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This Army guy wonders why we’re surrendering 40% of the field
You don’t have to have served in the Army to know that if you don’t show up on the battlefield...the enemy can do whatever they want. And if you join a battle with no weapons, manpower, or reinforcements…you’re gonna lose the fight. As a six-year old playing with GI...
Join Us for a Post-Election Debrief
Over the course of the election, we saw so many folks like you pour their heart and soul into this election. Phone banks, text banks, door knocks, postcards – doing everything everywhere. And while many of the national results were uplifting, in Ohio the outcome was...
NYT: Why Little-Noticed State Legislative Races Could Be Hugely Consequential
By Nick Corasaniti, Oct. 10, 2022 EASTPOINTE, Mich. — The conversation started with potholes. Veronica Klinefelt, a Democratic candidate for State Senate in suburban Detroit, was out knocking on doors as she tries to win a seat her party sees as critical for taking...
Gaslit Nation: Laboratories of Autocracy; The David Pepper Interview
Gaslit Nation, October 5, 2022 David Pepper has witnessed Ohio devolve into an electoral autocracy where extreme Republican gerrymandering ensures that the results of the state elections are pre-determined. This is happening across the country in so-called red states,...
Join Us And Special Guest Ed O’Neill!
This month we're joined by special guest and Youngstown, Ohio native Ed O'Neill! You may have laughed along with him as Al Bundy in Married With Children, or as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family. But he agrees: what Republicans are doing in Ohio is no laughing matter....
Ashland Source: Drew Burge’s campaign finances draw largely from Democratic PAC
Nathan Hart, Report for America Corps Member, September 16, 2022 ASHLAND — Democrat Drew Burge of Brunswick has raised more than $3,629 — the majority of which came from a Political Action Committee — for his bid for the 67th Ohio House District, according to campaign...
BTL: State Legislatures Are Ground Zero on the Attack of Democracy
Interview with David Pepper, Blue Ohio co-founder, attorney and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic party, conducted by Scott Harris As the House Committee investigating Donald Trump’s failed Jan. 6 coup attempt continues to gather new evidence of the former...
New Yorker: State Legislatures are Torching Democracy
Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress. By Jane Mayer August 6, 2022 Ohio’s voters are moderate, but its legislature is to the right of South Carolina’s....
Gerrymandered Districts: Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Map as Unconstitutional
Another Unconstitutional Map The Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that the maps submitted by the Redistricting Committee violate our state Constitution, because they are unconstitutional gerrymanders. Again. This is the sixth time that the Court has stricken down the...
The Bizarre Legal Theory That Could Upend Federal Elections
Last week, amidst the dumpster fire that was the last SCOTUS term, we got the news that it will hear a case that centers on the Independent State Legislature ("ISL") theory. That's ... not good. Let’s talk about what ISL is, why it’s setting off...