Kansas City Friday Link Pool: Prez Biden Builds The Wall, Gun Crackdown & South Side Pie

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Everybody Wants To Get Lucky

Store sees increase in lottery players as Mega Millions jackpot reaches $1.1 billion

The Mega Millions jackpot grew overnight to $1.1 billion dollars and people living across the Kansas City area are feeling lucky. Red X in Riverside saw an influx of people waiting in line Thursday to get their hands on a lottery ticket.


Prog Blog Plays Promo Game

A guide to soccer in Kansas now that KC is hosting the World Cup in 2026 - Kansas Reflector

Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Eric Thomas directs the Kansas Scholastic Press Association and teaches visual journalism and photojournalism at the University of Kansas.


Show-Me No Pandemic Accountability

Audit: Missouri lacks tracking of millions in federal COVID-19 funds

(The Center Square) - Several Missouri government departments lacked financial oversight in the spending of $20.6 billion in federal funds, according to Democrat Nicole Galloway's audit of state spending for fiscal year 2021. Galloway reviewed 20 federal programs within 10 state agencies and approximately $13.8 billion in expenditures.


Good To The Last Bite

KC woman offers $150 for final box of Choco Tacos

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Choco Taco fans were devastated earlier this week when Klondike announced it planned to stop selling the novelty ice cream treat. A new challenge may make the news a little easier to swallow. A woman from Kansas City, Missouri, posted an ad on Airtasker.


Weekend Planning Report

8 Things To Do This Weekend In KC: July 28-31 2022

It's nearly the weekend-check out these events happening in Kansas City over the next few days.


AWESOME ELLE ENDURES!!!

Supermodel Elle Macpherson, 58, wows in bikini shots taken by ex-husband

HATS off to supermodel Elle Macpherson as she beams - in photographs taken by her ex-husband. The 58-year-old posed for fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon, 78, to whom she was married for three years until they split in 1989. The snaps were for fashion magazine Elle France, out now.


Progressive Betrayal At The Wall?!?

Biden admin quietly approves construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall near Yuma, Arizona

" Not another foot." Those were the words Joe Biden used as a mantra throughout his 2020 presidential campaign regarding the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. But on Thursday, the Biden administration approved a plan to complete a section of the border wall near Yuma, Arizona.


MAGA On Trial

DoJ reportedly preparing court fight to get Trump insiders to testify - live

Federal prosecutors ready for executive privilege fight Prosecutors at the justice department are gearing up for a courtroom battle to force the testimony of Donald Trump's former White House officials, as they pursue their criminal inquiry into his insurrection, a report published Friday by CNN says.


Policy Showdown Right Now

Democrats waiting anxiously for Sinema's verdict on tax and climate deal

Senate Democrats are walking on eggshells around Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), crossing their fingers that she will agree to support a sweeping tax reform and climate bill that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Wednesday. Sinema was left out of the last-stage negotiations between Manchin and Schumer, though...


Gun Crackdown Awaits

House Dems push to unlock votes on assault weapons ban, other stalled safety bills

Progressives believe they have enough votes to kill the deal, according to two people familiar with the situation. Congressional Progressive Caucus members who also belong to the Black Caucus are "livid" at the language, one person said.


Civility Stays Losing

2022 Congressional Baseball Game: Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez flips off Republican lawmakers

It was all for charity, but tensions were still high during Thursday night's annual Congressional Baseball Game. Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., displayed poor sportsmanship during the 87th installment of the game when she was seen flipping off the Republican dugout during the sixth inning with the Democrats trailing by five runs.


KICK-ASSS Kansas City Band Cont'd

Katy Guillen & The Drive prepares to release an indie rock album with bite

Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams have been working together for the better part of a decade. // Photo by Morgan Jones Katy Guillen has been a part of the Kansas City music scene for the last decade. First, she performed with Katy & Go-Go, which released one full-length album (When I Get Away) with an avenging angel's foot-tapping, country rock...


EPIC South Side Slice Of Life

Providence Pizza is an unmatched pizza experience

Do you like your pizza baked New York, Sicilian or Detroit-style? There's no need to choose at Providence Pizza in Grandview, where diners can sample a variety one slice at a time throughout the day. Standard toppings are offered plus housemade meatballs, Castelvetrano olives and Sweety Drop peppers, sometimes drizzled with chili-infused hot honey, pink vodka sauce or fig jam.


July Heat Break Cont'd

Comfortable, almost fall-like conditions today

Hide Transcript Show Transcript PEOPLE'S SPOTS A CITY VIEW CAM THIS MORNING. IT'S A COMFORTABLE MORNING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LIKE FALL 62 DEGREES WITH A LIGHT NORTH BREEZE ONLY THREE MILES AN HOUR AT 55 IN SAINT JOE 59 AND MARYVILLE 57 IN TRENTON, PROBABLY SAYING YEAH, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE FALL HERE 63 IN WARRENSBURG 66 DEGREES IN BUTLER.

Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.

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