Joe Biden’s campaign stop in Toledo, Ohio was slightly overshadowed by some enthusiastic supporters of Donald Trump who drowned out his speech by chanting “four more years!” While trying to speak about the economy during a drive-in event, Biden found himself talking over Trump supporters several times. Every time he mentioned the president by name, the MAGA supporters would honk their car horns and chant things […]
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A county elections board in Ohio has confirmed that nearly 50,000 voters received “inaccurate” ballots in the mail, vowing to correct the error while fending off charges from President Donald Trump that the vote has been “rigged.” Election officials in Franklin County – Ohio’s most populous region and home to the state capital of Columbus – said on Friday that tens of thousands of erroneous ballots […]
Asked in a recent interview how things were going as Election Day draws near, a state elections director paused, searching for the right words. “I feel like I’ve got democracy in a boat,” the director told The Daily Beast, “and my staff is bailing water out while people are drilling holes in it.” That official, who spoke anonymously to discuss the situation candidly, sums up how […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080657843_0:209:3072:1937_1200x675_80_0_0_114484ee3ff2d30cba80d45f7c91c01b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010031080657825-man-opens-fire-at-pro-trump-car-parade-in-ohio—reports/ Police assume that the suspect, which is still on the loose, was one of the rally’s participants. No one has been injured as a result of the incident, according to the authorities. Police are searching for a man who opened fire at a car parade in support of President Donald Trump in Hilliard, Ohio, NBC 4 reported on Saturday. The […]
Is the prospect of a presidential debate too triggering? Well, the Ohio University hosting the showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has offered “presidential debate support spaces” for students traumatized by the face-off. President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden face off against each other on Tuesday night, in the first of three debates before November’s election. The political slugfest takes place at […]
An Ohio woman has been charged with trespassing and may face additional charges after she resisted arrest and refused to adhere to a school’s mandatory mask policy during her son’s middle school football game earlier this week. Facebook user Tiffany Lynn Kennedy argued in a Wednesday social media post that Logan Police Department (LPD) officers exhibited “police brutality at its finest” on Wednesday by immobilizing a […]
Warning: This post may contain content that is disturbing to readers. A Catholic priest in Ohio was arrested Tuesday for child sex trafficking and is accused of grooming and abusing at least two victims since the ’90s. The FBI cuffed Michael Zacharias, 53, after morning Mass at St. Michael the Archangel in Findlay. The pastor is charged with coercion and enticement, sex trafficking of a minor, […]
The hip-hop icon made a shock announcement outlining his intention to enter the political fray in early July, but has since missed a number of deadlines to obtain sufficient signatures to be on the ballot. Kanye West has zeroed in on his presidential campaign by shifting maximum attention to Ohio, the state that could determine the upcoming presidential race, TMZ reported. The rapper has reportedly hired […]
State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing on July 21, was removed and replaced as Ohio House Speaker following his indictment on Thursday. Jay LaPrete/AP hide caption toggle caption Jay LaPrete/AP State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing on July 21, was removed and replaced as Ohio House Speaker following his indictment on Thursday. […]
Signs advertise a local mask ordinance in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. Beginning Thursday evening, masks will be mandatory in public places statewide. Andrew Cenci/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Cenci/Bloomberg via Getty Images Signs advertise a local mask ordinance in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. Beginning Thursday evening, masks will be mandatory in public places statewide. Andrew Cenci/Bloomberg via Getty Images Two […]
The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Larry Householder (R), was arrested in an FBI raid on his farm, part of a bribery and racketeering probe into an alleged $60 million in illicit transactions with energy lobbyists. Householder and four associates were taken into custody on Tuesday following FBI raids, the Department of Justice said, among them lobbyists and Ohio GOP functionaries, who US attorneys […]
A $60 million kickback on a $2 billion payoff to a corrupt Ohio utility that runs the most dangerous nuclear plant in the world has led a trail of corruption to a series of rigged elections including one that put Shitstain in the White House. Daily Beast: Ohio’s top state lawmaker conspired to funnel tens of millions of dollars from the state’s electric utility to his […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/42/1079834275_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_bd02f2ed0faa8236ff614cc96ecd81ab.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079948329-state-of-ohio-house-speaker-4-others-arrested-over-60-million-racketeering-conspiracy/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Authorities arrested Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder, three lobbyists, and one political strategist on charges involving a $60 million payment in exchange for Householder’s support of a billion-dollar bailout of two nuclear power plants, the US Justice Department announced in a press release. “It is alleged that Larry Householder, 61, of Glenford, Ohio, and […]
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is among five local political insiders reportedly arrested Tuesday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to the state’s new nuclear bailout law. According to several media reports, FBI agents and local authorities stormed Householder’s Glenford farm on Tuesday morning. Four other men were reportedly arrested alongside Householder, who has led the Republican-controlled Ohio House since last January: Neil […]
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested on Tuesday morning, hours ahead of a planned announcement of a $60 million bribe investigation by federal prosecutors. Householder is seen here in March 2019. Paul Vernon/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Vernon/AP Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested on Tuesday morning, hours ahead of a planned announcement of a $60 million bribe investigation by federal prosecutors. Householder […]
Columbus, Ohio police are still looking for the violent Black Lives Matter protesters who attacked an elderly man with Cerebral Palsey during their May riots. Columbus police released video this week that documents people engaging in violent behavior directed at a victim with Cerebral Palsy and his vehicle as well as others who actively came to his rescue and attempted to stop the violence. The video […]
Federal prosecutors allege that a top immunologist at Ohio State University illegally concealed Chinese funding for his research and attempted to flee the country before his arrest in Alaska in May. In a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, the Justice Department accuses Song Guo Zheng, the Ronald L. Whisler MD Chair in Rheumatology and Immunology at Ohio State’s medical school, of fraudulently obtaining federal grant funds […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration will soon mandate masks in seven of the state’s counties struggling with a resurgent coronavirus in a decision that is likely to only further add to the tension brewing between the state’s GOP leader and his inner party critics. The list includes the three most populous counties in the state that have seen a rising number of cases in the weeks […]
Release The Prisoners: Ohio Jail 100 Percent Positive For Covid By Martha Grevatt, Worker’s World. July 4, 2020 Release The Prisoners: Ohio Jail 100 Percent Positive For Covid2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest-outside-cuyahoga-county-jail-cleveland-may-29.-from-workers-world-e1593889606927.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protest Outside Cuyahoga County jail, Cleveland, May 29. From Worker’s World. In a recent report, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance stated that the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead is the first county jail in the state to […]
VT says “Thanks Amy, you saved lives” Her home was surrounded by neo-Nazi anti-lockdown thugs with AK 47s and anti-Semitic smears. As the nation faces a resurgence of COVID 19 and begins the inexorable move toward 325,000 deaths, those who did their jobs with honor and decency will, increasingly, become targets of GOP election year desperation. Guardian: Ohio doctor won widespread praise for her assessments of […]
A senator in Ohio has landed himself in hot water after asking an expert witness whether the ‘colored population’ suffered more than others from the deadly coronavirus, owing to inadequate hygiene skills. On Tuesday, during a meeting of the Senate Health Committee, Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), who is white, asked the witness why the impact of Covid-19 has been worse on people of color than […]
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) about the recent protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. Source link
Rioters broke into the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Friday evening as violence and destruction continues to sweep the nation. Advertisement – story continues below NBC 4 reporter Eric Halperin tweeted that windows were being broken and some criminals have went inside. NOW: Demonstratirs have moved to the Statehouse grounds and have broken windows. Some have gone inside. @nbc4i pic.twitter.com/VBtVbprA9G — Eric Halperin (@EricHalperinTV) May 29, […]
There were at least five coronavirus infections in Ohio as far back as January, the state’s health director said, suggesting the illness began spreading there weeks earlier than previously thought. The five early cases – believed to have emerged across five Ohio counties between January 7 and 27 – were announced on Monday by Department of Health Director Dr Amy Acton, who said the previously unknown […]
So I was asking Sherrod Brown about going back to work in the United States Senate last week, and he gave me the most Sherrod Brown answer you could imagine: “McConnell summons us back,” he told me. “Think about this. Forget about senators and our safety. And most of us aren’t bringing any staff in, except maybe one person, or zero. There’s the generally well-paid floor […]
Solidarity With Ohio prisoners By Martha Grevatt, Workers World. May 10, 2020 Solidarity With Ohio prisoners2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/prison-1-e1589131917617.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Globe and Mail. Over 200 people demonstrated outside the state prison in Marion, Ohio, May 2 to protest the conditions inside and demand prisoners who meet certain criteria be released. The prison drew national attention after 80 percent of the prisoners tested positive for COVID-19. Conditions are […]
As states rush to get back to work and President Donald Trump orders the nation’s coronavirus task force to switch its focus to reopening the economy, health experts are pressing more than ever the need for contact tracing. It’s a tool that proved effective in past epidemics like SARS and Ebola, and it’s regarded as essential to safely reopening the country with the looming threat of […]
Democrats in the Ohio State House of Representatives have proposed launching a blockchain voting pilot for overseas military voters registered in the Buckeye State. Introduced Tuesday as part of the Democrats’ elections law overhaul, the bill calls on Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose to “establish a pilot program” of blockchain voting specifically for uniformed service members stationed outside the U.S. The bill was introduced by […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been widely praised for slowing the spread of coronavirus through a series of aggressive measures that closed down the state before many of his Republican counterparts around the country. But Keith Threewits, the executive committee chairman of the Darke County Republican Party, is not impressed. “Basically he superseded the constitution of Ohio and the constitution of the United States and violated […]