kansas politics

Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested on charges of misdemeanor battery on Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a student while substitute teaching in Wellsville... It gets weirder. You just have to read it...

For background, Kris Kobach is the Kansas Secretary of State, currently running for governor, and was at one time vice-chairman of Trump's voter fraud commission. On Monday: Linky. Today: Linky.

Don't we have a regular member here from Kansas. What hell went on in the local primaries. Former Tea Party darling but enfant terrible to the GOP mainstream Tim Huelskamp loses in his primary another dozen Brownback allies are knocked out in in-state primary races. Has Kansas developed some...

In the aftermath of the TEAOP legal coup de tat/I] involving the WI Supreme Court (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/24/1387311/-Chaos-Follows-RW-Takeover-of-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court), Kansas Governor Brownshirt...excuse me, Brownback, has signed into law a bill that effectively allows him to...

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/10/sam_brownbacks_latest_outrage_governor_strips_lgbt_state_employees_of_non_discrimination_protections/ Great guy.

Another thread got a bit off-topic (with my help - sorry) about the hard-line GOP politics of the Brownback administration in Kansas. This thread is intended to discuss this issue. Kansas is a bit of a petri dish of Republican economic ideas. Governor Brownback and a staunchly supportive...

http://www.kansas.com/2014/02/06/3271717/house-committee-approves-religious.html Am I the only one that sees a problem with "religious liberty" being interpreted in this fashion? Hell, even if you're against gay marriage this sets a rather horrifying precedent. Let's take away the single issue...

I'm not familiar with either the term or the article source. Two More States Introduce 'Right to Discriminate' Bills and Has anyone heard of this kind of bill? Some of the article's sources seem reputable but I haven't done my homework yet. On the surface, these doesn't seem like it would...

A high school girl sends a disparaging Tweet about Sam Brownback during his appearance and is forced to apologize to him and the school. I wonder if the staffer responsible for monitoring social media is on the state payroll.

Thats right peopel, Pete DeGraaf says women should have money set aside to pay for an abortion in case of rape: after all "I have a spare tire in my car" http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/05/24/today-in-terrible-legislator-not-from-arizona-news

Tonight, a big election in Kansas for half their state-level school board members. Kansas Election Results N. Y. Times Article It's tough to see who are the ID crowd and who are not, not being from that area. Hell, even if I were I doubt I'd know. The "good guys", I'm guessing from the...

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9178374/gods_senator/?rnd=1138924716640&has-player=unknown Article too long for complete quotation, but here's a relevant segment:

This guy wants to allow the FBI to get at people's records without a judicial warrant. Anyone this statist simply has to go. If you live in Kansas, it is within your power to show him the door.