We’re baaaaaaccckkkkk.
The Ohioans Against Extremism Podcast is back with Season 2.
In our first episode of the new season, Maria and Ainslee discuss redistricting shenanigans, the No Kings protests, and dissect the bad faith attempt by the current administration to label political dissent — and by extent, half of the country — as extreme.
Plus, don’t forget to join us Monday at noon for a webinar that discusses WTF is going on at the Ohio Statehouse (more info below).
A couple updates since we filmed…
The car hitting a No Kings protestor was determined to be an accident. The person that had been harassing protestors was a different person from the one that hit the demonstrator with his car. There’s no indication that the car crash was intentional. Nonetheless, our point stands: it takes some cojones to protest Trump in “Trump Country”.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission passed congressional maps…unanimously. As we mentioned at the top of the episode, since we filmed, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed new maps. Our friends over at The Rooster wrote up a pretty thorough summary of the behind-the-scenes horse-trading that went down to get these new maps. Decide for yourself which party ended up getting the better end of the deal. TLDR: it was an opaque clusterf*ck.
More about Ohio’s new congressional maps:
* Both parties get heat for Ohio’s new congressional district map as citizens look to future fights, Ohio Capital Journal
* Winners and losers with adoption of Ohio’s new congressional districts, Cleveland.com
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Episode Information:
Recorded: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 4pmIn this Episode: Maria Bruno, Ainslee Johnson-BrownProduced, Edited, and Recorded by: Devin “Dev Draper” Palmer and Tareya Palmer
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