Matt Calcara
@mattcalcara.bsky.social
Lancer, Trojan, friend of Dorothy, substitute teacher, tech project manager, fmr travel writer, ran for office once, dog Dad to Zuvvy, resident of America's fastest-blue-ing county.
Big news in the Senate battle. After pouring $30 million in NC, John Thune's GOP SuperPAC stops spending there, effectively conceding Cooper is likely to win. And they're dumping their first 7-figures in Kansas. (Note: a Dem internal found Hamilton up today.) www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
Blansas is happening. We are making it happen. I am knocking doors for Blansas this weekend in my precinct. LFG!
The Kansas City Star@kansascity.com · 4h agoMike Hayden joins Bill Graves as second GOP former governor to endorse Adam Hamilton, a Democrat, against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
Fighting gerrymandering will make you remember names in politics real fast. Ty Masterson, you b*tch. Chris Croft, you also-ran-b*tch. Croft (R-Overland Park) will be Speaker (most likely) if he wins re-election, which is not great! #ksleg
YESSSSSSS! They did it. They brought yet another day of national coverage to this story, which is an absolute disaster for Marshall's already-incredibly-incompetent campaign. The pastor('s lawyer) can throw a punch.
Adam Hamilton@hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 21h ago🚨 Roger Marshall threatened legal action to suppress an inconvenient truth. Read our response:
On top of everything else scummy about Roger Marshall, it can’t be a coincidence that he *just happened* to set the monthly payment amount for this arrangement to be *just barely* below the minimum threshold she would need to EVER be able to pay it off
It is simply unpossible for me to love Angie Nixon more than I do. If she somehow doesn't become the Senator from Florida, every Democrat in the country should pay her to spit 🔥 at their opponents. God how I love Democrats who can throw a punch.
Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social · 23h agoI don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
Immigration enforcement targeted western Kansas with sweeping actions over the last week, leaving people with and without legal status reeling. The beef industry that employs thousands in the area is working to get back on track.
What happens after ICE comes to Kansas? Communities and beef industry find it hard to recover
Immigration enforcement targeted western Kansas with sweeping actions over the last week, leaving people with and withou
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A guy asked me what it was like to be a woman and another guy answered for me. Nailed it.
One problem Cindy Holscher has in her race for governor that Hamilton doesn't have is that there is no Libertarian candidate for KS Governor. There is a Libertarian candidate for US Senate and given Marshall's problems, I expect him to do really well for a Libertarian: meaning 3-4% of the vote.
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 2d agoNEW: Here's an underappreciated problem facing Republicans this year: GOP voters furious about Trump, the war, and gas prices can register their disgust without ever voting for a Democrat. www.thebulwark.com/p/libertaria...
Posted this in 2018. Still remember the night that prompted it. Still so relevant today. 🐝 🐝 🐝
I just got polled on the Kansas Governor and Senate races by the fastest-talking lady who has ever polled me. It seriously sounded like she was on speed. The fun part, tho, was they asked an open-ended question on what I thought about Ty Masterson & I said "He has a fake job paid for by the Kochs."
Attention Kansans: Do not be fooled by the misleading and or blatantly dishonest ads for Republican candidates is all out of state (or country) dark money. The tax breaks they tout were for corporations and billionaires. The GOP gave us high medical costs and closing hospitals and clinics.
Abdul is definitely going to win. Probably by more than Elissa Slotkin did.
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4d agoMike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
I just want to give a big shoutout to the Kansas Federation of Democratic Women. Year after year, these ladies fundraise up a storm & write checks to DOZENS of candidates across Kansas. It takes a lot of work, but they do it tirelessly & w/less thanks than they deserve. kfdw.org/congratulati...
ENDORSEMENT CONGRATULATIONS! – Kansas Federation of Democratic Women
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If you need to catch up on the whole controversy with GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt not knowing his sports and embarrassing himself while attempting to slander a public servant today, I made a 20 min. video explainer. Yes, 20 minutes. And I enjoyed the hell out of making it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfjN...
GOP Senator Eric Schmitt + Most Embarrassing Moment Ever in a Congressional Hearing (FULL EXPLAINER)
YouTube video by Charlotte Clymer
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Oh look, the extremely popular new Hungarian Prime Minister is arresting former ministers over corruption. And it seems to be making him EVEN MORE popular. The rule of law is for everyone. No one should be above it, @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social. No one.
Euronews@euronews.com · 2d agoMagyar's 'Operation Purge' takes shape with high level detentions
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
Euronews@euronews.com · 3d agoMagyar's 'Operation Purge' takes shape with high level detentions
"Oh? That's fine." Ngl, I lost it when she said that. The kids are alright, but especially *that* girl is alright.
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d ago😂 🤣 😂
Reading this article gave me a massive pit in my stomach. The type of people Hamilton is attracting to vote for him are the type of people who will vote for him, & then every Republican on the ballot. If we end up w/Senator Hamilton & Gov. Masterson, Imma be SO PISSED. www.ms.now/news/kansas-...
A Kansas Democrat’s red-state pitch: A two-term limit and no Trump trials
Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton is courting Republicans and independents by promising not to govern like a typical politician.
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Everyone everywhere needs to be constantly reminding Eric Schmitt about the fact that he is an idiot who knows nothing about sports. For both shizz & giggles and to severely undermine the "manly man" image he tries so poorly to project.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3d agoToday I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
I hate to paint with such a broad brush, but: Why are all conservatives so damn creepy? Kristin Hawkins is scary AF and her ideas about scanning wastewater for mifepristone is Big Brother on steroids. It was kinda hilarious when Phyllis Schafly called her fat, tho. When she was pregnant!
Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d agoWe have an incredible profile out of Kristin Hawkins the "Charlie Kirk of pro-life movement" because she too like to engage in Jubilee style debates to make content. She was very very eager to reach our audience... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 3d agoJesus Christ dude
For the price of adding a single lane each way on Highway 69 in Overland Park for 7 miles, we could have built a MAX bus line from OP to Manhattan, KS.
Matt Staub@staubio.com · 3d agoThe rebuild of a short section of I-70 through east (Paseo to Van Brunt) KCMO has a $237 million budget. We are blind to the insane extend we subsidize driving (and sprawl as a result). But hey, they're adding #OneMoreLane (eastbound only), that should fix it.
"Well except for the part where she was pregnant & got arrested in front of her 2-year-old daughter. That part's true. And she did have a payment plan & missed a single $50 payment. That's also true. But the implication that Senator Marshall *personally* arrested her is definitely false."
KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)@kcur.org · 3d ago“The unmistakable message to a reasonable viewer is that Senator Marshall caused a pregnant patient to be arrested and jailed for missing a single $50 payment. That message is false in every material respect,” a letter from Marshall's lawyers said. (@kansasreflector.com)
And we're one step closer to Kessler Syndrome... www.livescience.com/space/space-...
An American Cold War-era spy satellite just exploded above Earth — and nobody knows why
The defunct USA 32 (or Farrah III) satellite, which launched in 1988, broke apart without warning on Sept. 13, around 480 miles above Earth's surface. Experts are still unsure what caused this sudden ...
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The Trump era has really fucked everyone up in profound ways. Turns out electing the physical embodiment of the most demonic things about American society to the Presidency was a mistake
progressives explaining progressive ideas in ways that sound conservative ✅️ as someone who's had to pitch to a lot of Republicans, Abdul makes good policy sound more appealing to these folks
brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social · 3d agoThe average voter is amazing
