Extortion is his MO. Trump’s $100,000 fee on every H-1B visa isn’t about fairness or jobs… it’s a shakedown. It tells the world’s best and brightest: pay up or stay out. That’s how you weaken America, not strengthen it.

🇺🇸 Today is Constitution Day. The Constitution is a promise that “We the People” are the authors of our government. Let’s honor it by protecting rights, expanding justice, and building a more perfect union together.

Thank you, Rep. Sean Brennan, @twrader.bsky.social for bill protecting Ohio water & soil from toxic, radioactive gas and oil wastewater brine. Kudos to @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social for work on this issue! bit.ly/3JVuF13 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social @sustainableytown.bsky.social

Alongside Rep. Sean Brennan, I introduced legislation to finally ban radioactive oil and gas brine from being spread on Ohio roads. These so-called “de-icers” are loaded with radium and heavy metals, putting our health, our waterways, and our communities at risk.

As leaders, we cannot afford to stay silent. Our own humanity is at stake. open.substack.com/pub/tristanr...

This pisses me off!! DeWine is sending Ohio Guard to D.C. for a manufactured crisis — political theater, not public safety!!

Notification about the Kennedy Center Honors:

You only target journalists when your enemy is the truth. Free Press. Free Palestine. ✊❤️🇵🇸

“I want to try my best as a human being to leave this planet better than where I found it, and part of that is keeping our lakes and streams and green spaces free of pollution.” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/11/n...

Sales taxes are regressive, so I’m happy we can get a little break from these taxes, even just briefly — makes life a little more affordable.

Just introduced a bill to ban fracking under Lake Erie & state parks. Our water & lands aren’t a cash register for oil & gas. Making Ohio more reliant on dirty fossil fuel money is not the way forward. Public lands = public good, not private profit. www.wvxu.org/2025-07-30/d...

Children in Gaza are being killed just for trying to get food. Aid lines have become death traps, over 1,000 Palestinians, including children, have been shot or starved while seeking basic survival. This is not “war.” This is genocide. #Gaza #StopTheKilling

Immigrants & refugees make Cleveland stronger! Today we cut the ribbon on the Roundstone Pavilion, an urban farm & kitchen on public housing land making fresh food accessible to CMHA residents while supporting immigrant & refugee entrepreneurs. Welcome to your American dream, right here!!

I didn’t run for office to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic. Ohio’s sinking—public schools gutted, billionaires bailed out, democracy under attack. The far right has a roadmap. We need a damn compass. It’s time to fight like it matters. tristanrader.substack.com/p/the-status...

The players with a clear message during warmups.

Got damn

Stripping citizenship from critics? This is authoritarianism, plain and simple. First it’s immigrants, then the opposition, then LGBTQ people, then Jews, minorities. That’s the playbook, silence everyone until no one’s left to fight back.

July 1st - gets $600 million handout from Ohio to move the Browns. July 2nd - buys $25 million beach house in Palm Beach. The job of Ohio Republican is crystal clear… make the rich richer at your expense. www.bizjournals.com/columbus/new...

Great night with @IBEW 4th District leaders, NECA partners, and industry allies from across the region. Powerful conversations, strong solidarity, and a clear vision for the future of labor. Grateful to be in the room. ⚡️✊ #IBEW #UnionStrong #LaborMovement #Ohio

…Rader told POLITICO. “They’re making incredibly unpopular decisions of giving away literally billions of dollars to billionaires while undercutting education and Medicaid — we know that’s not popular.” www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

“A Republic, if you can keep it.” July 4th, 1776 was the declaration. Freedom came only after a bloody war. Our democracy was never guaranteed, it’s always been something we had to fight for. Now it’s our turn. Now we don’t just celebrate, we organize, we resist, and we fight to keep it. 🇺🇸✊

Standing in solidarity with our friends at Teamsters Local 506 ✊ It’s been over a year they’ve shown up, negotiated in good faith, and still AirGas is dragging its feet. These workers aren’t asking for the moon they’re demanding fairness, respect, and a contract. No more delays. No more excuses.

Don’t be fooled. Ohio’s budget is still the worst in history, $1.7B handout to billionaires, shifting tax burden from rich to working people. www.statenews.org/government-p...

I stood with our immigrant communities today to oppose HB 1 & SB 88. These bills weaponize fear to push racist, anti-immigrant property bans. Ohio should protect rights—not punish people for where they’re from. #NoToHB1 #NoToSB88 #OhioAgainstHate

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

Trump just dragged us back into war in the Middle East. 30,000 pound bombs dropped… 40,000 U.S. troops now on high alert sitting ducks. No vote. No debate. No strategy. Just one man’s ego lighting the fuse on another forever war. We’ve seen this movie before. It ends in blood, lies, and blowback.

Ohio voters enshrined abortion rights in our Constitution. Now GOP lawmakers want to ban abortion, IVF, AND birth control! They’re trying to overturn your vote and criminalize healthcare. This is a full-blown attack on freedom! TOTAL AUTHORITARIANISM! www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

That face you make when you’re waiting for the Ohio Senate to send over a horrible state budget so you can vote against it.

Had a blast with Ms. Radick’s 3rd grade class at John Gallagher K–8 today as we wrapped up this year’s mentorship program. We ended with an egg drop—and every single egg survived! These kids are going places. #MentorshipMatters #EggDropChampions #JohnGallagherK8

Citizens, @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @saveohioparks.bsky.social and Climate Lobby push lawmakers on gas & oil injection wells and carbon capture- & the dangerous contamination Ohio's regulatory agencies ignore. bit.ly/3S9qiAx @twrader.bsky.social @nckevns.bsky.social @karenkasler.bsky.social

I’m pushing hard to stop food stamp theft! Should get a hearign on our bills next week. spectrumnews1.com/oh/dayton/in...

Near West Theatre isn’t just a stage—it’s a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ youth and creatives. Tonight at #Tapestry2025, we honored Matt Zone for helping make this dream real, and Re:Source Cleveland for uplifting newcomer communities with love. This is community power.

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Long-term data showed how ending fluoridation adversely affected the health of the population. www.sciencenews.org/article/fluo...

Warnock: Georgia officials said they were sorry but their hands were tied, you can’t vote the first weekend of the runoff after the holiday so I decided to untie them, I sued them. And I won… They appealed asking for emergency relief. Emergency relief from what? People voting?

May 4, 1970 — four students were killed at my alma mater, Kent State, for protesting war. Today, peaceful student protestors face crackdowns, smear campaigns, and militarized police. The playbook hasn’t changed. Authoritarians fear dissent. #KentState #May4

Trump just said he’s not sure if people in the U.S. are entitled to due process. That’s the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. This isn’t just ignorance — it’s authoritarianism in broad daylight. Every elected official should condemn this. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Just wrapped up our 5th “Coffee with Rep. Rader” event at Civilization Coffee in Tremont—great conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger community. Thanks for the photo Jim O’Brien!

Vote 'no' on Issue 2 if you love potholes. Vote 'yes' if you want better, safer, smoother roads! tristanrader.substack.com/p/why-im-vot...

It’s time to impeach Trump! 100 days in and he’s: — Fired prosecutors — Defied court orders — Gutted public edu — Sold WH access via crypto I’m calling on Ohio’s congressional delegation to act. If we don’t fight now, tomorrow may be too late. #ImpeachTrump

Billionaire Jimmy Haslam can go fund himself www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04...

Today we joined members of Congress at the ICE facilities in Louisiana where our clients Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being unlawfully detained to demand their immediate releases.

It’s pretty fucking bad when colleges have to cancel philosophy, sociology, and data analytics degree programs. We are on a very dark path!

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian” - Pope Francis - A good man. Rest In Peace.

Protest against fascism in Cleveland, Ohio #TaxTheRich

Just got back from Wednesdays at Bernie’s—weekly protests outside Bernie Moreno’s office. Big love to the folks who’ve been out there every week, even in the cold. He won’t meet with us, so we show up anyway. See you next Wednesday.