David Mastio
@davidmastio.bsky.social
National Columnist for McClatchy/The Kansas City Star
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After being resuscitated, Marcus Walker focuses on youth training and raising awareness about heart health while organizing girls basketball showcases in Kansas City. From Toriano Porter:
KC basketball icon survives heart attack and inspires a generation | Opinion
After being resuscitated, Marcus Walker focuses on youth training and raising awareness about heart health while organizing girls basketball showcases in Kansas City. From Toriano Porter:
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December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
After being resuscitated, Marcus Walker focuses on youth training and raising awareness about heart health while organizing girls basketball showcases in Kansas City. From Toriano Porter:
After the FIFA Peace Prize, it looks like Kansas City will have to briberyflatter Trump too. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
Welcome to the Kansas City TRUMP World Cup (add gold filagree here) | Opinion
Flattery inflation is clearly afoot as FIFA gives Donald Trump its inaugural Peace Prize complete with gold medal and mantel-worthy trophy. From David Mastio:
www.kansascity.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
After the FIFA Peace Prize, it looks like Kansas City will have to briberyflatter Trump too. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
Pro-Life Republican Senator Josh Hawley has proposed a way to make abortion cheaper for everyone. Wait, what? www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-... (gift link)
Josh Hawley wants to cut taxes on health care. Wait until you hear what it includes | Opinion
In complexifying the tax code, the MAGA senator would give a subsidy to abortion, gender-affirming surgery, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. From David Mastio:
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December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Pro-Life Republican Senator Josh Hawley has proposed a way to make abortion cheaper for everyone. Wait, what? www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-... (gift link)
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Anti-Israel sentiment is now becoming anti-Jewish sentiment and it is dangerous.
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A Holocaust survivor was denied an opportunity to speak at a Brooklyn school. He would love a further explanation as to why.
The principal of a Brooklyn middle school created controversy this week by turning down the opportunity to have a Holocaust survivor speak to students.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Anti-Israel sentiment is now becoming anti-Jewish sentiment and it is dangerous.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
So this is the story of how the smartest ever pro-life Republican Senator Josh Hawley suggested a tax reform that woopsie made abortions tax deductible. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
Josh Hawley wants to cut taxes on health care. Wait until you hear what it includes | Opinion
In complexifying the tax code, the MAGA senator would give a subsidy to abortion, gender-affirming surgery, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. From David Mastio:
www.kansascity.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So this is the story of how the smartest ever pro-life Republican Senator Josh Hawley suggested a tax reform that woopsie made abortions tax deductible. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
They have tech to do this but can’t fix 911 with a half billion dollars.
@governor.ca.gov and @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov announce a web portal to "report misconduct by federal agents." oag.ca.gov/reportmiscon...
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
They have tech to do this but can’t fix 911 with a half billion dollars.
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For those wondering what I spent my post-LA Times year doing, the answer is this 👇
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California deserves journalism rooted in truth — not big money influence.
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
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Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For those wondering what I spent my post-LA Times year doing, the answer is this 👇
Please check it out!
Please check it out!
My latest: www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
When undocumented immigrants use stolen identities, Americans are victimized | Opinion
Breaking immigration laws is often portrayed as a civil offense, but for the million Americans whose identities were taken, it’s a real crime. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My latest: www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
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Bonus gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Costco Sues Trump Administration for Refund of Tariffs
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bonus gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Here's my statement for Cato about Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández @cato.org /1
Cato Scholar: Trump's Latest Pardon Raises Questions about Selective Clemency
The presidential pardon power can serve real and legitimate purposes, and Trump himself has used it in some deserving cases. But history will long remember his use of it to free political allies and p...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here's my statement for Cato about Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández @cato.org /1
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"The American Revolution" is an antidote to the nihilistic nastiness coming out of today's Cabinet meeting, and the end of my piece on this 12-hour documentary suggests why: "We are now what we have been all along — diverse, and the better for it." jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
The American Revolution I Didn't Know
Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns
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December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"The American Revolution" is an antidote to the nihilistic nastiness coming out of today's Cabinet meeting, and the end of my piece on this 12-hour documentary suggests why: "We are now what we have been all along — diverse, and the better for it." jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
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I love Costco and will continue to shop there more than ever.
Breaking: Costco is suing Donald Trump for his tariffs, declaring them illegal and demanding a “full refund” for raising prices nationwide.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I love Costco and will continue to shop there more than ever.
It is really amazing to see all these people suddenly so sensitive to the signs of mental decline in our president.
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It is really amazing to see all these people suddenly so sensitive to the signs of mental decline in our president.
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CNN’s Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on ‘Defenseless’ Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime
CNN’s Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on ‘Defenseless’ Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime
Honig pointed out that a “double tap” strike on a ship was a textbook example of an “illegal” act cited in the DoD's "own manual on the law of war.”
The post CNN’s Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on ‘Defenseless’ Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
CNN’s Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on ‘Defenseless’ Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime
This is a reasonable question.
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is a reasonable question.
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Over @kansascity.com, my short contribution to the “what i am thankful for” roundtable.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Over @kansascity.com, my short contribution to the “what i am thankful for” roundtable.
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This worked less well than i would have preferred.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This worked less well than i would have preferred.
Nothing says Thanksgiving like eating crow for that time you said that there were some things about Trump that made you thankful (gift link) www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
I was thankful for Donald Trump a year ago. This Thanksgiving, I have to eat crow | Opinion
Last year, David Mastio gave you 10 reasons to be thankful for Donald Trump. He says he got half of them wrong. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nothing says Thanksgiving like eating crow for that time you said that there were some things about Trump that made you thankful (gift link) www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
Scouting America should dump Trump before he dumps them www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
Scouting America should dump Trump, not the other way around | Opinion
The Trump administration is mulling whether it will end the special role Scouting America has with the government. Scouts should act first. | Opinion
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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Scouting America should dump Trump before he dumps them www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
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This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My Thanksgiving crow-eating column is the second most read thing across McClatchy's news sites after a story about Miss Universe in Spanish. Maybe this should become an annual thing. www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
I was thankful for Donald Trump a year ago. This Thanksgiving, I have to eat crow | Opinion
Last year, David Mastio gave you 10 reasons to be thankful for Donald Trump. He says he got half of them wrong. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My Thanksgiving crow-eating column is the second most read thing across McClatchy's news sites after a story about Miss Universe in Spanish. Maybe this should become an annual thing. www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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Every Trump Administration quote to mainstream media outlets is reminiscent of the "to the pain" scene from THE PRINCESS BRIDE. "I'll explain, but I'll use small words so that you understand, you warthog-faced buffoon." Probably serves a similar purpose. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJc...
The Princess Bride (12/12) Movie CLIP - To the Pain! (1987) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Every Trump Administration quote to mainstream media outlets is reminiscent of the "to the pain" scene from THE PRINCESS BRIDE. "I'll explain, but I'll use small words so that you understand, you warthog-faced buffoon." Probably serves a similar purpose. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJc...
I hate to admit it, but my "Why I am thankful for Donald Trump" column last Thanksgiving was kind of a Turkey. This year I eat crow. www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
I was thankful for Donald Trump a year ago. This Thanksgiving, I have to eat crow | Opinion
Last year, David Mastio gave you 10 reasons to be thankful for Donald Trump. He says he got half of them wrong. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I hate to admit it, but my "Why I am thankful for Donald Trump" column last Thanksgiving was kind of a Turkey. This year I eat crow. www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
I don't know. It is perhaps more important to readers than most of the sturm and drang that gets comment in Washington. I know I would be happier with paper towels. Those hand dryers spray germs everywhere.
Democracy dies in dampness
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I don't know. It is perhaps more important to readers than most of the sturm and drang that gets comment in Washington. I know I would be happier with paper towels. Those hand dryers spray germs everywhere.
Pass the Pelosi Act
Right before Trump paused tariffs, MTG purchased lots of stock, that then went soaring in value the next day based on the move by Trump.
Members of Congress should not be trading stocks. They get inside information that affects the value and it's sleazy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Members of Congress should not be trading stocks. They get inside information that affects the value and it's sleazy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally
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November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pass the Pelosi Act