Todd Blanche briefly puts head in his hands after critical meeting with the two holdout senators who have the power to defeat his nomination, Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy.
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Chef in KC. Recovering writer/editor. Frustrated with my fellow citizens. Will fight for my 🏳️⚧️fam.
Rep. Mark Alford (MO-4) wrongfully called the constitutional separation of state and church a "lie from Satan" on a July 17 episode of his podcast, "Gettin' Comfortable with Mark Alford." Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/3RUK5Hk
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids clinches Democratic primary nomination, AP says | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids clinches Democratic primary nomination, AP says • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas won her primary against a liberal Democrat, according to the Associated Press.
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And these people have the audacity to call themselves American.
Missouri secretary of state blocks referendum seeking to undo the GOP’s redrawn congressional map
Opponents of last year’s redistricting push attempted to put the issue on the ballot, but Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said the effort was unconstitutional.
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Kansans!!!! Early voting is over, it’s too late to mail ballots. If you have not voted, please look up your polling locations and vote tomorrow, Aug 4th! And please vote NO on the KS Supreme Court amendment. The ballot language is vague & confusing - vote NO to stop it.
Tomorrow, Kansas will be the first state in over 100 years to attempt a wholesale shift to having partisan elections for their state supreme court, which could spark a nationwide trend of politicizing the highest courts of other states. Let's be clear: Our courts aren't for sale.
The sleeper referendum that could reshape the national judiciary
Kansas voters will decide whether to change how they select justices for the state’s highest court — and opponents worry it could trigger a new national arms race.
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FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
The two big, brave men “brought the machinery of state government to bear on a Saturday morning story time for preschoolers”. missouriindependent.com/2026/07/30/w...
What Missouri officials didn't explain about an LGBTQ+ library story time • Missouri Independent
Missouri officials threatened a Columbia library’s funding over an LGBTQ+ story time but did not identify conduct that violated state law.
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Tuesday, KS will decide whether we change our merit-based process for choosing Supreme Court justices. Kris Kobach has openly stated a yes vote would clear a path for restricting abortion access. VOTE NO this Tuesday. Full @washingtonpost.com article here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
i wanna know which extremely online lawyer made sure to require the post be pinned. genius.
Susie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca@susiebeeca.bsky.social · 4d agoAh, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...
Private equity is buying America's hospitals and nursing homes. The playbook: pile on debt, sell the building, cut staff. The result, one landmark study found: patient deaths up about 11%. #news #information #privateequity
I missed it, who’s the couple? Look too young to be her parents. #dateline
Didn’t the cops think he kept her in a safe before moving her to the tank? #dateline
Wow, the wife that Dale swapped must be thanking her lucky stars’ #dateline
They waited 15 months to check his devices?! #dateline
So are we thinking she was encased in something? X-ray reveal? #dateline
He’s a menace. When’s he going to scam the wrong person?
George Santos agrees to $35,000 settlement in federal probe over Kalshi trades
Disgraced former Congressman George Santos has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a federal investigation into his suspicious trades on the prediction marketplace Kalshi.
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These kids need to go 30 and 40 year high school reunions, people who were young during the baby oil and sun-in tanning days, as well as the rise of tanning beds. Lots of leathery, catchers mitt faces. I hated my pale Irish skin, but now I don’t look 10 years older than my age.
Ian Weissman, DO@drianweissman.bsky.social · 6d agoShe started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her was doing it, especially before events like homecoming dances and prom. Eight years later, she was diagnosed with melanoma — a life-threatening skin cancer. apnews.com/article/tann...
The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.