Niraj Antani

How our political parties fail us

Why the county political parties in Ohio are failing (as is the state party)

The potential new party chair of the Greene County Republican Party sent out an email according to the Greene County Sentinel (a facebook based news type blog run by John Stafford) that asks about if the party should endorse in primaries. He doesn’t even know. The role of the local party in Ohio is a Read More

Ohio “Democratic” Party endorses carpetbagger for Congress

Carpetbagger definition: “a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.” Yes, it’s totally legal to run for congress if you don’t live in the congressional district, just ask Niraj Antani who is running in OH-2 right now, or Amy Cox, who lives in Eaton, but wants to run Read More

Who’s running to beat Mike Turner (actual news instead of Dayton Dayton news)

The Dayton Daily news published a story today that was sloppy, lazy reporting. They listed a guy from Cincinnati as an opponent- who’s petitions have fatal flaws.They didn’t actually list all the people who turned in. They didn’t give you any information about the candidates. And they wonder why so few people subscribe. A list Read More

Criminals on the ballot

Journalism 101 on investigating candidates and politicians

At the April 27, 2023 Montgomery County Democratic Party meeting, Mike Brill got all excited about his brilliant strategy to attack Republicans- from that day’s paper: While state legislators make laws, a few don’t always follow them when they’re behind the wheel. Three Ohio lawmakers racked up more than 10 traffic tickets over the past Read More

Another crazy Republican gun law?

With the heavily gerrymandered statehouse leaning so far Republican, the gun lobby has been winning in Ohio for years. First we had “Stand your ground” where you were no longer expected to retreat, and then “Constitutional Carry” which basically removed all training and testing for the right to carry a concealed weapon. It’s as if Read More

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