I'm Colin McRoberts, running for Congress in the Kansas First District. And I approve the hell out this message.

If I'd voted for this the aftermath would haunt me for the rest of my life. I doubt the people who did vote for it have looked at the numbers even once, or experienced a second of empathy.

He straight up Roger Marshalled it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKP6...

This is why Congress exists--to be a check and a balance. Time to elect some congressmen who remember that. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

An American degree is our greatest export and universities and colleges are the backbone of flourishing cities and communities. This is like setting fire to silo after silo of grain, burning the fields, poisoning the ground. America is currently in a war to survive its own federal government.

This is the worst defense from Tuberville since he gave up 40 fucking points to Tulsa

The theme of the midterm simply has to be putting Congress back in order. Everything follows from that.

Two $20 billion gut punches to American ag, already suffering under illegal tariffs. And not only do we have nothing to show for it, it's looking more and more like we're going to be bailing them out for the third or fourth time. This month. The third or fourth time *this month.*

Kansas has much potential. Plains people quickly tire of the bullshit. And @colinmcroberts.bsky.social is stepping up in Kansas. colinforkansas.com

Farmer Gibbs: These cows have a question for Donald Trump. Trump bailed out Argentina with 40B dollars of US taxpayer money, so Argentina could sell their soybeans to China. Now Trump wants to buy Argentinian beef?! Trump screwed Ag. #AmericaFirst? #TrumpTradeWar #TrumpHatesFarmers OG @ sl65000

Last weekend I put down my stump speech. No one should be more focused on checks and balances than Congress. But no one is more eager to bend the knee than Congressional Republicans today. Put Congress back to work. #nokings #colinforkansas #kansas www.facebook.com/share/v/19kL...

Meeting up and making connections with K-State Young Dems. Organized, effective, and motivated!

This isn't the Trump Shutdown this is the Epstein Shutdown and I think Dems should call it that

Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained share.google/xm3OAe4T6ipJ...

Newsom or Pritzker should loudly signal that people who have clean records who quit because this isn’t what they signed up to do will get their careers back when the winds change.

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

No kings except Godzilla.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Stopped on my way home from Democracy Fest and the No Kings rally in Hays, Kansas to admire Kansas and talk about why I'm running for Congress. #colinforkansas #nokings #election #kansas

I'm in Hays, Kansas on a tour of the towns in the district where I'm running for Congress. After our speeches and hearing from the people here we're heading out to our local NK. Red states are full of people who want better for their neighbors and their country.

Tim Walz: "Here's what I'd challenge Trump to do: find three soybean farmers who will stand with you and say that's okay. Just three. I challenge you to do that because you're not gonna find them."

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.” Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

A supporter reminded me the other day that Trump ran on the promise that he'd be his supporters' retribution. They were worried that if we take the same approach, we'll lose our soul. I think that's right. Our promise is to rebuild, not revenge. Accountability, not retribution.

We were in Dodge City and Abilene yesterday with gubernatorial and senate candidates, along with some impressive local and union leaders. A thousand conversations and a hundred speeches and you're just getting started. A long road but it goes where it needs to. www.facebook.com/share/v/14MR...

My latest: Most Kansas voters are not Republicans. But the GOP still thinks it ought to control every single one of our House seats “to reflect the people.” #ksleg GIFT LINK. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness #ksleg

The GOP can't pretend it's negotiating in good faith when it lies to Dems. And they can't pretend to stand for farmers while destroying programs like Feed the Future. www.politico.com/live-updates...

I'm the only Democrat running for office in the First District. Redistricting would likely help me. I oppose it. It's wrong to rig elections because voters won't do what they're told. And it's wrong even if it helps me. It's a lesson my opponent forgot a long time ago.

No one would go into education if they didn't want to make a difference in the lives of others. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Today was the first day of "call time," phoning people up and asking for money. Excuse me. Offering them the opportunity to participate in the fight for our nation's future, for the mere price of [TARGET$ASK]. First old friend I talked to just asked what the max was. This thing is working out.

They burned down our export markets. A bailout now is just telling people to warm themselves by the embers. It won't last, and it doesn't solve the problem.

As a child of the Reagan years, the fact that the *Republican Party* is expropriating shares in companies and shaking companies down while saying stuff like this is wild

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

First speech of the campaign--and first political speech ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2FK...

These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs. By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.

Counting hungry people isn't political. Covering them up and lying about the reasons sure is, though. And deeply immoral. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Unnerving point from @bcfinucane.bsky.social: The White House appears to be quietly trying to get Republicans to formally turn over a large swath of Congress's warmaking powers to Trump. That's what this new draft bill would do. From our pod discussion: newrepublic.com/article/2007...

the republican line to open corruption in the government is “WE DON’T CARE” lmfao

Outrageous corruption, and it looks like he was saved from prosecution for it by even more corrupt DOJ appointees--one of whom Republicans later rewarded with a lifetime judicial appointment.

No. That was easy. It's not even close. The projected returns are unrealistically aggressive, there's no inherent revenue source to support the fund, and the legislature would make fund management impossible. Fantasies aren't a substitute for governing. share.google/GV7TyqX8kwZ9...

The people who claimed to be free speech absolutists are celebrating censorship. The people who claimed to be against violent rhetoric are cheering for this. Like everyone else, they are what they do.

Specifically.

This is a great time to remind y’all that @colinmcroberts.bsky.social is now running for the 1st district. If Ezra Klein et al want to know what actual Kansans are stepping up to run. colinforkansas.com

The Ezra Kleins of the world think they understand KS politics b/c they once read a book review of "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and believe they understand the state. They will lead the Democrats to ruin. It would be hilarious if it wasn't actually important.

FFS. Kansas's referendum was overwhelming in favor of abortion rights, 59.2% vs. 40.8%. But, I'm sure that picking the losing side of the issue while completely alienating your base is the path to a Democratic Senate seat. Ezra can't even "centrist" right, by just following the polls.

Lol. This is "I support the 1st Amendment for speech I agree with" which means "I do not support the 1st Amendment or free speech."

They sure as hell are. And everyone knows it. But every Republican in Congress who could do something to protect the First Amendment is hearing the Trump team talk like this and getting the real message: Demonstrate your loyalty. Free speech goes under the bus now, for the sake of the party.