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The ads I’ve seen are using his long history of public service AGAINST him. So, now they’d prefer a flip-flopper? Ha! They’re also using communism and socialism a lot, avoiding direct issues like increased prices that would remind voters who’s been in charge for decades.

Fewer than 5% of U.S. House races are seen by a top political analysis as truly competitive heading into November’s midterm elections, giving relatively few voters the ability to determine which party controls the chamber for the next two years. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/23/r...

Another $50 billion revenue quarter for $ELV, parent company for Anthem and Wellpoint. But, no, there's no problem with healthcare in this country, right? www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

It appears that Ohio State has finally fired the Nutty Professor. Luke Perez’s university profile no longer active. I have reached out to Buckeye spokesman Ben Johnson for comment.

We’ve reported on how easily people have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hurdles to open a school were so low, could we do it? And what would we learn along the way?

Deep South, by Allison Davis, Burleigh B. Gardner and Mary R. Gardener is one helluva book about caste. So many issues are still relevant today.

They just won’t give up trying different ways to negate the will of the people. Maybe this judge is looking to impress the party in power?

More than 40% of Ohio school districts have active LifeWise Academy chapters, with more on the way ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/03/m...

‘Springfield is under siege right now.’ ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/31/s...

One in 20 non-exempt workers were underpaid last year, a figure that has nearly doubled since 2004, according to Cleveland Fed researchers.

Thought this was odd. In May 2026 Ohio moved health and pool inspection reports to the Ohio Dept of Health site. The results for Complaints has an option to post it to X. Why is that included and why only X?

We asked the North Carolina auditor’s office for records related to an effort to limit early voting. First, it said texts were deleted. Then it sent us cropped screenshots and omitted clearly relevant records. We’ll continue fighting for the truth. americanoversight.org/north-caroli...

Interior Dept employees are reportedly “routinely” shredding documents and sending disappearing Signal messages, and officials are “terrified of written records.” We launched an investigation and sent letters demanding DOI follow preservation requirements. americanoversight.org/interior-doc...

Ohio Department of Insurance’s annual Surprise Billing Arbitration reports show a large increase from 2024 with 380 cases to 1768 in 2025. Quite a jump. The report offered no explanation.

Federal Voucher Money Will Not Go To Public Schools curmudgucation.substack.com/p/federal-vo...

I cannot stress this enough - the side claiming to “protect children” are now posting the names of children they claim to be trans, photos of those children to help people identify them, and the name of the school they attend. It is impossible to overstate the level of danger for these children.

More recently, the White House is currently trying to write new grant rules that would give Trump and his appointees even more power to cancel grants for political reasons. So the case, which concerns cuts last year, carries special import now: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...

Senators Cornyn & Tillis said they'll vote YES on Trump's lackey Todd Blanche. Blanche says Trump's $1.8B taxpayer funded slush fund is dead, but he can reestablish it if confirmed. Blanche works for Trump - not the American people. Senators must reject this unfit nominee.

Nearly 3,000 acres of land in Ohio’s only national forest will be auctioned for fracking in September. The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept. 15 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/f...

Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers across the U.S. have received hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars just in the past few years. Yet there is little oversight — not only on how they’re spending money, but also on how they’re caring for patients. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...

Blumenthal: So #crypto is sort of in an "enforcement neverworld" with protections stripped by the agency charged with enforcing the rules. Former SEC enforcement officer John Reed Stark calls SEC Chair Paul Atkins a "carnival barker" for crypto.

"... way too much of the education reform debate has not really been about fulfilling the promise [of a decent education for every child], but about changing the promise." From Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social : The Conversation We Aren't Having open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu...

The Supreme Court invited exactly this when it held that the president's attempt to conduct "sham" "investigations" was a core executive power immune from all regulation, including criminal prosecution, in Trump v. United States.

Watching “Chasing the Moon” on PBS tonight. This should provoke a feeling of pride and awe at my country’s “reach for the moon” and it was mostly working. Two words changed that: Ed Dwight. What little was shown of him revealed a graceful man that was a victim of circumstances.

"I understand that my service in this position will be at-will." That's what EPA staff sign when ---> Trump's Schedule Policy/Career — where they can be more easily fired #FOIA records I got show 98 employees have been reclassified #FOIA4eva More here: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

The U.S. Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule, the agency’s chief executive said Wednesday, angering Democrats who warn the decision will disenfranchise voters. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/r...

The future of Haitians living in Ohio with temporary protected status hangs in the balance of a United States Supreme Court decision that could come as soon as this week or next ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/h...

Elon Musk hates taxes, government, and regulation — right up until the check clears. CNN tallied his government contracts and subsidies.

I warned my Pro subs in Feb. 2025 that Zoetis was hiding true Librela results and that stock would tank. Stock was at $170 then! Still, I’d rather have my beloved dog, Max, who died after just one shot, than be right!

This guy is anonymous but he makes some really important points about the SEC's move to shift to bi-annual earnings. He describes himself as conservative retail investor "who has consistently supported efforts to reduce regulatory burdens." Worth a read. www.sec.gov/comments/S7-...

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Once again, I’m reminded that I’m missing out on Ohio’s Grape Production Credit on my state income taxes. Damn.

A bright light in these dark days. Where’s the pound cake emoji?

The right doesn't seem very happy with one another lately.

LEE: I asked Chairman Comer, if Pam Bondi did not come, would he force her to or if he would move for contempt hearings as he did for other people who did not respond to our subpoena? Instead of answering as an adult, he said that I was “bitching”

Amazing @wsj.com story detailing Trump grift with a secret 49% investment in World Liberty Financial www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

This one hits hard.

POPS Goes the City: Privately Owned Public Space and Its Discontents daily.jstor.org/pops-goes-th...

Newly introduced HB 657 in Ohio to change PUCO nomination process adds needed changes and public access. search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/gener...

Four million salmon died prematurely at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, government data reveals

Here's the section from $GEO Group's 10-K filed last February where they talk about their unprecedented opportunities to justify co-founder George Zoley remaining as Exec Chair.

Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them: 1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens 2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar 3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

In just a few years, Carpenter Media has become the country’s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn’t the cruelest. Read @loisparshley.bsky.social with support from @economichardship.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/carp...

Ha!

BREAKING: The decision by the Trump administration to send 375 members of the Texas and Illinois National Guard to Chicago cost taxpayers $21 million, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. @wttw.bsky.social

Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year. *That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.