Kansas Needs Accountability Candidates like Noah Taylor

<p>I’m posting this conversation with Noah Taylor because Kansas is about to matter a lot more than the national media wants to admit — and because too many people still treat the Senate like it’s some abstract DC chess match.</p><p>It’s not.</p><p>The Senate is where accountability either happens… or dies. It’s where judges get confirmed, agencies get funded — or hollowed out — investigations get blocked or buried, and where extremists get empowered when decent people decide politics is “too exhausting.”</p><p>And here’s the truth: if Kansas doesn’t have accountability candidates — candidates who answer to voters instead of party bosses, donors, and the MAGA machine — then the same people who lied about January 6, excused political violence, and normalized corruption are going to keep writing the rules for the rest of us.</p><p>That’s what Noah and I get into here. Not consultant fluff. Not safe soundbites.</p><p><p>The Michael Fanone Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p>The real questions:</p><p>How do you build a campaign that can actually compete in a place the establishment loves to write off?</p><p>How do you reach voters who’ve tuned out?</p><p>How do you fight propaganda with receipts?</p><p>How do you make accountability feel real again?</p><p>Because “accountability” isn’t a vibe.</p><p>It’s a choice.</p><p>It’s whether elected officials fear the voters — or whether voters are trained to fear the officials.</p><p><strong>Why I Don’t Take Any One Narrative at Face Value</strong></p><p>One thing I’ve learned over the last few years is that what you hear about candidates — who they are, what they stand for, whether they’re “viable” — depends a lot on where you’re getting your information.</p><p>That’s why I use <a href="https://groundnews.com/mfs" target="_blank"><strong>Ground News</strong></a>.</p><p>Ground News is an app and website that lets you compare how different outlets are covering the same story. You can see political bias at the publication level, compare headlines, and spot when certain candidates or issues are being emphasized — or ignored — depending on the audience.</p><p>During an election cycle, that matters.</p><p>If you want the full picture instead of just one version of it, you can subscribe to Ground News’ Vantage plan for <strong>40% off</strong> here:</p><p><strong>Here’s the Ask</strong></p><p>Two parts.</p><p><strong>First: support Noah Taylor.</strong></p><p>If you want accountability candidates, you don’t just like a post and move on. You help them build the infrastructure — donations, volunteers, doors knocked, calls made, and enough resources to break through the noise.</p><p>Back Noah. Share his name. Help grow this into something Kansas can rally around.</p><p><strong>Second: support the Defend Democracy Tour by becoming a paid subscriber</strong></p><p>This is why we’re on the road — Kansas, Pennsylvania, Boston, and more to come. Because democracy doesn’t live on TV. It lives in communities.</p><p>If you want more of these conversations, more town halls, more real reporting from the ground — help keep the tour moving.</p><p>🟧 <strong>Paid subscribers get 15% off your next merch order</strong>🟧 <strong>Founding Members get 20% off for life</strong></p><p>You’ll get the link in your welcome email.</p><p>Watch the full conversation. Share it with one Kansan who still gives a damn. Then do one real thing to help — for Noah, for the tour, for what comes next.</p><p><strong>GET DISCOUNTS BELOW! ENJOY!</strong></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://michaelfanone.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">michaelfanone.substack.com/subscribe</a>