The GOP SAVE Act is a genuine threat to the midterms and to future elections. jesspiper.substack.com/p/voter-pass...

Respect. “He rejected the alternative of wearing a black armband, saying there were not enough such armbands in all of Cortina to honor everybody who has been killed in Russia’s attacks….” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...

From America’s top attorney: “‘You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up, loser lawyer. You’re not even a lawyer.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

“Show me your papers. Surely your parents don’t really name you ‘Markwayne.’”

Bondi repeatedly skirted attempts on Wednesday by Dem Rep. Scanlon to get answers about the Trump administration's NPSM-7 directives that cast a bunch of non-controversial ideas — “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” — as worthy of investigation by federal law enforcement.

Good column from a legendary reporter and son of Kansas. kansasreflector.com/2026/02/11/o...

Out-of-state think tanks and lobbyists frequently test their far-fetched ideas in Topeka. When asked why, one “consumer advocate” told a senate committee yesterday that the #ksleg has a reputation for being “fast” and “very congenial.” kansasreflector.com/2026/02/10/k...

“Before Mr. Trump’s second term, it had been exceedingly rare for grand jurors to rebuff requests by prosecutors seeking indictments. It is now happening with increased frequency, as Trump’s appointees push ahead with questionable cases in an effort to appease him.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Mercy rule, please.

“Gone are the top prosecutors who had overseen a sprawling, yearslong investigation into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs, which the White House months ago cited as a reason for the immigration crackdown in the state.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

ICE is in Kansas today. www.cjonline.com/story/news/l...

Republicans’ obsession with rooting out everything DEI would be comical were it not deadly for Kansas higher education. #ksleg sunflowerstatejournal.com/legislative-...

From the notoriously woke Cato Institute.

Big win! #rockchalk

Good column. “One of the things that made America different than other nations, my father used to say, is that we didn’t have to show our papers. That is no longer the case.” kansasreflector.com/2026/02/01/a...

They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.

punish the villains

Tiller needs to run out and buy a Power Ball ticket at halftime. #kubball

straight up Gestapo shit

Tell me again why it’s unfair to call him a Nazi. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

Giving the pastor a mouthpiece was oppression? “At another point, it said that Mr. Lemon and Ms. Fort, the two journalists, ‘largely surrounded’ Mr. Easterwood and ‘peppered him with questions,’ describing the episode as an ‘attempt to oppress and intimidate him.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

The Trump admin already failed to get an arrest warrant on him—magistrate judge refused so DOJ went to appeals court, prompting that letter from the chief district judge torching the DOJ, and appeals court denied too—so God knows what this new one is, or if they even bothered to get a warrant.

Something tells me this administration doesn’t really care about free speech.

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Long essay from HRC. But worth reading.

#ksleg Republicans excel at abuse of process. kansasreflector.com/2026/01/27/k...

Jerry Moran breaks from the Trump administration on ICE. #ksleg

I’ve said it many times: I would follow Steve Kerr into battle. “‘So what I would appeal to everyone is to remember what our constitution stands for, what our values are, and what that means to how we treat each other and our fellow citizens.’” www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...

Nice story about my neighbor. He’s a good kid. lawrencekstimes.com/2026/01/25/s...

“‘Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

@nytimes.com Fixed your headline.

If we ever return to anything close to normal, a lot of people need to go to jail for a long time.

The death cards are among their public-facing actions. Imagine what ICE agents do and say out of public sight. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

So predictable yet so disappointing.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

“‘You are a partisan hack and the Kansas Reflector is a left-wing propaganda rag.’” Stay classy, #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/23/k...

Federal agents are doing exactly what Republicans have warned us for more than 30 years that federal agents would do. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Senseless violence. The cruelty is always the point.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

No words.

“The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

“The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true.” paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

Good reporting. “‘Whatever you think it is, it’s worse.’” www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-pau...

Hearing reports that a man taken by ICE in Minneapolis died in federal custody.

“So far all the factual, on-the-ground journalism from Minneapolis suggests that CBS News, which has stood atop the pyramid of mainstream American media for decades, has just committed one of the worst acts of bad journalism in U.S. history.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...

“We need leaders, elected and otherwise, who will clearly denounce the moral collapse at the center of this political chaos, not call for more compromise or deference to authority. Now is the time not for civility, but for civil disobedience.” kansasreflector.com/2026/01/18/w...

Tell me again how calling them Nazis is hyperbole.

No one should act like this is normal or acceptable, even for Trump.

“‘I can’t believe he would do that to us,’ said Shirley Adams, the Republican mayor of the tiny farming town of Manzanola…. She said she voted for Mr. Trump and still supported him, but felt stung by the veto.” 🤦‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...