Dave Yost
@DaveYostOH
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Ohio Attorney General | Former Prosecutor and State Auditor | Husband to Darlene | Principled Conservative Leader | Serviam!
Joined May 2012
Trump should announce immediately:. If you are here illegally, and leave voluntarily before January 20… You can come back legally by following the rules. If you have to be found and deported, you are persona non grata and will never be allowed back in.
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There’s a recorded police call from a witness who saw immigrants capturing geese for food in Springfield. Citizens testified to City Council. These people would be competent witnesses in court. Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?.
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I asked SCOTUS to rule on the Electors Clause question presented in Texas’s lawsuit. It is unconstitutional for judges and bureaucrats to change the rules set by state legislatures for selecting electors.
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As Governor of Ohio, I will sign a similar Executive Order on Day.One.
Following Florida’s lead, Governor Glenn Youngkin signs an executive order mandating Virginia law enforcement works with ICE to deport criminal illegal aliens. All states that put Americans first need to do likewise!.
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Gov. Abbott, himself a former attorney general, has the text, its original meaning and the merits on his side. This constitutional crisis could be easily resolved by the Biden Administration simply following the law as written. #ImpeachMayorkas.
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Guess my friend Vivek missed the update… Ohio sheriff’s back Dave Yost for governor 30 to 21.
@VivekCRamaswamy @DaveYostOH UPDATE: After Ramaswamy came out with endorsements from 21 Ohio county sheriffs, Yost's campaign announced 30 sheriffs are backing him for governor
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I'm officially running to be Ohio's next governor. I'm honored to serve as your America First Attorney General & support President Trump's agenda. With your help, we'll move Ohio forward to a brighter future. To learn more & support our campaign, visit
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BREAKING: Biden’s federal contractor vaccine mandate enjoined. Ohio wins; ICE detainees with final orders of removal will remain detained. Other contractors may continue to work. Enforcement of the contractor mandate is enjoined.
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“JD was held up for a moment, so I said, ‘Let me go out there and brag on my boy.’”. —Beverly Vance Akins, JD Vance’s mom. And she did, and the crowd of Buckeyes loved it—and her!
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The COVID warnings are NOT about you getting sick. It’s not about whether you’re willing to take the risk, or whether you can survive. This is about whether you’re going to carry the virus to Grandma and kill her — directly or indirectly. Pay attention and be smart!.
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Today, Ohio will argue in the US Supreme Court for one of the most basic principles of democracy: the one who enforces the law does not write the law. If a crisis is sufficient excuse to ignore the Constitution, we will find ourselves with a permanent crisis and no Constitution.
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Today I directed my staff to research legal avenues to stop the federal government from sending unlimited numbers of migrants to Ohio communities. The problem is not migrants—it is way, way too many migrants. We’re going to find a way to get this in front of a federal judge.
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Ohio and five other states sued the Biden Administration over its unlawful men-in-women’s-sports rewrite of Title IX. A federal judge today put the entire rule on hold. This is a win for the rule of law, common sense—and all women. @Riley_Gaines_ .
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I encourage the governor to sign this bill, and I will defend it if challenged in court.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Moments ago, the Ohio Senate passed Amended Senate Bill 104 (SB104) by a 24-7 vote. The bill now heads to Governor @MikeDeWine for his aproval. SB104 would require schools to maintain single-sex bathrooms and private spaces. The following statement is from CCV
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Hey, New York: Ohio doesn’t issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. All applicants here must show proof of US citizenship/legal presence. The latter requires original copies of USCIS immigration documents, which are checked against a USCIS database for authenticity. Easy!.
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BREAKING: The NCAA has agreed to terms that have been jointly submitted to the federal court for approval. * No retaliation against players who play during the temporary restraining order. * The TRO is converted to a preliminary injunction, to last till the end of spring sports.
The Court specifically addressed this sort of intimidation on page 29 of its order. We have a call to try to resolve it this morning… but just in case, we’ve got a lawyer on the road to the federal courthouse.
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If a crisis is a sufficient excuse to ignore the Constitution, soon you will have a permanent crisis and no Constitution.
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BREAKING: Governor DeWine signs the so-called “bathroom bill” preserving separate facilities for each sex. Thank you, Governor, for siding with biology, history safety and common sense.
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Did you donate to the #FreedomConvoy through #GoFundMe?. If you are an Ohioan, I want to hear from you! You can file a complaint here: . Freedom Convoy: GoFundMe seizes funds of Canada 'occupation' - BBC News
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The Biden vaccine mandate dropped this morning. We will be challenging it in court, and like our case. Fwiw, I’m told the reg is 490.pages.
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It is deeply troubling to me that a professional fundraiser like #GoFundMe thought they had a right to take donations they are holding in trust and simply “redirect” them. We are going to get to the bottom of this.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court of Ohio has paused the ruling of the 10th District Court of Appeals striking down the SAFE Act pending our appeal. That means the SAFE Act protecting minors from irreversible sex-change treatments remains the law of Ohio.
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Ohio Constitution, Article I, Section 2:. “All political power is inherent in the people.”. Having thoroughly scoured the Constitution, I find no exception for matters in which the outcome of an election is contrary to the preferences of those in power.
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Congratulations to United States Senator, Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio!
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Lake Erie is mentioned in the state constitution and at least 94 statutes. A governor does not have the authority to change either, unlike a president. (And it means “beautiful river” not lake). Lake Ohio? Ramaswamy pitches new name for Great Lake.
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Everybody pays property taxes—the only difference is whether you get a bill directly, or pay it blindly through your rent. If your rent keeps going up, a big part of the reason is property taxes, which are broken in Ohio.
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Hobby Lobby properly closed its stores during Ohio’s stay-home order. Now they’re open again — what’s changed? Neither the order, nor the seriousness of the health threat, for sure. I sent a cease & desist letter to their general counsel.
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HB 68 is about virtually all girls and women, who should be able to compete in fair, safe competition—not about the tiny sliver of transgender athletes.
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Toledo Blade:.“All Ohio taxpayers have a stake in the Haitian immigration issue since the state pays half of the Medicaid cost. And because of the surge in immigrants the Medicaid rolls in Clark County have risen 16-fold since 2022”. #NotAConspiracyTheory
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BREAKING: The US Supreme Court STOPS a lower court’s order forcing Virginia to put noncitizens back on its voter rolls. Ohio joined a large coalition of state attorneys general supporting Virginia and opposing Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice. Voting is for citizens.
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No, m’am. The blame belongs to the evil man who killed those people.
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Birthright citizenship in the United States is limited by the Constitution to those persons who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”. Those words must mean something, and they mean *at least* this: it doesn’t include those who are here illegally.
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VP-elect @JDVance invited the Middletown H.S. marching band to perform at his inauguration!. When I heard that they needed financial support to get there, I knew what I needed to do. Let’s help give these kids the opportunity of a lifetime. 100% of the proceeds go to Middletown.
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With Vice President JD Vance in the Mahoning Valley today on the two-year anniversary of the East Palestine rail disaster. He remembers Ohio and will keep on fighting for us!
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A final word for those who can receive it: Faith requires a recipient—one does not simply have faith, but has faith in someone or something. I urge you not to place your faith in any human leader, nor in the government, but in God. In Him is all my hope, and the source of my joy.
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Speaking of rent, how do you plan on addressing the skyrocketing rents in Springfield, Ohio caused by the influx of migrants you let into our country? Our nation’s Border Czar (or whatever title she’s using nowadays) owes every American answers tonight. #Debate2024.
When I’m president, I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families.
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Re-upping this for clarity….
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This is a HUGE win for Ohio parents and children. I’m proud of my team’s work defending the SAFE Act. @Riley_Gaines_ @ChoooCole.
Ohio's ban on gender transition treatment for minors and on trans athletes in girls' and women's sports will go into effect, after a ruling from a Franklin County judge
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In 2018, the Dayton Daily News found a bearded Ohioan had not been elected to statewide office in more than a century. Well, not only can bearded Ohioans be elected AG, soon they’ll also be elected VP! @JDVance1 #RNCConvention
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.@SalenaZito , reporting from Ashtabula, Ohio. Heroin addicts brag that they don’t do heroin anymore, they do meth. Heroin will “slow” you down until you stop, meth makes you “go” until you’re gone. As Zito says, don’t look away. This is real.
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Ohio’s broken, dysfunctional property tax is forcing people out of their homes with unvoted tax hikes. The people are going to blow it up at the ballot box—and the resulting chaos will be a failure of the legislature, which knew better but would not act.
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And to correct a rampant error out there: private companies are NOT allowed to discriminate on the basis of race—calling it DEI does not alter its race-based presumptions.
Ohio AG Dave Yost to Costco: Drop your diversity programs or else . via @DispatchAlerts.
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Ohio’s newspapers have performed admirably covering the COVID-19 panepidemic and getting solid information out. I know many of us are worried about our finances – but if you can, please consider a subscription. Local journalism gives light, so we can find our own way.
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It’s a shame that I had to threaten a lawsuit to get the school board to actually follow the law—but what matters is that they will, however they got there. Columbus City Schools votes to rescind transgender bathroom policy to comply with law
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Massive crowd to hear the Rev. Franklin Graham today at the Statehouse.
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There’s not a town in America that could absorb a quarter to a third of its population of new immigrants. Don’t buy the shrill “debunking” by the leftist media outlets that desperately want to shut down this debate just weeks before voting starts.
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BREAKING: The US Supreme Court issued a stay of the Biden administration ‘s OSHA vaccine mandate. Ohio led the 27 state, bipartisan coalition that challenged the President’s authority. This is a win for the constitution and our system of representative government.
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No, my friend, speech is not the most important of our rights. Life is the most important—and why the Declaration, the 5th and the 14th Amendments all list it first, just ahead of Liberty. Without life, there is no speech—or religious freedom, press or assembly or anything else.
Free speech is our most important right because without it, the rest of doesn’t matter. I offered a group of protestors tonight the chance to have a civil conversation & my offer to them still stands.
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I spoke with @JDVance1 a few minutes ago and congratulated him on his win, and pledged my support for his general election campaign. Ohio could be the difference in control of the Senate. Important for Ohio, and important for America.
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The Left is howling against deportations of illegal aliens on the grounds that one might cure cancer or some such good. By that standard, the entire planet should live in the United States—a physical and logical impossibility. The Left is incapable of coherence or governance.
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Read Issue 1 for yourself. Go ahead, you can do it! . I’m talking about the *actual text* they want you to put in your constitution. If you don’t understand it when you are done reading, the *only* responsible thing to do is to vote no.
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Did you hear the news, Ohio? I’m officially running to be your next governor. To learn more about my America First platform and join our campaign, visit
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OUTRAGE: Franklin County spent your money to send county employees to a private drag show at a bar during a DEI trip to NYC in October. Should taxpayers pay for heroin too in the name of inclusivity? You know, so employees understand the addict community?
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No Ohioan should ever be pushed out if their home by an unvited property tax increase—but that’s triply true of a 100% disabled veteran. Twenty states levy no property tax on these heroes who have given so much. Let’s make Ohio the 21st! We should do it now!
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So, if there were only six cases of domestic violence in state, would my friends on the Left assert that those cases should not be prosecuted because of their rarity?. Noncitizens rarely vote. When they do, those cases must be prosecuted—an unenforced law is no law at all.
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The Court specifically addressed this sort of intimidation on page 29 of its order. We have a call to try to resolve it this morning… but just in case, we’ve got a lawyer on the road to the federal courthouse.
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I’ve not weighed in on Ukraine because I’m a state official. War is not in my portfolio. But I am appalled by some on the right who are defending or even applauding Putin and his chosen war of aggression. They do not speak for me. This war is not just and Putin is no hero.
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Vivek’s position is just a sugar rush—and a crash is coming when voters know a little bit more. 2026 Ohio Governors Race: Dave Yost, Vivek Ramaswamy Face Competitive Race
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Ohio, you have until 7:30 tonight to get in line at your polling location. Don’t assume you know the results already - get out and cast your ballot! Let’s get @berniemoreno, @realDonaldTrump, and Ohio’s own @JDVance over the finish line! #TrumpVance2024
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Get cell phones out of the schools!. Maybe the biggest applause line of today’s State of the State. Let’s do it now.
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The presumption of innocence applies only to criminal charges, and @HouseholderOH is entitled to it. But the federal affidavit filed today — backed up with wiretaps! — makes clear that Householder is unfit to wield the Speaker’s gavel. He needs to resign now.
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There were a lot of oars in the water on this… congrats to Aziz and the team!. The question remains: what about all the other kids? I’d love if the NCAA publicly announced it would rewrite these rules so that they’re legal. But one way or another, there’s more to be done here.
Thank you @DaveYostOH for freeing AZIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Ohio AG says local communities don’t have authority to block feds’ immigration crackdown
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BREAKING: We filed a motion in federal court moments ago to dissolve the injunction against Ohio’s Heartbeat Law, which had been based on the the now-overruled precedents of Roe and Casey.
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If someone disapproves of your behavior, that’s not hate. If someone thinks your ideas are wrong, that’s not hate. If we oppose your organization’s goals because they create harm, that’s not hate. The Left’s overuse of the word “hate” demeans the hate that is yet in the world.
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Today’s election day… Get out and vote if you have not already!. I just cast my vote for Bernie Moreno to be the next United States Senator for Ohio! @berniemoreno
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Heading out to Reagan Inernational airport this morning after the inauguration, the freeway heading into Washington is bumper-to-bumper as far as the eye can see. President Trump‘s order yesterday for federal workers to return to the office seems to be having an impact!.
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I am humbled to have received more votes Tuesday than any Attorney General in Ohio history. To those who voted for me, thank you from the depths of my heart. To every Ohioan, I pledge my respect and attention to duty and the rule of law.
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Our Human Trafficking task forces — local law enforcement teaming up with the state — conducted a massive statewide sting last week. Operation Autumn Hope is the largest single HT operation in state history. Our goal: an Ohio where no human is bought or sold. Details at 10.
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The “AA” in NCAA seems to stand for “arbitrary & atrocious.”.
NEW: Ohio’s Attorney General @DaveYostOH is threatening legal action against the NCAA, after Cincinnati transfer Aziz Bandaogo was declared ineligible. “That decision strikes me as wrong—and likely illegal.”. 📺 Details:. #Bearcats @WCPO
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I am proud to join with my colleagues in supporting Virginia in its emergency application to SCOTUS! . Only US citizens get to vote in our elections. Period. The Garland DOJ is just wrong.
🚨 BREAKING: Last night, Virginia filed an emergency stay in the US Supreme Court. Americans citizens — and no one else — should determine American elections.
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Congratulations to my good friend Jim Tressel on his appointment as Ohio Lieutenant Governor. i’m forever grateful for the talk on leadership he gave to our senior staff at the Attorney General’s Office. He’s a great pick!
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Tom Homan named border czar… experienced, tough leader with a career enforcing the law. Good choice!
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If Battelle’s technology for sterilizing face masks for re-use works safely, limiting it to only 10,000 a day is foolish. If it doesn’t, allowing it at all is reckless. Hoping @realDonaldTrump intervenes today — but if not, I’ve got my team researching a lawsuit for tomorrow.
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SCOTUS actually *affirmed* that you and your legislative colleagues are the ones with the authority to act. The Court did not destroy the federal government’s ability to fight—but it did make it clear that legislators make law. Your move.
Our planet is on fire, and this extremist Supreme Court has destroyed the federal government’s ability to fight back. This radical Supreme Court is increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis, and we can't let them have the last word.
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Local governments have no more right to their own immigration policy than they do to print their own money. I sent a letter to the General Assembly yesterday asking for a law requiring Ohio governments to cooperate with enforcement of federal immigration law.
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Congratulations to Sen. Vance on a dominant debate. He was persuasive. In all fairness, Tim Walz had a nearly impossible job tonight trying to defend the last four years of Biden-Harris Administration—but @JDvance turned in a master class on political debate.
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No principal in Ohio has the right to keep responding police out of a school building. The principal’s conduct was unacceptable. I spoke with the Chief, who told me the police completed their mission. A meeting between the chief and the school superintendent is set for next week.
INSANE. Police bodycam footage shows Natalie James, principal of @ridgeviewproud in Ohio, refusing to allow police to enter the school to investigate a BOMB THREAT. Natalie then claimed she felt "unsafe" with the police there after being confronted over her uncooperative
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IT’S OK TO VOTE THAT WAY!. Cast my ballot early today in Franklin County… could not bear the idea that I might get hit by a truck between now and election day and fail my duty to our constitutional republic.
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And you can die alone and forgotten, fondling the cash that you cannot take with you. Our greatest possessions have value that cannot be denominated in dollars.
You can save half a million dollars if you don't have kids. via @CNBCMakeIt
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Congratulations to Senator @JonHusted !I wish him every success in his service to our nation.
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I’m vaccinated, but the President doesn’t get to force me to. The Supreme Court just reminded him that he cannot “act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends.” . By ordering employees at private companies to vaccinate, test weekly, or quit, he is acting unlawfully again.
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This affidavit seeking criminal charges against Trump doesn’t set out a crime or even allege a causal connection to Trump’s comments. It won’t survive a cursory probable cause analysis, let alone scrutiny under the First Amendment.
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Ohio has long been known as “the Mother of Presidents.” Now it’s “the Mother of Vice Presidents” too! Tonight the entire nation saw what Ohioans have always known about @JDVance1 - he’s a fighter and a battle-tested leader. JD, you’ve made us proud. O-H!
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On CNN, John King: "What did the pollsters get wrong?".David Axelrod: "The numbers.".
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Pharmacy benefit managers drive up the cost of medicine. Ohio has led the way in holding PBMs accountable in court for their anti-competitive behavior. I joined legislators and other advocates today on Capitol Hill, urging Congress to take action now and restore a free market.
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A bipartisan coalition of attorney general are interested in Ohio’s potential anti-trust complaint against the NCAA. Expect some movement as early as next week. Cincinnati’s Aziz Bandaogo has appeal for immediate eligibility denied
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This is a no brainer—we will appeal immediately and seek a stay. There is no way I’ll stop fighting to protect Ohio’s unprotected children now. I am confident this prudent, narrowly tailored protection will be upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Thanks to our incredible supporters throughout Ohio, I'm happy to announce my campaign for governor raised more than $1 million during this filing period! I've been overwhelmed by the encouragement and broad support I've received from every corner of the state. Thank you!.
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I received a phone call within the hour from the general counsel of Hobby Lobby, informing us they were closing their stores tonight in Ohio in compliance with our cease-and-desist letter.
Hobby Lobby properly closed its stores during Ohio’s stay-home order. Now they’re open again — what’s changed? Neither the order, nor the seriousness of the health threat, for sure. I sent a cease & desist letter to their general counsel.
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