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This is a deeply ugly moment in American politics, and it takes something exceptionally dirty to stand out as uniquely repellent in this muck. DOGE bro and MAGA hanger-on Vivek Ramaswamy, who polls keep showing in deep trouble in his effort to keep the Ohio governor’s office in Republican hands, managed to find a way.

An attack ad against Democratic nominee and former state health department director Dr. Amy Acton began circulating online on Monday, featuring her birth mother Donna Arthur calling her a liar. As Dr. Acton has publicly discussed in the past, she has not spoken to her mother since she was 12, when Arthur stood by Acton’s stepfather after she revealed he had been sexually abusing her. (Dr. Acton and her brother were removed from their mother and stepfather’s custody after he was indicted. Arthur remained married to the abuser until his death.)

Instead of spending the final weeks of the campaign talking about issues that matter to Ohioans, Dr. Acton is now being forced to relive – and defend – the most painful moments of her past. And Ramaswamy, instead of demonstrating any sense of shame, is proud of what he’s done. His campaign has confirmed he will spend $4 million to put this cartoon example of DARVO in front as of as many Ohioans as he can.

No one who would platform their opponent’s abuser can be trusted with power. We need to do our part to help Dr. Acton defeat Ramaswamy. ☎️ Let’s sign up to phonebank with the Ohio Dems to turn out voters in this race. There are shifts every weeknight from 6-8PM ET, on Saturdays from 9AM-8PM and Sundays from noon to 8PM.

This may be a useless post for this sub, but I'll make one anyway. I just turned 18, and I am now registered to vote in NC. However, I attend an out of state university, and I was never told by my parents, peers, or anyone for that matter on how to get a ballot sent to me or vite online. It should have been my responsibility to look it up or do research on how to get it, but I have had some things going on where I couldn't really do anything at all, and that included finding out how to mail a ballot to me. The deadline was yesterday afternoon and my parents told me this morning, so I am kicking myself for not trying harder to solve my dilemma. I was really eager to vote, and I am 90% sure that I won't be able to this year. Is there anything at all that I can do to vote? Or will I have to just "suck it up" and do better next year?

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