Crowd was on the sidewalk and in front of the Ohio Statehouse, so full number was hard to see from the street - easily several hundred people

Pretty big anti-Trump protest building up on a windy Saturday afternoon at the Ohio Statehouse - largest crowd I’ve seen here since the protest following the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning the right to abortion in 2022

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I’m at the Charity Newsies auction in my hometown of Lancaster - all proceeds stay in Fairfield County for families and kids. 133 miles from Cleveland and I get outbid for signed Darius Garland stuff because everyone loves the @clevelandcavaliers.bsky.social
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Ohio Democratic US Sen. Sherrod Brown has run for that office four times. Here are maps that show how the vote in those four elections turned out (maps courtesy of elections stats guru Mike Dawson)

Official results from the 2024 election show 71.7% voter turnout, down from 74% in 2020. Average turnout in 81 Trump-won counties was 74.74% and 67.67 in 7 counties Harris won. Trump won northeast Ohio, once a Democratic stronghold. (Map from elections stats guru Mike Dawson)

This is a tradition for these neighbors - inviting people to use the pens to write what they’re thankful for on feather-shaped papers and tie them to the turkey #Thanksgiving