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A Knife for Husted, A Pardon for DeWine: Killing the Competition for Vivek Ramaswamy

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Jul 22, 2026
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There is a distinct smell of desperation rotting the floorboards of the Ohio Statehouse this week, and it isn’t coming from the usual partisan bickering. It’s the scent of a backroom execution.

In Columbus, loyalty is just a commodity waiting to be traded, and right now, the h…

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