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In today's Rooster dispatch, State Rep. Mark Johnson lays waste to John Todoroki, the businessman behind the new U.S. Medical Glove venture at the old Pixelle paper plant.
“I wouldn’t go into business on a hot dog stand with that guy.”
Full story: www.rooster.info/p/chillicoth...
“I wouldn’t go into business on a hot dog stand with that guy.”
Full story: www.rooster.info/p/chillicoth...
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In today's Rooster dispatch, State Rep. Mark Johnson lays waste to John Todoroki, the businessman behind the new U.S. Medical Glove venture at the old Pixelle paper plant.
“I wouldn’t go into business on a hot dog stand with that guy.”
Full story: www.rooster.info/p/chillicoth...
“I wouldn’t go into business on a hot dog stand with that guy.”
Full story: www.rooster.info/p/chillicoth...
I am shocked—SHOCKED!—that the Ohio-based political consulting firm, the Strategy Group, is wildly corrupt.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I am shocked—SHOCKED!—that the Ohio-based political consulting firm, the Strategy Group, is wildly corrupt.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Went long with Leader Isaacsohn.
Here’s the clip where he discusses putting his local Congressman, Greg Landsman, into an ostensibly more Republican district, and Landman’s claim he wouldn’t “fuck” Isaacsohn over the move.
Here’s the clip where he discusses putting his local Congressman, Greg Landsman, into an ostensibly more Republican district, and Landman’s claim he wouldn’t “fuck” Isaacsohn over the move.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Went long with Leader Isaacsohn.
Here’s the clip where he discusses putting his local Congressman, Greg Landsman, into an ostensibly more Republican district, and Landman’s claim he wouldn’t “fuck” Isaacsohn over the move.
Here’s the clip where he discusses putting his local Congressman, Greg Landsman, into an ostensibly more Republican district, and Landman’s claim he wouldn’t “fuck” Isaacsohn over the move.
The freaks were barking on Capitol Square yesterday.
- Leader Isaacsohn, Chairman Stewart and Rep. Williams on Redistricting
- Rep. Lorenz on legislation benefitting a friend/donor
- Sen. Landis on blocking SNAP relief to his anxiety-ridden daughter
www.rooster.info/p/rob-lorenz...
- Leader Isaacsohn, Chairman Stewart and Rep. Williams on Redistricting
- Rep. Lorenz on legislation benefitting a friend/donor
- Sen. Landis on blocking SNAP relief to his anxiety-ridden daughter
www.rooster.info/p/rob-lorenz...
How to lose a Christmas card in two minutes
The freaks were barking on Capitol Square on Wednesday, and we thank them for that.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The freaks were barking on Capitol Square yesterday.
- Leader Isaacsohn, Chairman Stewart and Rep. Williams on Redistricting
- Rep. Lorenz on legislation benefitting a friend/donor
- Sen. Landis on blocking SNAP relief to his anxiety-ridden daughter
www.rooster.info/p/rob-lorenz...
- Leader Isaacsohn, Chairman Stewart and Rep. Williams on Redistricting
- Rep. Lorenz on legislation benefitting a friend/donor
- Sen. Landis on blocking SNAP relief to his anxiety-ridden daughter
www.rooster.info/p/rob-lorenz...
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This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
Police Arrest Man After HSR Bus Joy Ride
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus driver pulled into the McNab Bus Terminal and exited the vehicle for a short break.During this time, an a...
hamiltonpolice.on.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
The WMDs at the end of every article are my promise to subscribers that even if you hate everything I wrote that day, you will find links to more talented writers covering topics far outside the scope of Ohio’s depravity. 🫶
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November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The WMDs at the end of every article are my promise to subscribers that even if you hate everything I wrote that day, you will find links to more talented writers covering topics far outside the scope of Ohio’s depravity. 🫶
Just renewed rooster.info for another three years.
We’ll hit seven years of publishing, with over 1700 dispatches, next month.
Thank you to all the readers and followers—even the ever-dwindling number of haters and losers praying for my downfall.
#theshowgoeson
We’ll hit seven years of publishing, with over 1700 dispatches, next month.
Thank you to all the readers and followers—even the ever-dwindling number of haters and losers praying for my downfall.
#theshowgoeson
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November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just renewed rooster.info for another three years.
We’ll hit seven years of publishing, with over 1700 dispatches, next month.
Thank you to all the readers and followers—even the ever-dwindling number of haters and losers praying for my downfall.
#theshowgoeson
We’ll hit seven years of publishing, with over 1700 dispatches, next month.
Thank you to all the readers and followers—even the ever-dwindling number of haters and losers praying for my downfall.
#theshowgoeson
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Help our local chapter of Students for a National Health Plan feed hungry folks here in Central Ohio! Campaign runs until Thanksgiving.
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Help our local chapter of Students for a National Health Plan feed hungry folks here in Central Ohio! Campaign runs until Thanksgiving.
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
Investigatory records show State Rep. Gary Click was recently accused of beating, starving and sexually abusing a minor.
The alleged victim denied Click's involvement.
Fremont Police declined to press charges, and the Ohio BCI refused to investigate any further.
The alleged victim denied Click's involvement.
Fremont Police declined to press charges, and the Ohio BCI refused to investigate any further.
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Investigatory records show State Rep. Gary Click was recently accused of beating, starving and sexually abusing a minor.
The alleged victim denied Click's involvement.
Fremont Police declined to press charges, and the Ohio BCI refused to investigate any further.
The alleged victim denied Click's involvement.
Fremont Police declined to press charges, and the Ohio BCI refused to investigate any further.
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Don’t make me say nice things about dayton
One of the most surprising results on Tuesday night happened in the Gem City, where a socialist-backed insurgent upset the 78-year-old “Mayor Grab Ass.”
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
Socialist-backed insurgent defeats Mayor Grab Ass... in Dayton!?
Dayton Mayor-Elect Shenise Turner-Sloss continued to embarrass the Gem City political establishment on Tuesday night.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Don’t make me say nice things about dayton
One of the most surprising results on Tuesday night happened in the Gem City, where a socialist-backed insurgent upset the 78-year-old “Mayor Grab Ass.”
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
Socialist-backed insurgent defeats Mayor Grab Ass... in Dayton!?
Dayton Mayor-Elect Shenise Turner-Sloss continued to embarrass the Gem City political establishment on Tuesday night.
www.rooster.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
One of the most surprising results on Tuesday night happened in the Gem City, where a socialist-backed insurgent upset the 78-year-old “Mayor Grab Ass.”
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
It wouldn’t have been possible if establishment Democrats had succeeded in backstabbing her in 2021.
www.rooster.info/p/shenise-tu...
Today’s Rooster is about Tuesday night’s results and the trouble in the water for Vivek Ramaswamy, whose once-outsider campaign has embedded itself inside the traditional GOP apparatus.
Plus why, IMO, Dr. Acton is now favored over Tim Ryan in a primary.
www.rooster.info/p/vivek-rama...
Plus why, IMO, Dr. Acton is now favored over Tim Ryan in a primary.
www.rooster.info/p/vivek-rama...
Trouble in the water
Tuesday night's local results highlight the danger in the Ohio Republican Party anointing Vivek Ramaswamy as the ticket-bearer way before the historical timeline required.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today’s Rooster is about Tuesday night’s results and the trouble in the water for Vivek Ramaswamy, whose once-outsider campaign has embedded itself inside the traditional GOP apparatus.
Plus why, IMO, Dr. Acton is now favored over Tim Ryan in a primary.
www.rooster.info/p/vivek-rama...
Plus why, IMO, Dr. Acton is now favored over Tim Ryan in a primary.
www.rooster.info/p/vivek-rama...
The Democrats got a map that, as recently as a two weeks ago, would have seemed like an impossible outcome.
They can thank Senate President Rob McColley’s political ambitions.
They can thank Senate President Rob McColley’s political ambitions.
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Democrats got a map that, as recently as a two weeks ago, would have seemed like an impossible outcome.
They can thank Senate President Rob McColley’s political ambitions.
They can thank Senate President Rob McColley’s political ambitions.
I spent the weekend talking to insider Democrats and Republicans about Ohio's "bipartisan" congressional map deal.
Republicans furious over squandering their position of power can thank Rob McColley and Bob Paduchick for what, frankly, was a Democratic heist.
www.rooster.info/p/rob-mccoll...
Republicans furious over squandering their position of power can thank Rob McColley and Bob Paduchick for what, frankly, was a Democratic heist.
www.rooster.info/p/rob-mccoll...
Inside the Ohio Democratic Congressional heist
Ohio Democrats walked away with a deal that would have seemed impossible as little as month ago. They can thank a "small group of people."
www.rooster.info
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I spent the weekend talking to insider Democrats and Republicans about Ohio's "bipartisan" congressional map deal.
Republicans furious over squandering their position of power can thank Rob McColley and Bob Paduchick for what, frankly, was a Democratic heist.
www.rooster.info/p/rob-mccoll...
Republicans furious over squandering their position of power can thank Rob McColley and Bob Paduchick for what, frankly, was a Democratic heist.
www.rooster.info/p/rob-mccoll...
Tomorrow on The Rooster:
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Tomorrow on The Rooster:
How about Senate Minority Leader Tricky Nickie?
She endorses Bryan Hambley for SoS to try and throw Allison Russo under the bus for the state maps bipartisan deal they struck—only to do the same thing w/ the Congressional maps, with Dani Isaacsohn taking the brunt of the heat?
She endorses Bryan Hambley for SoS to try and throw Allison Russo under the bus for the state maps bipartisan deal they struck—only to do the same thing w/ the Congressional maps, with Dani Isaacsohn taking the brunt of the heat?
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How about Senate Minority Leader Tricky Nickie?
She endorses Bryan Hambley for SoS to try and throw Allison Russo under the bus for the state maps bipartisan deal they struck—only to do the same thing w/ the Congressional maps, with Dani Isaacsohn taking the brunt of the heat?
She endorses Bryan Hambley for SoS to try and throw Allison Russo under the bus for the state maps bipartisan deal they struck—only to do the same thing w/ the Congressional maps, with Dani Isaacsohn taking the brunt of the heat?
It’s WAR in the Queen City after House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn threw Cincinnati Congressman Greg Landsman under the bus in a side deal with Congresswoman Emilia Sykes.
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s WAR in the Queen City after House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn threw Cincinnati Congressman Greg Landsman under the bus in a side deal with Congresswoman Emilia Sykes.
The leadership definitely does not understand the level of anger in the base at the moment.
I don’t think the upper echelons of Ohio Democratic Party leadership understands what harm theyre doing to the party.
If we all held a vote of all Ohio Dems saying to bar current leaders from leadership in the party, I’d bet it’d be almost unanimous in giving them the boot.
If we all held a vote of all Ohio Dems saying to bar current leaders from leadership in the party, I’d bet it’d be almost unanimous in giving them the boot.
And here is why people get sick of the Democratic fundraising apparatus.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The leadership definitely does not understand the level of anger in the base at the moment.
And here is why people get sick of the Democratic fundraising apparatus.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
Just got this unbelievably cynical fundraising appeal from Rep. Emilia Sykes, correctly calling this “the Ohio GOP’s most gerrymandered House maps yet.” But she doesn’t mention that she and Ohio Democratic Party leadership also approved the maps or how they *help* her! punchbowl.news/article/camp...
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And here is why people get sick of the Democratic fundraising apparatus.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
Emilia Sykes cuts a deal to protect herself, withdraws her support for a referendum, and then solicits cash while painting Republicans as sole actors.
It takes advantage of people’s ignorance.
In some non-redistricting news: All signs pointing to Tim Ryan entering the Ohio gubernatorial primary in the next “two to three weeks.”
Secretary of State candidate and State Rep. Allison Russo of Upper Arlington is the odds-on favorite to land as his running mate.
Secretary of State candidate and State Rep. Allison Russo of Upper Arlington is the odds-on favorite to land as his running mate.
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In some non-redistricting news: All signs pointing to Tim Ryan entering the Ohio gubernatorial primary in the next “two to three weeks.”
Secretary of State candidate and State Rep. Allison Russo of Upper Arlington is the odds-on favorite to land as his running mate.
Secretary of State candidate and State Rep. Allison Russo of Upper Arlington is the odds-on favorite to land as his running mate.