Laura Ciocia

I spent the morning at the federal court house in #Cleveland with other members of Indivisible Northeast #Ohio for a “RAPID RESPONSE” event.

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The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

This is a new one.

Political pros no better than public in predicting which messages persuade A new study by Yale political scientist Josh Kalla shows that experts performed little better than chance in identifying effective political messaging.

An interesting Yale study showed that campaign professionals were barely better than the general public than predicting which political messages would resonate. cc: @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social news.yale.edu/2024/11/01/p...

Kash Patel failed to disclose two companies involved in a million-dollar land deal Trump's nominee for FBI head continues to generate questions about his finances.

Kash Patel wants to weaponize the FBI against journalists, government officials, nonprofit organizations and ordinary Americans.

The Senate will vote on Patel’s nomination for FBI director on Tuesday. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Or email: act.indivisible.org/sign/demand-...

Compliments of 🟠.

Geauga County, Ohio, YMCA….

How much more evidence do y’all need that the Nazis are a feature and not a bug.

@ezralevin.bsky.social Ezra can you clarify what you mean when you said the SAVES act is a distraction (if I’m remembering correctly). Should we not be bringing this up to our reps this week?

A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

So a Chinese run conspiracy theorist newspaper is now the preferred news source for our elected officials? Got it. #thisisohio

“Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men! Machine men w/ machine minds & machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You, the people, have the power to make this life free & beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Let us use that power. Let us all unite!”

YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

Ohio Senate Bill 1 Issue Synopsis Ohio Senate Bill 1 — Bill Breakdown Read the full SB 1 bill text here Official SB 1 bill analysis here Note: HB 6 in the Ohio House is identical to SB 1 How to testify against SB 1 Ohio SB 1 Breakd...

@rachelcoyleohio.bsky.social's breakdown of the bill here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Here in #Ohio, the University of Akron just ended a decades long program dedicated to fostering conversations on race and equity and justice.

Make no mistake, the anti DEI crusade isn’t about discrimination. It’s aim is to muzzle open dialogue, erase representation & rewrite history.

🚨‼️ #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) has an opponent hearing Tuesday (2/11) at 2:00 pm

They're trying to pass it Wednesday‼️

Your testimony + witness slip must be emailed by 2:00 pm on Monday (2/10)
Email them to Roegner@ohiosenate.gov

Bill breakdown — docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets' The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.

Welcome to McCarthyism 2.0 but with fewer guardrails. This is seriously chilling.