Beth Watkins

I think they thought this would give them a better chance to
preserve what they have vs. gathering 250K signatures in 90 days to make the ballot and go up against a stacked court to lose those districts. I just saw the attached, but have not seen a corroborating news story yet.

It will kill a lawsuit, refendum and any chance for a fair
map until 2031.

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Bipartisan, handshake deal reached on new Ohio congressional map - Signal Ohio The deal boosts Republican odds of flipping three Democratic seats while blocking Democrats' threats to put the map up for a statewide vote.

This isn’t good news: the Dems on the redistrciting commission appear to be ready to
support the R gerrymandered voting map: signalohio.org/ohio-republi...
#Ohio #gerrymandering #fairmaps

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

I participated in this last year and it’s hella fun for a great cause.

Remember the Sacagawea dollar coin? There was an effort for it to go into regular circulation and it failed. Even if his coin is minted, I can’t see it in regular use.

All the best to David Fry of @cleguardians.com after taking a 99 mph HBP to the face. 🙏🏻 #DavidFry #ClevelandGuardians

*Opens Bluesky*
*Sees headlines*
*Closes Bluesky*
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😠

It’s gonna be a good #VictoryMonday, I can tell.

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RIP, Robert Redford.

I can’t believe what I’m watching. #OhioUvsOhioState

And he had nothing to add in that press conference.

Pardoned insurrectionists are using Charlie Kirk’s death to call for civil war “Charlie Kirk's assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.”

NEW @motherjones.com: Pardoned J6ers are using Kirk's killing to call for civil war

Stewart Rhodes will rebuild Oath Keepers; Proud Boys call for "retribution"; & ex-insurrectionists are coming "out of retirement."

Experts fear they could incite others to violence. W/ @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:

Bump.

Polly Holliday, Who Played Flo on ‘Alice,’ Dies at 88 Polly Holliday, a stage and screen actress who played the sassy waitress Flo on 'Alice' and featured in 'Gremlins,' has died. She was 88.

Kiss my grits. 😢
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Two events in #NEOhio this week!

Join us for a "How Things Work at the Statehouse" refresher and updates on key #Ohio bills!

🗓 WEDNESDAY (9/10) at 7:00 pm in Hudson

🗓 THURSDAY (9/11) at 5:30 pm in Boardman

This gaslighting is beyond the pale.

#Ohio

If you have tickets to a concert at the Athenaeum, better check it will still take place there. #Columbus

W. T. F.

These gun-happy dicks will make martyrs and victims out the worst people. This isn't the way.

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll

The Justice Department is compiling a national voting database from over 30 states to appease Trump’s demand to prove unsubstantiated claims that droves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.

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Today’s Cleveland Browns Home Opener in Cleveland, Ohio

Trump science and medical grant cuts impact Ohio universities and children's hospitals • Ohio Capital Journal More than 30 National Institutes of Health grants in Ohio have been impacted by recent cuts at the federal level. The cuts represent an estimated loss of $16.75 million for various Ohio universities…

ICYMI: More than 30 National Institutes of Health grants in Ohio have been impacted by recent cuts at the federal level.

Sounds about right. #Browns