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Karen Tumulty joins the Politics & Government desk as Chief Political Correspondent - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/07/23/…
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After her rally with @BarackObama, @amyactonoh told me she hopes President Trump and Vice President Vance will “look at the facts” of the abuse she says she endured as a child, as they have defended the attack ad made by GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign.
Ramaswamy and person. Asked what she would say to him, Acton said: “I really have no words for Mr. Ramaswamy. I think there is no low that he wouldn’t sink to.”
“He’s very clearly out of touch. He’s out for himself and his friends, and quite frankly, he’s a danger to my state.”
Ramaswamy and person. Asked what she would say to him, Acton said: “I really have no words for Mr. Ramaswamy. I think there is no low that he wouldn’t sink to.”
“He’s very clearly out of touch. He’s out for himself and his friends, and quite frankly, he’s a danger to my state.”
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This terrific piece from @ianwardreports is worth putting on your reading list today: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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Acton's campaign warning against irrational exuberance: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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One of the fall back defenses people have made about @VivekGRamaswamy's ad attacking Acton is that Acton's mother just said she lied about living in a tent.
Cledith Arthur's 1978 arrest warrant lists Terrace Lake Park, Route 7 as his address
Cledith Arthur's 1978 arrest warrant lists Terrace Lake Park, Route 7 as his address
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Mahoning County Clerk of Courts has released the records. Read them for yourself: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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Great new profile of the speaker-in-waiting from @AnnaLissRoy washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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The metaphors just write themselves. Great reporting as always from @AlexHortonTX and @DanLamothe washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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Gov. candidate @amyactonoh (D-OH) calls Vivek Ramaswamy's (R-OH) ad the "big elephant in the room" and says that she remembers the people that "didn't look the other way" during her childhood and that the ad should not have "exploited" her mother, who she says is "not well."
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I asked Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and Vivek Ramaswamy's fiercest critic during the 2024 nomination fight, about the attack ad and Vance's defense.
"For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center," he said.
Full comment here:
"For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center," he said.
Full comment here:
WOW -- Vance *defends* Ramaswamy's reprehensible ad 👇
Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away from that. Do you think that ad was appropriate?
JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest with you. Whether the ad is not really my concern. My concern is who is gonna govern. I have to admit I'm a little bit disgusted when I see Republicans who are whining more about that ad than they are about what the Democrats want to do.
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Am I Brave Enough to Die for My Students? Powerful piece from @EdWeekOpinion and @BridgetFarr edweek.org/leadership/opi…
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As Ohio attack ad backfires, Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down wapo.st/4eaqZFd
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People who have been around politics a long time may be struck as I was by the sheriff's signature on this arrest warrant for Amy Acton's stepfather, who at the time was a fugitive. Does the name James Traficant ring a bell?
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Ohio governor’s race in uproar over video featuring Democrat’s estranged mother (see the court documents for yourself) wapo.st/4k7Hvcv
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nerd alert!!! (for the record, I will tune in)
Professional news!
SO excited to announce that I will be manning @cspan’s first-ever election night big board, the DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD, next month along with the great Jon McArdle.
E-Day lineup is stacked too, with @kirk_bado, @ercovey, @JessicaTaylor, @abbyyturner_ and more>>
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“The design, materials, workmanship, setting, and feeling that is conveyed through the building’s primary exterior material would be diminished and fundamentally altered. ... a highly visible change to a nationally significant building for which future reversibility is uncertain.” wapo.st/4yVTpuD
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The GOP has had a majority of the nation's governorships since 2010. After November, maybe not. While so much attention is on what will happen in Washington, Republicans’ grip on state power is also at risk in elections wapo.st/4zDyywf
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Heidi Levine, photojournalist for @wapo suffered serious injuries from vicious & cowardly attack. Heidi is US Citizen, clear ID as journalist. Details of who under investigation, but those who attacked unarmed reporter should spend YRS in prison. We have called for a full investigation, arrest, and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law to whoever participated in this. Attacking a female photographer is despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards. Dishonorable act of senseless violence.
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