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Sykes family tasked with saving Ohio Dems as re-districting deadlines loom
Did President Obama anger so many conservative white Ohioans that they overwhelmed the ballot box, giving the Ohio Republican Party a decade of dominance at both the state and congressional levels?
Or, as some election experts believe, did…
War: Ever More Present and Absent
In many ways, war is ever more and less visible. Of course in U.S. academia, the Pinkerist pretense that we are living through a period of great peace is accomplished by all sorts of statistical manipulation, but first and foremost by declaring…
“Hillbilly” J.D. Vance uses fake banjo to court MAGA anger as he jets off to the Hamptons
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance has made his name as a “hillbilly” turned venture capitalist. He met with Trump back in March and is now one of the many Ohio Republicans trying to get Trump’s blessing in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen.…
The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them
If you want to know how the United States wound up with “government by stupid” one need only look no farther than some of the recent propaganda put out by members of Congress, senior military officers and a certain former president.…