November 25, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

Shock Headline: “Kansas teachers union backs Democratic nominee for governor”

For some reason the Associated Press and the Kansas City Star thought it newsworthy that the National Education Association’s Kansas…

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Judges Cast out Satanic Temple Plaintiff, Uphold Missouri Abortion Law

Technically, A federal appeals court “dismissed” a lawsuit brought by The Satanic Temple against Missouri abortion laws, but “cast out” seems…

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Do 3 Kansas Health Nonprofits Know They’re Paying Missouri Team to Smear Kobach?

In a Monday article the Sentinel asked, “Who Is Paying for the Kansas News Service to Slander Kobach?” What inspired…

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When Schools Are Ranked By Debt And Spending, Kansas Kicks Butt

If schools were ranked by debt and other financial measurements rather than achievement, Kansas would be a national leader in…

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‘Trayvon Martini’ Joke Goes National, Public Pushes Back

As the Kansas City Star reported breathlessly earlier this week, Westport security guard Michael Dargy “allegedly” asked a black bartender,…

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Star Nails Yoder Opponent Sharice Davids in Lie About Defunding ICE

Oops, 3rd District Kansas Democratic candidate Sharice Davids has been caught in an embarrassing bit of dissembling at a politically…

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Independence Solar Project Leaves Residents Fuming

The municipally owned Independence Power & Light (IPL) boasts on its website that “residents are not just utility customers; they…

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Failed Orman Challenge Shows Dem Concern For “Disenfranchised” To Be Pious Fraud

If memory serves it was a just a few months back that the media and the Democratic Party shed many…

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Heartless McClatchy To Cut 140 Staffers

Putting profits over people–or at least putting smaller losses over people–The McClatchy Company announced on Tuesday that it will cut…

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Voter Suppression Alert: Dems Want Orman Off Guv Ballot on Technicality

Among the more prominent of their many pieties, Kansas Democrats would have Kansas citizens believe they lose sleep at night…

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Mama Mia! USD 500 Super is the (pension) spiking queen!

USD 500 superintendent Cynthia Lane collected a number of laurels from the education lobby during her years while leading what…

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Has A ‘Great Awakening’ Begun at Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood?

The news out of Fort Leonard Wood, located in the Missouri Ozarks, seems almost too encouraging to be true, but…

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Shocker! National Media Slight Kobach Victory, Trump Endorsement

After weeks of salivating over a hoped-for defeat, the national media have been hard pressed to acknowledge Kris Kobach’s victory…

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Missouri Dems Disinvite Pro-Lifers From The Party

Less than two months ago, the Democratic Party of Missouri caused a stir among its sister parties nationwide when it…

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Colyer Concedes, Kobach Credits Trump Endorsement For Victory

When the Johnson County provisional ballots were counted, and they increased Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s lead, Gov. Jeff Colyer…

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Why Some Kansas Votes Are Counted And Why Some Are Not

The election officials of Sedgwick County, where Wichita is located, have finished sorting through provisional and mail-in ballots, and their…

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Kobach Ups Lead to 300 Votes, Johnson County Reports Later Tuesday

As reported in the Wichita Eagle, the canvass of 1326 disputed and provisional ballots in Wichita’s Sedgwick County gave Secretary…

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How An Illegal Alien Sexual Predator Became “A Man From Mexico”

Strange but true: even in the smallest newsrooms today, even during the #Me Too era, a sexual predator catches a…

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Great Media Coverage For Lawrence Protest of, Well, Nothing

The Topeka Capital-Journal, Lawrence Journal-World, KCUR, WIBW, KCWH, and other local media turned up in Lawrence on Saturday to cover…

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“If Florida Had Provisional Ballots, There’d’a Been Civil War”

As one Republican wag put it, “If Florida had provisional ballots, there’d’a been civil war.” He was referring to the…

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Olathe East Teacher’s Suicide Will Not Stop Child Porn Investigation

The apparent suicide of Olathe East art teacher John Derby will not stop the police from completing their investigation into…

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Kobach Lead Widens, “Staunch Conservative” To Oversee Results

Although Secretary of State Kris Kobach has handed over his election responsibilities to what the Wichita Eagle gratuitously calls “a staunch…

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CNN Lauds Possible “First Lesbian Native American Congresswoman”

You know that identity politics has reached its boiling point when CNN can headline the outcome of Kansas’s 3rd District…

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Kansas Governor Primary Draws Twice As Many GOP Voters As Dems

Lost in the media kerfuffle over the extremely close Kansas GOP gubernatorial primary, perhaps purposely so, is that the GOP…

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