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Clay Wirestone

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Opinion Editor at Kansas Reflector

Opinion editor for @KansasReflector. They want personality and charisma. When they don't find it, they come to me. Husband of @maxwires, father of 13 year old.

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  • 1 week ago | thepitchkc.com | Clay Wirestone

    As a humble U.S. senator from Kansas who is definitely not Roger Marshall or Jerry Moran, it fills me with ecstasy to write a column commemorating the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second, but hopefully not last, administration. Yes, I understand that more than 40% of Kansans supposedly voted for Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris. I'm assuming that was fraud.

  • 1 week ago | kansasreflector.com | Clay Wirestone

    by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector May 5, 2025 In an alternate universe, an unnamed news weekly runs the following, laudatory op-ed from a Kansas politician. As a humble U.S. senator from Kansas who is definitely not Roger Marshall or Jerry Moran, it fills me with ecstasy to write a column commemorating the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second, but hopefully not last, administration.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Clay Wirestone

    Waves break near Spain's Canary Islands, where the expedition some dubbed the "sex raft" began more than 50 years ago. (Getty Images)Let me tell you the story of the sex raft. Back in 1973, anthropologist Santiago Genovés conducted an astonishing social experiment. He picked a crew of men and women to pilot a custom-built raft through the Atlantic Ocean for months, beginning in Spain’s Canary Islands and ending in Mexico.

  • 3 weeks ago | kansasreflector.com | Clay Wirestone

    We do not elect kings in Kansas or the United States. We do not dole out justice through lynch mobs or popularity contests either. Yet there U.S. Rep. Ron Estes stood in a picture from the U.S. embassy in El Salvador, lending tacit approval to a mob that has all but condemned Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to death, at the behest of a would-be tyrant in Washington, D.C.The facts of the case are simple and damning.

  • 1 month ago | kansasreflector.com | Clay Wirestone

    Senior reporters Tim Carpenter and Morgan Chilson help us decode the whirlwind of activity as Kansas legislators wrapped up their business for the year. Despite Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly rejecting a pile of bills, GOP supermajorities overrode her to force a fair number of them into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers finished up an array of other business for the year.

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Clay Wirestone
Clay Wirestone @ClayWires
5 May 25

I’ve been thinking about the sex raft a lot lately, because I’m a sucker for hope and we’re living through less-than-hopeful times. #ksleg https://t.co/BIcKBGhvas

Clay Wirestone
Clay Wirestone @ClayWires
2 May 25

RT @sherman_news: I get to work with all my favorite journalists! From a staff photo shoot in the rain this morning at Iliff Commons with (…

Clay Wirestone
Clay Wirestone @ClayWires
28 Apr 25

RT @JackHarvel: @RealPatProctor @CJOnline Hi Rep. Proctor, I don't know what other story you're referring to. I quoted and paraphrased this…