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Updated Kansas statewide compilation
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Updated Kansas statewide compilation
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"Generally speaking, American conservatives prioritize liberty over equality. They understand liberty as a set of privileges; a major part of the value of liberty comes from the fact that others are denied those privileges. Equality is an inherent threat to liberty." – Hattem, The Memory of '76
March 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Generally speaking, American conservatives prioritize liberty over equality. They understand liberty as a set of privileges; a major part of the value of liberty comes from the fact that others are denied those privileges. Equality is an inherent threat to liberty." – Hattem, The Memory of '76
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No list of women is technology is complete without Ada Lovelace. She was believed to have written the first algorithm read by a machine, making her one of the first computer programmers. The world celebrates her each year on the second Tuesday in October. #womenshistorymonth
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No list of women is technology is complete without Ada Lovelace. She was believed to have written the first algorithm read by a machine, making her one of the first computer programmers. The world celebrates her each year on the second Tuesday in October. #womenshistorymonth
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First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Remember this - if you think the government did the right thing here because you don't like Khalil's politics, that's exactly why they targeted him. If our rights don't protect all of us, then they protect none of us.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
If the government is allowed to detain a lawful permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, all of our free speech rights are at risk.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil | ACLU
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.
www.aclu.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Remember this - if you think the government did the right thing here because you don't like Khalil's politics, that's exactly why they targeted him. If our rights don't protect all of us, then they protect none of us.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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If the government is allowed to detain a lawful permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, all of our free speech rights are at risk.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil | ACLU
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.
www.aclu.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If the government is allowed to detain a lawful permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, all of our free speech rights are at risk.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
Section 230 is not the easiest piece of regulation to understand, but the bottom line is easy to grasp. Without Section 230 protections, the only people who get to own websites will be those that can pay an army of lawyers to protect them from a flood of bogus content complaints.
If Congress killed Section 230, it would result in the exact opposite of their goal of protecting children and adults from harmful content online.
230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech
Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users - Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled - many of Section 230’s detractors claim tha...
www.eff.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Section 230 is not the easiest piece of regulation to understand, but the bottom line is easy to grasp. Without Section 230 protections, the only people who get to own websites will be those that can pay an army of lawyers to protect them from a flood of bogus content complaints.
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Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences.
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store
System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later
Version used in this guide: Android: 7.0. iPhone: 7.0
License: GPLv3
Level: Beginner
Time...
ssd.eff.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences.
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
Just because the Satanic Grotto has the right to their speech doesn't change how abhorrent that speech is.
This isn't edgy secularists making a valid point about freedom of speech, this is a bunch of provocative assholes and we shouldn't give them the time of day.
This isn't edgy secularists making a valid point about freedom of speech, this is a bunch of provocative assholes and we shouldn't give them the time of day.
Kansas House denounces satanic black mass as ‘despicable, blasphemous and offensive sacrilege’ | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas House denounces satanic black mass as 'despicable, blasphemous and offensive sacrilege' • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House adopts resolution denouncing a planned satanic black mass as "a despicable, blasphemous and offensive sacrilege"
kansasreflector.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just because the Satanic Grotto has the right to their speech doesn't change how abhorrent that speech is.
This isn't edgy secularists making a valid point about freedom of speech, this is a bunch of provocative assholes and we shouldn't give them the time of day.
This isn't edgy secularists making a valid point about freedom of speech, this is a bunch of provocative assholes and we shouldn't give them the time of day.
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Here’s our old friend, Americans’ complete lack of familiarity with real-world authoritarianism, showing up again. They don’t understand that this is exactly what happens in authoritarian countries, outside of totalitarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
March 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Here’s our old friend, Americans’ complete lack of familiarity with real-world authoritarianism, showing up again. They don’t understand that this is exactly what happens in authoritarian countries, outside of totalitarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
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This is also known as invading Panama.
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News
nbcnews.to
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is also known as invading Panama.
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Social security is a set of trust funds with a balance of about $2.7 trillion as of December 2024. We are the source of these funds. It belongs to us. These funds should be protected so we can protect each other. www.ssa.gov/oact/progdat...
March 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Social security is a set of trust funds with a balance of about $2.7 trillion as of December 2024. We are the source of these funds. It belongs to us. These funds should be protected so we can protect each other. www.ssa.gov/oact/progdat...
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The CR passed in the House will provide a blank check for Trump and Musk to continue their savage war against working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor in order to lay the groundwork for massive tax breaks for billionaires.
This is a bill I cannot support.
This is a bill I cannot support.
March 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The CR passed in the House will provide a blank check for Trump and Musk to continue their savage war against working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor in order to lay the groundwork for massive tax breaks for billionaires.
This is a bill I cannot support.
This is a bill I cannot support.
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This should scare everyone. The Trump admin revoked Mahmoud’s legal status, kidnapped him, and is now holding him in an ICE detention facility without any due process.
Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here.
Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here.
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This should scare everyone. The Trump admin revoked Mahmoud’s legal status, kidnapped him, and is now holding him in an ICE detention facility without any due process.
Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here.
Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here.
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
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utterly fucking astounding that any Dem would look at what’s happening and think that giving this administration sweeping new authority to prosecute speech on the internet is a good idea
It’s time to repeal Section 230. We must be able to take social media companies to court for addicting kids and enabling drug trafficking on their platforms.
Sen. DURBIN: Fentanyl often gets to our kids and young people through the internet.
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
March 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
utterly fucking astounding that any Dem would look at what’s happening and think that giving this administration sweeping new authority to prosecute speech on the internet is a good idea
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Update: Looks like my copy of Project 2025 is safe after all. #ksleg
Sen. Roger Marshall walks back claim that Kansas town hall attendees were paid
Kansas Republican Roger Marshall now says it was only a rumor that people were paid to attend his town hall in Oakley, and he doesn't have evidence.
www.yahoo.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Update: Looks like my copy of Project 2025 is safe after all. #ksleg
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New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
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As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.
First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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Being a lawyer and all, do you know what the tipping point is for it to become acceptable to openly advocate for political assassinations? Just a little curious, is all.
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1
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"Anarchists aim to bring about a situation in which no politician or billionaire—elected or not—could ever be in a position to cut off essential resources to millions of people with the flick of a pen. This is a profounder commitment to freedom and equality than you can find in any government."
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February 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Anarchists aim to bring about a situation in which no politician or billionaire—elected or not—could ever be in a position to cut off essential resources to millions of people with the flick of a pen. This is a profounder commitment to freedom and equality than you can find in any government."
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February 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
