Since the Civil War, midterm elections have enabled the president’s party to gain ground in the House of Representatives only three times, and those were in single digits. The last few midterms have been typical: In 2006, with Republican George W. Bush in the White House, his party lost 31 House seats. Under Democrat Barack Obama, his party lost 63 seats in 2010 and then 13 seats in 2014. Under Donald Trump, in 2018, Republicans lost 41 seats. Overall, since World War II, losses have averaged 27 seats in the House.

Next year, if Republicans gain just five House seats, Rep. Kevin McCarthy or some other right-wing ideologue will become the House speaker, giving the GOP control over all committees and legislation. In the Senate, where the historic midterm pattern has been similar, a Republican gain of just one seat will reinstall Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.

“The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered”. This assertion has been oft repeated recently, especially after the torture to death on June 24 of a popular Palestinian activist, Nizar Banat, 42, at the hands of PA security goons in Hebron (Al-Khalil). 

 The killing - or ‘assassination’ as some Palestinian rights groups describe it - of Banat, however, is commonplace. Torture in PA prisons is the modus operandi, through which Palestinian interrogators exact ‘confessions’. Palestinian political prisoners in PA custody are usually divided into two main groups: activists who are suspected by Israel of being involved in anti-Israeli occupation activities and others who have been detained for voicing criticism of the PA’s corruption or subservience to Israel. 

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No one was talking, and that pissed Jefferson off.

Torture was needed.

He was already being tortured, torn asunder by love and duty. He dialed O’Grady, to pass it on.

“You wanted to dust those bills? Where do I go?”

“Forget that. Something’s happened. Hang on,” O’Grady said. She put the phone down on her desk and began speaking to those around her.

“When was this supposed to have happened? Police radio, right? Let’s make sure we get an accurate report log time. We need a copy of that call,” she said, picking up the phone.

“Your buddy got shot and killed.”

“Who?”

“Edgar Smith Wilson. That’s right, that’s the photo I want,” she said to someone else on her end.

“Okay,” a voice in the background said.

“Now. Yeah, what’s her name’s Dad. He was coming out of a restaurant Downtown. Got killed a few minutes ago in a drive-by. Broad daylight, right on the sidewalk.”

“Damn! Anybody else get killed?” Jefferson said.

“Nope. Turn on channel 6, they got a news break. I gotta go,” and she hung up.

Ohio is a “Red State Rising.” A Republican super majority has run the state government for over a decade and Trump won Ohio, defeating Biden by a greater margin than Clinton, which makes any progressive or Democrat shake their head in disbelief.

Have years of GOP-led “legalized” voter suppression marginalized Ohio Democrat lawmakers to the point there’s no foreseeable future where they have leadership? The Free Press’ Bob Fitrakis has been reporting on GOP voter suppression for two decades. Ohio’s GOP passed these laws to ostensibly combat the boogey-men committing (so-called) voter fraud, which has proven to be myth.

As other GOP-led states seek to rewrite election law, here comes Ohio House Bill 294. Ohio’s “Election Security and Modernization Act.” Does the word “Security” suggest some unnamed power tried to steal Trump’s win in Ohio? And surprise, surprise, several co-sponsors are hardcore Trumpers, such as freshman state Rep. Mike Loychik who introduced a bill to name a state park after the former president.

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