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January Green Drinks

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 PM 
There will be more than a dozen groups (including GreenSpot) that will have booths and many speakers. This is a great way to connect with amazing local non-profit organizations and find out how they make Columbus a better place and how you can get involved. 
Location:  Ohio 4-H Youth Development, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus 43210.  Facebook.  

Stop the Execution of Warren "Keith" Henness

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The state has seven executions scheduled for 2019 starting with Warren "Keith" Henness on February, 13 2019. We need your help telling Governor DeWine that Keith's case is yet another reminder of the systemic flaws with Ohio's death penalty for the reasons listed below:

Keith Henness' trial lawyers did virtually no work defending him

  • Lead counsel logged fewer than 12 hours investigating the case during the sixteen months before trial.

  • Counsel did not investigate or hire mitigation specialists to defend Keith.

Lingering doubt exists today; evidence was destroyed

  • Both co-defendants had histories of violence, substance abuse issues, and motive for killing Richard Myers. Keith had no history of violence and no motive for the crime.

1776 THEATRE REVIEW

I hold this truth to be self-evident: That all plays are NOT created equal. I’ve reviewed around 10 shows at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and its revival of the 1969 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 1776 is probably the best play I’ve ever seen there. Not only owing to pleasurable songs composed by Sherman Edwards (accompanied at the La Mirada by a live eight piece orchestra conducted by Jeff Rizzo), along with enjoyable acting, but because it is a rarity from the Great White Way: A historical, fact-based musical explicitly about U.S. politics, insurrection and philosophy.

 

Statewide Wear #RedForEd Day in Solidarity

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On Moday, Jan. 14, wear red on behalf of the California Teachers Association's #RedForEd Day of Action.Sponsored by the Ohio Education AssociationOur United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and Oakland Education Association (OEA) colleagues are facing tough contract negotiations and need our support. The struggle affects us all.

Medieval Solution

Court Uses Law's Absurdity to Allow Unfit Kavanaugh to Remain as Justice

The allegations contained in the complaints [against Judge Kavanaugh] are serious, but the Judicial Council is obligated to adhere to the Act. Lacking statutory authority to do anything more, the complaints must be dismissed because an intervening event – Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court – has made the complaints no longer appropriate for consideration under the Act…. Because it lacks jurisdiction to do so, the Council makes no findings on the merits of the complaints.

– Order of the Judicial Council of the US Tenth Circuit, December 18, 2018

hat is the sound that eight federal judges make when they know full well they’re doing something rotten but can’t bring themselves to defend the integrity of their own judicial system.

Federal Workers Struggle Without Pay, While ICE Charters a $148,000 Plane to Deport Men to Torture and Abuse in Mauritania

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Florence, AZ – Federal workers may not be getting paid during the government shutdown, but the ICE deportation machine continues its grind. In Arizona, ICE officials are preparing a charter flight to Africa at the cost of $148,000--all to deport a handful of people, possibly as few as nine. The charter may leave Arizona tonight or sometime tomorrow.
 

Free Press Second Saturday Salon

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Saturday, Jan. 12, 6:30-11pm. Whether it snows a lot or not.
1021 E. Broad St., east side door, park in front, in driveway or parking lot in back.
Come socialize and network with progressive friends! Food from Tandoori Grill and presentation by Joe Motil, candidate for Columbus City Council.
Free, no RSVP required.
614-253-2571. colsfreepress@gmail.com

How Will Trump’s Presidency End? Seven Ways It May

Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency have been marked by extreme controversy, divisiveness, and partisan polarization. Many contend America hasn’t been this divided since the Civil War. Shortly after 2016’s election, comedian Cecily Strong played CNN’s chief political analyst Gloria Borger in an SNL skit, repeatedly complaining Trump “is not normal.”

In fact, one of the rare things an overwhelming majority of Americans can agree on nowadays is that Trump and his reign are outside of the presidential norm. Whether you voted for him or not, are a Republican, Democrat, or independent, love him, hate him, or are neutral, there is general consensus among the electorate, media and punditocracy that Trump and his governing style are different from anything we’ve seen before.

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