Tag Archives: Ohio

Mother Of Right Wing School Board Member Smacks Woman’s Phone During Debate On Pro-LGBTQ Mural

Cincinnati’s NPR affiliate reports: The debate over whether discussions about race, inclusion, and LGBTQ+ issues belong in Forest Hills Schools was reignited after Superintendent Larry Hook made the decision to paint over a student-created mural at the start of the school year. The mural depicted the hands of people of different races signaling love and solidarity surrounded by symbols of …

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Ohio GOP Rep Resigns After Domestic Violence Arrest

The Akron Beacon-Journal reports: State Rep. Bob Young announced his resignation from the Ohio House on Friday as he faces allegations of domestic violence and violating a restraining order. In a letter to House Speaker Jason Stephens, the Republican from Green said the charges against him have become a distraction. Young, who first took office in January 2021, said he …

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Ohio Trump Supporter Gets Three years For Voter Fraud After Voting In Two States In Five Consecutive Elections

The Cleveland Scene reports: James Saunders, the 56-year-old Shaker Heights tax attorney convicted last week of voting multiple times in the last two general elections, was sentenced to three years in prison, a judge decided Monday morning. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Andrew Santoli coupled Saunders’ sentence with a $10,000 fine, a punishment, as Santoli detailed in last week’s hearing, …

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Ohio GOP Twists Wording Of Abortion Ballot Measure

The Associated Press reports: The Ohio Ballot Board approved language Thursday for a fall measure seeking to establish abortion access as a fundamental right, but one Democratic member blasted it as “rife with misleading and defective language.” Key among opponents’ objections were several aspects of language developed by Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, an abortion opponent, which they warned …

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Ohio Cultist Guilty Of Voting Twice In 2020 And 2022

Cleveland’s ABC affiliate reports: An attorney from Shaker Heights was found guilty of two counts of election fraud for voting twice in the 2020 and 2022 general elections, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. James Saunders, 56, was found guilty by a Cuyahoga County jury Tuesday, Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced in the news release. “Mr. Saunders is the …

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Recreational Weed Makes Ohio’s November Ballot

Cincinnati’s CBS affiliate reports: Ohio voters will decide in November if marijuana should be legal for recreational use. Sec. of State Frank LaRose [photo] announced Wednesday evening that the proposal to legalize weed gained enough valid signatures in their second go to make the ballot. The statute didn’t have enough valid signatures to make the ballot in July. The group, …

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Ohio Secretary Of State Fires Spox For Dissing Trump

NBC News reports: An official spokesperson for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is out of a job, days after his tweets — including some critical of former President Donald Trump — became fodder for LaRose’s political opponents. Rob Nichols, a veteran Republican communications operative who had served as press secretary for LaRose’s office, was fired because of the tweets …

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OH Sec Of State: “Radical Activists” Killed Amendment

From Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose: I’m grateful that nearly 1.3 million Ohioans stood with us in this fight, but this is only one battle in a long war. Unfortunately, we were dramatically outspent by dark money billionaires from California to New York, and the giant ‘for sale’ sign still hangs on Ohio’s constitution. Ohioans will see the devastating …

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Ohio Overwhelmingly Rejects GOP Anti-Abortion Ploy

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Issue 1 failed in Ohio Tuesday as voters in large counties, suburban and rural areas turned out against the effort to change how Ohio’s constitution is amended. Decision Desk HQ, an election results reporting agency providing results and race calls for the USA TODAY Network Ohio, called the race around 8:12 p.m. Early results show the …

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Voter Turnout Promising In Ohio Abortion Rights Battle

The Washington Post reports: Ohio voters will decide Tuesday whether or not to make it harder to amend the state constitution in a special election that has tremendous implications for the fate of abortion rights in the state. For more than a century, Ohio voters have been able to amend the state constitution with a simple majority. The measure up …

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FRC: Dems Want “The Complete Californication” Of Ohio

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: In the frantic lead-up to next Tuesday’s vote on Issue 1, the latest polling from Ohio Northern University shows both sides in a dead heat. Proponents are even up by a hair (42.4% to 41%) — shocking the radicals who’ve pumped millions of dollars into the state from outside groups. While the media …

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Ohio Pastor Gets Two Years For Molesting His Daughters

Cleveland’s ABC affiliate reports: A Thompson Township pastor was sentenced to two years in prison Friday morning for sexually abusing his daughters. Dennis Laferty plead guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of sexual imposition June 22. Laferty, 37, was indicted following an investigation by detectives into allegations of sexual abuse involving minors between Nov. 30 …

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Ohio Abortion Rights Measure Qualifies For Ballot

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: It’s official: Ohioans will vote on abortion access this November. A proposed amendment to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution submitted enough valid signatures to make the November ballot, the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office announced Tuesday. That means Ohio will be the only state in the nation voting on reproductive rights this year. The …

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Study Links Vax Rejection To Excess FL GOP Deaths

The Washington Post reports: The political maelstrom swirling around coronavirus vaccines may be to blame for a higher rate of excess deaths among registered Republicans in Ohio and Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published yesterday. The report in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine underscores the partisan divide over coronavirus vaccines that have saved lives but continued …

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Abortion Draws Huge Early Vote On Ohio Referendum

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Early voting figures for the Ohio Aug. 8 special election are surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. Through seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot. Another 38,000 have absentee ballots have made their way in as well. As Secretary of State Frank …

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Ohio Republicans Move To Ban Drag Shows In Public

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Drag performances in Ohio would be banned from public parks, parades and other places children might be if a bill introduced by House Republicans becomes law. House Bill 245 would expand the definition of adult cabaret performers from strippers and topless dancers to include “entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer’s …

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GOP Ohio Secretary Of State Launches US Senate Bid

Cleveland’s Fox affiliate reports: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has officially announced his candidacy for the United States Senate, according to a spokesperson for LaRose’s campaign. Early Monday morning, LaRose, an Akron native and Ohio State graduate, filed paperwork with federal elected officials. According to the release, LaRose is focused on “restoring Ohio’s voice in values to the Senate …

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Racy Ad Warns Ohio About Anti-Abortion Measure

The Wrap reports: In what might be the subjectively raciest political ad ever, Democratic lobby group Progress Action Fund debuted a steamy sex scene takedown of the GOP this week. The scene opens up with a man and a woman kissing in bed, both of them in their underwear with the woman straddling the man and asking if he has …

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OH Trumper: I Accidentally Voted Twice In 2020 & 2022

Cleveland.com reports: A Shaker Heights attorney accused of illegally voting in the last two general elections should be acquitted, in part, because he cast ballots in two states by accident, his attorney argued to a judge. James Saunders, a 56-year-old former lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service, did not mean to commit a crime when he cast ballots in both …

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Ohio Youth Pastor Gets 25 Years On Child Porn Charges

Columbus’s PBS affiliate reports: A Licking County man was given a 25-year prison sentence Tuesday in federal court after he was convicted on charges of child sexual exploitation and soliciting child pornography. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 27-year-old Matthew Reif, of Newark, victimized at least 52 boys between October 2020 and July 2022. He …

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