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  Support our nonprofit journalism   July 20, 2026 I cover politics all across the country, but I especially like to keep up with what’s happening in Ohio, where I spent the first 22 years of my life. In 2024, for example, I reported extensively on Republican Bernie Moreno’s campaign to unseat longtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown. But just as Moreno was celebrating a hard-fought victory , his daughter was in the early stages of getting divorced from another Ohio Republican, Rep. Max Miller.  “Boy, I bet work is about to get awkward for these guys,” I thought at the time. Two years later, Moreno is now the senior senator for Ohio, and Miller is campaigning for a third term while still in the throes of a heated custody battle with Moreno’s daughter, Emily. Her court filings paint a troubling picture of Miller, including allegations that he physically and emotionally abused her and possibly abused other women. And that’s just the stuff from their custody case. In ...

  YOUR FREE TRIAL HAS EXPIRED.   Trump’s Stupid-Is-As-Stupid-Does War By David Corn  June 19, 2026 Donald Trump at Versailles on Wednesday. Jean-Bernard Vernier/Sipa/AP   Your free trial of Our Land has expired , so you're no longer getting the full version of each newsletter. We’re glad you signed up for Our Land in the first place and opened today's email, so here's David's lead story and a friendly reminder that for just $5 a month you can receive the behind-the-scenes and interactive features with each issue—and at the same time support Mother Jones ’ reporting. I Want the Full Version   For this issue, I was going to write about Tulsi Gabbard’s parting gift to Vladimir Putin. As she readied to leave her post as director of national intelligence at the end of this month, Gabbard last week released four slides of declassified intelligence that she claimed showed the United States had funded dangerous biolabs in Ukraine that engaged in risky gain-of-function resea...