Ghost busted: KS Dem blasted for anonymous Twitter account

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

WHO YA GONNA CALL: The new look of @JohnBrownsGhost Twitter account late Thursday after a CJOnline report revealed Tyler Longpine was the person behind the account.

By Earl Glynn │ for Kansas Watchdog
The Topeka Capital-Journal reported the anonymous @JohnBrownsGhost’s twitter account was no longer anonymous.
Tweets Thursday evening took note of this change:
2013-05-16 18:29 @TheKansasRino: So @JohnBrownsGhost cover has been blown. Such a shame, I rather enjoyed that account.
2013-05-16 18:33 @manspeaker: Way to ruin the #ksleg feed Tim Carpenter. @JohnBrownsGhost was the [...]

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Lefty clearinghouse funnels federal cash to militants

By   /  March 12, 2013  /  Featured, National  /  2 Comments

BFF: Tides project chairman and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard meets with President Barack Obama during a 2012 White House meeting. (AP photo)

Editor’s Note: This story was updated on March 25, 2013 to reflect additional Tides revenue.
By Tori Richards and Earl Glynn | Watchdog.org
A left-leaning San Francisco clearinghouse that bankrolls lobbyists, Islamic militant organizations, Planned Parenthood and the National Council of La Raza collected $28 million in taxpayer funds over three years, but won’t identify the specific sources [...]

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KS: Tracking the PACs – big money flowing into crucial Senate contests

By   /  August 2, 2012  /  Elections, Featured, Finances, Kansas, Kansas History, News, Politics & Elections, State Government  /  1 Comment

Big PAC money is pouring into campaigns ahead of next week's primary election, with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog
TOPEKA —  Big PAC money is pouring into campaigns ahead of next week’s primary election, with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.
But questions surround shifting campaign money and shadowy political action committees, with voters caught in the line of fire.
Conservative Gov. Sam Brownback and the conservative Kansas House [...]

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Kansas Rally for Religious Freedom

By   /  June 29, 2012  /  Audio, Column B, Constitution, Discrimination, Health Care, Kansas, Kansas Watchdog, Personal liberty  /  No Comments

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog
TOPEKA — As part of a national Fortnight for Freedom Kansas Catholic bishops organized a Rally for Religious Freedom to protest the loss of religious freedom caused by recent actions of the federal government.
Several thousand attended the event on Friday in triple-digit heat on the south steps of the Kansas [...]

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Ethics Commission cleans up redistricting issue. Does not discuss lawsuit.

By   /  June 28, 2012  /  Column A, Ethics, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, Politics & Elections  /  1 Comment

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog
TOPEKA — The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission on Wednesday adopted a practical solution to a problem caused by new Kansas House and Senate districts imposed by the federal court recently.
At issue was whether the new districts resulted in candidates running for the “same office” or a different office.   The  [...]

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