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Ohio U.S. Senate candidates Jon Husted (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) gave unscripted, rapid fire thoughts on a variety of topics to NBC4's Colleen Marshall. Here is what each had to say on certain issues like immigration and data centers.

It’s hard to overstate the scale of the crime the Israeli government is committing in Gaza. Over the last three years, more than a quarter-million Palestinians have been killed or wounded by Israeli forces there. The majority of them have been noncombatants: women, the elderly and tens of thousands of children. Many thousands more remain missing, presumably entombed under the rubble of 200,000 collapsed buildings. So far the Israelis have destroyed 92 percent of all homes in Gaza, and 34 of the 36 hospitals. By comparison, the 1945 Allied bombings of Dresden, now acknowledged as a war crime, destroyed about half of the city’s inhabited buildings. By any definition, what the Netanyahu government has done in Gaza is genocide.

I don’t believe that personal vendettas have a place in real good quality politics. I disagree with Donald because I don’t believe he is interested in “serve and protect”. His family is funded by Russian and authoritarian oligarchs, and he looks at the world as winners and losers. That’d be a problem whether there’s a (D) an (R) or an (I) next to your name. Leaders can’t see society that way. Society is full of winners, 1 percenters, 2 percenters, smart people who want lazy jobs, rich people who got lucky, poor people who got shafted, smiling people who’ve been assaulted, traumatized, there’s good people, there’s bad people, there’s well intentioned, there’s uncontrolled, disabled, there’s artistic, autistic, ”illegal” what a terrible word, white, black, heck I might start identifying as a Bengal Tiger, Who Dey. I’m not sure what to tell you — my Republican friends — much more than this. I’ve had phone calls, conversations, face to faces, food, with a lot of you friends the past few weeks, reflecting on politics. You’ve all told me the same thing. “Well I didn’t vote for this.” Chew on that for a minute. Yes you did. If you all voted for something different, like lower taxes, a balanced budget, healthier food, less war, a firm hand against Russia and China, stronger education, and a less corrupt government, like you’ve all told me, then show some accountability. Go show up to your local party meeting, and tell them to do it. Go find someone to put on your ticket who will do the damn thing. Because you don’t seem to disagree with me that this show is not what you voted for. And when I laugh with you on the phone like your old Republican buddy of old, you all seem happy enough to take zero responsibility for the government you elected. I couldn’t care less about party politics, and I can hold Democrats accountable for many failed promises too. But don’t vote Red, be led by Red, then hide and say you don’t have anything to do with it.

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Winter is coming…

A battle is being fought. Some of us are completely ignorant to it, others see it clear as day. I have been conscious for Y2K, 9/11, The War on Terror, Ebola scares, tech era, economic collapse, Trump, the Mayan end of days 2012, Covid, etc…… Artificial intelligence is the new Y2K. It has been oversold and underutilized just like the internet in 2000. The world will carry on, we still need waiters, garbage truck drivers, artists, athletes, chefs, drivers, representatives, handlers, caretakers, dentists, doctors, teachers, mentors, and every time big tech wakes up its dragon, it does not improve our lives it only hordes our money. Don’t fall for their pyramid scheme of psychosis. They invented a new tool, not a new reality.

I could not be prouder of this guy, leading this team, and embracing his role in our city, in Athens, in Ohio. He’s a champion, on the field, off the field, and wants to do right and have fun. Go have some fun, Joe, keep making us all proud.

Video shows Flock walking police through how to monitor a No Kings protest in real time. I do not have to agree with a single sign at that protest to say this plainly: Surveillance aimed at your political opponents today will be aimed at you tomorrow.

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