Athens Messenger Contacts and Editorial Roles
The Athens Messenger lists key staff including Monica Nieporte as president Joe Higgins as editor Wendy Van Sickle as design editor Jeff Bunch as advertising director and Ike Weiss as production manager. The note provides contact emails and the Athens Ohio address for the newspaper's office.
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Monica Nieporte
Mnieporte
Athensmessenger
Joe Higgins
Higgins
Wendy van Sickle
Wvansickle
Jeff Bunch
Bunch
Ike Weiss
Weiss
Demilitarizing police: Obama curbs surplus weapons
The editorial lauds President Obama’s move to curb the 1033 program’s war gear transfers to local police. It notes past militarization from grenade launchers and armored vehicles, urges transparency in policing policies, and supports post‑incident peer reviews to improve community trust.
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Pentagon
Ferguson
Missouri
Obama
Roles a 37 Year Old Woman Might Play in Hollywood
Satirical list imagines age bias in casting with Maggie Gyllenhaal and others. Proposes roles from Jonah Hill’s mother to a nosferatu vampire, a decrepit witch, a 50 looking matriarch, a plastic bag rebirth figure, a non sexy tree, and a host of tongue in cheek parts including Disney villainess and Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Hollywood
Amy Schumer
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jonah Hill
Disney
Meryl Streep
Mary Todd Lincoln
Hillary Clinton embraces boring campaign strategy in Iowa
Hillary Clinton answered six questions after a Cedar Rapids speech focusing on small business. She deflected inquiries on the Clinton Foundation donor ties and 2003 Iraq vote, signaling a long term plan to frame debates as dull while using past scandals to shape her image.
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Hillary Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clinton Foundation
Iraq
Clinton
Whitewater
Monica
Hillary
Clintons
Sidney Blumenthal
Clinton White House
Monica Lewinsky
Libya
State Department
ABC News
George Stephanopoulos
Bill Clinton
Association
Clintonland
Ken Starr
Monica Bill Clinton
Gennifer
Bill
White House
State
Washington legislators addressees and contact numbers
A list of Ohio and national lawmakers with their Washington office addresses and phone numbers for Sen. Sherrod Brown Rep. Rob Portman Rep. Steve Stivers and Rep. Bill Johnson, including building names and web links.
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Senate
Washington, DC
Brown
Sen
Rob Portman
Portman
Steve Stivers
Longworth
Washington
D.C
Stivers
Bill Johnson
Washington, D.C
Billjohnson
House
Police brutality debate tied to black empowerment and accountability
A columnist argues against the notion that African American uplift alone can fix police brutality. He cites the Dover case of Cpl. Thomas Webster and Lateef Dickerson to urge systemic police accountability, noting delayed indictments and public attitudes that blame victims. He urges readers to demand reforms rather than rely on self-improvement alone.
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Tracy
Texas
Dover
Delaware
Thomas Webster
Lateef Dickerson
Webster
Dickerson
America
Cpl. Webster
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