On Monday, the nonprofit Historic KC released its Most Endangered Places List for the first time in five years, highlighting decaying buildings around the metro worth restoring.

These are Kansas City’s ‘Most Endangered Places,’ according to historic preservation nonprofit

For the first time in five years, the nonprofit Historic KC has released its list of “Most Endangered Places” in Kansas

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com · 7h ago

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

“And then they use their laser guns on them and they go PEW PEW PEW and then the robot fighters come in and“

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Trump: "Now our soldiers are allowed to be strong people ... they are the best looking people you've ever seen. And they stand in the streets. And they walk up to a gang and they beat the shit out of them."

Actually, Todd Blanche, President Trump has twice stated at campaign rallies that he instructed you to file this suit to help ensure that Dan Sullivan would be reelected. This is one more reason why you are likely to be disbarred after the Disciplinary Committee is acquainted with all the facts.

Many of you are asking how you can help me in these final days before the election. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

Missouri friends, you cannot vote for even one Republican. This is unsustainable. They will have to start consolidating and closing schools.

Trump: "Our country is making hundreds of billions of dollars on oil. and then on top of it we have Venezuela, and we have Greenland! 'We're making trillions of dollars. But my people said 'please don't mention that, sir, because people are paying a little higher'... we're making a frickin' fortune"

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We Seem to Have Upset Elon Musk

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More than 200 complaints regarding sexual violence at schools have been filed with the Education Department since the start of Trump’s second term. The department has investigated only 29 of these, finding fault with a school district only once.

Sexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education Department

ProPublica sued the federal government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term. Now you can use our database to fin...

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Democrats are targeting Senate District 8, which includes cities in eastern Jackson County, in their effort to break the supermajority. Outgoing Republican Speaker of the House Jon Patterson and Democratic Rep. Keri Ingle are running to succeed outgoing Republican Sen. Mike Cierpiot.

Missouri Senate candidate Keri Ingle says she'll prioritize funding for public education, Medicaid

Keri Ingle, who has represented in the Missouri House since 2019, is running against outgoing Missouri House Speaker Jon

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A nonpartisan civic engagement organization bought up all of the medical debt available in Kansas through Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that raises donations to buy medical debt in bulk for pennies on the dollar and forgive it. That totaled more than $42 million owed. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)

27,000 Kansans are getting medical debt forgiven. Some worry it’s not a real fix

The burden of medical debt came into focus after a New York Times report on Kansas U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall's billing pr

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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Kansas City Rabbi Doug Alpert was detained for several hours by Israeli forces this week while helping Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the West Bank. He joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss what happened.

Kansas City rabbi recounts detention by Israeli forces in the West Bank during olive harvest

Kansas City Rabbi Doug Alpert was detained for several hours by Israeli forces this week while helping Palestinian farme

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Abortion bans are violation of the separation of church and state.

🚨 NEW: The mother featured in Vivek Ramaswamy’s $4 MILLION attack ad against Amy Acton was found “not credible” by a court in an animal neglect case involving newborn kittens left in a 120°F car. Two kittens died. The disturbing details Ramaswamy’s ad leaves out:

Court Records Show Mom From Ramaswamy’s Attack Ad Left Kittens in Hot Car

The court found Donna Arthur "not credible." Testimony revealed two newborn kittens died on her watch.

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If you paid any federal income tax last year, then you paid more than these profitable corporations. When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.

🚨BREAKING: Democrats have asked a federal judge to move quickly in their lawsuit seeking to stop the White House from threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution and demanding that states remove voters from registration rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo ago

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

"What do you want me to say? You got me." - @mattyglesias.bsky.social From an exchange on Hasan Piker from my new Zeteo interview with the top centrist pundit Matthew Yglesias - on the left, Michigan, Gaza, immigration, polls, electability, and more: zeteo.com/p/matt-ygles...

How come People can do this and most political news cannot?

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d ago

Top story on People Magazine dot com right now: people.com/amy-acton-st...

If you were waiting for your sign to donate to an insurgent campaign for Congress in Missouri...this is your sign. I'm current polling 5 points ahead of 14 yr incumbent Ann Wagner in a seat held by the GOP for 34 years. I need you now. We can take this across the finish line and change Missouri.

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Breakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost half

The skin cancer vaccine is based on mRNA technology that helped end the coronavirus pandemic.

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what, nobody wants to spring for canva pro anymore?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Elon Musk aggressively pushes Twitter subscribers to switch from "chronological" to "algorithmic" feeds. Once this choice is made, the subscriber will find his account instantly flooded with right-wing political propaganda that reflects the thinking of Elon Musk, a Nature study has concluded. Musk's

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

Nathan Fielder Quietly Deletes Footage Of Theranos Machine Working Perfectly

As ICE is roaming the streets and fields of CA's Central Valley, UFW staff is out talking to workers and sharing know your rights info including these "red cards." We're also watching for ICE activity on rural roads and sharing guidance with both union and non-union farm workers.

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated CAT-RELATED art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 5:30 pm EDT. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

🚨BREAKING: U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in new comments Thursday, did not rule out that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could try to prevent a state from certifying its election results — a process over which the federal government has no authority. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...