Tiara and Jesse debate

Editor's note: The election results from November 4th's Columbus City Council District 7 race between Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel showed that Vogel won the most votes in District 7, but lost the election to Ross, who won the most votes outside the district. Under Columbus' odd district-based system, district candidates are voted on by the entire city.

---------------------------------

COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE - 11/6/25

Congratulations to Tiara Ross who will be the next Columbus CounciI member from District 7!

TRANSLATION

Without the transfer of tens of thousands of dollars from members of City Council she would have lost. We tipped the scales of local democracy to get what we wanted. She owes her loyalty to City Hall and myself; not you. She will obey everything we tell her.

I look forward to working with her to move Columbus forward. Every neighborhood and every family will benefit from her passion and heart for service. Her victory is not just for her but for every community that needs a fighter.

TRANSLATION

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A coding flaw in China's artificial intelligence application DeepSeek allows it to reveal subversive details about Beijing's extensive censorship, "hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras," human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet, and other contradictions to the Chinese Communist Party.

DeepSeek's AI R-1 artificial intelligence app also warned any Chinese trying to "Make China Great Again" would be charged with sedition.

"DeepSeek is well-suited for use cases such as unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous surface vessels, and forward fire-control nodes where limited power and communications bandwidth have historically restricted AI use," the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation reported on Oct. 27, analyzing "DeepSeek's use in China's military and public security systems."

China's "public security literature also frames DeepSeek as a tool for intelligence-led governance."

Chinese "official discourse further elevates DeepSeek as critical to a 'new-type public security combat power'," Jamestown said.

Details about event

Tuesday, November 11,  5-6:30pm
Goodale Park Gazebo
An informal but informative affair, a time when people may share their views on the theme: Peace IS Possible. People may want to bring a chair or a blanket to sit on in the gazebo. I will have a microphone for us to share our thoughts on how peace is, in fact, possible.
Sponsored by Veterans For Peace, Central Ohio sponsored event. 

Hours before New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor, right-wing pundit and MAGA podcast superstar Megyn Kelly stated Muslims like New York City's mayor-elect shouldn't hold office in the U.S. Kelly said Mamdani, a U.S. citizen born in Uganda, is "not American" and that Muslims should not be allowed to hold a public office in America because she said that “the tenets of Islam are not consistent with Western civilization.” I will get to that in a minute.

First, one has to wonder if Megyn Kelly had ever met a Muslim in her home state or if her parents are closely related. Either way, this hatemonger thinks that she will not be held accountable for her bigoted and insulting comments about Muslims. Miss Kelly sounded like Archie Bunder with a law degree. She is the one who is un-American and just plain sick. 

American citizens regardless of origin are entitled to run for elected offices as long as they qualify by law. It is up to voters to decide whether they should serve or not. Kelly is basically saying she doesn't like his politics therefore he shouldn't be eligible. 

Details about event

Saturday, November 8, 2025, 1:30 – 4:30 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Rd. in Clintonville.
Large parking lot available. 

This year is the Columbus Free Press' 55th anniversary!

We are celebrating by honoring five outstanding community activists and a community organization. We will honor: Bob Krasen, Healthcare for all Ohioans, Lezlie Combs - longtime community activist, Paul Becker - activist photographer, Julialynne Walker - Bronzeville Growers Market, Jawhara Qutiefan - Palestinian activist, Heer to Serve - Mutual Aid organization. There will be light refreshments.

This event is free, and all are welcome. Location:

Facebook Event

Little boy holding sign I'm Thankful

Haga clic aquí para español
We need your help to fill food boxes for the homeless and marginally housed families we will serve.

We are in need of---
Turkeys
Boxed stuffing/mashed potatoes/Mac & Cheese
Rice
Gravy
RollsCanned yams

We accept donations Monday-Friday 9a-2p at 1037 Parsons Ave. 43206. Questions? Send us a return email or call us at 614-222-2885. Thank you.

www.TheOpenShelter.org 614-222-2885

Logo

Dr. Bob and Dan-o Dougan bring us songs about doctors, nurses and medicine, including Dear Doctor, many songs with the name "Doctor, Doctor," Doctor My Eyes, and more!

Listen here

Listen live at 11pm Fridays, November 7 and 14 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Mondays at 2pm streaming November 10 and November 17 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven emirates that tightly controls speech and where political parties are illegal. The tiny Gulf state is home to 10 million people of whom just 10 percent are Emirati citizens. The UAE has recently made international new when it deported a Palestinian telecom engineer, identified as S.M., after living in the UAE for 20 years, following a casual comment during a celebration at a government agency in Abu Dhabi in which he refused to drink Pepsi, saying: "Boycott."

According to informed sources quoted by Sunna Files, the Palestinian engineer was summoned to a security agency in Abu Dhabi just two days after the incident and informed that he had to leave the country within days. This forced him to liquidate his business and withdraw his children from their schools before leaving for Jordan with a temporary passport.

UAE's repressive measures against free speech supersede those of Israel and US

Kratom. 

As the Mayo Clinic describes it: “Kratom is a supplement that is sold as an energy booster, mood lifter, pain reliever and remedy for the symptoms of quitting opioids, called withdrawal. But the truth about kratom is not so simple. And there are safety problems linked to its use.”

The article continues: “Kratom is an herbal extract that comes from the trees of an evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa. The tree grows in Southeast Asia.” However, “some kratom sellers add more of the active ingredient than kratom naturally has….Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product…taking kratom can be harmful…The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned people not to use kratom because of possible harm it can cause.”

A key aspect of the kratom issue is something called 7-OH. It makes up a tiny portion of the kratom leaf—less than 1 percent—but can be, and is being, synthesized to a strength of many, many times its potency in the plant. 

Pages

Subscribe to ColumbusFreePress.com  RSS