If republican govt dies it won't be because of Trump. It'll be because of the absurd Electoral College. No nation committed to popular sovereignity can long survive repeated governance by the minority. No other office is chosen this way. Democracy isn't a civics class.

The Star endorsed Jon Patterson in MO 30. He’s a Republican.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez won the Roberto Clemente Award. He was honored for "efforts to build healthy and active communities in his native Valencia, Venezuela, his baseball home of Kansas City."

“And we shall call it Kansas City” Cuz it’s in Kansas? “No it will be located in Missouri.” What will we call the neighboring city across the river? “Kansas City, Kansas”

“And every four years, we will have suburban housewives in Pennsylvania choose a new president.” “Just Pennsylvania, sir?” “And Wisconsin and Michigan. And maybe Arizona, as a treat.” “No one else can vote, sir?” “They can vote but it won’t matter.”

This is good. Real question: WaPo gets hammered for killing POTUS endorsement. But the NYT kills endorsements for local and state races and..crickets. Why? Local and state endorsements are arguably more useful to readers.

Missourians voting early are seeing long lines. Should officials have been more prepared? As KC feels the brunt of the frustration, The Kansas City Star spoke with lawmakers, election authorities and voters about the causes of the long wait lines. #moleg #mogov kansascity.com/news/politics-…

Didn’t we discuss this on KCWIR ten months ago, Nick Haines ?

Here is The Star’s endorsement on whether to fund senior services through taxes | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/editor…

Goodbye, baseball. Let’s do it again next year.

Ramesh Ponnuru was a friend of Rich Nadler, one of KC’s greatest conservatives.

In case you missed the This Week in Missouri Politics Election Special featuring Rep. Keri Ingle, Stephanie Bell 🎙️, Micheal Mahoney and Dave Helling on KMOS-TV, you can watch the entire show on our YouTube youtu.be/NYBvMt6euDg

Kansas City is home to the #1 ranked air guitarist in the United States, fifth in the world. Here’s some frames to whet your appetite. Story and video publishes Monday. #SlappyNutz /2

Who else ❓

Presidential candidates did not campaign anywhere until the mid-19th century.

🚨🚨🚨 IOWA POLL Kamala Harris: 47% Donald Trump: 44% Margin of error: +/- 3.4% desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Here is our wrap-up of Missouri state and local endorsements for the Nov. 5 election | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/editor…

Coming back to KC! We have agreed to terms with RHP Michael Wacha on a three-year contract with a club option for 2028.

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See you at the polls! #Election2024