Did you just get THAT misleading text from the Republicans? If you believe that out of state billionaires have no place in Missouri politics, ignore them and sign a petition to defend your constitutional rights as soon as you can! Who listens to random texts anyways?

what the fuck is this headline

Great quotation from our chair @tah.bsky.social and other transit leaders in this article from The Beacon about transit challenges ahead of the World Cup in Kansas City next year. Bottom line: we don't fund transit enough. The region needs a better funding model: thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Short piece from @rah.bsky.social that made conservatives in well-known parts of the Kansas City-region, like Tulsa or Wichita, have a melt down.

KC friends & folks who like to build progressive momentum: It’s time to donate to @rah.bsky.social!

Every couple months I post this, but follow @taniel.bsky.social!

It’s not the biggest story of the night but shout out to @bradlander.bsky.social for what he did in the primary & after supporting @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Having a Jewish New Yorker stand up for & alongside with Zohran (not to mention immigrants in NYC) has been so inspiring.

I already have and you should too.

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Let’s celebrate by supporting our own progressive candidate here in KC! Donate to @rah.bsky.social ‘s campaign tonight! I put $20 in because I believe Rebeca will make a better KC that’s more affordable and cares for all its residents.

Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor. This map shows the most precise data available on how New Yorkers voted.

Hey if you are excited about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and want to support other progressive candidates, it’s a great night to donate to @rah.bsky.social!

Big downside to today being the NYC mayoral is that there is no way @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social keeps up with this level of content creation after today.

Jaz continues to produce the best election analysis content in KC

the never ending Royals stadium conversation reminds me a lot of how I follow baseball: surprised it’s going on this long and mostly via headlines

BlueSky is generally enjoyable, but the lack of Kansas City critical user mass has really taken away from what I like about social media. I don’t want my social media to primarily be a feed of national dialogue! I want to discuss/complain about local things online.

So much of what Zohran’s campaign is doing comes down to behind the scenes hires and being willing to not follow normal rules of campaigning. Looking forward to the eventual post-victory pieces where they go more into depth regarding campaign decisions!

My primary care doctor has a page on the office’s official website dedicated to the virtues of ranked choice voting and reminding you of the next election.

Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.

Our chair @tah.bsky.social is presenting at the KCATA Regional Mobility Summit this morning! The topic -- results from our poll on transit funding. Learn more: kcrta.org/2025/10/02/k...

🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:

I’ve gotta assume this is it for Frank. This + results from the early vote out of eastern Jackson County should be it.

This isn’t my usual content, but multiple bars in KC that usually have $10-$20 cover on weekends are advertising that they are cover free. Recession coming. 🔜

Hey folks, my wife is suing the government to prevent the unconstitutional gerrymander maps from going into place in Missouri. Brief mention here:

This is the last step they take before they make Missouri right-to-work-for-less. (AGAIN!)

whenever the bluesky version of election twitter does a partisan analysis of the new Missouri map, can someone share it?

In Kansas City, MO last night, well over 500 people gathered at IBEW Local 124 for an anti-gerrymandering rally. This is the largest union hall in hundreds of miles and it was standing room only. The only time this union hall has been more full in recent history was the anti-RTW-for-less fight.

Worth mentioning, but despite Missouri being known for historically union-strong-ish cities like Kansas City and St. Louis, the State of Kansas actually has a higher union-density rate! Topeka, Kansas was recently about as union-dense as the State of Hawaii!

If you don't follow @nwlaborpress.org, you should. Fun story here from Don McIntosh, who, like me, runs one of the ten remaining labor newspaper's in the country. (His is a lot older!)

Local journalism matters:

Man, if you don’t follow @taniel.bsky.social you have to. Wonderful stuff.

Results still trickling in, but looking like union-endorsed candidates took first in all but one race (candidate took second and will advance to the general) in Wyandotte County/KCK's primaries today.

Missouri Media Folks: Does anyone know where that 7-1 Missouri redistricting map that is being circulated originated? Any sources?

A particularly fascinating part of @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social's book, The Hammer, was his report on the emphasis the Culinary Workers Union places on continual *internal organizing*—ie, not taking already-unionized workers as a given. It's a key source of their superlative power amongst its peers.

Raven Software's union has ratified their first contract, three years after forming. Wins include a guaranteed 10-percent wage increase over two years, on top of merit-based raises

Bunch is a solid choice.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...

hell? yea, brother

Happy to report that, like all union busters, he is in hell with Margaret Thatcher.

Next front page of The Labor Beacon: “Why Does Josh Hawley Hate Union Linemen?”

Some exciting campaign news! @jasonkander.bsky.social has endorsed my bid for Kansas City, MO's 4th District City Council seat! Sign up for updates on my campaign at Rebeca4KC.com!

me, hearing that Checo is signing with Cadillac:

More consequences to our region's fractured transit system and lack of confidence in the KCATA as a trusted regional transit provider. www.kcur.org/housing-deve...

Laurent Mekies has been demoted to Red Bull.

Kansan here: Erie, Kansas sucks! …but, very importantly, for reasons completely unrelated to grocery stores

Y’all know how important this is to me

I personally like Mamdani, but my big fear is that Democrats nationwide will take the wrong message from his victory and try running likable candidates with good policies all across the country.

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