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Sign the HB 6 Petition to Repeal the Nuclear and Coal Bailouts

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Friday, October 18, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Many of you have been closely watching the debate on House Bill 6, legislation passed in July, which would place a charge on the bill of every ratepayer in Ohio to bailout two struggling nuclear plants and two of the region’s oldest, dirtiest coal plants. As if that were not enough, the legislation also guts the state’s successful renewable energy and efficiency standards that we have all fought so hard to defend over the last decade. If enough signatures are collected to get this issue on the ballot, the referendum effort keeps the law from going into effect until after Ohioans cast their votes in November 2020. Location:Land Grant Brewing Company 424 W. Town St. Columbus, OH 43215.

Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty

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Thurs, October 17, 8-10pm
Vista Worthington, 7349 Worthington Galena Rd.
As the Ohio Legislature grapples with the question of how the state conducts executions—or perhaps if they should occur at all—come for the latest updates and hear stories of those who have experienced the issue first-hand. Featuring: Murder victim family members Chris Castillo and George White, and death row exoneree Shujaa Graham . Visit www.journeyofhope.org/ohio-journey for full event listing.

ColumbusMediaInsider: Kasich May Be Behind Otterbein Debate

Free Press writer John Hartman

I can't help but speculate that none other than former Gov. John Kasich was behind the selection of Otterbein University as the site for the fourth Democratic Presidential Debate Oct. 15.

Columbus Business Firstreported that it was a cryptic call from CNN to Otterbein that started the process.

It would not be surprising if Johnny Nobody whispered in his new employer's ears that his hometown of Westerville would be perfect for the roasting of his archrival President Donald Trump.

Otterbein currently provides a studio from which Kasich does his commentator musings on CNN, so he owes the university one.

Kasich is still smarting from the whipping Trump gave him in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. Johnny only carried Ohio and that only with the help of the endorsement of OSU football icon Urban Meyer.

He was on CNN, the debate sponsor, and MSNBC earlier Oct. 15 touting his new book about nothing anybody would pay to read. It should be titled: Nobody Writes About Nothing.

Johnny offered advice to candidates for president: just be yourself.

Bad advice. Most Republican voters did not like Johnny's self.

The Collusion of Church and State

ntrigued by the controversy that erupted over Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech before the American Association of Christian Counselors last week in Nashville — it was titled “Being a Christian Leader” and was eventually removed from the State Department website — I wound up reading the whole speech. And I actually found one paragraph that I liked.

I’ll get to that in a moment, but first, ta tum, the controversy:

Voting is important

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The More Joe Biden Stumbles, the More Corporate Democrats Freak Out

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The Democratic Party's most powerful donors are running out of options in the presidential race. Their warhorse Joe Biden is stumbling, while the other corporate-minded candidates lag far behind. For party elites, with less than four months to go before voting starts in caucuses and primaries, 2020 looks like Biden or bust.

A key problem for the Democratic establishment is that the "electability" argument is vaporizing in the political heat. Biden's shaky performances on the campaign trail during the last few months have undermined the notion that he's the best bet to defeat Donald Trump. The latest polling matchups say that Biden and his two strong rivals for the nomination, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, would each hypothetically beat Trump by around 10 points.

Debate demonstrations and watch parties

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 6:00 PM.  Otterbein University Debate Support Rally.  Organized by Ohio for Bernie.  Come out and hold signs, canvass and support Bernie Sanders at the next Democratic Debate in Westerville, Ohio.  Though details are not worked out such as time and rallying locations, this event will happen. The event was created for everyone to plan accordingly, make signs and have conversations. Stay tuned!  Location:  Westerville Sports Complex. Westerville, Ohio.  Facebook. 

The Nobel Committee Is Doing Better

The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize was right not to give the prize to Greta Thunberg, who deserves the highest prizes available, but not one created to fund the work of abolishing war and militaries. That cause ought to be central to the work of protecting the climate, but it is not. The question of why no young person working to abolish war is given access to television networks ought to be raised.

 

The vision that Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel had for the peace prize — the promotion of fraternity between nations, the advancement of disarmament and arms control and the holding and promotion of peace congresses — has not yet been fully grasped by the committee, but it is making progress.

24-hour Hunger Strike

Details about the event and photo of the speaker

Monday, October 14, 8:00 AM – Tuesday, October 15, 8:00 AM

Traveling Mercies: Ohio Journey of Hope Send-Off Celebration

Details about the event and Rev. Sullivan

Sunday, October 13, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

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