Sorry, I'm gay, so I am a little out of my depth, but I understood that this is what marriage was? If it is not, I am going to have to re-assess both straight marriage and my friendships with these sword-wielding lesbians...

Oh dear. Do I ... actually agree with Rep. Awerkamp on something? In fact, I think I do? Oh dear. That is distressing. Or, potentially, awesome? kansasreflector.com/2025/09/25/k...

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

Sinclair needs to be broken up. It has far too much power in the media landscape. Not that I think this will happen under Trump, but it's still true. www.dw.com/en/jimmy-kim...

Well she seems cool AF. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Oh #Olathe, I absolutely hate your preponderance of at-grade railroad crossings. I have been sitting in this exact spot for 10 minutes waiting for this BNSF train to pass.

i’m ready to take on the customary middle-aged gay person task of being a sort of cultural steward/libidinally-driven archivist

Please donate to @runforsomething.net. They are the single most important pipeline for Democratic candidates across the country & apparently their ENTIRE BUDGET is $7.5M. That's less than a single Senate campaign, people. runforsomething.net/give/

“But I am also going to offer some context and some nuance about the death of George Floyd that no one dares to say out loud, which is that this guy was a scumbag.” -Charlie Kirk

“[P]ut fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold…. Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.”

I love that we get Dems in Disarray stories because Hakeem Jeffries & Chuck Schumer can't seem to get with the program. apnews.com/article/zohr...

Lawyers are in the peace business. To understand this point, consider the alternatives to legal system-based dispute resolution. Most people don’t think much about that—we’re privileged that we don’t have to.

"That's not justice. That's racism with a badge." apnews.com/article/supr...

For today's bonus "One First," I wrote about the increasingly noisy claim that legal constraints don't really matter in the current moment—why it's utterly belied by what's actually happening on the ground (and by what law can actually *do*); and why, in many respects, it's affirmatively dangerous:

The United States Supreme Court saying that it's perfectly fine for federal agents and the police to make indiscriminate stops and interrogations of people based on their color, race, ethnicity, and the language that they speak is the effective end of civil rights in this country.

It is a VERY bad sign that the mass media outlet that seems to be standing up to Trump the most is Comedy Central airing "South Park." And John Oliver, obvs. www.huffpost.com/entry/john-o...

We can easily win the public health debate but it won’t be on terms of “well the experts say” it will be on terms of “they want to kill your children so they can drink weird milk.”

Are we ready, Kansas City? They will come for us, too, eventually. And we need to be prepared to do this: to be sand in their gears.

Federal judges are *so* done with this unfair, unreasonable, impenetrable, authoritarian, and wholly un-Supreme-Court-like Roberts Court. This is not Calvinball, indeed. www.techdirt.com/2025/09/04/s...

Dear Kansas Republicans who think it's a good idea to try to gerrymander Rep. Davids out of her seat in Congress, You already tried once. She still won by double digits. Bring on the dummymander, you incompetent fascists. Love, One of the thousands of Kansans who testified against you doing this

Someone needs to take Roger Marshall's medical license away, because calling vaccines a "one trick pony" & dismissing their efficacy is just flat-out dangerous.

We need more people, and candidates, like Kate Barr. She's showing up, doing the work, knowing the whole time that she'll lose due to #gerrymandering. But is that stopping her? Hell no. I love her so much. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/kat...

This interview Russian dissident Garry Kasparov does with an Ukrainian human rights lawyer lays out the Russia-Ukraine conflict really well. The prospects for peace? Not great! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

We won’t notice it at first Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths All because of two men Trump and RFK, Jr

Worth repeating: bargaining with autocrats NEVER works. It only enables them.

Let's fully normalize giving campaign money to non-incumbents to help further erode the financial advantages of incumbents.

Few people have a greater degree of influence or more direct control over your local #criminaljustice system than your elected #DistrictAttorney. These #elections define so much about who we are as a country. Thank you, @boltsmag.org for pulling this info together. boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...

Dang. Sen. Cindy Holscher's list of endorsements in the race for Kansas Governor is as long as it is impresssive. cindyforkansas.com/endorsements/

I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.

CoreCivic seems awfully optimistic they'll get to open their Midwest Detention Center (I refuse to call it a Reception Center like it's a frigging Holiday Inn) in Leavenworth if they've started hiring for these roles. This was an ad I was just served in a game I am playing online...

They can't guard every crosswalk in the state of Florida, and sidewalk chalk is readily available statewide. Just sayin'.

This is some of the most adorable sh*t I have ever seen. Look how happy that dog is to be wearing her fairy wings!

LOL @ KCUR for describing Taylor Swift as a "Kansas City enthusiast" (just ignore all the megafamous pop star stuff & focus on what matters, amirite?). But congrats to the adorable couple! www.kcur.org/arts-life/20...

I have a kitchen table & an issue: Not wanting to live in a military dictatorship

It was an absolutely gorgeous day to get out canvassing for Melissa Cheatham for OP City Council & Dawn Rattan for JCCC Board of Trustees. We should re-elect both of these fine ladies! Don't forget we have local elections in November, fellow Kansans.

Raise your hand if you had no idea that railroad companies inspected their own bridges and keep the results 100% private. apnews.com/article/old-...

Oh snap! as we older millennials used to say.

Hey @msrosenberg.bsky.social I have an ethical lawyer question for you. No, this is not a lead-in for a joke. Let's say I am a lawyer & I call up a potential client, trying to get them to sue somebody. The thing is, I know they already have a lawyer. Is it professionally unethical? Or just shady?

It would be the height of irony if the guy who submitted the false questions about Melanie Arroyo's citizenship ended up convicted of voter fraud for saying he lives at an address that doesn't exist. kansasreflector.com/2025/08/20/p...

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

Maybe Kansas will fund one of these like they do with pro-life pregnancy crisis centers. LOLOLOLOLOL....sigh. #sad #ksleg

This is an incredibly well-researched story from Reveal about just how dangerous Tasers are. How does Axon's CEO sleep at night? www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Out canvassing today with Avery Bell for Lenexa City Council, Ward 3. He's good at this! www.averyforlenexa.com

Hailee Bland Walsh is the emcee for @johnsoncountydems.bsky.social Forever the Free State Gala. #KansasGays This the handout they gave everyone with "Numbers to Know." JoCo Dems growth is kinda amazing, tbh.

Weekend Read: New research finds that when voters have greater access to local news, they are less influenced by party loyalty in judging election integrity and more influenced by how elections are actually run. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379425000769?via%3Dihub#sec7

What we misunderstand about gun violence. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

This is a beautiful story. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Are you serious rn? Florida actually tried to ban, in addition to, like, all of Toni Morrison's books, Kerouac's "On the Road" and Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five." Those are two of the best books I've ever read. They are not obscene & I am glad a judge agrees. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

In a Wichita neighborhood once known for violence, a small team has quietly cut shootings by 35%—and they’re just getting started. klcjournal.com/one-year-in-w...

Zohran Mamdani is a "bad Muslim." And that's why we like him. Well, that and his hugely popular political positions. www.npr.org/transcripts/...