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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer schleps to Columbus while a name you haven't heard in a long, long time eyes a return to Ohio politics.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The truth shall set you free
Get the popcorn ready, folks. A disgraced FirstEnergy executive with deep ties to Cleveland's wannabe mafioso-restaurateur is set to testify in front of…
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The games we play
Teachers lead the way, Rep. Munira Abdullahi talks rumbling with ICE, and it sure looks like a reactionary lobbyist left his wife for a direct report at…
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On fighting
And why the Ohio Democratic Party is foolish to choose business as usual.
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Come at the King
Sherrod Brown is soliciting donations to his gubernatorial campaign, according to a bigwig donor who was asked.
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Sherrod Brown shows he's never had a boss
His last handpicked party chairwoman resigned in disgrace, and Brown has seemingly done the impossible in finding an unqualified replacement that will…
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The Gospel of Larry Householder
Larry Householder is going a church and plotting a return to politics, according to one pardoned January 6th participant who served time with the…
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It's a smash and grab for the Clowns
The Senate had its say in budget process on Thursday while unqualified bum sails toward confirmation on the Industrial Commission.
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Vivek Ramaswamy wants to turn Ohio into a kleptocracy
The notorious conman wants criminals and tax cheats to stash their money in the Buckeye State, where it won't do anything for the rest of us.
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May 2025

Why did Donald Trump pardon a Democratic crook like P.G. Sittenfeld?
The answer, according to multiple local political players, can be traced to feud over a seat on the Cincinnati Park Board.
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D.J. Byrnes
Welcome to the May Mailbag
Will Vivek Ramaswamy go bald or get hairplugs? What's a classic "growing up in Marion" story? How much money have I saved by not drinking alcohol for…
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🚨 President Business Deals pardons P.G. Sittenfeld 🚨
Nothing matters.
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