Kansas City Double Take: Recovery, Polling Doesn't Favor Prez & GOP Diversity

Right now legendary fashion diva Jordan and her towering legacy inspires a peek at pop culture, community news and top headlines.

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Helping Local Turnaround

Kansas City program helps people get 2nd chance after drug addiction

One woman was on methamphetamine for 12 years, but was able to get a second chance at life with help from Envision Recovery in Kansas City.

Cowtown Diva Sound Check

Everything you need to know for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour dates in Kansas City

Kansas City is set to see a different type of RED at Arrowhead Stadium this weekend

Show-Me Loaded Question

What does being a patriot or nationalist mean to you? * Missouri Independent

As we celebrate the nation's 247th birthday, it seems a good time to ponder what patriotism and nationalism means in America today.

Kansas Scribe Talks It Out

Yes, debates do help voters decide - and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate - Kansas Reflector

Candidate debates may be the next casualty in the highly polarized political environment in the United States.

Local Love Hiring Troops

'These people are dedicated': KMBC honored for hiring, supporting Vets

KMBC/KCWE was recognized with the prestigious ESGR "Seven Seals" award

When We First Met Jordan . . . 

German Model Jordan Carver -- Well Endowed ... With Lethal Weapons?

German model Jordan Carver's incredible assets are so large ... there oughta be a law -- and turns out there is ... sorta. Not that you care ... just enjoy the video.

Survey Seyz Voters Want New Options

Is Joe Biden's approval rating getting even worse? Here's what polls show

Biden is less popular than Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were at this stage in their presidencies.

G-Man Against MAGA

Opinion | Jack Smith is busy giving Trump the worst summer ever

With potential charges looming in the Jan. 6 investigation and more subpoenas from a federal grand jury in Miami, it's a stressful time to be Trump.

Right Wing Reject Crowd?!?

GOP has its most diverse presidential field ever

But most Republicans are loathe to talk about it.

Slow Fight Against Vlad

Ukraine's counteroffensive hasn't met expectations. Here's why progress has been slow | CNN

The minefields in southern Ukraine are so dense, the troops trying to liberate the area can only advance "tree by tree," one soldier involved in Kyiv's counteroffensive in the south told CNN. In all his years of service, he said, he's never seen this many mines.

Calling In Far East Debt

China is in default on a trillion dollars in debt to US bondholders. Will the US force repayment?

Now that the relationship with China has soured and the People's Republic of China has become the greatest adversarial threat to the U.S. and Western security, policymakers should revisit this appalling failure of justice.

Homecoming Redux 

Biden Administration Helping Deported Veterans Return to US

For some U.S. veterans, this Independence Day is special -- they get to celebrate it on American soil as part of a Biden administration initiative begun in 2021 to help repatriate non-citizen veterans who were deported after getting in trouble with the law. Genia Dulot has our report from California.

Kansas City Lunch Link

Eat This Now: Apple Butter & Brie at The Brick

Photo by Sarah Sipple The Brick welcomes you with mismatched furniture and contradicting motifs-beer signs, mermaids, and Kansas City iconography, plus scribbled signatures filling in the blank spaces. Are people carrying around Sharpies? Are they asking their server for one? Whatever you may be thinking, the food menu will surprise you.

4th Forecast . . . 

Hot afternoon for July 4th plans

An air quality alert has been issued

One of our favorite dated/classic anthems . . . James Brown - Living in America is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.