Even the less-crazy version of the conspiracy theory turns out to be junk. Meanwhile, Ohio GOP leaders like Attorney General Dave Yost and JD Vance Vance hype it, bomb threats are made, schools and public buildings close for multiple days. More great reporting by the Springfield News-Sun.

JD Vance tripling down on assertions about Springfield Factcheckers have at it. For example, he is wrong about communicable diseases being up... That's a myth, the county health chief told me just yesterday

🚨NEW Iowa Poll Trump: 47% Harris: 43% Trump led Joe Biden by 18 points in June. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

For many Haitian immigrants, Sundays in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed it more than ever as their community reels from false accusations that they are eating their neighbor’s pets. apnews.com/article/spring…

Also in Ohio, Facebook post of Portage County Sheriff suggests recording addresses with Harris signs: “Sooo...when the Illegal human "Locust" (which she supports!) Need places to live...We'll already have the addresses of the their New families...who supported their arrival!”

Recordings reveal three Columbus City Schools board members were involved in leaked document wosu.pm/47vGN0y

BREAKING: Via public records request, WOSU obtained recordings that reveal three Columbus City Schools board members were involved in a controversial leaked document in May Needless to say, it's clear more than just Brandon Simmons was involved in it wosu.org/news/2024-09-1…

At tonight’s meeting. Getting started now

Dissenting Dem Justice Mike Donnelly: "(GOP) Chief Justice Kennedy and Justices DeWine and Fischer, now joined by Justice Deters, agree that it is perfectly fine to describe a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit gerrymandering as requiring gerrymandering"

What Springfield, Ohio's schools are looking like after 33 bomb sweeps: -Daily bomb sweeps -Camera towers -36 OSHP troopers around the district In a city that didn't ask to be the center of a nation's political attention cleveland.com/news/2024/09/b…

There are so many questions about how the mayor’s office functions in this….. including why the mayor needs 32 executive assistants….

NEW Springfield GOP leaders blame rhetoric from Donald Trump & backers for city's woes -- but won't criticize him by name Of course the same is true for Ohio statewide GOP leaders... abc6onyourside.com/news/local/spr…

Listen to WOSU's series on State of Religion. At wosu. org or turn on 89-7 NPR News this week at 6:50 & 8:50am. wosu.org/politics-gover…

Same phone calls between Simmons, Adair and Pierce we got are linked here from Cole. Good on the Dispatch for posting them: