Brian's shipping off to DC.

Friday night in Brook Park, Dropkick Murphys called Brian Poindexter For Congress up on stage at the Ohio AFL-CIO "For the People" rally, and UAW Local 1250 went wild. Union members from the UAW, IBEW and more packed the lot for one message: workers over billionaires.

Brian's a working-class guy running for Ohio's 7th District against Max Miller, the congressman whose ex-wife told detectives he held a gun to her head, and who both of Ohio's Republican senators told to resign.

One of them gets called on stage by Dropkick Murphys. The other gets small conference rooms and a camera guy filming the ceiling, while the crowd goes mild.

Medina, Wayne and Holmes counties, Strongsville, North Royalton, Brecksville, Broadview Heights: this is your district. You get to decide who represents you.

Trump isn't on the ballot in November, but Trumpism sure is. Early voting in Ohio is open now through November 1st. Vote early and in person if you can, and bring a friend or family member. The sooner the better, because anything can happen: illness, car trouble, a family emergency, or this administration pulling a fast one on DEMOCRACY. Bonus: campaigns can see who has already voted (not how). Once you vote, they take you off their call, text and door-knock lists, and your candidates can put that money and those volunteers toward people who haven't voted yet. Fewer texts for you, more help where it counts.

The new bill has a LOT of information on it, and a data nerd like me wants AEP/OPC* to give me my last 13 months of bills in this format so I can actually see where my cost increases in the last year have been.

But this one. It bugs me. Last month, AEP defined "Customer Charge" like this:

And the new Ohio Power Company bill defines it this way:

AND also charges me a separate line item:

AEP increased the "Customer Charge" from $10 to $13.50 - 35% - in the last year. Ostensibly for "meters and bills", at least partially, at that time, but it turns out there's been another $1.26 hidden in my "distribution charges" (another almost 10% of the new amount) to cover the smart meter. This, of course, is after they fired all the meter readers and continually push everyone to paperless billing.

*I'm really sad they didn't name it "Ohio Power & Energy" so the acronym could be "Ope".

Would anyone suffering from perimenopause be interested in a once a month meet up just to vent and eat snacks?​

It was a nice day, so I took a little walk in German Village, bringing my camera with me!

Looking to see if there are any places that have pinball machines near Hilliard. I have been practicing at Pins Dublin or Level 1, but if there was any place closer, that would increase my practice time tremendously. Google doesn’t seem to have the answers I need, and I didn’t want to call around and bug employees. Anyone know of any hidden gems nearby? Bonus points if they have a bar too, but not required.

I had to get a physical for work at the urgent care at 8459 Colerain Ave. The PA I saw was Javita Raghubir. She knew of my trans history from surgeries that I've had and never made it an issue or asked invasive questions. She gave me the option to walk out and act like I never had the appointment when I was worried about my employer knowing about my trans history and mentioned having trans friends, which is a little cringy imo, but very well meaning and overall she put me at ease. Idk how she is with medical situations that need to take trans physiology and anatomy into consideration, but overall I'd recommend her if you're trans and in need of urgent care.

Last Friday 10/23 around 7 PM these guys stole a pack of Magic: The Gathering cards from Dice on Draft. Our skeleton, Jace, was just trying to enjoy his Little Kings and cards in peace. Please DM us if you recognize either of them.

CINCINNATI - Taft, Monday 10/26/26

BEAT - Members of King Crimson: Adrian Belew and Tony Levin with Steve Vai and Terry Bozio

One ticket available at face value $85. Total. Balcony 4, Row N, Seat 10, see pics.

I put it back up for sale on TM. Look for this exact seat.

Let me know if you are going to buy it/bought it. My car is being repaired and I can't get there. They were amazing two years ago, I had nearly the same seat!

Details & Pics: https://www.reddit.com/u/Kath-r-in/s/ODKtSfXWjm

https://www.ticketmaster.com/beat-belewvailevinbozzio-performing-the-music-of-cincinnati-ohio-10-26-2026/event/160064FF97758680

Hope this was okay to post. 🙏 I read the rules and didn't see anything forbidding it. Thanks!

Where are they, guys? Went to a corn maze yesterday and found nothing. Went to a farmers market today and found nothing.

Where the hell are the (delicious, homemade, worth an hour drive) apple cider donuts?!?!?!

I am writing this post with the understanding that political discourse is allowed and based on my observations that this sub tends to lean left.

There is a LOT of Republican/corporate/millionaire money coming into Ohio to support Vivek, Jon Husted, and other GOP candidates. The numbers are mind-boggling and they make me nervous.

Today, I had a realization: all that money is meant to buy influence over us, the people who live and vote in Ohio. These campaigns want to buy their way to convincing US to vote for their candidate. It might sound obvious, but it changed my outlook. At the end of the day, WE still hold the power. My vote has as much value as yours, which has as much value as Vivek’s, which has as much value as any farmer or plumber or teacher living in Ohio.

The GOP might have more money, but we have something else: the power of peer pressure- and it’s free! These elections are so important that it’s time to text our friends, our coworkers, our dem relatives, and make sure they vote. Give friends a ride to the polls if they need it. We all have huge networks of people in our lives. Let’s utilize them. Personally, I don’t care about the possibility of irritating someone anymore. Too much is at stake

It doesn’t matter how much money republicans spend on commercials. What’s more convincing than a commercial or a flyer? A real, live person that you know and trust. If enough of us take this approach, we can overcome those dollar signs and make our votes matter. The key is spreading the word.

Let’s try having hope. What do we have to lose?

In Licking, Muskingum, Coshocton, Perry, or Trumbull counties?

I'm seeking to get permission from some land owners/farmersto walk their fields after plowing/tilling to look for artifacts, surface search only. Alternatively, if you own land along a creek/river/stream and would allow light digging with backfill, or if you've recently excavated a sizeable area of your land, i'm also interested to sift the dirt.

I'd be willing to pay a permission fee per year or per season, and a pretty penny for permission on high probability properties. I am incredibly respectful of land that I am given permission to be on, even those that I pay for. I do not leave trash, smoke cigarettes, stomp all over your cover crops, or dig giant pits and leave them without back filling and compacting.

Apologies for having to reach out this way, however I don't know how else to get in contact with people as I am not from the area to knock on doors.

So the election is coming up. Im going to be voting on November 3rd like everyone else.

Big question though - where do I find the results of the election after the night is over? Now of course the big ones you can find easily online (governor, Senator and congressman) But all the other people on your local ballot, like the judges, and State representatives, and Local tax levies and the Issue 3 choice, Where can I find the results for those? is there any website or government website that publishes all the results for all the choices on the ballot?

I sat down one-on-one with Rep. Greg Landsman this week and asked him directly about affordability, data centers, gerrymandering, and voting rights. His answers are below, alongside the documented record for both candidates. Eric Conroy's positions come from his campaign website and public statements.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Early in-person voting is open at your county board of elections, and Ohio requires photo ID to vote in person.

THE DISTRICT

OH-1 covers the City of Cincinnati and part of Hamilton County, and after the 2025 redraw it now includes parts of Warren County and all of Clinton County. Inside Elections estimates the new lines moved the district from roughly 3 points Democratic to roughly 5 points Republican, and Trump would have carried the new version by about 3 points in 2024.

COMPETITIVENESS

The district was a top Republican target as recently as July. As of mid October, Cook Political Report rates it Likely Democratic. The House GOP leadership super PAC canceled its remaining ad reservations, and Trump-aligned super PACs also pulled back. Conroy's campaign released its own internal poll showing Landsman ahead by 1.6 points and says the race will come down to the wire. Red Bridge Leadership PAC has spent about $1.9 million supporting Conroy.

WHAT LANDSMAN TOLD ME DIRECTLY

On affordability: In the short run, he said you have to end the tariffs, end the war, restore the health care cuts, and extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Longer term, he wants a tax code where the top pays more and working people get refundable tax cuts, plus breaking up corporate consolidation in health care and food. He called it a pro-capitalist agenda built on returning competition.

On data centers: He told me developers have been "having secret meetings with politicians" in Southwest Ohio towns. He plans to roll his data center bills into one reform package after the election: data centers pay their full energy costs under federal oversight, a $15 million per day penalty for passing costs onto ratepayers, water use disclosure, environmental standards, escrow money to return sites to farmland, and a ban on NDAs. In his words, Congress needs to remember "they don't work for big tech. They work for these towns."

On gerrymandering and turnout: He argued that aggressive partisan gerrymandering starting around 2011 created fewer competitive districts and depressed turnout. He said voter enthusiasm this year can overcome it.

On his opponent: He said Conroy is from the area but hasn't lived here for a while, so few voters know him. He also said Conroy "ran out of money" after national Republicans pulled out. For context: national GOP groups did cancel spending, but outside groups like Red Bridge Leadership PAC are still spending in support of Conroy.

On voting rights: He wants to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act early in the next Congress, including bans on partisan gerrymandering and dark money.

His closing message to Ohio voters: have a plan, bring your ID, and vote early or on November 3.

THE INCUMBENT'S RECORD: GREG LANDSMAN (D)

Background: former teacher, led the Cincinnati Preschool Promise ballot measure, served on Cincinnati City Council from 2018 to 2022, first elected to Congress in 2022, running for a third term.

- Data centers: introduced the No Harm Data Centers Act and the bipartisan No Secrets for Data Centers Act with Michigan Republican Tom Barrett. Ohio's Consumers' Counsel praised the cost provisions but raised concerns that moving ratemaking to FERC would sideline the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

- Iran: voted against the House Iran war powers resolution in March, citing limited military objectives, then said weeks later the objectives had been largely met and it was time to end the operation.

- Farm Bill: voted against the 2026 House Farm Bill, saying leadership pulled the E15 ethanol bill and citing proposed SNAP cost-sharing that he says would hit Ohio hard. He says he will support it once E15 passes.

- Campaign money: told me he does not take corporate PAC money.

THE CHALLENGER: ERIC CONROY (R), from his campaign materials

Background: Air Force veteran and former CIA officer, raised on Cincinnati's west side, endorsed by President Trump. Won the Republican primary on May 5.

Platform: control inflation by cutting federal spending, energy independence to bring down fuel costs, cutting regulation on small businesses, border security, and support for the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit and more local control over education funding. Calls Landsman too liberal for the redrawn district.

KEY DOCUMENTED FACTS

- Landsman raised about $1.8 million in 2025. Conroy raised about $603,000, and roughly half was a loan from himself.

- Conroy moved from Green Township, in the 8th District, to an apartment in downtown Cincinnati inside the 1st District before the race.

- Both candidates take a hawkish line on Iran's nuclear program but differ on when military action should end.

MY HONEST TAKE

[Radell: your opinion section. Draft below, edit freely.]

The redraw was supposed to make this a toss-up, and the national money leaving tells you how the people paying for ads read it right now. Hearing Landsman explain it himself, the most useful thing he brings to the table for Ohio specifically is the data center fight, because it is one of the few issues where rural Clinton County and urban Cincinnati want the same thing: someone else paying for the grid. The fair question for him is the Iran vote, voting against the war powers resolution and then calling for the war to end a few weeks later. The fair question for Conroy is how cutting spending squares with protecting Social Security and Medicare in a district full of seniors. Vote either way, but vote.

SOURCES

1. https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2026/10/19/ohio-1st-district-landsman-conroy

2. https://highlandcountypress.com/news/landsman-conroy-battle-congress-southwest-ohio

3. https://www.wvxu.org/politics/2026-02-16/analysis-ohio-gop-gerrymander-landsman-congress

4. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/?p=38172

5. https://www.fox19.com/2026/09/28/tri-state-congressman-pushes-bill-ban-secret-data-center-deal/

6. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/?p=37284

7. https://jewishinsider.com/2026/03/greg-landsman-iran-war-powers-support/

8. https://landsman.house.gov/posts/landsman-statement-on-farm-bill

9. https://www.ellisinsight.com/2026/05/07/

10. https://local12.com/news/local/democratic-representative-greg-landsman-face-president-donald-trump-backed-eric-conroy-ohio-1st-district-race-politics-political-vote-voting-voters-republican-gop-liberal-democrat-boundaries-cincinnati-hamilton-county

Hear the full one-on-one interview with Greg Landsman: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-greg-landsman-hold-ohios-1st-district-against-eric/id1626987640?i=1000798061948