Andy Schepis McGinnis
@andywomyn.bsky.social
🐳🦋🧵| she/her | Kansas | Mennonite | wife | mom | granddaughter of refugees from Ukraine🇺🇦 & immigrants of Sicily🇮🇹 | BostonU |🌻🏳️🌈🕊🏳️⚧️💜
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“Who wants this? Nobody wants this,” said [Aaron David] Miller at the @carnegieendowment.org “We’re sleepwalking towards a war, in search of a strategy.”
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... ‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... ‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran
‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran
The US military build-up was designed to coerce Tehran — but has failed
giftarticle.ft.com
February 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
“Who wants this? Nobody wants this,” said [Aaron David] Miller at the @carnegieendowment.org “We’re sleepwalking towards a war, in search of a strategy.”
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... ‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... ‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran
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Thomas Wright: "What exactly has changed since June that justifies a more extreme course of action now? Until that question is addressed, the case for urgency, and for war, does not add up."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
America Doesn’t Need a Deal or a War With Iran
Why the rush, when Washington has all the leverage?
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Thomas Wright: "What exactly has changed since June that justifies a more extreme course of action now? Until that question is addressed, the case for urgency, and for war, does not add up."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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“Military operations look quick and easy — right until they are not,” said @jkdemp.bsky.social. “What we did in Venezuela was such a unique operation, and a one-off. And even that — I’m not sure it will turn out fine.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape
Although the United States and ally Israel have a military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“Military operations look quick and easy — right until they are not,” said @jkdemp.bsky.social. “What we did in Venezuela was such a unique operation, and a one-off. And even that — I’m not sure it will turn out fine.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Update on 🇨🇩DRC from my uncle in Kinshasa. While we have much going on here, it is still a big, wide world. We are but a small planet, & what happens in one place affects us all. The words he shares are honest, & may be brutal, but they may also offer some small bit of solace, if not hope. 🙏🏼🕊️💜
February 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update on 🇨🇩DRC from my uncle in Kinshasa. While we have much going on here, it is still a big, wide world. We are but a small planet, & what happens in one place affects us all. The words he shares are honest, & may be brutal, but they may also offer some small bit of solace, if not hope. 🙏🏼🕊️💜
🙏🏼💜 Lori & Bob Schrock were heading to visit their daughter who attends Villanova.
📷: Their canola field at sunrise near Kiowa, Kansas. Jeff Frazier shared these with me this past spring. He says he was a phenomenal producer who will be greatly missed by many in the ag community.
~ Frank Waugh, KAKE
📷: Their canola field at sunrise near Kiowa, Kansas. Jeff Frazier shared these with me this past spring. He says he was a phenomenal producer who will be greatly missed by many in the ag community.
~ Frank Waugh, KAKE
January 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🙏🏼💜 Lori & Bob Schrock were heading to visit their daughter who attends Villanova.
📷: Their canola field at sunrise near Kiowa, Kansas. Jeff Frazier shared these with me this past spring. He says he was a phenomenal producer who will be greatly missed by many in the ag community.
~ Frank Waugh, KAKE
📷: Their canola field at sunrise near Kiowa, Kansas. Jeff Frazier shared these with me this past spring. He says he was a phenomenal producer who will be greatly missed by many in the ag community.
~ Frank Waugh, KAKE
🙏🏼💜 Grace Maxwell
”‘Grace was scheduled to serve on a project team this semester that would begin to create a hand-stabilizing device for a differently enabled Dayton boy so he could feed himself rather than relying on others.”
”‘Grace was scheduled to serve on a project team this semester that would begin to create a hand-stabilizing device for a differently enabled Dayton boy so he could feed himself rather than relying on others.”
20-Year-Old Kansas Woman Died in American Airlines Crash Over D.C. After Returning Home for Grandfather's Funeral, Dad Says
Grace Maxwell, a Cedarville University student, was one of the 60 passengers on the American Airlines regional passenger jet that collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Poto...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🙏🏼💜 Grace Maxwell
”‘Grace was scheduled to serve on a project team this semester that would begin to create a hand-stabilizing device for a differently enabled Dayton boy so he could feed himself rather than relying on others.”
”‘Grace was scheduled to serve on a project team this semester that would begin to create a hand-stabilizing device for a differently enabled Dayton boy so he could feed himself rather than relying on others.”
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Ogallala Aquifer drops by more than a foot in parts of western Kansas | via @allisonkite.bsky.social #ksleg
Ogallala Aquifer drops by more than a foot in parts of western Kansas • Kansas Reflector
The Kansas Geological Survey presented preliminary measurements to state legislators showing a drop in water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer.
kansasreflector.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ogallala Aquifer drops by more than a foot in parts of western Kansas | via @allisonkite.bsky.social #ksleg
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“You have to be very intentional about when you decide to consumer the things that you feel are corroding your peace,” actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr. advised when asked how people can avoid getting emotionally overwhelmed by headlines in 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“You have to be very intentional about when you decide to consumer the things that you feel are corroding your peace,” actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr. advised when asked how people can avoid getting emotionally overwhelmed by headlines in 2025.
He waited to leave until after snow storms passed Kansas. He’s now back to school in New York. 🥹😊💜
January 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He waited to leave until after snow storms passed Kansas. He’s now back to school in New York. 🥹😊💜
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Have you been here? The view serves as a reminder of what we are working to protect.
December 4, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Have you been here? The view serves as a reminder of what we are working to protect.
Kansas sunsets are something. Mom took this a week ago. Focusing on beauty for now.🌻
November 23, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Kansas sunsets are something. Mom took this a week ago. Focusing on beauty for now.🌻
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Eric Meyer, whose newspaper was raided by police last year, has a message for journalists struggling with their sense of purpose: Go on the offensive. #ksleg
Publisher of raided Kansas newspaper delivers advice to journalists: 'Make democracy great again' • Kansas Reflector
Eric Meyer, editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, delivered remarks as he was inducted alongside his mother, Joan, in the Kansas Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame.
kansasreflector.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Eric Meyer, whose newspaper was raided by police last year, has a message for journalists struggling with their sense of purpose: Go on the offensive. #ksleg
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It's been an exceptional year for pointing my camera(s) at the night sky. Kansas usually doesn't give like this, but it has this year. #timelapse #northernlights #astrophotography
November 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
It's been an exceptional year for pointing my camera(s) at the night sky. Kansas usually doesn't give like this, but it has this year. #timelapse #northernlights #astrophotography
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Publisher of raided Kansas newspaper delivers advice to journalists: ‘Make democracy great again’ | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Publisher of raided Kansas newspaper delivers advice to journalists: 'Make democracy great again' • Kansas Reflector
Eric Meyer, editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, delivered remarks as he was inducted alongside his mother, Joan, in the Kansas Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame.
kansasreflector.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Publisher of raided Kansas newspaper delivers advice to journalists: ‘Make democracy great again’ | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
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@votegloriaj.bsky.social reacts to the Supreme Court’s selectively applied affirmative action ban working exactly as intended — to “preserve privilege”
November 15, 2024 at 3:21 PM
@votegloriaj.bsky.social reacts to the Supreme Court’s selectively applied affirmative action ban working exactly as intended — to “preserve privilege”
Called my Kansas 🌻 Senator (Moran) on current Cabinet noms. (I ain’t calling Marshall. Some of you-all former-R, never-Ts need to take that one for the team. IYKYK) Gave specifics about HOW unqualified. Voiced deep concern Prez-elect is using his Cabinet picks to consolidate power … 1/3
November 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Called my Kansas 🌻 Senator (Moran) on current Cabinet noms. (I ain’t calling Marshall. Some of you-all former-R, never-Ts need to take that one for the team. IYKYK) Gave specifics about HOW unqualified. Voiced deep concern Prez-elect is using his Cabinet picks to consolidate power … 1/3