BREAKING: for months, Ohio's SOS Larose has claimed that he wanted to expand drop boxes in Ohio counties, but that Ohio law prevented him from doing so.
Just now, all three judges in our drop box appeal agreed with us that nothing in Ohio law prevents him from adding more.
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"We agree with the trial court that the Secretary's interpretation of R.C. 3509.05 is not reasonable and that the statute neither prescribes nor prohibits ballot drop boxes at locations other than the boards of elections....
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"...If, as appellees argue, the Secretary wants to permit additional drop boxes, he has the authority to do so and nothing in this decision prohibits him from rescinding Directive 2020-16 and issuing a new directive accordingly."
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Now that the law is clarified....for the third time....as allowing more drop boxes, we call on Frank Larose to make good on his public and private commitment to add drop boxes.
There is still time to add them for the final weeks of this election.
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It looks like Vivek has taken over the Ohio GOP in his run for Governor.
On the one hand, his candidacy is a risk to Ohio’s future, as he makes one reckless proposal after the next—doubling down on policies already
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sending our state in the wrong direction.
On the other hand, his candidacy presents Ohio with a huge opportunity…to toss off that failed direction and finally start lifting Ohio and its citizens again.
To do this, Ohio Dems will have to get it just right.
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The Trump Administration launched another salvo in its Orban-style attack on Harvard University.
But it isn’t so much that they did so, but the way they did it, that’s striking.
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Take a moment and read the letter (ostensibly) from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
Although it appears on her formal letterhead, it feel like it’s written by an angry eighth grader (with apologies to eighth graders). Or maybe it was Trump himself.
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Unhinged, petty, angry and in places nonsensical.
Here’s one sentence: “This is like hiring the captain of the Titanic to teach navigation to future captains of the sea.”!?!
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There is a Death Star hovering over American elections and democracy at the moment
A threat as great as any suppression tactic we’ve seen in a long time
But one well know in the annals of our history—
WATCH & RT
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and at our nation’s darkest moments.
Right now, most see it largely as the so-called SAVE Act, along with the president’s outrageous executive order that one federal court has already ruled to be illegal.
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But because of that court decision, and the the belief that a filibuster may stop the SAVE Act for the time being, people have some hope that these actions may not take effect.
There are so many terrible cuts, it’s hard to rank which are the worst.
But @clevelanddotcom & @sabrinaeaton highlighted one of the most senseless.
Americorps.
I’ve met some of the finest public servants America has to offer thanks to Americorps.
Such a great way
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…to lift communities, while inspiring young people to commit themselves to public service.
All being cut. For no good reason.
Here’s how this impacts Ohio alone, and cuts off the path of those public servants in the making:
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“In Ohio last year, AmeriCorps invested more than $32.5 million in federal funding in community solutions at more than 1,000 locations across the state, including schools, food banks, homeless shelters…”
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Here’s a joke for you: “After a speech, Brezhnev confronts his speechwriter. "I asked for a 15-minute speech, but the one you gave me lasted 45 minutes!" The speechwriter replies: "I gave you three copies..."
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I worked in Russia (St. Petersburg) shortly after the end of the Cold War. Made friends while I was there.
I often asked what things were like in the Soviet era….what they were really like.
Here’s another joke:
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“At the 1980 Summer Olympics, Brezhnev begins his speech: "O!"-applause. "O!"-more applause. "O!"-yet more applause. "O!"-an ovation. "O!!!"-a standing ovation from the whole audience. An aide comes running to the podium and whispers,
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Boy, was American democracy on display last night in JD Vance’s hometown—Middletown, Ohio.
Patriotism at its best.
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But even though he was invited in numerous ways—including certified mail, so we know he got the invite—Warren Davidson, the House member for the community and the (highly gerrymandered) Eighth Congressional district, didn’t show up.
He missed out.
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We even left a chair for him, but it sat empty for two hours.
But that didn’t stop hundreds from coming from multiple counties….and we had a town hall anyway!