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 Trending Politics: A Democratic politician in Cincinnati, Ohio, is getting her 15 minutes of infamy after cheering on a violent crowd that left two people bleeding and unconscious following a late-night street beatdown over the weekend. Two men and a woman have been charged stemming from the attack, which occurred in the early morning hours of July 26, drawing national attention and carrying racial overtones as commentators continue to weigh in about whether anti-white or anti-black remarks played a role in the feud. Montianez Merriweather, 34; Dekyra Vernon, 24; and Jermaine Matthews, 39, were arrested within a day and charged with felonious assault and aggravated riot. Police say they have identified two additional suspects who participated in attacking the victims, but said they remain at large as of Wednesday afternoon. Conservative commentators initially condemned the mainstream media for failing to cover the story, leading to liberal pushback by voices including Victoria Par...

 DC Daily Journal: ... U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a man on aggravated menacing charges after an incident in which Rep. Max Miller of Ohio was reportedly forced off the road Thursday in Rocky River, a suburb of Cleveland. Miller, one of the few Jewish Republicans in Congress, shared details of the event in a video posted to social media, describing the encounter with a man displaying a Palestinian flag. ... Capitol Police deployed special agents to Ohio to work alongside local law enforcement, leading to the arrest of 36-year-old Feras S. Hamdan of Westlake, Ohio. He was charged with aggravated menacing, and officials indicated that additional charges could follow as the investigation continues. Hamdan, accompanied by legal counsel, voluntarily turned himself in and is awaiting a court appearance. ... I have never understood Jew hatred.  I have had many Jewish friends through the years.  Acting like a jerk can evidently result in an aggravated menacing charge in Ohi...

 American Action News: Ohio just marked a major win ahead of Election Day. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a recently passed law that prevents foreign nationals from directly or indirectly bankrolling Ohio ballot issue campaigns. The ruling ensures that, for now, foreign nationals are banned from financing campaigns to change the state’s constitution, something they have had the license to do for far too long. The ruling came not a moment too soon. Foreign-tied funding is being used in Ohio right now to push a ballot measure with national ramifications. Issue 1 — up for a vote next month — is nothing less than a liberal power grab by Washington, D.C. dark money groups who want Ohioans to elect more Democrats. Their solution: rig the rules and redraw legislative maps that guarantee more liberals get elected. Issue 1’s backers are resolute on using every method at their disposal, including millions in funding from abroad, to guarantee that their side wins. If ...

  Eric Abbenante @EricAbbenante Subscribe Springfield Ohio residents were warning their city council about Haitians attacking 'domesticated animals' far before Trump mentioned it at the debate: Springfield OH resident (March 12, 2024): "Our traditions laws and culture is 180 degrees different from what they're used to. One of the things I've heard that bothered me very much - I've actually had quite a few people contact me here lately - some pretty horrid things occurring to domesticated animals in the neighborhood. We've had some stuff in the park." Bryan Heck (Springfield City Manager): "I've heard about it too." They must be devastated when they find out that 'It's raining cats and dogs' isn't literal. The mainstream media still insists that this was a lie that Trump 'created'. 2:30 PM · Sep 17, 2024 · 262K Views Why would the Biden administration dump 20,000 Haitians in a town with a population of 60,000?  Wh...

 Red State: ... At issue is the fact that the Democrat National Committee (DNC) flouted known state law in Ohio and scheduled the close of its nominating convention on August 22nd. The deadline to file as a candidate for the general election ballot is August 7th. That means Biden will not technically be the nominee in time to qualify. ... See also:   Just how many senior moments can Geriatric Joe cram into a single speech?

 Washington Examiner: The sleet and rain were unforgiving here on Feb. 22, 2023, the day former President Donald Trump came to this small Columbiana County village. Despite the weather and concerns about what was in the air or what kind of chemical was lurking in the pools of mud they were walking in, folks by the hundreds lined up along Main Street as Trump’s motorcade filled with state and local law enforcement sirened its way into town. Men and women, young and old, children, teenagers, and a couple of dozen Amish families all waited in the icy rain along the designated route in anticipation of Trump showing up to their town, just under a month after a 38-car Norfolk Southern train dumped poisonous residue into the air. First, there had been the fiery derailment, whose immediate effects went on for two days, followed by a controlled burn that released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and water. If you had lived within a mile from here, you had been evacuated two da...

 PJ Media: Let’s be clear: with three simple words, former President Donald Trump made absolute fools out of President Joe Biden and his Cabinet. I’m not a political strategist, but honestly, you don’t need to be one to understand that the Biden administration could have saved mountains of embarrassment and negative press by taking a few hours this week to make an appearance in East Palestine, Ohio, in the wake of the toxic train derailment. Showing up is what leadership is all about, yet the only places Biden showed up to this week were Poland and Ukraine, where he doled out more of your hard-earned tax money — another $500 million, to be exact. Like any other compassionate and caring American, Trump understood that our friends in Ohio needed a leadership figure on the ground for a few hours to provide comfort and support. With many people in the town feeling “forgotten,” as Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) told  Axios , a strong leader showing up and telling them everything will eve...

 Townhall: On Monday night, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance met for their second debate as they vie to see who will replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and fill Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat. While a hallmark of this most recent debate, just like last week's , was on Ryan's desperation and penchant for personal attacks, another memorable moment was the discussion of January 6, 2021. Debate moderator Bertram de Souza gave a description of the January 6th select committee's findings that were rather friendly to the committee, which included mentioning the committee was "bipartisan." He asked the candidates if former President Donald Trump should comply with the subpoena he received as well as "in light of all the evidence and testimony accumulated by the committee, was the January 6th insurrection an attack on American democracy, or, were the hundreds of insurrections just tourists visiting the Capitol, as Republican Congressman Andr...

 Washington Examiner: Arizona and Ohio will play a key role in determining which party controls the Senate next year, testing venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s influence in the Republican Party and seeing how far policy-focused acolytes of former President Donald Trump can go. Ever since Trump captured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and went on to upset Hillary Clinton , there has been a debate over whether his personality, policies, or celebrity was the defining characteristic that put him over the top. Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 but was still competitive in the Rust Belt and came within 43,000 votes in Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia of a second Electoral College majority. Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance and fellow venture capitalist Blake Masters are the Thiel-connected Republican nominees for Senate in Ohio and Arizona, respectively. They take Trump’s positions on immigration, trade, and foreign policy, all considered deviations from the Rep...

 Salena Zito: ... Like former President Donald Trump in the 2016 Ohio primary, Vance won both in Mahoning County and throughout the Steel Valley counties of Trumbull, Stark, Ashtabula, Columbiana, and Portage. Most of these were solidly Democratic until recently. Some have since become Republican, and others will be competitive this fall. Vance prevailed in the crowded six-way race that included the insurgent candidacy of anti-Trump state Sen. Matt Dolan. Dolan, who poured more than $10 million into his campaign, nearly beat Josh Mandel, the onetime front-runner and former state treasurer, for second place thanks to a last-minute burst of fresh support. Former state party Chairwoman Jane Timken finished fifth, with investment banker Mike Gibbons rounding out the field. The seat became open when Republican Sen. Rob Portman declined to seek reelection this year. Youngstown State University political science professor Paul Sracic said that, for a long time, this had been anybody’s rac...

  Fox News: Ohio Lt. Gov blasts Michigan Gov. Whitmer for 'unreasonable, irresponsible' effort to shut down oil pipeline   Jon Husted says shutting down Line 5 oil pipeline will increase gas prices ... The pipeline issue has meant that Ohio is siding with Enbridge and Canada over neighboring Michigan. If Michigan shuts down the pipeline, Ohioans would be left with higher fuel prices and economic hardship, according to Husted. A new study out by Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) found that if Line 5 gets shut down, gas prices in the Midwest region would increase between 9.47% to 11.66%. Closure would mean refineries in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec would lose about 45% of their crude oil input, reducing their ability to maintain current production levels. And drivers in that region will pay at least $4.7 billion more each year for gasoline and diesel fuel, according to the study by CEA, a business, energy supplier and consumer group. ... Liberal Democrats lik...

  Salena Zito: Where'd you go, Ohio? How a swing state went red ...   The voters had not changed. The Democratic Party most certainly had. The Republican Party changed, too, as it inherited so many of those disaffected conservative Democrats, many of whom had voted for former President Barack Obama twice. ... Paul Sracic, a Youngstown State University political science professor, says that because the Democrats were shedding their voters in favor of an ascendant coalition of young people, minorities, cultural elites, and women, they missed how much that subtraction was affecting the Republican electorate. “And the change has been stunning,” he said. ... There is much more.  I think as the Democrats moved left, they left behind most of their conservative core.

  Epoch Times: Ohio to Send 185 National Guard Members to Southern Border States are responding to the calls from Texas and Arizona to help them deal with Biden's dereliction of duty and his turning the control of the border over to the Mexican drug cartels.