How Things Work at the Statehouse
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Former #Ohio Statehouse staff helping Ohioans understand state government and impact state legislators -- https://OhioBills.WTF
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OhioBills.wtf has been updated!
Tell Governor DeWine (and his top staff) to VETO the most damaging bills: bit.ly/MikeDeWine #Ohio
Tell Governor DeWine (and his top staff) to VETO the most damaging bills: bit.ly/MikeDeWine #Ohio
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
OhioBills.wtf has been updated!
Tell Governor DeWine (and his top staff) to VETO the most damaging bills: bit.ly/MikeDeWine #Ohio
Tell Governor DeWine (and his top staff) to VETO the most damaging bills: bit.ly/MikeDeWine #Ohio
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Under SB 34, all #Ohio school districts would be forced to choose 4 of 9 approved “founding documents” to display in ALL social studies & history classrooms for ALL students starting in 4th grade
The list of “founding documents” includes the Ten Commandments....
Under SB 34, all #Ohio school districts would be forced to choose 4 of 9 approved “founding documents” to display in ALL social studies & history classrooms for ALL students starting in 4th grade
The list of “founding documents” includes the Ten Commandments....
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
From @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social ‼️
Under SB 34, all #Ohio school districts would be forced to choose 4 of 9 approved “founding documents” to display in ALL social studies & history classrooms for ALL students starting in 4th grade
The list of “founding documents” includes the Ten Commandments....
Under SB 34, all #Ohio school districts would be forced to choose 4 of 9 approved “founding documents” to display in ALL social studies & history classrooms for ALL students starting in 4th grade
The list of “founding documents” includes the Ten Commandments....
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ACTION NEEDED:
Pick 1 or 2 of these #Ohio bills that make you the angriest, and make some calls!
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Pick 1 or 2 of these #Ohio bills that make you the angriest, and make some calls!
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
UPDATE: Bad Bills at the Ohio Statehouse
Pick the bills that make you the angriest, and make some calls!
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
ACTION NEEDED:
Pick 1 or 2 of these #Ohio bills that make you the angriest, and make some calls!
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Pick 1 or 2 of these #Ohio bills that make you the angriest, and make some calls!
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
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Ohioans, these bills are toxic. Please make calls!
🚨🚨 RED ALERT — #Ohio's Republican supermajority is trying to rush several harmful bills through the Statehouse next week before anyone notices
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Ohioans, these bills are toxic. Please make calls!
LIVE -- Ohioans testify against #Ohio SB 293, which would:
🤬 Punish legal voters for the mail being slow
🤬 Force more Ohioans to vote provisionally
🤬 CANCEL your voter registration if you don't "cure" your provisional ballot within FOUR DAYS
ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho... #vote #votingrights
🤬 Punish legal voters for the mail being slow
🤬 Force more Ohioans to vote provisionally
🤬 CANCEL your voter registration if you don't "cure" your provisional ballot within FOUR DAYS
ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho... #vote #votingrights
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
LIVE -- Ohioans testify against #Ohio SB 293, which would:
🤬 Punish legal voters for the mail being slow
🤬 Force more Ohioans to vote provisionally
🤬 CANCEL your voter registration if you don't "cure" your provisional ballot within FOUR DAYS
ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho... #vote #votingrights
🤬 Punish legal voters for the mail being slow
🤬 Force more Ohioans to vote provisionally
🤬 CANCEL your voter registration if you don't "cure" your provisional ballot within FOUR DAYS
ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho... #vote #votingrights
NEW from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social -- How to testify against HB 42
This bill would force #Ohio schools to report their students' data to the government: bit.ly/OhioHB42
This bill would force #Ohio schools to report their students' data to the government: bit.ly/OhioHB42
HB 42 — Testimony Template.docx
Find this resource valuable? Support our work! Share this toolkit: https://bit.ly/OhioHB42 Ohio HB 42 — Testimony Template Ohio HB 42 would create a serious threat to student safety. How can we tru...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEW from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social -- How to testify against HB 42
This bill would force #Ohio schools to report their students' data to the government: bit.ly/OhioHB42
This bill would force #Ohio schools to report their students' data to the government: bit.ly/OhioHB42
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🧵 THREAD of TEMPLATES to help you testify against some of the most harmful bills moving through #Ohio's Statehouse this week:
🔸️SB 293 — Punish absentee voters for slow mail: bit.ly/OhioSB293
🔸️HB 172 — We call it the "Child Abuser Protection Act": bit.ly/OhioHB172
🔸️SB 293 — Punish absentee voters for slow mail: bit.ly/OhioSB293
🔸️HB 172 — We call it the "Child Abuser Protection Act": bit.ly/OhioHB172
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🧵 THREAD of TEMPLATES to help you testify against some of the most harmful bills moving through #Ohio's Statehouse this week:
🔸️SB 293 — Punish absentee voters for slow mail: bit.ly/OhioSB293
🔸️HB 172 — We call it the "Child Abuser Protection Act": bit.ly/OhioHB172
🔸️SB 293 — Punish absentee voters for slow mail: bit.ly/OhioSB293
🔸️HB 172 — We call it the "Child Abuser Protection Act": bit.ly/OhioHB172
🚨🚨 RED ALERT — #Ohio's Republican supermajority is trying to rush several harmful bills through the Statehouse next week before anyone notices
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚨🚨 RED ALERT — #Ohio's Republican supermajority is trying to rush several harmful bills through the Statehouse next week before anyone notices
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
Click on a bill or two and take action: OhioBills.wtf
Want to testify against this harmful, misleading #Ohio curriculum bill?
Here's a template from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social that you can use! bit.ly/4hUNONx
Here's a template from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social that you can use! bit.ly/4hUNONx
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to testify against this harmful, misleading #Ohio curriculum bill?
Here's a template from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social that you can use! bit.ly/4hUNONx
Here's a template from @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social that you can use! bit.ly/4hUNONx
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OhioBills.wtf has been updated with key #Ohio bills and actions to take this week!
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November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
OhioBills.wtf has been updated with key #Ohio bills and actions to take this week!
Find this resource useful? Support @ohagainstextremism.bsky.social 🇺🇸
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FRIDAY 11/7 at noon -- Join us at #OhioState! It's time to restore free speech on campus 📣🇺🇲
#OSU students have been threatened with police, banned from using "amplified sound," even banned from using children's sidewalk chalk‼️
It's unAmerican. And we won't stand for it. #Ohio #FreeSpeech
#OSU students have been threatened with police, banned from using "amplified sound," even banned from using children's sidewalk chalk‼️
It's unAmerican. And we won't stand for it. #Ohio #FreeSpeech
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
FRIDAY 11/7 at noon -- Join us at #OhioState! It's time to restore free speech on campus 📣🇺🇲
#OSU students have been threatened with police, banned from using "amplified sound," even banned from using children's sidewalk chalk‼️
It's unAmerican. And we won't stand for it. #Ohio #FreeSpeech
#OSU students have been threatened with police, banned from using "amplified sound," even banned from using children's sidewalk chalk‼️
It's unAmerican. And we won't stand for it. #Ohio #FreeSpeech
Live in #Ohio?
Before you vote today (Tuesday 11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates!!
🚩🚩 ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/ 🚩🚩
Google doc version:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Before you vote today (Tuesday 11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates!!
🚩🚩 ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/ 🚩🚩
Google doc version:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Live in #Ohio?
Before you vote today (Tuesday 11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates!!
🚩🚩 ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/ 🚩🚩
Google doc version:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Before you vote today (Tuesday 11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates!!
🚩🚩 ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/ 🚩🚩
Google doc version:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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⏰️ TODAY (Tuesday 11/4) is ELECTION DAY in #Ohio!
VoteOhio.gov
Crucial school board, mayor, and city council races are on the ballot‼️
And we need to vote FOR all levies to protect the schools, libraries, and first responders our state is trying to starve 🤬
Go vote by 730 pm!
VoteOhio.gov
Crucial school board, mayor, and city council races are on the ballot‼️
And we need to vote FOR all levies to protect the schools, libraries, and first responders our state is trying to starve 🤬
Go vote by 730 pm!
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
⏰️ TODAY (Tuesday 11/4) is ELECTION DAY in #Ohio!
VoteOhio.gov
Crucial school board, mayor, and city council races are on the ballot‼️
And we need to vote FOR all levies to protect the schools, libraries, and first responders our state is trying to starve 🤬
Go vote by 730 pm!
VoteOhio.gov
Crucial school board, mayor, and city council races are on the ballot‼️
And we need to vote FOR all levies to protect the schools, libraries, and first responders our state is trying to starve 🤬
Go vote by 730 pm!
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Before you #vote on Tuesday (11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/
Google doc version: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Ohio
ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/
Google doc version: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Ohio
Red Flags in Ohio Politics
We know it’s nothing fancy, but we’re tracking candidates’ red flags so voters can have all the information before they cast their ballots. Local School Boards Trouble viewing the…
ohagainstextremism.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Before you #vote on Tuesday (11/4), check this list of troubling school board candidates 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/
Google doc version: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Ohio
ohagainstextremism.org/redflags/
Google doc version: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Ohio
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Urge #Ohio's Democratic #Redistricting commissioners to stand strong. NO illegal maps:
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
#NorthCarolina Democrats are suing to stop Republicans' illegal maps! 🇺🇲🇺🇲
As long as #Ohio's Democratic legislators refuse to vote for unconstitutional districts, lawsuits AND a referendum are on the table here!
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As long as #Ohio's Democratic legislators refuse to vote for unconstitutional districts, lawsuits AND a referendum are on the table here!
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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🚨OPPONENT TESTIMONY NEEDED🚨
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨OPPONENT TESTIMONY NEEDED🚨
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
#Ohio's version of the #SAVEAct has a hearing this Tuesday 10/28 🤬🤬
Use this toolkit to submit (in-person OR written-only) testimony: bit.ly/OhioSAVEAct
Urge #Ohio's Democratic #Redistricting commissioners to stand strong. NO illegal maps:
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
#NorthCarolina Democrats are suing to stop Republicans' illegal maps! 🇺🇲🇺🇲
As long as #Ohio's Democratic legislators refuse to vote for unconstitutional districts, lawsuits AND a referendum are on the table here!
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As long as #Ohio's Democratic legislators refuse to vote for unconstitutional districts, lawsuits AND a referendum are on the table here!
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Voters Challenge North Carolina GOP’s Mid-Decade Gerrymander That Again Targets Black Districts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Urge #Ohio's Democratic #Redistricting commissioners to stand strong. NO illegal maps:
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
House Minority Leader Dani @Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 [email protected]
Senate Minority Leader @NickieAntonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 [email protected]
Tell Governor DeWine to do his freaking job: bit.ly/MikeDeWine
ASK HIM: Where is the Republicans’ map? Why are Democrats the only ones respecting our Constitution?
TELL HIM: Propose a congressional district map. Hold hearings. Earn our tax dollars. DO YOUR JOB‼️
www.statenews.org/government-p...
ASK HIM: Where is the Republicans’ map? Why are Democrats the only ones respecting our Constitution?
TELL HIM: Propose a congressional district map. Hold hearings. Earn our tax dollars. DO YOUR JOB‼️
www.statenews.org/government-p...
October 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Tell Governor DeWine to do his freaking job: bit.ly/MikeDeWine
ASK HIM: Where is the Republicans’ map? Why are Democrats the only ones respecting our Constitution?
TELL HIM: Propose a congressional district map. Hold hearings. Earn our tax dollars. DO YOUR JOB‼️
www.statenews.org/government-p...
ASK HIM: Where is the Republicans’ map? Why are Democrats the only ones respecting our Constitution?
TELL HIM: Propose a congressional district map. Hold hearings. Earn our tax dollars. DO YOUR JOB‼️
www.statenews.org/government-p...
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This is how you write a headline.
"Because #Ohio Republicans took billions out of the tax system to give to the wealthy, homeowners have picked up a much greater burden for paying for public schools..."
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is how you write a headline.
HB 415 CROWN Act proponent (supporter) testimony is due TODAY at 2:15 pm⏰️
Let's ban discrimination against natural hair styles!
Testimony template: bit.ly/OhioHouseTes...
📲 Testimony + witness slip (bit.ly/46OSHDZ) must be emailed to [email protected] by today (10/13) at 2:15 pm
Let's ban discrimination against natural hair styles!
Testimony template: bit.ly/OhioHouseTes...
📲 Testimony + witness slip (bit.ly/46OSHDZ) must be emailed to [email protected] by today (10/13) at 2:15 pm
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
HB 415 CROWN Act proponent (supporter) testimony is due TODAY at 2:15 pm⏰️
Let's ban discrimination against natural hair styles!
Testimony template: bit.ly/OhioHouseTes...
📲 Testimony + witness slip (bit.ly/46OSHDZ) must be emailed to [email protected] by today (10/13) at 2:15 pm
Let's ban discrimination against natural hair styles!
Testimony template: bit.ly/OhioHouseTes...
📲 Testimony + witness slip (bit.ly/46OSHDZ) must be emailed to [email protected] by today (10/13) at 2:15 pm
"Because #Ohio Republicans took billions out of the tax system to give to the wealthy, homeowners have picked up a much greater burden for paying for public schools..."
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Because #Ohio Republicans took billions out of the tax system to give to the wealthy, homeowners have picked up a much greater burden for paying for public schools..."
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
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This trash bill based on junk science would block access to the abortion pill, SSRIs, and more‼️🚨
Tell these #Ohio legislators to help STOP HB 324:
1️⃣ Your state rep (Find them here: OhioHouse.gov )
2️⃣ Committee Chair Jean Schmidt:
614-466-8134
[email protected]
Tell these #Ohio legislators to help STOP HB 324:
1️⃣ Your state rep (Find them here: OhioHouse.gov )
2️⃣ Committee Chair Jean Schmidt:
614-466-8134
[email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This trash bill based on junk science would block access to the abortion pill, SSRIs, and more‼️🚨
Tell these #Ohio legislators to help STOP HB 324:
1️⃣ Your state rep (Find them here: OhioHouse.gov )
2️⃣ Committee Chair Jean Schmidt:
614-466-8134
[email protected]
Tell these #Ohio legislators to help STOP HB 324:
1️⃣ Your state rep (Find them here: OhioHouse.gov )
2️⃣ Committee Chair Jean Schmidt:
614-466-8134
[email protected]
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TONIGHT! (Wednesday 10/1) at 7:00 PM, the @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social coalition will launch our public fight to defend diversity, equity, and inclusion in #Ohio's K-12 schools 💗🇺🇲💗🇺🇲
🔗 Register: bit.ly/DEIToolkitEv... #dei
🔗 Register: bit.ly/DEIToolkitEv... #dei
October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
TONIGHT! (Wednesday 10/1) at 7:00 PM, the @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social coalition will launch our public fight to defend diversity, equity, and inclusion in #Ohio's K-12 schools 💗🇺🇲💗🇺🇲
🔗 Register: bit.ly/DEIToolkitEv... #dei
🔗 Register: bit.ly/DEIToolkitEv... #dei
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The money is going to start trickling down at any moment, right? RIGHT?!?
More: columbusunderground.com/study-ohios-...
More: columbusunderground.com/study-ohios-...
Study: Ohio's $12 Billion in Annual Tax Breaks to Corporations & Wealthy Yield Few Benefits - Columbus Underground
Ohio hands out $12 billion a year in tax breaks, mostly to wealthy individuals and big corporations. Yet the state’s economy continues to lag behind the national average, a report released earlier thi...
columbusunderground.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The money is going to start trickling down at any moment, right? RIGHT?!?
More: columbusunderground.com/study-ohios-...
More: columbusunderground.com/study-ohios-...
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One of our first @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social trainees has a presentation scheduled tomorrow night! And he's focusing on workers' rights!
Sign up here: coltco.org/training/sta...
@rachelcoyle.wtf #Ohio
Sign up here: coltco.org/training/sta...
@rachelcoyle.wtf #Ohio
How Things Work at the Statehouse | Community Outreach & Labor Training
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September 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One of our first @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social trainees has a presentation scheduled tomorrow night! And he's focusing on workers' rights!
Sign up here: coltco.org/training/sta...
@rachelcoyle.wtf #Ohio
Sign up here: coltco.org/training/sta...
@rachelcoyle.wtf #Ohio