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A perfect opportunity

Donald Trump’s genius plan evicting 2 million Palestinians from their home in Gaza provides the King a perfect opportunity. Being the least racist person in his virtual reality, he should not only welcome those he proposes to boot, but also sponsor their settlement on his 16 golf courses. If there isn’t enough space, Mar-Lardo could house a couple hundred thousand. It could be a beautiful win-win-win. In their spare time, Palestinians can take up golf and hire white supremacists as caddies. The Middle East basks in peace. Donald wins his coveted Mumble Peace Prize. And 5 or ...

Government Spending

Elon Musk is cutting government programs that regular people rely on, laying off or firing somewhere around 100,000 people so far. Their jobs were everything from cancer research to protecting our nuclear weapon stockpiles and prosecuting those scamming consumers. Meanwhile, Musk’s companies have received over 18 billion dollars in government grants and contracts in the last eight years. Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 despite making $2.3 billion in profit. Maybe having billionaires running our country isn’t the best idea. John Schmieding Athens, OH

Rulli Town Hall

Many of us in Ohio’s 6th Congressional District have reached out to Congressman Michael Rulli to voice our concerns about his unwavering support for Donald Trump’s policies, including executive orders that threaten our rights and freedoms. In response, we have received nothing but form letters—generic, dismissive, and failing to address the real issues we raised, including the recent devastating layoffs in neighboring Parkersburg, W.Va. This is not representation. True leadership requires engagement, accountability, and a willingness to listen to the people. Yet Congressman Rulli ...

Will a real leader please stand up

From cowboys and Indians to corruptible sexual orientation immorality to cozying up with money gamers Mike Rulli is posing as a congressman of the 6th District of Ohio. Rulli has gone from grocery produce to Primary Sponsor of Ohio Senate Bill 119 to backyard cowboys and Indians to money games in East Palestine, Ohio. While still an Ohio Senator, Rulli and his political party advancer from Columbiana County called everyone else a liar about his sponsorship of Senate Bill 119 which had at its core immorality. Rulli and his promoter continue to deny and evade the fact that his name was ...

Pray for Marietta College

Dear Marietta College Alumni and Marietta Community, As you may know, small colleges across the U.S. are facing challenging times for various reasons. In public updates from the leadership, it is apparent Marietta College is also having to navigate some of these difficulties within the landscape of higher education. For many of us, Marietta College has been a significant part of our lives and a cornerstone of the Marietta community. It would be easy to just hope things were different, but we can do more. Prayer changes things, and now is the time to pray and ask God for His mercy, ...

Your safety and environment are in peril

-A Call to Action- Washington County has long been the dumping grounds for “Brine” waste that is a by-product of Oil and Gas extraction and especially fracking. If you drive very far on any of our local highways you are almost certain to encounter a “Brine” truck or several that you are sharing the road with. The term “Brine” gives one the idea that this is simply some salty water, but that would be dead wrong. “Brine” is a radioactive concoction of hundreds of harmful contaminants including PFAS (forever chemicals), heavy metals such as arsenic, and chemicals such as ...