RCBrown

Ohio, Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, retired CWRU Treasurer, former banker

[Justin Barasky @JustinBarasky]

Seems pretty clear that as Governor Vivek Ramaswamy would make himself millions while raising costs for everyone else in Ohio

[Kathleen Clyde @KathleenClyde]

ICYMI from the Columbus Dispatch's editorial board: DeWine must veto Ohio’s latest brazen attack on voting rights - "a ridiculous and cumbersome requirement that would do nothing to stop fraud."

https://t.co/2x9xG17xr5

[TiffinOhio.net @TiffinOhioNews]

Founders of the Trump family's crypto venture World Liberty Financial routed roughly $116,000 in maximum donations to Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio gubernatorial campaign as he pushes House Bill 18, which would let the state invest up to 10% of certain public funds — including the general revenue and rainy-day funds — in Bitcoin. Read more: https://t.co/SWW6ejU5id

[Kathiann M. Kowalski @KMKowalski]

Great detective work by the Rooster: Vivek parked one plane and got another for jetting around.
We common folks generally DRIVE to places like Columbus, Akron & Port Clinton from other parts of Ohio. We might take high-speed commuter rail, but, alas, we don’t have it.

[Jessica E. Miranda @JessicaEMiranda]

Bottom line: the state share is lower NOW than it was in the 90’s. There isn’t new spending Crusty, that’s called defunding Public Education, which by the way is where we educate a MAJORITY of Ohio’s children.

That is called tax-shifting - full 🛑

[Jessica E. Miranda @JessicaEMiranda]

The projection is incredible.

Ohio Republicans have controlled state government for nearly 30 years.

They write the budgets.
They design the funding formulas.
They expand vouchers.
They set education policy.

Then they point to the outcomes and say, “Look how bad public education is!”

My brother in Christ, you’re grading your own homework.

For anyone interested, I already addressed this same argument from the President of School Choice Ohio. Go give that a gander.

The issue isn’t total spending.

The issue is who pays.

When the state pays less and local taxpayers pay more, that’s tax shifting—not accountability.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

New concerns are emerging about President Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants after a report found that nearly 100 of them have been arrested, charged or convicted of additional crimes since the attack in 2021.

It comes as continuing efforts by Trump and his allies to recast the events of that day have reignited debate over accountability and the rule of law.

@ElizLanders has more.

[Plunderbund @plunderbund]

good morning everybody the Rooster found out about Vivek's secret new private jet and it's gonna be a bad day for somebody over at Ramaswamy HQ

https://t.co/PwIN26HpW4

[Sherrod Brown @SherrodBrown]

Connie and I spent the morning in Springfield celebrating Juneteenth at St. John Missionary Baptist Church before going on a tour of the Gammon House, one of only three Underground Railroad stops in Ohio owned by free Black Americans.

This Juneteenth we must reaffirm our commitment to voting and civil rights as they continue to come under attack.

[John Sefchik @sefref32]

YOU’VE been in office for how long now? Republicans have been the party of power in Ohio for how long now? Do you really think we believe that republicans will do anything about fraud now? Republicans ARE the fraud. Republicans ARE the voting fraud. Republicans ARE the crooks.

[David Pepper @DavidPepper]

While Vivek Ramaswamy flies around the country in his jet, Ohioans in communities like Zanesville have felt the pain of rising costs for far too long. 

@amyactonoh will turn things around on day one.

[Jessica E. Miranda @JessicaEMiranda]

It’s almost like we had a bipartisan solution. 🤔

Ohio passed the first two phases of the Fair School Funding Plan before the Republican supermajority abandoned the final phase under Speaker Matt Huffman.

For a state where everyone knows the Speaker’s gavel is the most powerful position in Ohio politics, the responsibility isn’t difficult to identify.

➡️ Some Ohio Republican logic: create the problem, refuse to fully fix it, blame the local entities forced to operate under your laws, then blame Democrats and teachers’ unions for the consequences.

Ohio taxpayers are paying the price for that circular logic. Full stop 🛑

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING on MS NOW:

The Trump Justice Department has just REFUSED to indicate in a sworn declaration that it's backing off the Trump slush fund — claiming to Judge Brinkema in the EDVA that Todd Blanche's in court testimony should suffice.

[Sherrod Brown @SherrodBrown]

No one in the Senate is looking out for Ohio.

Ohioans are ready for leadership that looks out for them, not billionaires and corporations. I’m proud to fight with them.

[Plunderbund @plunderbund]

Whatever expectations Vivek Ramaswamy had for his campaign to become Ohio’s next governor, he now realizes that he is in the fight of his political life.

https://t.co/PsNM2v6Akj

[Sherrod Brown @SherrodBrown]

My statement on reported FBI raid of Ohio Voting Rights Organization:

[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

BREAKING📷 A woman donated $1 million to Trump's super PAC. Three weeks later, her son a convicted tax criminal was pardoned. His pardon application literally mentioned her donation.
Her name is Elizabeth Fago. Her son, Paul Walczak, had pleaded guilty to federal tax crimes. The pardon application filed on his behalf explicitly cited his mother's million-dollar donation to MAGA Inc. as a reason he deserved clemency. Trump signed the pardon. Walczak walked free and was relieved of more than $4 million in restitution he owed.
That is one entry on a donor list of 58 people who gave a million dollars or more.
MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, has now raised over $305 million since the 2024 election five times more than any presidential super PAC in history at this stage. The Brennan Center called it "completely unprecedented." Ninety-six percent of it came from donors giving $1 million or more. Sixty-two percent from those giving $5 million or more. This is not a grassroots operation. It is a pay-window.
Here's what the donor list actually shows.
https://t.co/s5GJV5zpIa's parent company, Foris Dax, gave $30 million — while it was under SEC investigation for allegedly trading unregistered securities. The SEC investigation was quietly dropped in March 2025, two months after the donation.
The Winklevoss twins gave $1 million — also while their crypto platform Gemini was under SEC investigation. That investigation was dropped in February 2025.
Energy Transfer, the Texas pipeline company, and its CEO Kelcy Warren gave a combined $25 million — while Energy Transfer was actively suing a federal regulatory agency in court.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife gave $25 million — as the Trump administration was actively shaping AI policy in Silicon Valley's favor.
Then there are the appointments. Benjamin Landa gave $5 million then became Trump's ambassador to Hungary. Kelly Loeffler and her husband gave $5 million she now runs the Small Business Administration. Warren Stephens gave $2 million now ambassador to the United Kingdom. Jared Isaacman gave $2 million now NASA administrator.
And Isabela Herrera, a 25-year-old self-employed financial consultant whose only prior political donation was $20 to Pete Buttigieg in 2020, somehow contributed $3.5 million to MAGA Inc. Her father a Venezuelan billionaire facing federal bribery charges was pardoned by Trump in January 2026. Campaign Legal Center has filed a formal complaint with the FEC alleging she was a straw donor for her father.
This is not dark money. This is public record.
Every dollar, every favor, every pardon. Filed with the FEC. Sitting in plain sight.
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[Jessica E. Miranda @JessicaEMiranda]

OPE 🤭

[Sherrod Brown @SherrodBrown]

Our health care system is broken. It’s way too expensive and far too difficult to navigate.

Ohioans are paying more for every part of life, but Jon Husted still voted against lowering the cost of health care nine times.

See Rob’s full story at https://t.co/In2aYO9aEH

[Captain Obvious™️ @TheFungi669]

JD Vance: “If you’re born in this country and your parents were not U.S. citizens then you should be deported.”

Grok: “There is no evidence that Usha Vance’s parents were U.S. citizens when she was born in San Diego in 1986.”