John Kohlstrand

@johnkohlstrand.bsky.social

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Writer. Editor. Former newspaper journalist. Former Ohio Statehouse staff. Coloradan. Born and raised in South Detroit. Ay ziggy zoomba.

James O'Keefe in pimp mode.
During the 1970s, dollar coins honored Dwight Eisenhower, a leading anti-fascist.
An excerpt of Article II, Section 15, of the Ohio Constitution.
The Onion: MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Fas Prices
Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party
Dana Scully. The truth is out there.
On Easter, Trump posts that "Tuesday be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Statue of Vern Riffe Jr.
Cover of Injustice, by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis.
The Mackinac Bridge
Susan Collins clutching a MAGA hat.
A Cincinnati newspaper misspelled "Daily" at the top of Page One.
Politico claims 2024 was a blowout.
Richard Nixon hits the beach.
The Bee Gees.
Logo for Pulp Fiction.
From the FDR memorial: “I NEVER FORGET THAT I LIVE IN A HOUSE OWNED BY ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR TRUST.”
ITEP argues, accurately, that “claims that tax changes will affect a state’s economy are often overstated.”
Sleeping old man.
The Spirit Halloween "Conservative Guy Scared of Cities" costume meme.
Miss Piggy on Pink Floyd’s Animals album cover.
A 2017 photo of signage at Dulles International Airport.
Satan and Donald Trump in a scene from South Park.
Cover of Prince’s Parade album.
Headline from the Nov. 3, 1996, Plain Dealer on dislike of the E-check tailpipe testing program.
An AI-generated spoof of a sad Soar the Eagle, the new American mascot.
An AI-generated image of a man in a Cleveland Epsteins uniform.
The James Gang. Cover art from Rides Again.
Tea Party protest in front of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2010.
The Washington Post claimed on March 17 that Trump has an economic plan, but that he just wasn’t explaining it well.
“Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis,” Trump said
The pirate sold his booty in 2013.
Philip Bump solicits email from extremists.
David Niven’s interview in Japanese.
Political cartoon from the Wisconsin State Journal on Trump’s whimsical imposition of tariffs.
House Dems want AOC to primary Chuck Schumer, according to CNN.
Postage stamp issued in 1959 to mark the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Image from the National Postal Museum.
Cover of Run-D.M.C.'s 1984 debut.
Gina is the straw that could break the camel’s back.
John Rockefeller
Album cover, Raw Power, Iggy and the Stooges
Nixon: Now more than ever.
Headline from the Detroit Jewish Chronicle on Ohio Gov. Vic Donahey's veto of the Buchanan Bible Bill.
Headline from KMSP television in Minneapolis-St. Paul where Donald Trump claimed “America will be respected again.”
A Calvin and Hobbes cartoon about civic activism, kind of.
This is Dave Yost with a guitar and definitely not an ad for Viagra.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.