Iâm not much for Christmas. Iâve spent more than half a century hoping each Decemberâs wishes of peace on earth and goodwill to men would come true, only to be eternally disappointed.
But I still wish joy to those who can find it in these darkest days of the year. And this year I wish comfort to some people in particular.
I wish comfort to county health officers and other public health workers who, as thanks for their expertise in trying to keep people safe, have been overruled by incompetent politicians and threatened with violence.
Go ahead and test Kansasâ level of Christmas spirit by sitting for four minutes with the NBC News story about Jennifer Bacani McKenney, of Fredonia.
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Kansas mayor resigns over death threats after COVID-19 mandate – “I do not feel safe in this position anymore”
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Kansas mayor resigns over death threats after COVID-19 mandate – “I do not feel safe in this position anymore”
Karen TownsendPosted at 9:01 pm on December 17, 2020
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Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw has turned in her resignation. She fears for her safety after receiving threats via phone and email. A newspaper interview opened her up to criticism about her yes vote to a face mask mandate.
Warshaw, a former Republican, now an Independent, was named to the city commission in 2012. In 2015, she was elected mayor, becoming the third female mayor in Dodge City history. Dodge City is one of the largest cities in Western Kansas. The commission voted in favor of a mask mandate on November 16. This action was a response to a spike in coronavirus cases in the county. More than 1 in 10 county resi
Republican state senators call on Trump to declare martial law to overturn Biden election victory
Within the last 48 hours, two Republican state senators, Bob Steinburg of North Carolina and Amanda F. Chase of Virginia, through public Facebook posts and in subsequent interviews, have declared that President Donald Trump should suspend civil liberties and declare martial law in order to stay in power. Both state senators have repeated Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud and various other right-wing conspiracies. Steinburg was reelected to the statehouse this past year, while Chase is running for governor of Virginia.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Steinburg reiterated comments made earlier this month by retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, suggesting Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, deploy soldiers and suspend habeas corpus. In an interview with WRAL Tuesday night, Steinburg alleged he was just “putting out there options that others say still r
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