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Military Bases Prove New York Times to Be Lying About Greenland

David Swanson

This was a headline in the New York Times on Tuesday: “With Threats to Greenland, Trump…

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Book Shelf Analysis: Tarqi Ali - Street Fighting Years, Verso

Wes Flexner

I looked into Tariq Ali because the Rolling Stones …

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The "Amazon Prime" of Deportation: The Logistics of ICE’s Warehouse Proposal

Dissent in Bloom

There is a peculiar kind of sociopathy required to wake up, order an overnight package, and…

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What Is Worse Than Donald Trump?

Philip Giraldi

Even when you begin to think that it can’t get any worse with Donald J. Trump as President of…

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Why does Israel target Palestinian journalists in Gaza?

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

According to Amnesty International, USA, 248 brave and courageous journalists have been killed…

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Ohio governor, advocates, defend the state’s child care system amid Minnesota fraud claims

Susan Tebben

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and local advocates are defending Ohio’s child care system after comments…

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Clay Jones

Clay Jones: Best of 2025

For the most part, 2025 was a very good year for me. I took a trip to Chicago, and I saw the…

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People on smartphones

Smartphones, the New Opiate of the People

Wade Rathke

Karl Marx has been famously quoted as referring to religion as the opiate of the masses. His…

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Free Journalist Mohammad Faraj: End Jordanian Human Rights Violation

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

When 43 y/o Mohammad Faraj from the pan-Arab media outlet Al Mayadeen made a family trip for the…

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Amazon plant

I told Ohio lawmakers that a new law would put gas plants in residential areas. Now it’s happening in Hilliard.

Cathy Cowan Becker

This article first appeared in the…

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Bob and Dan faces on men on Desperado album

Dr. Bob and Dan-o are duelin' Daltons

Suzanne Patzer

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan play the whole Desperado album for you.

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Trump Lets Us See Who We Are

Robert C. Koehler

In the Donald Trump era — praise be! — so much is possible that previously no one had ever even…

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Trading Lives for Aid: The Unstable Nations Paid to Take America’s Immigrants

Dissent in Bloom

When you imagine being safe, you imagine comfort and predictability. You imagine your bed, your…

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Trump and Netanyahu Meet Again

Philip Giraldi

As has been reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again be in Washington…

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What do the colors of keffiyeh mean?

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

The Jewish lobby & the embassy of Israel in Italy are having a total meltdown over artwork…

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Trump's Sleepy Ratings

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Slavery, Genocide, and Kidnapping: The State Violence That Never Ended

Pete Johnson

The United States did not emerge accidentally as a global power. It was built through two…

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Pocket Guide

The OVI Pocket Guide: A Transparency Tool for Ohio Traffic Stops

Brandon Harmony

Traffic stops are one of the most common points of contact between the public and law…

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The Case for Expelling Israel from Eurovision

Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo

The term ‘hypocrisy’ is the most convenient term, but certainly not the most apt to…

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The Architecture of Extermination: Why the Gaza Genocide is Premeditated and Repeatable

Ramzy Baroud

Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale…

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Miss Rachel honored for the Glamour Women of the Year 2025 Award

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

Miss Rachel is honored for the Glamour Woman of the Year 2025 Award. This is a well-deserved…

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Travis Irvine

Travis Irvine's Home for the Holidays Christmas Show

Friday, December 26, 8:30pm
Natalie's, 945 King Ave, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio…

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Twilight of the Shadow Government: A Book Review

Pete Johnson

Twilight of the Shadow Government, by Kevin Shipp and Kent Heckenlively, is a notable…

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Recommended: A Bari Bari Bad Flub Goes Viral

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The pulled 60 Minutes" segment…
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Public Safety Theater Comes Home

DaVante Goins

Columbus is arguing about “public safety” again — but this time, the debate isn’t happening in a…

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Photo of German Village

Columbus Democrats Hate Democracy

Glen Tuomaala

ICE is on the streets of Columbus arresting people. Supposedly Columbus officials and police are…

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Where Do the Homes, Pets, Cars, and Lives They Left Behind Actually Go?

Dissent in Bloom

Anne Frank wrote about people stolen in the night and their homes left gutted, and that warning…

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Limping along

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The Three Narratives: Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation

Ramzy Baroud

Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet…

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Sign saying Trump Lies Matter

Trump Go Down

Wade Rathke

One year into Trump 2.0, he’s gaining speed on his sled down the mountain.

“A…

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Bob and Dan with Christmas tree, kermit, Dominick the Donkey, a hippo and Rudolph

Dr. Bob and Dan-o play goofy Christmas tunes

Suzanne Patzer

 

Dr. Bob and Dan-o Dougan become Goofy Goobers celebrating Xmas songs.

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A Battered America Awaits Trump’s Next Move

Philip Giraldi

President Donald Trump’s end of year speech to the American public that took place on December…

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