Leila Atassi: “This is what Ohio’s leaders are building: a state that leased the earth it was supposed to hold in trust and buried poison beneath the water it was supposed to protect.”
From public parks to toxic waste, Ohio has built a state for fracking: Leila Atassi
Ohio has built a system that serves the fracking industry from beginning to end—opening public lands for drilling, accepting its toxic waste and leaving Ohioans to bear the risks.
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Another JobsOhio masterclass. The Cleveland-to-LAX direct flight that JobsOhio also subsidized is ending due to high fuel prices and low demand.
Greece, an EU & NATO member, supplied Russia with at least 117 oil tankers for the illegal shadow fleet that continues to fund the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. $15 billion/month, $500 million/day. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The race to sanction Russia's growing shadow fleet | Brookings
Robin Brooks and Ben Harris document the expansion of Western sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers.
brookings.edu
In December a 1594 edition of Snorri Sturluson's Sagas of the Kings was sold at auction for 1.3 million Norwegian kroner to Erling Haaland. He donated it to the library in Bryne with the request that the book remain open for visitors, so people could read it rather than see it locked away
Frank LaRose turned ours over like the toad he is.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3w agoJUST IN: 13th straight rejection of DOJ's legal effort to compel states to turn over their voter rolls. George W. Bush-appointed Judge Thomas Johnston wonders what DOJ is really driving at. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Another one of my prominent critics exposed a child molester? That's crazy.
Poland: 19-year-old Ukrainian kid brutally beaten in Wrocław by a dozen Polish fascists after they heard him speaking Ukrainian with his mother on the phone. In broad daylight, in front of numerous witnesses, they broke his nose and injured his spine. Then they laughed.
Ohio is the state that saw the biggest drop in enrollment in health plans under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress last year allowed pandemic-era subsidies to buy insurance on ACA exchanges to expire. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/09/o...
Ohio saw the largest drop in enrollment after Trump/Republican Affordable Care Act cuts • Ohio Capital Journal
After subsidies to buy care on ACA exchanges expired last year, Ohio the biggest drop in participation. That's likely to mean more uninsured.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
Ohio is the state that saw the biggest drop in enrollment in health plans under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress last year allowed pandemic-era subsidies to buy insurance on ACA exchanges to expire. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/09/o...
Ohio saw the largest drop in enrollment after Trump/Republican Affordable Care Act cuts • Ohio Capital Journal
After subsidies to buy care on ACA exchanges expired last year, Ohio the biggest drop in participation. That's likely to mean more uninsured.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
Black people will always land on our feet, whatever becomes this place. I’ll never forget or forgive the silence of so many.
Vote for who you think is best in the primary and then vote for whomever is not the GOP in the general, even if they are not your dream candidate. Just vote out the GOP. Not voting isn't an option. This is not normal times. This is not normal politics.
1 million Ukrainian refugees make up 2.5% of Poland's population but contribute 2.7% to the Polish GDP (Deloitte/UNHCR), helping prevent economic stagnation. 8% higher economic contribution per capita by Ukrainian refugees to Poland than the Poles.
Igor Sushko@igorsushko.bsky.social · last mo.Poland sabotages Ukrainian economy during war time while 1 million Ukrainian refugees (2.5% of population) add 2.7% to GDP. Grain: 2023 import ban, informal transit ban. Steel: 2025 lobbied to end Ukraine exemptions. Now EU quotas cut Ukrainian duty-free steel ~50%. Russian semi-finished steel is OK
RUTTE: At summit next week, allies will commit to providing sustainable, predictable, long-term security assistance for Ukraine. We agree we must keep up pressure on Russia. Even when its war against Ukraine ends, Russia will remain a long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security.
Now here we are 10 years later and the email lady's words ring truer than when she first spoke them. You can blame her, moderates, the DNC, Santa Claus, Harambe, the Tooth Fairy or any other entity for why you didn't listen. You went into that booth and voted third party or sat out. You own this.
Silas Shelton had objected to Heartstopper at a school book fair, saying LGBTQ+ books posed a “mental health” risk to children. www.advocate.com/news/crime/h...
Unfortunately, politicians and sports broadcasters keep convincing gullible citizens that stadium deals are economic drivers for the region. We keep getting scammed. www.currentaffairs.org/news/taxpaye...
Taxpayer-Funded Sports Stadiums Are a Massive Scam
With daily life getting more expensive for working-class people, why are sports owners still being handed subsidies for publicly-funded stadiums?
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It must be nice to be a Republican where the rules don’t matter to anyone but your opponents
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last mo.Democrats run into another Supreme Court in their efforts to redistrict and counter GOP redistricting, as Colorado’s high court squashes their bid to get the ability to redraw ahead of 2028. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/06/29/c...
#OtD 19 Jun 1937 police massacred 16 people and injured nearly 300 when striking steelworkers' wives and children demonstrated in their support in Youngstown, Ohio. Many were shot in the back as they ran from the police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9116...
I guess when I was in third grade and learning about all these disgusting little crackers who opposed the Civil Rights Era, I overestimated people’s desire not to be One of Them in the next set of history books.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last mo.9 years ago, NBC gave this woman $20 million a year to host a morning talk show and be one of the top faces of its news division.
In solidarity with Ukraine, Polish politician Piotr Fogler returned his Golden Cross of Merit awarded to him by President Kwaśniewski in 2005. Current president of Poland Nawrocki is a fascist piece of shit and many Poles see it. Are they going to let him destroy Poland?
Awesome fan traditions at the World Cup 🌍 🌎 🌏 #WorldCup2026
Yes. You (white people) voted for him, in terms of percentages and real numbers. We told you to vote for the Black lady and you all ignored us. Maybe not you personally, but white people, as a collective—own this one.
Talarico supporters can’t unring that bell. 😂 The might as well ask AI to help his campaign at this point. Cause Black women ain’t lifting a finger.