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Received — 26 October 2026 ⏭

Ramaswamy humanized his opponent and dehumanized himself

✇The Hill
By: Joslin Joseph · opinion contributor
26 October 2026 at 16:00
Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's attempt to discredit Ohio gubernatorial opponent Dr. Amy Acton via an advertisement featuring her mother's testimony backfired, instead highlighting Acton's resilience in overcoming childhood trauma.

Trump and Vance accelerate downward political spiral

✇The Hill
By: Juan Williams · opinion contributor
26 October 2026 at 13:30
Senior political analyst Juan Williams criticizes several candidates in the 2026 midterm elections for employing increasingly unethical and deceptive political advertising tactics.

Received — 25 October 2026 ⏭

Scaramucci compares Ramaswamy to pigs in ‘Animal Farm,’ predicts loss

✇The Hill
By: Ryan Mancini
25 October 2026 at 15:00
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday compared Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) to the pig characters in the George Orwell novel “Animal Farm” and predicted the candidate will lose to opponent Amy Acton (D). “Vivek Ramswamy has disgraced himself,” Scaramucci wrote on social media Sunday. “Ramaswamy started with soaring rhetoric, post-partisan,…

Obama, in Midwest, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies in the midterm campaign

✇PBS NewsHour - The Latest
By: Jacqueline Ganun, Associated Press · Steve Peoples, Associated Press
25 October 2026 at 14:35
Obama remains the Democratic Party's best motivator nearly a decade after leaving the White House. And he's taking his star power on the road in the final days of the midterm elections, which will help determine the balance of power in American politics on Nov. 3.

Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’

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By: Ford McCracken
25 October 2026 at 01:05
Former President Obama poked fun at President Trump’s various Washington, D.C., renovation projects during a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was stumping for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown (D). In his speech, Obama zeroed in on the changes Trump has made to the White House during his second…

Received — 24 October 2026 ⏭

She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Jessica Contrera
24 October 2026 at 19:08
Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.

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“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”

Jennings: Ramaswamy’s campaign tactics ‘worst politics you could imagine’

✇The Hill
By: Ford McCracken
24 October 2026 at 13:57
Republican commentator Scott Jennings took a swipe at Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) for using a controversial campaign ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother. The ad, which Ramaswamy’s campaign is now spending $4 million to broadcast statewide, features Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, accusing Acton of being a “liar” her whole…

What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Like the Midterm Results?

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Michelle Cottle · Jamelle Bouie · David French and Derek Arthur
24 October 2026 at 12:49
Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day.

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How Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Reid J. Epstein and Campbell Robertson
24 October 2026 at 10:03
The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican, is facing a tight race for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton, a Democrat.

Cook Political Report shifts Ohio governor’s race from toss-up to lean Democrat

✇The Hill
By: Ford McCracken
23 October 2026 at 22:57
The Cook Political Report is shifting a closely watched gubernatorial contest toward Democrats after a controversial campaign ad shook up the race. The nonpartisan election forecaster moved the governor’s race in Ohio from “toss up” to “lean Democrat,” now favoring Amy Acton (D) to beat Vivek Ramaswamy (R) in the Buckeye State. The race was…

Received — 23 October 2026 ⏭

Acton’s mother was convicted of theft, animal cruelty: What to know

✇The Hill
By: Sarah Davis
23 October 2026 at 20:45
A GOP campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) received blowback this week after it was revealed Acton’s mother stood by her husband after he was charged with sexually abusing Acton as a child. Court records show that the mother, Donna Arthur, has faced legal troubles of her own,…

Vivek Ramaswamy defends ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother

✇PBS NewsHour - The Latest
By: Mike Catalini, Associated Press · Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
23 October 2026 at 19:07
Speaking at a campaign stop, Ramaswamy said the advertisement, which features Acton's mother calling her "a liar," had nothing to do with childhood abuse.

Trump on controversial Acton ad: ‘Why would you shield somebody from that?’ 

✇The Hill
By: Caroline Vakil
23 October 2026 at 02:59
President Trump reiterated his support for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s (R) controversial ad that recently aired featuring Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s mother calling her a “liar.” “Why would you shield somebody from that?” Trump asked his supporters at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday night. The president said Ramaswamy had reached out to…

WATCH: Trump defends Ramaswamy's attack ad against Acton amid bipartisan criticism

✇PBS NewsHour - The Latest
By: Julie Carr Smyth · Associated Press
22 October 2026 at 22:31
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, should keep running a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton.

Received — 22 October 2026 ⏭

Jennings on Vance comments about Ramaswamy ad: ‘He could have just ignored it’

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By: Tara Suter
22 October 2026 at 21:56
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings said Wednesday that Vice President Vance “could have” avoided talking about an ad for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his Democratic rival’s mother  “He could have just ignored it,” Jennings said on “CNN NewsNight” of Vance and the ad. “You know, I mean, campaigns make decisions, surrogates come in…

Charisma or cash? Republicans are banking on their financial edge to stage a comeback in the polls

✇El País - English
By: Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno · Javier Figueroa
22 October 2026 at 10:55

Charisma or cash: to win an election, candidates need at least one of those two factors. With two weeks to go until the U.S. midterm elections, Republicans are throwing everything they have into the closest states to try to climb back in polls that are unfavorable to them. They have the invaluable help of the vast sums Donald Trump raises through his Super PAC, the political action committee that pools donations coming from the ultraconservative MAGA movement.

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Donald Trump this Wednesday during a rally in San Antonio, Texas.
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