July 27, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Government

Yoder Calls On Sharice “No Show” Davids To Show For 3 Debates

Congressional Democratic candidate Sharice Davids shocked even her supporters with her last minute withdrawal from the Johnson County Bar Association…

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Shocker: KNEA Withdraws Support of Deaf Candidate in Kansas House Race

One had to give credit where it is due: the KNEA, the Kansas branch of the National Educational Association, has…

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Trump Gives Steve Watkins Huge Boost in Topeka Speech

For Steve Watkins and Kris Kobach, President Donald Trump could not have picked a better day to stump for the…

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Whoa! Star Chides Davids For Last Minute Duck of JOCO Debate

The opening sentence of the Wednesday Kansas City Star article is pretty damning: “Democrat Sharice Davids has pulled out of…

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Shocker: Liberal Star Jason Kander Withdraws From KC Mayor’s Race, Cites PTSD

“By all objective measures, things have been going well for me the past few months,” writes Jason Kander on his…

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AP Slams Kelly for Claiming Kobach Called Schools “Overfunded”

When the Associated Press calls a claim in a Democratic ad false, as it did for a Laura Kelly ad…

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Why is Sharice Davids Ducking Debate With Congressman Yoder?

Veteran KMBC TV political reporter Michael Mahoney spelled out the problem in a September 21 tweet: “KCK Chamber says ‘every…

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Wow! Hawley Asks McCaskill to Jim Him In Call For Special Counsel

Early Monday morning, the Sentinel opined, “Josh Hawley and his strategists should read [the Mitchell report] carefully. They should then…

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Star Slights Trump Stump Speech For Hawley in Springfield

There are more than 20 news stories on the Kansas City Star’s Saturday home page, but none of them involves…

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Should Davis’s Strip Club History Be Fair Game in Congressional Race?

Congressional candidate Paul Davis might have thought his unfortunate history with strip clubs and private sex sessions old news, but…

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27 Months for “Rising Star in Democratic Party”

Last January, the Sentinel congratulated the Kansas City Star for pointing out in the very first sentence of its article on the…

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Why Has Deaf Community Turned Against First Deaf Candidate for Kansas House?

As the first deaf candidate for the Kansas House, Chris Haulmark has gotten a lot of media attention, even from…

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Daily Kansan: KU Gambled on More Foreign Students, Lost

First off, kudos to the University of Kansas student newspaper, the Daily Kansan. Last school year, the Daily Kansan featured…

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Where’s the KNEA? Still Another School Teacher Busted For Sex With Kids

While the Kansas City Star is running breathless front pages exposés on a priest who left the area 42 years…

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“Ozark” Is Back For Season 2 And Giving Missouri An Identity

Only a handful of American states have a firm state identity. Texas comes to mind. So too does Iowa, even…

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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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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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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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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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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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