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An Atty General is supposed to represent the people

Takes an an oath to adhere to the OH Constitution

That Constitution is now clear: gov’t should not “burden, directly or indirectly,” or “interfere” w, the right of Ohioans to make their own “reproductive decisions”…

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https://twitter.com/darreldrowland/status/1827080967124607127

Yost’s own legal opinion in 2023 explained that that the new right in Ohio was “stricter” than Roe.

And he anticipated a court finding that, under the new Issue 1 language, the 24-hour period posed an unconstitutional burden.

And that would mean the law would NOT be…

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Husted Watch:

I see Ohio’s Lt. Gov came out of his hole to attack Kamala Harris again.

So, as promised, let me reveal a 3d detail about this career politician’s disastrous record

Not that long ago, our schools were ranked among the finest in the nation (top 5).

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https://twitter.com/jonhusted/status/1826755205792215109

But then Husted started pushing policies his donors wanted, even though they were disastrous for Ohio families, students and taxpayers.

One of those get-rich schemes were for-profit charter schools

A legislative agency that provided some oversight of these new “schools”…

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Quick 🧵

Reminder: candidates who are down the ballot are of course the potential bench for the future. And when they run, they lift turnout for everyone on the ballot.

BUT the #1 reason to focus on these candidates is because these are the offices (statehouse and…

1/ …others) that are on the FRONT LINE of the battle of democracy and freedom.

And the far right has prioritized them because that is where they do most of their damage to democracy and freedom. (Dobbs is just one example).

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Ballot Manipulation 101

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It’s become one of their favorite tricks of late.

One of their slickest, and sickest, tactics in attacking democracy.

When the Ohio GOP is losing, or fears a loss, their officials actually twist and manipulate the very ballot…

1/ order will deliver victory for them from the jaws of defeat.

And in some cases, they are actually trying to trick the voters into voting the opposite way from their desired intent—which is about as sick as it gets.

And they’re at it again….today in fact.

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As I watch Trump once again insult injured veterans, and those who sacrificed everything, I want to share a story that shakes me to my core every time I think of it.

It’s about a family friend

At 19 or so, he went to Vietnam.

Army.

Never talks about it. But it’s…

1/ …clear he saw and experienced horrific, traumatizing things while there.

He came home, worked hard, and raised a family. He’s now retired.

He never even sought help from the VA because he felt that that was for veterans who’d endured injuries and challenges he hadn’t.

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$1 Billion and Counting

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It’s back to school time in Ohio.

And as we enter the new school year, and the end of the first full year of universal vouchers in Ohio, the numbers continue to explode (as they are in other states).

1/ As @clevelanddotcom wrote Tuesday, the total cost of private school vouchers for the last school year (through August 7) ended up being….

$966.2 million.

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cleveland.com/news/2024/08/p…

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“2025” — Trump’s Insurrection Act Obsession

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In the United States, federal law ensures that U.S. military forces are not to be used as part of domestic law enforcement.

But an old law—the Insurrection Act of 1807—allows the President of the United States…

1/ to remove that bar and order National Guard or active-duty military to quell unrest, “domestic violence” or “conspiracy” that he deems a domestic rebellion or insurrection.

The Act’s language is so open-ended (“bafflingly broad,” according to the @BrennanCenter ), it gives

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Don't Let Them Change the Subject

A 🧵 on How Project 2025 Destroys Public Education

They are on the ropes. Trump. Vance. America's far right.

Losing momentum. Running from their core beliefs. Panicking. Trying to change the subject.

Don't. Let. Them.

1/ So in my latest installment in exposing their plans, I explain how they will destroy America's public education if they are given the opportunity.

What they are planning to do is deeply unpopular across the country.

Which, again, is why they don't want to talk about it.

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A quick 🧵 on honoring 🇺🇸 veterans

My dad has been in the hospital in recent days. (He’ll be out in next day or two).

When I visited him two days ago, amid visits from nurses and PCAs and doctors, a new visitor showed up.

She entered the room and introduced..

1/ …herself as a volunteer

“I’m here because I understand you are a veteran and I want to thank you for your service.”

More than 65 years ago, my dad went to college on a Navy Officer Training Corps scholarship…

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Project 2025's Direct Attack on Public Education

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The nightmare of universal vouchers is already playing out across the country, siphoning away billions to private schools while dramatically underfunding public education.

1/ Project 2025 doubles down on all of it, converting precious federal funds that lift communities and kids in need into even more private vouchers.

Throw in censorship, Trump's promise to end vaccinations and the elimination of wide-ranging support services in public schools

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BREAKING: VP-to-be @GovTimWalz

A quick 🧵

Last September, I was honored to be invited to the famed Polk County Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa.

I flew into Des Moines……drove out to a beautiful park on a HOT day……and was wowed to see a large crowd in a year…

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…that often doesn't generate large crowds.

And then I got a real treat.

Speaking before me to the crowd was none other than @GovTimWalz , the Governor of Minnesota.

Now I knew of the Governor, and had heard good things.

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A 🧵 on the embarrassment that is the Ohio Supreme Court (GOP majority)

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for the GOP majority of the Ohio Supreme Court, they got fact-checked….by the dictionary!

1/ Remember, the Court (the appointed and unqualified Justice Deters writing for the four GOP members) wrote that no reasonable person could conclude that the word “boneless” could mean without bones, and in doing so, denied a man a jury trial

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Fetal Personhood and Higher Ed in Red States

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A few weeks back, I explained what a right-wing coup it was when the RNC adopted "fetal personhood" as part of its platform

The right-wing legal theory is that the XIV Amendment protects life beginning at conception.

1/ The implication of this theory is enormous.

It would mean a national abortion and IVF ban could be imposed by Clarence Thomas, Alito, etc. even if the people voted for candidates at all levels who reflect the broad national consensus for reproductive freedom.

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The Facts: Project 2025's Attack on Workers and Unions

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One of the most overlooked parts of Project 2025 is its brutal attack on workers and unions, as well as steps that would open the door for far more discrimination in the workplace.

1/ In fact, the 37-page Section on the Department of Labor is so chock-full of gut-wrenching changes and open-ended repeals of laws that have protected workers for decades, it’s hard to know where to begin and where the damage would end.

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"Project 2025" -- Chapter 7

One aspect of “Project 2025” getting far too little attention is its brutal attack on workers and unions. And one shocking element should be a headline in every paper—a proposed return to the days of “teen” labor

1/ ...in some of America’s most dangerous lines of work.

Under the topic “Hazard-Order Regulations,” (page 595), Project 2025 just comes right out and says “teenagers” should take up hazardous jobs, suggesting that this is what teenagers want:

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One of the most bizarre parts of Vance's unhinged and endless attack on the millions of Americans who don't have children is when you juxtapose it with the far-right's (ie. Heritage Foundation, Project 2025's author) explanation for why the nation should not allow IVF.

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https://twitter.com/DavidPepper/status/1818304187505009018

What does the Heritage Foundation say is the reason for infertility?

Well, they cite the Bible in explaining it: “Infertility, then, is a result of the fall. To experience infertility is not a sin in and of itself, but it is the consequence of sin entering the world.”

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A 🧵on Court Reform: Prebutting right-wing grousing about proposals for SCOTUS court reform.

Here was GOP court "reform" in Ohio, which they launched the moment they lost control over OH's Supreme Court and when a bipartisan majority would no longer do as they were told:

1/ First, they immediately added partisan labels to the ballot for Ohio Supreme Court candidates, because they were so frustrated that their preferred candidate lost by 10 points in 2020, when Trump won Ohio by 8 points

That marked two straight elections where they had not

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The State-Level Preview of Project 2025

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In 2021, I grew so frustrated by the state of things in gerrymandered red states like Ohio, I started writing a book about them.

I was so fired up, I finished the basic draft in about four months.

1/ And from the moment I started writing it, I knew what the title would be: “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines.”

That’s pretty dark, I know.

But the story I was telling, backed by more than 800 footnotes, was as dark as the title.

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A quick 🧵 on earning it

Folks, the guy who wrote this already viral and boneheaded decision has only been a justice for 18 months.

He had no judicial experience at all when his crony the Governor appointed him to the spot.

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https://twitter.com/AP/status/1816569144000630817

Worse, rather than run for reelection in the seat to which he was appointed, he is now challenging another sitting justice, the Honorable Justice Melody Stewart--who has 18 yrs of appellate judicial experience, was the first African American woman elected to the court, and

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A Boneheaded Decision...and a Warning

A 🧵 on the Ohio Supreme Court

“Just because you order boneless chicken wings at a restaurant does not mean you shouldn't expect to find bones….”

It’s a statement so absurd as to be laughable.

But it’s actually the summary...

1/ in the @DispatchAlerts of a new 4-3 decision by the Ohio Supreme Court. And the absurdity of that one summary should scare the hell out of you.

And not just because you might choke on a chicken bone when you were told the chicken was boneless.

But because this same Court..

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“2025”: Chapter 6

Mass Deportation

One of the clearest commitments being made by Donald Trump on the campaign trail is to unleash the largest mass deportation in history—which he says will involve deporting 15-20 million.

1/ History tells us that any operation of that massive scale, fueled by the type of rhetoric he uses (that blood is being “poisoned") will create both a dangerous humanitarian nightmare as well as a broader upheaval of the nation.

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