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Today we're going to talk about some major news on Ohio's upcoming referendum,

and I interview Fox LA anchor Alex Michelson about a third Trump indictment,

whether Trump shows up to the debate, the santa is overplaying his hands on the woke stuff,

and why the economic winds aren't sticking for Democrats.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

Okay, we've got good news out of Ohio. So first off, pro-choice advocates submitted

over 495,000 valid signatures, meaning there will be a proposal on the ballot in November

to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio State Constitution. So that's good news right off the bat.

And currently for a constitutional amendment to be adopted in that state,

the rule is that you need a simple majority, which is 50% plus one vote.

However, before November, on August 8,

shows just a week away, Republicans in the Ohio legislature called a special election on the question

of raising the threshold for amending the state constitution from 50 plus one to 60%.

You don't have to be like a rocket scientist to understand the link here.

This was specifically engineered by Republicans to prevent Ohioans from being able to enshrine

abortion rights in their constitution. And because the Ohio GOP just watched their

neighbors in deep-red Kentucky and swingy Michigan pass pro-choice ballot measures,

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