LFG VIRGINIA!!!

Former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi dies at age 100 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser George Ariyoshi, Hawaii’s longest-serving governor and the first Asian-American to serve as governor of any U.S. state, died Sunday night at the age of 100, his family announced today.

George Ariyoshi, the first the first Asian-American governor of any state, died this weekend. (h/t @the-downballot.com) www.staradvertiser.com/2026/04/20/b...

Organizations like @bikeleague.org and @bikewalkkc.bsky.social are working hard to oppose this, but they need your help. Fill out the League's form below and consider donating to your local bike/pedestrian advocacy organization (3/3):

www.votervoice.net/mobile/BikeL...

The truth is that America needs bike infrastructure. It makes streets safer for everyone (including drivers), bolsters our local economy, strengthens public health, and is critical to our fight against climate change. (2/3)

Michael takes a selfie while riding on the Gillham Cycle Track in Kansas City, Missouri.

#AmericaNeedsBikeLanes

The current administration is seeking to remove #bikelanes on federal land. This could have a chilling effect that trickles down to places like Kansas City. (1/3)

🗳️ Previewing Virginia's redistricting election The polls suggest Yes is slightly ahead, but Tuesday's contest looks close

In this week's DDHQ newsletter, we preview Virginia's redistricting vote!

Yes has a slight edge in the polls and a much bigger $ edge.

But No has a real shot at winning as the early vote is less pro-Democratic than it was last November.

I mean, of course that’s what happening. It’s been clear the whole time

Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

Tax Scheme Update & Organizing Call - April 20 Apr 20, 7-8pm on Zoom (Zoom link sent with registration) In the early morning hours of April 16th, the Missouri Senate passed HJR 173 -- a tax scheme that would eliminate the income tax and replace i...

The #Missouri Senate has adopted a modified bill to eliminate the state's income tax.

Want to know more about how you can get involved in the fight to stop it? Join Parents for KC Kids for an emergency virtual meeting on 4/20 at 7pm!

Register here: tinyurl.com/Apr20-Call

Stand with Kali Akuno: Help a Movement Builder Heal Kali Akuno—co-founder of Cooperation Jackson and a lifelong movement builder—is facing a serious and urgent health crisis. He needs immediate access to specialized cardiac care that he simply cannot g...

"Kali Akuno—co-founder of Cooperation Jackson and a lifelong movement builder—is facing a serious and urgent health crisis. He needs immediate access to specialized cardiac care that he simply cannot get in Mississippi."

please give what you can if you can!

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This may be a fundamentally new kind of sin blending blasphemy, idolatry, divination, and simony, among others. Those who are not horrified at this may be entirely lacking in authentic religious awareness and feeling.

For those curious, the @us.theguardian.com just did a piece about this:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In Kansas City Missouri, a full 25% of our city budget is required to go to the police department (only city in Missouri with that rule).

What makes it worse? City leaders don't control the police department. That falls to the Board of Police Commissioners, an artifact of the Civil War.

Warner Bros specifically has had THREE utterly disastrous mergers in the last two decades that ALWAYS result in layoffs, price hikes, shittier products, and everybody losing their shirt, but I want you to notice how the U.S. outlets covering this story don't think that's worth mentioning

JUST IN: Viktor Orban conceded his defeat in Hungary.

The far-right leader & Trump ally will no longer be prime minister.

What remains to be seen is the size of his defeat — and whether the opposition wins a supermajority to amend the constitution and reverse Orban’s rule.

That announcer is electric. I love it!

Gotta tip the cap to Jo Adell after that game today. That was some impressive defense.

one of my strongest and clearest takeaways from spending all of Lent knee-deep in ICE death reporting is that Camp East Montana should be razed to the ground and every single person who built it, worked there or approved their decisions deserves criminal charges. it is beyond what I imagined.

Michael takes a selfie while holding up a "VOTE" sticker.

#KCMO friends: Remember to vote YES on Question 1 on or before April 7th!

The Earnings Tax plays a critical role in funding our municipal services. It is imperative that we renew it.

Make a plan and go vote!

Classic.

Another day, another driver crashing into another building in the metro. This time at Bubblecup Tea Zone in Overland Park.

Very lucky this place was unoccupied because that driver drove though the entire seating area and would have hurt everyone there.

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Transportation disrupted: Rising prices expose a vulnerable system When gas prices spike, millions of Americans have little choice but to pay the bill. That is not just a cost problem. It is a sign that the U.S. transportation system rests on a fragile foundation sha...

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checking in on this: we're now 6 days from the filing deadline, and still no challenger.

Yet anti-LGBTQ+ therapists now enjoy a First Amendment right that is denied to abortion providers. But as Jackson pointed out, the inconsistency runs deeper. After Chiles, parents who seek to “convert” their transgender children have a constitutional right to do so. But thanks to last year’s decision in Skrmetti, parents who seek to affirm their transgender children with medication have no such right. States can ban gender-affirming medication but evidently cannot ban anti-transgender talk therapy. And the majority does not explain why anti-LGBTQ+ speech receives heightened protections when other viewpoints do not. Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes. It can prohibit doctors “from telling an anorexic patient to eat less” while allowing them to recommend eating more. It can stop doctors from encouraging patients to end their lives. These laws, too, censor speech on the basis of the state’s preferred viewpoint—in Gorsuch’s words, they “enforce orthodoxy.” Why is it, then, that nobody seriously argues that they’d violate the First Amendment, too?

The Supreme Court's "conversion therapy" decision today is indefensible on its own terms. A ton of medical regulations restrict speech on the basis of "viewpoint." Nobody thinks they're unconstitutional. This court just subjects pro-LGBTQ protections to special hostility. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I hope everyone’s learned their lesson about “let’s run our government like a business” bullshit

Businesses can be run into the ground

Not really supposed to do that with governments

Israel is still targeting journalists in Gaza during the ceasefire Radio Qatar correspondent Amal Al-Shamali was killed in an Israeli strike targeting tents sheltering displaced civilians, bringing the total journalist deaths in Gaza to at least 261

PRISM: Israel is still targeting journalists in Gaza during the ceasefire prismreports.org/2026/03/30/g... @prismreports.org #photojournalism #journalism

UPDATE: The person killed in this crash has been identified as Kansas City BBQ pitmaster Arthur Lee Sr.

A major loss for the city.

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Why This State Is Fighting To Get Its First 'Active Transportation Plan' — Streetsblog USA And why other states should work to adopt or update plans of their own.

#Missouri remains one of only four states without an active transportation plan.

As MoDOT works to update their Long-Range Transportation Plan, this is a critical opportunity to commit to this important step.

usa.streetsblog.org/2026/03/23/w...

Missouri's income tax fight becomes a test for broader progressive coalition Labor, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and faith groups in Missouri are testing a shared message against what they see as a growing list of threats from Republican lawmakers — including a plan to eliminate the state income tax and expand sales taxes on goods and services.

Labor, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and faith groups in Missouri are testing a shared message against what they see as a growing list of threats from Republican lawmakers. (@missouriindependent.com)

New tonight: Senators are increasingly optimistic they will soon reach a deal to fund most of DHS including TSA after long lines snarled U.S. airports.