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KU Offers ‘Angry White Male’ Course

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The University of Kansas is offering a course on angry white men and the role of “dominant and subordinate masculinities” as they connect to “rights-based movements of women, people of color, homosexuals and trans individuals.”

“Angry White Male Studies” (HUM 365), which is being offered during the fall 2019 semester, will explore “the deeper sources of this emotional state while evaluating recent manifestations of male anger” in Europe and America from 1950 to present, according to the course description. . .

Christopher E. Forth, the Dean’s Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at KU, is listed as the course instructor. Forth has considerable history studying masculinities and European cultural history and has “Cultural History, Gender and Sexuality, the Body and the Senses” listed as teaching interests. (Read more from “KU Offers ‘Angry White Male’ Course” HERE)

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Kansas Judge Said Minors in Sex-Abuse Case Were ‘Aggressor’

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Prosecutors in Kansas are considering appealing the sentencing decision of a judge who called two minor girls the “aggressor” in a sex-abuse case involving a 67-year-old man.

Leavenworth County District Judge Michael Gibbens made the comments during a Dec. 4 sentencing hearing for Raymond Soden, who had been convicted of contacting one of the girls on the internet and offering to pay for sex acts. . .

“I do find that the victims in this case, in particular, were more an aggressor than a participant in the criminal conduct,” Gibbens said, according to a transcript of the hearing released by the Leavenworth County court. “They were certainly selling things monetarily that it’s against the law for even an adult to sell.” (Read more from “Kansas Judge Said Minors in Sex-Abuse Case Were ‘Aggressor'” HERE)

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Kansas Senator Not Seeking Reelection

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. . .[Sen. Pat] Roberts, 82, has served four terms in the Senate and last won reelection in 2014 after facing a bruising Republican primary. His retirement has already sparked interest in his seat from a number of other Kansas Republicans, heralding a potentially crowded 2020 primary — though Democrats hope they can make the race competitive after winning the governorship in 2018. . .

Roberts, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, touted his work championing the issue for his state, including the farm bill that was signed into law late last year, which was the eighth he’d worked on. Roberts also touted his 24-0 record winning elections, saying he was “damned proud of that undefeated record.”

In an interview with POLITICO following his announcement, Roberts said he would not follow in the footsteps of Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, two former senators who did not run for reelection last year and were publicly critical of President Donald Trump.

“I don’t think you get anywhere criticizing the president,” Roberts said in the telephone interview. “I’m not the conscience of the president. It appears some of the Senate, apparently that was their role. But I had things to do that fell within my committee jurisdiction as chairman.” (Read more from “Kansas Senator Not Seeking Reelection” HERE)

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Kansas Republican Lawmaker Switches to Dem Party, Calls GOP’s LGBTQ Stance ‘Absurd’

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Kansas State Sen. Barbara Bollier spent 43 years as a registered Republican and 10 years as a GOP lawmaker. But now she’s switching parties because of Republicans’ stance on LGBTQ issues and other causes.

“My moral compass is saying, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ and you throw that in with Donald Trump, and just from a moral position, I can’t be complicit anymore,” Bollier said in an interview with NBC News. . .

Earlier this year, the Kansas Republican Party updated its platform with the following language: “We believe God created two genders, male and female. Therefore, as defined by the Kansas Constitution, the benefits and privileges of marriage exist only between one man and one woman.” . . .

Bollier has long reached across the political aisle and she endorsed Democrats Laura Kelly for governor and Sharice Davids for Congress. State Senate President Susan Wagle removed Bollier as vice chairwoman of the governing body’s health committee in July after Bollier endorsed the two candidates.

The Kansas Republican Party earlier this year modified the wording of its platform to read: “We believe God created two genders, male and female. Therefore, as defined by the Kansas Constitution, the benefits and privileges of marriage exist only between one man and one woman.” (Read more from “Kansas Republican Lawmaker Switches to Dem Party, Calls GOP’s LGBTQ Stance ‘Absurd'” HERE)

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74-Year-Old Kansas Woman Shoots and Kills Home Intruder, Suffers Heart Attack, Won’t Face Charges

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A 74-year-old Kansas woman who shot and killed a man reportedly attempting to burglarize her home will not face charges, authorities said Thursday.

Ralph Byrd Jr., 41, was fatally shot after entering the home of the unnamed woman last Saturday. The woman reported the shooting to police, who arrived at the scene and found Byrd Jr. inside the home with a gunshot wound, the Leavenworth Times reports.

The elderly woman sustained a heart attack shortly after police began to investigate and was taken to a hospital. She is expected to survive.

Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said that the woman will not be prosecuted. “For our understanding, she wouldn’t know whether he’s armed or unarmed and within the statute that allows her to be able to defend herself and defend her home,” Thompson said.

A similar incident happened in Kentucky Thursday when a man shot and killed a home invader and caused his two accomplices to flee after they threatened the man’s family with firearms.

That’s twice in one week the Second Amendment and stand your ground policies protected Americans from home invaders. And that’s just the ones we know about. (For more from the author of “74-Year-Old Kansas Woman Shoots and Kills Home Intruder, Suffers Heart Attack, Won’t Face Charges” please click HERE)

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Kansas Democratic Party Can’t Account for $900,000 From Clinton Campaign Fund

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Federal campaign finance reports of the Kansas Democratic Party for the 2016 election cycle don’t account for $900,000 of the $2.4 million transferred from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s fundraising operation to the state party before funneled to the Democratic National Committee.

Documents submitted to the Federal Elections Commission by the Hillary Victory Fund recorded 10 transactions from August to November 2016 that resulted in deposits of $2.46 million into accounts of the Kansas Democratic Party. State Democratic Party reports showed receipt of $1.56 million and recorded transfers of that amount to the DNC.

An attorney with a pro-Donald Trump organization challenging legality of the Clinton cash transfers to 32 state Democratic parties said the Victory Fund’s reporting indicated $900,000 was shifted to the state party on Oct. 6, 2016. The state party didn’t report receiving that amount nor transferring it to the DNC, yet the DNC acknowledged accepting $900,000 from the Kansas Democratic Party on Oct. 6, 2016. (Read more from “Kansas Democratic Party Can’t Account for $900,000 From Clinton Campaign Fund” HERE)

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Kansas Candidate Rips ‘Snowflake Meltdown’ After Uproar Over What Was on His Parade Jeep

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Kris Kobach, a Republican who’s running for governor of Kansas, said he won’t cave in the face of a “snowflake meltdown and outrage culture” after being slammed for riding a jeep with a replica gun during a parade.

“The outrage over the replica gun on the back of a patriotic jeep is the left trying to attack guns and your #2A rights,” Koback tweeted amid the uproar. “I will not back down in the face of a snowflake meltdown and outrage culture.”

Koback, who’s currently the secretary of state of Kansas, was slammed on social media for riding in a jeep mounted with a fake gun during the Old Shawnee Days Parade on June 2.

Koback said he did that because he wanted to underscore his support for the Second Amendment, which has increasingly come under attack by liberals.

The fake gun caused such backlash that the city of Shawnee later issued a groveling statement, where it apologized no less than three times.

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Kansas Election Officials Bar Dog from Running for Governor

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Kansas election officials on Tuesday barred a dog from running for governor, saying such a candidate would be disqualified even if there are no actual state laws prohibiting the animal from running.

Terran Woolley, the dog’s owner, used the state’s oversight to file the paperwork that would allow his 3-year-old wire-haired Visla named Angus P. Woolley to run.

“I thought, ‘Hey, why not Angus? He’s a good dog, he’s smart. And I think he could provide better leadership than what we’ve had the last seven years in our state,’ ” Woolley told The Hutchinson News . . .

Bryan Caskey, director of elections for the Kansas secretary of state’s office, told The Kansas City Star on Tuesday that “there’s several laws that reference that the governor has to be an individual or a person, and so we are relying on that, and if a dog comes in to file for office, we will not allow that.”

Caskey told the newspaper last year that he does not “know what would happen if [a dog] tried to” run. “I can’t point you to a law that says anything about the qualifications to run for governor.” (Read more from “Kansas Election Officials Bar Dog from Running for Governor” HERE)

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Thanks to Kansas Loophole, 6 Teens Running for Governor

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There are no age requirements to run for office in Kansas.

And when there’s a giant loophole like that, teens who aren’t even old enough to vote will exploit it.

That’s what 17-year-old Jack Bergeson did. He filed papers to run for governor this November. Five other teens quickly entered the race as well . . .

Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter told CNN he introduced House Bill 2539 this week after six high school students filed to run for governor in the November 2018 elections. The bill states that candidates running for any government office in Kansas should be at least 18 years old and be a resident of the state for at least four consecutive years. (Read more from “Thanks to Kansas Loophole, 6 Teens Running for Governor” HERE)

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Man Fesses up to Tagging Own Car With ‘Racist Graffiti’

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The Riley County Police Department says during the course of their investigation into a car tagged with racial slurs, the owner of the vehicle admitted he was responsible for the graffiti.

Police say “this admission led to a series of conversations between Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson. Director Schoen and County Attorney Wilkerson concluded that despite having filed a false report, the filing of criminal charges against (the car’s owner) for having done so would not be in the best interests of the citizens who comprise the Manhattan community.”

For his part, the Riley County Police Department says, the car’s owner “was genuinely remorseful and expressed sincere regret that his actions had resulted in the negative media attention.”

“I would like to deeply apologize to the community,” the car’s owner says. “The whole situation got out of hand when it shouldn’t have even started. It was just a Halloween prank that got out of hand. I wish I could go back to that night, but I can’t. I just want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for the pain and news I have brought you all.” (Read more from “Man Fesses up to Tagging Own Car With ‘Racist Graffiti'” HERE)

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