Last week, I reported Kris Kobach had to move a fundraising event because the Board of Regents doesn’t allow political fundraisers on state university campuses. I neglected to mention a bit more about that fundraiser.
It’s a $50-a-ticket event headlined by uber-conservative Michelle Malkin who, like Kris Kobach, attacks moderate Republicans and hates undocumented residents (she [...]
From the monthly archives:
October 2009
So I know this isn’t exactly political, ok it’s not at all political, but I think it is a great opportunity.
Kansas City KS/ MO are currently in the joint bidding for the 2018/ 2022 FIFA World Cup. This could mean big things for both sides of the state line. This would bring a ton of [...]
BraveNewFilms as part of their attempts to DeFoxAmerica, has a new video saying that the GOP/FoxNews attacks on ACORN are part of a larger attack that they have on poor and minority voters who vote overwhelmingly for democratic candidates.
A call to action today.
The healthcare reform debate is dominating the news right now. One thing were not hearing about is the Hatch Amendment, an amendment that would have a serious impact on sex education in our classrooms. Voted into the Senate Finance Committees version of healthcare reform 12-11, the Hatch Amendment lays out [...]
From the Associated Press this morning…
Three Republican Kansas lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment they say would protect patients’ rights to consult with their own doctors on health care decisions.
State Sen. Mary Pilcher Cook and House members Peggy Mast and Brenda Landwehr held news conferences Tuesday to announce what they call the “Health Care Freedom [...]
Another great video from orgs who are working to get young people to work on the upcoming legislation on climate change. Its part of the Sierra Club’s 2Dirty4College campaign.
Makes me think if we had this kind of outreach on HCR it wouldn’t have been compromised from single payer to the GOP privatizing Medicare.
So since this is my first post for Forward Kansas, I like to start out by thanking the good people that put this site together. It is a great place to find all the information you need for Kansas politics and I’m glad that I could be a part of it. Of course, my journalistic [...]
The pick for October’s book by the Progressive Book Club has been Sen. Kennedy’s book True Compass. Dr. Dean did a quick introduction talking about the purpose of the PBC. If you sign up for the PBC you get every book for a reduced cost, and every book you buy contributes proceeds to a cause [...]
When we’re talking about health care reform the White House has been insistent that we must have a deficit neutral bill. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has quoted the progression of GDP percentage doubling every generation.
But a new major health care study from Thomson Reuters identifies a number of problems with the health care [...]
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