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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Heartlander. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

Gender, Kansas City
Kansas City-area public library hosting ‘celebration of trans stories’ for children

Although the tide has turned decidedly against sex changes for minors nationally, a library in suburban Kansas City is hosting “A Celebration of Trans Stories” for kids later this… Read More

February 17, 2025
Eric Schmitt
RFK Jr.’s confirmation, Trump’s tariffs, DOGE audits should be transformational for U.S., Schmitt says

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation Thursday as Health and Human Services secretary could be President Trump’s most transformational cabinet picks, says Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt.“It could be, in… Read More

February 13, 2025
Josh Hawley
Democrats fighting against women’s rights, taxpayers’ interests in gender, DOGE developments, Hawley says

It’s amazing how far women’s rights have come since President Trump’s election, and how Democrats refuse to go along – with either that or audits of federal spending –… Read More

February 11, 2025
Gender, Kansas City
Kansas City, Jackson County face lawsuit over laws forcing counselors to self-censor on transgender ideology

Kansas City and Jackson County are now being sued for ordinances forcing “transgender ideology” on licensed counselors, and making it illegal for them to differ from the governments’ views… Read More

February 11, 2025
Federal government
Historic significance of DOGE unprecedented, yet Democrats who once claimed to champion lean government now oppose it

What we’re witnessing in the era of DOGE is completely unprecedented in human history. Never before has a populace been able to seize its overtly corrupt government so… Read More

February 10, 2025