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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 7h

What’s Governor #DeWine doing to ensure #Ohio gets fair maps? 🤔 🧵

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 11h

📰NEWS | GOP senators increasingly anxious about Trump’s aggressive use of National Guard thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Trump and MAGA Republicans shut down the government to take away the ACA tax credits that keep healthcare affordable for 22 million Americans — including thousands of Ohioans.

Premiums could skyrocket by 75%. Families can’t afford this.
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Ohioans Are Paying the Price for Trump’s Shutdown — Innovation Ohio

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans have officially shut down the government, all because Democrats refused to eliminate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that keep healthcare affordable...

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 2d

📰As expiration of tax credits loom, Ohio insurers ask for big increases ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/03/a...

As expiration of tax credits loom, Ohio insurers ask for big increases • Ohio Capital Journal

The federal government remains closed for business as Democrats and Republicans battle over health programs for low and middle-income Americans.

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 5d

👀Instead of following the constitutional mandate to create fair congressional districts with bipartisan input, Huffman claims they’ve been gathering public opinion between the cereal aisle and the deli counter.
#FairMaps #Redistricting #Ohio

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From secret hotel rooms to grocery aisles? Matt Huffman’s ridiculous claims about redistricting

House Speaker Matt Huffman absurdly makes the case that grocery stores and Rotary Clubs are suitable replacements for the transparent, bipartisan mapping process mandated by Ohio voters

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #October3rd 💅Enjoy our memes!

#MeanGirls #governmentshutdown #politics #memes

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 6d

‼️"Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman...told reporters that it wouldn’t be worth sharing a draft map with the public before Republicans and Democrats -- either in the legislature or on the Ohio Redistricting Commission -- negotiate a deal in private."
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Top Ohio Republican defends redistricting delay: ‘I don’t think introducing a map accomplishes something’

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman defended Republicans for not yet proposing a congressional redistricting plan, saying that the public should first weigh in on what changes should be made.

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 7d

This is about healthcare affordability, full stop. Demand Congress put families first—end the shutdown, renew the credits, and save healthcare.

#StopTheShutdown #ProtectHealthcare #GOPShutdown #Politics

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 7d

They’re blocking ACA tax credits, driving up costs, and siding with billionaires over families.

👉 Millions risk losing coverage
👉 Premiums set to skyrocket
👉 Small businesses left behind

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 The government is shut down—and don’t let them spin it. Republicans chose this shutdown to gut affordable healthcare. #thread
#GOPShutdown #Politics

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 7d

📢Demand #FairMaps Now!
Tell #Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to convene the Ohio Redistricting Commission, introduce your map, announce public hearings, and let Ohioans be heard.
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Show Us The Maps

Demand Fair Maps Now Ohioans deserve a transparent, fair redistricting process. The state legislature has until September 30 to pass a new bipartisan congressional map but they still haven’t release...

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Government funding is set to expire at midnight ET; Republican speaker Mike Johnson pushed back House return in order to prevent Democrats from negotiating further.
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Trump says government shutdown likely as House Democrats call out Republicans for delaying votes before funding deadline – live

Government funding is set to expire at midnight ET; Republican speaker Mike Johnson pushed back House return in order to prevent Democrats from negotiating further

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 8d

❗️Ohio’s mapmaking for Congress: a masterclass in exploiting loopholes, avoiding voter intent
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Ohio’s mapmaking for Congress: a masterclass in exploiting loopholes, avoiding voter intent

Ohio's redistricting process reveals how politicians exploit loopholes to maintain gerrymandered power, directly defying voters who overwhelmingly approved reforms

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 8d

🚨NOW | 2nd Ohio Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting
Watch Live ⏯️https://www.ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-joint-committee-on-congressional-redistricting

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 9d

When it comes to #healthcare, Trump and the GOP Congress have done nothing but increase costs and cut coverage - now Democrats are demanding a federal budget that PROTECTS access to quality, affordable healthcare! #GovernmentShutdown

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 New Toolkit: Shutdown vs. Affordable Healthcare

Trump and MAGA Republicans are threatening a government shutdown instead of protecting the tax credits that keep ACA plans affordable. Without action, millions could lose coverage or face skyrocketing costs.

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Toolkit: Shutdown vs. Affordable Healthcare — Innovation Ohio

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 9d

📢Republicans are risking a shutdown to slash healthcare & food assistance while protecting tax breaks for billionaires. Families deserve stability, not chaos. Democrats are fighting to keep the government open & focused on people—not the wealthy few. #GOPShutdown

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 12d

📰NEWS: Ohio lawmakers likely to miss first deadline for bipartisan redistricting map baynews9.com/fl/tampa/new...

OH lawmakers likely to miss first deadline for bipartisan redistricting map

The Ohio constitution requires that the proportion of districts’ partisan leaning should match voting trends over the last 10 years. However, Republicans and Democrats disagree over which metrics to u...

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 13d

🚨Feds reject Ohio’s bid to guarantee Medicaid coverage for 152,000 kids through age 4
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Feds reject Ohio’s bid to guarantee Medicaid coverage for 152,000 kids through age 4: Capitol Letter

The Trump administration says it won't consider Ohio's request that children be continuously covered by Medicaid through age 4.

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 14d

📰NEWS: Court upholds Medicaid ban that shuttered clinics in Hamilton, Springfield: Where are women getting care? daytondailynews.com/local/court-...

Court upholds Medicaid ban that shuttered clinics in Hamilton, Springfield: Where are women getting care?

While it hasn’t closed any abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood officials say a federal move to cut off funding to their health clinics is exacerbating an already-low level of access low-income Ohioan...

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 15d

Why are Ohio Republican lawmakers lying? Or, if we want to give them the benefit of the doubt, why are they getting confused about laws and language that they and their peers wrote that are vital to the matters they are working on at the moment? & how do they expect Ohioans to keep it straight?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d

President Trump ridiculed foreign nations for their immigration policies while addressing the United Nations General Assembly.

“It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders. You have to end it now,” Trump said. “Your countries are going to hell.” https://wapo.st/46AVmQq

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Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social · 15d

Trump blasts the UN for not ‘living up’ to its potential politi.co/4nKnIyn

Trump blasts the UN for not ‘living up’ to its potential

The president, in an address to the General Assembly, says the U.S. is doing the work the global body should be doing.

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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · 16d

🗣️Ohio elected officials must pass a bipartisan map that accurately represents their communities.

🗣️Voters should choose their leaders, not the other way around.

www.acluohio.org/red...

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Equal Districts @equaldistricts.org · 16d

"We've know for years, we hope we move with urgency and transparency." - Deidra Reese at Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting. ⏯️
#FairMaps #Ohio

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