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The Red Legs sought border war-inspired bloodshed, officials say. Let’s not repeat that history. Original

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By Max McCoy
| Kansas Reflector
by Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector June 21, 2026 Last month 25-year-old Lake Ethan Roberts stood at the edge of a rock quarry near Richmond, Missouri, and lit the fuse of a crude explosive device of his own design, according to federal authorities. Then he tossed it in the quarry.
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My rural Kansas town has a bad case of data center fever. Boom or bust, we will never be the same. Original

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By Max McCoy
| Kansas Reflector
Does a town have a soul? My town does. You can catch glimpses of it in the hours before dawn on our streets and sidewalks, when the only others you’re likely to see are early rising pedestrians or the seasonal bicyclist. It’s present on Saturdays in June when the steps of the old church on the corner are crowded with the family and friends of the hopeful, and it sits thoughtfully on front porch steps when the first fireflies of summer punctuate the dusk.
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Welcome to American Deconstruction. Our democracy is fractured, but not yet beyond repair. Original

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By Max McCoy
| Kansas Reflector
by Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector May 31, 2026 There’s an American flag hanging downtown that is frayed and ripping apart at the seams. It hangs mostly together and is recognizable as a flag when there is no wind, but with the breeze the red and white stripes flutter independently of one another. If the wind really kicks up, it all becomes a writhing mess. I won’t identify the street it’s on, or the business that owns the property, for fear of calling scorn down upon whoever placed it there.
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