Governor DeWine has said multiple times he did not want any changes to Ohio’s voting laws. Today he signed a bill into law doing just that.

So many things one could say about Rob Reiner, but I always appreciated that he was a living, breathing refutation of the notion that directors have to treat their actors like shit in order to get a good performance.

Scrolling through the comments on that truth social post

Started, going

This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.

The city may very well close case against Sanctuary Night at the next status conference on Friday. This is the first in my investigative series on how City Attorney Zach Klein's office decided to take the drop-in center to court in the first place.

I recently FOIA'd documents from the city on why and how City Attorney Zach Klein's office decided to sue Sanctuary Night as a public nuisance. Here's the first in what will be an ongoing series documenting what I found. @colsunderground.bsky.social columbusunderground.com?p=1512508

Water your tree.

Fall in love with someone who texts you when the moon looks really cool and you should go outside and look.

Earlier this year, the Ohio General Assembly ordered the EPA to remove Air Nuisance Rule from its clean air implementation plan. The change was easy to miss—lawmakers slipped the amendment removing the ANR into the state budget. www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

I see kicking out the pentagon press corps stopped the leaks

Happy pie for breakfast weekend to all who celebrate.

I actually don’t know what to do now that I’ve finished The American Revolution.

Wednesday evening, the Ohio House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 293, an election integrity bill that changes the rules on mail-in voting and voter registration. https://nbc4i.co/3LH590C?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Somewhat fitting that on James A. Garfield’s birthday tonight’s legislative session is dying a slow and arduous death.

Watching The American Revolution and I just love that Burns got Paul Giamatti to come back as John Adams.

who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club

what the actual fuck

When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs

If you live on the Westside, you've heard about Andrew Chapman's disappearance. Now, legislation bearing his name is moving through the Statehouse with the goal of centralizing information about missing persons in Ohio. My story for @nbc4i.com: www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...

I’m at the Missing Persons Working Group meeting at DPS, story coming later on what legislators are doing to help reunite families with missing loved ones.

Something to follow closely as we head into the 2026 midterms: voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but in the interest of fighting it, the Statehouse is considering a flurry of potential changes to election laws.

Ohio receives millions of dollars from the federal government to implement federal policy, and as the shutdown continues, state agencies are preparing for funding disruptions. https://nbc4i.co/47W8sta?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_  

Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:

What a miracle that we get to exist at the same time as this insane sport.

The US on December 7, 1941

Baseball is so good.

Scenes like this make me wonder if the feds sending observers to polling places might inadvertently increase turnout in some precincts.

"If we were to put all Ohioans in a hypothetical blender..." It is Halloween at the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Blessed Samhain, the veil is thin! If you need something spooky to read here's everything I've written for @colsunderground.bsky.social about all the bodies buried 'neath our fair city: columbusunderground.com/tag/come-get...

Showtime.

Former Senator @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social talks a little baseball after a campaign appearance in Columbus. He’s rooting for the Blue Jays.

I don’t think I’d be able to tell if my house was haunted. My cats make weird noises and move my things around constantly. A poltergeist is simply not going to register.

Rep. Latyna Humphrey released an open letter urging Gov. Mike DeWine to take certain administrative steps that she believes would relieve some of the burden on people and families who depend on SNAP. https://nbc4i.co/4qyydqV?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

More than a million Ohioans are about to lose their SNAP benefits and it’s not clear what the state can or will do to help. www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

My piece on yesterday’s #NoKings protest in downtown Columbus. @colsunderground.bsky.social

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social

Protest signs are under construction here on the Westside. #nokings @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social

Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

When I borrow a pen from you, there is very little chance I will return it.

Looking through stacks of letters kept my my great grandmother and here’s a couple enigmatic photographs of a fresh grave because my family comes out of a Faulkner novel.

“The time is 4:30 pm. The place is Antioch College. The date is October 2, 2025—66 years to the day when The Twilight Zone first premiered on television.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/a-stop-at-ye...

You should be able to drink lite beer at hardware stores. They should crack one open for you and hand it to you when you walk in

Honestly it seems to me that one of the most important tasks for modern parents is raising their kids to be mostly offline normies

I'm going to say this as many times as it's necessary: you shouldn't kill your political opponents

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

What the actual fuck. US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”

“Following the GoFundMe drive, the collective also organized a benefit party at the Oracle in Old Towne East, featuring several DJs who were once hosted by Parable.” More: columbusunderground.com/for-labor-da...