KimHornerMcCoy
@kimhornermccoy.bsky.social
Writing fiction and poetry. Reading . . . well, nearly everything.
"Amid the stream of coverage of state-sponsored violence you may have missed the stories of the journalists who have been arrested, detained, roughed up, or otherwise prevented by federal agents from doing their jobs."
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level. #ksleg
As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level. • Kansas Reflector
Amid the stream of coverage of state-sponsored violence you may have missed the stories of the journalists arrested, detained or roughed up.
kansasreflector.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 AM
"Amid the stream of coverage of state-sponsored violence you may have missed the stories of the journalists who have been arrested, detained, roughed up, or otherwise prevented by federal agents from doing their jobs."
“It’s like asking me if two plus two equals ice cream,” he said. “These are nonsense numbers. It’s just made up.”
Economists have long been skeptical about spending tax dollars to lure sports teams. They consistently warn that professional sports don’t bring in as much money as advocates claim. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)
Experts say Kansas' Chiefs deal used flawed math to inflate benefits: 'It's just insane'
Four economists say the state relied on exaggerated numbers to make the Kansas City Chiefs deal, the largest public subsidy of a stadium in American history, look better. State officials say football teams bring in real value as millions flock to the stadium projects.
www.kcur.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“It’s like asking me if two plus two equals ice cream,” he said. “These are nonsense numbers. It’s just made up.”
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Why is it so hard to say goodbye to an old car? Because of the miles lived. #ksleg
Why is it so hard to say goodbye to an old car? Because of the miles lived. • Kansas Reflector
I know the Jeep was not a living thing, but an object. Yet those two round headlights reminded me so much of a horse it was easy to forget.
kansasreflector.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Why is it so hard to say goodbye to an old car? Because of the miles lived. #ksleg
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality. ... Years of careful diplomacy, billions of dollars in trade, are now at risk because senators and representatives who know better have refused to use the powers they have to block him. Now is the time."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality. ... Years of careful diplomacy, billions of dollars in trade, are now at risk because senators and representatives who know better have refused to use the powers they have to block him. Now is the time."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Don’t tell him about the Mayflower.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Don’t tell him about the Mayflower.
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. #ksleg
ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. • Kansas Reflector
What happened after a judge expressed displeasure with ICE agents in her municipal courtroom was yet another sign democracy is fraying.
kansasreflector.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. #ksleg
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OWN this victory, clobber MAGA R's with it open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Democrats in ‘Array’
What Tuesday’s Democratic sweep means
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
OWN this victory, clobber MAGA R's with it open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
"The problems with the #natrium reactor, Lyman said, are inherent in the design of any sodium-cooled #reactor. The molten sodium bursts into flame upon contact with air or water and [are] prone to #leaks. . ."
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Hoping Kansas will get ‘advanced’ nuclear energy? Careful what you wish for in the Age of Damocles. • Kansas Reflector
Those vying to bring TerraPower jobs to their communities might want to consider the safety and security risks.
kansasreflector.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"The problems with the #natrium reactor, Lyman said, are inherent in the design of any sodium-cooled #reactor. The molten sodium bursts into flame upon contact with air or water and [are] prone to #leaks. . ."
kansasreflector.com/2025/11/02/h...
kansasreflector.com/2025/11/02/h...
I was there, too, btw. Emporia, Kansas.
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I was there, too, btw. Emporia, Kansas.
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Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
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Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public?
Yeah, me neither.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP
Yeah, me neither.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP
September 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public?
Yeah, me neither.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP
Yeah, me neither.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP
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Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Another Kansas summer is nearly spent. The season has been perfect for the ‘rascals’ of democracy. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/07/a...
Another Kansas summer is nearly spent. The season has been perfect for the ‘rascals’ of democracy. • Kansas Reflector
Thank God for dissent. It is the seed from which democracy grows.
kansasreflector.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Another Kansas summer is nearly spent. The season has been perfect for the ‘rascals’ of democracy. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/07/a...
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: What’s the value in doing good for others? A Kansas nonprofit tests the market with executive pay. #ksleg
What's the value in doing good for others? A Kansas nonprofit tests the market with executive pay. • Kansas Reflector
It's not the additional employees or added services that has sparked a regional political backlash, it's Fawson's pay and benefits,
kansasreflector.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: What’s the value in doing good for others? A Kansas nonprofit tests the market with executive pay. #ksleg
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My @kansasreflector.com column today.
It's been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Time to raise some L. • Kansas Reflector
It was such a peaceful morning that Yoshito Matsushige could scarcely believe it was wartime. Matsushige, a 32-year-old newspaper photographer who had been up most of the night before covering air rai...
kansasreflector.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My @kansasreflector.com column today.
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Kansas Reflector columnist @maxmccoy.com again wins national award | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Reflector columnist again wins national award • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Reflector columnist Max McCoy won a first place award in the annual National Society of Newspaper Columnists contest, the organization announced Thursday.
kansasreflector.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Kansas Reflector columnist @maxmccoy.com again wins national award | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
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Hakeem Jeffries has been speaking consecutively without assistance for over 7 hours and 30 minutes:
"We don't work for Donald Trump, we work for the American People."
"We don't work for Donald Trump, we work for the American People."
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hakeem Jeffries has been speaking consecutively without assistance for over 7 hours and 30 minutes:
"We don't work for Donald Trump, we work for the American People."
"We don't work for Donald Trump, we work for the American People."
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1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Even the loneliest of highways leads back home #ksleg
Even the loneliest of highways leads back home • Kansas Reflector
From home on Constitution Street in Emporia, I am within walking distance of the route Time magazine called the "backbone of America."
kansasreflector.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Even the loneliest of highways leads back home #ksleg
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Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Our immigration cops have donned masks. Time to ask what they — and we — are hiding. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/15/o...
Our immigration cops have donned masks. Time to ask what they — and we — are hiding. • Kansas Reflector
More often than not, ICE agents have their faces covered. It's a distinctly un-American look, one that is likely to terrify the migrants being sought for deportation and just about everybody else who ...
kansasreflector.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Our immigration cops have donned masks. Time to ask what they — and we — are hiding. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/15/o...
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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“I used to think that what was happening was a failure of the system, but I was wrong, and it isn't. This is the system. Realized. Unmasked. Fulfilled.” open.substack.com/pub/complexs...
A Nation Unworthy of Rescue
America isn’t fighting to be saved. It’s fighting to stay cruel.
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“I used to think that what was happening was a failure of the system, but I was wrong, and it isn't. This is the system. Realized. Unmasked. Fulfilled.” open.substack.com/pub/complexs...
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