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The SnydeReport scours hundreds of local and national media sources so you don't have to. Politics, sports, pop-culture, business, and more - all in a 5-minute read and presented in a way only we can do. Make sure to visit SnydeReport.com to catch all the stories that didn't make our newsletter.
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In this Halloween edition of The SnydeReport, host Gary Snyder and Allen County Democratic Chair Chad Wierzbinski pull the mask off one of Indiana’s most glaring political double lives — Fort Wayne City Clerk Lana Keesling, who somehow finds time to moonlight as Indiana Republican Party Chairwoman while still cashing a taxpayer-funded paycheck. Keesling brags about visiting all 92 counties since February, but the citizens of Fort Wayne are left asking: who’s actually minding City Hall while she’s busy playing statewide political boss? A city clerk’s job is to serve her community — not use it as a travel stipend for partisan ladder-climbing. Snyder and Chad go deeper, connecting the dots between Keesling’s conflicts of interest, Fort Wayne’s looming budget cuts, and a state GOP more focused on power than people. With redistricting shenanigans and voter suppression lurking like political ghouls, the duo calls for accountability — and for Keesling to resign immediately. Because when public servants treat their office like a campaign stop, Hoosiers deserve more than tricks — they deserve transparency.
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This Is How You Keep ‘Em Down On The Farm… If enough members of Indiana’s GOP legislative supermajority cave to Trump and pass his desired gerrymander –and if that legislation survives a legal challenge (not a given, since it would run afoul of the state constitution)–and if the sheer effrontery of the act doesn’t drive turnout that reduces, rather than adds Republican seats–Indiana will presumably send to Congress the same sort of Republicans who keep trying to turn Indiana into Mississippi. |
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Fort Wayne’s $alaried Tourist Finally Announces Her Departure “So, congratulations to Lana Keesling for finally announcing she’ll step down in January — after all the taxpayer-funded back-and-forth between her city clerk desk and her state-GOP podium. Yes, she’ll continue to draw a public paycheck while she phases out the job she was allegedly paid to do. |
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AUDIO: Nathan Peternel church message on sex videos, son's arrest Pastor Nathan Peternel, a top adviser to Indiana’s lieutenant governor whose son was arrested last week on child sex abuse material charges, delivered a tearful plea to one of his four congregations, in an audio recording of his speech obtained by 24sight News. |
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MAGA’s Defender Of Christianity The other day, I was reading Heather Cox Richardson’s daily Letter, and after reading the following passages, I wanted to find a self-identified Christian nationalist (Micah Beckwith? Jim Banks?) and ask “Do you really think this is what Jesus would do?” |
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The Maps Aren’t Broken — Just the Morals Fort Wayne’s MAGA Senate trio — Liz Brown, Justin Busch, and Tyler Johnson — are racing to endorse a redistricting plan that doesn’t even exist yet. They’re so eager to please the White House that they’ve skipped over basic details like maps, meetings, or public input. |
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A Half Century with the Wrong Ideas Economists have developed three competing explanations, or theories, to explain differences in economic growth between regions. Over the past several decades, economic development policy in Indiana has coalesced around one of these theories. Sadly, it is the one theory that has shown the least ability to predict growth, or in other words, the wrong model. |
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Ignoring The Obvious America’s “legacy media” continues to downplay–or ignore–two of the most obvious sources of our current democratic crisis: Trump’s manifest mental disorders, and the undeniable corruption of the Supreme Court’s current majority. |
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IN Focus: Panelists discuss redistricting, shutdown In the video above, IN Focus panelists Robin Winston, Tony Samuel, Terri Austin and Mike Murphy discuss last week’s headlines at the state and federal level including the latest developments on redistricting, with Gov. Mike Braun officially calling for a special session at the Statehouse.
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FLIGHT HELL WORSENS... Flight delays continued at U.S. airports Sunday amid air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown entered its second month, with Newark airport in New Jersey experiencing delays of two to three hours.
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Trump threat of military action in Nigeria prompts confusion and alarm... Nigerians described a mixture of confusion and fear on Sunday as people across the country tried to decipher President Donald Trump’s threat to stop all aid to Africa’s most populous country and go in “guns-a-blazing” after accusing Nigeria’s government of allowing “the killing of Christians.” |
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MODEL OR FLUKE? Zohran Mamdani’s lead heading into the New York mayoral election has withstood a furious push from Republicans, establishment Democrats and a coalition of Wall Street dealmakers, leaving Democrats to face a familiar question should he win on Tuesday
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NJ GOV RACE DEAD HEAT... A number of high-profile Democrats, including former President Obama, are racing to shore up support for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill amid signs the race is tightening even more than expected.
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John Oliver Rips Trump for ‘Don’t Give a S***’ Gatsby Party John Oliver reminded his viewers Sunday night that while Donald Trump’s sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing might be alarming, it is merely the “tip of Trump’s iceberg” and nowhere near as “shocking” as the president’s lethal military strikes on purported drug traffickers off the Venezuelan coast.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump May Send Deputy AG Michael Gates to “Monitor” California’s Prop 50 Election MeidasTouch has learned exclusively this evening from sources that President Trump appears ready to send Deputy Attorney General Michael Gates to Southern California to “monitor” the upcoming special election for Proposition 50. The move has already sparked serious concerns among election law experts and voting rights advocates, who see Gates’ involvement as deeply problematic and politically motivated. |
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WOOF: TRUMP SINKS IN NEW POLLS In the poll, which was conducted between Oct. 24 and 28, 59% of U.S. adults said they disapproved of Trump’s handling of the presidency, while 41% approved. His disapproval hasn’t hit this level in The Post’s survey since January 2021, the publication reports.
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Steelers stymie the Colts offense, fall to 7-2 Turnovers plagued the Indianapolis Colts in a 27-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. Daniel Jones threw three interceptions and fumbled the ball twice, turning into 24 Pittsburgh points as Indianapolis suffered its second loss of the season. |
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No. 12 Notre Dame escapes Boston College with victory eremiyah Love broke free for a 94-yard touchdown run on the first play after a Notre Dame interception squelched a potential game-tying drive and the 12th-ranked Fighting Irish won their sixth straight, beating Boston College 25-10 on Saturday.
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