“There’s no mystery here.”

So a company that leaks fracking waste gets a seat on Ohio’s five-member Oil and Gas Commission (which hears appeals from orders, including to shut down wells following leaks).

But the public doesn’t.

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Amazing effort by party and activists in Florida…still a few districts to fill

Out today: Anne Applebaum's excellent cover story about how propaganda is changing.

'Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.'
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

October—Ohio AG: here is what Issue 1 will mean if you pass it

November—voters: OK. We pass it with enthusiasm

April—Ohio AG: it means the opposite of what we said in October

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“There’s no mystery here.”

In Ohio, they process early/mail votes as they come in.

Which allows them to be tabulated quickly, as soon as the polls close.

They are the FIRST votes announced on election night. By 8 pm. or earlier.

All states could do this.

But the broader battle for democracy will be decided across all 50 states.

At every level.

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How does the same Ohio Attorney General’s office put forth the exact opposite interpretation of Ohio’s Issue 1–now in Ohio’s Constitution—within less than a year?

And after the voters passed it?

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Incredible work being done in Florida….

They are afraid of the majority…in Arkansas.

When Trump threatens to use military for deportations and demonizes migrants as criminals, he's trying to radicalize his supporters, says MARIA TERESA KUMAR 🌻.

On the pod, we dig into his darker aim: Acclimating voters to dehumanizing, authoritarian language:
newrepublic.com/article/181303…

The far right knows that their views are toxic. Unpopular.

Which is why we keep seeing these underhanded tactics to stop the people from weighing in….

Only in Ohio: State pays for the cleanup of senator's oil well as Governor Mike DeWine appoints him to commission overseeing oil & gas regulator. DeWine's pick to regulate utilities took an alleged $4M bribe from a utility in a $1B scandal. By Jake Zuckerman
cleveland.com/open/2024/05/f…

Great to see this!

Heckuva book rollout…

I’m sure a lot of people don’t understand why the Holocaust still looms so large for Jews, nearly 80 years after it happened.

Well, the world Jewish population STILL hasn’t recovered from the Holocaust. Two out of ever three European Jews were killed by the Nazis…1/

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jews who were murdered and the countless survivors whose lives were forever changed.
 
#YomHaShoah is the darkest reminder of the evil that can take over when we stay silent and fail to stand up to antisemitism.

And it wasn’t even close…

A-I Cometh!