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Come Get Your Dead Archives - Columbus Underground

Blessed Samhain, the veil is thin! If you need something spooky to read here's everything I've written for @colsunderground.bsky.social about all the bodies buried 'neath our fair city:

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Showtime.

Former Senator @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social talks a little baseball after a campaign appearance in Columbus. He’s rooting for the Blue Jays.

I don’t think I’d be able to tell if my house was haunted. My cats make weird noises and move my things around constantly. A poltergeist is simply not going to register.

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Rep. Latyna Humphrey released an open letter urging Gov. Mike DeWine to take certain administrative steps that she believes would relieve some of the burden on people and families who depend on SNAP. https://nbc4i.co/4qyydqV?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

More than a million Ohioans are about to lose their SNAP benefits and it’s not clear what the state can or will do to help.

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My piece on yesterday’s #NoKings protest in downtown Columbus.
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social

Protest signs are under construction here on the Westside.
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20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing

Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

When I borrow a pen from you, there is very little chance I will return it.

Looking through stacks of letters kept my my great grandmother and here’s a couple enigmatic photographs of a fresh grave because my family comes out of a Faulkner novel.

A Stop At Yellow Springs: Celebrating Rod Serling In Ohio - Columbus Underground Imagine, if you will, a small college town with a reputation for quirky and artistic residents—a magnet, of sorts, for creative types from all over the country. This is a place we’ll call “Yellow Spri...

“The time is 4:30 pm. The place is Antioch College. The date is October 2, 2025—66 years to the day when The Twilight Zone first premiered on television.”

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You should be able to drink lite beer at hardware stores. They should crack one open for you and hand it to you when you walk in

Honestly it seems to me that one of the most important tasks for modern parents is raising their kids to be mostly offline normies

I'm going to say this as many times as it's necessary: you shouldn't kill your political opponents

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.

What the actual fuck.

US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”

For Labor Day, Ex-Parable Workers Throw a Party - Columbus Underground Marc Dobbels, drinking from a can under the patio string lights, reflects on what it means to be a barista.

“Following the GoFundMe drive, the collective also organized a benefit party at the Oracle in Old Towne East, featuring several DJs who were once hosted by Parable.”

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Inside The Tumultuous Final Days of Parable - Columbus Underground Early in the morning on August 3, someone used a metal patio chair to smash open the window at Parable. Somehow, that was not the worst of the troubles facing the café and its co-founders.

“Early in the morning on August 3, someone used a metal patio chair to smash open the window at Parable coffee shop on High Street. And yet, somehow, that was not the worst of the troubles facing the popular Downtown café.”

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Opinion: Some Sensible Options to Replace the Columbus Statue - Columbus Underground It might be Columbus was a little overdue for a nice, juicy controversy, something we could all really sink our teeth into. Thankfully that drought is over now that the city is bandying about a few mi...

Don’t know why we’re still debating the City Hall Columbus statue when I solved it more than a year ago.
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US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.

Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
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NEW: Mass departures from the Justice Department and a rising flood of lawsuits have squeezed the remaining government lawyers defending Trump administration policies, with signs of the strain spilling into court
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FEDERAL AGENT PULLED FROM THE FINAL STAGES OF A TEN YEAR INVESTIGATION TO CAPTURE THE KILLER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "HOUSTON HATCHETMAN" SERIAL MURDERS TO PATROL TOURISTS ON THE NATIONAL MALL: hey. you can't vape there