Matt Calcara

@mattcalcara

Lancer, Trojan, friend of Dorothy, substitute teacher, tech project manager, fmr travel writer, ran for office once, dog Dad to Zuvvy.

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Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· 27d

I got my legs wrapped in compression bandages today to help some leg wounds heal I got when I fell walking my dog. Let me just say: super-fun in 95-degree summer weather to have both legs tightly wrapped in this material. But! They did say they expected for most of it to heal within a week! Yay!

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· 27d

A low-info voter friend texted me about the Supreme Court Constitutional Referendum ballot measure on the Kansas ballot in August. VOTE NO! It's pretty f&cking important we don't allow billionaires to buy the Kansas Supreme Court. So vote NO! Here's why, according to my texts.

Text messages:

"So we vote No on the judge thing?"

"Yes, vote No. Our current system has led to exactly zero judges ever being charged with corruption in the past 60+ years. Not so in the past, when we used to vote for judges."

"That's what I thought."
"Thanks. Adds [sic] are confusing for a reason. Hope all is good with you!"

"Yes, the Vote Yes side has some powerful billionaire backers..."

Text messages:

"Yes, the Vote Yes side has some powerful billionaire backers, for obvious reasons, since it would allow Elon Musk or the Koch brothers to drop, say, $100 million into a judicial election to buy the Court. Think you're seeing a lot of ads now? Just wait until we add a few hundred million worth of even-vague-r "Vote for This Judge" ads to the mix. It would be Hell, and it would make the KS Supreme Court SO MUCH WORSE."

"And yes, I'm good. Hope you are, too!"

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· 29d

True dat! I fear we will never live up to John Brown's vision for America, but dammit, we need to keep trying.

"Resurrect John Brown and give him power armor" in Miami Vice 80s font.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· 29d

John Brown continues to be a man far ahead of his time.

Classic John Brown portrait but red sunglasses have obviously been photoshopped onto his face.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jul 2

Yikes, you can really, really see Troost in Kansas City. The JoCo/WyCo divider is also growing very stark.

The New York Times ethnic map, zoomed in to Kansas City, where to the east of Troost Ave live African-Americans (red on this map) and to the west live Irish, English & German (ie-white, blue on this map) whites.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jul 1

God help us all it is hot out there. #KansasCity #OverlandPark #weather #OhNo #SunAlmostSet

Current temperature at 6:30pm in Overland Park, KS, a suburb of Kansas City, is 89°F, sunny, and FEELS LIKE 97°F. A note at the bottom says "Tomorrow's temperature is forecast to be nearly the same as today."

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jul 1

Off to deliver the JoCo Dems voter guide to my precinct's Democrats. #KnockingDoors #Canvassing #PrecinctCommitteeman

Johnson County Democrats official voyer guide. Remember to vote NO on the constitutional amendment.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jun 28

Leave it to the Dutch to come to Kansas City and immediately pedestrianize a large part of downtown. I love this from them. I love this for us. And shoutout to the man with the best sign of the parade, captured by KCUR's Zach Perez.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jun 17

Worth remembering... Trans people are beloved of God no matter what the KS Legislature does. And also, they deserve to have civil rights like any other Kansan.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· May 19

OMG peep the softies at MLive.com. Is it really beloved, tho? If it was truly beloved, it probably wouldn't be closing. Still, 56 years is a long time for a business to successfully operate. Especially a restaurant. Respect on that. www-mlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.mliv...

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· May 4

How to Know If You're A Gay Millennial: You were super-into Rainbow Brite as a kid.

Rainbow Brite, the discerning Gay Millennial's cartoon of choice.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Apr 14

I am trying to think of small things that keep me going. Here's one: Kiefer Sutherland is going to be an awesome cinematic old guy and I cannot wait for that for him. Jack Bauer redefined American ruthlessness. Kiefer is going to rip being an old dude's face off.

Kiefer Sutherland, the first photo that comes up is IMDB. So this is a standard face shot for him. Lalala alt text.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Mar 28

#Connection #BeautifulConnections Setup: my brother is a mailman.

Text: A woman on the route offered me a soda and I politely declined because I'm almost done. Then she goes "are you sure? My husband is kind of obsessed with offering the mailman a drink"

So then I graciously accepted.

Then a response text from me says: LOLOLOL fuck yeah, America!

-END TEXTS-

Then the tweet is: #Connection #BeautifulConnections

Get it? DO YOU GET IT?

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Mar 25

Tim Lundberg, candidate for Kansas House District 78 (incumbent: Essex-R), speaks to the Senate 35 Precinct Committee Leaders. His campaign focuses on safety, opportunity, & justice. And District 78 is pretty competitive--Essex won with 54% in 2024.

Tim Lundberg, candidate for Kansas House District 78, speaks to a group of Democratic Party Precinct Committeepeople. He's not what I'd call a "sexy candidate" but he does seem like a truly decent human being. We could use more decent human beings in the Kansas Legislature.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Mar 14

Go home, weather app, you're drunk. Oh wait, it's Kansas. Nvm.

Weather app reads "70°F. Snow possible tomorrow. Location: Overland Park, KS"

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Mar 6

I have been thinking of trying to form a Kansas Coalition of Fucking Adults to try to fight stuff like this in the Kansas Legislature. The only problem is that a (slim) majority of Americans think porn is morally wrong. Source: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Mar 2

Is Axios the worst new national media publication, or does Newsmax have some kind of newspaper?

Axios: It's AOC or bust for far-left Democrats in 2028.
Also Axios: Centrist Dems launch '28 mission: Stop AOC

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 26

A message from Kansas Interfaith Action: Trans people are beloved of God, no matter what the #ksleg does.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 14

I legit love @loudlightks.bsky.social. They can be my Valentine anytime.

A Valentine's Day Poem by Loud Light Civic Action:

There once was a Rep. named Humphries
She wanted to investigate under your dungarees
But Gov. Kelly said No
This bill has to go
So contact your Rep if one agrees

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 5

I take it back. Let's start with the mob & the burning and go from there.... WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM???

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 1

How is there no Plowy McPlowface on this list? I DEMAND A RECOUNT!

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 1

Uh... I would not call this miniscule. Here is the comparison between how much the DNC raised (per Open Secrets) in 2024 versus how much the Kansas Democratic Party raised in 2025. (per KS Public Disclosure Commission) DNC: $685,840,729.00 KDP: $128,042.14 $685 million versus $128 thousand.

Kansas Democratic Party fundraising report for the year 2025. Total contributions: $128,042.14

Total expenditures: $146,694.94

Cash on hand: $129,535.39

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Feb 1

That's, in part, why the new anti-trans law #ksleg passed is so disgustingly anti-American. Well, that and how it effectively bans trans Kansans from voting.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 25

The representative statue for it should be John Brown in full "Tragic Prelude" mode.

John Brown in the Kansas Statehouse mural "Tragic Prelude."

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 24

Y'all. That new Slow Rise donut shop just opened literally across the street from me. I am unreasonably excited about this! www.kansascity.com/news/busines...

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 19

I just finished this book, which has a huge, and absolutely infuriating, but also fascinating, section on Reconstruction. Highly recommended!

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 18

Northeast Johnson County has apparently grown nearly as left-wing as Lawrence in terms of Trump approval, with just 31.9% approval. The rest of JoCo mostly has him in the low 40s.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 18

This is really freaking cool data. Also, never change, Lawrence.

Trump approval rating map with Douglas County--Lawrence highlighted showing an approval rating of 28.3%.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 18

Sorry but it's not "literally lynching" if they aren't selling your body parts as souvenirs afterwards. This was just a sparkling public humiliation. Oh, and you're not a Christian. Christians don't spread hate.

Matt Calcara@mattcalcara· Jan 14

Republicans: denouncing income taxes* as "Communism" since literally 1893. *at just 2%, too!