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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Kansas

This combination photo shows Veronica Butler, left, and Jilian Kelley, right. (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation via AP)
April 17, 2024, 10:10 am
Members of US anti-government group ‘God’s Misfits’ held in killings of 2 Kansas women
Four suspects include grandmother of one of the victim’s children, who allegedly bought stun guns and searched internet about pain the weapons cause
By Sean Murphy and Heather Hollingsworth
Field organizer Jae Grey places signs on the podium before the pro-choice Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, August 2, 2022. (Dave Kaup/AFP)
August 3, 2022, 10:53 am
Kansas votes to maintain abortion rights, in first test since Roe v. Wade overturned
Biden hails result and urges Congress to pass a bill permitting abortion on a federal level; referendum draws high turnout, similar to that for a general election
By Caitlin WILSON
Screen capture from video of Kansas local labor leader Cornell Beard, August 2020. (YouTube)
November 4, 2021, 12:18 pm
Kansas labor leader apologizes for likening vaccine mandates to Holocaust
Cornell Beard says his remarks were taken out of context but ‘I wholeheartedly apologize to the Jewish community’
By John Hanna
Opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates rally outside the Kansas Statehouse, October 30, 2021, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
November 1, 2021, 8:46 am
Kansas vaccine opponents rally as union chair’s Holocaust comparison decried
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers says it ‘strongly condemns the offensive and inappropriate comparison’ to WWII atrocities made by district president
By John Hanna
Kansas state Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita, speaks with reporters following a legislative committee meeting on federal vaccine mandates, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Landwehr is chair of the House health committee and likened vaccine mandates to the Holocaust during the committee's meeting. (AP Photo/Andy Tsubasa Field)
October 30, 2021, 4:59 am
Kansas labor leader compares Biden’s vaccine mandates to Holocaust
Local Jewish community condemns ‘odious’ comparisons, calling them ‘sickening displays of ignorance and antisemitism’
By John Hanna and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD
Representative Aaron Coleman makes remarks during a special hearing regarding complaints and calls for removal from his position January 22, 2021, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
February 19, 2021, 2:27 pm
Kansas lawmaker let off with warning for abusive behavior toward women, girls
Aaron Coleman calls his lack of committee appointments ‘anti-Semitic’; Jewish legislator sent threatening tweet about governor, admitted to circulating revenge porn as a teen
By John Hanna
Aaron Coleman (Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas via JTA)
November 7, 2020, 4:23 am
Kansas student who admitted to harassing girls online wins state House election
20-year-old Aaron Coleman, who was disavowed by Democrats over his conduct in middle school, claims party is targeting him because he’s a progressive
By Ron Kampeas
Aaron Coleman. (Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas via JTA)
October 5, 2020, 8:39 pm
Report: Jewish candidate for Kansas state House arrested for gun threat as teen
Kansas City paper reports that Aaron Coleman was charged with felony for making a criminal threat, and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of harassment
By Marcy Oster
(Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas via JTA)
August 24, 2020, 1:58 am
Kansas House candidate who admitted to revenge porn drops out
19-year-old Jewish student had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 years old
By Agencies
Aaron Coleman, the great-grandson of a Holocaust survivor, said he was inspired by the 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. (Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas, via JTA)
August 21, 2020, 9:07 am
Kansas student, 19, wins state House primary; admits to harassing girls online
Democratic party disavows Aaron Coleman, who acknowledges: ‘I made serious mistakes in middle school’
By Marcy Oster
A political cartoon published July 3, 2020, by the Anderson County Review against Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's order requiring state residents to wear masks. (The Anderson County Review Facebook page via JTA)
July 6, 2020, 4:21 am
Kansas newspaper removes cartoon likening mask mandate to the Holocaust
Owner of Anderson County Review apologizes following criticism, says the imagery ‘was deeply hurtful to members of a culture who’ve been dealt plenty of hurt throughout history’
By Marcy Oster
A vendor waits for customers at a drive-thru farmers market, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP/Charlie Riedel)
July 5, 2020, 12:38 am
Kansas newspaper equates mask mandate with Holocaust, drawing fire
Anderson County Review publisher defends cartoon posted on Facebook with image of cattle car, Star of David as adding to ‘marketplace of ideas,’ calls critics ‘Marxist parasites’
By John Hanna
Democratic presidential candidate former US vice president Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, in Wilmington, Delaware, March 12, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)
May 3, 2020, 7:35 pm
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting amid virus lockdown
Former VP scoops up 77% in contest featuring ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to pick more than one candidate in order of preference
By John Hanna
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event honoring the 2019 college football national champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 17, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
February 3, 2020, 9:39 am
Kansas or Missouri? Trump fumbles tweet congratulating Chiefs
US president says Kansas City team, based in Missouri, ‘represented the Great State of Kansas’; later deletes, replaces post
By AP
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq and Syria, at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, December 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
January 7, 2020, 5:17 am
US Secretary of State Pompeo won’t run for Senate
The decision complicates Republican efforts to retain a Senate majority, but Iran crisis makes it an awkward time for top diplomat to leave his post and seek elective office
By Alan Fram and LISA MASCARO
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