Asking the real questions here. 

Please keep this series going, but please also acknowledge that Pete Ricketts, copied on several of these emails, is the governor of Nebraska and owner of half our (unicameral) legislature. The lede here talks about how Joe “pals around” with the governor of Illinois but his money pretty directly runs Nebraska. Like,…

Nebraskan here! What’s especially great about Sassy Ben is that he immediately followed this with a rant about religious freedom, complete with irony-unaware mention of tyranny of the majority. Defenders went the “asking questions” route to explain him away; many fired back with the idea that a dude who ran a fucking…

My laugh to keep from crying moment of the night: My partner admitting that he kept seeing these headlines about Bush “egging on” Trump and being horribly confused and worrying that it was a sexual reference he didn’t know.

I am seriously considering dressing as Sadness for my “political-themed” Halloween.

You get all the stars.

Just like in Indiana. Lest we forget how much of a threat Pence is.

The Border War rivalry is *literally* about slavery, so good on him for being on the right side. The only people who will care are Jayhawks looking to claim him.

Mac is a rockstar. Absolutely and totally.

Thanks! I will check it out.

*Fierce googling*

Neither have I, but I am the freak with the buckets of shame for being the freak with ... boils.

Hadrian's Wall. Not near it, on it.

Emma Stone is the No. 1 reason to keep Jimmy Fallon around.

We just don't get where the lines are. Empathy is incredibly difficult; even when we take the effort to check our priv, we still live in said priv almost all of the time.

Nah, no offense taken — I'll fully admit to being a NE Kansas snob for whom "Western Kansas" means "further than Topeka." Heard of Lucas but never went. I'm still optimistic that communities can (sometimes) become the most accepting places.

Why are we OK saying this? Seriously, how is that different from fat-shaming?

These butt-hearts *might* have had a case with evoking FCC regulation to prevent the kid ("champion" is a better word) from performing as-is. Except that, not really ... nothing in "Swingset" is against the FCC rules explicitly. But at least it would have been a better argument than "no personal agendas." Thank…

Kansan in Nebraska here to say ... preach. "Most" doesn't mean "all." The minority is still vocal.

It'll likely be the weather that finally kicks me out, too.

Kansan who moved to Nebraska here to say ... most does not equal all. Preach.

It'll likely be the weather that finally kicks me out, too.