Ohio Governor Candidate Amy Acton (D) Attacked by Far Right Extremist With Knife, Gun

2026-09-07T00:00:43Z

Democratic candidate for Governor Amy Acton, (former Head of the Department of Health), who is running against Republican Pharma Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy in the hotly contested state of Ohio, was attacked this evening.

A man wielding brass knuckles, a knife, and a gun jumped up and injured two senior citizens and jumped them and began lunging toward Acton while she was giving a speech.

link: https://fox8.com/news/multiple-people-injured-after-armed-suspect-lunges-at-amy-acton-at-canfield-fair-spokesperson/amp/

2026-09-07T00:16:22Z

When I was in college I thought it’d be cool to run for office one day but now as an adult you couldn’t pay me a million dollars to do it…

2026-09-07T00:24:48Z

Thanks for sharing; I’m not sure when this would have crossed my radar otherwise

Again, just for the sake of reference, now that investor networks are relevant—what is it with the Founders Fund faction and social upheaval?

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Sources: [1] [2] [3]

ETA: Oh, there‘s the Musk link—Founders Fund‘s Luke Nosek was SpaceX‘s first institutional investor through said Fund, and Nosek currently sits on SpaceX‘s company Board; his present VC firm, Gigafund, also backs Neuralink

And there‘s the Trump link—Founders Fund‘s Ken Howery is literally a two-time Trump appointee … 2019-2021, Ambassador to Sweden; 2025-Present, Ambassador to Denmark

Whew, Polansky really rode in on four horsemen of the technocraticpocalypse …

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[ https://www.gigafund.com/ ]

[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howery ]

But/and again, I’m still new and novice here, and have no idea how any of this VC network stuff works … just learning and gleaning as we go along

Edited 19 hours ago by bxr

2026-09-07T01:07:49Z

Were they listening to Gaga?

2026-09-07T01:09:06Z

1 minute ago, Mr S said:

Were they listening to Gaga?

Oprah Winfrey Reaction GIF

2026-09-07T14:27:22Z

14 hours ago, Concertaholic said:

When I was in college I thought it’d be cool to run for office one day but now as an adult you couldn’t pay me a million dollars to do it…

I went through this same thing in the UK with the Brexit referendum and then the Labour party civil war during the Corbyn era

2026-09-07T15:58:18Z

Extending the usual human sympathies but I wonder if this'll have an effect on the race?

She's not favored to win, even though the Democratic candidate for senate is leading. I wonder if this boosts both and increases the chances of Brown pulling her over the line?

2026-09-07T17:33:15Z

1 hour ago, PartySick said:

Extending the usual human sympathies but I wonder if this'll have an effect on the race?

She's not favored to win, even though the Democratic candidate for senate is leading. I wonder if this boosts both and increases the chances of Brown pulling her over the line?

You'd hope so, but I feel like this is barely making a ripple in the news media

2026-09-07T18:10:57Z

26 minutes ago, Bronco said:

You'd hope so, but I feel like this is barely making a ripple in the news media

Curious … it‘s almost as if news media is a corporate industry … which curates the dominant social narrative in line with their sponsors‘ interests … and Ramaswamy represents three of their top five advertising sectors … y‘know, almost, hypothetically … but/and again, as always, I’m new and novice here, so I never know how industry operates