Reader Forum questions Brownback in Kansas leadership
A reader calls for transparency amid concerns about fund raising and lobbying by associates of Governor Sam Brownback. The letter cites meetings during work hours, secrecy, links to a fringe Catholic group, and an FBI probe, urging full disclosure and accountability to curb alleged abuses.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Garden City
Opus Dei
Republican Party
FBI
Moody’s
Sunshine
Richard Nixon
Gov. Brownback
Citizens protest Koch lobbying arm at D C lobby HQ
About 600 participants from National People's Action marched into Koch Companies Public Sector in Washington to urge repenting from push to privatize democracy and to oppose billion-dollar subsidies while highlighting personal stories like Michigan’s $7.40 minimum wage. The protest sought to remove corporate influence from public policy.
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Kansas
Koch Brothers
Koch Companies
Washington, D.C
National People’s Action
NPA
Lobbyists
Powers That Be
Patricia Fuller
Michigan
Charles Koch
America
Benghazi gunrunning and political firestorm
Syndicated columnist Rick Jensen argues Democrats push boycotts of the Benghazi select committee while threats against its chair rise. He links alleged arms transfers to Syria, Obama and Hillary Clinton to a controversial operation run by David Petraeus, citing Seymour Hersh and The New York Times.
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Select Committee
Benghazi
Rep
Trey Gowdy
Obama
Libya
New York Times
U.S
Seymour Hersh
My Lai
Turkey
Hillary Clinton
Nixon
LBJ
Clinton
al Qaeda
Syria
CIA
David Petraeus
Erdogan
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
MI6
Gaddafi
Benghazi Trading Post
Hillary
Petraeus
Judicial Watch
Gaffe list shows GOP stance on indigence and women
Tina Dupuy reviews recent Kinsley Gaffes by Mitt Romney Todd Akin Thom Tillis and other Republicans noting statements implying disdain for the poor and reliance on government while deriding rape victims and the needy. She frames these as revealing Republicans true beliefs and labels them Kinsley Gaffes.
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Michael Kinsley
Kinsley
Todd Akin
Missouri
Senate
St. Louis
Mongolia
Genghis Khan
Mitt Romney
Obama
North Carolina
House
Thom Tillis
GOP
U.S. Senate
Kay Hagen
Ashville
Tillis
Hagen
Romney
Paul Ryan
Jack Kingston
Newt Gingrich
Maine
Paul LePage
Congress
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Rick Jensen
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Tina Dupuy
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