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Wow. Big story from @ZachGorchow pro.stateaffairs.com/mi/elec…
I talked to former Gov. Jim Blanchard about an hour ago. He had a unique view of Stevens' last 48 hours, having had dinner with her and her fiance, Jason Turkish, on Friday. You want the details? Here they are, and, trust me, you're going to want to read.
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Trump, 2017: “I love the White House, one of the most beautiful buildings (homes) I have ever seen. But Fake News said I called it a dump - TOTALLY UNTRUE.”
Trump, 2026: "The White House was in very bad condition, both inside and out. Frankly, it was a 'dump!'"
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Pentagon watchdog tells lawmakers it won't investigate Starlink slowdowns to Ukraine via @KToropin
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Black voters — especially in southern states — are casting early ballots at a pace well ahead of previous midterm elections, giving Democrats a reservoir of likely support a week before Election Day.
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An Ohio historical society buys Neil Armstrong’s boyhood home in a giant leap for preservation wvxu.org/2026-10-27/an-ohio-… - via @kcrawfish33
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One heck of a story about how oil companies face no consequences for their serious violations in Oklahoma.
This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. propublica.org/article/oklah… @npbowlin @readfrontier
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For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave.
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New: Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede local officials — and the will of the city’s voters. propub.li/3W7xuCl
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ICE agents’ smartphone searches trash privacy rights
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Jen and Emily Chan did something rare for a restaurant: They provide health insurance.
Then Jen got cancer. For one month, the restaurant’s insurance bill hit $21,868.71. What happens when a small business tries to do right by its workers in America. bit.ly/4jCIFNb
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Exclusive: @VivekGRamaswamy-controlled firm amasses Bitcoin cincinnati.com/story/news/po… via @enquirer @alexcoolidge
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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.”
ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.
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Until now, the most expensive Congressional Election Day for gasoline came in 2022 when fuel averaged $3.804/gal. We'll bust that record by about 50cts/gal next Tuesday. Until now, the most painful year may have been 2012 with average price of $3.46/gal -- Arab Spring inspired.
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As Matt Borges restarts his life free from home confinement, the former lobbyist is publicly criticizing the process that led to his racketeering conviction in Ohio’s largest bribery scandal.
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@nytimes reports Donna Arthur, of Ramaswamy ad and Acton's "mom," has been living in a car with cats in a church parking lot, according to the pastor. How did the campaign find her? – at Lithopolis, OH
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Trump’s Education Department has not made public all its civil rights investigations at schools and colleges.
So @propublica sued and obtained all the complaints and investigations. And now we are publishing them so you can search the cases too.
propublica.org/article/civil…
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"I didn't know I owned that. Thank you for telling me," he said when our reporter asked about his stock in Prologis, the company developing the controversial Trenton data center. journal-news.com/local/ramas…
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ICYMI: A high-ranking Republican lawmaker wanted to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program. In the backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — helped defeat him at election time. propublica.org/article/west-… w/ @mtnstspotlight
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A rumpled Democrat may ride Ohio anti-Trumpism back to the Senate
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CMS is encouraging millions of American seniors to manage health care & records on just a handful of health apps.
One is Slothwise, which launched from a San Francisco apartment by a young, biotech entrepreneur and triple citizen of Russia, Israel & U.S
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