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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 20h

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GOP Rep Says Rural Areas Will Just Have to Deal With Hospitals Closing

Representative Mike Flood isn’t worried about the fact that Donald Trump’s bill will force hospitals to close.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 1d

A supporter reminded me the other day that Trump ran on the promise that he'd be his supporters' retribution. They were worried that if we take the same approach, we'll lose our soul. I think that's right.

Our promise is to rebuild, not revenge. Accountability, not retribution.

Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 1d

We were in Dodge City and Abilene yesterday with gubernatorial and senate candidates, along with some impressive local and union leaders.

A thousand conversations and a hundred speeches and you're just getting started. A long road but it goes where it needs to.

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We were in Dodge City and Abilene yesterday with gubernatorial and senate candidates, along with some impressive local and union leaders.

A thousand conversations and a hundred speeches and you're just getting started. A long road but it goes where it needs to.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 12d

My latest: Most Kansas voters are not Republicans. But the GOP still thinks it ought to control every single one of our House seats “to reflect the people.” #ksleg GIFT LINK. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Less than half Kansas voters are GOP. Ty Masterson still wants all the power | Opinion

Most of us who do the work of voting in this state don’t actually want to be identified as Republican. | Opinion

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 12d

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness #ksleg

As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Republican delegation in Washington, D.C., has beclowned themselves with shutdown rhetoric both partisan and incoherent.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 13d

The GOP can't pretend it's negotiating in good faith when it lies to Dems.

And they can't pretend to stand for farmers while destroying programs like Feed the Future.

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Trump cancels food research funding popular with Republicans

Budget chief Russ Vought proposed cutting $72 million for universities after promising lawmakers the funding would remain untouched.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 18d

I'm the only Democrat running for office in the First District. Redistricting would likely help me.

I oppose it. It's wrong to rig elections because voters won't do what they're told.
And it's wrong even if it helps me.

It's a lesson my opponent forgot a long time ago.

Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18d

Kansas Legislature closer to special session for partisan remapping of U.S. House districts | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature closer to special session for partisan remapping of U.S. House districts • Kansas Reflector

GOP leaders in the Kansas Legislature aim for a November special session to redraw U.S. House boundaries to run Democrat Sharice Davids out of office.

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AFT @aft.org · 18d

No one would go into education if they didn't want to make a difference in the lives of others. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19d

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

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China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say

Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 19d

I also called a former boss who said he assumed I was running a "pinko commie" campaign, but also said he'd throw a thousand bucks at me.

This thing is working out.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 19d

Today was the first day of "call time," phoning people up and asking for money.

Excuse me. Offering them the opportunity to participate in the fight for our nation's future, for the mere price of [TARGET$ASK].

First old friend I talked to just asked what the max was.

This thing is working out.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 19d

They burned down our export markets. A bailout now is just telling people to warm themselves by the embers. It won't last, and it doesn't solve the problem.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Brooke Rollins: "Soybean, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton farmers are facing very difficult times. We are currently in conversations here at the White House, across the government, on a farmer aid package."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20d

As a child of the Reagan years, the fact that the *Republican Party* is expropriating shares in companies and shaking companies down while saying stuff like this is wild

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

BARTIROMO: The idea of government owning portions of public companies -- this is something that free-market have to get their heads around.

BESSENT: Maria, there are decisions that the US government makes that we believe are good for society

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ACOG @acog.org · 22d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 22d

First speech of the campaign--and first political speech ever:

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Democracy Fest in Colby, Kansas

YouTube video by Colin McRoberts for Congress

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 22d

These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.

By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 22d

Counting hungry people isn't political.

Covering them up and lying about the reasons sure is, though.

And deeply immoral.

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Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22d

Unnerving point from @bcfinucane.bsky.social: The White House appears to be quietly trying to get Republicans to formally turn over a large swath of Congress's warmaking powers to Trump. That's what this new draft bill would do.

From our pod discussion:
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onion person @junlper.beer · 23d

the republican line to open corruption in the government is “WE DON’T CARE” lmfao

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 23d

Outrageous corruption, and it looks like he was saved from prosecution for it by even more corrupt DOJ appointees--one of whom Republicans later rewarded with a lifetime judicial appointment.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24d

“On Sept. 20, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case.”

Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”

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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 24d

No. That was easy.

It's not even close. The projected returns are unrealistically aggressive, there's no inherent revenue source to support the fund, and the legislature would make fund management impossible.

Fantasies aren't a substitute for governing.

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A Kansas lawmaker proposed an endowment fund to replace taxes. Could it work?

If all goes according to plan, Kansas could eliminate its share of property taxes and income taxes within 60 years, Rep. Blake Carpenter said.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 24d

The people who claimed to be free speech absolutists are celebrating censorship.

The people who claimed to be against violent rhetoric are cheering for this.

Like everyone else, they are what they do.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24d

Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work

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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 24d

Specifically.

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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 24d

This is a great time to remind y’all that @colinmcroberts.bsky.social is now running for the 1st district. If Ezra Klein et al want to know what actual Kansans are stepping up to run. colinforkansas.com

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