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Kansan. Word person.

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Yes. As a former reporter I resisted believing this could be true. But it is.

17.11.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And my responses would be bad, too: Just no. You must be kidding me. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

No one has to worry about losing their anchor job to either of us.

16.11.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Strategy is to get ahead of Supreme Court ruling against him.

15.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are the people who want to lower the age of marriage to 14! Why do they car so much about pedophiles? I can’t make their actions/beliefs reconcile.

14.11.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If true, why’d he wait? Could have had DOJ investigate and shelved this months ago.

14.11.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marshall is a loss. He’s a miserable senator for Kansans. Although- he is running scared that Sharice David’s, popular Dem Rep, will run against him.

13.11.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this zero fees statement the affordability messaging?

Not sure I can relate this to that new word β€œgroceries.”

13.11.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

12.11.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12870    πŸ” 2360    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 106

1981: in Great Bend trying to transmit a story from β€œlaptop” to Wichita over a telephone receiver. I was 21. An intern. Panicky because the β€œtechnology” didn’t work. And the IT guy speaking to me as if I were an idiot.

That feeling has never left me. IT guys just look in my direction and I heave.

12.11.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThreaten” is not synonymous with β€œbrief.”

12.11.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree - and this is the issue of β€œmarriage.” It is a government-sanctioned state of being that confers special privileges on those who participate.

The religious aspect of marriage is not relevant. And the county clerk’s religious objections are not relevant either.

10.11.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what I think. It wasn’t a good case, it was the closest case. A β€œbetter” one will come along once the crazy white Christian nationalists set up a situation with better structure. Probably will involve cake somehow.

10.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

He cannot grasp β€œno means no” in any context whatsoever.

08.11.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Better than the people I worked with, who started every statement with, "Hey, friends."

I'm all for friendship. But not necessarily with all of them.

08.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You misidentified the hardship. The hardship is β€œwill we make Trump mad by acting responsibly and then he slams us and our gravy train from Harlan Snow slows down” vs β€œwill Trump be happy and praise us and let us do his bidding more often.”

08.11.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
β€œWhat did Watson and Crick discover?”
β€œRosalind Franklin’s notes.”

07.11.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1320    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9

And here I thought he’d make America great - but the door knobs remain without glitter. Sigh.

07.11.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Car time with (sleeping, probably) child!

Blessed πŸ™

/s

07.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They have until about noon on Inauguration Day to rectify this.

06.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People - focus! Let’s get back to the sandwich. Is it throwable? Can I be arrested for it? Will late night tv hosts be merciless if I am acquitted?

What qualities make this sandwich great?

06.11.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
But across the newsroom and business side, the typical woman earns 6 percent less than the typical man (approximately $7,000 annually). And the typical employee of color earns 8 percent less than the typical white employee. Over just a few years that difference can amount to a sizable sum. Women and people of color are significantly underrepresented in the most highly compensated reporting and editing roles in the newsroom. They also tend to be younger, thanks to the recent push to diversify the company. Both factors help drive the overall pay disparities.

But across the newsroom and business side, the typical woman earns 6 percent less than the typical man (approximately $7,000 annually). And the typical employee of color earns 8 percent less than the typical white employee. Over just a few years that difference can amount to a sizable sum. Women and people of color are significantly underrepresented in the most highly compensated reporting and editing roles in the newsroom. They also tend to be younger, thanks to the recent push to diversify the company. Both factors help drive the overall pay disparities.

After the NYTimes published the op-ed "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", I remembered that a NYTimes Guild report in 2021 found "Overall, median pay for women was $10,000 less per year than for men, meaning women earned roughly 92 percent of what men earned." nytimesguild.org/papers/2021-...

06.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 9

Fear. It just grips his teeny tiny balls in a way I will never understand. Or feel sorry for.

06.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing β€” including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.

They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.

Follow the money.

04.11.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4209    πŸ” 1646    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 53
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "When we're talking about the SNAP program, one of the other programs we're definitely concerned about is Unemployment Insurance. That will be the next thing that we have to be concerned about."

04.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 755    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 118

Tim, can you list the candidates that he donated to? And did Ty Masterson receive the lion’s share? This - and Masterson’s own bankruptcy that shows he can’t manage money or be trusted - should be an issue if Masterson makes it past the primary.

04.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Legislation that guaranteed Beneficient received the charter was championed by Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican now in the midst of a campaign for governor."

04.11.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can appreciate people who want to step up to those roles. It sounds like hell to me.

04.11.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are probably too young to know about Schumm’s vote back in the day - that’s a compliment, as I am old!

Tell me more about Courtney.

04.11.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Depends on your politics. I’m not a fan of Enneking. Has shown to be unserious and not interested in understanding things like β€œstate statutes” that restrict how funds are spent.

04.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Polian, yes. Schumm had his moment in the sun. Good grief, retire gracefully.

And - as I’m like an elephant who never forgets - he voted against adding β€œsexual orientation” to the city’s EEO statement back in the day. Never ate at one of his restaurants again after that.

04.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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