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Dion Lefler

@dionkansas.bsky.social
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Opinion editor and columnist at The Wichita Eagle in Kansas.

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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
When you love America, but not so much Trump... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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America’s 200th birthday was inspirational, its 250th is a joke | Opinion
President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration is a farce, and Kansas congressmen are trying to spin it as less horrifying than it is.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Some people never learn... Some know better and lie for money... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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No, MAGA friends, Antifa didn’t put algae in the Deflecting Pool (and that’s not a typo) | Opinion
A widely shared viral post on X and Facebook came from the most suspect of sources, but Trump supporters fell for it hook, line and sinker.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My column: Wichita Christians protesting ICE shooting stand strong in the face of Nazi threats. Way to go, churches! www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita Christians sing Kumbaya in the face of Nazi provocation | Opinion
Pastor’s response to threats after worship service protesting ICE shooting: “Live your life in ways that piss off neo-nazis.”
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Proponents of a 1% sales tax for Wichita say it would make visitors passing through pay more and reduce our property taxes. But that math ain't mathin'. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Opinion: The biggest mistake in the Wichita sales tax proposal is . . .
Using part of a 1% sales tax to provide property tax relief would send about as many dollars out of Wichita as it would bring in.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Oklahoma pols hate initiatives; Kansas we can't do them at all. This bites on both sides of the border. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Democracy’s under fire in Oklahoma and they’re still better off than we are | Opinion
The Oklahoma Legislature is trying to cripple the state’s ballot initiative process; Kansas doesn’t even have one.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Disgusting racists doing disgusting racist things. Kansas Republican Party unplugged. Or more accurately, unhinged. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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KS GOP’s fake post of Gov. Kelly in sombrero crosses the line to blatant racism | Opinion
Kansas Republican Party shows its white-supremacist underbelly in Facebook post on SNAP, mimicking President Trump’s racist online antics.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
My "day after" column. It's up to us to solve the problem of political violence. kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Trump needs to tamp down Charlie Kirk fire, not pour gasoline on it | Opinion
In dealing with crisis of the Utah shooting, the president should take some cues from Wichita mayors, past and present. | Opinion
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Time to stand up and step up. . . www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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I learned about battling dictatorship from a PBS show. Now let’s go save PBS Kansas. | Opinion
Federal cuts in public broadcasting slashed a quarter of the budget at KPTS Channel 8; emergency pledge drive coming Wednesday. | Opinion
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In Kansas, we have seen the future, and it bites www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes: Kansas has seen this movie and knows how it ends | Opinion
Donald Trump’s budget bill has passed Congress, essentially repeating Kansas’ disastrous Brownback Tax Experiment at the national level.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Read the story before commenting. It may not be what you think ... 😉 www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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I was paid to attend Democratic rep’s town hall in Wichita last weekend | Opinion
Truth revealed about the Chris Murphy - Maxwell Frost town hall at Wichita State University on Sunday. I was paid to go to it; so were others.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Wichita has to borrow congressmen to have a decent town hall... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita town hall draws huge crowd to hear a Florida(!) congressman | Opinion
While Kansas Republicans are hiding out from town halls, a Florida Democrat visits Wichita to field voter questions.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Was any of this necessary? I don't think so. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita PR video of police dog mauling junkyard burglary suspect is sickening | Opinion
Creepy video for WPD’s “Well Done Wednesday,” on X, shows suspect screaming under attack by police German Shepherd, set to pulse-pounding techno music.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It's embarrassing that Wichita needs to borrow congressional representation, because our own electeds won't give us the time of day. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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When your own US reps and senators won’t talk to you, borrow someone else’s | Opinion
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost to hold town hall in Wichita Sunday, because Ron Estes, Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran won’t.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It seems I may have stirred up a few bigots with today's column... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita honors LGBTQ Pride while Hegseth’s Navy tries to sink it | Opinion
I’m proud of Wichita passing a Pride Month proclamation; ashamed of Washington plot to strip gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s name off a Navy ship.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Call me Ishmael, for I alone have lived to tell thee all . . . www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita City Hall ignored warning signs on Ken-Mar project risk from the start | Opinion
Project fails to uplift economically challenged neighborhood; developers sold property, leave city holding the bag on $1.8 million of $2.5 million loan.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Democracy is not a bad word. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Why does the MAGA right hate the word ‘democracy’ so much? | Opinion
The right loves to argue we’re a republic, not a democracy. What’s the difference?
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Beretta and Bass Pro Shops get a free pass in case where ESU football player accidentally shot a teammate while stopped at a red light. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Beretta and Bass Pro can’t be sued in Kansas college football shooting. Why not? | Opinion
The Kansas Supreme Court excused a gunmaker and gun dealer from lawsuit in a shooting that cost an athlete his leg.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
There's a big difference between Christianity and Christian Nationalism. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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How Trump and the Sedgwick County GOP tried to steal Easter | Opinion
The holiest day on the Christian calendar is not the time for political attacks and fundraising.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is so out of hand. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Wichita councilwoman’s censure case reflects badly on county GOP | Opinion
Sedgwick County Republican Party stalwarts are wrong to go after Wichita City Council member Becky Tuttle over a vote on transgender proclamation.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This guy. First he runs away from constituents. Now this. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Make America Gangsters Again: Sen. Roger Marshall wants to bring back sawed-off shotguns | Opinion
Short-barrel shotguns and rifles were banned in the 1930s; why would anyone, much less a senator, want them back?
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Sometimes the picture IS the story... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Maggie Ballard goes to Washington and cold-shoulders MAGA Sen. Roger Marshall in photo op | Opinion
Hilarity ensues when Wichita City Hall posts awkward photo of council members and senator posing together at D.C. gathering.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Mr. Roger's town hall www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Senator Marshall, you’re no Dwight Eisenhower. And neither is Donald Trump | Opinion
Sen. Roger Marshall misappropriates the spirit of Eisenhower to justify President Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It's ridiculous that in this day and age, women still have to fight for voting equality. But here we are. www.kansas.com/opinion/arti...
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Washington attack on women’s voting rights mirrors Kansas mistake of 14 years ago | Opinion
The SAVE Act’s “proof of citizenship” nonsense is the same play as Kris Kobach’s SAFE Act, which disenfranchised 30,000 Kansans.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Gettin' pretty tired of this kind of stuff... If you're proud of what you advocate for, tell the truth. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Kansas congressman hails actions of Trump, Musk and DOGE, but with errors | Opinion
Wichita Rep. Ron Estes distorts international USAID projects and Social Security issues in Republican Party meeting.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Just keeps popping up... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Bowling for (tax) dollars with Michael O’Donnell — what could go wrong, Kansas? | Opinion
Disgraced Wichita politician’s bill to give tax breaks to bowling alleys shows why lobbyists shouldn’t be able to introduce legislation.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Sen. Roger Marshall comes out as racist and sexist with DEI take on D.C. plane crash | Opinion
Following President Trump’s lead, Marshall blames women and minority hiring for tragic crash that killed 67 people.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We work for the people of Wichita, not the city of... www.kansas.com/opinion/edit...
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We don’t need City Hall’s advice on how to cover air tragedy | Opinion
City government overstepped with ill-informed Facebook post on coverage of last week’s D.C. plane crash.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If they gave an Emmy for most contemptible performance by a lead actor . . . www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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As Kansas mourns tragic crash, Trump’s talking points are DEI and dwarfs | Opinion
If President Donald Trump was trying to comfort Wichitans and others rocked by Flight 5342 D.C. plane disaster, he missed the mark.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Up all night covering Wichita's plane crash tragedy. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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‘I just saw a fireball and then it was gone; I haven’t seen anything since they hit the water’
Reagan National Airport traffic-control recordings tell part of the story of the Wichita to Washington plane crash and response.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
So when does the Atlantic become the East American Ocean and the Pacific the West American Ocean?
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A GOP office holder who advocates for real people... www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Calmly competent Republican recovers millions for Kansas insurance consumers | Opinion
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt’s not flashy or controversial, but she gets the job done.
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Matthew Kelly @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Video of the heated exchange between Rep. Ford Carr and Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson shows another lawmaker, Rep. Henry Helgerson, trying to intervene and being shoved to the floor by Carr. Story with @bykyliecameron.bsky.social and Chance Swaim. www.kansas.com/news/politic...
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Still waiting to see diversion agreement. . . www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Commissioner’s wife’s electioneering case goes off early, avoiding news coverage | Opinion
Meghan Blubaugh got diversion for wearing a shirt advocating election of her husband, Sedgwick County Commissioner Jeff Blubaugh.
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Forget the PR stuff... Let's show the world the real Wichita. www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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‘Monopoly, Wichita Edition’ is coming. Here’s how to keep it real | Opinion
From our ice-optional Ice Center to electricity-optional Towne West mall, let’s make a board game showcasing authentic Wichita
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Dion Lefler @dionkansas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just started this account. For my first post, today's editorial from The Wichita Eagle. www.kansas.com/opinion/edit...
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