Podcast appearances and mentions of Vivek Ramaswamy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 24:57

An armed man forced his way through a crowd toward Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, while she spoke at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Multiple people were knocked down. Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield, was taken into custody and booked at the Mahoning County Jail on charges of disorderly conduct and two counts of assault.This is an emergency episode of Purple Political Breakdown, Ohio Edition. No script, no prep. I read the reporting as it stood, sourced it out loud, and gave my honest read of it in real time.The law enforcement account. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Havas pushed through the crowd toward Acton carrying a taser and two pistols. The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office said two handguns and a set of brass knuckles were recovered after the arrest, and that no weapons were ever brandished or removed from their holsters. I read both statements out and flag where they do not line up.The responses. Acton campaign communications director Addie Bullock said an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton and injured multiple people, and thanked law enforcement. Mahoning County Democratic Party chair Chris Anderson called it reprehensible and said it should be condemned by leaders on all sides. Governor Mike DeWine said he spoke with Acton that afternoon and that she wanted Ohioans to know she is okay. U.S. Senator Jon Husted called it an attempted attack and thanked law enforcement. Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign responded through communications director Connie Luck, who said candidates should be able to meet voters without worrying about threats or violence. I flag on air that the response came from the campaign rather than from the candidate in his own words, and that is my read, not a reported fact.Who Patrick Havas is. Records reported by Newsweek describe him as a registered Republican and a licensed nurse with a 2008 disorderly conduct and petty theft case and old traffic offenses. No law enforcement agency has announced a motive.The part everyone is passing around. TiffinOhio.net, with the Daily Beast reporting it independently, says Patrick Havas is the brother of Andrew Havas, the Republican operative who resigned as Jon Husted's Franklin County campaign chair in July after NBC News asked about a 2009 Mahoning County guilty plea, in which a sexual misconduct charge involving a 15 year old was reduced to misdemeanor assault. Andrew Havas gave more than $10,000 to Ramaswamy's campaign, and Acton had already criticized Ramaswamy publicly for keeping the money. I say plainly what this does and does not prove: there is no evidence that anyone directed this, and I am not going there.Where I land. I condemn political violence against anyone, in every direction, without exception. I also cover the social media reaction, including posts attacking Acton's credibility rather than condemning what happened, and her first public remarks the day after.CHAPTERS00:00 Emergency episode: why this one could not wait00:25 How I am working through the story live01:47 What the Highway Patrol and Mahoning County Sheriff say happened02:48 Condemning political violence against anyone, on any side03:30 Two handguns, brass knuckles, and the never brandished detail03:44 The Acton campaign and county party statements05:21 Governor Mike DeWine's response06:42 The Ramaswamy campaign statement, and who actually said it07:41 Who is Patrick Havas: records, registration, prior cases08:03 Naming a pattern without painting every Republican with it11:17 The social media reaction and attacks on Acton's credibility12:43 Amy Acton's first public comments after the incident17:50 The Andrew Havas connection: Husted resignation, Ramaswamy donations22:42 What this does and does not prove23:44 Closing thoughts and where the governor's race standsSources on air: Ohio State Highway Patrol and Mahoning County Sheriff's Office statements, Associated Press, Newsweek, NBC News, TiffinOhio.net, the Daily Beast.[PASTE THE STANDARD MISSION AND SUBSCRIBE CLOSING PARAGRAPH HERE, VERBATIM]RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONSALIVE Podcast Network: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdownDiscord: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9r/PolicySolutions: https://www.reddit.com/r/policysolutions/Living Room Conversations: https://livingroomconversations.org/Us United: https://www.us-united.org/HeadOn: https://app.headon.ai/Future is Now Coalition (FiNC): https://futureis.org/Independent Center: https://www.independentcenter.org/OtherWeb: https://otherweb.com/Informed daily news text line, 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636), code 'purple': https://informed.now

Why Won't Amy Acton Debate Vivek Ramaswamy? Ohio Issue 3 and the 2026 Governor Race

J-TV Podcasts by Ollie Anisfeld

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2026 58:43

Ohio's Democratic nominee for governor won't debate. Ohio's Republican nomineehas accepted two invitations. Neither has ever held elected office, and right nowthe plan is for you to pick one without ever seeing them answer a hard questionin the same room.This week: Issue 3 explained in plain English, including the part the officialballot language gets wrong. The Ohio Supreme Court orders Trenton, in ButlerCounty, to put a data center ban in front of its own voters. Two Republicans andtwo Democrats ask the state to stop expanding license plate surveillance. And afull breakdown of Amy Acton's COVID record against what Texas and Floridaactually did.Political solutions without political bias.CHAPTERS00:00 Cold open: nobody is debating02:32 Welcome to Purple Political Breakdown, Ohio Edition03:15 What is in this episode05:37 Ohio Issue 3: the voter ID amendment explained06:51 Issue 3: the strongest case for and the strongest case against12:13 Ohio Supreme Court orders a Trenton data center vote, Butler County15:39 Flock cameras: two Republicans and two Democrats write to ODOT20:39 Ohio homeschooling oversight rollback and the boom that followed23:56 Springfield: the death of Pierre Damas Bel, DeWine and Moreno respond29:42 Ohio House target seats: Lucas County 41 to 44, Senate District 1130:37 OH-9: Toledo police name a suspect in the Marcy Kaptur hit and run32:34 OH-1: Greg Landsman versus Eric Conroy on a redrawn map33:31 Ohio governor 2026: who is actually on the ballot34:07 The debate standoff and the 2022 DeWine reversal42:00 Amy Acton's COVID record compared to Texas and Florida47:13 The ad war: the nursing home fact check and the public schools ad50:56 Property taxes: what the Ramaswamy rollback would actually cost56:43 Data centers: both plans and the question nobody has answered58:55 What the polling says59:54 ClosingWHAT WE COVEREDIssue 3 is the only statewide question on the November 3 ballot. Ohio hasrequired photo ID for in person voting since 2023, so Issue 3 changes nothingimmediately. What it changes is how hard the requirement is to undo later. Itdoes not require photo ID for mail voting, even though the certified ballotlanguage reads like it might.The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Trenton's city council disregardedapplicable law when it rejected a data center ban petition over the meaning ofone word: electors. Five residents gathered 336 signatures. The council wanted820. The court sided with the residents. It is the second data center ballotcase at the court in a month, after Ashville in Pickaway County.On the governor's race: Ramaswamy accepted invitations from WLWT and CNN. Actondeclined, citing his ad campaign. In 2022 it was Mike DeWine who refused todebate, and Ohio Democrats ran a month long DeWine Debate Watch calling debatesa job interview. Acton's own running mate said the same thing about DeWine in2014.On COVID: Ohio closed schools the same day Florida did. Ohio declined a statewidemask mandate while roughly two dozen states imposed one. Ohio never orderedchurches closed. A Columbus Dispatch fact check found the woman in the Ramaswamynursing home ad lived in Kentucky and died after Ohio lifted its stay at homeorder.On property taxes: Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank, estimates theRamaswamy rollback would cut 4 billion dollars a year, growing to 6.6 billion.The honest caveat is that Ramaswamy has never said what year he would roll backto, so that estimate rests on an assumption he has not confirmed.RESOURCESALIVE Podcast Network: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdownDiscord: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9r/PolicySolutions: https://www.reddit.com/r/policysolutions/Equal Vote Coalition and STAR Voting: https://www.equal.vote/starIndependent Center: https://www.independentcenter.org/Us United: https://www.us-united.org/Living Room Conversations: https://livingroomconversations.org/CIVICS App: https://www.civicpolitics.comThe Purple Political Breakdown is committed to fostering productive politicaldialogue that transcends partisan divides. Our mission: "Political solutionswithout political bias." Subscribe, rate, and share if you believe in purplepolitics - where we find common ground in the middle!

The Future of the American Right

Part Of The Problem

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2026 70:01

Dave Smith brings you the latest in politics! On this episode of Part Of The Problem, Dave and Robbie "the Fire" Bernstein discuss Ben Shapiro's comments about leaks and treason, the state of the government and the war, Vivek Ramaswamy's speech for the Republican Jewish Coalition , and more.Support Our Sponsors:CrowdHealth - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/promos/potpRidge - https://ridge.com/potp10Prolon - https://prolonlife.com/potpQuince - Get free shipping on your Quince order and 365-day returns athttps://www.quince.com/POTPPart Of The Problem is available for early pre-release at https://partoftheproblem.com as well as an exclusive episode on Thursday!PORCH TOUR DATES HERE:https://robbernsteincomedy.com/eventsFind Run Your Mouth here:YouTube - http://youtube.com/@RunYourMouthiTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-your-mouth-podcast/id1211469807Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4ka50RAKTxFTxbtyPP8AHmFollow the show on social media:X:http://x.com/ComicDaveSmithhttp://x.com/RobbieTheFireInstagram:http://instagram.com/theproblemdavesmithhttp://instagram.com/robbiethefire#libertarian See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Vivek Ramaswamy ENDS The Two State Delusion Live On Stage - Jewish Crowd Erupts!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2026 24:06

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9-1-26 Bill Cunningham Show

700 WLW On-Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 105:25 Transcription Available

Willie talks with Ohio Governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy about November's election. Also Scott Gerber explains why President Trump is still dealing with lawfare. Finally a special guest on today's Stooge Report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Weekly reporter roundtable: Amy Acton, Vivek Ramaswamy woo voters in Ohio governor's race

All Sides with Ann Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2026 49:56

From political attack ads to unexpected policy positions, we look at how the two candidates, Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, for Ohio's next governor are trying to woo voters.Stark differences emerge in the U.S. Senate race between Senator Jon Husted and former Senator Sherrod Brown and a grief-stricken family asks Husted's campaign to remove a political ad.We'll also look at Flock cameras and how misusing the technology would be a felony under a proposed Ohio bill. Plus, an Ohio judge kicked off the bench and suspended is on the November ballot.Finally, did you know, Ohio children received more free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library than any other state. We'll discuss all this and more on our Weekly Reporter Roundtable.Guests:Jeremy Pelzer, chief politics reporter for Cleveland.comHaley BeMiller, state government and politics reporter for the Columbus DispatchJake Zuckerman, reporter for Signal Ohio

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Weekly reporter roundtable: Amy Acton, Vivek Ramaswamy woo voters in Ohio governor's race

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2026 49:56

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Full Episode - Voters Hate The Trump Economy… And It's Only Getting Worse + A Republican Governor Says What He Really Thinks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2026 156:53 Transcription Available

Chuck Todd argues the entire 2026 election is collapsing into a single issue — prices — and that every other story is just a contributing factor. The problem for Republicans is that the economy is going to get worse, not better: price pressure is building across the food supply, the Iran war has disrupted fuel and fertilizer, JP Morgan is warning food inflation could hit 5% by 2027, and Kevin Warsh is going to be forced to raise rates, which will infuriate a president who Chuck argues is focused mainly on his own financial interests and could produce genuinely 1970s-like conditions. Chuck brings back reporting from a visit to the Black Locust Livestock cattle ranch to explain why beef prices can't be fixed by turning a dial: raising cattle is a years-long process, the American herd is historically small, only four companies process the country's beef and capacity is shrinking, and importing more is a short-term patch that damages domestic supply long term. It's the pattern of the whole administration — solving a price problem today by making it worse tomorrow, while the cost of producing food rises because of decisions Trump himself made. Underneath it all sits the number that explains the mood of the country: corporate pre-tax profits are at their highest share since just after World War II while workers take home the smallest share since the 1950s. There is no economic boom for most Americans, Washington keeps misreading the anger, and Trump's own voters are getting hit hardest at the pump. The war, Chuck argues, isn't just making life expensive — it's making America vulnerable. Defense leaders are warning Hegseth the Iran campaign is unsustainable: barely a quarter of the Navy's destroyer fleet is ready to deploy, advanced munitions stocks are largely burned through, and equipment and personnel are worn out, meaning fighting this war has left the country less capable of fighting the next one. China is the clear winner of Trump's second term, and Chuck’s real worry is Putin testing NATO while looking at an American president desperate for any win. Then there's Venezuela, where Trump has announced the U.S. has seized the country's oil reserves — a move Chuck calls British-empire-style imperialism and highway robbery at gunpoint, asking the obvious question: if Putin did this to a neighbor, what would we call it? The standard shouldn't change because we're the ones doing it, the windfall ought to benefit Venezuelans, and it's worth asking who's actually negotiating this and who stands to profit. It's exactly why two-thirds of South America resents the United States, and why Trump's imperial turn will only compound a credibility problem that's already severe. Chuck closes somewhere more personal: his old high school, Miami's Killian, is down from 3,000 students to 400. The kids didn't disappear — school choice killed the ambition to attend. Big public high schools once defined their communities and forced people to know each other; we traded that for choice and specialization without ever asking what a public school is actually for. We didn't try to fix public education, Chuck argues. We empowered people to escape it — and in doing so gutted one of the real sources of American strength. Then, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joins the Chuck Toddcast in his final months in office and, freed from ever facing voters again, says exactly what he thinks. The headline is his reversal on capital punishment: DeWine helped write Ohio's death penalty statute as a state senator in 1981 and defended it as attorney general, but in June he called on the legislature to abolish it, saying the moral justification he once had simply no longer exists. He walks Chuck through the practical case — roughly 20 years on average from sentencing to execution, a process that structurally cannot be sped up — and the harder question a Republican has to answer about whether you can be both pro-life and pro-death penalty. That flows into a broader argument about criminal justice that DeWine says has been driven by emotion rather than logic: truly violent offenders are a small percentage of the prison population and those are the people who need to be removed from society, but it's in society's direct self-interest to educate and rehabilitate everyone else. He's equally out of step with his party on immigration, arguing America needs legal immigrants, that we've been educating them and then failing to keep them, that Ohio's economic gains have come from immigrants, and that they're critical to caring for an aging population. On Springfield, DeWine is direct: the Haitian population created real challenges for the community, but they work hard, and it is not in America's interest to deport people who are here and working. The conversation turns to the economy and the state's political future. DeWine calls the Canada trade war a genuine problem for Ohio — Canada is a major customer — and argues the country needs a real balance between domestic manufacturing and importing rather than a grudge match. On the data center boom reshaping Ohio politics, he says tech companies have an obligation to invest in the communities they move into, notes the technology has improved and no longer requires as much water, and makes the case that nuclear power is what will actually have to underwrite the buildout. He and Chuck get into whether there's a genuine divide between the two factions of the Ohio GOP, and DeWine offers a thoughtful answer about how the nationalization of politics has flattened the local distinctions that once existed inside both parties — and how that nationalization is now in everyone's face every single day. He takes ownership of the COVID shutdown decisions (the buck stopped with him), assesses whether Ohio is genuinely back to purple status with both the governor and Senate races going down to the wire, weighs in on whether the state is in good hands with either Vivek Ramaswamy or Amy Acton — and, of course, whether this is finally Joe Burrow's year. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the assassination of President William McKinley and the striking parallels between modern America, and America in 1901. He also answers listeners’ questions in the Ask Chuck segment. 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Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 04:30 With return of college football, comes a ton of political advertising 05:00 Football attracts a wide array of potential voters 06:30 Pro-Paxton ad in Texas made China the central theme, blamed Talarico 07:30 GOP has controlled Texas for decades, blaming Talarico is ridiculous 10:00 Dems dismiss the ad as ridiculous, but some people will believe it 12:15 Massachusetts primaries coming up on Tuesday, Sept 1st 14:15 The electorate will be voting on one issue… prices & affordability 15:00 Every other issue is a contributing factor to the price issues 15:45 The problem for Republicans is the economy will get worse, not better 16:30 Price pressures are building across the food supply 16:45 Iran war is causing major issues with the fuel & fertilizer supply 18:00 JP Morgan warns food inflation could reach 5% by 2027 18:30 Kevin Warsh will be forced to raise rates, Trump will be furious 19:00 Trump is only worried about his own personal financial interest 19:45 Fed raising rates to combat inflation will create 1970’s like conditions 20:15 Went to the Black Locust Livestock cattle ranch for Noosphere interview 21:45 Beef prices can’t just be adjusted with the turn of a dial 22:15 Raising cattle is a long term process & our beef herd is historically small 23:00 Trump knows beef prices are hurting him & wanted to import more 24:15 Importing is a short term solution, hurts the long term domestic supply 25:00 Only 4 companies process American beef & we’re losing capacity 25:30 How we can lower beef prices and boost domestic production 26:30 Trump tries to solve price issues in the short term, makes it worse long term 27:00 The price to produce food is rising because of decisions Trump made 27:45 Corporate pre-tax profits are at highest share since aftermath of WW2 28:15 Workers are getting lowest take home share of profits since 1950s 29:00 This is why voters across the spectrum are so pissed off at the system 29:30 There’s no economic boom for most Americans 30:15 Washington continues to misunderstand the anger of the voters 30:45 Trump voters are getting hardest hit by higher gas prices 32:30 Iran war isn’t just making things expensive, it’s making us more vulnerable 33:00 Defense leaders warning Hegseth the Iran war is unsustainable 33:45 Hegseth has put America in more danger than it’s been in since Cold War 34:15 Barely 1/4th of the Navy’s destroyer fleet is ready to deploy 34:45 We’ve burned through most of our advanced munitions 35:15 We’ve worn out our military equipment and personnel 36:00 Fighting this war has made us less capable of fighting the next war 36:30 China has been the biggest winner of Trump’s second term 37:00 What are we no longer willing to do because of the Iran war? 38:00 We’ve spent all this money on the military… and we’re tapped out? 38:30 We should be incredibly concerned about Putin testing NATO 39:15 Putin sees an American president desperate for a win 40:00 Trump announced that we’ve seized Venezuela’s oil reserves 40:45 This feels like British empire style imperialism 42:00 If Putin had done this to another country… what would we call it? 42:30 The standards shouldn’t be different because WE are doing it 43:30 Who is doing this negotiation and who stands to benefit? 44:30 Shouldn’t the windfall from Venezuelan oil benefit Venezuelans? 45:00 Trump is taking Venezuela’s oil at gunpoint, it’s highway robbery 46:00 This is why 2/3rd’s of South America hates the United States 46:30 Trump wants to make America and empire… and the world will hate us 48:00 This compounds America’s credibility problem globally 49:00 The world is only going to hate America & Americans more due to Trump 51:00 Chuck’s high school, Killian is down to 400 students from 3,000 51:45 The kids didn’t disappear, school choice killed ambition to attend there 53:00 Big successful public high schools defined their communities 54:30 Connection between community and schools has broken down 55:00 School choice creates communities not based in their neighborhood 56:00 We haven’t asked “What do we want a public school to do for a community?” 56:45 A public school is central to creating a local community 57:30 We trade choice and specialization, for a community that isn’t forced to interact 59:00 Killian’s community is still a good one, but the character changed 1:00:15 What exactly is public education for? Is it purely for kids' education? 1:01:00 The public school system was a source of our power… and we’ve gutted it 1:01:30 We didn’t try to fix public ed, we tried to empower people to escape it 1:03:45 We created more choices, but did we make education better? 1:05:45 We lost a place where we were forced to get to know each other 1:10:15 Governor Mike DeWine joins the Chuck ToddCast 1:11:30 More comfortable speaking out since not running for office 1:12:45 Mike’s argument against the death penalty 1:13:15 It takes 20 years on average from adjudication to execution 1:13:45 Death penalty process is not able to be sped up 1:15:15 We need to have legal immigrants admitted to America 1:16:30 We were educating immigrants, then not having them stay 1:17:15 Ohio’s economic increases have come from immigrants 1:17:45 Immigrants are critical to caring for our aging population 1:18:30 Can you be pro-life and pro-death penalty? 1:20:15 Putting an emphasis on rehabilitating prisoners 1:21:30 It’s in the self-interest of society to educate inmates 1:22:45 Emotion rather than logic & nuance drives the crime debate 1:23:45 Truly violent criminals are a very small percentage of the population 1:24:15 Violent criminals are the ones you have to get out of society 1:25:30 America goes through pro-immigration and anti-immigration phases 1:26:15 We need people who want to work 1:26:45 Haitians in Springfield created challenges, but they work hard 1:27:45 It’s not in our interest to deport people who are here and working 1:29:00 Haiti is a major challenge 1:32:00 Canada trade war is a problem, they’re a major customer for Ohio 1:33:45 Need a balance between manufacturing here and importing 1:36:00 Is there a divide in Ohio GOP between the two factions? 1:38:45 There used to be major distinctions within the parties 1:39:45 Nationalization of politics has stymied local distinctions within parties 1:40:45 The nationalization is now in everyone’s face everyday 1:43:15 Tech companies need to invest in communities where they put data centers 1:44:00 The data center tech is getting better, don’t have to use as much water 1:45:00 Need to invest in nuclear power in order to power the data center boom 1:45:45 Is Ohio in good hands with Ramaswamy or Acton as governor? 1:47:30 Shutdown decisions during COVID were the governor's choice. Buck stops with him 1:48:30 Is Ohio back to purple state status? 1:49:45 The governor and senate races will go down to the wire 1:50:15 Will this finally be Joe Burrow’s year? 1:52:00 ToddCast Time Machine - The Assassination of William McKinley 1:52:30 Of all presidential assassinations, Americans know the least about this one 1:53:00 The assassin was Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who felt system was unjust 1:53:45 After McKinley died, Teddy Roosevelt became president 1:54:15 Czolgosz actually produced some of the political change he wanted 1:55:00 Modern America echoes America in 1901 1:56:00 Czolgosz saw political assassinations create change in Europe 1:57:45 Other anarchists thought Czolgosz was too committed, maybe a plant 1:58:15 Emma Goldman argues that societal conditions explain the assassination 1:59:00 When people conclude politics won’t solve problems, they look to alternatives 1:59:45 The assassination happened at a fair showing celebrating technological advances 2:00:30 The United States was emerging as a world power, but there were two Americas 2:01:00 One America saw dynamism, the other saw exploitation 2:01:30 The setting of the assassination was almost poetic 2:02:15 Doctors treating McKinley were too afraid to use new X-ray technology 2:03:15 Lincoln’s son was actually nearby during the assassination 2:03:45 Roosevelt was installed as VP by party bosses to get rid of him 2:04:30 Roosevelt sworn in at age 42, and understood the conditions for political radicalism 2:05:00 Roosevelt argues for the “Square Deal” and goes after concentrated corporate power 2:06:00 The uncomfortable truth: Does assassination provide the sought political change? 2:06:45 Lincoln and JFK’s assassination both changed the political timeline 2:08:00 Czolgosz was convicted and executed weeks after McKinley’s death 2:08:30 Congress passes the Anarchist Exclusion Act, Goldman is deported 2:10:00 The forces that produced Czolgosz weren’t confined to America 2:10:30 Roosevelt’s policies helped prevent a Russian-style revolution 2:11:00 Roosevelt argues capitalism has to be regulated and restrained 2:12:15 America in 2026 isn’t America 1901, but it does rhyme 2:13:15 Ask Chuck 2:13:30 What do you make of James Talarico’s status in Texas? 2:19:30 Thoughts on Project 2025, is it a threat and is Trump following it? 2:21:45 Do you think the Trump administration will still act on Cuba? 2:24:00 Why not make the Attorney General an elected position? 2:27:45 Do you see your political independence as a protest against duopoly? 2:32:00 Takeaways from first week of college footballSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Interview Only w/ Governor Mike DeWine - A Republican Governor Says What He Really Thinks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2026 47:07 Transcription Available

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joins the Chuck Toddcast in his final months in office and, freed from ever facing voters again, says exactly what he thinks. The headline is his reversal on capital punishment: DeWine helped write Ohio's death penalty statute as a state senator in 1981 and defended it as attorney general, but in June he called on the legislature to abolish it, saying the moral justification he once had simply no longer exists. He walks Chuck through the practical case — roughly 20 years on average from sentencing to execution, a process that structurally cannot be sped up — and the harder question a Republican has to answer about whether you can be both pro-life and pro-death penalty. That flows into a broader argument about criminal justice that DeWine says has been driven by emotion rather than logic: truly violent offenders are a small percentage of the prison population and those are the people who need to be removed from society, but it's in society's direct self-interest to educate and rehabilitate everyone else. He's equally out of step with his party on immigration, arguing America needs legal immigrants, that we've been educating them and then failing to keep them, that Ohio's economic gains have come from immigrants, and that they're critical to caring for an aging population. On Springfield, DeWine is direct: the Haitian population created real challenges for the community, but they work hard, and it is not in America's interest to deport people who are here and working. The conversation turns to the economy and the state's political future. DeWine calls the Canada trade war a genuine problem for Ohio — Canada is a major customer — and argues the country needs a real balance between domestic manufacturing and importing rather than a grudge match. On the data center boom reshaping Ohio politics, he says tech companies have an obligation to invest in the communities they move into, notes the technology has improved and no longer requires as much water, and makes the case that nuclear power is what will actually have to underwrite the buildout. He and Chuck get into whether there's a genuine divide between the two factions of the Ohio GOP, and DeWine offers a thoughtful answer about how the nationalization of politics has flattened the local distinctions that once existed inside both parties — and how that nationalization is now in everyone's face every single day. He takes ownership of the COVID shutdown decisions (the buck stopped with him), assesses whether Ohio is genuinely back to purple status with both the governor and Senate races going down to the wire, weighs in on whether the state is in good hands with either Vivek Ramaswamy or Amy Acton — and, of course, whether this is finally Joe Burrow's year. Play ball and swing for the fences on FanDuel, an official partner of the MLB at https://FANDUEL.COM. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/chuck / *Paid Partnership Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Governor Mike DeWine joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:15 More comfortable speaking out since not running for office 02:30 Mike’s argument against the death penalty 03:00 It takes 20 years on average from adjudication to execution 03:30 Death penalty process is not able to be sped up 05:00 We need to have legal immigrants admitted to America 06:15 We were educating immigrants, then not having them stay 07:00 Ohio’s economic increases have come from immigrants 07:30 Immigrants are critical to caring for our aging population 08:15 Can you be pro-life and pro-death penalty? 10:00 Putting an emphasis on rehabilitating prisoners 11:15 It’s in the self-interest of society to educate inmates 12:30 Emotion rather than logic & nuance drives the crime debate 13:30 Truly violent criminals are a very small percentage of the population 14:00 Violent criminals are the ones you have to get out of society 15:15 America goes through pro-immigration and anti-immigration phases 16:00 We need people who want to work 16:30 Haitians in Springfield created challenges, but they work hard 17:30 It’s not in our interest to deport people who are here and working 18:45 Haiti is a major challenge 21:45 Canada trade war is a problem, they’re a major customer for Ohio 23:30 Need a balance between manufacturing here and importing 25:45 Is there a divide in Ohio GOP between the two factions? 28:30 There used to be major distinctions within the parties 29:30 Nationalization of politics has stymied local distinctions within parties 30:30 The nationalization is now in everyone’s face everyday 33:00 Tech companies need to invest in communities where they put data centers 33:45 The data center tech is getting better, don’t have to use as much water 34:45 Need to invest in nuclear power in order to power the data center boom 35:30 Is Ohio in good hands with Ramaswamy or Acton as governor? 37:15 Shutdown decisions during COVID were the governor's choice. Buck stops with him 38:15 Is Ohio back to purple state status? 39:30 The governor and senate races will go down to the wire 40:00 Will this finally be Joe Burrow’s year?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One Billionaire Just Gave Vivek Ramaswamy More Money Than Amy Acton's Entire Campaign Raised

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2026 29:11

Ohio's two biggest races are both inside the margin of error, and this week the money, the ads, and the courts all moved at once.A Pennsylvania financier has now put at least $30 million behind Vivek Ramaswamy through a federal super PAC, which is more than Amy Acton has reported raising for her entire campaign. Financial disclosures show Sen. Jon Husted's wife held Intel stock while he worked to advance the company's Ohio project. A federal judge blocked Ohio's new proof of citizenship requirement at the BMV ahead of the October 5 registration deadline. And a Sandusky County judge suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court is still on the November ballot.I walk through where the polling actually stands in both statewide races, why the prediction markets and the polling averages disagree right now, how the U.S. Senate campaigns handled a fatal crash in Delaware County, what PolitiFact found when it checked Jon Husted's immigration claim, and what Amy Acton's move toward the center looks like up close. I finish with three clips of Vivek Ramaswamy in his own words on Max Miller, teachers unions, and data center expansion.Every figure is sourced when I say it. Where something could not be confirmed, I say that too.Heads up: this episode contains explicit language.CHAPTERS00:00 Cold open: the money, the ads, and the ruling00:45 Welcome and what is in this episode02:14 ALIVE Podcast Network03:03 Federal judge blocks Ohio's proof of citizenship rule for BMV registration05:23 Jon Husted, Intel stock, and the conflict of interest question07:20 Suspended judge Jon Ickes is still on the Sandusky County ballot09:05 U.S. Senate race: Sherrod Brown vs. Jon Husted and where the polling stands11:55 The NRSC ad and the Soposki family's request to take it down13:18 What the ad claims about the I-71 crash and what the record shows14:25 PolitiFact rates Husted's immigration claim False15:13 Sherrod Brown on Iran, gas prices, and the cost of living16:10 Ohio governor's race: what the office actually controls16:42 Jeffrey Yass, V-PAC, and the $30 million behind Vivek Ramaswamy18:44 Polling vs. prediction markets in the Acton vs. Ramaswamy race20:02 Amy Acton moves to the center on ICE, qualified immunity, and Issue 323:12 Data centers, your electric bill, and the local revolt24:30 Vivek Ramaswamy in his own words: supporting Max Miller25:57 Vivek Ramaswamy in his own words: teachers unions27:29 Vivek Ramaswamy in his own words: AI data centers28:50 Closing thoughtsRESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONSPODCAST NETWORKALIVE Podcast Network - Check out the ALIVE Network where you can catch a lot of great podcasts like my own, led by amazing Black voices. Link: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/VOTING REFORM AND DEMOCRACYEqual Vote Coalition & STAR Voting - Advocating for voting methods that ensure every vote counts equally, eliminating wasted votes and strategic voting. Link: https://www.equal.vote/starFuture is Now Coalition (FiNC) - A grassroots movement working to restore democracy through transparency, accountability, and innovative technology while empowering citizens and transforming American political discourse. Link: https://futureis.org/POLITICAL ENGAGEMENTIndependent Center - Resources for independent political thinking and civic engagement. Link: https://www.independentcenter.org/r/PolicySolutions - A community for people who would rather argue about policy than about teams. Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/policysolutions/GET DAILY NEWSText 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636) with code "purple" to receive quick, unbiased, factual news delivered to your phone every morning via Informed: https://informed.nowALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdownJOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9The Purple Political Breakdown is committed to fostering productive political dialogue that transcends partisan divides. We believe in the power of conversation, balanced information, and democratic participation to build a stronger society. Our mission: "Political solutions without political bias."Subscribe, rate, and share if you believe in purple politics - where we find common ground in the middle!

Ads vs. Substance in the Ohio Governor's Race

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 24:00

The race for Ohio governor is heating up.Amy Acton and her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, have been traveling the state, doing the grassroots work and raising money. Ramaswamy, who has much more money than Acton, has been running ads for months, as has his political action committee. Acton appears to have been saving her money for the stretch run and has just started running ads.The ads are coming fast and furious, setting up a rough-and-tumble final two months before Election Day.The question is, will the positive and negative ads help us understand who these candidates really are?To help dissect the candidates and the race going forward, we welcome Cheri Strachan, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.Snollygoster of the weekFor those of you outside Central Ohio, you should know we have not had a competitive mayoral race in Columbus since at least the Clinton administration, possibly the first Bush administration. Competitive races for mayor violate the Columbus Way: collaborating, usually behind closed doors, and waiting your turn to run for mayor.Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin is not waiting his turn. He announced last week that he will challenge the three-term incumbent, Ginther. It was a big production. His campaign leaked it to the Dispatch and the local NBC affiliate. They did interviews the day before and held the story for a day. Hardin held a big announcement at his childhood home on the first day of school. It was very well planned.Then Columbus got flash floods. It was a real mess in many parts of the city. The city had to temporarily erect the floodwalls, and major roadways were blocked. What did Mayor Ginther do at the exact time Hardin was kicking off his challenge? The mayor stood in front of a floodwall and explained how the city—ahem, his administration—was going to assist people affected by the flooding.It would have been a pretty good split screen, but the TV stations only focused on the flooding and Ginther. I do not know if it was intentional, but scheduling a weather emergency news conference at the same time as your opponent's campaign announcement is pretty shrewd.

Lawrence: SCOTUS, like Natalie Harp, pretends to believe Trump works on ‘election integrity'

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 40:05

Tonight on The Last Word: The Supreme Court backs the Trump executive order on mail ballots for now. Also, Donald Trump targets Canada with a new 50% tariff threat for 2027. Plus, Trump threatens sanctions on Iran's economic partners. And Ohio Democrat Dr. Amy Acton goes after Vivek Ramaswamy for his support of data centers. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rear Adm. John Kirby, and Dr. Amy Acton join Lawrence O'Donnell. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Trump Wants To Count Midterms Votes Himself, Alito Will Let Him, Paxton Losing In Texas #1788

David Feldman Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 92:12

In this episode: • 72 days to midterms — the clock is ticking • Trump's executive order to take over mail in ballot counting • Texas meltdown — Paxton has no money and no friends • James Talarico — the Democrat who could shock Texas • Ohio is no longer a swing state — but Democrat Sherrod Brown might beat Republican John Husted • Michigan — Dr. Abdul El Sayed vs Mike Rogers and the AIPAC money fight continues Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Samuel Alito, Ken Paxton, James Talarico, John Husted, Sherrod Brown, Amy Acton, Vivek Ramaswamy, Abdul El Sayed, Mike Rogers, Mike Johnson Subscribe for live coverage Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:05 PM Eastern.

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Full Episode - Trump's Trade Wars Are Directly Impacting The Battleground States… & The Midterms + Why Do Moderates Keep Losing The Argument?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 176:16 Transcription Available

Chuck Todd opens with the collapse of U.S.-Canada trade talks, where Mark Carney walked away after last-minute American demands — chiefly on mid- and heavy-duty truck tariffs — and declared the U.S. can't be trusted as a partner. Asked about the tone of his remarks, Carney's answer was blunt: you are at war when you get attacked. Chuck notes the whole western world is quietly cheering him on even as individual European leaders push back while the EU took its deal, and argues the real problem is that this administration isn't negotiating with one voice. The fallout lands squarely on Senate battlegrounds, forcing Susan Collins to speak out against her own party's trade war. Then there's beef: Trump's move to let in 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free ground beef drew immediate fire from cattle groups and Republicans including Ashley Hinson and Tim Sheehy, and Chuck argues it's a tacit admission that the tariff regime is raising prices. Battleground states account for two-thirds of American cattle ranching, Iowa becomes the bellwether, and Trump is single-handedly making safe races competitive — while Scott Bessent defends the indefensible, calling tariff refunds corporate welfare and arguing the country needs fewer jobs because of deportations, all as the national debt clears $40 trillion. Then Chuck highlights that polling between July 4th and Labor Day is largely wasted money, the August electorate isn't the November electorate, polling has gotten cheaper and worse, and polling averages deserve real skepticism. Arkansas is the case study — five Senate polls, four poorly done, and the one that got everyone's attention showing Tom Cotton in trouble had bad methodology. Chuck’s landing: don't buy the poll, but Cotton may be in some trouble anyway, because he's an old-school hawk who championed war with Iran in a state where Trump commands more personal loyalty than he does. He won't lose, but the margin could surprise. Chuck also flags red flags in Byron Donalds' northern Florida margins, argues the USS Abraham Lincoln reporting exposed a credibility crisis at a Pentagon where Hegseth treats accurate reporting as a personal threat, and warns it'll take decades for either the Pentagon or DOJ to recover. Plus: an NRSC memo declaring data center politics toxic, Mike Rogers keeping AIPAC out of Michigan while El-Sayed argues outside money shouldn't buy the state's politics, and Hakeem Jeffries meeting privately with Jared Kushner — which Chuck defends outright, because communication isn't betrayal even when the base wants confrontation. He closes on the question underneath the ToddCast's Lakers special report: with private credit over $1.5 trillion and life insurers holding roughly $900 billion of it, is Mark Walter an outlier or the canary in the coal mine? Chuck’s answer is that he isn't an outlier at all — this is how the machine works now, in a corner of finance where no single regulator can see the whole picture and where the real worry may be inflated valuations. Then, former Ohio Governor and presidential candidate John Kasich joins the Chuck Toddcast for a wide-ranging conversation that keeps returning to one uncomfortable diagnosis: Americans say they want the political middle and then retreat to their partisan corners the moment it counts. Kasich's read on this cycle is bracing coming from a Republican — the democratic socialists are talking about things voters actually care about, while moderate Democrats have stayed conspicuously quiet, which is exactly why the left has struck a nerve. On the data center backlash, Kasich has a straightforward answer — make them provide their own power — and points out that Ohio ratepayers are already footing higher bills for facilities located in Virginia. He's blunt that politicians are beholden to special interests before they're even sworn in, supports public financing of elections, and warns that neither the center-right nor center-left is producing genuinely interesting solutions to anything, least of all a national debt he says is going to hurt everybody if it isn't addressed. Kasich also addresses recent concerns with the Pentagon, where he brings real budget-committee experience to a question few politicians take seriously: what exactly are we getting for a defense budget this size? He argues Pentagon leadership is deeply resistant to change, that America isn't developing new systems and technology well, that only about 1% of defense dollars go toward new systems, and that we simply don't need this many nuclear weapons — one alone, as he puts it, will ruin your day. He uses the B-2 bomber, built with parts manufactured across a strategically chosen array of states, to explain why reform is so brutally hard, while insisting it remains possible with the right political leadership. From there the conversation widens into Kasich's argument that moderates have historically been the bulwark against the extremes, that outside forces are often what actually force change , and that people outside both parties are about to turn hard on the tech companies. He wonders aloud whether a backlash to private equity could become a genuine threat to capitalism itself — pointing to private equity buying up youth sports to raise prices, and to firms that can effectively choose which regulators they deal with. Kasich closes with Ohio: whether the state is genuinely purple again or just having a bad Republican year, why he thinks it drifts back toward swing status over time, why the Senate race is too close to call, and whether Amy Acton or Vivek Ramaswamy faces the harder barrier to winning the governorship. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit Harry Truman nationalizing the railroad system… and why emergency presidential powers need to be taken back by congress. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Play ball and swing for the fences on FanDuel, an official partner of the MLB at https://FANDUEL.COM. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/chuck / *Paid Partnership Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 03:00 Noosphere interview this week is on China shock 2.0 05:00 Dynastic this week is on Alabama football 07:00 A couple shout outs from Chuck 11:00 Trade talks between U.S. and Canada collapse 11:30 Mark Carney says the US can’t be trusted as a partner 12:30 Carney says U.S. fired the first shot in trade war with Canada 13:45 Carney doesn’t want Canada subservient to U.S. & will diversify 15:00 European leaders are individually pushing back, but EU took the deal 16:00 The whole western world is cheering on Mark Carney 18:00 We were close to a trade deal, then U.S. added new demands 19:00 Howard Lutnick got involved and created new problems 20:15 The Trump administration isn’t negotiating with one voice 21:15 All the senate battleground races are impacted by Canada trade war 22:30 These aren’t trivial trade relationships with Canada 23:00 Susan Collins is being forced to speak out against trade war 24:30 Trump is now creating a fight with the beef & cattle industry 25:15 Importing cheap foreign beef is admission tariff regime hurts consumers 26:00 Trump will hurt American cattle producers by importing beef 26:45 Battleground states account for 2/3rds of cattle ranching 27:45 This could make uncompetitive elections very competitive 28:15 Iowa will be the bellwether for Trump’s policies impacting ag states 29:15 Trump is actively hurting Republicans in ag heavy states 30:00 Scott Bessent is forced to say the stupidest things to defend Trump 30:30 Bessent is now saying tariff refunds are corporate welfare 31:30 Bessent says we don’t need as many jobs due to deportations 32:15 Bessent is trying to manipulate the bond market prior to midterms 33:15 National debt surpassed 40 trillion dollars, both sides point fingers 34:00 We’re going to have to deal with the debt sooner rather than later 35:00 It’s a waste of money to poll between July 4th and Labor Day 35:45 The electorate in August isn’t the same as the electorate in November 37:00 Polling has gotten cheaper… and worse 38:00 Be wary of indiscriminate polling averages 40:00 Arkansas has had 5 senate polls and 4 were poorly done 41:00 Arkansas poll got everyone’s attention, showed Cotton in trouble 42:30 The methodology of the poll was bad & limited 43:45 Don’t buy the poll, but Tom Cotton actually may be in trouble 44:30 Cotton is an old-school hawk, a champion of war with Iran 45:00 Trump has more personal loyalty in Arkansas than Cotton 45:45 Cotton won’t lose, but the margin may be surprisingly close 47:15 Examination of Bryon Donald's margins showed red flags 47:45 Donalds didn’t perform well in northern Florida counties 48:30 Base voters were motivated enough to go vote against him 49:00 USS Abraham Lincoln has revealed a credibility problem with DoD 49:30 Stars & Stripes was created to give troops access to independent info 50:00 Hegseth viewed accurate reporting as a threat to himself 50:30 Hegseth more worried about a presidential run than the troops 51:15 Can’t trust either the Justice Department or the Pentagon 52:00 It will take decades for either institution to regain credibility 53:30 NRSC put out memo saying data center politics are toxic 54:15 Messaging is to “let communities decide” 54:45 Data centers are the beginning of backlash against tech & AI 55:30 Mark Zuckerberg is only tech CEO who understands the backlash 56:00 Mike Rodgers doesn’t want AIPAC publicly involved in Michigan race 56:45 El-Sayed’s argument is outside interests shouldn’t purchase MI politics 57:30 Plenty of American jews support Israel, but not Netanyahu’s government 58:30 Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner 59:00 This meeting shows the Trump WH preparing for Speaker Jeffries 59:30 Jeffries in impossible position, base wants confrontation with Trump 1:00:30 Jeffries and Kushner SHOULD be talking, communication isn’t betrayal 1:01:45 Is Mark Walter an outlier, or the canary in the coal mine? 1:02:15 After financial crisis, government cracked down on banks 1:02:45 US private credit is now over $1.5 trillion dollar 1:03:30 Life insurance companies have become banks for the ultra wealthy 1:04:30 LIfe insurance companies can operate very differently 1:05:45 You can’t just pull your money out of a life insurance company 1:07:00 The incentives between investment firm & policyholder may not align 1:08:15 Life insurance companies hold $900B in private credit debt 1:08:45 Mark Walter isn’t an outlier, this is how the machine works 1:09:30 If a life insurance company fails, your money can be frozen 1:10:30 There are caps on policyholder protection 1:11:00 Executive Life failed when the junk bond market crashed 1:11:45 Executive Life bonds were bought by Leon Black, who founded Apollo 1:12:15 Insurance isn’t regulated by one agency, it’s multiple agencies and states 1:13:30 Regulators can’t get the picture of the entire machine, just pieces of it 1:14:15 Finance regulators have been siloed off from each other 1:15:45 The real worry here could be inflated valuations 1:21:30 John Kasich joins the Chuck ToddCast 1:23:45 People say they want the middle, then retreat to partisan corners 1:25:00 Voters keep rejecting the party in power 1:27:15 It took six presidential elections to get beyond Lincoln 1:28:15 Democratic socialists are talking about things voters care about 1:29:00 Moderate Dems are staying quiet while socialists have struck a nerve 1:32:30 Rent control doesn’t work, but sounds appealing to voters in NYC 1:33:30 The healthcare system doesn’t keep us healthy, only treats the sick 1:35:00 Healthcare and education have atrophied over the years 1:36:30 Competition drives change in education, teachers union doesn’t want change 1:37:45 How would you handle the public backlash to data centers and big tech? 1:38:15 Data centers should be forced to provide their own power 1:38:45 Customers in Ohio are paying higher rates for data centers in Virginia 1:40:00 Politicians are beholden to special interests before they’re sworn in 1:40:15 Support public financing for elections 1:41:30 The center right & left aren’t coming up with interesting solutions 1:43:00 If we don’t fix the national debt it’s going to hurt everybody 1:44:30 What are we getting from our massive military budget? 1:45:15 Pentagon leaders are highly resistant to change 1:47:00 We aren’t developing new systems & tech well 1:47:30 Only 1% of the defense dollars go to new systems 1:48:30 Don’t need this many nukes, one alone will ruin your day 1:49:15 Trying to change the Pentagon is incredibly difficult 1:49:45 B2 bomber was built with parts all manufactured in different states 1:51:00 It is possible for the Pentagon to be reformed with right political leadership 1:53:30 Moderates have served as the bulwark against the extremes 1:54:15 Who are leaders from the past who electrified the country? 1:56:30 Bill Clinton isn’t a budget balancer without Ross Perot 1:58:00 Ralph Nader also forced change from the outside 1:59:30 People outside the parties will start turning on the tech companies 2:01:15 Could backlash to private equity become a threat to capitalism? 2:01:45 Private equity is now buying up youth sports to raise prices? 2:04:45 Ohio went from #47 to #1 by hiring smart business investors 2:06:15 Private equity can pick the regulators they want to deal with 2:08:00 Is Ohio purple again or is this just a bad year for Republicans? 2:08:30 Over time, Ohio will naturally drift back to swing status 2:09:30 Ohio senate is too close to call 2:12:00 Harder barrier to break: Amy Acton or Vivek Ramaswamy? 2:13:15 Ramaswamy will run into friction with Ohio voters due to his race 2:14:45 Would still bet that Ramaswamy will win 2:16:00 There’s a formula to what makes a good leader 2:17:30 Rural communities are being devastated by drugs & homelessness 2:18:15 There is abject poverty in appalachia 2:19:15 What young leaders have impressed you in the past couple years? 2:21:45 Predictions for Miami’s upcoming football season 2:23:30 Check out the John Kasich Show on SiriusXM 2:25:00 ToddCast Time Machine - 1950, Truman seizes the nation’s railroads 2:25:45 Private rail was the primary transportation system at the time 2:26:15 Congress had given the president the tool to do this 2:27:00 The authority was used during WW1 and WW2 2:27:30 Truman wanted to draft striking rail workers into the military 2:28:00 The strike was settled while Truman was addressing congress 2:28:30 Railroad seizure became routine in the Truman administration 2:29:30 Truman decided country couldn’t risk rail strike during Korean War 2:30:45 Truman’s authority was never really challenged 2:31:15 The rail workers unions couldn’t stop workers from walking off the job 2:32:00 In April 1952 steelworkers were threatening to strike 2:33:30 Steel industry sued Truman and won after he tried to seize it 2:34:00 Rail seizure power was granted by congress, not for steel 2:35:45 Future presidents tried to use this same authority, didn’t always work 2:36:15 Congress needs to take back emergency powers after granting them 2:37:45 Could a future president try to use this power to seize the AI industry? 2:39:30 The lesson is how presidents accumulate power over time 2:40:15 Ask Chuck 2:40:30 Parallels between Natalie Harp and Isabel Lyon? 2:44:45 What gives you pause about Mark Kelly as a candidate? 2:48:30 Could a Democratic wave election change smaller local politics? 2:51:15 What is motivating Darline Graham to run for a full term?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Interview Only w/ John Kasich - Why Do Moderates Keep Losing The Argument?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 67:26 Transcription Available

Former Ohio Governor and presidential candidate John Kasich joins the Chuck Toddcast for a wide-ranging conversation that keeps returning to one uncomfortable diagnosis: Americans say they want the political middle and then retreat to their partisan corners the moment it counts. Kasich's read on this cycle is bracing coming from a Republican — the democratic socialists are talking about things voters actually care about, while moderate Democrats have stayed conspicuously quiet, which is exactly why the left has struck a nerve. On the data center backlash, Kasich has a straightforward answer — make them provide their own power — and points out that Ohio ratepayers are already footing higher bills for facilities located in Virginia. He's blunt that politicians are beholden to special interests before they're even sworn in, supports public financing of elections, and warns that neither the center-right nor center-left is producing genuinely interesting solutions to anything, least of all a national debt he says is going to hurt everybody if it isn't addressed. Kasich also addresses recent concerns with the Pentagon, where he brings real budget-committee experience to a question few politicians take seriously: what exactly are we getting for a defense budget this size? He argues Pentagon leadership is deeply resistant to change, that America isn't developing new systems and technology well, that only about 1% of defense dollars go toward new systems, and that we simply don't need this many nuclear weapons — one alone, as he puts it, will ruin your day. He uses the B-2 bomber, built with parts manufactured across a strategically chosen array of states, to explain why reform is so brutally hard, while insisting it remains possible with the right political leadership. From there the conversation widens into Kasich's argument that moderates have historically been the bulwark against the extremes, that outside forces are often what actually force change , and that people outside both parties are about to turn hard on the tech companies. He wonders aloud whether a backlash to private equity could become a genuine threat to capitalism itself — pointing to private equity buying up youth sports to raise prices, and to firms that can effectively choose which regulators they deal with. Kasich closes with Ohio: whether the state is genuinely purple again or just having a bad Republican year, why he thinks it drifts back toward swing status over time, why the Senate race is too close to call, and whether Amy Acton or Vivek Ramaswamy faces the harder barrier to winning the governorship. Play ball and swing for the fences on FanDuel, an official partner of the MLB at https://FANDUEL.COM. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/chuck / *Paid Partnership Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 John Kasich joins the Chuck ToddCast 02:15 People say they want the middle, then retreat to partisan corners 03:30 Voters keep rejecting the party in power 05:45 It took six presidential elections to get beyond Lincoln 06:45 Democratic socialists are talking about things voters care about 07:30 Moderate Dems are staying quiet while socialists have struck a nerve 11:00 Rent control doesn’t work, but sounds appealing to voters in NYC 12:00 The healthcare system doesn’t keep us healthy, only treats the sick 13:30 Healthcare and education have atrophied over the years 15:00 Competition drives change in education, teachers union doesn’t want change 16:15 How would you handle the public backlash to data centers and big tech? 16:45 Data centers should be forced to provide their own power 17:15 Customers in Ohio are paying higher rates for data centers in Virginia 18:30 Politicians are beholden to special interests before they’re sworn in 18:45 Support public financing for elections 20:00 The center right & left aren’t coming up with interesting solutions 21:30 If we don’t fix the national debt it’s going to hurt everybody 23:00 What are we getting from our massive military budget? 23:45 Pentagon leaders are highly resistant to change 25:30 We aren’t developing new systems & tech well 26:00 Only 1% of the defense dollars go to new systems 27:00 Don’t need this many nukes, one alone will ruin your day 27:45 Trying to change the Pentagon is incredibly difficult 28:15 B2 bomber was built with parts all manufactured in different states 29:30 It is possible for the Pentagon to be reformed with right political leadership 32:00 Moderates have served as the bulwark against the extremes 32:45 Who are leaders from the past who electrified the country? 35:00 Bill Clinton isn’t a budget balancer without Ross Perot 36:30 Ralph Nader also forced change from the outside 38:00 People outside the parties will start turning on the tech companies 39:45 Could backlash to private equity become a threat to capitalism? 40:15 Private equity is now buying up youth sports to raise prices? 43:15 Ohio went from #47 to #1 by hiring smart business investors 44:45 Private equity can pick the regulators they want to deal with 46:30 Is Ohio purple again or is this just a bad year for Republicans? 47:00 Over time, Ohio will naturally drift back to swing status 48:00 Ohio senate is too close to call 50:30 Harder barrier to break: Amy Acton or Vivek Ramaswamy? 51:45 Ramaswamy will run into friction with Ohio voters due to his race 53:15 Would still bet that Ramaswamy will win 54:30 There’s a formula to what makes a good leader 56:00 Rural communities are being devastated by drugs & homelessness 56:45 There is abject poverty in appalachia 57:45 What young leaders have impressed you in the past couple years? 1:00:15 Predictions for Miami’s upcoming football season 1:02:00 Check out the John Kasich Show on SiriusXMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ohio Senate Race 2026: Leaked GOP Memo Calls Data Centers Husted's Anchor as Brown Leads 53-45

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2026 19:50

A leaked memo from the campaign arm of Senate Republicans says data centers are "the anchor hanging around Jon Husted's neck." That is not opposition research. That is the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in writing, to artificial intelligence companies. This week, Ohio politics ran through one issue: data centers, and who pays for them. Host Radell Lewis breaks down the leaked NRSC memo, the OpenAI data center in Piketon, the tax exemption that missed its own state estimate by eleven times over, and the Ohio Attorney General race almost nobody is covering. Every figure is sourced on air. WHAT IS IN THIS EPISODE: OpenAI confirmed on August 17 that it is joining the PORTS Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, projecting roughly 35,000 construction jobs through 2032 and 2,500 long term positions. The power source is the story under the story: a $33 billion, 9.2 gigawatt on site natural gas facility. The math that paused the tax break: Ohio's Department of Taxation estimated the data center sales and use tax exemption would cost about $136 million in 2025. The actual cost was about $1.6 billion, eleven times the estimate, plus $166.8 million out of local budgets. Governor DeWine paused new requests on May 27. The other side of the ledger is real too: exempted facilities reported $27.2 billion in capital investment in 2025. Two Ohio Supreme Court energy rulings pointing opposite directions, Vivek Ramaswamy's nearly $700,000 private jet bill, the Utica police partnership with ICE, the Clermont County Flock camera case, and the absentee rule change that will cost Ohio voters their ballots. The four day grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day is gone. Postmarked is no longer good enough. The Ohio Attorney General race is an open seat: Keith Faber, Republican and current State Auditor, against John Kulewicz, Democrat and retired Vorys partner. What the office controls, including the power to certify or reject the summary language on a citizen ballot initiative before anyone collects a signature, and the sharpest split between them, the FirstEnergy corruption case. And the marquee: the NRSC memo calls the Senate race a "dead heat," citing private polling it has not released. The most recent public poll, Fox News in the field August 6 to 10 with 1,008 registered Ohio voters, shows Sherrod Brown at 53 and Jon Husted at 45. Both cannot be right. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Preshow and Soundcheck 01:57 - Cold Open: The Leaked GOP Memo 03:20 - Welcome to the Purple Political Breakdown, Ohio Edition 03:46 - Today's Rundown 04:47 - Where We Left Off: Data Centers Go Statewide 05:03 - ALIVE Podcast Network 05:59 - OpenAI Confirms the Piketon Data Center 07:57 - DeWine Pauses the Data Center Tax Exemption 08:28 - The $1.6 Billion Miss: Eleven Times the Estimate 09:30 - Ohio Supreme Court Approves Out of State Wind 09:52 - Oak Run Solar Permit Vacated 11:08 - Ramaswamy's $700,000 Private Jet Bill 12:31 - DeWine's Prop Bet Ban Goes Nowhere 12:44 - Utica Police and ICE 13:24 - Flock Camera Case: Grand Jury Declines to Indict 14:11 - Fewer Than 10 Percent of Ohio Lawmakers Are Moms 14:22 - Absentee Ballot Grace Period Eliminated 14:52 - OH-9: Kaptur vs Merrin and the Data Center Ad 16:31 - Ohio Attorney General Race: What the Office Controls 17:50 - Keith Faber, Republican 19:12 - John Kulewicz, Democrat 19:45 - The FirstEnergy Split 20:00 - Senate Marquee: The NRSC Memo 21:05 - Fact Check: Dead Heat vs Brown Plus 8 21:40 - Closing Thoughts SOURCES NAMED ON AIR: Axios, Signal Statewide, Ohio Capital Journal, Court News Ohio, Fox News poll, Office of Governor Mike DeWine, OpenAI, Reuters, WOSU, The Reporting Project, WVXU, Statehouse News Bureau. CORRECTIONS: Local governments lost $166.8 million to the data center exemption, not $166.8 billion. Keith Faber's auditor record includes 229 findings for recovery totaling more than $20 million, not $20 billion, and 247 criminal charges against public officials. Those are his reported record as State Auditor, not campaign proposals. FOLLOW AND CONNECT: ALIVE Podcast Network: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/ All links and episodes: https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdown Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9 RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Equal Vote Coalition & STAR Voting: https://www.equal.vote/star Future is Now Coalition (FiNC): https://futureis.org/ r/PolicySolutions: https://www.reddit.com/r/policysolutions/ OtherWeb: https://otherweb.com/ Informed daily news text line: 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636), code "purple": https://informed.now CIVICS App: https://www.civicpolitics.com The Purple Political Breakdown is committed to fostering productive political dialogue that transcends partisan divides. Our mission: "Political solutions without political bias." Subscribe, rate, and share if you believe in purple politics - where we find common ground in the middle!

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PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - I was wrong about DOGE.

Tangle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2026 11:06

A full accounting of the initiative's impact.Back in 2024, when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was first proposed, its goals were clear.Elon Musk said he'd attempt to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. Like many Americans (including me) who are concerned about our debt and deficit, Musk's view was that if government spending didn't meaningfully change, the U.S. was headed for a financial crisis that would leave the country in ruins. In a November 2024 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, he and Vivek Ramaswamy said they'd operate the new agency as “entrepreneurs, not politicians.” They framed themselves as “volunteers” rather than “federal officials or employees,” and “unlike government commissions,” they would “cut costs,” not just “write reports or cut ribbons.” They would launch this project with a comprehensive audit of the federal government's financial performance to find waste and fraud, then modernize the government to slim down the workforce.These were not vague assurances or goals. This was a specific plan, in black and white print. Ad-free podcasts are here!Get 20% off your first year of ad-free episodes, exclusive interviews, and deep dives with Tangle's podcast membership!The new Suspension of the Rules.This week, Isaac, Ari, and Kmele discuss the debate over what “Woke 1” means and what it says about shifts in the Democratic Party. They also dive into recent primary election results around the country, Senator Darline Graham's (R-SC) debate response on foreign policy, and Senator Jon Ossoff's (D-GA) recent remarks in Georgia. Check it out here.You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast written by: Isaac Saul and audio engineered and edited by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Jon Ball and Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Bailey Saul, Audrey Moorehead, and Carina Pacheco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Groypers versus Vivek Ramaswamy

Star Spangled Gamblers

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2026 85:51

Superforecaster and conservative writer Stevie Miller (@zagrebbi) explains who the Groypers are and why they are campaigning against Vivek Ramaswamy. Timestamps 0:25: Groypers 1:22: Disclaimer 3:58: Interview begins 4:40: How Miller and Chougule met 5:04: Curtis Yarvin 10:57: Intellectual influence in Washington 11:39: Manifest conference 12:32: Miller's involvement with forecasting 14:02: Public intellectuals 16:39: Miller transfer to Columbia 17:24: Ramaswamy's primary win 19:16: Casey Putsch 21:46: Groypers 21:55: Streaming 23:16: Alleged cancellation of Fuentes 24:57: Fuentes at Boston University 31:09: Chris Brunet 31:31: narrative of persecution 31:53: Fuentes as self-made outsider 34:46: Fuentes-Dinesh D'Souza debate 37:30: Ben Shapiro 39:58: Changing conservative audiences 40:12: Tucker Carlson 41:29: Fuentes mentions of Miller 42:46: Bronze Age Pervert 43:17: Fuentes's anti-semitism 45:00: Ben Shapiro in college 45:58: The Right Stuff 47:29: Fuentes's anti-Zionism 49:14: Fuentes's opposition to GOP 50:33: Fuentes's on Newsom 54:05: Fuentes's anti-Indianism 55:09: Fuentes's Catholic worldview 57:28: Fuentes's social conservatism 58:27: Fuentes's populism 1:01:23: Fuentes's working class worldview 1:01:59: Fuentes's views on economic policy 1:04:38: Fuentes's opposition to Trump 1:14:08: Ohio governor race 1:15:23: Why Groypers are upset with Ramaswamy 1:17:27: High-skilled immigration 1:22:59: Groyper impact on Ohio governor race Follow Star Spangled Gamblers on Twitter/X: @ssgamblers Trade on the Ohio Governor Race at Polymarket.com, the world's largest prediction market. https://polymarket.com/event/ohio-governor-winner-2026#sRoyoIW

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55KRC Thursday Show - Warren Davidson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Jay Ratliff

Brian Thomas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2026 123:49 Transcription Available

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Vivek Ramaswamy - For Ohio Governor

Brian Thomas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2026 15:39 Transcription Available

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Bob Saget: "I just, I wanna entertain people."

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2026 21:12

Today on The Gist, guest host Adaam Levin introduces a classic spiel from the archives analyzing Vivek Ramaswamy's debate strategy and an interview with Andrew Yang on the differing party dynamics facing political outsiders. Then, Mike Pesca revisits his conversation with the late Bob Saget, who reflects on his decades in comedy, writing his first jokes in a law library, and releasing his stand-up special Zero to Sixty. Saget examines the stark contrast between his wholesome family television persona and his bawdy stand-up roots, navigating shifting cultural sensibilities, and why he always prioritized connection and catharsis with his audience over causing outrage. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/GIST and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@amplitudemediapartners.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Ohio Congressman Max Miller refuses to quit reelection campaign

All Sides with Ann Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 49:21

Today is the deadline to replace a candidate on November's ballot. But, Ohio Congressman Max Miller, under intense pressure to resign, remains defiant. He says he's not dropping out despite allegations of abuse from his ex-wife.Congress launched an ethics investigation in the case, at Miller's request, while Ohio's other Republican senator, Jon Husted joined the chorus for Miller to go. It looks like voters may have the final say.Residents in one Pickaway County city take their case against data centers to the Ohio Supreme Court and win.Meanwhile, how are candidates navigating the thorny issue on the campaign trail: green-light all, press pause, or outright bans?In a new opinion piece, Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy pledges free electricity and lower property taxes as part of his data center policy plan.We're discussing all of it on this week's Reporter Roundtable.Guests:Karen Kasler, bureau chief, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News BureauMarty Schladen, reporter, Ohio Capital JournalNoah Blundo, executive editor, Hannah News Servicephoto: Joe Maiorana/AP

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Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Ohio Congressman Max Miller refuses to quit reelection campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 49:21

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Ohio 7th District Ballot Deadline Hits Monday: Max Miller Down 14, Husted and Moreno Say Quit

Conservative Daily Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2026 33:17

Ohio's 7th Congressional District has a deadline, and it lands Monday afternoon. Rep. Max Miller let the 90 day withdrawal mark pass on Wednesday, which killed any chance of a special primary. That leaves August 10 as the last day county party chairs can name a replacement on the ballot, and Cuyahoga County has to give two days notice before that meeting even happens. If Miller withdraws after Monday, there is no Republican on the ballot against Democrat Brian Poindexter. Meanwhile a co/efficient poll circulating this week has Miller down 14, Sen. Bernie Moreno says Miller fails any basic standard of character for elected office, and Sen. Jon Husted has called on him to resign and drop out. Speaker Mike Johnson says the Ethics Committee process has to play out. This episode walks the clock, the record, and the Republican split. Then the main event: your entire statewide ballot, office by office. What the governor actually controls. What the Secretary of State actually controls, and what Robert Sprague says he wants to do with it, including a front end citizenship check, photo ID, and his stated interest in Ohio returning to in person voting. What the Attorney General decides. What the Auditor audits, and why that office sits on the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Plus the race that gets the deepest dive of the night: Treasurer of State, an open seat, where the unclaimed funds question and stadium financing collide. Statehouse Watch covers the JobsOhio board chairman who is a registered lobbyist paid by Intel while the board he chairs disbursed more than two million dollars to that company, what JobsOhio and the governor's office say in response, what the Ohio Ethics Commission says, and the structural reason none of it is illegal. Also, 14 Ohio universities landed on a national free speech watch list, with the national context most coverage leaves out. Research on a Dime explains something almost nobody covers: exactly how an Ohio political party replaces a nominee on the ballot, the 90 day and 86 day marks, the two day notice rule, and what happens when the window closes. Political solutions without political bias. Building a better Ohio on the way to a better America. CHAPTERS 00:00 Stream open 05:19 Cold open 06:13 Show intro 06:52 Episode rundown 07:54 ALIVE Podcast Network 08:46 Where we left off, past episodes to revisit 10:15 Statehouse Watch: the JobsOhio chairman and Intel 13:44 Why Ohio voters keep seeing this pattern 15:43 Statehouse Watch: 14 Ohio campuses get a yellow light 17:39 Your statewide ballot, office by office 18:15 Governor 18:54 United States Senate 19:32 Secretary of State 21:32 Attorney General 22:22 Auditor of State 23:13 Ohio Supreme Court seats 24:18 Treasurer of State, the deep dive 29:08 Debate watch 31:07 Ohio 7: the Mike Johnson interview clip 33:26 Ohio 7: the ballot deadline 34:50 Ohio 7: the record 35:49 Ohio 7: the Republican split 37:29 Ohio 7: the polling and the politics 39:02 Research on a Dime: how Ohio replaces a nominee 39:59 Close Editorial note: allegations are labeled as allegations. Court filings, agency findings, certified results, and published polling are labeled and sourced. Host commentary is stated as opinion. Keywords: Ohio 7th Congressional District 2026, Max Miller, Brian Poindexter, Emily Moreno, Bernie Moreno, Jon Husted, Ohio ballot deadline, Ohio statewide ballot 2026, Ohio Treasurer race, Jay Edwards, Seth Walsh, Ohio Secretary of State 2026, Robert Sprague, Allison Russo, Ohio Attorney General, Keith Faber, John Kulewicz, Ohio Auditor, Frank LaRose, Annette Blackwell, JobsOhio, Intel Ohio, Josh Rubin, Ohio Ethics Commission, FIRE free speech ratings, Ohio Senate Bill 1, Vivek Ramaswamy, Amy Acton, Sherrod Brown, Ohio midterms, Ohio voter guide. RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS PODCAST NETWORK ALIVE Podcast Network. Link: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/ CONVERSATION PLATFORMS HeadOn: A platform for contentious yet productive conversations. It's a place for hosted and unguided conversations where you can grow a following and enhance your conversations with AI features. Link: https://app.headon.ai/ Living Room Conversations: Building bridges through meaningful dialogue across political divides. Link: https://livingroomconversations.org/ UNITY MOVEMENTS Us United: A movement for unity that challenges Americans to step out of their bubbles and connect across differences. Take the Unity Pledge, join monthly "30 For US" conversation calls, wear purple (the color of unity), and participate in National Unity Day every second Saturday in December. Their programs include the Sheriff Unity Network and Unity Seats at sports events, proving that shared values are stronger than our differences. Link: https://www.us-united.org/ BALANCED NEWS & INFORMATION OtherWeb: An AI-based platform that filters news without paywalls, clickbait, or junk, helping you access diverse, unbiased content. 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Trendber Is The Color Of Your Energy 8/6: BMW/Spiderman, 'Primetime', Vivek Ramaswamy

The Daily Zeitgeist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 31:35 Transcription Available

In this edition of Trendber Is The Color Of Your Energy, Miles and special guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra discuss the US def still having lots of missiles frfr, BMW’s dashboard ads (feat. Spiderman), Trump something something, the trailer for that new Chris Hansen movie ‘Primetime’, Vivek having a rough go of it and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Burritos Shouldn't Cost $20

Part Of The Problem

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 61:26

Dave Smith brings you the latest in politics! On this episode of Part Of The Problem, Dave and Robbie "the Fire" Bernstein discuss Vivek Ramaswamy being booed at a Young Americans For Liberty Event, the subsequent Twitter discussion about the economy and unaffordability, Stephen A. Smith apologizing to Kyrie Irving, and more.Support Our Sponsors:The Wellness Company - Upgrade your oral care with SMILE! Click www.twc.health/problem and use code PROBLEM for 10% Off onevery order + Free Shipping for U.S. residents.Goldback - https://www.goldback.com/dave/ CrowdHealth - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/promos/potpRidge - https://ridge.com/potp10Part Of The Problem is available for early pre-release at https://partoftheproblem.com as well as an exclusive episode on Thursday!PORCH TOUR DATES HERE:https://robbernsteincomedy.com/eventsFind Run Your Mouth here:YouTube - http://youtube.com/@RunYourMouthiTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-your-mouth-podcast/id1211469807Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4ka50RAKTxFTxbtyPP8AHmFollow the show on social media:X:http://x.com/ComicDaveSmithhttp://x.com/RobbieTheFireInstagram:http://instagram.com/theproblemdavesmithhttp://instagram.com/robbiethefire#libertarian See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Joe Oltmann Untamed | Joe's Conversation W/ Casey Putsch: Judas Politics | 08.05.26

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 52:44

Political betrayal, systemic erosion, and the systemic sacrifice of American citizens take center stage in today's episode. Joe opens with a blunt look at the establishment's fractures—from the quiet outrage surrounding the current administration to Aaron Rodgers calling out Anthony Fauci, alongside Donald Trump laying out the stark realities of post-Biden economic costs and escalating tension with Iran. Joined later by Casey Putsch, founder of the Genius Garage Educational Programs, Joe unpacks how modern leadership continually sells out its own people for personal gain, exemplified by Vivek Ramaswamy getting booed offstage as the political landscape continues to shift.The conversation turns sharp as we expose how America's historical "high-trust" foundation has been systematically dismantled from within. Between the military-industrial complex, compromised elections, and unchecked migration pipelines line-itemed by NGOs at taxpayer expense, native-born Americans are consistently pushed aside while foreign interests take priority. We contrast the establishment's narrative of opportunity with the stark reality on the ground, exposing how the Democratic machine uses "big tent" politics to shield radical agendas while actively undermining domestic stability.From calls to prosecute federal law enforcement to the absurd realities of life under elite progressive policies in California, this episode pulls no punches on the breakdown of common sense in modern leadership. Joe dismantles the hypocrisy line by line, showing exactly how institutional rot is driving the nation toward a tipping point—and why restoring accountability is no longer optional.

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What to know about Max Miller scandal

Ohio Politics Explained

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 9:49

We discuss domestic abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller, Vivek Ramaswamy's data center plan and the uncertainty facing Haitians in Springfield.

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Max Miller, Todd Blanche And Jeanine Pirro Desperately Hang On| Trump Sues Himself| Blue Wave? #1779

David Feldman Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2026 130:20

A GOP congressman's baby has a broken collarbone. Trump's Acting Attorney General just erased his tax bill. And there's a war Trump can't admit he's lost. In this episode: A Republican congressman's ex-wife accuses him of drug abuse and breaking their baby's collarbone — the House Ethics Committee is now investigating his drug abuse Trump's handpicked Attorney General settles Trump's own tax lawsuit against the government he runs The Iran war update nobody in the administration wants to say out loud Trump scolds oil companies for not thanking him while blaming them for high gas prices A second House Republican gets hit with rare ethics censure recommendation Ohio's Senate and Governor races, and why the GOP nominee got booed off the stage A full tour of the Senate races that will decide who controls Washington in 90 days Why Democrats suppressed their own internal autopsy report after 2024 Key figures covered: Max Miller, Bernie Moreno, Jeanine Pirro, Todd Blanche, Vivek Ramaswamy, Amy Acton, Sherrod Brown, Chuck Edwards, Susan Collins, Donald Trump Recorded LIVE Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM Eastern Time. Subscribe for more coverage of the stories the other side hopes you don't see.

Four Crucial Senate Races: Michigan's Bitter Primary, Ohio's Battleground, Texas Upset Watch, and Maine's Collins Challenge.

The Bill Press Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 57:39

Bill previews four of the most competitive Senate races shaping midterm control, noting Democrats must hold their 47 seats and flip four GOP seats to retake the Senate. In Michigan, reporter Rick Pluta, Senior Capitol Correspondent for the Michigan Public Radio Network, describes a vicious, expensive Democratic primary between Rep. Haley Stevens and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, with party unity concerns and GOP nominee Mike Rogers looming. In Ohio, Andrew Tobias, Political Reporter at Signal Ohio, says both sides are treating Sherrod Brown vs. appointed Sen. John Husted as a tipping-point Senate race, while the governor's contest pits Dr. Amy Acton against Vivek Ramaswamy amid heavy spending, plus a House scandal involving Rep. Max Miller. In Texas, Maria Recio of the Austin American Statesman, explains Ken Paxton's divisive nomination and polls showing Democrat James Talarico competitive, alongside new congressional maps. In Maine, Alex Seitz-Wald, Deputy Editor of The Midcoast Villager, details Troy Jackson's challenge to Sen. Susan Collins, contrasting local vs. national issues and tight polling.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Feds closer to deporting Haitians who no longer have TPS

All Sides with Ann Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 49:32

It looks like federal officials are moving one step closer to deporting Haitians in central Ohio who no longer have temporary protected status.Action from ICE officials over the weekend contrasts with comments Gov. Mike DeWine made just days ago.Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton put out her first TV ad, months and many ads after her Republican challenger Vivek Ramaswamy.Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno doesn't want voters to forget the COVID years, using a profanity-laced cross-examination of Dr. Anthony Fauci.A longshot effort by a Democratic representative could let 16 and 17 year-old Ohioans vote.We're talking about all of these topics on this week's Reporter Roundtable.Guests:Jo Ingles, senior reporter, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News BureauJeremy Pelzer, chief political reporter, Cleveland.com

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Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Feds closer to deporting Haitians who no longer have TPS

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 49:32

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Ohio 7th District Race Tightens as Max Miller Faces Abuse Allegations and Bernie Moreno Stays Silent