David Niven
@nivenpolitics.bsky.social
Teach American politics in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. Wrote speeches for Ted Strickland, Martin O'Malley, and Gordon Gee. Personal account.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
Here's something joyous to do today. Some online toy drive shopping for Legos or whatnot, or you can just make a donation.
Our Holiday Toy Drive for 2025 is on now! Let’s spread the joy this season with something as simple as a gift for a child in need. Your gift – whether it’s a stuffed animal, a book, or a game – isn’t just a toy. It’s proof that someone cares. www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/event/holida...
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's something joyous to do today. Some online toy drive shopping for Legos or whatnot, or you can just make a donation.
Concluding the semester in Ohio Politics with the state's official forecast of Ohio's population in the coming decades.
First sentence reads right out of a dystopian novel.
First sentence reads right out of a dystopian novel.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Concluding the semester in Ohio Politics with the state's official forecast of Ohio's population in the coming decades.
First sentence reads right out of a dystopian novel.
First sentence reads right out of a dystopian novel.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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No matter where you're from, Happy Thanksgiving from all of us on E Street to everyone who calls this land home!
Bruce Springsteen - American Land (Live tour Video)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No matter where you're from, Happy Thanksgiving from all of us on E Street to everyone who calls this land home!
Words of JFK: "If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live."
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Words of JFK: "If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live."
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Why are we punishing voters for the speed of the mail delivery system? SB 293 has passed the Ohio House and Ohio Senate, and is on its way to be signed by Gov. Mike DeWine.
🚨Take action NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
🚨Take action NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why are we punishing voters for the speed of the mail delivery system? SB 293 has passed the Ohio House and Ohio Senate, and is on its way to be signed by Gov. Mike DeWine.
🚨Take action NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
🚨Take action NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
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NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
My thanks to @kentsmith.bsky.social for visiting my Ohio Politics class today for a discussion of energy policy, corruption, and all things Ohio.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My thanks to @kentsmith.bsky.social for visiting my Ohio Politics class today for a discussion of energy policy, corruption, and all things Ohio.
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Senate Bill 293 would require absentee ballots to arrive by Election Day, eliminating the current window that allowed nearly 9,500 late-arriving votes to count in 2024.
Ohio Senate Republicans vote to end grace period for absentee ballots
www.cleveland.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Senate Bill 293 would require absentee ballots to arrive by Election Day, eliminating the current window that allowed nearly 9,500 late-arriving votes to count in 2024.
Pretty good artistic representation of the state of the Republican Party in New Jersey today
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pretty good artistic representation of the state of the Republican Party in New Jersey today
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Fresh off Election Day, the Statehouse GOP is hearing SB 293, a bill slashing early voting via mail, popular among all voters. This is the 2026 (& beyond) playbook. Politicians in power are deliberately making it harder for you to vote, for 100% political reasons.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fresh off Election Day, the Statehouse GOP is hearing SB 293, a bill slashing early voting via mail, popular among all voters. This is the 2026 (& beyond) playbook. Politicians in power are deliberately making it harder for you to vote, for 100% political reasons.
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Folks, my team at @boltsmag.org is bringing you all the results all night... but they're not at 100K followers yet.
Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!
Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Folks, my team at @boltsmag.org is bringing you all the results all night... but they're not at 100K followers yet.
Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!
Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!
True enough, most are hardly calling to our better angels. But they are not all the same. There's a difference between Robert Kennedy and the loutish oaf of a son who defames his good name.
It's sad anybody puts any politician on a pedestal. I've met them all. It's just some guy, or gal. Just people. Most often, not impressive people. In fact, many crudely debase themselves for power, no ethics or morality. The public ought to treat them like employees, not heroes.
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
True enough, most are hardly calling to our better angels. But they are not all the same. There's a difference between Robert Kennedy and the loutish oaf of a son who defames his good name.
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🚨OPPONENT TESTIMONY NEEDED🚨
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨OPPONENT TESTIMONY NEEDED🚨
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
Ohio State Representative Jeff Lare on the No Kings protests: you should be down on your knees worshiping the king who allows you to protest like that
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
Protesters shouted 'no king' while American suffered. All I saw was privilege | Opinion
The closest we’ve come to a true “kingly” moment was Election Day 2024, when the people themselves spoke. That message was clear.
www.dispatch.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ohio State Representative Jeff Lare on the No Kings protests: you should be down on your knees worshiping the king who allows you to protest like that
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
Gov. Beshear and Gov. Dewine joined us today at the University of Cincinnati for a discussion hosted by the Portman Center
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Gov. Beshear and Gov. Dewine joined us today at the University of Cincinnati for a discussion hosted by the Portman Center
Results are not weighted by likelihood of voting in 2026, and among these particular respondents, Brown would have won in 2024.
So this is as tepid a 1 point poll lead as you can get.
So this is as tepid a 1 point poll lead as you can get.
A YouGov poll of Ohio's upcoming Senate race:
Sherrod Brown, the former Democratic senator: 49%
Jon Husted, the appointed GOP senator: 48%.
scholarworks.bgsu.edu/depo/14/
Sherrod Brown, the former Democratic senator: 49%
Jon Husted, the appointed GOP senator: 48%.
scholarworks.bgsu.edu/depo/14/
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Results are not weighted by likelihood of voting in 2026, and among these particular respondents, Brown would have won in 2024.
So this is as tepid a 1 point poll lead as you can get.
So this is as tepid a 1 point poll lead as you can get.
Prosecutor cuts corners, makes shady deal, defense attorney phones it in, and the defendant is left defenseless. Alabama justice.
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He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
October 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Prosecutor cuts corners, makes shady deal, defense attorney phones it in, and the defendant is left defenseless. Alabama justice.
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
Columbus, Ohio No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Columbus, Ohio No Kings
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
They're putting up a new display over at the Museum of the Disingenuous.
Republican Cincinnati city council candidate advises city voters not to cast a complete ballot...because VOTING DILUTES YOUR VOTE.
Republican Cincinnati city council candidate advises city voters not to cast a complete ballot...because VOTING DILUTES YOUR VOTE.
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They're putting up a new display over at the Museum of the Disingenuous.
Republican Cincinnati city council candidate advises city voters not to cast a complete ballot...because VOTING DILUTES YOUR VOTE.
Republican Cincinnati city council candidate advises city voters not to cast a complete ballot...because VOTING DILUTES YOUR VOTE.
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A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill.
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...
Ohio Republicans want public schools to teach positive impacts of Christianity on history • Ohio Capital Journal
A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach the positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill, named the...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill.
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...