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@thejackhopkins
There are some Democrats in St. Joe.
@piper4missouri
was there a while back and had a good turnout. She's trying to rebuild the Democratic Party's machine from the ground up so that Ds can win more legislative races. You folks from Missouri, be sure to follow
@BlueMissouri
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@RachelBitecofer
Where the hell is
@60Minutes
? CBS built its reputation on Edward R. Murrow's takedown of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. They need to help stop
@realDonaldTrump
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This is a 20-year-old woman who drags MAGAts hilariously. You should really be following her!
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It’s time for the MAGAts to feel the heat. I put up with the ignorant bastards in Butler County, Kansas, during the pandemic until one day, I said, “these people suck and I’m not fighting to inform them about their world anymore. They don’t deserve nice things or kind treatment!
The fear among Republican politicians is so thick in the air you could cut it with a knife.
Do they sense the walls closing in? They know they’re closing in on Trump. They also suspect that if Trump goes down….they will, too…at some point.
Is that true? We’ll see. In the
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This is, sadly, once again a relevant topic. It's the guns!
Mass shooters don’t choose the AR-15 because it looks “cool.” They choose it, because they can kill upwards of 30 people before needing to reload.
On Sept 28th, 1982, 12 year old Mary Kellerman was hospitalized after being poisoned by a killer who laced a bottle of Tylenol that
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Kobach loses again. Reporter friends: Go find out how much Kansas tax money is going toward fighting these political performative nonsense lawsuits.
#ksleg
A federal judge dismissed Kansas from a lawsuit led by Attorney General Kris Kobach challenging President Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan.
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This is disrespectful to those who served. It’s not surprising, though, coming from a Trumper — Col. Bone Spurs!
@RepSamGraves
given that you didn’t serve in the military, the olive drab and desert tan flight suits, adorned with patches resembling those worn on military flight suits…is deceiving. This is not a good look.
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@DoreneBrow9456
@itsJeffTiedrich
I guess that’s why the heavily Republican Louisiana Senate just passed a bill prohibiting the morning after pill. They’re coming for all of it no matter what they say in an election year.
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@thejackhopkins
I know the center you’re speaking of and it is excellent! For those with substance abuse issues, I HOPE the doctors are prescribing anti-depressants and other such drugs. They’re essential despite what
@mtgreenee
claims!
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We know them well in Kansas. The Heritage Foundation is funded by noted fascists, the Koch family.
Five minutes into an interview with the head of the Heritage Foundation and I'm convinced that I will never vote for anyone or anything that they support, ever!
These people are lying, delusional fascists.
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Hooray for
@GovLauraKelly
. What if you send troops and get a bunch injured or worse just getting to and from the border. And for what? Political theater. Troops are to be used in real, not manufactured, emergencies. Glad this governor gets that!
.
@GovLauraKelly
is blocking an effort by
#ksleg
Republicans to give the KS Natl Guard a "border mission" of helping TX in its fight with the Biden adminstration over illegal immigration.
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Good work, Kansas Democrats! This is how it's done.
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@thejackhopkins
Having a wife and a couple of young women I consider daughters, I want something better for them than what the
@GOP
offers with its extreme stance on abortion. I know you feel the same way for the same reasons.
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@thejackhopkins
It’s called “ageism” and with the population aging, it needs to stop. If we don’t die, we’ll all grow old someday.
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@annamlulis
So, “Catholic values” mean looking down your nose at others. You know what, y’all suck and I’ll never darken the door of another church of any sort except ones that accept EVERYONE like Christ actually taught.
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Voters in Butler County, Kansas, handed a resounding defeat Tuesday night to a slate of candidates Rep. Kristey Williams, R-Augusta, supported. This could spell trouble for Williams, who will face her first-ever Legislative opponent, Doug Law, in the 2024 GOP primary.
#ksleg
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Hey, let's start calling the Flat Tax "Charlie's Law" because Charlie Koch is about the only Kansan who benefits from it!
#ksleg
Once again our GOP legislature is pushing a flat tax, which would benefit high income earners immensely while low income earners would see a very, very small savings. They tried this s*t a year ago, and Gov. Kelly successfully vetoed it.
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@thejackhopkins
There's also a bunch of guys and gals on the other side who can throw a monkey wrench into such plans. All resisters should ask themselves: How can I slow down or stop the plans of MAGAts. Maybe it's on the local level. Maybe it's nationwide. But resolve to do what you can!
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Kansas lawmaker arrested in Shawnee County. Happens at least a couple of times per session.
#ksleg
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This governor is sharp! She’s getting the
@KSGOP
on the record ahead of the election. She may lose a battle or two, but I think she’s playing a longer game. Never underestimate the political acumen of
@GovLauraKelly
!
Kansas GOP House, Senate leaders vow to seek override of Kelly's veto on transgender, abortion bills.
#ksleg
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This idiot represents Shawnee. This is what people think of when they think of your town. Time to retire the washed-up weather man!
#VoteBlue2024
Note to Mike Thompson: When the Legislature passes a law that violates the Constitution, the Supreme Court can overrule it.
It’s called separation of powers.
#ksleg
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@EmeraldRobinson
You are a Christian Nationalist. We have separation of church and state in America. Go back to Vladimir Putin if you want a state religion.
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This, folks, is the shit Harrison Butker supports. And if you vote for Trump or a third-party candidate, your world will look very different by this time next year. Jenny earlier reported Butker’s ties to Leonard Leo, a billionaire Republican megadonor.
Project 2025 is part of a global Christian authoritarian movement. Leonard Leo ally Roger Severino—the Heritage VP who wrote the Project 2025 chapter re: withdrawing FDA approval of mifepristone —recently spoke at a far right conference in Spain w/ LePen, Orban, Meloni, etc. 1/
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@thejackhopkins
I imagine the type of lawyer who would go along with something like Trump's little temper tantrum and incorporate it into a court filing. Another reason Trump's going down: No decent lawyer will touch him. Habba Dabba Doo in NY isn't any better.
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So proud of my nephew. He's started paramedic school here in KC and will be done in 15 months. Alex is a firefighter for Central Cass in Missouri. He's only 20 years old. The department is paying his way. I know he'll save many lives.
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President Biden just released this devastating ad calling out Donald Trump’s cognitive decline. Retweet to make sure everyone in the country sees.
🔥🔥🔥
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‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’
@thetrueshelby
effect!
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So, it looks like I’m going to have to go to
@KUHospital
for knee replacement surgery. The guy I went to today said he can’t do it — too much bone loss. He thinks it’ll take two surgeries, one to fix the tibia and another to replace the knee. The agony continues.
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@BrianMcGannon
Who cares? Let ‘em move to Legends. Better access and the Johnson County vote yes crowd can start paying Sherman and Hunt’s bills.
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@TimVCarpenter
Yet another rural hospital has closed. Meanwhile, Kansas' "leadership" worries about pronouns.
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@TheStevenCheung
He still insulted the people of an important swing state. You can make all the excuses you want, but the billboards are coming!
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@PrezLives2022
A French grocer even pulled
@Fritolay
from its shelves over pricing. Yes, salaries are higher than before COVID, but these increases are excessive and driven by Wall Street’s ever-increasing profit motive. Eventually, consumers will take note!
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Hi, I’m Lee White from Kansas City. T&T and I will be voting Joe Biden in November. How about you?
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@thejackhopkins
Donald needs to heed some advice a professor gave me about federal judges: Don’t mess with ‘em. They can ruin your life with the stroke of a pen,
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@thejackhopkins
Don't really like the guy, but I don't think he should go down for what was the negligent behavior of those who handled the gun prior to his firing it. Should he have checked the chamber? Sure, but he may not know how.
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It has been 59 trips around the sun for me today. I don't really have any pearls of wisdom other than to say, "If you don't vote Democratic in 2024, we will lose our nation to fascism." Don't let it happen. I want a happy 60th!
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@KansasReflector
@TimVCarpenter
Kansas law enforcement and guard members have better things to do than be props for a photo op! Shame on the
@KSGOP
! Talk about wasting resources. But they’re the party of fiscal responsibility, right? Nope, they’re the party of crashing the economy and the Brownback experiment.
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@elleonCEOTK
So, it sounds as if we have a Trump supporter spouting more conspiracy theories because the Messiah is about to be booked into jail.
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The
@KansasReflector
nailed it. Tax the poor, feed the rich, trickle down and all that nonsense. As one Wichita union leader once put it, "A lot of people got trickled on."
Here's the latest flat tax proposal introduced in the Legislature:. Independent analysis of the financial impact shows the state's top 20% of earners would see nearly 40% of the benefits. Billionaire Charles Koch would see a tax break windfall.
#ksleg
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@JoJoFromJerz
@RepMTG
Accurate statement,
@RepMTG
, but there's the little problem of the Senate. The other problem is the House will belong to
@TheDemocrats
in 2025, so there's that.
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@ChrisDJackson
@AggiePride85
It’s nice to have a president who represents everyone, unlike Trump. Remember when Trump refused to send aid for the California fires because it was a blue state? Rural voters need to understand they’re defecating in their own nests by voting for anyone but Biden!
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@Eric_Schmitt
And Republicans are perfectly willing to do exactly that and more. There is no liberty on the Right except for guns and Jesus.
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@RogerMarshallMD
Well, Roger, I have to wonder whether the folks over at the Heritage Foundation set Butker’s speech up. He’s not just some random Catholic who gave a commencement speech. He’s wired directly into GOP megadonor Leonard Leo’s network.
How'd I guess that Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts might have posted Harrison Butker's speech? Because I just learned that Butker founded an organization whose "team" members have ties to Heritage (as well as the Federalist Society, the Blackstone Legal Fellowship,
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@thejackhopkins
Not sure whether your youngest is the 10-year-old who boxes, but she should get it. I was fortunate at that age to have a teacher who taught us about politics. He was preparing us at that tender age to do research and write term papers. We even had a polling place in our school.
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Embarrassed to say, this occurred in my home state of Kansas. I say, Biden has done a great job as president! Like he says in a recent commercial, he knows how to get things done. Now, let’s talk about these thugs normalizing violence. That’s the real trouble here!
BREAKING: Kansas Republican Party hosts fundraiser featuring accused child molester Ted Nugent where attendees could donate to assault President Biden in effigy.
A disgusting display designed to encourage political violence. The head of the Kansas GOP Mike Brown should resign.
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@piper4missouri
Then the private and parochial schools jack up tuition to keep out the "undesirables." Happens like clockwork!
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Whenever Missouri trends, this woman's posts lead the pack. Imagine if every red state had a Jess Piper. I'm just glad we have her in Missouri. Maybe we'll get our state back someday!
Let me give you a statistic that scares red state Republicans: 70% of Kansans who registered to vote after the Dobbs decision were women.
Kansas voters upheld a woman's right to choose and so will Missouri voters which is why Republicans are fighting to keep it off the ballot.
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@LeeGoffIII
@NusbaumVirginia
Years ago, I subbed in an alternative middle school program. There was a boy named Kevin whom the teachers feared. I never had a problem with him. Later learned that he went in the Army and is now a good citizen. So rewarding! Good luck!
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@KristiNoem
@DoubleDWestern
Are you getting paid for these endorsements? If so, you may wish to ask an attorney whether Federal Trade Commission rules require disclosure of that information.
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Kelly should consider nuclear option to expand Medicaid. Another excellent idea from
@DionKansas
!
@GovLauraKelly
, nuke ‘em!
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@KristanHawkins
I wouldn’t call myself a Catholic due to the Church’s pattern and practice of abusing
children. Your moralizing on any topic is laughable.
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Betsy Wetsy and Charlie Koch want to take over education from kindergarten through graduate school. Don't let them! Vouchers would be the final nail in the coffin for rural communities.
The fact that Betsy DeVos' lobbyist has tweeted half a dozen times at me, a rural mom in a town of 480 people, should tell you something, friends.
Vouchers are unpopular and they are worried. Corey DeAngelis can poke at my rural education all he wants, but we are winning.
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@watchkeep
The problem with Christianity is that its practitioners place their faith in humans rather than the Deity. Always happy to see an evangelical get his, but we need to address the pandemic of sexual abuse among those running the churches!
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@thetrueshelby
That would be truly disappointing. I've kinda followed the Bengals because Zac Taylor and I are
@ButlerCC
alums (years apart, of course). They have quite a football factory at Butler, sending numerous players to D1 and the NFL.
@BearWithMS
is an honors nursing graduate.
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@JessMcMasterKC
@timburchett
.
@timburchett
, not an attorney, but I believe the gentleman should lawyer up and consider suing those who defamed him. This is EXACTLY the kind of situation journalists train to avoid: Falsely naming a criminal defendant. That government officials are doing so is appalling!
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@BenZeisloft
Who cares what your Bible says? You’re free to practice your religion, but not to force it on me.
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@piper4missouri
Give them a few years of vouchers and they'll be begging for more money. Private schools are "good" because they get to cherry-pick their students. They'll still get to do that, only this time, they'll have taxpayer money to do it with.
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@thejackhopkins
Social media is not reality, but I believe Twitter still influences the so-called "movers and shakers" of the world. I'm here to fight the good fight and network with others who are working for democracy. I've met some amazing folks on here.
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@GovLauraKelly
Great post, Governor! Nearly half of the customers in Kansas City-area dispensaries come from Johnson and Wyandotte counties. That's a lot of money that could be going toward Medicaid expansion.
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@RonFilipkowski
This is serious, though. The Right is building a conspiracy theory around the undocumented coming here to raise an army against the U.S. This is the same sort of thing Hitler did. It’s frightening and must be called out.
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@dlm_bmlawkc
There’s a difference between one’s personal religious practices and forcing them on the masses. If being Catholic means he gets to be a fascist dictator, then we already have one running for office. Maybe Buttker is auditioning for VP.
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@Out5p0ken
@patriottakes
I finished my college degree at 58. I encourage everyone to get an education. That way, people won’t as readily fall for MAGA lies.
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Both have GOP supermajorities in their state legislatures. It’s not just the cities with a drug problem. It’s the rural areas, too!
A recent report found Kansas and Missouri to be among the states with the largest drug usage issues.
Details >>>
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@RickBrattin
Who’s stopping you from being Christian? The Trans Day of Visibility has fallen on March 31 since 2009. It just happened to fall on Easter this year. You can still be a Christian and go on hating everyone who’s different. Nobody is stopping you.
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We're about to find out how corrupt SCOTUS really is.
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In my home state of Kansas, they’re recreating the Dust Bowl.
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@julie_kely2
Even if there are 80,000, it doesn’t prove he’s a winner. He had big rallies in ‘20 and still lost. He doesn’t sell to middle-ground voters. This will be demonstrated on November 5.
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@thejackhopkins
I think the whole thing is irrelevant and never would have happened to a white male.
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@DaveDMarko
@PilarPedrazaTV
@Chiefs
We sure did. We said, “Let Kansas foot the bill for billionaire welfare.”
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@BenBakerMO
No, decent people who know that animal
cruelty leads to human cruelty are angry with
@kristinoem
, and a majority of Republicans embody that cruelty.
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ROTFLMMFAO! Arkansas Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
bought a lectern for $19,000, but nobody's ever seen her use it. Critics have raised questions about her allegedly spending the money on a trip to Europe and using the lectern to cover for it.
#lecterngate
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Missouri has the lowest teacher pay in the nation and a giant surplus in the bank. Twenty years of
@GOP
supermajority rule means we have broke teachers, lousy roads, high taxes, and increasing electric rates.
America is a country that places no value on the education of its children.
Pay Teachers, not politicians.
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@Eric_Schmitt
Fast food workers pay also increased. I’ll gladly pay more for my Big Mac so that a person who doesn’t have my advantages in life can earn money and eat, too. That’s the difference between a Democrat and a Republican, I suppose.
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@MayoIsSpicyy
That's the thing: People involved in a deal like this can make enough money writing and speaking about it that the old man's money has less effect. Trump is going to end up broke and in prison, so Ivanka is wise to cut her losses and 'fess up!
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So, great, Roger — let Russia invade Europe and the Iranians kick our asses all over the Middle East. All this to please the crudest and most stupid folks who know absolutely zero about foreign policy.
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas not voting for bipartisan bill on border security, aid to Israel and Ukraine.
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@csnook211
@sloth45s
@piper4missouri
Chance, someday you'll be sick and dying. Happens to all of us. When your family has to travel hundreds of miles because there are no more rural hospitals, I guarantee you'll care. Karma is real.
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@Eric_Schmitt
Aaron Rodgers is a washed-up quarterback. Fauci is a respected virologist whose interventions undoubtedly saved thousands of American lives. I will take my medical advice from Fauci. So far, it has worked: My wife and I have not gotten COVID.
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@Eric_Schmitt
Sounds like a great bill. We’ll be getting workers we desperately need to onshore manufacturing and handle the jobs white Americans can’t or won’t do. New people create wealth in a society like ours. Hope the bill makes it to
@JoeBiden
’s desk.
#DemVoice1
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
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Oh, good Lord, has Roger lost it?
Rep. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas went on Fox to spread a conspiracy theory that massage parlors owned by Chinese Americans are part of a decades long scheme by China’s government — and the Triads, a Chinese gang — to infiltrate and influence the U.S.
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@Eric_Schmitt
He’ll not regret anything nor should he. Because a bunch of fascists like YOU don’t like little brown people, you want to impeach the Secretary. Bunch of hicks from the sticks like you!
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One of the excellent Democratic candidates running for
#ksleg
in Johnson County.
#VoteBlueDownBallot
Thanks to the
@ShawneeRotary
for welcoming me this morning. It was great to be back among so many old friends and to meet so new ones, all of us sharing the
#ServiceAboveSelf
philosophy.
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@JessMcMasterKC
@RyanTakeo
You and
@judylthomas
keep exposing these "Christian" camps for what they are. I love it! Keep the heat on them because the fix is in for Christians in red states.
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Free trip to Seoul on the backs of some of the poorest people in America. What’s Huckleberry Fraud going to trade — a few vials of Ozempic?
Gurl. You wore pleather to meet Korean President Yoon??? Smdh.
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@RonFilipkowski
Dear
@CaseyDeSantis
: The ones coming after children are fundamentalist pastors, not drag queens.
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@piper4missouri
A rancher near my hometown said: "I live in a rural ghetto. A ghetto is a place where people are so poor, they can't afford to move." I, too, know districts that depend on windmill money. It's tough out there, but slashing and burning isn't the way.
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@BlueHogReport
.
@JodyLynnVetter
, these are called hyperlinks. They take the reader to additional information. They aren’t there for emphasis.
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Rural Kansas is dying. Russell is Bob Dole’s hometown.
Russell considers closing middle school and school district office
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What a waste of scarce public resources on political theater.
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And before that, he was on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s staff. Obviously, Republicans have a hard time finding good help!
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