Bob Fried

It is a true honor to receive the endorsement of Ohio AFL-CIO, a federation of over 500,000 working people in all 88 counties in our great state. I will always be a pro-labor, pro-union governor.

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days

Very strange. Maybe a lot of #ICE deportation flights planned for departure during this interval?

FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines

I’m 77 years old. My thanks to the Trump administration for increasing my chances of dying next winter.

Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History

I’ve elected to give my small donations to individual candidates rather than to DNC/DSCC/DCCC. I’ve lost faith in @kenmartin.bsky.social and the national party. How about coming clean on Mothership Strategies?

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies The race to superhuman AI risks extinction, but it's not too late to change course.

Hey, just in case you're not afraid enough already...I'm reading this book, and I am really, really scared. They're talking about a march on Washington to oppose creating artificial superintelligence.

ifanyonebuildsit.com

Vivek Ramaswamy says that Medicaid and Medicare were mistakes.

The real mistake would be letting him anywhere near those lifelines, and the millions of Ohioans who rely on them.

Watch:

Seriously important analysis.

‘Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump

WITH Trump It’s all about asserting the power to LOOT the NATION.
But Republicans like Susie Collins don’t care.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation Exclusive: Trump sent national intelligence director to Georgia raid last week in approval of Gabbard’s sweeping review

And, of course, the whistleblower complaint about her is literally top secret.

The real story of the FBI raid on Fulton County It's all about 2026 and 2028. Fulton County is the heart of “Blacklanta.” And Atlanta is the electoral heart of Georgia. And Georgia is the swingiest of swing states.

@gregpalast.bsky.social has been trying to sound the alarm on how the right is rigging elections, for many years. He’s a great source on this subject. www.gregpalast.com/the-real-sto...

One wonders why our term-limited Republican governor, a former state attorney general, doesn’t show some backbone here.

I look forward to this one hanging in the lieutenant governor’s office, too. I’m envious of your artistic ability. My drawing skills are limited to stick figures.

Reminder: Vivek Ramaswamy chose a running mate who was the architect of the failed policies that are making life unaffordable for so many while benefitting special interests….like taking $600M from Ohioans’ unclaimed funds to hand to a billionaire.

A 100-foot tunnel, secret bunker and weapons stash found at MAGA activist's California home Authorities discovered a massive stash of illegal firearms and a secret underground bunker at the base of a 100-foot tunnel on a MAGA activist's property in Northern California.

Betcha there are more of these scattered around the country.

"Backin' Acton": United Mine Workers Another Big Endorsement for the Campaign

Big endorsement in Ohio….

Tom Hoefling (@tomhoefling) (Abbreviated a bit for language) Malcolm Nance@MalcolmNance (To Representative Randy Fine, who offered up the insane bill to invade Greenland.) CONSEQUENCES FOR DUMB...: You are an...idiot. ...

More wisdom from @malcolmnance.bsky.social:

substack.com/@tomhoefling...

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...

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The more people hear him, the worse he does.

Here’s why.

Nothing but word salad.

WATCH:

Exclusive: Secret ICE Programs Revealed Leaked documents detail the dizzying scope of ICE operations

“Wow” doesn’t even come close to covering it.

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

My latest for Slate

Reassuring — I guess?

Ah, yes. “Open the pod door, HAL.”

BONUS THREAD: 🧵 I broke down Renee Good's murder in the thread above from a female perspective but here's a fabulous video from Brian Recker:

A message from one male to another!

Love him for his empathy.

I look forward to your hanging this painting in the lieutenant governor's office.