ICE interior arrests up, with 12k in detention, over 60% of whom have no criminal record. Texas had the most ICE detentions of any state by a long shot.

The detention and deportation machine grinds on.

trac.syr.edu/immigration/qu…

The final exchange that Witty had with Congress today — after seven hours and 40 lawmakers — was Buddy Carter vowing to “bust up” his company.

CARTER: This vertical integration … has got to end.

Gazprom plunges to first annual loss in 20 years as trade with Europe hit | Reuters reuters.com/business/energ…

No, it is not. It is exactly this kind of polarizing, false dichotomizing, jingoistic clickbaity, inaccurate analogizing tweet that the world needs a lot less of.

NEW: Trump VP list is winnowing down to Gov Burgum, Sens Rubio, Vance + Scott. They will appear w/donors at RNC retreat in Palm Beach this weekend. No formal meetings with Trump yet to talk about the job (tho he speaks to all of them regularly): bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I am pro Israel. I am pro Palestine. I do not support all of the Israeli governments policies. I deplore terrorism, which can never be excused. It is not hard to hold all of these positions at the same time.

'The attorney general is acting as though the amendment doesn't say what it says and the people of Ohio didn't pass the law they passed.'

dispatch.com/story/news/pol…

GOP candidates like Kevin Coughlin in Ohio's 13th U.S. House district are calling to reform popular programs like Social Security. Eight members of Ohio's Congressional delegation have signed on to a plan that would make cuts in the next budget.
Nick Evans
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/05/02/ohi…

The junior senator from Ohio, 16 months into his 6-year term, is clearly looking to move up the ladder...

Analysis: For J.D. Vance, being Trump's running mate could lead to bigger things in 2028 wvxu.org/politics/2024-…

What could go wrong?

Gov. Husted: If we're going to talk about financial breaks the government gives some groups of people, isn't it fair to talk about all of them — and how effectively they benefit the general welfare?

The heat is on: A Bit Closer to Holding Big Oil Accountable open.substack.com/pub/billmckibb…

Trump to hold Cincinnati fundraiser with Sen. J.D. Vance amid vice president rumors cincinnati.com/story/news/pol… via Haley BeMiller

Former President Donald Trump in his second term would carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by utilizing local law enforcement, the National Guard and potentially the U.S. military, according to a lengthy interview with Time magazine.

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Similar things have happened in Ohio.
ksla.com/2024/04/30/cvs…

Suspicious indeed. Antonio Ciaccia

Jonathan Chait The UCLA story looks pretty clear, based on LAT/student reporting — pro-Israel counter-protests showed up and started swinging. latimes.com/california/sto…

Where were Columbus Police at recent pro-Palestine protests at OSU? Well, it turns out they declined to assist OSUPD

CPD even has a specially-trained protest dialogue unit the city spent $94K to train. They weren't there either

Here's what I found out:
wosu.org/politics-gover…

'Time and again, big companies tell us that if they could only get bigger, they would pass savings on to consumers. This is almost never true.' ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/04/26/why…

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