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KS Ed Boards Slam Kobach as “Embarrassment For the State of Kansas”

Kobach Earns Contempt of Court Ruling, Leaves Taxpayers to Pick Up the Bill This weekend, editorial boards levied more harsh criticism at Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach for earning his second contempt of court charge in his one man voter suppression crusade. A federal judge ordered Kobach to repay his opponent’s legal fees after…

ICYMI: KC Star Editorial Slams Colyer for Upholding Brownback-Era Discrimination Policy

“So much for Colyer’s much ballyhooed ‘new tone.’” In case you missed it, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer is under fire for refusing to reinstate LGBTQ protections for state workers, effectively upholding his predecessor Sam Brownback’s position. The Kansas City Star editorial board published a scathing editorial criticizing Colyer for following in Brownback’s footsteps and scaring…

Kobach Makes Bizarre Slavery Comment In GOP Debate

Kobach Compares Himself to “Slave Farmers” In a bizarre and offensive move, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach used his first Republican gubernatorial debate to compare himself to a “slave farmer.” From the Topeka Capital-Journal: In response to a question about a property tax lid applied to city and county governments, there was consensus that…

DGA Statement on Brownback Confirmation

Today, the DGA released the following statement on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s confirmation as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. “Today, Sam Brownback is finally leaving Kansas, but the Brownback nightmare is far from over. Brownback’s disastrous experiment inflicted untold damage on the state’s schools, hospitals, and infrastructure that will take years to fix. …

State of The State: Brownback or Colyer, It Doesn’t Matter

Colyer and Brownback Support the Same Failed Agenda KC Star: ‘Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer might be as committed to Brownback’s budget theories as the governor himself.’ For weeks, questions have swirled around today’s State of the State speech in Kansas. Kansans wondered if Governor Sam Brownback – who was re-nominated yesterday for a gig in the Trump administration…

Brownback Says Tax Plan ‘Actually Worked.’ Do Colyer and Kobach Still Agree?

Kansas Suffered Under Disastrous Plan Yesterday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was in D.C. giving advice to Republicans in Congress who are pushing a tax plan similar to what the governor implemented in Kansas. Despite a mountain of evidence that shows his tax scheme was a complete failure, Brownback insisted that “what we did actually worked.”…

VIDEO: Brownback, Human Warning Label For Terrible Tax Schemes, Comes to Washington

Kansas Gov Responsible for State’s Economic Disaster Today, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is in Washington D.C. for his confirmation hearing in the Senate. But before the governor takes up his cushy post leading the Office of International Religious Freedom, the DGA released a new video to remind everyone of the financial chaos he engineered with…

Colyer’s New Top Staffer Admits His Boss Can’t Escape Brownback’s Shadow

Barker: It ‘Will Be Most Difficult for Colyer’ to Separate From Brownback Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer announced on Monday he would be appointing GOP executive director Clay Barker to be his special assistant, to help with his transition into the governor’s office. But before he started working for his new boss, Barker was pretty clear…

Colyer Announces Campaign for Brownback’s Third Term

Brownback Clone Jeff Colyer Attempts to Continue Brownback’s Failed Economic Agenda Colyer’s ‘New Day For Kansas’ Looks A Lot Like the Last 7 Years Today, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer officially announced his campaign to inflict 4 more years of Sam Brownback’s economic policies on the people of Kansas. Colyer was one of Brownback’s biggest boosters, loaning $1.5 million…

DGA Statement on Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s Nomination

Today, the DGA released the following statement regarding Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s nomination to be Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom: “Governor Brownback leaves behind a smoldering fire in Kansas, and Jeff Colyer will only pour more gasoline on it,” said DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold. “Jeff Colyer has been the single biggest cheerleader of Governor Brownback’s…

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