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JohnnyRingo

(20,380 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:25 AM 18 hrs ago

In my local Ohio newspaper there were 14 letters to the editor.

4 were about local issues, 2 were praising the Taxer In Chief, 3 were slamming him for for Venezuela and immigration policies, and 5 (five) were expressing outrage over his economy, naming him specifically.

Just in case he thinks a rally with a banner that reads "Lower Prices / Higher Wages" and Fox News working overtime would convince voters that he has made life better for them before the midterm elections..... I have a story about a king's wardrobe choice I'd like him to read, and this is a red area that voted 59% / 41% to put him into office. The mid-terms loom large.

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In my local Ohio newspaper there were 14 letters to the editor. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo 18 hrs ago OP
It's only going to get worse for the GOP. They're sealing their fate with their horrible healthcare bill. Vinca 18 hrs ago #1
And the Trump recession will soon be evident dalton99a 18 hrs ago #3
I know it's wrong gerryatwork 15 hrs ago #14
Propaganda meets reality. sop 18 hrs ago #2
Thanks for this, Johnny. Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #4
Same for JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #5
Trumbull County is a mess samplegirl 58 min ago #27
Ohio is my birth state and my roots run deep in the Cleveland area. llmart 17 hrs ago #6
Don't forget the 1997 DeRolf v Ohio decision then gov Taft lack of understanding irisblue 16 hrs ago #10
I was also born and raised in Ohio. yardwork 16 hrs ago #12
Cleveland was once near the top ten in population (60's, early 70's?) 10 years later, number 26. Unsure now. Sad. And Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #18
rec big time Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #19
Same here Chi67 13 hrs ago #16
I can't understand why so many people in Ohio still support the GOP Skittles 8 hrs ago #23
Thanks me either samplegirl 57 min ago #28
You can fool some of the people all of the time; but none of the people about the bills they have to pay... nt Ol Janx Spirit 17 hrs ago #7
Thanks for the encouraging news! Even here in SC livetohike 17 hrs ago #8
Our newspaper can't afford samplegirl 48 min ago #29
Pedo Trump told us Americans will have to live with less Farmer-Rick 16 hrs ago #9
Sacrifice ourselves and our families for thee, them, theirs OhioBack2Blue 14 hrs ago #15
I hope I see him convicted (again) and all assets siezed by the new AG Jack Smith or Letitia James? I can dream ok?? Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #20
Oh please can we get Sharrod Brown back.. mountain grammy 16 hrs ago #11
I encourage everyone to write letters to the editor Mysterian 16 hrs ago #13
Who's going to break it to Jr and Gruppenfhrer Miller??? The joy ride is over. Time to pay the piper, IMO. Ford_Prefect 12 hrs ago #17
I'm actually not that interested in what they think. cab67 10 hrs ago #22
Old Colostomy neither knows nor cares what's going on with the economy cab67 10 hrs ago #21
They are finally waking up...finally! Dem4life1970 8 hrs ago #24
Traitor Fooled So Many Before the Cha 1 hr ago #25
Coming from our Rightwing newspaper samplegirl 1 hr ago #26

Vinca

(53,158 posts)
1. It's only going to get worse for the GOP. They're sealing their fate with their horrible healthcare bill.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:28 AM
18 hrs ago

gerryatwork

(96 posts)
14. I know it's wrong
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 01:01 PM
15 hrs ago

but a part of me hopes a new (good) healthcare bill doesn’t pass right away. I know it will punish lower income Democrats who will have to pay much more for healthcare. But we need to see lower income trump supporters actually have to write those checks. Right now the higher premiums are theory. Come Jan 1st and beyond they become reality.

sop

(17,190 posts)
2. Propaganda meets reality.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:32 AM
18 hrs ago

Trump's manipulation of reality has reached a breaking point.

Diamond_Dog

(39,566 posts)
4. Thanks for this, Johnny.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:44 AM
18 hrs ago

Ohio is going to be a tough nut to crack, but I’m seeing beginnings!

I saw in the PD the other day that polls show Dr. Amy Acton is neck-and-neck with Ramaswamy.

samplegirl

(13,665 posts)
27. Trumbull County is a mess
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:58 AM
58 min ago

And full of Trump supporters still.
I looked at a post of fb and there were 25 people at the democratic headquarters for a meet up.
Sad~~~ but political leaders have soured people here.

llmart

(17,236 posts)
6. Ohio is my birth state and my roots run deep in the Cleveland area.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:52 AM
17 hrs ago

But I left in the mass migration of white collar professionals in the early 80's, and it sickens me to see what's happened to Ohio since then. They were always known for their many outstanding colleges and universities, their major hospitals and came in first in libraries. Reagan and the GOP gutted the unions and the middle class people who made good livings from being in them. Their orchestra was world renowned and Ohio gave this country eight presidents. Such a shame what it's become.

irisblue

(36,609 posts)
10. Don't forget the 1997 DeRolf v Ohio decision then gov Taft lack of understanding
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:15 PM
16 hrs ago

That decision gutted public education & Bill O Reilly became the defacto educator for so so many people 97-2000

yardwork

(68,819 posts)
12. I was also born and raised in Ohio.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:35 PM
16 hrs ago

While we often had lousy Republican governors, when I was growing up Ohio had two liberal Democratic senators, Glenn and Metzenbaum. Ohio was known as the purple state whose votes for president usually predicted the outcome.

A state whose economy was built by immigrants, farmers, small business owners. I thought of Ohioans as practical clearheaded people.

While the state's history includes the genocide and complete eradication of Native peoples, it was also on the frontline of the Underground Railroad.

Ever since Fox News and hate radio took hold in the 1980s the majority of Ohio voters have been fooled and urged to drink deep of racism, resentment, and fear.

It breaks my heart. And don't even get me started on West Virginia, which used to be a rock solid Democratic state.

Evolve Dammit

(21,393 posts)
18. Cleveland was once near the top ten in population (60's, early 70's?) 10 years later, number 26. Unsure now. Sad. And
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 05:47 PM
11 hrs ago

you are spot on with the educational systems and wealth of museums, libraries, the pro sports and the diverse music scene; Cleveland Orchestra to the Agora theatre, Blossom Music Center and the incredible rock scene. Northeast Ohio is near and dear to me. And the ethnic/ racial diversity was inspiring.

Chi67

(1,271 posts)
16. Same here
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 03:47 PM
13 hrs ago

I moved to Chicago in 92. I saw what was happening and knew it was time to go. Now it's a mess there. Not as bad as some places, it still might be salvageable, but it'll take some attitude and voting changes.

Skittles

(169,070 posts)
23. I can't understand why so many people in Ohio still support the GOP
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:45 PM
8 hrs ago

is it racism? WTF

Ol Janx Spirit

(571 posts)
7. You can fool some of the people all of the time; but none of the people about the bills they have to pay... nt
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:52 AM
17 hrs ago

livetohike

(23,922 posts)
8. Thanks for the encouraging news! Even here in SC
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:55 AM
17 hrs ago

people are fed up with the health insurance debacle and the cost of food.

samplegirl

(13,665 posts)
29. Our newspaper can't afford
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:08 AM
48 min ago

to be pro Republican right now. That's the bottom line.

Soon as Republicans are doing good they are right back covering how great their party is. I have no respect for our newspaper as they have totally ruined good democrats such as Tim Ryan, Amy Acton, and Sherrod Brown.

Farmer-Rick

(12,381 posts)
9. Pedo Trump told us Americans will have to live with less
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:57 AM
16 hrs ago

He said, in so many more stupid words, that Americans will just have to get use to living on less. As if his $300 million ballroom is less. And his many, many golf outings are less. And his marble and gold renovation to a once historical White House are less. As if his useless trips overseas are less.

In his Alzheimers addled mind he told us to make do without. He said we should live without certain things we use to buy. He expects us not to buy so many dolls for our children and to not buy so many pencils for our children to use in their school work. Yeah, that's what's costing Americans so much...dolls and pencils.

OhioBack2Blue

(81 posts)
15. Sacrifice ourselves and our families for thee, them, theirs
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 02:55 PM
14 hrs ago

This is how it always is with the Republicans. Always.

The self-hating, self-flagellating illiberal, dystopian right-wing thinks we all should live lives of doom and gloom while serving them.

Evolve Dammit

(21,393 posts)
20. I hope I see him convicted (again) and all assets siezed by the new AG Jack Smith or Letitia James? I can dream ok??
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 05:54 PM
11 hrs ago

Ford_Prefect

(8,490 posts)
17. Who's going to break it to Jr and Gruppenfhrer Miller??? The joy ride is over. Time to pay the piper, IMO.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:38 PM
12 hrs ago

cab67

(3,568 posts)
22. I'm actually not that interested in what they think.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 06:02 PM
10 hrs ago

This whole thing is a cult of personality. I think it will collapse pretty quickly once Twinklesphincter is gone; there's on obvious heir apparent, and the recent elections have shown that our democracy isn't entirely too far gone to correct for the inevitable scrum amongst Republicans.

cab67

(3,568 posts)
21. Old Colostomy neither knows nor cares what's going on with the economy
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 06:00 PM
10 hrs ago

unless it impacts his own bottom line.


Dem4life1970

(1,037 posts)
24. They are finally waking up...finally!
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:55 PM
8 hrs ago

After 10 long years of delusion.

They liked his economy in the first term because it was OBAMA'S economy.

They also like Obamacare.

They are starting to realize as Brian Tyler Cohen has said for years, the people Trump despises the most, are his own supporters.

He thinks that they are so stupid he can say any lie and they will believe it.

He's been 99% right for 10 years...now they are finally waking up (some of them).

Cha

(316,267 posts)
25. Traitor Fooled So Many Before the
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:37 AM
1 hr ago

"election" But after All he's Done to Screw Americans After... they're Not Falling for his Lies so much.

samplegirl

(13,665 posts)
26. Coming from our Rightwing newspaper
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:44 AM
1 hr ago

that's pretty good. I can remember when all they posted was people who were Anti Tim Ryan day after day after day.
Let's face it Trump is losing popularity and they still got to sell newspapers.

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