Dion Lefler
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Opinion editor and columnist at The Wichita Eagle in Kansas.
My column: Wichita Christians protesting ICE shooting stand strong in the face of Nazi threats. Way to go, churches!
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Wichita Christians sing Kumbaya in the face of Nazi provocation | Opinion
Pastorâs response to threats after worship service protesting ICE shooting: âLive your life in ways that piss off neo-nazis.â
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article314289788.html
25 days ago
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Proponents of a 1% sales tax for Wichita say it would make visitors passing through pay more and reduce our property taxes. But that math ain't mathin'.
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Opinion: The biggest mistake in the Wichita sales tax proposal is . . .
Using part of a 1% sales tax to provide property tax relief would send about as many dollars out of Wichita as it would bring in.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article313718102.html
about 2 months ago
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Oklahoma pols hate initiatives; Kansas we can't do them at all. This bites on both sides of the border.
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Democracyâs under fire in Oklahoma and theyâre still better off than we are | Opinion
The Oklahoma Legislature is trying to cripple the stateâs ballot initiative process; Kansas doesnât even have one.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article313028191.html
2 months ago
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Disgusting racists doing disgusting racist things. Kansas Republican Party unplugged. Or more accurately, unhinged.
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KS GOPâs fake post of Gov. Kelly in sombrero crosses the line to blatant racism | Opinion
Kansas Republican Party shows its white-supremacist underbelly in Facebook post on SNAP, mimicking President Trumpâs racist online antics.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article312380111.html
4 months ago
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My "day after" column. It's up to us to solve the problem of political violence.
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Trump needs to tamp down Charlie Kirk fire, not pour gasoline on it | Opinion
In dealing with crisis of the Utah shooting, the president should take some cues from Wichita mayors, past and present. | Opinion
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5 months ago
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Time to stand up and step up. . .
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I learned about battling dictatorship from a PBS show. Now letâs go save PBS Kansas. | Opinion
Federal cuts in public broadcasting slashed a quarter of the budget at KPTS Channel 8; emergency pledge drive coming Wednesday. | Opinion
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article311494016.html
6 months ago
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In Kansas, we have seen the future, and it bites
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âBig Beautiful Billâ passes: Kansas has seen this movie and knows how it ends | Opinion
Donald Trumpâs budget bill has passed Congress, essentially repeating Kansasâ disastrous Brownback Tax Experiment at the national level.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article309869200.html
7 months ago
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Read the story before commenting. It may not be what you think ... đ
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I was paid to attend Democratic repâs town hall in Wichita last weekend | Opinion
Truth revealed about the Chris Murphy - Maxwell Frost town hall at Wichita State University on Sunday. I was paid to go to it; so were others.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article309732795.html
7 months ago
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Wichita has to borrow congressmen to have a decent town hall...
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Wichita town hall draws huge crowd to hear a Florida(!) congressman | Opinion
While Kansas Republicans are hiding out from town halls, a Florida Democrat visits Wichita to field voter questions.
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7 months ago
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Was any of this necessary? I don't think so.
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Wichita PR video of police dog mauling junkyard burglary suspect is sickening | Opinion
Creepy video for WPDâs âWell Done Wednesday,â on X, shows suspect screaming under attack by police German Shepherd, set to pulse-pounding techno music.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article309483920.html
7 months ago
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It's embarrassing that Wichita needs to borrow congressional representation, because our own electeds won't give us the time of day.
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When your own US reps and senators wonât talk to you, borrow someone elseâs | Opinion
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost to hold town hall in Wichita Sunday, because Ron Estes, Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran wonât.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article309248975.html
8 months ago
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It seems I may have stirred up a few bigots with today's column...
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Wichita honors LGBTQ Pride while Hegsethâs Navy tries to sink it | Opinion
Iâm proud of Wichita passing a Pride Month proclamation; ashamed of Washington plot to strip gay rights icon Harvey Milkâs name off a Navy ship.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article307874350.html
8 months ago
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Call me Ishmael, for I alone have lived to tell thee all . . .
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Wichita City Hall ignored warning signs on Ken-Mar project risk from the start | Opinion
Project fails to uplift economically challenged neighborhood; developers sold property, leave city holding the bag on $1.8 million of $2.5 million loan.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article306834596.html
9 months ago
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Democracy is not a bad word.
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Why does the MAGA right hate the word âdemocracyâ so much? | Opinion
The right loves to argue weâre a republic, not a democracy. Whatâs the difference?
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article305347241.html
9 months ago
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Beretta and Bass Pro Shops get a free pass in case where ESU football player accidentally shot a teammate while stopped at a red light.
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Beretta and Bass Pro canât be sued in Kansas college football shooting. Why not? | Opinion
The Kansas Supreme Court excused a gunmaker and gun dealer from lawsuit in a shooting that cost an athlete his leg.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article305042251.html
10 months ago
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There's a big difference between Christianity and Christian Nationalism.
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How Trump and the Sedgwick County GOP tried to steal Easter | Opinion
The holiest day on the Christian calendar is not the time for political attacks and fundraising.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article304689511.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR576MRuGsRKPSuLfk0rglmf2CMRjbo3n3D-xdlkRJtAsn0ikU7WZZ__04dlWw_aem_3gfYUqyxoFNfyHAiREU2Yg&sfnsn=mo
10 months ago
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This is so out of hand.
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Wichita councilwomanâs censure case reflects badly on county GOP | Opinion
Sedgwick County Republican Party stalwarts are wrong to go after Wichita City Council member Becky Tuttle over a vote on transgender proclamation.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article304030906.html
10 months ago
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This guy. First he runs away from constituents. Now this.
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Make America Gangsters Again: Sen. Roger Marshall wants to bring back sawed-off shotguns | Opinion
Short-barrel shotguns and rifles were banned in the 1930s; why would anyone, much less a senator, want them back?
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article303011404.html
10 months ago
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Sometimes the picture IS the story...
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Maggie Ballard goes to Washington and cold-shoulders MAGA Sen. Roger Marshall in photo op | Opinion
Hilarity ensues when Wichita City Hall posts awkward photo of council members and senator posing together at D.C. gathering.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article302074064.html
11 months ago
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Mr. Roger's town hall
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Senator Marshall, youâre no Dwight Eisenhower. And neither is Donald Trump | Opinion
Sen. Roger Marshall misappropriates the spirit of Eisenhower to justify President Donald Trumpâs betrayal of Ukraine.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article301258714.html
11 months ago
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It's ridiculous that in this day and age, women still have to fight for voting equality. But here we are.
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Washington attack on womenâs voting rights mirrors Kansas mistake of 14 years ago | Opinion
The SAVE Actâs âproof of citizenshipâ nonsense is the same play as Kris Kobachâs SAFE Act, which disenfranchised 30,000 Kansans.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/article300913024.html
11 months ago
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Gettin' pretty tired of this kind of stuff... If you're proud of what you advocate for, tell the truth.
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Kansas congressman hails actions of Trump, Musk and DOGE, but with errors | Opinion
Wichita Rep. Ron Estes distorts international USAID projects and Social Security issues in Republican Party meeting.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article300779249.html
12 months ago
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Just keeps popping up...
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Bowling for (tax) dollars with Michael OâDonnell â what could go wrong, Kansas? | Opinion
Disgraced Wichita politicianâs bill to give tax breaks to bowling alleys shows why lobbyists shouldnât be able to introduce legislation.
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12 months ago
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Sen. Roger Marshall comes out as racist and sexist with DEI take on D.C. plane crash | Opinion
Following President Trumpâs lead, Marshall blames women and minority hiring for tragic crash that killed 67 people.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article299801784.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawISBA1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYSOY_6rXLfKyR932ETO65NQtMyI4LE3whbrnHn9wGQtRwaFGXCjWwzAuA_aem_bVmu39CEAlpv-6IcnpMMLw
12 months ago
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We work for the people of Wichita, not the city of...
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We donât need City Hallâs advice on how to cover air tragedy | Opinion
City government overstepped with ill-informed Facebook post on coverage of last weekâs D.C. plane crash.
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about 1 year ago
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If they gave an Emmy for most contemptible performance by a lead actor . . .
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As Kansas mourns tragic crash, Trumpâs talking points are DEI and dwarfs | Opinion
If President Donald Trump was trying to comfort Wichitans and others rocked by Flight 5342 D.C. plane disaster, he missed the mark.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article299469154.html
about 1 year ago
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Up all night covering Wichita's plane crash tragedy.
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âI just saw a fireball and then it was gone; I havenât seen anything since they hit the waterâ
Reagan National Airport traffic-control recordings tell part of the story of the Wichita to Washington plane crash and response.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article299418934.html
about 1 year ago
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So when does the Atlantic become the East American Ocean and the Pacific the West American Ocean?
about 1 year ago
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A GOP office holder who advocates for real people...
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Calmly competent Republican recovers millions for Kansas insurance consumers | Opinion
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidtâs not flashy or controversial, but she gets the job done.
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Video of the heated exchange between Rep. Ford Carr and Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson shows another lawmaker, Rep. Henry Helgerson, trying to intervene and being shoved to the floor by Carr. Story with
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Still waiting to see diversion agreement. . .
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Commissionerâs wifeâs electioneering case goes off early, avoiding news coverage | Opinion
Meghan Blubaugh got diversion for wearing a shirt advocating election of her husband, Sedgwick County Commissioner Jeff Blubaugh.
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article299040530.html
about 1 year ago
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Forget the PR stuff... Let's show the world the real Wichita.
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âMonopoly, Wichita Editionâ is coming. Hereâs how to keep it real | Opinion
From our ice-optional Ice Center to electricity-optional Towne West mall, letâs make a board game showcasing authentic Wichita
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article298647658.html
about 1 year ago
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Just started this account. For my first post, today's editorial from The Wichita Eagle.
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about 1 year ago
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