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Hillary Clinton will meet with Black Lives Matter activists in Cleveland on Friday, including DeRay Mckesson and Brittany Packnett. An aide told The Associated Press that Clinton and the activists will discuss how to "advance equity and opportunity in the African-American community." Clinton sat with Black Lives Matter protesters around this same time last year for a conversation that Mckesson described as "tough," but "in the end I felt heard." Clinton has been met with suspicion by critics of former President Bill Clinton's 1994 crime bill, which contributed to high incarceration rates of black people for nonviolent crimes. —Jeva Lange

A Toronto court will hear arguments Monday on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and "Chief Wahoo" logo in Ontario. The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes on the same day the team plays the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto. The long-standing logo, which appears on some team caps and jerseys, depicts a grinning, red-faced cartoon with a feather headband. Cardinal's lawyers will ask the court Monday to bar the usage of the name and logo by the team, Major League Baseball and...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The union representing Cleveland's rank-and-file police officers voted overwhelming Friday to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association voted 216-68 to endorse Trump over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The balloting process took 12 hours, union president Steve Loomis said in a statement to members. Several officers told cleveland.com this week that they worried a vote to endorse Trump could risk eroding the relationship between officers and minority communities. The department has been working to rebuild those relationships after a series of controversial deaths involving police.

Sean Hannity 10 pm E on Fox News with Donald Trump townhall and Cleveland pastors. must see!

King called Trump “an American to save the nation” at a campaign event at New Spirit Revival Center, a largely black church in King’s hometown of Cleveland. “He’s fearless, he’s courageous and brave and bold enough to take on the system,” King said. “All things are possible with God.” ... Trump’s running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, introduced King. “The party doesn’t want him, the system doesn’t want him, the lying politicians don’t want him,” King said of Trump. “We need Donald Trump, especially black people,” said King, who is African-American. The boxing hall of famer was expected to join...

Don King, boxing promoter Opens for Donald Trump at Midwest Vision & Values (9-21-16) "town hall meeting on African-American concerns" at New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights

SCHOOL CHOICE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-4oeEChx0 States develop own system: not question of money.

On Thursday, September 08, 2016 at 2pm in Cleveland, Ohio You are cordially invited to attend a private Donald J. Trump for President Event at The Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy Cafeteria Attire: Business Lunch will be served @ 12 noonPlease RSVP *Please note that this event is not open to the general public FREE FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN CASSA sets the academic and social foundation for life-long learning K-8 Public Charter School CASSA is a top-rated, tuition-free community charter school serving K-8 Grade students throughout Cleveland PARAGON™ CURRICULUM A World of Ideas that Makes a World of Difference

Hillary Clinton began a Labor Day rally in Cleveland with a bad cough — which she blamed on her opponent, Donald Trump. “Every time I think about Trump, I get allergic,” Clinton said after some sustained hacking. “Boy, we have 63 days to go,” Clinton croaked, before coughing some more.

Deborah Pearl was driving to work Saturday morning through the local streets of Solon, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb so serene that Money magazine last year named it one of the top 10 places to live in the United States. It was just after 7 a.m. when the 53-year-old mother of three cruised through an intersection and a man in a sport-utility vehicle ran a red light, slamming into the driver’s side of Pearl’s Ford Taurus, police reports would later say. The intensity of the crash caused Pearl’s car to skid across the intersection and the SUV to roll several times...

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton laughed off questions from reporters about her health, while standing in the rope line after a campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio. In a Vine video, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell says she asked Clinton to comment on her health as she was taking selfies with supporters. Clinton, who appeared to be enjoying herself, turned toward Mitchell and laughed

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Nina Turner, the Democratic former state senator from Cleveland who has emerged as a rallying figure for Bernie Sanders' disappointed supporters, said she is considering an offer to run for vice president on the Green Party's national ticket. Massachusetts physician Jill Stein, the party's presumptive presidential nominee, reached out with the pitch, Turner told cleveland.com Sunday evening in a telephone interview. The Green Party opens its convention Thursday in Houston. Turner would stand for nomination there if she agrees to be Stein's running mate. Her decision is expected in the coming days.

CLEVELAND – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine will no longer be visiting Cleveland on Sunday. Clinton’s campaign tells Fox 8 that the event was canceled due to time constraints. The pair will still be stopping in Youngstown on Saturday night before heading to Columbus on Sunday. (read more)

...Donald Trump came, saw and conquered. His children went four for four in terrific speeches with Ivanka almost stealing the night from her father. But it was the original Trump who milked his long Thursday night speech — purposeful and a ratings bonanza — to lay out his message in disciplined, audience-by-audience focused fashion... Five stars for all the Trumps...

"Video: Donald Trump Calls to Thank Cleveland Police Chief and Officers for Keeping RNC Convention Safe" Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams on Friday to thank him for keeping the Republican National Convention held this week in Cleveland safe. The call came as Williams was attending a media availability with bike patrol officers outside the Quicken Loans Arena where the convention was held. Williams put Trump on speaker so he could speak to the approximately fifty officers. The officers can be seen in video tightly surrounding the chief to hear Trump speak. Afterward, many of...

We were warned. Prior to the Republican National Convention, multiple mainstream media outlets warned about Ohio's dangerous gun laws that allow for the open carry of firearms. The head of the police union wanted Ohio Governor John Kasich to (unconstitutionally) suspend the state's gun laws. "We are sending a letter to Gov. Kasich requesting assistance from him. He could very easily do some kind of executive order or something -- I don't care if it's constitutional or not at this point," Stephen Loomis, president of Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, told CNN. "They can fight about it after the RNC...

Open carry in Cleveland Ohio at the Republican National Convention has been hyped by those that want to disarm the population.  A scam petition was created to open carry inside the convention floor.  It was run by a “progressive” to create problems for Second Amendment supporters.  It did not last for long or fool many. The Quicken Loans location is a private concern.Then the head of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association published a hysterical rant about how the Constitution need not apply.  He wanted the citizenry disarmed. From cnn.com:“We are sending a letter to Gov. Kasich requesting assistance from...

Donald Trump told the press about his take on several National Enquirer stories, a sticking point of controversy that has dogged his campaign in the past In May, the real estate mogul worked himself into a bit of trouble when he implied that Raphael Cruz, the father of Texas Senator Ted Boos Cruz, was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. Donald Trump Remarks in Cleveland, Ohio Donald Trump delivered remarks to supporters in Cleveland, Ohio. He criticized Senator Cruz’s (R-TX) speech and said he would not accept his endorsement if he offers one. He was introduced by his running mate, Governor...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Black Lives Matter movement issued an official response to Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday evening, calling him among the “worst fascists in history” and the “terrorist on our televisions.”

The three networks on Thursday night immediately derided Donald Trump’s “dark speech” as one coming from a “vengeful” “demagogue.” On NBC, Tom Brokaw allowed that “some” will see Trump as on a “white horse who will lead them to some kind of sanctuary and then pull the drawbridge up.” But he sneered, “Others looking in are going to see someone they will only think as a demagogue of some kind.”