November 25, 2024

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Category: News

Monetti “All In”–Will Stump 114 MO Counties Before Primary

Last week, former B-2 pilot and Republican Senate candidate Tony Monetti leaped off a 30-foot cliff shouting “all in” as…

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Busted! Kansas Libs Say 2nd District’s Steve Watkins Is One of Us

On Friday, July 13, an unlucky day for Republican 2nd District Congressional candidate Steve Watkins, the Kansas City Star posted…

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KU Flies Defaced American Flag–In The Name of Art

Beginning on the 4th of July, the University of Kansas has allowed a defaced American flag to fly above Spooner…

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Kobach: Colyer Paid $500 Million Ransom to Supreme Court

In a Wichita debate on Tuesday evening, gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach grabbed the money quote with the use of one…

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Armed Grandpa Derails KC Man’s Crime Career in Mid-Missouri

Two stories in the news make it clear that the real problem in America is not guns but crime and…

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Congressional Candidate Fitzgerald Defends Western Civ, Tweaks CNN

A candidate can trash the western world all he or she desires without provoking CNN, but let a candidate defend…

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KCMO City Hall Apparatchiks Say “Nyet” to Free Speech

In a stunningly detailed memorandum, the aspiring apparatchiks in Kansas City, Missouri, have drawn a social media-proof iron curtain around City…

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Stem Cell Treatment Is Just One Reason Kansas Couple Feels Blessed

“Conservatives have repeatedly hyped adult stem cell research,” wrote Christopher Mooney in his preposterous bestseller, The Republican War on Science. “The…

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Poll: Kansans Overwhelmingly Want the Court Out of Their Schools

Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court decided the additional $818 million Kansas lawmakers approved to fund public schools over the…

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Da Nerve! Seattle Deports Homeless To Kansas

The famously compassionate City of Seattle, Washington, the home of Starbucks and the $15 minimum wage, has been trying for…

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US Supremes Back Louisburg Woman in Religious Freedom Case

High marks to KCUR for reporting fairly on a story about Louisburg woman Mary Ann Sause whose day in court…

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Ridicule Works: Missouri State Prof Cancels Her “Penis” Study

Missouri State University in Springfield found itself in the worldwide news this week for reasons that could not have pleased…

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“Public-Private” Deals Bilk, Milk KU, Lawrence

Ten years ago, the City of Lawrence set up a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District and a Transportation Development District to…

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St. Louis Pol Calls Cops “KKK,” Demands More of Them

“Do we have the KKK infiltrating the police departments throughout America?” tweeted St. Louis-area Sen. Jamilah Nasheed in 2014, milking…

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Kansas GOP Leaders, Candidates Say ‘Not So Fast’ To $$$-Hungry Court

The decision Monday by the Kansas Supreme Court that the latest effort by Kansas lawmakers to appease the court was…

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KNEA Bummed, US Supremes Rule Against Mandatory Dues

In a major blow to teachers unions in particular, the KNEA especially, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that charging government…

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National Right To Life Convention Begins Thursday in Overland Park

Those citizens newly concerned about children being wrenched from their mothers might find the National Right to Life Convention a…

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Breaking: Kansas Supreme Court Says We Want Mo’ Taxpayer Money

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that the “State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the…

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Monetti Doubles Down in MO Senate Race, Has Sarah Palin Come to KC For Rally

Not one to be easily deterred by the odds, Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Tony Monetti is going all in by…

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Candidates Struggle to Explain Why Kansas Is Stagnant in Surging Economy

In the booming 2017 national economy, only two states underperformed Kansas–Louisiana and Connecticut. In fact, Kansas was one of only…

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Sigh! Kander Lowers Sights From President to Mayor of KC

If there is a more nakedly ambitious Democrat in America than former Missouri secretary of state and would-be Kansas City mayor…

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Sad News: Kate Spade’s Father Dies on Eve of Funeral

If the suicide of Kate Spade did not cause her family grief enough, there was more in store. The following…

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With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up

Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…

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“Mizzou” Has Become Shorthand For “Self-Destructive University”

Board members at the University of Missouri, affectionately known as “Mizzou,” should consider the following headline from The College Fix…

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