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David DeWitt

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Editor in Chief and Opinion Columnist. @ohiocapitaljournal.com.

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's insane to me that any president could just unilaterally rip down all of the history of the East Wing and build this monstrosity that dwarfs the actual White House in its place. But if that can happen, this monstrosity can also be ripped down as quickly as possible too.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Warning: This is graphic, but it's the reality of what Trump is sending hardworking Ohio Haitian families back to after ripping away their legal status and refusing them protection in America. I do not understand the heartlessness of those cheering this on. It's ugly and sick.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This week's Wednesday Wisdom, from David Foster Wallace.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
One of the worst-hit buildings I’ve seen in Olde Towne East in Columbus, Ohio. Under at least reported 82 mph winds early Tuesday, it lost the entire third floor, all of the residents displaced. No one injured thankfully.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Some more photos of Olde Towne East in Columbus, Ohio after reported 82 mph winds came through on Tuesday morning.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Some photos of Olde Towne East in Columbus, Ohio after reported 82 pmh winds hit on Tuesday morning.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The light green part of this graph is outside spending in Ohio U.S. Senate campaigns. In 2010, before Citizens United, it's barely visible. By 2012, it nearly matched candidate spending, $38 million to $43 million. By 2024, it was $309 million outside, to $141 million candidate.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Eye-opening graphic showing what's happened with money in politics: AdImpact projects total spending in Ohio's 2026 US Senate race to reach $749 million. The 2024 election, at $451 million, is currently the most expensive US Senate race in American history ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/29/s...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Editor Commentary: Donald Trump lost the 2020 Election. It's a very simple fact of history. But Ohio Republican politicians can never say this. Instead, they’ve been relentlessly attacking Ohio voters for half a decade in service to Trump’s election lies. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/16/o...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In my latest column, I wrote about the sorry state of America at our 250th Birthday. But there's always an opportunity to turn it around. We just will have to once again embrace the best in ourselves instead of indulging the worst. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/a...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My new column. I'm just a little fed up with all of the megalomania, cruelty, ignorance, hate, and stupidity animating the country and our public policy and politics right now. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/a...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hello from the Ohio Capital Journal! We are dedicated to holding politicians accountable and reporting for the people. Tell your friends and family to subscribe to our daily newsletter to keep up with all the Ohio news you need to be an informed citizen and voter! ohiocapitaljournal.com/subscribe/
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Meet the Ohio Capital Journal team! We just had some new photos done recently. Please subscribe to our daily newsletter to follow our work! ohiocapitaljournal.com/subscribe/
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Wednesday Wisdom
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
People of all ages are out in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, where more than 400 people are taking part in #NoKings protests, including Cece Burton, 25, and Ken Harmon, 81, both of Reynoldsburg.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Happy Opening Day! Go Guardians!
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
On this day in history, March 19, 2003, the Iraq war began.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Photos appear to show US Tomahawk missile fragments at site of deadly Iran school strike.” One photo shows a label on a fragment with a Dayton, Ohio address. www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/m...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"This is the Trump Economy," the White House declared today. Who thinks they will stick to that line when bad economic news hits? Does the Trump Economy include the economic hardship being felt by millions of American families right now? Do they take ownership of that too? Or nah?
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Lmao
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wednesday Wisdom
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Who brings a firearm to a protest?!? Aren't they Asking for trouble?!?" Actually, lots of people do, all the time.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The deputy director of ICE has announced a run for Congress in Ohio's 9th U.S. Congressional district, currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo. She enters a crowded Republican primary for the nomination to face Kaptur in the general.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Wednesday Wisdom. Find it every Wednesday in the Ohio Capital Journal morning newsletter. It's free. ohiocapitaljournal.com/subscribe/
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
JD Vance follows whoever this person is making racist pet-eating claims.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Spending on manufacturing construction in the United States.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli represents Ohio's 6th U.S. congressional district, covering the Mahoning Valley and much of eastern Ohio, elected in 2024 after previously serving as a state senator.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The Guest House, Rumi
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
ust came across this YouGov poll from March. It's interesting. Five years later, how do Americans feel about early covid restrictions? Work from home, 71% right decision. Social distance, 70% right decision. Indoor masks in public, 68% right decision. today.yougov.com/health/artic...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Only we can make ourselves ugly. Thus I find no small amount of entertainment watching JD Vance debase and degrade his humanity with vile racist tropes. What's sadly hilarious though, is his seeming belief that he will never pay any spiritual price for it. www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The No Kings protest in Newark, Ohio. Our reporter at the scene says about 1,000 people are there. After events in smaller cities this afternoon, the main protest will be at the Ohio Statehouse at 4pm.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"Americans are not just disappointed with how Trump has handled... inflation and the economy. They also don’t like his approach to issues that were central to his appeal, like immigration and crime. He continues to aggressively push unpopular policies." www.economist.com/interactive/...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Ohio lawmakers trying to figure out why Ohio has the 8th highest local property tax levies, after lawmakers repeatedly cut state funding for local government, services, and public schools decade after decade.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The public deserves input, claims Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, but first politicians have to “negotiate” in private, even though they just blew past a deadline for a bipartisan map with no negotiations at all. He just drips condescension for the voters and their intelligence.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Ohio state Sen. Bill DeMora with a colorful statement about Ohio redistricting and lawmakers missing the first deadline requiring a bipartisan map.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Stop scrolling and go create something, anything. Draw, write a poem, go for a walk and make photographs.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I’m so proud of our team at the Ohio Capital Journal and grateful to the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for recognizing the hard work of these excellent journalists! And thank you so much to all of our readers for your encouragement, news tips, and enthusiastic support!
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We are in the “heads I win, tails you lose” era of the U.S. Supreme Court, where ruling in favor of Trump is the only consistent metric for their application of the rule of law and Constitution of the United States.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Those darned pesky statistics.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I'm so proud of the Ohio Capital Journal team! We went to Valters to celebrate taking home another seven Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards. Reporting for the people and holding politicians accountable, that's what we're all about, and this team does an amazing job.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Here’s how proposed federal funding cuts could affect your Ohio public radio station. www.statenews.org/section/the-...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Trump is proposing to cut 93% of the budget for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Because Trump and JD Vance really care about Appalachian people and communities, and they definitely aren't just cynical opportunists playing people for suckers and then openly betraying them.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The dollar’s worst start to the year in decades.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Last July I wrote a column, "As a fellow Ohioan, I have some concerns about U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/07/18/a...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Ohio AG Dave Yost's statement on the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship rulings decision. He seems to believe it's judges trying to exert kingly powers by protecting constitutional rights, which is an odd way of looking at things, given all of human and American history.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Wednesday Wisdom
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🤔
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
An Ohio state senator threatening public school funding if school officials don’t fall in line. This is totally normal and healthy functioning for Ohio government. Not at all gerrymandered lawmakers acting like goons running a protection racket.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congratulations, Ohio. We're No. 38! My latest column, on Ohio's once-again abysmal rankings in every way possible. buff.ly/JJeKQmN
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