By Don Rollins -- Ohio’s status as the bellwether for presidential elections is long retired, but not the myth that it’s citizens go for “moderate” Republicans when choosing their governor...

By Jessica Corbett -- "Rather than comply with a lawful court order, he wants to see millions of families, retirees, and disabled individuals go hungry, suffer, and potentially lose their homes all to curry favor with anti-worker billionaires,” a plaintiff said.

By Frank Lingo A first-of-its-kind report on the state of nature in the United States authorized by President Joe Biden has been canceled by order of President Donald Trump. A Feb. 10 New York Times article covered the coverup.

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"Trump really hit his stride on Jan. 24, when he fired 17 inspectors general, who are responsible for investigating waste, fraud and abuse, and instead put Elon Musk’s Department of Govern Efficiency in charge of those tasks." - JMC

CEOs and tech investors are desperate to deflect workers fury over the joblessness that awaits them when AI makes a workerless workplace possible. By Jim Hightower

The last time Americans faced the possible spread of Ebola to U.S. territory, in 2014, Donald Trump irresponsibly stoked public fears and barked at Barack Obama while doing nothing useful to protect us. By Joe Conason

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time. By Thom Hartman

By LISA SONG, ProPublica; In just two weeks, Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the U.S. and who will be left to safeguard these communities.

Well, here we are—Crunch Time! It’s become a drag to think about/listen to/research/opine on the distance between Rs and Ds, and how massive the differences have become. If I have to read …

As with every state in the union, Ohio has been scene to tragic violence. From historic attempts to erase indigenous peoples, to deadly race riots, to the unprovoked murders of four Kent State …

Donald Trump said he wants the government or insurers to pay for in vitro fertilization treatments. For those lacking coverage, the American taxpayer would presumably pick up the entire cost.  …

The formal term for what the Trump Cult has visited upon the Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, is “blood libel.” Although foreigners and outsiders have doubtless been blamed for …

When my dad moved to southwest Ohio in the early 1970s, the Dayton-Springfield area’s second city was home to over 80,000 people. When I was growing up nearby in the 1990s, it was 70,000. …

There is no bottom to Donald Trump’s Republican Party. And his running mate is digging further.                         …

Baraboo, Wisconsin, is known as the former home of the Ringling Bros. Circus’ headquarters. But even that extravaganza of acrobats and clowns could not surpass the dazzling tent show playing …

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and has written eloquently on human rights for many years. But recently Kristof said Democrats shouldn’t …

After a year of controversy over LGBTQ book displays, county commissioners in a small North Carolina town began proceedings to withdraw their public library from the regional system, a move that …

I’ ve rarely been taken to task, by friends or readers, for the kind of maudlin, low- rent patriotism that fuels alt-right pseudo-populism and spawns grotesque politicians like Donald Trump. …