Dave Helling
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Former editorial writer and columnist at the Kansas City Star. Re-tweets are not necessarily endorsements.
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@KenDilanianNBC
There it is again: only reporters can ask “hard questions.”
Arrogant and wrong. And I was a political reporter.
Ask yourself: after 1 hr of “hard questions” Thurs, do we know ONE THING about DJ Trump that we didn’t already know? No. We do not.
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In fact, agriculture is 18th in Missouri by GDP, behind real estate, manufacturing, health care, retail, finance, construction, even arts and entertainment.
Guess you have to live in Missouri to know that.
Hawley says the “number one industry (in Missouri? ) is farming.”
That’s wrong.
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Gov. Kelly says KS "will ignore" national guidelines calling for re-opening economy if they conflict with state stay-at-home order
#ksleg
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This is one of the reasons some judges dislike courtroom cameras. Live coverage reveals the truth: judges are not omniscient arbiters of truth or the law.
A travesty. Jurors are supposed to ignore the media and it’s all this dude is talking about. Talking about how unfair the media has been TO HIM. Unreal.
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@mehdirhasan
@tomricks1
Also, millions of Americans who don't live near the coasts, or a river, have subsidized the National Flood Insurance Program.
In 2017, Congress canceled $16 billion in NFIP debt.
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Here, the Rockhurst-Stanford-Yale student claims the Howard U. graduate is part of the "ruling class."
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I’ve said the raised fist image would haunt Hawley forever.
We now know Hawley’s mad dash to safety is worse.
He’s a national laughingstock.
People in the room — which included Capitol staff, police officers and reporters — broke out into audible laughter after the clip was shown twice.
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Tomorrow, total deaths from COVID in Missouri, over 3 months, will exceed Missouri traffic fatalities for all of 2019.
The answer is clear: end speed limits, stop signs, traffic signals, licensing, DUI laws. Because freedom.
Some traditions, like the hand shake line after a Butler County little league game are stronger than city slicker lecturing. I look forward to the liberal doomsday predictions that never materialize of a 0.04% spike in whooping cough cases in Fisk.
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Mike Huckabee after the slaughter in Las Vegas: "I was outraged and stunned that there were politicians who, even before the bodies were cleared from the streets of Las Vegas, were already politicizing this."
Sick at my stomach that Mollie Tibbets, the Iowa student found dead. Suspect is illegal immigrant. If found guilty, he will be reminder why sanctuary cities & open borders are as stupid as the politicians who promote them.
#heartbroken
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The good folks in Marion County could not have attracted more attention to their alleged corruption if they tried.
“An attack on a newspaper office through an illegal search is not just an infringement on the rights of journalists but an assault on the very foundation of democracy,” the Kansas Press Association head said, report
@KansasReflector
and
@statesnewsroom
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Celebrating our 42nd wedding anniversary, which, FYI, is known as the Jackie Robinson anniversary
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"If Kobach is elected governor, homeowners won’t need a cap on appraisals. Home values will collapse on their own."
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As they say... some personal news.
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Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden is a threat to the rule of law. He should resign
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FYI. Here's what we said last week:
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Only six Senate votes to uphold Arizona objection.
Marshall of Kansas, Hawley of Missouri were two of those six votes.
History will remember.
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Can I say this?
New negotiations for Chiefs/Royals will be difficult.
But they will be far less difficult, and far less expensive, than moving either team.
MLB relocation fee is $400m. Rams paid $790m to leave St. Louis.
Now 610 and
@SportsRadio810
will have an opportunity to talk people off the ledge and use their platforms to help keeps the teams in Kansas City, as opposed to, feeding people full of fear.
There is a path forward to keep both teams in town. Relax.
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Changed my profile picture. This was taken by my four year old granddaughter.
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Let’s be clear: while Kris Kobach chased imaginary voter fraud, he appointed the head of the JoCo election office, which led to this.
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‘Proud to stand against the will of the people’ — Missouri GOP berserk over Medicaid
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Missouri is one of just 13 states without early voting. It’s way past time to fix that
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Zelensky is the anti-Trump. Also, the anti-Schmidt, anti-Hawley, anti-Marshall, anti-Kobach.
During his inaugural address in 2019, Zelensky told lawmakers: “I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.”
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SHOCK!
@HawleyMO
is now on Fox News.
His thirst for publicity is as predictable as the sunrise.
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Kansas US Reps Estes, Mann, LaTurner write Gov Kelly telling her how to spend COVID relief $$ after voting against it.
#ksleg
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Sam Graves voted against the infrastructure bill. Just so we remember.
Clay County EDC Transportation summit. Listening to Sam Graves speak to infrastructure and the federal money coming to the state of Missouri. Panel includes MO DOT Director Pat McKenna and others. Held at William Jewel College.
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ALEC?
Oligarchy defined: The most powerful corporations in America get together to plan how to control legislation in dozens of states
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For the record, Born in the USA is a biting criticism of how Vietnam vets were treated — and is VERY patriotic.
Reminder that Born in the USA is not a patriotic song. It's biting criticism of how Americans treated Vietnam veterans.
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If
@realDonaldTrump
loses in 2020, this will be why.
Every, single day, he subjects the country he was elected to lead to a stream of ugly, divisive bombast. It’s exhausting. It’s destructive. It’s unworthy of a POTUS.
And it would only get worse.
Four more years? Of THIS?
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Banning reporters from doing their jobs in a state capitol is consistent with tyranny.
Legally protected peaceful protest is consistent with some of the best traditions of American dissent. But sadly, today’s events were far from peaceful. The demonstrations were pure obstructionism that stifled debate, placing a roadblock in front of democracy.
#ksleg
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I think we can all agree: in intelligence, respect for the law, and moral integrity, there is no difference between Josh Hawley and Donald Trump.
I have drafted motions to subpoena Adam Schiff, the “whistleblower,” Hunter Biden, and Joe Biden to testify. If the Senate calls witnesses, I will ask for votes on all these next week
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@MecoleHardman4
@KMBZradio
Maybe better to express as a fraction: 6/2(1+2).
Solve for the denominator: = 6.
6/6=1.
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Oh.
President Biden should withdraw troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as the Trump administration planned, but better late than never. It’s time for this forever war to end
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Watching Denver news. Not real happy about 4th quarter Poe pass.
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Hawley claims Missourians don’t think the election was fair. He is lying.
He also doesn’t understand the Constitution. What happened in PA is not legally relevant to MO. We elect presidents by state, not by person.
You’d expect more from a Stanford-Yale grad.
Sen. Josh Hawley fires back after Sen. Pat Toomey and others raise concerns about his plans — along with at least 11 other GOP senators — to object to the electoral vote count when a joint session of Congress meets Jan. 6, per email sent to Senate GOP Conference tonight
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Again, no masks in these pictures, despite a mask order in Kansas City
@QuintonLucasKC
Met with Chief Rick Smith and some of the
@kcpolice
force this afternoon to thank them for their service.
After I served 22yrs in law enforcement,
@FirstLadyTeresa
and I know firsthand the challenges of being a law enforcement family.
#BacktheBlue
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Pat Roberts contemplates six more years of doing almost nothing in the U.S. Senate
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Our endorsement in KS 3. It was a difficult decision.
In Kansas 3rd District, Sharice Davids is the right choice for Congress
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Hope you're happy,
@HawleyMO
. May Missouri remember your name forever.
Today I have the opportunity and the obligation to speak for my constituents and to object during the electoral college certification. I look forward to the debate
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Imagine voting on taxpayer support for a streetcar system without knowing the cost, the route, the system's capacity or its frequency of operation.
The teams must be MUCH more transparent in the next 75 days.
Kansas City is a major league City and if there is a path to keep both teams in KC for decades to come, build new world class venues for both, and do it all with no tax increase that may be the deal of the century. Excited to see progress on plan in coming weeks. Go KC!
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Moran 1998: "Having to make a choice, I choose to be on the side that says no person is above the law, that this is a nation of laws not men, that telling the truth matters, and that we should expect our public officials to conduct themselves...with the highest ethical standards"
Jerry Moran, Senator from Kansas, comes out against Trump impeachment, but as an impartial juror, he can't tell us how he's going to vote. 🙄
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The US Senate?
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I was wrong. Twice. Democrat Barbara Bollier actually has a shot in Kansas Senate race
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Parson also says he doesn't think the state should tell local governments what to do "on a daily basis." The state tells locals what to do all the time -- plastic bags, guns, minimum wage...
#moleg
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Good lord.
Let’s be clear: if results in PA, GA et al are set aside, then Missouri’s must be too. There’s as much evidence of irregularities in MO as in those states.
What a waste of taxpayer money.
Election integrity is central to our republic. And I will defend it at every turn.
As I have in other cases - I will help lead the effort in support of Texas’
#SCOTUS
filing today.
Missouri is in the fight.
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@DavidAFrench
As important: the NY Post laptop story wasn’t “suppressed.” Anyone with internet access could find and read the story.
Anyone without internet access couldn’t be influenced by Twitter.
No one can be required to REPUBLISH or AMPLIFY someone else’s journalism.
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Parson, mainstream GOP thought they could control the radicals who are now in charge
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Hey KC: Sunday’s Star is outstanding: Jaco, Greitens, downtown housing, tax cuts, Porter on Starbucks, nice Mellinger piece. Pick up a copy!
#readlocal
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So.. as we reported.. Sen. Hawley owns shares in a mutual fund called Fidelity Contrafund, according to his last PFD. 10% of the fund's assets are invested in Facebook/Meta, per latest SEC filing, more than any other single stock.
FB owns Instagram.
“It is unconscionable that any company would aid and abet this epidemic of death and despair.”
Senator Hawley slams Instagram for its disregard for the well-being of its young users and demands answers.
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Today’s question: how can it be an emergency if you can wait a few days to declare it?
NEW: Pres. Trump speaks to possibility of declaring a national emergency ahead of meetings with senior White House staff at Camp David: "I may declare a national emergency dependent on what's going to happen on the next few days."
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Same-day registration, universal no-excuse early voting, vote on a Saturday, uniform voting apparatus, universal closing times and counting windows.. let's go.
If last 24 hrs have made anything clear, it’s that we need new election integrity laws NOW. Ban ballot harvesting, guarantee poll watcher access, make ballot counting transparent. I will introduce
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"We mourn an elected official who understood, through his own pain, responsibility ..We mourn the loss of that understanding in our politics. It’s said Dole could not have won an election in Kansas in the 21st century. It’s probably true. That’s our fault, not his."
The Republican fought for Social Security, Martin Luther King Day and food stamps.
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I was 10 years old when this happened, living in KC area. I remember the coverage.
Today I carry a Medicare card. 🙂
LBJ hands Harry Truman a pen he used to sign Medicare into law, today 1965, Truman Library, Independence, Missouri:
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Kansas voters spoke loudly on abortion: Trust women. Now politicians must listen
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“Would STAR bonds cover the bill?”
No.
A🧵.
A $3 billion stadium bond would cost $185 m. a year for 30 yrs (or more).
It would come from the Kansas sales tax of 6.5%.
To generate $185 m, the district would need $2.8 billion in annual sales.
Wrote late last night about the context of those renderings for a Chiefs stadium in Wyandotte County — more details here on how they came together, who's involved in that proposal and, notably, who isn't:
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Joe Biden is Catholic.
65 million American Catholics are going to be very interested to learn that
@JoeBiden
’s Democrats think they can’t be trusted to serve as judges or in public office if they’re “too Catholic” - Democrat bigotry on full display with
#AmyConeyBarrett
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Unless you're Pennsylvania. Then, the Kansas AG will sue to throw out your votes.
This morning, on a vote of 84-35, the Kansas House passed HCR5015 calling on Congress to reject H.R. 1 and S. 1.
It is imperative that states be allowed to conduct elections according to their own election laws.
#ksleg
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Order it, of course, on Amazon.
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What’s so interesting is how people who say they detest government are so desperate to hold government jobs.
The last time Kris Kobach appeared in court, the judge fined him for misconduct, slammed him for incompetence, and ordered him to receive six hours of remedial training in the rules of evidence.
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Strumming a guitar instead of flinging mud, Dennis Moore changed Kansas voters’ minds
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FYI: RepHartzler in 2014, re: Obama: "I am disappointed that President Obama has chosen to bypass Congress in his rush to implement immigration reform."
Hartzler in 2019, re: Trump: "His emergency powers give him the authority to redirect funding to protect the American people"
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Most blatant self-own in modern political history.
Pompeo on China: "They're incapable of being transparent, of accepting criticism, of allowing reporters to ask them questions that they find uncomfortable."
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No Maserati for us? Poll says KC would pass on downtown baseball even if Royals paid
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Will Kansas City become the first major city with free bus service?
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No Black parents, teachers or scholars invited to Missouri hearing on teaching race
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This seems clear: it isn’t feasible, fiscally or morally, to ask Jackson Countians alone to bear the full burden of the stadium needs of two pro sports franchises.
The teams and local pols should make that clear, and offer a framework for a shared solution. There is still time.
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How many times must we point out that kids must get vaccinated against diseases, including polio, mumps, measles, diptheria? No one has yet explained why those mandates are ok but COVID vaccines are tyranny.
The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate will have a harmful impact on U.S. employers, adding to the labor force and supply chain challenges that are already roiling the economy.
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Of course, KCPD could spend money on a hot air balloon and taxpayers could do nothing to stop it.
And Pete would be happy, because he believes the police can’t be wrong. Ever.
#KansasCity
could vote to take money from
@kcpolice
and give it to a hot air balloon competition and some in local KC media would insist that it’s a “reallocation” of funds.
#KCMO
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Real question: The stadium will be owned by Jackson County.
Shouldn’t Jackson County pick the architect/designer/developer?
The City Council picked Edgemoor for KCI, not airlines/tenants.
@MannyAbarcaIV
How big would the new Royals stadium in the Crossroads be? Here’s what we know
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@FPWellman
Not that anyone should care, but I was born in Mineral Wells.
My dad was stationed there.
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Perhaps
#moleg
should ask for a special session on preventing innocent people from spending their lives in prison.
Missouri governor does not pardon Kevin Strickland, whose innocence claims won support
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Unless you’re a woman. Then, Eric is in charge.
COVID has taught us again and again that The Left trusts government while Conservatives trust real people.
The Left believes the command and control elite ruling class in DC is all-knowing. Conservatives believe people can assess the facts and make their own decisions.
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@JasonKander
@HawleyMO
We know this: Missouri's SAPA law may stop STL police from cooperating with feds on investigation of this shooting.
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So sad. Prayers for his friends and family.
Burdett was one of the smartest people I’ve ever known.
.
@kprnews
is reporting that
@KUPoliticalSci
professor emeritus
@burdett_loomis
has passed away. Very sad to hear the news. Burdett was a fixture of Kansas politics-- always ready with a pithy quote and with insights the streteched back to Dole-Roy race.
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Debt service on $1 billion bond over 30 yrs would likely be $70 m annually.
That’s $7 m in tax revenue per Chiefs game (10 game season.)
With a 10% sales tax, and 70,000 fans, that’s $1000 in spending per attendee per game.
Parking won’t be cheap.
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New Missouri poll: Trump 36 Cruz 29 Rubio 9 Kasich 8 Undec 17
Clinton 47 Sanders 40 Undec 13
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Finished round one Pfizer vaccine. Easy and efficient.
I was struck by how many people here - hundreds - likely stood in line for anti-polio sugar cubes 60 years ago.
Likely most of us I’d guess.
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Just called the bank. Told them when I said I would pay my mortgage, obviously I never meant I’d write a check.
I’m paying them “indirectly.” Waiting to hear back.
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At the end, Sen.
@HawleyMO
quotes from the Gettysburg Address, suggesting Lincoln meant to honor all soldiers killed there.
But the speech was at the dedication of a cemetery meant for Union soldiers. "These men" refers to Union soldiers, not all combatants.
Going back through the speech now, but Hawley in his speech defending Confederate base names accuses the media of wishing there was still a Civil War...
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@KCStarOpinion
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Yes. Certainly not in need of a replacement anytime soon.
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Rockhurst... Yale... Stanford...
I’m told NeverTrumper and ex-Republican George Will attacking me again today for talking about working people. Oh George. Don’t you have a country club to go to?
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Elvis knew: we can’t go on forever with suspicious minds.
In 1956, compliance by teens with the new polio vaccine was .6%. On Oct 28, Elvis Presley was set to appear on the Ed Sullivan show. He was asked to get the shot before his performance and did so, live.
Compliance went up to 80%.
Influencers matter. Including political ones.⬇️
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Hawley says the “number one industry (in Missouri? ) is farming.”
That’s wrong.
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Praising law enforcement seems pretty hollow after helping provoke the violence that put officers' lives in danger.
@HawleyMO
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That controversial flag at KU? A version is flying in downtown KC. No one seems too upset.
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For example: Jay Ashcroft has authorized use of Dominion voting systems in Missouri. He’s obviously part of the Venezuelan conspiracy.
Remember: If Missouri can tell PA how to run its elections, then PA can do the same to MO.
Maybe it should.
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Jason Kander’s withdrawal from the mayor’s race is the bravest choice
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Think of this: Richard Nixon resigned because he ordered the CIA to tell the FBI to stay away from Watergate.
That was a criminal obstruction of justice.
It was also an official act, and as of today, legal.
I will sadly admit that I don’t listen to every episode. But I will listen carefully to this one. I find this Supreme Court opinion on presidential immunity dispiriting. I came of age in Watergate, and I have believed for 50 years that presidents were not above the law. 1/
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Has the AG apologized to Kevin Strickland?
Every parent and student should get a handwritten apology from every school bureaucrat who forced kids to wear masks all day long even though the science and data didn’t support the mandates.
#NoMaskMandates
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