Fighting Back Against Ohio's Plutocratic Dictatorship— Another Anti-Gerrymandering Amendment
How Republicans Keep Control Despite The Voters Naked, partisan gerrymandering has been declared just dandy by Leonard Leo’s nakedly...
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Howie Klein
Aug 193 min read
Why Would Jerrad Christian, A Progressive Democrat, Spend The Day In The Reddest County In Ohio?
Last week, Jerrad Christian, the progressive Democrat running for the seat held by knee-jerk MAGA Republican Troy Balderson, told me he...
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Howie Klein
Aug 183 min read
If Jerrad Christian Flips OH-12, We Won't Be Talking About A Blue Wave... It Means A Tsnami Is Here
Can You Spare $1.30? No one is kidding themselves about Ohio’s sprawling 12th district in the central and eastern part of the state. It...
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Howie Klein
Jun 2516 min read
As Republican Policies Destroy Their Lives, Rural Voters Are The Heart Of The MAGA Movement
In his new book, Feeding A Divided America: Reflections Of A Western Rancher In The Era Of Climate Change, Giles Stockton, among other...
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Howie Klein
May 204 min read
Guest Post By Jerrad Christian— A Trip Down To The Southern Border
My flight home has me at the airport at 3 am. Everything is quiet, in a stark contrast to the whirlwind of experiences swirling in my...
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Howie Klein
May 45 min read
Republicans Are Climate Change Deniers— In Swing Districts Some Feel Compelled To Pretend Otherwise
Jerrad Christian is a Democrat running in an Ohio district that is slowly shifting from rural red to suburban purple. The Republican...
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Howie Klein
Mar 103 min read
Are You Serious About Global Warming? I Am Too... WE Have To Change Congress— Meet Jerrad Christian
Troy Balderson dropped out of college and went to work for his father’s car business, drove it into bankruptcy and decided to become a...
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Howie Klein
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Whether Dirty Diapers Or Sulpher, Trumpschmerz Stinks To High Heaven; Can They Smell It In Ohio?
Why Do House Republicans Like Troy Balderson Blindly Follow Trump? Susan Glasser’s end of the year missive in the New Yorker, The Year We...
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Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Brand New Blue America Endorsement Alert: Jerrad Christian (OH-12)
Ohio’s sprawling 12th district was thrown together by the gerrymanderers in the state legislature from bits and pieces of various...
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Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20233 min read
New Congressional Candidate In Ohio-- Meet Jerrad Christian
OH-12 was drawn to elect Republicans. The partisan lean is R+34 and the incumbent, Troy Balderson, is the definition of a bland,...
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Howie Klein
Nov 19, 202310 min read
Here's Why I Feel Pangs Of Guilt Everytime I Use The Word "MAGAt" To Describe Trump's Supporters
Earlier today we looked at Tom Nichols’ suggestion that we stop treating Trump as a comedic figure and confront him as the existential...
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