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Rooster in Review: Happy Birthday to the notorious conman!
Vivek Ramaswamy turns 40 on Saturday, and he'll celebrate with 50 of the freakiest Ohio Republicans at a swanky German Village establishment on Friday…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Ross Bjork is the future of Ohio State football
Ohio State's pitiful game-day enhancements are secondary to the ultimate goal of bilking the program's pay pigs for every penny.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The aggressive mystery couple from the Erica Crawley crash out, revealed
Columbus City Councilman Nick Bankston arrived on the crash scene before first responders. He later told cops that he and his wife just happened to be…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Inside baseball
Politicians will usually do what's best for themselves.
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D.J. Byrnes
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What do Columbus residents gain from their local officials taking free apartheid vacations?
It's an honest question that the county prosecutor and select county commissioners and city council members should have to answer.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The Cincy brawl outrage ain't genuine
"Holly the working mother," turned out to be a Russian national who fled the country before being "in contact" with Ohio's leading Republican…
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D.J. Byrnes
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July 2025

The power of the dollar
The notorious conman Vivek Ramaswamy gets a $10 million airlift from an out-of-state billionaire while Sherrod Brown's doddering hamstrings Dr. Amy…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Business executives fear this hermit's one simple trick
God forbid a low-rent blogger obtain an "unauthorized interview" of powerful officials within the state's budding military-industrial complex.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The Rooster's July Mailbag
Why did Les Wexner give power of attorney to Jeff Epstein? Who has the best pizza in Columbus? And more burning questions—answered.
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D.J. Byrnes
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Rooster in Review: RIP Greg Coleman Jr.
With his killers behind bars and $27 million awarded to his family in a wrongful death lawsuit, I hope my friend can finally rest easily.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The insider's case against Jesse Vogel
Why are Columbus' most powerful people working to stop an affable immigration attorney from being one vote on a nine-member council?
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D.J. Byrnes
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On courage
In a wildly accusatory post, State Rep. Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus) told me to "write about the Randolph Freedpeople." Well, alright then.
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D.J. Byrnes
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