26, and 37-year-old Youssef Asasa, who knelt briefly before being shot as they moved back toward the entrance. Israel's military and police said they were wanted suspects who had thrown explosives and fired earlier and the matter is under review. The Palestinian Authority called it a war crime while Israel's National Security Minister supported the officers.

To the Editor:

Accountability is the bedrock of American justice. Yet, as I fight to end Qualified Immunity for government actors through the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity, I am now forced to fight a similar battle on a heartbreakingly personal front. ​My son, Terrell Michael Raphael Brown died May 26, 2022, at just 21 years old after being served a fatal volume of alcohol by a local establishment.

Common sense says that a business profiting from recklessly overserving a young man to the point of toxicity should be held liable. However, the Ohio Dram Shop Act (O.R.C. 4399.18) acts as a shield, granting statutory immunity to businesses and attempting to block a grieving family’s right to a jury trial. ​This law relies on a "First-Party" bar, effectively blaming the victim for their own death while ignoring the gross negligence of the establishment that kept pouring the drinks. This is legally and morally unsound.