Award-winning & losing #Ohio Statehouse reporter @WEWS @WCPO, words in @OhioCapJournal. Newhouse. Described as "edgy" & "nosy." 🕵🏻‍♀️ Morgan.Trau@wews.com.
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Honored to receive Best Government/Political Reporting & an award for Investigative Reporting from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for my 2025 coverage.🕵🏻‍♀️
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NEW: Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is attempting to reframe his controversial ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother as protestors have started gathering at his events.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has thoughts…
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Hello from Reynoldsburg, where I’m with Gov. Mike DeWine. The president insulted him repeatedly yesterday.
My political team partner @KosichJohn is in Strongsville where the Ohio GOP is kicking off its bus tour. Protestors are outside the event.
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NEW: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is telling Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy to pull down his controversial ad featuring Democrat Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother.
He is not pulling his endorsement, though.
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NOW: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has stopped to talk to Statehouse press corps about Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial ad.
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The ad “needs to come down,” DeWine said.
It’s “troubling… just wrong.”
He talked about how his career has been about helping children, victims.
He WON’T be rescinding his endorsement. I asked how he can reckon with his beliefs vs endorsement…
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UPDATE: Dr. Amy Acton is responding to Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial ad in which her estranged mother calls her a liar.
Court docs show Acton's stepfather was arrested for raping her as a child; bio mom lost custody.
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NEW: Ohio Democrat Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother appeared in a new attack ad, calling her gubernatorial candidate daughter a liar.
Court docs show stepfather was arrested for raping Acton as a child; mom lost custody.
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NEW: If Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is elected governor, he said he would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to buy handguns. In contrast, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton is focusing on bipartisan safety initiatives.
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FROM FRIDAY: The nation's largest prediction market platforms are all ignoring Ohio's legal threats to shut down their sports trading sections.
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FROM FRIDAY: The death penalty could restart in 2027, depending on which candidate wins the Ohio governor's race.
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BREAKING: An Ohio appellate court has ruled that the EdChoice voucher program, which uses taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition, is unconstitutional.
The program can continue, as judges expect the state to appeal.
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NEW: Early Ohio numbers show that Democrats are coming out to vote even more than they did in 2024 and 2022, outperforming Republicans.
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NEW: Republicans are hoping President Donald Trump's repeated visits to Ohio will reinvigorate voters, particularly those they worry aren't motivated to support their candidates.
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NEW: Already, early voting numbers in Ohio's liberal-leaning counties are exceeding their 2022 numbers. Democrats hope their voters turn out to change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
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UPDATE: Political blogger D.J. Byrnes, "The Rooster," has to pay $200 after sending a GOP lawmaker a naked Shrek meme.
If you didn't follow along with my thread... He was found guilty in court.
Below is video recap.
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JURY DECIDES: GUILTY.
Political blogger D.J. Byrnes, "The Rooster" has been found guilty of telecommunications harassment, sending an image of naked Shrek to Ohio GOP Sen. Jerry Cirino.
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BREAKING: An Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker.
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BREAKING: An Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker.
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Judge sentences him to pay court costs and $200 fine, no jail it seems.
Cirino is asking for a no contact order. Judge says no, just gives Rooster a warning.
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DAY 2: Political blogger D.J. Byrnes, "The Rooster" is back in court...
He is accused of sending an image of naked Shrek to Ohio GOP Sen. Jerry Cirino
Defense tells judge that last night, Cirino reached out to a defense witness. Rooster's reax:
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Alrighty. Deliberation time!
From evaluating other cases with only one charge & with less than a full day of a case (~5 hours with the jury total)... It would be reasonable if they came back within a couple hours.
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