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John Kohlstrand

@johnkohlstrand.bsky.social

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Writer. Editor. Former newspaper journalist. Former Ohio Statehouse staff. Coloradan. Born and raised in South Detroit. Ay ziggy zoomba.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This sounds like the kind of question @henryjgomez.bsky.social would ask. It was a great question!

NBC asks why Ramaswamy insists on flying a personal jet around Ohio.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don’t think Ramaswamy deserves that hedline.

Amy Acton proposed it first.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indeed.

Jon Husted in a flannel shirt.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Political cartoon showing the White House as a play pen for Dear Leader.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I see what you did there, Mr. Kruse. Well done.

Jon Husted, a creature of the establishment, criticizes Sherrod Brown for being insufficiently antiestablishment, basically.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

See a Ranger, post a Ranger.

2026 Ford Ranger.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

By God, that's James O'Keefe's music!

James O'Keefe in pimp mode.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It would be entertaining if @repbeatty.bsky.social introduced a proposal for a new antifa dollar coin. She could propose this time-honored design.

During the 1970s, dollar coins honored Dwight Eisenhower, a leading anti-fascist.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Imagine if the Ohio General Assembly held itself to this same constitutional standard.

An excerpt of Article II, Section 15, of the Ohio Constitution.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The Onion: MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Fas Prices

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

POST YOUR WARNING SIGN

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Jimmy McMillan approves.

Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Drop your crime fighting Catholics.

Dana Scully. The truth is out there.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's Infrastructure Week again you guys.

On Easter, Trump posts that "Tuesday be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I approve this post.

Statue of Vern Riffe Jr.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We don’t get many national news media here in Colorado Springs, but @carolleonnig.bsky.social was here tonight promoting her book, and it was a very nice event.

Cover of Injustice, by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Michigan has a very good one.

The Mackinac Bridge

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

She doesn’t seem very moderate to me.

Susan Collins clutching a MAGA hat.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

That time in Cincinnati when a newspaper managed to misspell its own name... in the flag.

A Cincinnati newspaper misspelled "Daily" at the top of Page One.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Again, @politico.com claims 2024 was a blowout win for Republicans. Weird.

Politico claims 2024 was a blowout.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

My father was a cop for years. He never wore a mask, and he always wore a name tag when in uniform. ICE’s obsession with secrecy makes no sense to me. They are supposed to be working for us, aren’t they?

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

But he’s an InVeStIgAtIvE rEpOrTeR, D.J. 😂

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I value what you bring here. I hope to see you back when you are tanned, rested, and ready.

Richard Nixon hits the beach.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

The Bee Gees.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"Miserlou," Dick Dale. Obvs.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

From the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

From the FDR memorial: “I NEVER FORGET THAT I LIVE IN A HOUSE OWNED BY ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR TRUST.”

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The Tax Foundation will not love this panel! (But I’m here for it.)

ITEP argues, accurately, that “claims that tax changes will affect a state’s economy are often overstated.”

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Oh, indeed.

Sleeping old man.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This is Max Miller's Halloween costume, I imagine.

The Spirit Halloween "Conservative Guy Scared of Cities" costume meme.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Album covers but with muppets.

Miss Piggy on Pink Floyd’s Animals album cover.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The futuristic vibe speaks to this child of Detroit techno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A 2017 photo of signage at Dulles International Airport.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Satan (left)

Satan and Donald Trump in a scene from South Park.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

“What perfect albums came out when you were 16?” 1986:

Cover of Prince’s Parade album.

Run-DMC’s Raising Hell album cover.

Cover of the Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill album.

Cover of Metallica’s Master of Puppets album.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Jon Husted reaches for a deep cut here. From 1996:

Headline from the Nov. 3, 1996, Plain Dealer on dislike of the E-check tailpipe testing program.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Memphis wants out so badly they this is worth $200 million to them? Goodness.

An AI-generated spoof of a sad Soar the Eagle, the new American mascot.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I got your name change right here, Donald.

An AI-generated image of a man in a Cleveland Epsteins uniform.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This, too, is ominous.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

#NoKings in our Colorado Springs neighborhood.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The average American has three friends.

The James Gang. Cover art from Rides Again.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Reskeet with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

For comparison, this was an April 15, 2010, Tea Party protest in front of the Ohio Statehouse.

Tea Party protest in front of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2010.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A running theme, you might say.

The Washington Post claimed on March 17 that Trump has an economic plan, but that he just wasn’t explaining it well.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A bit of a Millard Fillmore vibe there.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Another hot take from Grandpa Maga.

“Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis,” Trump said

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It turns out he sold the brand more than 10 years ago, if that helps. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...

The pirate sold his booty in 2013.

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John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Let us know how this part works out.

Philip Bump solicits email from extremists.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In 1972, the Cleveland Plain Dealer not only had a fashion editor. They sent her to Rome.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I don’t read Japanese either, but I think I’ve figured this out.

David Niven’s interview in Japanese.

Google translates the Russian ass-kissing portion.

John Kohlstrand @johnkohlstrand.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

It doesn’t feel much like a plan you guys.

Political cartoon from the Wisconsin State Journal on Trump’s whimsical imposition of tariffs.