Or why Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur won’t be taking down her transphobic ads anytime soon.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/politics/p/1197288/ohio-democrats-trans-panic-explained

The liquidation of newspapers alongside the rise of a billionaire-funded, right-wing propaganda network has disconnected Americans from state and local politics.

For example, a quarter of Ohio’s voters believe that Sherrod Brown is running as an incumbent. The Columbus Dispatch ran an article only yesterday entitled, “Why isn’t Governor Mike DeWine running for re-election in 2026?”

  • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
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    30 days ago

    Its all pretty good, but this is the pull-quotes I’m going with:

    But the Republicans, and their billionaire sugar daddies looking to funnel anger away from their unpopular economic agenda, know the potency of the weapon they have created.

    And

    In a move that won’t surprise anyone who has followed the Democratic Party for the past 40 years, its consultant class still hasn’t figured out how to triangulate the issue without enraging the base. That’s bad news for a party that, at least ostensibly, is built around defending everyday Americans from the plunderbund arrayed against them.