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Tyler Holmes

@holmestsj.bsky.social
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Worked to improve justice systems with the American Bar Association, a strategic litigation nonprofit, and an org created by Irish lawyers (in, e.g., Angola, CAR, Ghana, Malawi). Past: trial lawyer, KU Law, candidate for #ksleg.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11.
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Colby Jack @colbyjacksoden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you can close it for 2 years you don't need it in the first place 🙄 #kcmo www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
kshb.com
I-670 in downtown KCMO to close for nearly 2 years as Roy Blunt Luminary Park construction begins
Construction on the Roy Blunt Luminary Park over Interstate 670 in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, will get underway this winter, which means a long-term closure for the interstate.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 12/10/2026
Excellent takedown of the commissioned "study" by Hunden Partners, which KC leaders are using to justify their destined-to-fail financial plan for the Royals stadium. It's nothing more than purchased propaganda from an economic prostitute.
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Kansas City is betting a new Royals stadium will help pay for itself. Decades of research suggest it won't
City staff used a graphic of a rack of ribs to show how increased tax revenues from a "stadium impact area" could help pay Kansas City's share of construction costs. Economics and public policy expert...
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
THE GREATEST PLACEHOLDING PERFORMANCE IN NFL HISTORY
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hilarious end to an infuriating game.
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David Morantz @davemorantz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He’s such an a-hole. “In reviewing thousands of court documents, The Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.” apple.news/A_rbZLGAaSaK...
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Marshall charged 18% on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued — The Kansas City Star
In reviewing thousands of court documents, the Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Interesting two step from KCK/WyCo last night and today. First they took predicate steps for the lawsuit and held on to protections from eight months ago (link below). Then they sued (KC Star post). Seems to me this is what you get when you do not include local authorities in a negotiation. #ksleg
kansascity.com
KCK officials opt out of portions of law outlining Chiefs’ move
They also held onto some safeguards that they were due to consider removing.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Spending so much money on cruelty--our own and that of cruel regimes.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The First Amendment wasn’t actually “first.” The original First Amendment was meant to ensure that the House of Representatives grew in loose proportion to the country. Instead, the House’s size hasn’t changed since 1911. Today’s “One First” on that history—and the problems a capped House creates:
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Bonus 256: The Original “First” Amendment
The only provision from the original Bill of Rights that was never adopted would've grown the House in proportion to the country. We should revisit it.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wild this story focuses on $28M OP will keep against >$264M going to Black & Veatch. Also, we get the "critics say" line all the way down in paragraph 21. The paragraph ends: "...Overland Park’s internal data generally shows that TIF districts have worked as intended in the city." Oh it does?
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/10/2026
"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
New in PN: Roger Marshall is running an all time terrible campaign "After decades of crawling further and further into the orifice of the right-wing media bubble, GOP candidates no longer know how to distinguish truth from propaganda, much less how to persuade skeptical voters."
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Roger Marshall is running an all time terrible campaign
Red state MAGAs aren’t equipped for real competition and accountability.
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Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
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Anna Kaminski @anna-writes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some good news to start the week: Two nonprofits will abolish $34M in medical debt for +21,000 Kansans. “This isn’t actually about medical debt,” said Melissa Morales. “This is about a broken healthcare system that people can’t afford.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/10/05/n...
kansasreflector.com
Nonprofits to erase $34 million in medical debt for 21,000 Kansans • Kansas Reflector
More than 21,000 Kansans are set to receive a letter this month notifying them that their medical debt has disappeared.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The political discourse about KC-area stadiums, past and present, is pure fantasy.
kansascitystack.substack.com
Living the dream
County and city officials throw reality to the wind when thinking of stadiums and sports
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The team/city analysis thinks the Royals are going to sell more seats than they currently do in a *smaller* ballpark. The projected average attendance has only been met or exceeded three times in the last 35 years. Most years do not come close. (Because the Royals are usually bad.)
baseball-reference.com
Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors | Baseball-Reference.com
Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 05/10/2026
Again: No method exists for projecting the economic impacts of sports stadiums. What we do know is that no stadium has ever generated enough new tax revenue to pay for itself. There's a reason you have to hire a paid consultant to come of with these numbers: they're bogus. @gpropheter.bsky.social:
But researcher Geoffrey Propheter, a professor at the University of Colorado-Denver who studies stadium financing, cast doubt on the district looping in businesses that could be miles away from the stadium and calls for incentives that align more closely with the footprint of the stadium itself. Some economists regularly question the touted economic impact of pricey, publicly-supported stadium deals around the country “There’s no way you could draw something this large and with a straight face say, ‘I’m only targeting people who are here because of the stadium,’” he said. “Now, if that was true, your TIF would be only the stadium footprint. Even then, that’s not precise.”
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I sincerely hope he does not have lasting damage from that injury.
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smoke crack worship satan btw need $ (she/her) @devilvaginamagic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kansas has spent years reducing the number of children in foster care. Reducing the number of people receiving SNAP will undo much of the progress. KU research suggests more food assistance for families can keep kids out of foster care | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR share.google/sO6KCxHACygI...
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KU research suggests more food assistance for families can keep kids out of foster care
Advocates want Kansas to expand food stamps to keep more kids out of state custody.
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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 02/10/2026
You’re surrounded by boozers, misfits and losers And down seven goals at the half Your ammo is spent and you can’t find Roy Kent You’re fucked so you might as well laugh
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026
It’s also worth noting that it’s mathematically impossible to pay off a $3,600 balance at $50/month if you’re being charged 18% interest. Your interest the first month alone would be $54, which means you’d have to pay at least $55/mo to ever pay it off (it would take 22 1/2 years at $55/mo).
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Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inside Cameroon’s most overcrowded prison, a recording studio turned incarcerated men into artists. Its founders spent six years filming what it became. africasacountry.com/2026/10/wher...
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Where the mouse eats the cat
Inside Cameroon’s most overcrowded prison, a recording studio turned incarcerated men into artists. Its founders spent six years filming what it became.
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People following the Cornell case keep asking the same questions about Jane Doe. Why did she text one of the men afterward? Why didn't she call it rape right away? Why didn't she see herself as a victim from the start? My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵
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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Justice Blackmun (30 years ago): "Rather than continue to coddle the Court's delusion that the desired level of fairness has been achieved and the need for regulation eviscerated, I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed."
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 30/09/2026
You should just be able to find your little niche in the world & stay there comfortably if it’s what makes you happy. That’s literally all being human is about. Just hanging out and doing something helpful. We made up all this other shit and it’s making everyone miserable, bc there’s no finish line.
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gavinesq @gavinesq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Boots on the Ground Midwest @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It makes it feel like there’s a strategy in place to deny the kids their day in court, to deny them the chance to have representation when they have to appear in front of a judge,” Claire Murphy Shaw of www.asylumclinickc.org
fox4kc.com
Kansas City children face deportation as policy changes take affect
According to Asylum Clinic KC, children lacking legal documentation have been targeted for deportation after a series of court orders have been approved to support the Trump Administration’s …
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Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you remember the cardinal rule of perm maintenance is that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the immonium thygocolate
Katie Britt, looking stunned and upset at a senate hearing
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All four voted against Sen. Booker's amendment to limit coach salaries. (But let's limit player comp w/o their input!) www.senate.gov/legislative/... Love that Sen. Schmitt believes in the importance of "protecting the future of women’s and Olympic sports," which we learned today he does not watch.
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Sean's News Network @seanchai313.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So customs and border patrol is spending $20,000,000 of your money on running old trump campaign ads on NFL games
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The Neutral has consistently found...that most children in DCF custody are in stable placements, [but] there are still children who experience instability in the form of nights without placement, night-to-night and short-term placements, and multiple placements moves,” the report said.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unaddressed here: (1) how the 5% increase year-over-year in home values compares to other JoCo cities, KS, etc., and (2) whether Lenexa is handing out incentives at a higher clip than other area cities.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why not make the argument the civic value is worth the investment? Why continue to launder these projects through the false belief that they generate the growth and development to pay for themselves?
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I’m just concerned about how that looks when we ask our taxpayers to provide a free subsidy. So, what the 1% sales tax is is a free subsidy. It’s free money,” Councilmember Rachel Rubin said. Leawood seems to do less of this than the rest of the area, but developers expect free money in KC.
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Southern Africa Litigation Centre @salitigationcentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On #AccessToInfo Day, we must be reminded that reliable, transparent information is the best defence against disinformation. The answer is more information, not more prosecutions. States must open their records, enforce access-to-information laws, and repeal "false news" offences. #IDUAI2026
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ball didn't lie for the Ravens. Did for the Rams.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two terrible calls this evening. OPI called as DPI with the game on the line.
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Johnson County Post @johnsoncountypost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
johnsoncountypost.com
Your Library: Imagine what’s next
What if Johnson County Library could be anything? Maybe it has a virtual reality learning lab, interactive projection walls or DIY creation corners. Maybe there’s a community garden or a teaching kitchen where neighbors gather to learn and cook. Maybe there’s even a slide connecting two floors. The possibilities are wide open, and the Library wants to hear what you imagine. The Library is refreshing its Comprehensive Library Master Plan, a […]
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Clicked on this because, well, we use too much plastic! We are bad at recycling! And we love to individualize a collective action problem! (The "article" does not contemplate reducing plastic use, just legislation that makes recycled plastics competitive with virgin plastics.) But then...
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you know anything about the size of these towns... this is a terror campaign.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile the real miraculous future tech is solar & mRNA vaccines: preserving the planet and curing cancer. But we’re supposed to hand everything over to malevolent peeping toms and resource oubliettes for an ill defined ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’ progress. It isn’t rational.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hadn't seen the 2025 KLS legal needs survey until today and, if anything, I am both more disappointed in current efforts and more optimistic meaningful improvement is possible with relatively little effort/resource mobilization. Will the courts do it? 🤷‍♂️
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Found this conversation to be thoughtful, though it does lean towards my priors: the need to evaluate/understand a problem, design systems-level responses, and not get caught up in "sexy" tools. Also been thinking a lot lately about how to make the economic case for social/values-coded problems.
legaltalknetwork.com
The Knowledge Gaps and Missing Research Holding Justice Tech Back - Legal Talk Network
Jason Tashea joins Cat Moon to discuss his recent article “A Research Agenda for Justice Technology,” included in a volume published by the American Bar Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Netw...
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Americans seem increasingly comfortable with the idea that government actors shouldn't be criminally punished. That's antithetical to the rule of law. Criminal law applies to everyone or it's not really "law." The Supreme Court did not help matters with its decision in Trump v. US.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They also made him sleep on the floor of a holding cell. With the bullet in his back. And no pain medication. They also failed to provide medical care after they shot him. People need to go to prison for this.
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Tyler Holmes @holmestsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I met an accomplished person last year who was convinced AI would solve the climate crisis. I was baffled then and I am more baffled now.
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