in 2014, his pay to play was so obvious. Often timed around key decisions. Even meetings he had had. And he would simply play dumb….

DeWine says he didn’t know about nearly $4 million in dark money FirstEnergy spent - cleveland.com cleveland.com/open/2024/04/d…

All of Ohio’s GOP leadership at this point: “he went that a’way” 🤫🤞😳

The Force *does* comes out feet confirmed, Previewd w/ Adam and Jay.

FirstEnergy's dark money contributions to support DeWine/Husted in '18:

-$2.5 mil to State Solutions
-$1 mil to Freedom Frontier
-*$500,000 to RGA
-$300,000 to Securing Ohio's Future

Plus, CEO Chuck Jones hosting a fundraiser for DeWine at his home
cleveland.com/open/2024/04/f…

“FirstEnergy Corp. made $2.5 million in secret payments to a dark money nonprofit that backed Republican Mike DeWine’s 2018 gubernatorial run as the company was executing what would become the biggest public corruption scheme in state history.”

To watch Kevin’s creative process at work, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpeppe…

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Cartoon Tuesday: “Lady Justice”

- by Kevin Necessary

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Put away your old school pastel courtroom sketches.
Politico is using bobble heads to capture the high points of what's happening inside the courtroom....

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Why does OH Gov. DeWine’s thuggish phone call and illegal removal of a pension board member feel like deja vu?

Because his direct intervention, personal bullying and highly inappropriate behavior remind me of an incident a decade ago that will give you chills.

Read this 👇

Boom! You go Cincinnati and Cincinnati Parks

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Dear Sundance Film Festival, you should definitely consider #Cincinnati . We have great people, great food, great access (nearly 50-60% of US population is within a day's drive), and great movie theaters. We have a thriving film industry (thanks Film Cincinnati!) and affordability!

Always. Lying.

It “appears that Randazzo and FirstEnergy’s top leadership went to great lengths to keep their relationship secret.”

My first whiteboard ever (and the reaction is what convinced me to do more)….if you’ve never seen it, take a look:

Tues, April 23 at 1 p.m. | Join an online discussion with political cartoonist and activist Lalo Alcaraz, author of the nationally syndicated daily comic strip #LaCucaracha .
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Common knowledge? The Capitol Journal obtained Randazzo's disclosures from the Ohio Ethics Commission for the period he served on the PUCO Nominating Council — 2007 to 2017. 'FirstEnergy' doesn't appear on any of them.

By Marty Schladen

Arizona. Today.

It's still 1864 in Arizona.