OSU: Strauss wrestling scandal, caving on DEI, Wexner Wexner Wexner, and now this geez louise

🚨🚨🚨“Bahrain said an Iranian drone attacked a water desalination plant, marking the first time an Arab country has reported Iran targeting any such facility during the 8 days of the war. This comes after Iranian authorities said the US targeted Iran’s desalination plant on the island of Qeshm.”🚨🚨🚨

I think it is very tempting to try to find complicated and nuanced explanations for why things are happening the way that they are, when the primary reason is just stupidity

Miami Redhawks perfect season win over Ohio in Athens 31-0! 😱🤯😅

Trump on Rubio: He's doing some job and your next one, Cuba. We can do them all at the same time but bad things happen, if you watch countries that do them all too fast, bad things happen.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

Trump’s Wars: Making the World Safe for American AI

This is outrageous

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Tragic and heartbreaking 💔

Hot take: Gulf countries with US help invade and occupy Hormuz area within the week

This is day 3. It's quite extraordinary how many senior analysts and commentators seem to wrap themselves into authoritarian resilience talking points almost as a comfort blanket to avoid having to think about the implications of Iranian state collapse.

They say they want peace, but they don’t know how to do that. But they know how to kill, so they do that.

This would be the craziest possible moment for it to happen

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not."

Landsman, a fellow Dem from here in Ohio, is wrong here. Very frustrating to not see him call out Trump’s corruption and strategic incompetence. He has a tough re-election fight this fall in a gerrymandered district designed to hurt him - but this isn’t leadership.

Insane. Trump apparently wanted Israel to strike first, according to reports two days ago, to justify US action against Iran. No clear mission or strategy, beyond whatever serves Trump and his cronies, consequences be damned.

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

Wtf

This is the singular legacy of the Biden administration, the failing that preceeded all subsequent failings. What good there was (and there was real tangible good!) will have to be excavated from a legacy of failing while in power to punish the plotters and beneficiares of an attempted coup.

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

President Trump is holding onto a speech detailing extraterrestrial life and spaceships, according to his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who said he's waiting for the right time to deliver it. thehill.com/homenews/administ...

Incredible. And the fact that it was at Lake Zurich High School in far NW suburban Chicago near where I went to HS makes it even more surreal. It’s a different day

This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”

Populism often frames politics as a struggle between the people and elites. The real question is how “the people” are defined. In #FromManyWe, @blmckean.bsky.social#FromManyWeexamines how inclusive populism offers a path that embraces diversity while making sure no voices are excluded: https://bit.ly/4ttuYTf

Yes yes yes this is the way! We def need this in Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social 👍

Great thread for folks like me who loved the Bad Bunny halftime show but were clueless about all of the cultural references. There are SO MANY to discover.

New Quinnipiac poll: 63% of voters disapprove of ICE 60% want ICE out of Minneapolis 58% want Kristi Noem removed from office

Fantastic news!

Read this. Then - the midst of the assault we're facing from Trump and MAGA - take a look at your candidate for Congress this fall, marshal your friends and neighbors, and tell them they need to not just win, but fight for us when they take control. Time is running out!

This is great news. I hope they’re ok

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

Never forget that the people who convinced you trans people are a threat to your children all belong to a network of child rapists.

That's awesome. Charlotte NC has is anniversary in a few weeks

#TeslaTakedown #52 here in #Columbus. 52 weeks we’ve been coming out because Trump and Musk and everyone they represent are trashing this country - and we’ll keep showing up til they’re OUT. See you next Saturday at 4 pm for the one year anniversary!

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Homosexual and Lesbian Experience 2. Massacres 3. Sam Shepard 4. Actors Studio Acting Voice Movement 5. Physiological Psychology

Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Yes yes yes

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.

The snow has started to fall here in Columbus while Alex Pretti lies dead in Minneapolis. I am so sad, and so fucking angry.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes? "Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"

In Trump vs the World, I know where I stand 🤨 #StandWithGreenland #Columbus