Aug 17, 2021

TKC Communiqué - Mayor Q Sends Open Invite to Afghanistan

By Tony • Issue #40 • View online

We were gonna call this one “the friendship update” but that seems undermine the seriousness of the situation. Also, it we don’t wanna be too jokey given that it’s just a bit harder to get laughs in these late stages of the American era.

Either way, here’s a quick peek at some of the top news items to consider this morning …

Kansas City News First Look . . .

Mayor Q Needs All The Friends He Can Get

Top 5 Reactions To Mayor Q Inviting Afghan Refugees To Kansas City

The Mayor earned quite a few social media accolades after inviting refugees to Kansas City after the fall of Kabul.

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Kansas City COVID Scarcity Cont’d

Local doctors warn patients wait for beds, transferred out of state, surgeries delayed | Coronavirus | kctv5.com

Area doctors are sounding the alarm that hospitals are stretched too thin and are now transferring some patients out of state.

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Housing Stimmy Cash & Jobs For Kansas City

Kansas City hiring more workers to help disperse $17M in rental assistance

Kansas City’s rental assistance program says it hasn’t had enough staff to get $17 million in aid out the door, so leaders are hoping more staff will speed up the process finally.

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Check More Deets On Local Housing Cash

Kansas City Doggie Style Favors Needed

Wayside Waifs needs donations after influx of homeless pets

Wayside Waifs is asking for in-kind donations after an influx of animals in recent weeks, including 57 dogs rescued from a Louisiana puppy mill.

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Police Desperately Seeking Conversation With This Dude

Overland Park police seek help after car stolen with $50,000+ worth of medical equipment inside | News | kctv5.com

Police are seeking a person of interest after a vehicle was stolen with more than $50,000 worth of medical equipment inside.

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Politico Wants Plea Deal After National Embarrassment

Kansas State Rep. Mark Samsel seeks plea in battery case

Rep. Mark Samsel, a Republican state lawmaker from Wellsville, Kansas, is seeking a plea agreement in his battery case, which stems from an April 28 incident in which he accosted a male student during a bizarre classroom outburst while substitute teaching at Wellsville High School.

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Show-Me EPIC MAGA Bus Visuals …

Billy Long’s bus tour for U.S. Senate stops in Joplin; Kellyanne Conway speaks to media as his campaign advisor | KSNF/KODE - FourStatesHomepage.com

JOPLIN, Mo. — In an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Congressman Billy Long announced his entrance into the race for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat. “We need to get the Senate back,” said Long. “You aren’t going to do anything until you get the Senate back and I’m the guy who can win […]

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Sky Also Falling In Kansas

Climate Change Is Breeding Blue-Green Algae And Costing Kansans To Fix Stinky Water

Algae blooms are increasingly fouling Kansas lakes. The blooms can make the water cities take from those lakes taste and smell bad and force them to spend more money on chemicals to make it taste better.

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Fighting The Rising Tide Of Bills

Water bill help is available

The department is willing to set up payment arrangements for past due bills over a specified period of time.

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Across The Nation & Around The World

Blowback For Prez Biden

6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal : NPR

The disorganization and confusion of President Biden’s full U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan have put him in a political hole.

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Double Talk In Retrospect

Biden's rosy statements on Afghanistan, Covid have come back to haunt him

President Biden appeared to spike the football on both Afghanistan and Covid, now his rosy statements are coming back to haunt him.

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Troubling Questions From Across The Pond

Britain asks: Is America back or has it turned its back? | Reuters

The humiliation of the lightning Taliban takeover in Afghanistan after a 20-year war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives has raised a question for the United States’ staunchest European ally: Is America really back as President Joe Biden promised?

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Former Prez W. Wants Solution To Hot Mess He Started

George W. Bush urges Biden to 'cut the red tape' for Afghan refugees evacuation

Former President George W. Bush urged President Joe Biden to “cut the red tape” and for the evacuation of Afghan refugees following the Taliban’s takeover.

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Progressives Quickly Losing Faith

Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence | CNN Politics

At the heart of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign was a single word: competence.

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Strange Bedfellows Share Moment

Hamas congratulates Taliban for ‘defeating’ US - The Jerusalem Post

“We congratulate the Muslim Afghan people for the defeat of the American occupation on all Afghan lands,“ Hamas said in a statement.

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American Boost On Deck OR Double Take Vaxx Underway

Boosters to be expanded to most vaccinated Americans: reports | TheHill

The Biden administration is reportedly planning to announce that most Americans should receive a COVID-19 booster shot eight months after they have been fully vaccinated, expanding the pool of people who should get the extra doses beyond those wit

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Another Handful Of Tuesday News . . .

Almost Worth The Price Of Admission

Woman 'flashed boobs and masturbated' in raunchy sex show for prison lover during visit - Daily Star

“I cannot believe that showing Cody my boobs would get me arrested,” Danielle Ferrero allegedly told Florida police after being jailed over an ‘intimate sex show’ at Charlotte County jail

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COVID Era Confinement Sparks Self-Acceptance Amongst Women Plagued By Doubt