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Joined September 2011
Truly dark day for KS Senate. No policy preferences, no moral compass. Just hate.#ksleg
After stripping $570 million from education funding during a pandemic today, the Kansas Senate has moved onto a bill banning trans students from participating in sports. Watch here as they debate SB208. #ksleg #kssen #DoMoreThanVote
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Historic U.S. Supreme Court term for Kansas; Never before has Kansas had three cases at the Supreme Court at one time. #ksleg sunflowerstatejournal.com/hi… via @sfstatejournal
Judicial independence may be the most consequential - though least visible & discussed - long-term threat to a well-functioning American democracy. What's at stake and how can philanthropy respond? Join us for a conversation with four leaders in the field ncg.org/events/fair-courts-t…
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We're excited to participate in this timely event in October next to @alicia_bannon, @KSValues, and Prof. Bertrall Ross from @BerkeleyLaw Fair Courts: The Threat to Judicial Independence in Polarized Times ncg.org/events/fair-courts-t…
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I wrote for @nytimes about the egregious lack of racial & gender diversity on state supreme courts. Nearly half of all state high courts are all white. 18 states have never had a black justice. It’s a profound threat to courts’ legitimacy. w/ @lailamiar nytimes.com/2019/07/23/opini…
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Johnson to retire September 8. This comes ahead of an expected push from GOP lawmakers to change judicial selection next year #ksleg xitter.cf/jonshorman/status/1148…
BREAKING: Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson to retire #ksleg
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Without Justice Kennedy, the balance on the Court most certainly will shift dramatically to the right and threaten a host of hard won rights and liberties secured over many decades. #saveSCOTUS
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The harsh reality. Kansas revenues are about $1 billion short of balancing the budget this fiscal year and next. #ksleg
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.@iamjohnoliver on state legislatures. 5 minutes in is the greatest thing I've ever seen. slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201… #ksleg
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Our full final polls for Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Kansas, and Iowa are now posted: publicpolicypolling.com/main…
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Our final Kansas poll finds Greg Orman leading Pat Roberts 47/46 and Paul Davis leading Sam Brownback 46/45
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FiveThirtyEight's Gubernatorial Forecasts: A Lot Of Really Close Races 53eig.ht/1u3up1H Nate Silver gives Davis 81% chance 4 win.
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Brownback tries to blame courts for purge of moderates kansas.com/opinion/opn-colum… An utter, venal lie. Koch $ & BB purged Mods. #kseln #ksgov
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More on October revenues. bit.ly/1zmZQGi #kseln #ksleg
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Not good at math. But I believe latest #ksleg rev figures mean if state hits projections from now til July, still won't have enuf for FY15
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AFP Integrity problem #6,891: using my name on their mailer to falsely state I've voted. Have I?#NotYet @KSValues
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60 yrs after Brown v Board, Kansans for Fair Courts asks if we learned our lesson: bit.ly/1qYGx2z #FairCourts
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54 percent of early ballots cast in KS were from Republican voters. 31 percent from Dems. #ksleg
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.@BorowitzReport: Kochs approve a controversial plan to fire cash from cannons directly at voters on Election Day nyr.kr/1DD8ONf
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