Sorry, Charlie, but while you left a legacy of dehumanizing people you disagreed with, vilifying empathy, justifying gun violence as necessary for personal freedoms, and prioritizing soundbites of "owning" debates over pluralistic problem solving, your legacy can't force me to not feel empathy..

Evidence over politics ✊🏻🇺🇸 American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach. #healthcare #HigherEd publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...

ACTION NEEDED -- The #Ohio House is pausing their Summer break and returning for a one-day Session on 7/21 ‼️ 🚨 open.substack.com/pub/rachelco... @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social

ALERT — Ohio House Session scheduled for July!

They're coming back to ruin everyone's Summer...

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Dead count is at least 24, but I’m having doubts that “there would have been no way to foresee this” if the National Weather Service still had equipment and personnel to more accurately predict the severity of the storms forming early Thursday.. www.reuters.com/business/env...

Texas flash flooding kills at least 13 people, leaves 20-plus young campers missing

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said authorities were searching for 23 girls listed as unaccounted for among more than 700 children who were at a summer camp when it was swept by floodwaters.

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In APHA v NIH, filed in April, in response to abrupt defunding of NIH grants, Judge Young ruled that the termination of some of the NIH grants was illegal & ordered that they be restored. Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason. 🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI

A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.

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An assault on immigrant communities is an assault on *America itself.* Immigrants *are* the American story—builders, dreamers, defenders. If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue #VoteHellNo

The Big Deficit Bill is still being discussed in the House, may likely include amendments that need to go to back to the Senate. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need. 5calls.org

Governor DeWine still hasn't signed #Ohio's budget bill‼️ Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it. Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items: open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...

SB 16/HB 5337 threatens the voting rights of all Ohioans. Use @standupamerica.com’s tool and urge your state representative to vote NO on SB 153/HB 233: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett... #theresistance #ohio #NoKings

Send a letter: Stop SB 153 / HB 233 in Ohio

The Ohio SAVE Act will make it harder for eligible voters in the state to make their voices heard. Email your lawmakers today to stop this bill.

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The repeal effort of Ohio's anti-higher-ed law, SB 1, failed to collect enough signatures. Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike. 1/3

campaign to block anti-DEI education bill lacks voter signatures

Senate Bill 1 now is set to take effect on Friday after a repeal campaign missed a deadline to submit hundreds of thousands of signatures.

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Everyone working to overturn #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) has done incredible work 🔥 I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 www.statenews.org/government-p...

Opponents of anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio's public universities to submit repeal petitions Thursday

The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes at public universities.

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🗣️HEADS UP! The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights. 📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...

The final signatures are being scanned in, but if our reported numbers are accurate then we are projected to have SUCCEEDED in collecting the signatures needed to against OH SB-1 as the first all-volunteer group to achieve a referendum under Ohio’s most restrictive petition process! We’re not out..

It's the final days! Watch this video 👇

LAST CHANCE TO STOP SB1! If you haven't signed already, this is the final weekend that you will be able to sign. If your location isn't listed below, DM us and we can help! PLEASE SHARE!

Sincere thanks to everyone who made it to the rallies last week to sign the referendum petition to #stopohioSB1 ! THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND TO SIGN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!! Find us at rallies and community events like #Juneteenth all over #Ohio in the link below: ohsb1petition.com ✊🏻🇺🇸

OH SB 1 Petition

Let Ohioans decide the future of higher education.

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Nicholas Denton, PhD@nickdenton.bsky.social · last yr.

Only two weekends left to sign the referendum petition to STOP #Ohio SB-1 before June 21st! Link below to find where to sign the petition; find us at #Pride, #NoKings, #ICE rallies this weekend as well as community events, colleges, cafes, drive throughs, etc at every county, almost every day!

As Senate Republicans rewrite the reconciliation bill that would gut Medicaid and SNAP, we’re making sure key GOP senators hear from their angry constituents. Help us disrupt Trump’s Tax Scam by calling voters in target states and connecting them with their senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

This week's locations: #stopsb1oh

🧪YAY! Judge Young has expressed his displeasure towards the terminations of NIH grants. He wants the grant $ to be restored. The plaintiff was a coalition of 16 states affected by the cuts. The defense could not name single grant that was used to "support unlawful discrimination".

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last yr.

This momentous ruling by Judge Young, appointed by Reagan, means he is vacating the grant terminations at issue and wants the money to start flowing again.

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families

Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care

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Thanks everyone who atteended the #nokings protests yesterday and signed the Stop SB1 petition! We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.

This is a sparkling example of lack of science literacy displayed by the HHS. HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite. The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS. 🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Whenever #Ohio constituents call out their representatives for pushing unwanted policy, the increasingly unpopular Conservative party moves the goal posts to silence Ohioan-driven petitions. Ohioans didn’t stand for it in 2023; we must not get distracted and miss our chance to defend our rights.

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio@acluohio.bsky.social · last yr.

SB 153 is death by a thousand cuts— and it’s exactly what politicians want. Why? Because when #WeThePeople write the laws, it threatens the political status quo. A status quo reinforced by gerrymandering, leaving most Ohioans without a voice in the Statehouse. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/11/o...

What would the poor #Cleveland #Browns do without Ohio's help? 😢 bit.ly/OhioBudget2025

#Pride is Protest 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸 #LGBTQ+ people of #Ohio should find a petition at your local Pride event to defend our centers, our clubs, our scholarships, our #DEI officers, and our freedom to discuss the community’s lived experiences without fearing termination for being “biased” ohsb1petition.com

OH SB 1 Petition

Let Ohioans decide the future of higher education.

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Open Campus@opencampus.org · last yr.

Ohio State University removed a website offering support for LGBTQ+ students as leaders respond to an anti-DEI law set to take effect in late June. It’s unclear what, if any, programming or support remains for LGBTQ+ students at the state’s flagship university. www.opencampus.org/2025/06/03/o...

Ohio folks, PLEASE take a minute to find this petition and SIGN IT. The future of higher education in Ohio is literally at stake.

Nicholas Denton, PhD@nickdenton.bsky.social · last yr.

Find a petition circulator to sign the SB-1 referendum along with more info on how to protect Ohio’s unions, educators, students, and free speech here: ohsb1petition.com

Thursday, June 12th 3:30 - 4:30pm Martha Grace Reese Amphitheatre 1159 University Dr, Newark, OH 43055

AAUP-Ohio State@osuaaup.bsky.social · last yr.

Solidarity with Central Ohio Technical College educators — this Thursday in Newark! Claiming they need to follow SB1, COTC is refusing to sign the contract. But SB1 hasn’t even gone into effect yet. We’ll need to fight this anti-union bill every step of the way.

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The state of public school funding will be determined by Ohio's next budget

Public schools are waiting to see how Ohio will fund K-12 districts, as lawmakers debate different proposals in the next operating budget which needs to be finalized, passed and signed by the end of J...

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Stop Ohio SB1 at pride! Kent Pride Fest (June 13th-June 15th) 12pm - 8pm