Two Jailbreaks, One Suicide, and 100% COVID Infection Rate

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How much incompetence can one county jail exhibit, and continue to operate? A jail break Tuesday (September 8th) from the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead should be the last straw. 

Despite warnings this would happen, the Morrow County Correctional Facility (MCCF) became 100% COVID-positive this year. Since the jail doubles as a federal detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MCCF became the first 100% COVID-positive ICE facility in the nation.

Now, with two jailbreaks and a suicide in the past few weeks, one has to wonder: When will the Morrow County Commissioners, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, or anyone else with authority step in and say enough is enough, this jail needs to close?

Two Jailbreaks, One Suicide, and 100% COVID Infection Rate

Man in uniform

How much incompetence can one county jail exhibit, and continue to operate? A jail break Tuesday (September 8th) from the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead should be the last straw. 

Despite warnings this would happen, the Morrow County Correctional Facility (MCCF) became 100% COVID-positive this year. Since the jail doubles as a federal detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MCCF became the first 100% COVID-positive ICE facility in the nation.

Now, with two jailbreaks and a suicide in the past few weeks, one has to wonder: When will the Morrow County Commissioners, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, or anyone else with authority step in and say enough is enough, this jail needs to close?

Standing up to Trump...and Biden

When I ponder the likelihood of looming electoral chaos — uncounted votes, a defeated president who won’t leave office, the possible termination of American democracy (coming soon!) — I can’t avoid putting it into a larger context:

We’ve always been, at best, a partial democracy, skewed in favor of the wealthy and powerful (and white). Furthermore, a destructive force has been growing in this country that has a global impact and is far larger than Donald Trump. This force — militarism, war — has been, at least in my lifetime, pretty much immune from the checks and balances of American democracy and has been growing increasingly out of control, regardless who’s in office, during the 21st century. It’s been met, at best, with a shrug, by the media and most politicians: set aside as a matter to be dealt with later.

I believe the time to deal with both issues is now.

Why is the Mainstream Media Silent on Palestine?

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 2:00 PM

Eviction and Houselessness Crisis Rally

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Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6-7:30pm
City of Columbus, City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Columbus and Franklin County are in a housing crisis. Our elected leaders continue to kick the eviction problem down the road instead of providing rent relief and providing housing for all people. Join us in calling for an end to the police violence inherent in housing set outs, and an end to the commodification of housing that prioritizes profits over the lives of people, especially our Black, brown, and immigrant neighbors.

Hot Times Live! Music Lineup

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Tune into the virtual Hot Times Festival this weekend!

7PM Friday, Sept 11
Gaye Adegbalola will perform LIVE from Virginia

10PM SATURDAY, SEPT 12
Tony Monaco LIVE from his studios!

6PM SUNDAY, SEPT 13
Bobby Floyd - LIVE from the Blue Velvet Room

7PM SUNDAY, SEPT 13
Donna Mogavero LIVE!

8PM SATURDAY, SEPT 12
Shaun Booker - Special Hot Times Concert!
Internationally known, powerhouse vocalist Shaun Booker brings her love to Hot Times in this great set not to be missed!

In honorable memory of Julius Tate & every life lost at the hands of CP

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Monday, September 7 through September 17, 2020, 5:00 PM
Through September 9th, the action is at the intersection of E. Broad & High. Sept 10th-17th action is meeting on Mt. Vernon Ave. Masks Required.

An Open Thanks to Michael Moore ... and a Plea to Help Us Protect This Election!

THANKS, MICHAEL!

We’re getting killer e-blasts from the Democratic Party with your spot-on warning that Trump could win again. 

Like you, we’re terrified. But it’s NOT inevitable, and now we need you where it really counts … at the grassroots, where the election must be protected. 

In 2016, Hillary Clinton ignored our warnings that (as in 2000 and 2004) the election was being stolen. In Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, where the theft was most obvious, she refused to fight for recounts and left us all twisting in Trump’s evil, idiot wind.

This time around, she’s thankfully urging Joe Biden not to concede. And the public has begun noticing the myriad ways the Republicans are lining up to steal it again.

That’s where we need your help. Especially in the Upper Midwest, the Trump Cult wants to corner the “trifecta” of election theft.

First, they’re stripping the voter rolls, disenfranchising some 17 million voters, nearly all of them (of course) non-millionaires of youth and color.

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