Luthen Rael - Ohio
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And Ohio...don't forget Ohio.
The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC.
All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC.
This was never about "fighting crime."
All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC.
This was never about "fighting crime."
August 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
And Ohio...don't forget Ohio.
Something about a frog in a pot comes to mind...
The Trump administration's decision to rescind guidance requiring schools to accommodate English learners is a blatant attempt to make education less accessible.
This administration's continued attacks on English learners fly in the face of our country's values.
This administration's continued attacks on English learners fly in the face of our country's values.
Education Department quietly removes rules for teaching English learners
The move is an acceleration of President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring English the country’s “official language.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Something about a frog in a pot comes to mind...
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Multiple sources expect State Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) to declare her candidacy for Secretary of State on Thursday.
August 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Multiple sources expect State Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) to declare her candidacy for Secretary of State on Thursday.
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It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
The trial run
Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C.
robertreich.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
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The news is very Ohio tonight
August 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The news is very Ohio tonight
Clear evidence of the forced privatization of public education.
Today's Rooster dispatch:
💥Ohio's school bus swindle
💥The long-awaited downfall of Cleveland Councilman Joe Jones appears to be en route
💥 A chance to win @sethharpesq's damning new book, "The Fort Bragg Cartel"
www.rooster.info/p/ohios-scho...
💥Ohio's school bus swindle
💥The long-awaited downfall of Cleveland Councilman Joe Jones appears to be en route
💥 A chance to win @sethharpesq's damning new book, "The Fort Bragg Cartel"
www.rooster.info/p/ohios-scho...
Ohio's school bus scam
It's one of the biggest disgraces about living in Ohio.
www.rooster.info
August 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Clear evidence of the forced privatization of public education.
The unstated goal is to shut down public education. This is just one way towards that end.
Literally every private school here including the parochial ones. Imagine 20 public districts having to independently transport kids to 14 different private schools. It's a mess. Kent and Stow are a few miles apart but they each have to send their own bus to Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy.
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The unstated goal is to shut down public education. This is just one way towards that end.
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The entire point of Project 2025, of the bloody swath that’s been cut through the federal government, of redistricting specifically, is to prevent the places of those in luxurious power and those struggling to get by, from ever being switched.
trib.al/WyKUn0g
trib.al/WyKUn0g
August 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The entire point of Project 2025, of the bloody swath that’s been cut through the federal government, of redistricting specifically, is to prevent the places of those in luxurious power and those struggling to get by, from ever being switched.
trib.al/WyKUn0g
trib.al/WyKUn0g
Remember that the winners write the history books - we must remain vigilant, we must resist, if we are to prevail.
Learning our history is a radical and righteous form of resistance, and any one of us can do it.
trib.al/mpThXI7
trib.al/mpThXI7
Learning History Is a Righteous Form of Resistance
It’s a way to combat Trump’s attempts at remaking the past to justify erasing protections for the most vulnerable.
trib.al
August 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember that the winners write the history books - we must remain vigilant, we must resist, if we are to prevail.
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These funds weren't about Democrat or Republican – they were appropriated by Congress for the education of Kentuckians, and I am proud we were able to get them back. Raising your voice can make a difference, and we've got to keep fighting for what's right.
An investment in education is an investment in our future and our people. I'm glad that by raising my voice with leaders from other states and challenging the Trump administration, we secured back the full $96 million in federal education funds that were promised to Kentucky.
August 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
These funds weren't about Democrat or Republican – they were appropriated by Congress for the education of Kentuckians, and I am proud we were able to get them back. Raising your voice can make a difference, and we've got to keep fighting for what's right.
@rooster.info - will you be covering this event?
July 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@rooster.info - will you be covering this event?
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You start to wonder what private school scores would look like if they were forced to take every student like public schools do.
www.daytondailynews.com/local/do-pri...
www.daytondailynews.com/local/do-pri...
July 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You start to wonder what private school scores would look like if they were forced to take every student like public schools do.
www.daytondailynews.com/local/do-pri...
www.daytondailynews.com/local/do-pri...
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State Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) is back from a social media hiatus and insinuates she’ll have news on what’s next for her in August.
Sources say the expectation is she’ll file to run for Secretary of State.
Sources say the expectation is she’ll file to run for Secretary of State.
July 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
State Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) is back from a social media hiatus and insinuates she’ll have news on what’s next for her in August.
Sources say the expectation is she’ll file to run for Secretary of State.
Sources say the expectation is she’ll file to run for Secretary of State.
@clairrbear.bsky.social - interesting developments...
Axios is reporting that Sherrod Brown met with Chuck Schumer in Ohio over the weekend.
This would be the second meeting in Ohio over about a month.
www.axios.com/2025/07/28/s...
This would be the second meeting in Ohio over about a month.
www.axios.com/2025/07/28/s...
Scoop: Sherrod Brown met with Schumer in Ohio amid 2026 Senate push
Schumer has lobbied Brown for months to run.
www.axios.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@clairrbear.bsky.social - interesting developments...
An unfair comparison - there was still good in Vader.
There are monsters among us, but I'm far more hung up on those who at one time had a partially functioning moral compass but who have since abandoned it. I know Stephen Miller sleeps well at night because he's just evil. I don't know how the other ones do. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tom-hom...
Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader
Pre-Trump, colleagues of border czar Tom Homan described him as reasonable. Now, they see a cruel man they don’t recognize.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An unfair comparison - there was still good in Vader.
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There are monsters among us, but I'm far more hung up on those who at one time had a partially functioning moral compass but who have since abandoned it. I know Stephen Miller sleeps well at night because he's just evil. I don't know how the other ones do. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tom-hom...
Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader
Pre-Trump, colleagues of border czar Tom Homan described him as reasonable. Now, they see a cruel man they don’t recognize.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
There are monsters among us, but I'm far more hung up on those who at one time had a partially functioning moral compass but who have since abandoned it. I know Stephen Miller sleeps well at night because he's just evil. I don't know how the other ones do. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tom-hom...
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Roy Cooper has officially launched his North Carolina Senate bid.
The Dem governor jumped into the race after GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he won't seek reelection after Trump publicly attacked him for voting against his “big, beautiful bill.”
The Dem governor jumped into the race after GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he won't seek reelection after Trump publicly attacked him for voting against his “big, beautiful bill.”
Roy Cooper officially launches North Carolina Senate bid
The two-term governor officially launched his campaign in a video.
www.politico.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Roy Cooper has officially launched his North Carolina Senate bid.
The Dem governor jumped into the race after GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he won't seek reelection after Trump publicly attacked him for voting against his “big, beautiful bill.”
The Dem governor jumped into the race after GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he won't seek reelection after Trump publicly attacked him for voting against his “big, beautiful bill.”
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Purported Congressional redistricting map floating around.
I’ll say this much: It looks almost exactly like what I would expect and lends credence to the long-standing rumor that Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio cut a deal to move Cleveland’s seat to the west so she can run for office.
I’ll say this much: It looks almost exactly like what I would expect and lends credence to the long-standing rumor that Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio cut a deal to move Cleveland’s seat to the west so she can run for office.
July 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Purported Congressional redistricting map floating around.
I’ll say this much: It looks almost exactly like what I would expect and lends credence to the long-standing rumor that Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio cut a deal to move Cleveland’s seat to the west so she can run for office.
I’ll say this much: It looks almost exactly like what I would expect and lends credence to the long-standing rumor that Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio cut a deal to move Cleveland’s seat to the west so she can run for office.
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Amy Acton told Vivek to release the Epstein Files and got her account suspended.
July 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Amy Acton told Vivek to release the Epstein Files and got her account suspended.
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Trump's frustration around the Epstein saga stems, in part, from an understanding that it's “a vulnerability,” said a White House ally.
He's famously had his finger on the pulse of the GOP base but has, for now, lost the ability to dominate the narrative.
He's famously had his finger on the pulse of the GOP base but has, for now, lost the ability to dominate the narrative.
‘POTUS is clearly furious’: White House is frustrated by all-consuming Epstein coverage
Officials and allies close to the White House detail the mood inside an administration haunted by a notorious sex offender who died by suicide nearly six years ago.
www.politico.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump's frustration around the Epstein saga stems, in part, from an understanding that it's “a vulnerability,” said a White House ally.
He's famously had his finger on the pulse of the GOP base but has, for now, lost the ability to dominate the narrative.
He's famously had his finger on the pulse of the GOP base but has, for now, lost the ability to dominate the narrative.
@clairrbear.bsky.social We must stay strong.
July 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
@clairrbear.bsky.social We must stay strong.