Nothin' to see here. Just one of the most corrupt legislatures in the US torching public records laws so you can't see what they do behind closed doors via a change to state law they jammed into a budget bill at the last minute, after hearings were over. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...

Furthering the ongoing contempt for Ohio voters & our state constitution, next week is the first hearing for HB 347, an "informed consent" anti-abortion bill. HB 347 requires a bunch of unnecessary and duplicative actions before abortions can be performed. #StatehouseTheocracy

Cincinnati is poised to spend an additional almost $1 million on various surveillance technologies with ZERO city laws (the Statehouse remains asleep at the wheel) governing their use & preventing widespread, non-stop surveillance now or in the future. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...

As baby boomers age, death with dignity is understandably reemerging as a public policy & civil liberties issue. As before, politicians think they know better & rob people of the ability to end their lives on their own terms w/o unnecessary suffering & pain. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

133 Ohio state legislators remain unbothered enough by serious privacy & government surveillance concerns to introduce (let alone pass) commonsense legislation regulating law enforcement use of drones & similar technology. Ohio is the wild west re: this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

Deliberately lying about current events to normalize military troops occupying cities to enforce local & state laws, especially with zero training in domestic law enforcement & no knowledge of those laws, is the exact opposite of civil liberties. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

Ohio does not have a sentencing database because too many Ohio judges hate transparency & are frightened of accountability. The fact Ohioans are so in the dark about what our courts/judges do should absolutely be a campaign issue no matter who proposes it. signalcleveland.org/vivek-ramasw...

Two things The Man loathes the most & seeks to avoid almost 100% of the time: 1) Transparency 2) Accountability

That Ohio's legal cannabis market is struggling relative to some other states is no surprise. Ohio officials & legislators have been deliberate roadblocks to a robust, affordable market place. Yet they do everything in their power for legal gambling. www.wosu.org/2025-08-06/1...

Your occasional reminder Ohio legislators could pass statewide, common sense regulations to protect us against this ever growing & prevalent use of invasive technology by law enforcement & government....but they 100% refuse to do anything helpful re: it. woub.org/2025/07/31/p...

Unable & unwilling to address actual & serious problems facing Ohioans & Ohio, the Statehouse supermajority will not rest until everyone is pushed back into the closet, key thrown away. Their agenda is not help, it is hate. www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

Today, I am testifying (virtually) before the Ohio Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights re: antisemitism in Ohio. My remarks will be limited to ongoing state government attempts to further adopt a sweeping definition of "antisemitism" impacting free speech. 1/2

In a state notorious for corruption in & at the Statehouse, legislators are now poised, via the latest version of the budget bill, to torch public access to key legislative documents. This is how a legislature with things to hide from the public & media shamefully operates. 1/6

Ohio voters enshrined abortion protections into the state constitution. But the radical theocracy still needs something for fundraising. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

HB 96, the budget bill, has now passed the House & Senate. Now a conference committee will iron out any disagreements before final passage. This also is when they will ID divisive issues to add to the bill, now that hearings are over and Ohioans have no chance to testify. #OGA101

Cities in Ohio are doing this with ZERO statewide laws regulating the use of this tech. While those legislators who crow they are against the "Deep State" & skeptical of big government do absolutely nothing. www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...

Today, I will testify vs SB 172. This is a bill sold as preventing judges from shielding undocumented immigrants from ICE enforcement actions. No surprise, SB 172 is written in a way it does much more, including local & state police enforcing federal immigration laws. 1/7

1) A 22-year-old 2) with ZERO national security experience. Once again, from the same crowd that continues to target & dismantle any/all DEI efforts in govt & the private sector because they think DEI = hiring unqualified people. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Ohio legislators still plan on numerous changes to cannabis laws before they leave for summer break at the end of June. Many of those changes thwart & ignore what voters approved when they overwhelmingly passed Issue 2. More ahead + who to contact. 1/10

Today, I will testify vs. SB 88, Ohio's version of the Alien Land Laws that came about 100+ years ago & lasted for decades. Like those laws, SB 88 prohibits ownership of land across Ohio when someone is foreign born & from a country the U.S. considers an adversary. 1/10

It's heartening to see the number of immigrants testifying today vs HB 1, a ridiculous bill to ban citizens of countries deemed foreign adversaries from buying homes & other property across Ohio. HB 1 = shameful discrimination framed as national security.

Today, I will testify vs HB 75, a bill to allow Thin Blue Line displays in/on HOA properties, condos, etc. The expansion of speech even in places not controlled/managed by govt is positive. But, HB 75 only allows pro-police speech. The OGA should keep its fingers off the scale.

Tomorrow, I will testify vs HB 160, a GOP bill to dismantle key parts of Issue 2 which legalized cannabis in Ohio. I will focus on the hostile criminal penalties, like those outlawing sharing a joint, gifting someone cannabis & driving it back to Ohio from other states.

A few years ago, advocates worked to get bipartisan bail reform passed in Ohio. Instead, that bill was diluted down to creation of a task force to study the issue, but that task force never actually happened. The budget bill now eliminates it. Ohio's expensive jails remain packed full.

55 years ago, Ohio National Guard troops indiscriminately fired into a crowd of Kent State students, killing 4 & injuring 9 others. Don’t believe for a second it cannot happen again. Indeed, out current govt is itching to unleash the military on its people once again.

FYI - The nerd bill to ban drag shows is back this session as HB 249. 44 House GOP members seek to throw someone in jail up to 6 months if they dare "exhibit a gender identity" different from their biological sex while performing in a bar where even one minor may be present.

Your government has the explicit authority to arrest, imprison, and even kill you. Despite that immense power, politicians continue to sneakily & shamelessly weaken laws that provide transparency re: law enforcement. Ohioans deserves more, not less. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04...

Top Nazi suggests supporting the Bill of Rights is aiding terrorists & a federal crime. Ohio politicians who ordinarily & breathlessy claim to love & support the First Amendment remain entirely silent.

Today, I will testify in support of HB 16, a GOP bill that prevents HOAs from banning political yard signs on one's own property. Approx 70% of new builds are governed by a HOA. Many of those restrict the speech one may display at & outside their home.

This editorial does a wonderful job illustrating the various First Amendment (& other) problems re: the ongoing push in Ohio & elsewhere to outlaw speech such as any/all criticism of Israel, Holocaust denialism, and voicing & promoting idiotic Jewish stereotypes. www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Kidnapping & shipping innocent people, with legal immigration status, and with zero due process, to a brutal foreign prison while ignoring court orders. In case you were still hedging, it's officially OK & quite truthful to call this regime "fascist." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Yesterday, the @acluohio released the latest version of our Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline Report. It highlights the role legislators' actions (& inaction) play in fueling our fully packed & expensive prisons & jails. This is now the 5th report, covering the past 10 years.

The Ohio politicians who passed SB 1, saying it protects speech on campus, are the same ones pushing bills (HB 90, SB 87) to specifically outlaw criticisms of Israel on campus & elsewhere. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/26/o...

Today, I will testify vs HB 88, a bill that increases drug trafficking penalties at least 27 different ways. The 100% failed War on Drugs rages on in Ohio & (so far) legislators seem uninterested in HB 88’s impact on Ohio’s expensive, overcrowded prisons.

Today will be a proponent hearing for HB 88, a drug trafficking bill that increases at least 27(!) different felony penalties. For 10+ years, drug trafficking has been the #2 reason a person goes to an Ohio prison. Supporters remain silent how many new prisons will need built & the cost.

Tomorrow (Thurs) at 2pm ET I will be part of an online discussion about Ohio's post-Issue 2 cannabis legislation. Tune in to hear more about what's going on & what you can do. FB - www.facebook.com/events/23874... IG - www.instagram.com/p/DHEPXjpSmST YT - www.youtube.com/@natlnorml/s...

Today, I will testify vs SB 34, a bill that requires Ohio schools to post, in classrooms and/or on school grounds, at least one of a specific list of historical documents. IT JUST SO HAPPENS on that list to choose from is the Ten Commandments. 1/12

A busy Tuesday ahead, testifying on 3 bills: HB 78 - Digital IDs (privacy concerns) SB 1 - Higher ed (anti-DEI concerns) SB 34 - 10 Commandments in schools (theocracy concerns) Just another day promoting civil liberties in hostile territory.

Related, Ohio legislators are itching to pass current bills that, among other speech, outlaws all criticisms of Israel, equating that with “antisemitism.” Many of these legislators also like to cosplay as First Amendment champions, when it suits them. www.npr.org/2025/01/30/g...

With SB 56, the GOP seeks to criminalize actions with *worse* penalties than *before* Issue 2 passage. The changes are so nonsensical, they even want to punish people for sharing joints & transporting homegrown weed...not in its original packaging(?!?) www.cleveland.com/open/2025/02...

UPDATE: SB 56, the bill to roll back various parts of Issue 2, is delayed while its sponsor provides emergency services in Kentucky following flooding there. So, no committee vote or Senate vote this week. And now also more time to make your voice heard - action.aclu.org/send-message...

Today, I will testify on SB 56, the cannabis bill on a fast track to roll back numerous & significant parts of Issue 2. Legislators' opinions on this issue appear to range from outright hostility to apathy. Either way, they do not like you pesky voters. More specifically: 1/8

For 10+ years now, the #1 reason a person goes to an Ohio prison is for drug possession. Want to make Ohio’s prisons safer? First step = end the the failed War on Drugs & stop spreading prison staffing & funding so thin. www.10tv.com/mobile/artic...

Because of Ohio voters, one of the dumbest laws ever passed by the Capital Square Theocracy has been struck down by a state judge. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

Heads up! There is a hearing Tuesday (2/18) for SB 56, the bill to screw with Issue 2/cannabis legalization. The plan = scrapping the social equity & jobs program, limiting home grow & other changes vs the will of voters. It also appears the full Senate will pass it Wednesday.

Yesterday, a Senate Committee was told how banning all campus DEI efforts would impact military veterans, those with disabilities, crime victims, rural students, first generation college students, and many more. The GOP members passed it anyway & today the Senate will, too. They simply do not care.

Today, I will be testifying vs. SB 1, the confusingly written, horribly flawed higher education bill the GOP Senate is ramming through to perpetuate the culture wars. While there is plenty to rant against, I will focus on the DEI & academic freedom portions of SB 1.

At the same point in time crusty old white guys are bitching & moaning about DEI because they think it means black people getting hired for jobs they are not qualified for, Gov. DeWine just appointed a football coach as Lieutenant Governor. #OnlyTheBest www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

DEI caused me to stub my toe on the coffee table; DEI made my cat barf on the carpet; DEI caused the Cavs to lose the other night; DEI is responsible for it being so cold in January; DEI burnt my dinner; Do I have this all correct? I'm just trying to adjust to 2025.

Yesterday, the Statehouse GOP introduced HB 26, their latest anti-immigrant bill. This bill forces state & local law enforcement to partner with the federal government for the enforcement of immigration laws. Why is this a bad idea? Follow along: 1/15