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Jim Swift

@jimswift.bsky.social
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Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark Kentucky Colonel, Ope-inion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡 thebulwark.com, itscasualtime.com, MountWarshington.com

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 8h
Just stating the obvious here but advertisements on batting helmets are awful
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
Three more tankers were just struck in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump’s Iran war drags on. Now a Republican senator in a battleground seat who voted against pulling U.S. forces out is trying to explain away his vote.
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Trump’s Iran War Leaves Three More Tankers Struck as Husted Tries to Rewrite His Vote
As fuel costs climbed and commercial ships again came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Ohio Sen. Jon Husted blamed Iran, Russia, and congressional Democrats after voting against an order to pull U....
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h
Scandal-plagued Republican Rep. Max Miller has a new ad attacking his Democratic challenger Brian Poindexter. There's just one big problem — it's BS. @sarahmatthews1.bsky.social on the new ad riddled with lies and pure projection.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 14h
That really sucks
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 14h
You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I learned it by watching you alright
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 18h
And don't you forget it, Cincinnati!
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 19h
Some people are coming up with a theory that MO Senator Eric Schmitt's explosion on the launch pad yesterday was the result of AI hallucination. I have a different theory. His parents bought bargain sheets at Ollie's.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22h
How your email finds me
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 22h
The license plate on Amy Acton's 2018 Jeep Wrangler: “SOOOHIO.”
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His Jet vs. Her Jeep: How Wealth Is Playing in the Midterms
In the so-called affordability election, two candidates for governor of Ohio are sparring over whether billionaires are the problem or the solution.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 23h
It's a beautiful morning in...
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tired of high gas prices? Wake up angry with a years old clock that reminds you of when gas prices were lower.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He’s an election denier who was hired by Trump and he couldn’t find evidence that Trump won the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Tin Foil Awards @tinfoilawards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson is super incompetent
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Attention Ollie's shoppers: Betrayal and disappointment for pennies on the dollar. Don't miss out!
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 month into the Iran war, Donald Trump said it would be over "in about two weeks." That was 182 days ago. That's why we partnered with VoteVets to build a calendar of every single time Trump said the war would be ending. Go to AboutTwoWeeks.com and see for yourself.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Honestly, if we're gonna have a dystopia, we're gonna need boozy-ass Pop-Tarts. Plus maybe we can turn the empties into little grenades or something.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New stickers have arrived!
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Golden Age event? A little too on the nose!
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you're from Nebraska, please call his office and gently ask his Staff Assistants and interns if they are embarrassed. They should be.
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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE AD LOOKS LIKE JFC
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy 50th, Captain Pell's! www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-ub...
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Cracking Crabs with Captain Pells
Captain Pells' team joins Good Day DC.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Does the president have the unilateral authority to tear down large parts of the White House?

No. Federal law does not give the President unlimited power to demolish or rebuild large parts of the White House on his own. I cannot give legal advice.
Main legal limit
• Congress has plenary authority over federal property and the District of Columbia.
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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The stove-touching must continue until the lessons are learned fortune.com/2026/09/26/i...
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ICE raids in states that voted heavily for Trump are causing meatpackers to lose millions in revenue, and even Republican lawmakers are speaking out | Fortune
Meatpacking industry groups raised concerns Friday that recent heightened immigration operations in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have caused employees to miss work.
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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
he fled the country for a reason
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Doomer VonDoomington 🇺🇦 @doomervon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Let the record show that I, Ken Paxton, let a child predator out of prison after only 60 days" Masterful gambit, sir.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I welcome all entrants bearing ice cream to the Queen City. HOWEVER, the ice cream truck game here is whack. Whoever opens a Mr. Softee franchise here will clean up. local12.com/news/local/o...
local12.com
Ohio-born Handel's Homemade Ice Cream plans 6 Cincinnati-area locations
The first Cincinnati-area shop is expected to open in late summer 2027. Specific locations have not been announced.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/09/2026
Recent Events have me once again considering: the cube
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Look.... folks... I really encourage you to watch this video and learn some weirdass sh1t going down in the right wing... . www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8v...
youtube.com
Trump Admin Party Video Sparks MAGA Backlash | MAGA Mondays
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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Lisa S Marie @frequentbuyer1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No mention of standing up for the people of South Carolina in Darline’s latest fundraising plea. I hope indies and disenfranchised republicans view this as a promise to simply be a trump puppet. No more of this!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social on DHS announcing a record number of arrests, despite most in Ohio being Haitians who are here legally: “ They came here legally under temporary protected status, and we're treating them as if they're fentanyl dealers…And it's sick.”
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Always good to see fellow Jim Swifts doing good deeds: thebaynet.com/naval-aviato...
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Naval Aviator Honored At Pax River Change Of Command - The BayNet
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland – In the course of Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s history, many groundbreaking aviators and engineers have passed through the gates and made history in t...
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's amazing to me that Mark Wayne Mullin thinks that voters are going to believe him over their MAGA farmer neighbors. www.kxan.com/news/local/t...
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Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball
ALT: Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Hard Lessons of Springfield www.thebulwark.com/p/the-hard-l...
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The Hard Lessons of Springfield
There are plenty of people happy about what is happening to the Haitian community.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you show enough people this post there are probably more votes to send Roger Marshall to prison than to the Senate
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love it, still laughed.
youtube.com
Cincinnati Chili | Lewis Black's Rantcast clips
YouTube video by Lewis Black
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
$326,000!!! Onward to $400!!
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Gus Orviston @orviston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I suspect that what he's betting, here, is that he may be forced to pay these back if the courts rule against him, but at worst, he's getting an interest-free loan from the government. And depending on how the elections go, he may not have to pay them back at all.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is he just going to keep running ads until election day and then courts rule they are illegal sometime in December?
Frame from another illegal Trump ad featuring his constipated face in black and white and captioned Paid for by the US Government.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ICYMI: The annual Overtime World Series Prediction Contest is open for entry. I've been doing World Series Prediction Contests now for 10 years in my newsletter. 10 years ago, a woman from Cleveland picked the Cubs! Most Cleveland thing ever. www.poolsbyround.com/l.aspx?oi=+b...
poolsbyround.com
poolsbyround
Free MLB and WNBA pool leagues. Flexible pool hosting service. Custom league scoring options. Set up your own free league.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 27/09/2026
This could literally be a poster for a horror movie
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AL CENTRAL CHAMPS BABY
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Magic number 1 for the Guards! #fortheland
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Almost at $300. Let's keep that number going!!
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We should try having some group of people who get to vote on approving agency heads like OMB director.

Sen. Susan Collins

@SenatorCollins
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse. 
 
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.  
  
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
 
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
 
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love to see these Home of the Brave ads stating the obvious.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
The Bulwark community has raised more than $100,000 for the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, which is helping families with food, transportation, legal assistance, and other basic needs. If you’re able, please consider donating.
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The Bulwark Community Stands With Springfield
Over the past year, we’ve been telling you about what is happening to Springfield’s Haitian community, and about the extraordinary people there who have stepped up to help their friends and neighbors through an incredibly difficult time. Now we’re asking the Bulwark community to step up with them. We’re raising money for the Haitian Support Center, which is on the ground in Springfield helping families with food, transportation, legal assistance, and other basic needs.
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guys, we're nearing $200k. Help us get there. TheBulwark.com/Springfield
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit...
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