mike dewine stands for a lot of things i oppose very deeply, but this exactly the kind of thing we need to be hearing from conservative politicians. a full throated defense of pluralism, immigration and inclusion

Opinion | I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.

I have lived my entire life near this city. Our people and our history deserve better than to be falsely portrayed.

Uh, former Northern NJer here - totally proves it.

Ohio state troopers visited every Springfield school building this morning to sweep for explosives and other threats—and they will stay through dismissal—in response to the wave of daily threats fueled by Trump's and Vance's racist attacks on the Haitian community here

Highway Patrol greets Springfield school families in new safety effort

Ohio State Highway Patrol officers were inside and outside Snowhill Elementary and other Springfield City Schools buildings early Tuesday morning on the first day of a new state-led program to ensure ...

The Sordid Politics of the Kabul Evacuation

The Sordid Politics of the Kabul Evacuation - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The debate over the withdrawal from Afghanistan is complicated, and mostly stupid. The “catastrophe” of the evacuation has become a GOP talking point, and generally speaking the media has failed to push back on this. While Biden dropping out of the race has taken much of the wind from the sails of this particular talking […]

Also while we’re talking about rings, just gonna drop a quick little fun fact here, rings (like Saturn’s) are not always there! They can slowly dissipate. Saturn’s rings have been there for less time than earth has had sharks. Sharks predate Saturns rings! It’s one of my favorite shark facts.

I think he meant to order a ticket to Pittsburgh.

Springfield is under siege from domestic terrorists. City Hall, elementary schools, hospitals, university. For three days. Terrorized children. Patients. Teachers. While the politicians responsible only triple down on the lie, the propaganda that caused this.

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Well Springfield’s violence threats have spread to the university. Wittenberg events cancelled tomorrow. Springfield police will add patrols on campus. Threat of a shooting and the Haitian community named.

Most think of proposed mass deportation as the removal of foreigners. No: The plan explicitly includes the mass deportation of *US citizens*. It is not about who should get US citizenship. It is about some US citizens illegitimizing other US citizens.

The number of people Trump had said he’ll deport has gone from 15 million to 18, to 20, to 22. There are somewhere between 12 and 15 million undocumented people in the U.S. His promise to deport Haitians who are here legally isn’t an accident.

1/ 23 years ago today, I was walking out of the Wall Street subway stop on the 4 train when the second plane crashed into the WTC. I went up to my office on the 45th floor of One Chase Plaza (2 blocks away) because I knew my secretary had just returned from knee surgery and I wanted to help her . .