November 22, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Government

Female Kansas Mod Laments Left’s “Ugly Campaign”

In a Pitch article that gets almost everything wrong, former Kansas City Starreporter Barbara Shelly allows moderate Republican Representative Melissa…

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Kudos to McClatchy: Hits Sharice Davids on Unpaid Debt

Brian Lowry, now writing for McClatchy, the Kansas City Star parent company, has been doing some good honest reporting of…

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How Dem House Candidate With 2 DUIs Ceased to Be Gay

For one curious reason, followers of local media did not have to play “Guess the party” when reading about the…

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McCaskill Staffer: Claire Supports Abortion “100 Percent”

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas hit the Claire McCaskill campaign today with a second undercover video, this one on abortion, and…

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KU Coach Bill Self Has Lots of ‘Splainin’ to Do in Adidas Scandal

University of Kansas basketball fans are not thinking about the ongoing federal trial of Adidas executives in New York. They…

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Boom! Project Veritas Reporters Show McCaskill, Staffers Duping Swing Voters

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas reporters have caught not only McCaskill staffers but also Claire McCaskill herself sharing thoughts on any…

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Services for Sen. Kay O’Connor Set for Wednesday, Thursday

Kathleen “Kay” Frances O’Connor, 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away Oct. 10, 2018 at Olathe Hospice House. Visitation will…

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After Long Illness, the Heroic Sen. Kay O’Connor Dies

On Wednesday morning, October 10, former Kansas State Senator Kay O’Connor died after a long illness at the age of…

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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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