Realpower.TV - Kenn Dowell, Founding Editor

Realpower.TV - Kenn Dowell, Founding Editor

July 2026

I Was in the Room in 2009. Here's the Real Reason We Left the Sheriff Appointed.
Not because appointment was the goal. Because at that moment, Black Cleveland didn't believe we could win the seat outright — and that calculation…
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I Watched America Turn 250. Then I Imagined What It Could've Felt Like
A cover band, an empty crowd, and a Supreme Court still arguing over who counts as American — here's what I saw when I checked in on the birthday party…
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Twenty Deaths Since 2020. Nine Sheriffs in Fifteen Years. One Vote Left
Nine appointed sheriffs in fifteen years. One vote stands between Cuyahoga County and a sheriff who finally answers to you instead of him.
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The Loophole Cleveland Didn't Close — It Just Renamed It
Cleveland said your surveillance data was locked down. One more question at council proved otherwise — and exposed a second blind spot in the same…
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The Loophole Cleveland Didn't Close — It Just Renamed It
Cleveland said your surveillance data was locked down. One more question at council proved otherwise — and exposed a second blind spot in the same…
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They Spent Two Years Attacking DEI. Then They Used It to Fill a Senate Seat.
A Senate seat changed hands in three days. No vote, no primary, no competition for it. That's supposed to be disqualifying — the same coalition spent…
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Stop Waiting to Be Activated
For fifty years, this congressional seat passed from one leader to the next inside a closed room — the same handful of men choosing who came next. Then…
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Armed and Unprotected: When a City Fails, Its Children Start Carrying
I sat with the man doing the intervention work in Cleveland. He says the kids should carry. I respect his work. I reject his answer. Here's why — and…
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Cleveland Has 90 Days. Here's Who Owns Every One of Them.
The mayor has a position. The council has a deadline. The developer has an invitation. Nobody gets to stay neutral.
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