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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Major Josh Hawley Donor Calls for Him to be Censured by the U.S. Senate

By | January 8, 2021 | 0
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sits alone in the House Chamber before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 06, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

A Joplin businessman who helped bankroll Sen. Josh Hawley’s first campaign denounced him on Thursday as a “political opportunist” who used “irresponsible, inflammatory, and dangerous tactics” to incite the rioting that took over the U.S. Capitol Building.

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How to Actually Have Civil Political Discussions

By | January 7, 2021 | 0
Abstract illustration of two people having a conversation.

In a polarizing political moment, productive conversation is possible. Here’s how.

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Time to Speak Out Against ‘Faith-Based Tyranny,’ In All Its Forms

By | December 27, 2020 | 0
The burial stone of Karleton Douglas Beye Fyfe

A new book by Bill Tammeus places the death of a nephew in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the context of faith-based tyranny, in all its forms.

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Kansas City’s Long Road to Women’s Suffrage

By | October 8, 2020 | 0
Kansas suffragists in a car, 1912

Ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 extending women the power to vote capped a 70-year struggle in the Kansas City area by women seeking a voice in politics.

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Voter Fraud Myth Persists Despite Constant Failure to Prove Claims

By | October 7, 2020 | 1
Scott Moore sued former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union

Accusations of voter fraud are used to justify laws and tactics that make it more difficult to vote, even though voter fraud is extraordinarily rare.

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