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Rob in Cleveland @reekty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
North Shore Collinwood in fall.
Three tall trees are next to each other in full fall colors; one orange, one green, and one yellow.  Clear, blue sky in the background. Overgrown city lot in the foreground.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 2026 was the warmest September on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
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Ohio Citizen Action @ohiocitizen.org · 28/09/2026
The legislature created JobsOhio, and the governor appoints its board. It has handed out more than $2 billion but is exempt from most open records laws. It also gave Jon Husted gifts three years in a row when he was Lt. Governor. bit.ly/4xSeXqO
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Husted took gifts from JobsOhio while he was Ohio lieutenant governor, financial disclosures show • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted took gifts from Ohio's economic development entity. He and the entity won't say what they were or how much they cost.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cas is absolutely right. Here's a great new paper (open access, so freely available to all) that makes the case: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
1/ Amy Goodman has covered massacres, oil wars, and death row for 30 years. Now the US State Department put her name in a 100 page report calling her a Cuban fellow traveler. When they start naming journalists, they are building a target list. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
1/ 🧵 Alexandra Bravo investigated US strikes that left fishermen tortured. A hitman shot her dead on a street corner. Her sister jumped in front and died too. Her assigned police protection detail was nowhere to be found. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12/07/2026
Commentary: Ohio State Fair will feature ‘Freedom Trucks’ passing off right-wing propaganda as American history ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/09/o...
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Ohio State Fair will feature 'Freedom Trucks' passing off right-wing propaganda as American history • Ohio Capital Journal
Before one of the Trump-backed “Freedom Trucks” rolls into the Ohio State Fair at the end of the month, state leaders should demand that the roving 18-wheeler museum, created by right-wing…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 07/07/2026
Average Ohio residential utility bills are now projected to be about $800 for the summer, a new report says. That's a 17% increase over the $682 Ohioans paid last summer, said the report, by Washington, D.C.-based Third Way. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/07/o...
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Ohio ratepayer's summer electric bills could top $800, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohioans' already-high electric bills are expected to increase another 17% this summer, according to a new estimate.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Average Ohio residential utility bills are now projected to be about $800 for the summer, a new report says. That's a 17% increase over the $682 Ohioans paid last summer, said the report, by Washington, D.C.-based Third Way. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/07/o...
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Ohio ratepayer's summer electric bills could top $800, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohioans' already-high electric bills are expected to increase another 17% this summer, according to a new estimate.
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madcat666 @madcat666.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/07...
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Newly released records show nearly 2,000 ‘immigration’ and ‘ICE’ searches on Cleveland’s Flock cameras
Newly released records show Cleveland’s Flock cameras were searched nearly 2,000 times to assist I.C.E. or enforce immigration laws in 2025
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 04/07/2026
"Jonathan Ross, the agent identified as Renee Good’s killer, has not been arrested for his crimes or even fired from his job. As far as I know, neither have Jesus Ochoa or Raymundo Gutierrez, the men identified as Alex Pretti’s killers." www.liberalcurrents.com/every-act-wh...
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Every Act Which May Define a Tyrant
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 28/06/2026
Editor Commentary: At 250, America’s broken social contract, moral rot, and open betrayal of basic decency and humanity ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/a...
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At 250, America's broken social contract, moral rot, and open betrayal of basic decency and humanity • Ohio Capital Journal
America greets our 250th birthday not as the last, best hope of Earth, but under the sulfurous cloud of broken promises, betrayed ideals, hateful discourse, open public corruption, and petulant and…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 25/06/2026
Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for governor has racked up more than half a million dollars in credit card bills without disclosing what it’s purchasing. And the campaign’s credit card spending has jumped dramatically in recent months ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/o...
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Ohio GOP candidate for governor has put $500,000 on the campaign credit card • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for governor has racked up more than half a million dollars in credit card bills without disclosing what it’s purchasing. And the campaign’s credit card…
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 22/06/2026
The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built. Think about that. At a time when electricity demand is rising,
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 18/06/2026
It’s not going well for Senator Jon Husted, who has an empty box of micropenis condoms where is brain is supposed to be.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 17/06/2026
We did one! Embedded the docket and everything!
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The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here
First came Prairieland. Now an indictment treats mutual aid and road-blocking as a criminal conspiracy
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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I am alarmed and outraged by reports that Trump and Kash Patel’s FBI has raided the Ohio Organizing Collective in Cleveland. This appears to be a blatant effort to suppress and deny the vote of people in Northeast Ohio. These raids must end immediately.
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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have a message for Rep. James Comer: Stop with the racist comments about “my people” and keep my name out of your mouth. Republicans are letting the truth slip out about what they really want - to take health care away from millions.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The scale of Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department against his enemies www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
DJ was driven halfway across the state to Willoughby to be arraigned: "Donald J. Byrnes Il did send an explicit image and two harassing text messages on May 6, 2026, from phone number 937-916-9149 to victim "JC" with purpose to harass JC." 🤔 Who do I know up there with the initials JC? 🙃
Warrant for DJ Byrnes:

WHEREAS, there has been filed with me a complaint, a copy of which is incorporated or attached here to stating that: 
Donald J. Byres Il did knowingly make or cause to be made a telecommunication to another, and the caller made the telecommunication with purpose to harass, intimidate, or abuse a person at the premises to which the telecommunication is made, to wit: Donald J. Byrnes Il did send an explicit image and two harassing text messages on May 6, 2026, from phone number 937-916-9149 to victim "JC" with purpose to harass JC.
In violation of section 2917.21(A)(1) of the Revised Code, Telecommunications harassment, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ref. KPD 2600184
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 19/05/2026
Ohio Republicans are about to introduce a new constitutional amendment — paving the way for the state to ban all voting outside of in-person on Election Day‼️‼️ They're pretending it's about voter ID laws (which Ohio already already has). But it's actually about that hidden sentence right at the end
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
One of the things that makes me the most fearful for the health of our democracy is this bizarre behavior by the press in twisting stories to make Trump's activities fit within normal frameworks that are completely inappropriate for the circumstances.
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Cleveland Scene @clevelandscene.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
13,000 more Ohioans to lose food stamps for not meeting requirements under Trump law www.clevescene.com/news/ohio-ne...
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13,000 More Ohioans to Lose Food Stamps for Not Meeting Requirements Under Trump Law
Explore the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Ohio food stamps and the 12,988 residents facing benefit cuts.
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BlueinOhio @sharon43302.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Trump’s ballroom is costing taxpayers nothing, just like he said. Unless you count the taxpayer money he’s shoveling under the table. A comically corrupt administration, from top to bottom. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Commentary: Ohio treasurer looking to play musical chairs with statewide office spreads false election hysteria ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
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Ohio treasurer looking to play musical chairs with statewide office spreads false election hysteria • Ohio Capital Journal
In a new ad, Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, who is looking to play musical chairs with statewide office and become Secretary of State, displays open partisanship dripping with disdain for Democratic…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/05/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Vivek Ramaswamy in 2020 suggested a registry to segregate the population based on vaccine status. "Could we tolerate a national system in which certain people on the basis of a biomarker are segregated to say, you can't go back to normal life?...I personally think that it is better."
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1/ Ohio’s November election is a battlefield of "structural entrenchment." These upcoming amendments are being positioned as helpful for families, but forensic analysis reveals a "systems realignment" designed to favor the wealthy and centralize power. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 14/04/2026
Great moments in Conman candidacy… wanting to mandate that Ohio’s youth learn about the pedophile currency Bitcoin.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 14/04/2026
Hilltop Husband went crazy on them. For comparison, Haslams only needed $120K to Republican Statehouse leaders to extort $600 million from the Legislature.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 30/03/2026
Who sits on the Columbus Partnership Board of Advisors that’s pushing the $50 million corporate welfare package for Jimmy Haslam? None other than his wife, “Sweet Dee” Haslam.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 20/03/2026
Just more insight into how he will govern. meidasnews.com/news/vivek-r...
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Vivek Ramaswamy Used Campaign Funds to Finance Luxury Puerto Rico Trip
Ramaswamy Campaign Spent Nearly $12K on Luxury Puerto Rico Resort Amid Conference Controversy
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 20/03/2026
New data underscores what candidates and pollsters are hearing in Ohio and around the country: Average people are having a harder and harder time getting by. Nearly half of Ohioans don't make enough to be economically secure, a new report shows. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/20/n...
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Nearly half of Ohioans don't make enough to be economically secure, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
An updated report shows that huge numbers in Ohio and across the country don't earn the minimum to be economically secure.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 18/03/2026
Shontel Brown’s campaign is funded entirely through Israel interests. It’s actually pretty wild.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Federal Trade Commission accused Pepsi and Walmart of conspiring to drive up grocery prices. The Trump administration killed the lawsuit. Both of Ohio's candidates for U.S. Senate in 2026 declined to talk about it ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/24/t...
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Trump axed a probe into grocery collusion. Ohio's U.S. Senate candidates won't talk about it • Ohio Capital Journal
The Federal Trade Commission accused Pepsi and Walmart of conspiring to drive up grocery prices. The Trump administration killed the lawsuit. Both of Ohio's candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026 declined…
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🇺🇸 Texas investor Gentry Beach, who is associated with the Donald family, secretly signed an agreement with the Russian company Novatek in the fall of 2025 to develop natural gas fields in Alaska —NYS.
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Stephanie Ruhle: This bridge will take toll money away from another bridge that connects Michigan and Canada, and that bridge is owned by a big Trump donor who, on Monday, had a meeting with Howard. Lutnick. Immediately following that meeting, poof, we no longer want this new bridge.
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 13/02/2026
‼️‼️‼️‼️ newrepublic.com/post/206564/...
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 13/02/2026
Unbelievable. Republican Rep Rodney Creech's daughter was posting about his sexual misconduct with his own kids‼️just this week. And Rep Creech confirmed the posts were from his daughter in his responses Now #Ohio House Republicans are giving him his committees back??
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
Feds could be in your group chat
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 12/02/2026
Amazing Joyce Beatty story on r/Columbus.
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 11/02/2026
Blatant #Ohio government corruption -- the Ethics Commission agreed not to track charter school money after Statehouse Republicans threatened them: www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...
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How Things Work at the Statehouse @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The man on the left is #Ohio Senate President Rob McColley. He's running to be #Vivek Ramaswamy's Lieutenant Governor. The man on the right is House Speaker Matt Huffman. He is the most powerful person in Ohio: www.cleveland.com/news/2024/12...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/02/2026
Commentary: When Ohio GOP gov candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposed new rules for public schools he inadvertently drew attention to the fact that non-public schools receive state funds but are not encumbered by laws and regulations that govern public schools ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/02/r...
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Ramaswamy's proposed rule for public schools highlights Ohio's lack of rules for private schools • Ohio Capital Journal
When Ohio GOP governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposed new rules for public schools, he inadvertently drew attention to the fact that non-public schools receive state funds but are not encumbered…
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Zach Buchanan @zhbuchanan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea. It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road. Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is a 16-year old girl who was carrying documentation and was pulled over with her documented friend, also 16. This is what they did to both.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/01/2026
It appears that the White House edited this image using AI
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