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“He put a gun to my head” Trump’s vigilantes choose bullets over ballots

“He said, ‘Help me! Help me!’ and he stuck his hand inside his coat.  When I tried to help him, he pulls out a gun. That’s when he told me to get on the ground.”

Mark Anthony Aguirre, a vigilante vote-fraud hunter, ran an air-conditioning repair truck off the road. Then Aguirre put a gun to the repairman’s head—and demanded the driver, David Zuniga, open up the back of his truck. Aguirre believed that Zuniga was smuggling 750,000 forged absentee ballots, all “voting” for Biden, enough to win Texas.

Zuniga, rightly frightened for his life, opened the back of his A/C repair truck to reveal…A/C ducts and pipes. No forged ballots.
 
The gunman was not some lone crazy: In October 2020, he was paid a stunning $266,400 by a right-wing Texas billionaire, Steven Hotze, who had hired dozens of vigilantes in the hope of proving that Joe Biden was trying to steal the election by stuffing ballot boxes with forged ballots.
 
In Houston, I met with the man who supposedly forged these 750,000 ballots, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis. Harris County is better known as Houston, Texas.

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Zionism vs Zionism - Ben-Gvir and the Acceleration of the Collapse of Israel

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on August 26, to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al-Haram Al-Sharif. 

 Ben-Gvir, as a representation of Israel's powerful religious Zionist class in the government and society at large, has been candid regarding his designs in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine. 

 He has advocated a religious war, calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the starvation or killing of prisoners and the annexation of the West Bank. 

Central Ohio Worker Center: Building worker power

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This article was first published by Policy Matters Ohio

In the 1960’s, my grandfather joined the United Steelworkers and together with my grandmother, a nurse, they changed the entire trajectory of our family through the stability and opportunities they earned. Almost 60 years later, my husband joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (shout out to Local 683!) after being a non-union journeyman for several years. In addition to better pay, his jobs are more secure, his health insurance more comprehensive, and his worksites safer. I worked in food service, retail, as a nanny, and as a home childcare provider before joining Policy Matters Ohio and the staff union. I have rights and benefits at work that I never even dreamed of as a low-wage hourly worker, like guaranteed wage increases and paid family & medical leave.

Hot Times musicians featured on this week's Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o

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Everybody Knows plays on WGRN 91.9FM Friday nights at 11:00 PM, and streams live on wgrn.org.

This week Dr. Bob and Dan-o talk about and play songs by artists performing this year at the Hot Times Community Music and Arts Festival. 

The show will also play Mondays at 2pm on WCRS 82.7 & 98.3FM and streams live on wcrsfm.org. 

Archived shows can be found on the Free Press Network and SoundCloud. 

Hot Times community Music and Arts Festival

Details about event

Friday, September 6, 4-1opm
Saturday, September 7, 11am-10pm
Sunday, September 8, 11am-8pm

NEW LOCATION 2024 only: North Hamilton Park between E. Long St. and E. Broad St.

The Hot Times Festival is a community driven, multi-arts event and has been a project of the Arts Foundation of Olde Towne for over 40 years.

The festival has moved four times and now in 2024 the Festival makes a temporary while construction happens on the traditional site. 

The Hot Times Art Cars will host two new vehicles traveling from Texas along with a host of regional and local cars and will be honoring co-founder Ramona Moon. There will be children's activities, food, drinks, music, arts and crafts and community booths. 

LONG STREET STAGE

FRIDAY:

5:00. African Cultural Arts Institute

6:00. Mendelsonics

7:00. Austin & Syd Experience 

8:00. Shaun Booker Dammit Band

9:00. Willie Phoenix

SATURDAY:

12:00. Wahru’s Drummers

 1:00. Charles Grace Band

 2:00. Billy Zenn & The Beatdowns

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Knowledge Is Power. Gaza War Supporters Don’t Want Students to Have Both.

With nearly 18 million students on U.S. college campuses this fall, defenders of the war on Gaza don’t want to hear any backtalk. Silence is complicity, and that’s the way Israel’s allies like it. For them, the new academic term restarts a threat to the status quo. But for supporters of human rights, it’s a renewed opportunity to turn higher education into something more than a comfort zone.

 In the United States, the extent and arrogance of the emerging collegiate repression is, quite literally, breathtaking. Every day, people are dying due to their transgression of breathing while Palestinian.

Sign up to perform at the Mystic Café Variety Show and Open Mic October 18th

People at food co-op

SoulCall Global invites you to our fun Mystic Cafe Variety Show and Open Mic Friday October 18, 2024.

Help SoulCall Global raise money to feed and house the needy and enjoy an old fashioned variety show with everything from great music and comedy acts to who knows what. Performers are encouraged to sign up.
A keyboard accompanist is available.

Doors open at 6:00 pm
Performances 7:00-9:00 pm

Donation $15 (or more! 100% of profits go to our charitable programs)
Columbus Mennonite Church
35 Oakland Park Ave., Columbus OH 43214
Information at https://www.soulcallglobal.org 

To secure a performance time slot, contact Bob Lipetz for a registration
form at bob@debchi.com, 614-906-4350.

Businesses interested in showcasing their services by becoming a
sponsor, contact Lisa Ferraro at Soulcallone@gmail.com

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