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Jesse Bethea
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Freelancer @colsunderground.bsky.social, Statehouse reporter for @nbc4i.com.

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For the second day in a row, Republican lawmakers have proposed new legislation to prevent child care fraud. https://tinyurl.com/2eb5ndnk?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Nice to see Of Beasts & Bones making its debut on the Best Sellers in Horror Collections & Anthologies this morning!

COMING APRIL 28, 2026 - it’s available now for pre-order.

Keep an eye out for more info!
🎉🖤📚😱

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGLKYS91

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I know it was never really used, but can’t beat this banger
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I have a story in this anthology, edited by
@robinknabel.bsky.social, now available for pre-order!
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Of Beasts & Bones
Of Beasts & Bones - Kindle edition by Knabel, Robin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Of Beasts & Bones.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
Missing Jan. 6 plaque will finally be displayed in Capitol
This week, senators stepped up after learning the plaque, which had been approved by Congress more than three years ago, was nowhere to be found at the Capitol.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded and sparked additional protests.
Protests over ICE operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland
As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left tw…
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January 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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A bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela advanced in the Senate.
Senate advances resolution to block Trump from using military in Venezuela
Five Senate Republicans voted Thursday to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela, a proposal that if enacted woul…
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January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Community members and advocacy groups mobilized within hours for a protest and candlelight vigil for 37-year-old Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.https://nbc4i.co/4suKM7B?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Always love when @colsunderground.bsky.social basically admits “we don’t always know what Jesse’s talking about but we just let him spin his wheels and sometimes it works.”
January 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order limiting the ability of states to regulate AI. Ohio lawmakers seem poised to move forward on AI regulations anyway.
When state lawmakers return in the new year, they will consider several bills related to artificial intelligence and how it should and should not be used. https://nbc4i.co/49b9h0Q?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"You Americans have killed a lot of sand. The sand was...very evil..."
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"

"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I keep expecting to be tired of Stranger Things but this season has been pretty great.
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Government silence is a statement, not a VETO," Alfonsi wrote in the email. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch'' for any reporting they find inconvenient."
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CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. n.pr/4pagOTD
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released the names of 10 allegedly undocumented people arrested as part of its increased enforcement across central Ohio. https://nbc4i.co/3Y3ldwB?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Governor DeWine has said multiple times he did not want any changes to Ohio’s voting laws. Today he signed a bill into law doing just that.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Friday afternoon that changes state rules on mail-in voting and voter registration. https://nbc4i.co/4s7XxEQ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So many things one could say about Rob Reiner, but I always appreciated that he was a living, breathing refutation of the notion that directors have to treat their actors like shit in order to get a good performance.
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Scrolling through the comments on that truth social post
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Started, going
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The city may very well close case against Sanctuary Night at the next status conference on Friday. This is the first in my investigative series on how City Attorney Zach Klein's office decided to take the drop-in center to court in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I recently FOIA'd documents from the city on why and how City Attorney Zach Klein's office decided to sue Sanctuary Night as a public nuisance. Here's the first in what will be an ongoing series documenting what I found.

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City v. Sanctuary: A Year Inside The Sanctuary Night Case—Part 1 - Columbus Underground
In April of 2025, the City of Columbus sued a Franklinton drop-in center for victims of sex trafficking called Sanctuary Night as a public nuisance. This narrative has been reconstructed from public r...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Water your tree.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fall in love with someone who texts you when the moon looks really cool and you should go outside and look.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM