OTTAWA, Ohio — Standing earlier than about 300 of the get together devoted on the Putnam County Republican Social gathering’s annual dinner, J.D. Vance introduced up a priority he had heard from voters as he runs for the Senate in a vital battleground.
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In Ohio, Vance scrambles to ramp up campaign after mounting GOP criticism
Certainly, an attendee had pressed Vance on that very challenge hours earlier at a marketing campaign cease 70 miles to the south, within the small city of Russia, placing in blunter phrases what number of extra commercials this individual had seen from Democratic nominee Tim Ryan.
“I’ve seen lots of his, and I’ve seen one from you,” the individual stated, based on a recording of the occasion made by the Sidney Each day Information and shared with The Washington Publish. This individual additionally instructed that Vance push more durable for extra monetary help from tech billionaire and benefactor Peter Thiel, urging, “Twist his arm.”
For Vance, it was one more encounter with frustration over his marketing campaign, which many Republicans had hoped can be in a stronger place within the remaining dash to November. After successful the Republican nomination in Could, Vance spent months operating what many within the get together say they noticed as an ineffective marketing campaign that lacked urgency and has compelled him and outdoors allies to scramble, in a state that former president Donald Trump carried twice and has trended purple lately. Trump will marketing campaign with Vance on Saturday evening in Youngstown, as Vance seeks to jump-start a candidacy that polls present has left him in a aggressive race.
Nonpartisan analysts nonetheless give Vance an edge, and Republican strategists voiced confidence that the state’s shift to the fitting will assist Vance prevail in November. However some say they concern Vance wasted treasured time, placing himself in an unnecessarily precarious place — one requiring a monetary bailout that ate into sources that would have gone to GOP candidates in different states that may assist decide management of the Senate subsequent 12 months.
After a current name throughout which GOP donors mentioned midterm spending, one participant and one other individual aware of the dialog had been stated to have felt that Vance had run a “lazy” marketing campaign, with shifting views akin to a “chameleon.” One main donor on the decision indicated an unwillingness to present any cash to the Vance marketing campaign, based on an individual aware of that donor’s response. Individuals describing the reactions spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate non-public deliberations.
That got here after the Senate Management Fund, a political group aligned with Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), poured $28 million into the Ohio race, which Steven Regulation, an in depth McConnell ally and the group’s president, referred to as “an sudden expense.” His remark, first reported by Politico, underlined months of frustration amongst Republicans in Ohio and Washington over his floundering marketing campaign.
In a quick interview with The Washington Publish shortly earlier than talking in Ottawa on Sept. 6, Vance stated he was stepping up his marketing campaign exercise.
“We’re within the section of the marketing campaign the place an increasing number of persons are paying consideration so depth dials up just a little bit,” Vance stated. He described his technique as “the usual plan and the usual execution,” which is “to attempt to attain folks after they’re paying probably the most consideration.”
Vance is operating as an financial populist who desires to revive American manufacturing and bolster safety on the U.S. border. He often connects President Biden’s immigration insurance policies with elevated fentanyl trafficking within the state and says assist to Ukraine also needs to embrace elevated funds for Border Patrol.
Regulation, the president of the Senate Management Fund, stated he’s beneath the impression that Vance is now “hitting the donor group onerous.”
Vance, who labored his means out of poverty to Yale Regulation College and glided from the world of Silicon Valley enterprise capital to the New York Instances bestseller listing for his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” is now in an unfamiliar place, as an underperformer making an attempt to proper his operation.
To regain his footing, Vance has bulked up his fundraising store with employees who labored for his former GOP rivals, deliberate extra public outings, together with tent-pole occasions just like the Trump rally, and based on an individual aware of the scheduling, a day of campaigning with Donald Trump Jr. in early October. Vance has additionally attended a sequence of get together dinners over the previous few weeks and campaigned with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), based on get together leaders who’ve seen him out. Like others interviewed for this story, the individual aware of his schedule spoke on the situation of anonymity to extra overtly talk about technique.
And Vance’s marketing campaign is lastly on TV. Ryan had the airwaves to himself over the summer time, together with his marketing campaign operating 4,300 advertisements in Could; 5,900 spots in June and, together with a supportive group, 3,600 in July. Vance and his allies had been fully darkish throughout these months, based on knowledge from AdImpact, which tracks commercials on community TV.
Vance’s newest advert — his second through the marketing campaign — options the candidate in his childhood Middleton, Ohio, neighborhood and compares the protection he felt then with unease from rising violent crime immediately. “We had one thing then that Ohio children don’t have immediately: security,” Vance says. He added: “Streets are exploding with medicine and violence, whereas liberals like Tim Ryan assault and defund our police.”
Nonetheless, some concern it’s too little too late. “It’s not sufficient to say ‘Hello, see my advertisements.’ It’s the non-public contact. It’s exhibiting up within the counties and saying: I would like your vote,” stated Robert Radway, the chairman of the Hardin County Republican Social gathering in Ohio. “I personally want he had ramped up quicker.”
Radway stated there have been instances over the summer time when he thought to himself, “The place are you?” However he stated he detects the shift in Vance’s campaigning, and stated he now hears from the Vance marketing campaign no less than as soon as per week. “He’s popping out full pace,” Radway stated. “He has to have that fireside within the stomach, and he has to point out it to voters.”
In August, Ryan’s TV benefit started to dissipate: There have been 6,500 advertisements backing his candidacy on community air whereas Vance’s backers put about 4,000 advertisements on TV that month, the info present. Thus far this month, Ryan has benefited from about 3,500 advertisements in contrast with about 2,800 boosting Vance’s candidacy.
Ryan is operating as a champion of the working class and stressing areas the place he departs from his personal get together, creating the impression amongst some voters that he’s a Republican. In considered one of Ryan’s early advertisements, which exhibits him strolling within the Youngstown, Ohio, neighborhood the place he grew up, the Democrat says he stood as much as President Barack Obama. “When Obama’s commerce deal threatened jobs right here, I voted towards it,” Ryan says within the spot. “And I voted with Trump on commerce.”
For Vance, after prevailing within the GOP Senate main in Could right here with monetary assist from Thiel — a former boss, who hasn’t pledged cash towards the final election section of the competition — plus a last-minute endorsement from Trump, who Vance repeatedly disparaged in 2016 earlier than reinventing himself as a MAGA candidate, many felt he was well-positioned to carry an vital GOP seat. The seat was vacated by retiring Sen. Rob Portman.
As a substitute, the first-time candidate is making an attempt to beat a stretch of lackluster fundraising and a widespread impression that he’s not campaigning vigorously sufficient for such a high-profile race. Vance is beginning the ultimate weeks of campaigning earlier than early voting begins Oct. 12, making an attempt as a lot at instances to guarantee supporters his marketing campaign technique is headed in the fitting path as he’s making an attempt to persuade voters to help him on the deserves of his platform.
Within the interview, Vance denied that his marketing campaign lacked vitality over the summer time. “In case you have a look at how a lot we had been touring across the state, I feel that criticism was a media creation greater than something,” Vance stated.
However a tally of marketing campaign occasions supplied by every marketing campaign displays the disparity many Republicans have complained about in current months. Vance’s marketing campaign supplied The Publish an inventory of 43 public occasions he’s held for the reason that Could 3 main, which it stated had been open to the information media. They included a ride-along with Marion County regulation enforcement and three stops at one truthful.
Throughout the identical interval, Ryan participated in 66 public occasions, which they stated had been suggested to the information media prematurely. They included parades and rallies together with excursions of factories, group organizations and farms, based on Ryan’s marketing campaign.
Vance can be searching for to consolidate help after a divisive and bruising main. Former Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel, who got here in second in that race, stated in an interview that he’s been “serving to to speak him up with lots of grass-roots conservatives.” Mandel stated he plans to host a fundraiser for Vance within the coming weeks and can be connecting him with donors. However the former Vance rival hasn’t appeared at any public occasions for Vance thus far and stated he gained’t have the ability to attend Saturday’s Trump rally because of household commitments.
In an indication of how potent Ryan’s advertisements have been, one Vance occasion attendee wished to know the reality behind a Ryan-funded TV industrial that casts a nonprofit that Vance created to fight opioid-addiction within the state as a “charade” that’s accomplished little to assist addicts.
“I’d like to listen to it from you,” the individual stated.
Vance sought to dispel any notion that the group, Our Ohio Renewal, did something untoward. “The one drawback with the nonprofit is it didn’t do almost as a lot as I hoped,” Vance stated. The individual he employed to run it acquired a most cancers analysis shortly after beginning, Vance stated. “We had been principally carrying this man, and I wasn’t going to fireside him,” Vance stated.
Final month, Vance defined to some backers that he was not on TV as a result of he wished to make sure to have the funds for to remain on air as soon as he started his promoting, based on David Johnson, chairman of Columbiana County Republicans. “He’s not the everyday politician, he’s not out glad-handing everybody perhaps to the diploma that he ought to have,” Johnson stated.
From April to June, Ryan raised $8.6 million and Vance simply took in $1 million.
Regardless of the criticism he has acquired, Vance’s marketing campaign advisers additionally level to the sturdy structural benefit they see within the state: Ohio backed Trump by eight share factors in 2016 and by an identical margin in 2020.
However counting on the state’s GOP tilt doesn’t calm everybody hoping to maintain the Senate seat in GOP arms. One, who attended the Vance occasion in Russia, Ohio, lectured Vance concerning the state’s political historical past, mentioning that Sen. Sherrod Brown — a Democrat — gained reelection to the Senate by almost seven share factors simply two years after Trump gained the state.
“Ohio will elect a Democrat senator,” stated the participant, urging Vance to not take something without any consideration.
Vance agreed, signaling he understands the state’s willingness to elect senators in each events.
Vance’s fundraising has picked up, based on two folks aware of it, however simply as with the TV battles, he’s making an attempt to make up floor. Via the tip of June, Ryan raised $21.5 million whereas Vance raised simply $3.6 million, based on the Heart for Responsive Politics.
On the stump, Vance provides up a wide range of causes for the monetary deficit. In Ottawa, on the Putnam County GOP dinner, Vance stated massive tech corporations are sending 80 to 90 p.c of his fundraising appeals to spam folders, piggybacking on a criticism that another Republicans have made this cycle. Vance additionally argued that the Democratic small-dollar fundraising platform is much superior to the GOP model.
In a populous state the place constructing identify recognition is vital to success, native Republicans say, Vance has his work lower out for him within the weeks forward.
“There was once a saying in Ohio that you simply needed to run statewide as soon as to get elected the subsequent time,” stated Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio). “Not having been on the poll anyplace is hard. However he’s out doing what he’s bought to do.”
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The Justice Department should pursue the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez for the first-degree premeditated executions of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky on May 21st outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.
This is a sober decision to make, but not a difficult one. It’s exactly the kind of case where the death penalty is warranted.
Before getting into why the accused richly deserves the ultimate punishment, let me state clearly that Rodriguez is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
SHOOTING AT CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS RISING WAVE OF ANTI-JEWISH HATE CRIMES
First, according to the Criminal Complaint filed against the accused, he murdered foreign officials and committed first-degree murder. Criminal complaints are placeholders and are the first step in a process that leads to a formal indictment, which is imminent.
No doubt, as additional evidence is gathered, more charges will be added, some may be altered, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia (where I used to work as a prosecutor) will seek an indictment of the accused. A grand jury, which meets in secret, only needs to find probable cause to believe that the accused committed the crimes listed in the indictment.
Elias Rodriguez, the 31-year-old suspect accused of shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers on Wednesday, May 21, in Washington D.C. (Instagram/@shinewithIsrael)
That is a forgone conclusion; he will be indicted in the coming days.
Second, this isn’t a whodunnit. Not only are there eyewitnesses to the crimes, but there is video surveillance. On top of that, once the forensic evidence is tested, the accused’s DNA, fingerprints, and other inculpatory evidence tied to the accused will be developed and available for trial.
Any one of those pieces of evidence, both direct and circumstantial, could be sufficient to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
But there’s more: the accused told the officers at the scene that he “did it,” and blurted out “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed.”
Third, this wasn’t a heat of passion or spontaneous act by the accused. Not only did he fly from Chicago to D.C. with a 9mm handgun (in his checked luggage), he purchased a ticket to the Museum event three hours before it started, walked behind the two victims as they exited, and shot them numerous times. As Sarah tried to crawl away, the accused shot her again. Sarah sat up for a moment. The accused reloaded and fired several shots into her body.
A sketch from the preliminary hearing/arraignment for Elias Rodriguez, man accused of shooting two Israeli staffers. (Dana Verkouteren)
Video surveillance captured this horrible scene.
Fourth, law enforcement officers recovered 21 expended 9mm cartridges from the scene, a 9mm magazine, and a 9mm handgun with its slide locked, indicating that it had expended all of its ammunition. The handgun was registered to the accused in Illinois, where he purchased the weapon in 2020.
The federal death penalty is authorized for several crimes, including first-degree murder. The Trump administration wisely reinstated the use of the federal death penalty for appropriate cases, and Attorney General Pam Bondi issued revised guidance with respect to the process by which federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty.
Although there are 93 United States Attorney’s Offices spread around the country, if any office wants to seek the death penalty, they must request to do so by submitting their justification memo to the Capital Case Section of Main Justice in Washington D.C. The process requires a pre-indictment review, consultation with the victim’s family, and a thorough review by the Capital Review Committee, composed of seasoned prosecutors.
Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, there have been 1,625 executions, most of which took place at the state level. Today, 27 states have the death penalty. There are only three federal death row prisoners awaiting execution as of today (there were 40, but President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 vicious killers just before leaving office). Fifty-five percent of those executed have been white, 34% have been black, and 8% have been Hispanic.
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, pose for a picture at an unknown location, in this handout image released by Embassy of Israel to the U.S. on May 22, 2025. (Embassy of Israel to the USA via X/Handout via REUTERS)
Death penalty trials have two phases: the guilt phase and the sentencing phase. If an accused is found guilty of a death-eligible offense by a jury, then the case proceeds to the sentencing phase.
In federal death penalty cases, the government must prove that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating factors. Aggravating factors for homicide include death during the commission of another crime, a previous conviction of a violent felony involving a firearm, previous conviction of other serious offenses, or a heinous, cruel, or depraved manner of committing an offense.
Mitigating factors include impaired capacity, duress, no prior criminal record, and others.
Given the fact that the accused hunted down and executed two helpless victims, shot them in the back, shot them when they were on the ground, shot Sarah as she tried to crawl away, reloaded, and shot Sarah again, the government will likely proceed on the theory that the accused’s actions were heinous, cruel, and depraved, and argue that those factors far outweigh any mitigating factors.
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In the 1996 fictional movie “A Time to Kill,” set in the deep south, a 10-year-old African American girl named Tonya was abducted, raped, and beaten by two redneck white men, who, after throwing full beer cans at her and unsuccessfully trying to hang her, threw her off a bridge into a river. Tonya survived. The men were arrested. But before they were tried, Tonya’s father, Carl Lee Hailey, shot and killed them in the courthouse, fearing that an all-white southern jury would acquit the monsters. Carl Lee went on trial for their murder, and was represented by Jake Brigance, played by Matthew McConaughey.
During his closing argument to the jury, Jake asked the jury to close their eyes as he described the brutal rape of Tonya.
“This is the story about a little girl walking home from a grocery store one sunny afternoon…suddenly a truck races up, two men jump out and grab her, they drag her into a nearby field, and they tie her up, they rip her clothes from her body, now they climb on, first one then the other, raping her, shattering everything innocent and pure, vicious thrusts, in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. When they are done, after they killed her tiny womb, murdered any chance of her to bear children, to have life beyond her own, they sat and used her for target practice.”
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As he describes the hanging and then how they threw her over the bridge to the creek bottom 30 feet below, he asks the jury, “Can you see her? Her raped, beaten, broken body, soaked in their urine, soaked in their semen, soaked in her blood, left to die. Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl.”
After a long pause, he says, “Now imagine she’s white.”
With that in mind, try this thought experiment: imagine Sarah and Yaron were black, and the accused was a white supremacist who shot them coming out of a function at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. After he was apprehended by the police, he said “I did it for the KKK, I did it for the Confederacy.”
Sarah and Yaron deserve justice. Justice, in this case, is the ultimate punishment.
An East African crowned crane that escaped from a Washington state zoo was found days after being on the lam, strolling on the town streets, and hanging with a group of “blue herons,” officials said.
Cougar Mountain Zoo officials documented “Alice’s” adventures out in Wonderland, Washington, on social media, dubbing their missing wildlife “curious.”
Alice made her way outside the zoo grounds on May 21 and was last seen at Lake Sammamish State Park. That day, zoo officials posted: “Our team has eyes on her at Lake Sammamish State Park. If you see her, do not approach.”
courtesy Cougar Mountain Zoo
Concerned spotters called the zoo’s dedicated phone line to report animal sightings. She was seen strolling on neighborhood streets near Issaquah, Washington. The next day, it was reported that the crane flew east and was last sighted on the southeast shore of the Lake Sammamish State Park, then flew in the direction of the boat launch.
Late in the afternoon on May 22, zoo officials posted, “It is believed that the crane might be hanging out with a group of Great blue herons around the Lake Sammamish State Park Area.”
Followers responded to the missive with promises to help and pithy comments. One poster wrote, “I hope it has a hot bird summer. Screw a cage and a zoo.”
courtesy Trina Doheny/Cougar Mountain Zoo
On Friday evening, a community resident called to report that the crane was spotted “at a home near Peregrine Point.” Then, a resident on Lake Sammamish spotted Alice in their yard along the waterfront and quickly reached out to the zoo. The zoo told CBS News that their team was nearby, and additional staff and volunteers came to help retrieve the bird.
“Alice was gently retrieved at 11:57 PM without incident,” the zoo confirmed to CBS News. “She is now back at the zoo, under the supervision of our staff and veterinarian, and will be closely monitored after her journey. Her bonded partner, Hatter, welcomed her home!”
The Cougar Mountain Zoo was established in 1972, and its primary focus is on endangered species and promoting conservation through education.
courtesy Cougar Mountain Zoo
Chilling new details in killings of Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington D.C.
Chilling new details were released in a federal criminal complaint about the deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. that took the lives of two Israeli Embassy staffers.
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