The Republican Speaker of the House in Ohio reacted to voters constitutionally protecting the right of choice by vowing to continue to try to take away women’s rights.
On top of girls and women winning the right to live and have freedom, which is something we shouldn’t even have to be fighting for in 2023, things also do not look so great for Republicans. Referendum results show that about 20% of Trump voters crossed party lines to vote to protect abortion.
The Indiana doctor who provided a needed abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has been reprimanded by the state medical board for discussing the case with the media.
Internal polling reveals that Tim Ryan is leading JD Vance in the Ohio Senate Race as Republicans hit the panic button and attempt to prop up their failing candidate.
Ohio Republicans are asking voters to boycott Trump’s rally with J.D. Vance, and if they go, they are asked to boo Vance.
Writing in an op-ed for The Columbus-Dispatch, Ohio senatorial candidate J.D. Vance, the author of the best-selling Hillbilly Elegy, railed against Ohio State University’s (OSU) vaccine mandate, calling it “an invasion of medical privacy, and a complete bait-and-switch.” Vance claimed that most students who chose to attend OSU did so because it did not initially mandate…
Donald Trump needs something to do. Thanks to an investigation by New York State, his business career is in shambles. He’d love to be president again, but has to wait 3 more years to even run. And in order to be the candidate in 2024, Trump has to keep his control over the Republican party….
JD Vance has quite a backstory. Raised in extreme poverty in Middletown, Ohio, he eventually earned a law degree from Yale. His memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which was eventually made into a film, was cited by many to help understand the populist rise of Donald Trump. Vance, now a venture capitalist, was at first a detractor…
Soon after taking office, Joe Biden presented an aggressive COVID relief plan. Seeing how the pandemic has affected both Democrats and Republicans in the same way, the legislation was very popular with voters all along the political spectrum. Still, not one Republican senator was willing to vote for the bill, That, however, didn’t stop GOP…
For a few months, there was a mad rush of Americans looking to get vaccinated. And for them, it was luck of the draw, waiting online for hours to make appointments. But now vaccines are readily available. And states have moved to convincing hesitant people to get inoculated. Some governors like West Virginia‘s Jim Justice…
While most of the Mid-West swung back to Joe Biden this election season, the state of Ohio stayed red. That make Sherrod Brown’s 7% victory in his 2018 senate race all the more remarkable. The Ohio Democrat has remained in office the last 13 years largely due to the way he appeals to and protects…
The conservative Lincoln Project will mock Donald Trump’s calls to boycott Goodyear tires in a new ad aimed at voters in Ohio – a crucial swing state in this year’s election. The Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) have released a new ad accusing Trump of “presidential pouting” after he called on his…
Every 4 years, parties use their national conventions to introduce their up and coming stars to America. Who could forget Barack Obama’s incredible speech from the 2004 event propelling him to the presidency just 4 years later? Of course, Democrats want voters to get a better look at Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer and Nevada’s Catherine Cortez…
During a hearing on whether to declare racism a public health crisis, Ohio Senator Steve Huffman (R), who also happens to be an emergency room physician, asked if “the colored population†is more disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus because they “don’t wash their hands as well.” “My point is I understand African Americans have…
An Ohio lawmaker wants to prosecute President Donald Trump for crimes against humanity. The Democrat has called on The Hague to take action over Trump’s hydroxychloroquine claims. “I can’t take it anymore,” Ohio state Rep. Tavia Galonski said on Twitter. “I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow.” Galonski…
Just yesterday I attended a fair in Port Oneida, Michigan celebrating rural culture. While the focus on Michigan, when it comes to economic matters, tends to be on the manufacturing sector, largely, of course, because of the dominance of the auto industry, the importance of the rural economy and population loom large, not just in…
Democratic candidate Danny O’Connor isn’t just beating his Republican House incumbent opponent in fundraising. He is crushing him by raising $6 million in the third quarter.
Whether they’re from a red state or blue state, Democrats are not afraid to speak out against this disastrous piece of legislation because they are listening to the American public.
Trump conned coal miners in order to win the White House, but Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown promises not to let him get away with it.
“Arbitrarily limiting Ohio’s energy generation options amounts to self-inflicted damage to both our state’s near- and long-term economic competitivenessâ€
Kasich traded one extremist, anti-choice measure for another.
Other protesters quickly de-escalated the situation before police arrived at the scene.
A late early vote surge shows an uptick from 2012 in two Democratic counties, causing Michael McDonald of Elect Project to say that Hillary Rodham Clinton might have pulled off Ohio. At the very least, the late surge has swung Ohio toward Clinton.
The Cleveland basketball star knows a thing or two about comeback wins.
Just another day in the life of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Ohio is moving strongly towards Hillary Clinton as a new poll shows the Democratic nominee leading Donald Trump.
Clinton has the momentum in the Buckeye State.
On the morning of the second presidential debate, and for the first time in a century, the Columbus Dispatch is endorsing a Democrat.
By threatening to blackball Gov. John Kasich from ever running for president in the GOP again if he continues to refuse to support Donald Trump, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus may have just handed Ohio to Hillary Clinton.
Middle-class Joe was at his best on Thursday in Ohio, when he told blue-collar voters not to buy what the Republicans are selling.
While Republicans were concerned about protestors outside the arena, it is those on the convention floor that have caused the most trouble so far.
Hillary Clinton hammered Donald Trump with one sentence that destroyed his image and highlighted the GOP nominee’s deadbeat ways.
Hillary Clinton is organizing and campaigning heavily in swing states. What’s happening on the ground in Ohio is a perfect example of how Clinton is organizing to win the White House from the ground up.
In a victory for Ohio voters, a federal judge ordered the state’s Republican officials to stop enforcing a 2014 law that reduced voting times.
Republican Governor John Kasich won his home state of Ohio tonight in a tight race with Donald Trump, in spite of trailing in the Republican primary elsewhere.
Ohio’s John Kasich and Sam Brownback of Kansas are just the latest Republicans to use abortion to distract their residents from bad policies
Kasich dismissed criticism of his attitude as “silly” and said “difficult” changes are necessary in order to stabilize Social Security
President Obama restores Denali’s rightful name and Ohio Republicans go ballistic in their defense of keeping it named after Pres. McKinley
John Kasich does his best on CNN to come across as a religious moderate, but his policies reveal the appalling extent of his lies
John Kasich told Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, that the theory of man-made climate change was unproven.
Now it appears that Ohio Republicans are on the verge of enacting an voter ID law that requires Ohio residents to pay a fee in order to cast a ballot.
Every time a Republican sneaks an unrelated rider into a law, it’s a guarantee that someone will get screwed.
During an appearance on Fox & Friends Friday morning, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told host Steve Doocy that there was an epidemic of non-citizens illegally voting due to the immigration actions made by President Obama.
Hillary Clinton has large leads over the field of GOP contenders in three key swing states.
Ohio Governor John Kasich made that “religious extremist duty” mandatory in Ohio. Kasich issued a statement through a spokesman informing Ohio schools that if they fail to align with Christian organizations, they will lose funding.
Much excitement was to be had at the opening of Representative Brad Wenstrup’s (R-OH) weekly Republican address, as he opened it with promises of getting back to work for the American people.
What makes newspapers actions more despicable is that they are not owned by the Kochs, but they are using so-called “opinion and editorial” pages to promote Republican candidates, and push Kochs brother ideology and vision for America as the country’s salvation.
Dutifully, Republicans have stepped up to meet their base’s demand to be corrupt, and dishonest, and it is evident in the preponderance of Republican governors under investigation for all manner of corruption.
Christie may not have the anti-voter credentials of some of his Republican brethren, but he does not support the right to vote for all Americans.
The Supreme Court’s anti-democracy wing; Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy issued an announcement that their decision was not on the merits of the case because they had not yet heard any oral arguments defending voting restrictions. They just believed so strongly that since Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted invested such an incredible amount of time and energy to disenfranchise minority and working-class voters, and labeled his “appeal” an emergency.
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Peter Economus blocked the Republican Party’s attempt to suppress the vote in Ohio.
Republicans and their conservative donors are staunch defenders of free market capitalism; that is until they see a viable competitor.
Quinnipiac University released a poll on Monday that shows support for marriage equality in Ohio hitting 50%.
Republicans have created a new conservative super PAC to support Republican secretaries of state that will pursue restrictive voter laws, purge voter rolls, and generally kill the democratic process.
Minimum wage workers in over a dozen US states have something to celebrate as they ring in the new year — a pay raise.
It is the right to choose their reproductive health that women are most likely under attack from Republicans whose latest assault is restricting abortion coverage in private health care plans.
“We control 30 governorships, we control 26 state houses and senates chambers. You know, we, in fact, know how to speak to women on their policy issues.”
Ken Blackwell of the Family Research Council (FRC) says there is “nothing more Christian” than cutting food stamps
A poll released by Public Policy Polling reveals just how formidable a presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is and just how damaged the GOP brand has become in the Buckeye State.
For Coach Dave, sodomy would be the person he is trying to sodomize having the temerity to say no, to fight off his unwanted advances
There are a few lessons that lawmakers can take from the case of Ariel Castro.
There is a definite patten among Republicans of finding some means of of ignoring , breaking, or circumventing laws that they disagree with.
When Reshad Riddle gunned down his father at Church, he didn’t say his act was the will of atheism.
The response and support the Steubenville rapists are receiving is typical given the recent attacks on all American women at the hands of Republicans.
Because of the attention the Steubenville case has gotten, San Luis Obispo has launched a campaign to encourage the reporting of rape.
Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp told AFA Director of Issues Analysis Bryan Fischer that he saw no real need for disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy victims.
This is a sad, seedy, predictable story about small town protectionism, only in this story, rape protectionism meets Internet warriors for justice. Silencing victims? Not so fast, little town.
Sen. Boxer (D-CA) introduced a bill called the LINE Act, which is election reform legislation to address national standards for waiting times at the polls.
The election was a rejection of Republican extremism on women’s reproductive rights, but in states with GOP majorities, there is still a crusade to restrict choice.
In Florida, in 2008 8.4 million people voted; in 2010 only 5.3 million did. Margin of victory for Rick Scott? 1.2%.
On Meet The Press, Chuck Todd debunked Romney’s Pennsylvania spin by pointing out that the Republican is going there because he is losing Ohio and Wisconsin.
Four days before the election, Ohio’s Secretary of State decided to add an extra step to the process for people who are voting with provisional ballots.
Obama told supporters that change is when everyone has a fair shot, ‘Making stuff again. Selling it all around the world. Products stamped with three proud words: Made in America.’
President Obama spoke today in Hilliard, Ohio about workers who were scared by Mitt Romney’s lies about Jeep moving their jobs to China.
With Hurricane Sandy, Republican fantasy met the facts on the ground and lost; our shared reality is more potent than wishful thinking
Election officials in several states are dealing with a variety of issues that come with whole communities being evacuated, poll stations being seriously damaged or destroyed.
The American people, Vice President Biden said, want a President they can trust, and they know Romney doesn’t pass that test.
Mitt Romney has been smearing people his entire campaign, but when he took down GM and Chrysler, the press woke up with a vengeance.
Romney jumped the lie shark with his new ad. The press is not impressed and they are calling Romney out on it. Here’s a roundup of reaction.
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Congressman Tim Ryan appeared on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to address Romney’s ies about Jeep moving to China.
Mitt Romney played the Grim Reaper of jobs when he told Ohioans a complete falsehood about Chrysler moving Jeep to China and taking Americans job with them.
Many are saying that this election hinges on Ohio. Well, if that is true, thanks to Jon Husted’s new program, we may not know the results of the election until late November.
Don’t let any of these scams steal your vote, but most importantly don’t let them intimidate you. Stay alert, but vote.
The Mitt Romney momentum myth has been going on since Romney ‘won’ the first debate by lying about his positions. It’s taken a lot to keep the myth alive.
According to Jon Husted, making the vote accessible to all eligible voters is un-American, but a look who he is trying restrict reveals that he specifically means Democrats should not vote early.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer in Ohio endorsed President Obama for a second term today, noting that he’s been met with unbending resistance and belligerence from Republicans.
Republican Intimidation tactics, restricting voting access, and disposing of voter registration forms are all despicable attempts to hijack the election for Romney.
Obama for America’s new ad, ‘Made in Ohio,’ features Ohioans who know just how important President Obama’s rescue of the auto industry was for them.
The Supreme Court rejected Oho Secretary of State, Jon Husted’s petition to restrict early voting rights during the last 3 days before the election.
Former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist slayed the Republican myth that Obama isn’t bipartisan, saying, ‘this great president, came to Florida even though I was a Republican at the time.’
The Obama campaign announced today that their voter registration and early voting margins in Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, and Florida are bigger than they were in 2008.
Ohio’s Secretary of State will Appeal last Friday’s Federal Court ruling that reinstated early voting during the last 3 days before the election, in Ohio.
The Sixth District Court of Appeals struck down Jon Husted’s restrictions on early voting based because it violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
The swing state of Nevada is pumped up. 11,200 people waited in line during 90 degree heat to see Obama yesterday in Las Vegas.
A 70-year-old retired store owner told the Columbus Dispatch ‘All you have to do is look at the Republican platform. I’ve never seen such HATE this year in the Republican Party, national or state.’
If you are part of the sane America who believes in our constitution, including the right to vote, you may want to vote in this election and be sure that it counts.
Fox News viewers are so out of touch with reality that 90% of them actually think that Mitt Romney is going to win Ohio.
Last night, a 16-year-old Caucasian girl tweeted, ‘Someone needs to assassinate Obama… like ASAP #DieYouPieceOfShit’. For this, she gained a lot of followers, but also a lot of anger.
Perhaps Jon Husted doesn’t understand that uniformity and fairness are not interchangeable when it comes voting rights.
In Ohio’s case, the methods may be comparatively subtle, but there is nothing about the new rules that makes voting easy.
