Jesse Bethea
@jessecbethea.bsky.social
Freelancer @colsunderground.bsky.social, Statehouse reporter for @nbc4i.com.
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who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
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what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
what the actual fuck
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
If you live on the Westside, you've heard about Andrew Chapman's disappearance. Now, legislation bearing his name is moving through the Statehouse with the goal of centralizing information about missing persons in Ohio. My story for @nbc4i.com: www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you live on the Westside, you've heard about Andrew Chapman's disappearance. Now, legislation bearing his name is moving through the Statehouse with the goal of centralizing information about missing persons in Ohio. My story for @nbc4i.com: www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
I’m at the Missing Persons Working Group meeting at DPS, story coming later on what legislators are doing to help reunite families with missing loved ones.
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m at the Missing Persons Working Group meeting at DPS, story coming later on what legislators are doing to help reunite families with missing loved ones.
Something to follow closely as we head into the 2026 midterms: voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but in the interest of fighting it, the Statehouse is considering a flurry of potential changes to election laws.
With the 2026 midterms a year away, legislation is moving through the Ohio Statehouse that could change how Ohioans register to vote and cast their ballots. https://nbc4i.co/4qLEIa0?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Something to follow closely as we head into the 2026 midterms: voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but in the interest of fighting it, the Statehouse is considering a flurry of potential changes to election laws.
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Ohio receives millions of dollars from the federal government to implement federal policy, and as the shutdown continues, state agencies are preparing for funding disruptions. https://nbc4i.co/47W8sta?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ohio receives millions of dollars from the federal government to implement federal policy, and as the shutdown continues, state agencies are preparing for funding disruptions. https://nbc4i.co/47W8sta?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:
Yamamoto must have nerves of steel
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:
What a miracle that we get to exist at the same time as this insane sport.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
What a miracle that we get to exist at the same time as this insane sport.
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The US on December 7, 1941
YAMAMOTO?????????????
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The US on December 7, 1941
Baseball is so good.
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Baseball is so good.
Scenes like this make me wonder if the feds sending observers to polling places might inadvertently increase turnout in some precincts.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Scenes like this make me wonder if the feds sending observers to polling places might inadvertently increase turnout in some precincts.
"If we were to put all Ohioans in a hypothetical blender..." It is Halloween at the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"If we were to put all Ohioans in a hypothetical blender..." It is Halloween at the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
Blessed Samhain, the veil is thin! If you need something spooky to read here's everything I've written for @colsunderground.bsky.social about all the bodies buried 'neath our fair city:
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October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Blessed Samhain, the veil is thin! If you need something spooky to read here's everything I've written for @colsunderground.bsky.social about all the bodies buried 'neath our fair city:
columbusunderground.com/tag/come-get...
columbusunderground.com/tag/come-get...
Former Senator @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social talks a little baseball after a campaign appearance in Columbus. He’s rooting for the Blue Jays.
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Former Senator @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social talks a little baseball after a campaign appearance in Columbus. He’s rooting for the Blue Jays.
I don’t think I’d be able to tell if my house was haunted. My cats make weird noises and move my things around constantly. A poltergeist is simply not going to register.
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I don’t think I’d be able to tell if my house was haunted. My cats make weird noises and move my things around constantly. A poltergeist is simply not going to register.
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Rep. Latyna Humphrey released an open letter urging Gov. Mike DeWine to take certain administrative steps that she believes would relieve some of the burden on people and families who depend on SNAP. https://nbc4i.co/4qyydqV?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Rep. Latyna Humphrey released an open letter urging Gov. Mike DeWine to take certain administrative steps that she believes would relieve some of the burden on people and families who depend on SNAP. https://nbc4i.co/4qyydqV?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
More than a million Ohioans are about to lose their SNAP benefits and it’s not clear what the state can or will do to help.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
More than a million Ohioans are about to lose their SNAP benefits and it’s not clear what the state can or will do to help.
www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...
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“By Saturday evening, national organizers for the No Kings coalition estimated that 7 million Americans participated in the protests. Organizers for Ohio 50501 estimated as many as 15,000 protestors were at the Ohio Statehouse.”
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National organizers for the No Kings coalition estimated that 7 million Americans participated in the protests. Organizers for Ohio 50501 estimated as many as 15,000 protestors were at the Ohio Stateh...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social
Protest signs are under construction here on the Westside.
#nokings @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social
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October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Protest signs are under construction here on the Westside.
#nokings @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social
#nokings @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social
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Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing
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October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...