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After losing primary, Republican blames Trump for soaring healthcare costs!
Ramaswamy: 'A Black baby is probably safer in the inner streets of Chicago than in the womb of his own Black mother'
Husted to Ohioans on rising gas prices: 'What do you want me to do?'
Well this aged poorly...
Americans feel POORER living in Trump's economy
Podcasts
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Trump Calls for Democrats' Executions
Trump calls for six congressional Democrats to be executed for treason because the group—all military and intelligence vets—dared to post a video reminding troops that they shouldn't follow illegal orders. The dangerous outburst wraps up a bad week for the Commander in Chief: Republican defections forcing him to sign the Epstein files bill, incompetence by his own lackeys in the prosecution of James Comey, a big legal loss for Texas gerrymandering, and economic polling numbers going from bad to worse.
Jon and Dan react to Trump and Republicans’ freakout over the video and discuss the latest on the Epstein files, why we still need to worry about Trump’s DOJ, why he’ll never be a good economic messenger, and how the Republican redistricting effort backfired. Then, Tommy talks with Swing Left’s Yasmin Radjy about a better way to contact, engage, and organize voters and volunteers.
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S2 E2: The Last Rural Democrat in the Ohio Statehouse
Today we have a conversation with John Patterson, a former state representative and State Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency who has spent his career fighting for his community. He’s also the last rural Democrat to be elected to the Ohio Statehouse, and is likely to continue to hold that title for the foreseeable future. We discuss Patterson’s journey from educator to elected official, his experience working across the aisle, and his concerns about the hardships facing Ohio farmers.
Patterson is best known for the “Cupp/Patterson school funding bill”, which attempted to overhaul the funding formula for Ohio’s public schools. The conversation gets a bit into the weeds, so here’s a little context for those less familiar with Ohio’s Public School funding saga:
Context: A very, very brief history of education funding in Ohio
In 1997, Ohio’s school funding formula was ruled to be unconstitutional in a decision mentioned several times throughout this episode, the “DeRolph Decision”. This ruling required that Ohio overhaul its school funding formula, a requirement that went unaddressed by the Ohio Statehouse for another 20-something years. A full chronology of the DeRolph decision can be found here.
It wasn’t until our friend John Patterson got on the scene and teamed up with a Republican legislator, Bob Cupp, to finally fix school funding and pass the Fair School Funding Plan, colloquially known as the Cupp/Patterson Plan.
But not so fast. Since that funding plan passed and both primary sponsors termed out, Ohio Republicans have failed to enact the formula, and instead favored private school vouchers (also recently found to be unconstitutional) and disinvesting from local schools, forcing heavier reliance on property taxes.
So the fight for fair school funding is far from over.
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Episode Information:
Recorded: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 4pm
In this Episode: Maria Bruno, Ainslee Johnson-Brown
Produced, Edited, and Recorded by: Devin “Dev Draper” Palmer and Tareya Palmer
73 days in ICE detention: an Ohio hospital chaplain speaks out
Across the country, many communities are seeing an increased presence of federal immigration agents. Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City have seen aggressive and sometimes violent tactics from ICE officers trying to apprehend people from the street and from their homes. In Episode 2, you’ll meet Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain. He was detained by ICE for 73 days, and now shares his experience.
Soliman has been in the U.S. since 2014 fleeing persecution from the Egyptian government, where Ayman was detained and tortured for his work as a journalist. In 2018 he was granted asylum in the U.S.
However, his asylum was revoked in June and he was asked to meet with ICE officials on July 9. At the check-in, Ayman was detained by ICE and sent to Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio.
Although the Trump administration contends that ICE is focused on detaining and deporting hardened criminals, Ayman disagrees.
“I don’t think these are the worst of the worst. This is just a statement that they made to convince the American public that these people deserve to be deported and to cover their racist reasons behind the deportation.”
With increased ICE raids, many U.S. citizens also have been swept up and detained. You’ll hear from Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter Ariana Figueroa, who has reported about this development.
Finally, Evening Wrap newsletter author Danielle Gaines shares the top stories she’s watching out for.
Episode produced and edited by Mallory Cheng. Music for Stories From The States composed by David Singer. Special thank you Marty Schladen from the Ohio Capital Journal.
Click here for the full transcript.
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Photo: Ayman Soliman, the former Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital whom federal authorities are trying to deport on what his lawyers are saying is a trumped-up basis. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.)
'I could die': A Wisconsin woman fears impending Medicaid cuts, while others celebrate
The passage of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' deeply slashed Medicaid funding. Almost $1 trillion will be cut from the program over the next ten years. But what does it look like for recipients now in 2025? In Episode 1 of 'Stories from the States' you'll meet 26-year-old Emma Widmar from Racine, Wisconsin, who considers Medicaid a lifeline.
Episode 1 - Stories from the States
In this episode, you’ll meet a current Medicaid recipient, 26-year-old Emma Widmar from Racine, Wisconsin, who considers Medicaid a lifeline.
“I simply would not be able to have a quality of life. I would potentially, you know, I could die. And I think people think that I’m being dramatic when I say that, but it’s true.”
You’ll also hear from reporter Marty Schladen from the Ohio Capital Journal about reaction in Ohio, where some state politicians celebrated the decision.
Then Evening Wrap newsletter author Danielle Gaines shares the top stories she’s watching out for.
Show Notes:
- Episode produced and edited by Mallory Cheng
- Music for Stories From The States composed by David Singer
- Special thank you to Erik Gunn, Deputy Editor of the Wisconsin Examiner
Attribution: States Newsroom
Got questions? An episode idea? Email us at podcast@statesnewsroom.com
S2, EP1: New season, same ole bullsh*t
In our first episode of the new season, Maria and Ainslee discuss redistricting shenanigans, the No Kings protests, and dissect the bad faith attempt by the current administration to label political dissent — and by extent, half of the country — as extreme.
We’re baaaaaaccckkkkk.
The Ohioans Against Extremism Podcast is back with Season 2.
Plus, don’t forget to join us Monday at noon for a webinar that discusses WTF is going on at the Ohio Statehouse (more info below).
A couple updates since we filmed…
The car hitting a No Kings protestor was determined to be an accident. The person that had been harassing protestors was a different person from the one that hit the demonstrator with his car. There’s no indication that the car crash was intentional. Nonetheless, our point stands: it takes some cojones to protest Trump in “Trump Country”.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission passed congressional maps…unanimously. As we mentioned at the top of the episode, since we filmed, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed new maps. Our friends over at
The Rooster wrote up a pretty thorough summary of the behind-the-scenes horse-trading that went down to get these new maps. Decide for yourself which party ended up getting the better end of the deal. TLDR: it was an opaque clusterf*ck.
More about Ohio’s new congressional maps:
- Both parties get heat for Ohio’s new congressional district map as citizens look to future fights, Ohio Capital Journal
- Winners and losers with adoption of Ohio’s new congressional districts, Cleveland.com
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Episode Information:
Recorded: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 4pm
In this Episode: Maria Bruno, Ainslee Johnson-Brown
Produced, Edited, and Recorded by: Devin “Dev Draper” Palmer and Tareya Palmer
The Plot to Force Evangelical Christianity on Everyone
The First Amendment established the separation of church and state in America — but is that principle truly being upheld today? A powerful contingent on the right is working to erase that line entirely, pushing policies that fuse religion and government to advance a Christian nationalist agenda — from efforts to mandate the Ten Commandments in classrooms to reshaping laws around their ideology.
This week, host Akilah Hughes is joined by Heather Weaver of the ACLU, professor Matthew Gabriele, and journalist Talia Lavin to unpack the rise of Christian nationalism in American politics and culture — and its deep ties to authoritarianism and the alt-right.
This episode is sponsored by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. To learn more and get involved, visit au.org/COURIER.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Americans United
01:15 How is Christian Nationalism better?
02:35 The history of American separation of church and state
04:32 The start of the American Christian narrative
07:00 What is Christian Nationalism?
09:44 AU
10:14 How has religious extremism crept into our culture?
14:30 Christian Nationalism & Authoritarianism
19:01 The far right, fascism, and more
22:26 Trump’s authoritarian slide
24:36 Priming Christians for fascism
27:49 Christian Nationalism is not better.
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