Shawnee County Democrats newsletter, Jan. 8, 2020

Greetings Team Blue

Yay! It's Bean Feed Time! One of our biggest fundraisers is set for Saturday, January 25th. Join us! Opinion 2020: The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime Photo by Big Bear Vacations on Pexels You've heard it before, but it's worth repeating: it's up to us to save our form of government - our way of life - for future generations. I know, I know. Many people say Democrats and liberals are exaggerating the situation. That we're alarmists and drama queens. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Here's why: The right wing is strong. VERY strong. They are not about to step back and not fight to hold on to the White House and the U.S. Senate. They will pull out all the lies, innuendos, tricks, money, cheats and brainwashing they can muster. It makes no difference what candidate we nominate. Our selection for the presidency will fall victim to horrific illusions created by ruthless, greedy, hateful people who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Nearly half of the American voting population is in a mental state of denial, and they buy into everything they are told by Republicans and Fox News. They have been and continue to be brainwashed, and they don't even know it. That's the power of brainwashing. If you hear something enough times you will begin to believe it. Once you believe it there's rarely any changing the mind. So how do we combat this powerful hold that is entrenched in so many American minds? There is only one way. It is the way that creates the democracy we know and love. It is the way our founding fathers set up for us so many years ago. It is the way our Constitution gives us to change who is in charge of our government and how our government operates. It is the way each of us can affect the future of this great nation. VOTE. "Yes," you say, "I will vote." But what will you do to help get out the millions of voters we will need to conquer the oligarchy currently ruling our government? Will you volunteer to help a candidate? Will you donate to a candidate or your local democratic committee? Ask yourself: what can I do? What am I willing to do? If you have no answer to those questions, call our office and speak to someone about the plethora of opportunities available for you to get involved. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be technically savvy. You just have to be you and take that first step. Go ahead. Call. 785-272-2646 We need you. by Brenda Green Shawnee County Precinct Leader Shawnee Count Democratic Committee Member Shawnee County Democrats Webmaster YES! I Want to Volunteer NOW! YES! I I Want to Donate NOW! Here are some of the many, many ways you can get involved in the political process and help us take back our government. Call 785-272-2646 and we'll help you get started. UPCOMING CALENDAR EVENTS

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Kansas News Service newsletter, Dec. 13, 2019

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Dibs on water Take the irrigation out of Kansas, and you remake modern agriculture in the state. Take too much water from irrigation, and you risk yanking away wetlands from hundreds of species of migratory birds who’ve been stopping in Kansas long before any cattle herds or wheat fields appeared in the state. One proposal would pipe water from wells to the Quivira Wildlife Refuge, essentially cutting into supplies for irrigators. Farms that started irrigating most recently would lose out first. Few legal areas get as complicated, or as contested, as water rights. But one principle holds steady: The past matters. And when the water supply is low, the longer ago a landowner established water rights, the more water they get to use. For now, though, farmers worry that the possibility of the wildlife refuge pressing its rights more aggressively threatens their ability to water their crops. Learn more.   "Quivira [National Wildlife Refuge] doesn't have to make a living off of their water. We do." — Wendy Mawhirter, one of the farmers in the central Kansas water fight. Designer prisons Lawmakers asked Kansans working in the criminal justice system to look at the state’s prisons. That Criminal Justice Reform Commission suggested creating specialty prisons — to handle a growing number of elderly inmates, and to better tackle the drug problems that put so many people behind bars. But the changes could cost tens of millions of dollars for a prison system already so overcrowded it farms prisoners out to a private outfit in Arizona. Here’s the latest. Share Tweet Forward Negotiations pending A 19-year-old player died last year after his first workout with the Garden City Community College football team. Since then, his mother and her attorney have pressured the school about what happened. Now both of Braeden Bradforth’s parents have asked the school for a multi-million dollar settlement in the case. The college has rejected their figure in a move toward mediation. Read what’s happening. Share Tweet Forward Settlement made Federal officials have agreed to pay nearly $7 million, split among 82 veterans, in the wake of the conviction of a physician assistant for sexually assaulting patients at the Veterans Administration hospital in Leavenworth. Mark Wisner assaulted the victims on the job. Understand the case. Share Tweet Forward

Tim Carpenter: US REP STEVE WATKINS TANGLED IN VOTER FRAUD, PERJURY ALLEGATIONS @ Ottawa Herald

Child Care Survey for SE Kansas

CHILD CARE SURVEY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS Greetings! Child care is one of the best investments that can be made in our communities. This survey is designed to learn more about the child care needs in southeast Kansas. If you are a county in southeast Kansas or if you're willing to travel to southeast Kansas for a child care meeting (location unknown at this time), please do fill out the survey. The information will be compiled by the Kansas Sampler Foundation and shared with Child Care Aware of Kansas and other child care advocates around the state. Please share with anyone you think might be interested: tinyurl.com/childcareSE. If you have questions contact Marci at marci@kansassampler.org. Thank you! The Kansas Sampler Foundation is a non-profit located near Inman in McPherson County. Our mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture. Here is our latest e-blast.