Mistallied Contests Discovered in Ohio County, as Oligarchy Rises in D.C.:...
Hand-count reverses results in Ashtabula CountyFBI informant pleads guilty to Russian lies about Ukrainian bribes (not) paid to BidensTrump Cabinet picks donated millionsTech/media billionaires pay...
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Ohio cases show how rare noncitizen voting is, despite GOP rhetoric
Before the November presidential election, Ohio's secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential voter fraud that included people suspected of casting ballots even...
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Justice Department sues CVS over opioid practices
The U.S. Justice Department is suing pharmacy giant CVS, accusing it of putting profits over patient safety and thus fueling the opioid crisis. by Marty Schladen, for Ohio Capital JournalThe...
View ArticleA Holocaust exhibit
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View ArticlePolicy for the Opposition
Last week I highlighted the proposal by Timothy Snyder that Democrats should form a “shadow government”, like they do in the UK and other countries. (See Timothy Snyder and Shadow Government.) I...
View ArticleA Giant Short-faced Bear
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View ArticleA Giant Beaver
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View ArticleTrump pushes DOGE dork to fill Vance's vacant Senate seat in Ohio
Donald Trump is reportedly pushing failed presidential candidate and billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to take JD Vance’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat in Ohio.According to the Washington Post, Trump has...
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Mike Turner (R-OH) removed from House Intel because Trump war policy needs...
A ‘come to Moses’ moment for the House Speaker because the Group of Eight needs another rubber stamp for any future ‘special military operations’ by that Hegseth ‘warrior culture’. Also, grifting’s...
View ArticleThe Recap: Trump’s presidential mug shot, and the GOP’s pricey deportation plan
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.Nancy Pelosi will skip Trump’s inaugurationShe’s joining Democrats like Michelle Obama and...
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate
Republican Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Friday.DeWine’s decision ends months of jockeying among top Ohio...
View ArticleRamaswamy out, Jon Husted in as Ohio Senator
Politico stated that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine met with Ramaswamy last weekend, but NBC now reports that he has been overlooked, in favor of the state’s Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted. Two sources told the...
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Trump-loving tech bro reportedly set to run for Ohio governor
Failed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is reportedly planning to run for governor of Ohio. The news comes shortly after he attacked American culture for purportedly celebrating...
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JD Vance's Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize him
It was a month after her son's election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance's mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him.“I just think it would be really nice if...
View ArticleHow Trump’s tariffs on Taiwan spell disaster for the US economy
For all of his tough anti-China talk, President Donald Trump sure is doing the Chinese communist party a favor. Not only is he antagonizing all of China’s allies and starting trade wars across the...
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Black Kos Tuesday: How did they (and do we) do it?
How did they (and do we) do it?Commentary by Chitown KevSo...I utterly refuse to give a half-ass “book report” about one of the greatest personal finds that I have ever made while rummaging through...
View ArticleInfectious Updates 2-13-25
Ohio announces its first human H5N1 case, in a poultry worker. No information on the man’s condition has been offered. Poultry workers are more likely than dairy workers to report flu-like symptoms,...
View ArticleA mastodon
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View ArticleInfectious Updates 2-23-2025
Should you get another measles vaccine?. It depends when you were born and when you got your original, but overall, it can't hurt, and if you are near an outbreak, it might save you serious grief.Last...
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Exiled DOGE dork is set to announce his next venture
Failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to announce on Monday that he is launching a bid to replace Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who cannot run again due to term limits....
View ArticleCity Agriculture - March 4, 2025
The Poor Prole's Almanac: Restoration Agroecologyhttps://poorprolesalmanac.substack.com/hat tip MT Spriggs Port Huron, MI is planting trees to provide free fruit for residents under new pilot “Edible...
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🟦 E PLURIBUS BLUE: where YOUR local Daily Kos group is:city, state,...
DailyKos has at least 2500 groups of all kinds, active & otherwise. After 12+ years, the original larger edition of this local-etc groups index is no longer reviseable, due to...
View ArticleWalz to tour red districts where GOP is too scared to face constituents
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will be touring a series of Republican-held House districts across the country, with his first stops in Iowa and Nebraska.In the wake of President Donald Trump and...
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Killing (the) Lincoln
Here’s a little distraction from the daily horror show. My venerable 1997 Lincoln Town Car is dead. Actually it was most brutally assaulted and killed. By one of my neighbors no less.I bought the...
View ArticleOHIO DEMOCRATS: Are you fed up with the State party’s do-nothing stance?
I certainly am. I receive two or three requests for money per week from our State Party, but respond something like this:DearOhio Democratic Party:All I ever see from you are requests for money. Why...
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Could we be looking at a blue wave in 2026?
Tuesday’s election results in Wisconsin and Florida were nothing short of disastrous for the Republican Party. On Sunday, I wrote, “[President Donald] Trump keeps his troops in line because they think...
View ArticleStill Think Democrats Aren't Fighting Back? Introducing Shontel Brown.
Shontel Brown currently represents Ohio’s eleventh district. She succeeded Marcia Fudge after Representative Fudge was promoted to the Biden cabinet. She completed an upset in the Democratic primary...
View ArticleDemocrats Must Think Big in 2026 (We Can Win the Senate)
Democrats Must Think Big in 2026Before I begin this essay, I am going to stipulate to several things, all of which I think will come to pass:1. We will have generally have free and fair elections in...
View ArticleThe same GOP on 4 May 1970
I didn’t notice the usual commemoration so here’s one.It was a formative moment in US history that reminds us that we are approaching the same situations of domestic paramilitary logic with the current...
View ArticleCan't believe its happening here
listening to ohio got me to writing my own songGovt of the people by the people and for the peopleTurns into govt of the chosen by the chosen and for the chosenSmear snatch and disappearI can't believe...
View ArticleHey Toledoans! I need your help!
Primary Election Day is tomorrow, and we are going to vote, but we have only been here 6 months, and we don't know who is the most progressive, most lgbt-friendly, most public-education enabling, most...
View ArticleIVH: Guided By Voices / Bee Thousand
Tonight’s selections from Guided By Voices’ seventh album, 1994’s breakthrough Bee Thousand.It’s no secret that some of the chattiest songs crafted in recent years have been tossed off nonchalantly by...
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JD Vance's brother got clobbered in primary for mayor of Cincinnati
Vice President JD Vance's brother is trying to make politics into the family business with a bid for mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.But in Tuesday’s primary, Vance's half brother—Cory Bowman—got absolutely...
View ArticleSCOTUS Allowing Publicly-Funded Religious Schools 'a Ground-Breaking...
Guest: Daniel Mach of ACLU's Program for Freedom of Religion and Belief; Also: Griffin concedes in NC; Vance's brother trounced in Cincy...We've got a bit more religion-related news than usual on...
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Interfaith Group Against Hate seeks 1000 books of Black, Jewish, LGBTQ+...
NBCnews + Texarkana Gazette, "...Backfire: Book burning didn't pan out as planned” + Ideastream“Interfaith group turning the page on hate after Beachwood library books burned” In a Cleveland...
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Just the Stats, Man: Weekly Canvass Wrap up from AZ, FL, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC,...
I had originally planned to go down to Texas last Saturday to canvass with Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] volunteers — which i did — and then go to Nevada and Arizona, to meet with Hope...
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Just the Stats, Ma'am: Weekly Canvass Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, NV, NC, OH,...
Last weekend, there was a cold blast of air that kept Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website]volunteers in Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Wisconsin from canvassing. I did get a...
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Buzz words and the words that voters use. Democrats win when we use voters'...
I am the first to admit it: i am all about winning. Pre-election fights about this or that have little interest for me. Except, of course, when they do.The post-Covid hangover of re-connecting with...
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Canvassing Ohio, or waiting on Sherrod Brown
Continuing to follow-up on an organizer admonishment that i have written diaries about “all the states” where volunteers for Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] have been canvassing.Last...
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Just the Stats, Man: Weekly Canvass Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, MN, NV, NC, OH,...
Holiday weekends are always different. For some of our Hope Springs from Field PAC [datedwebsite] volunteers, it’s just like any other weekend. Others take advantage of the 3-day weekend — and who...
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Hope Springs' Free Voter Photo ID Project 2025 Update
As far as I know, Hope Springs from Field [dated website] is the only entity focused on Swing States taking a wholistic approach to GOTV. All the pieces of the puzzle have to be addressed, and we are...
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Just the Stats, Ma'am: Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, IA, MI, MN, NH, NV, NC, OH,...
It’s not always easy to summarize the work in 15 states that Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] volunteers have been doing. We talked to more than 30,000 voters last Saturday and we’ve...
View ArticleOvercoming Lies and Broken Promises
Justin Arango said support for a union built over the years among workers at JSW Steel in Mingo Junction, Ohio, as the company repeatedly failed to deliver fair pay, sufficient sick time and safety...
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Just the Stats, Man: Wrap up from AZ, FL, GA, IA, MI, MN, NH, NV, NC, OH, PA,...
Many of our Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] volunteers are committed to today’s “No Kings” Day so today’s canvassing will probably be light. We will see. I myself am foregoing visiting...
View ArticleNo Kings Eve and No Kings Day in Columbus, Ohio
No Kings Eve? Well, yes. Because, you see, this weekend is also Columbus Pride. Columbus is a very gay-friendly city, and Columbus Pride is the second largest Pride celebration in the Midwest, behind...
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Word of the Week: Due Process. Voters are starting to focus on a fundamental...
We are now canvassing in 17 of Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website, to be updated in the Fall] target states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky (KY-6), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New...
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Just the Stats, Ma'am: Canvass Wrap up from FL, GA, IA, KY, MI, NJ, NV, NC,...
We are now canvassing in the 17 Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website, to be updated in the Fall] target states, and it will be really interesting to see if we can canvass in all of them at the...
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Ohio Volunteers Step Up: Sharing Hope from the Field
On Fridays, i like to hi-light the state where the most volunteers for Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] had canvassed on the previous Saturday. Usually, this means the big states (Texas and...
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Just the Stats, Man: Canvass Wrap up from 17 Swing States
It’s good to be firing on all cylinders. And last Saturday, that’s exactly what Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website, to be updated in the Fall] volunteers did. We did canvass in all 17...
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Red states are embracing all the evil policies of Trump
As state legislatures wind down their sessions, one thing is clear: for Republicans, it’s Trumpism all the way. Attacking trans people? Check. Stripping health care from the most vulnerable? Check....
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