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Mike Hendricks
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Retired journalist and lard-butt bicyclist. I'm left handed, pro dog and a proud member of the reality-based community.
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Source: KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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My final article for The Star: Kansas City is eyeing this huge park as next up for riverfront transformation
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Kansas City is eyeing this huge park as next up for riverfront transformation
The Kansas City Port Authority sees improvements at Riverfront Park as a natural extension of the work its done fostering development on the Berkely Riverfront.
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August 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
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August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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You know they're desperate for a distraction when they roll out the ban on flag burning
August 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Authoritarism update: Heil, Trump: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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August 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Thanks to James O'Brien on LBC for taking my call on "Trump, Taxidermy, TACOs, Tabbies and Torment" yesterday. The outcome was even worse than we discussed.

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Trump, Taxidermy, TACOs, Tabbies and Torment - James O'Brien v Peter Cook on war and peace, by Peter Cook
from the album Radio Brexit Gaga
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August 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Once again #Trump chickens out. It's time to break out the #Trump #TACO meme and spread it everywhere we can.
a taco with arms and legs and the words taco friday below it
Alt: a taco with arms and legs and the words taco friday below it
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August 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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A KC firefighter drowned, another stabbed to death. KCFD never investigated - the latest via @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social
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A KC firefighter drowned, another stabbed to death. KCFD never investigated
National experts say departments should investigate every death of a firefighter on the job. A KCFD spokesperson said reviews “would not have served a beneficial purpose for anyone.”
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August 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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How a group of KC neighbors convinced the city to build a sidewalk on their street
One year after announcing planned improvements for a long-ignored Northland neighborhood, a KC councilman shows off the finished product .
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August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Nearly a year after firefighter drowned, KCFD makes details of his death public
The fire chief’s explanation of Kyle Brinker’s drowning death comes after The Star revealed previously suppressed details that raised questions.
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August 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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KCFD kept secret that firefighter drowned at training last year: ‘Massive failure’
A spokesman for Mayor Quinton Lucas said Wednesday he was unaware that Brinker had drowned until a reporter asked him for comment that morning.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Eye-opennig report here from @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
KCFD kept secret that firefighter drowned at training last year: ‘Massive failure’
A spokesman for Mayor Quinton Lucas said Wednesday he was unaware that Brinker had drowned until a reporter asked him for comment that morning.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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By all means, he must be involved in all things at all times: Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor Race
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August 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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No kidding. Our dog’s heart worm medicine up 14%. Vet blames tariffs

. After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/b...
After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs
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August 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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KC is short 64,000 units of affordable housing. Will new city plan make a dent?
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KC is short 64,000 units of affordable housing. Will new city plan make a dent?
Kansas City is joining a parade of cities that have launched efforts to help residents from being priced out of their neighborhoods by gentrification.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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CBS owner agrees to pay bribe
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Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that Trump claimed “60 Minutes” deceptively edited to interfere with the election. Read more: https://trib.al/xDMS1Fl
July 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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KCFD will consider veteran Black applicant for chief after he threatens to sue
Former KCFD Fire Chief Donna Lake retired in January 2023. Ross Grundyson has been interim chief ever since and has asked to stay on longer
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June 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Secret KCFD audit found ‘alarming’ lack of compliance with heart attack protocols
The failure of Kansas City’s emergency responders to follow protocols for treating heart attack symptoms poses “a very specific danger to public health and safety,” the fire department’s audit says.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Top-ranking woman firefighter sues KCFD alleging discrimination in chief’s hiring
City Manager Mario Vasquez won’t rule out keeping interim KCFD Chief Ross Grundyson in the job for another two years despite other candidates being more qualified.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Top-ranking woman firefighter sues KCFD alleging discrimination in chief’s hiring
City Manager Mario Vasquez won’t rule out keeping interim KCFD Chief Ross Grundyson in the job for another two years despite other candidates being more qualified.
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June 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Kansas City forces out another official who was named in whistleblower lawsuit
She had been named alongside ex-city manager Brian Platt in the lawsuit over the city’s transparency that cost taxpayers $1.4 million.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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www.kansascity.com/news/local/a... Kansas City employee sues over doxxing & racist harassment | Kansas City Star
She got death threats after Harrison Butker post she didn’t write. She’s suing KC
A Kansas City staffer was doxxed and subjected to racist threats after she was falsely accused of posting a joke about Harrison Butker from the city’s account.
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June 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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KCFD starts driver training class years after firefighter killed 3 in crash
The new training program is meant to prevent future tragedies like the Westport crash that still haunts the victims’ families and cost Kansas City taxpayers millions of dollars.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM