#Governor Mike DeWine (R)

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Marita Vlachou at HuffPost:

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on Wednesday dismissed false claims spread by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), that Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield are stealing and eating people’s pets, citing local officials. In an interview on CBS’s “America Decides,” DeWine said the wild claims first surfaced online. “This is something that came up on the internet and the internet can be quite crazy sometimes,” DeWine said. The GOP governor added that city officials, including the blue collar city’s mayor, Rob Rue, have maintained there is no evidence to support the activity is taking place. “I think we go with what the mayor says. He knows his city,” DeWine said. While DeWine said Haitians in Springfield have filled job vacancies and “work very, very hard,” he also noted that the surge of migrants is putting a strain on the city’s resources. Still, he did not directly answer whether he worried the racist rhetoric used by Trump and Vance could endanger lives of members of that community.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) shoots down the right-wing conspiracist and racist nonsense about Haitian immigrants eating and stealing pets in Springfield.

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Reveals 33 Bomb Threats in Springfield ‘Have All Been Hoaxes’ from ‘Overseas’

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced on Monday that the 33 “bomb threats” against schools in Springfield, Ohio, “have all been hoaxes” and have originated from overseas. “None of these had any validity at all,” the governor said. Pressure is now mounting on the establishment press to apologize to former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).

“At least 33 separate bomb threats, each one of which has been responded to, and each one of whom has been found as a hoax,” DeWine said. “So, 33 threats, 33 hoaxes. I want to make that very, very clear. None of these had any validity at all.”

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Odd how Trump says hey, I am going to go see the damage done to East Palestine, Ohio, and FEMA somehow gets the okay to change its stance on helping the town. Amazing how that just happened out of thin air. Less than 48 hours ago, they were saying no way in hell.

Do they really think people can't see they are doing this as a political move to prevent more bad PR?

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Maureen O’Connor was the most powerful woman in Ohio politics for the better part of 24 years, first as lieutenant governor and later as the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. But when I asked if her state currently has a legitimately representative government, she didn’t answer right away.

That’s because it’s an open question.

For one thing, the Ohio state House and Senate and the state’s congressional delegation were elected in 2022 using maps that a majority of the Ohio Supreme Court, including O’Connor, ruled were unconstitutionally unfair to Democrats. The maps, drafted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission — composed of Gov. Mike DeWine (R), Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), Auditor Keith Faber (R), and two members of each party from the state legislature — disproportionately favored Republican candidates, in violation of constitutional amendments that were approved by a wide margin of voters just a few years earlier, the court found. Unlike other states such as New York, Ohio’s anti-gerrymandering language, written by the legislature, does not give the state Supreme Court authority to hire independent mapmakers on its own. The court may only reject maps it deems unconstitutional. With no legal backstop, the Republican-dominated redistricting commission had no incentive to come up with maps the court would approve, and it didn’t.

The state maps were found to be unconstitutional a total of five times between January and May last year. In response to each of the court’s rulings, Republicans on the redistricting commission repeatedly doubled down. Defying the court, they created a constitutional crisis and delayed the redistricting process so badly that a federal panel stepped in at the request of local anti-abortion activists and allowed the unconstitutional maps to be used.

Amid the monthslong battle, some Republicans indicated they might support impeaching O’Connor, who as a Republican was vilified for breaking ranks with her party. A state age limit has since forced O’Connor to retire, and the Ohio Supreme Court now has a solid Republican majority — meaning the gerrymandered maps are likely here to stay. Out of office, O’Connor hasn’t lost sight of the fight for fair districts. She says she’ll work to build support for a constitutional amendment in the state to create an independent redistricting process and “get the politicians, the elected officials, off the redistricting commission.”

But for now, the product of the GOP-drawn maps is clear: It’s a stacked deck.

Republican candidates collectively won 57% of the state Senate votes overall in 2022 and yet control 79% of the state Senate seats, according to a HuffPost analysis of election results. Republican candidates won 59% of the state House votes and control 68% of the state House seats. GOP congressional candidates collectively won 57% of the vote against Democrats, and yet control 67% of the state’s congressional seats.

So is Ohio a representative democracy in any real sense? O’Connor sighed when asked that exact question.

“That’s the whole problem with gerrymandering ... Who’s being represented? And how did they secure that representation?” she said. The real question, O’Connor added, “is not how the voters secure that representation, but how the politicians secure the voters.”

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GLSEN Denounces Passage of Ohio Law Targeting Trans Students Bathroom Use

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 27, 2024) GLSEN - the leading national organization working on LGBTQ+ inclusion in K-12 education - condemns Governor Mike DeWine's (R-OH) decision to sign SB 104 into law. SB 104 includes a bathroom ban provision that prohibits the more than 8,500 transgender K-12 students in Ohio from using restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity, as well as at colleges and universities. The bathroom ban provision was attached to a noncontroversial bill on the college credit plus program, bypassing the normal legislative hearing process. http://dlvr.it/TGRGf8

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RINO Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Betrays GOP — Calls Special Session to Include Biden in the November Presidential Ballot Despite Democrats' Registration Failures | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

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Dozens of families flee Ohio after anti-trans health care ban passes

A trans advocacy group in Ohio says 68 families and seven trans adults have already contacted them seeking emergency relocation funds to flee the state now that a gender-affirming care ban is set to become law. “Their government is forcing them to uproot their lives,” Dara Adkison, secretary of the board for TransOhio, told NBC News. “They’re selling their homes, they’re changing jobs and careers and closing out all of their savings. They’re closing their businesses, they’re leaving their medical practices. The intense amount of personal and community trauma that is being inflicted by the government right now and putting these families through who just love their f**king kids is so cruel.”  Related: New regulations could force trans Ohioans like me to detransition. I’m terrified. It’s not too late to fight back. If you care about trans lives, please say something. The Ohio Senate voted 24-8 on Wednesday to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) veto of H.B. 68, a bill banning gender-affirming care for trans minors and trans women and girls from participating in scholastic sports. The override makes Ohio the 23rd state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors and the 24th to ban trans sports participation. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our daily newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. State Sen. Kristina Roegner (R), a co-sponsor of the bill, stated before the vote that “there is no such thing as a gender spectrum” and “no such thing as gender-affirming care” because “you can’t affirm something that doesn’t exist.” She accused hospitals of forcing gender-affirming care on kids to make money, though major medical associations, including the American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics, support gender-affirming care for trans youth. Meanwhile, Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D) called the legislation “a cold, callous, and calculated attack on children, parents, and families.” State Rep. Jessica E. Miranda (D) said the GOP is “literally killing our children” with the bill. “All to win your Republican primary races,” she said. “Disgusting.” “Folks, please watch closely at what is happening here today,” she told fellow lawmakers. “Find out who truly cares about your privacy. The so-called party of personal and parental rights and privacy is voting to take away your parental rights. The party of so-called freedom is voting to take away your freedom today, against their own Republican governor.” I stand by every word. pic.twitter.com/pGNvIrlAfa— Rep. Jessica E. Miranda (@JessicaEMiranda) January 11, 2024 DeWine vetoed H.B. 68 on December 26, 2023, saying, “The government [doesn’t know] better what is medically best for a child [more] than the two people who love that child the most, their parents.” DeWine said he decided to veto the bill after visiting with parents of trans youth who are currently receiving gender-affirming healthcare. DeWine also opposed the sports ban, stating, “This issue is best addressed outside of government, through individual sports leagues and athletic associations.” While Ohio’s law is expected to take effect on April 23, it will likely face a legal challenge, possibly delaying the law from going into effect. The Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has already pledged to “do everything we can to fight this.” Despite DeWine’s stance against the bill, he recently signed an executive order banning hospitals in the state from performing gender-affirming surgeries on minors. The ban went into effect immediately, even though such surgeries aren’t typically conducted on minors. During a Friday morning press conference, DeWine also announced that the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Department of Health and Addiction Services would on Friday file draft rules that would prevent “fly-by-night” providers… http://dlvr.it/T1sZgs

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'I’m finished with this stiff': Trump flips out on Ohio's GOP governor - Raw Story

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Amee Vanderpool at SHERO:

On Monday, Ohio State Representative Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) introduced Ohio House Bill 622, that seeks to defund public libraries if so-called “harmful” materials aren’t removed or hidden from the public. The standard for determining what is prohibited by the ban is anything that could be seen as “harmful to juveniles.”

Under Ohio law, the legal standard for “harmful to juveniles” is very broad, and includes describing or showing any nudity, sexual conduct or obscene behavior. While a ban on nudity or graphic sexual conduct for juveniles may not seem that unreasonable, consider the impact that this new law would have on the distribution of Art History, Medical, or Human Sexuality books. The parameters of “obscene behavior” in the new Ohio law are of paramount concern as well, considering that they are broad and could be triggered by material that has any LGBTQ+ characters or any controversial topics that involve race. Ohioans who are concerned about material can file a formal complaint to the state library board, who will then determine if the material is now appropriate for the public library under the new standard. The State Library of Ohio Board is made up of five members, who are each appointed by the Director of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. The director for that position is appointed by the current Republican Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine. Governor DeWine has recently made substantial changes to the statue curriculum concerning how early reading is taught, and is currently being sued over new limitations to reading standards, that would prohibit students from relying on many sources of information to develop their reading skills.

[...] While this latest bill would still allow certain materials to be checked out with a parental consent, there is concern that librarians will now be expected to babysit and police children who attempt to check out books. In May, another Ohio Republican lawmaker, State Representative Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon), introduced a controversial bill that would charge teachers and school district librarians with felonies for “pandering” so-called “obscene” material. These two new corresponding laws in Ohio are meant to suppress and ban material that might be seen by any citizen as obscene, which will greatly impact any books that might have characters or relationships that are not considered to be accepted by the mainstream. Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper explained how laws of this kind have been exacerbating the frustration educators have been facing all year.

Conservatives can’t quit their war on libraries and their phony moral panic on “obscenity” in libraries to enact an anti-LGBTQ+ agenda, and Ohio is the latest on that agenda, with HB622 introduced.

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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio Republican proposes bill that would defund libraries over materials government deems ‘harmful’

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Ohio Republican Governor Calls On Lawmakers To Revise Voter-Approved Marijuana Law Before Legalization Takes Effect Next Month

Read More Politics Archives – Marijuana Moment  Ohio’s Republican governor is asking lawmakers to take steps to revise the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law before key provisions take effect next month. Just two days after Ohio voters passed the cannabis initiative, Issue 2, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) says he’s talking to GOP leadership in the legislature about amending the statutory…

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Ohio lawmakers goal to move a invoice that will improve work hours for college kids and cut back time spent on TikTok. WOUB Public Media studies that the measure, which requires Home approval, has already handed the Ohio Senate. The period of time youngsters spend on apps like TikTok and Instagram tops the invoice amongst lawmakers. loading One thing is loading Thanks for signing up! Entry your favourite subjects in a customized feed whilst you're on the go Obtain the app The Ohio Senate has handed a invoice that will improve the variety of hours highschool college students can work through the yr.College students in Ohio can at present work in after-school jobs till 7 a.m. through the college yr and as much as 9 a.m. through the summer time. The proposed legislation, which has but to move the Home, would enable college students to work till 9 p.m. year-round, WOUB Public Media studies.In response to the invoice's sponsors, the pending state legislation would additionally restrict the time youngsters spend on social media apps like TikTok."This can give them a chance to earn some additional dollars. And this is a bonus that we'd not have considered — it is much less time that they will spend on social media like TikTok and others," stated Sen. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland), the publication reported. The period of time youngsters spend on apps like TikTok and Instagram has been on the forefront of lawmakers' minds for years, particularly as extra analysis comes out about its detrimental results on psychological well being. Final month, Fox19 reported that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine proposed a brand new "Social Media Parental Notification Act" as a part of his 2023 govt price range. The legislation would mandate that social media websites acquire parental approval earlier than kids below 16 can join an account. For its half, TikTok unveiled new insurance policies on March 1 that search to actively restrict the time customers spend on its app. Customers below 18 will obtain a notification to enter a passcode after exceeding 60 minutes within the app for the day. A guardian or guardian should approve further display screen time for kids 12 and below. "Analysis reveals that being extra conscious of how we spend our time may also help us be extra intentional about our selections," TikTok stated in a press launch in regards to the announcement. "We're additionally encouraging teenagers to set a each day display screen time restrict in the event that they decide out of the 60-minute default and spend greater than 100 minutes a day on TikTok."

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Ohio governor reacts to JD Vance video, confirms creek 'very near' derailment is 'severely contaminated'

#Ohio #governor #reacts #Vance #video #confirms #creek #derailment #severely #contaminated Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday addressed a viral video posted by Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, that showed a “chemical rainbow” in a creek in East Palestine, Ohio, near the site of the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals into the environment. “I know that there’s been some video played on TV…

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There is a reason why so many people, particularly on the right, were eager to push the idea that Bernard's story was a lie. If they acknowledged the story was true they would have to answer this question: Do you believe that a 10-year-old rape victim should be forced to give birth?

This is not hypothetical. After the Supreme Court's decision, trigger laws in eleven other states (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas) ban abortion with no exception for rape or incest.

It's also not a question the right-wing appears prepared to answer, even now. On Wednesday evening, Tucker Carlson and quickly shifted their attention to reports that Fuentes is an undocumented immigrant.

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Finally!!!

They've been talking about this for a few years now.

I'll probably keep renewing my permit though because if I travel, the states that recognize my permit won't recognize the fact that Ohio allows permitless carry.