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WASHINGTON • Jason Kander has written a book that is as much about his fealty to Taco Bell, baseball and pop culture as it is a paean to politics, the profession that he writes he will never apologize for pursuing. “Outside the Wire,” which is due to be released Aug. 7 by the Hachette Book Group, is mostly about the 2016 Missouri Senate candidate’s life philosophy. But Kander, a Democrat who last month announced that he would run for mayor of Kansas City, makes it clear that his life’s vocation will center around seeking public office. “Outside the Wire” refers to Kander’s tour in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence officer. He joined the military in the wake of 9/11, he writes, because of a “burning sense of obligation” to serve his country. “Outside the wire” is a reference to convoys out of American military bases in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have fought for 17 years. Everything from “The West Wing” to “Blazing Saddles” is invoked. Kander says he didn’t reject raising money from big donors because it would have been akin to his Kansas City Royals giving up their designated hitter in the “name of ideological purity” while opponents kept their DH. Blunt beat Kander by less than 3 points. • Although Kander singles out a few Missouri politicians and political figures for criticism (he writes that Republican mega-donor Rex Sinquefield’s hobby is “collecting Missouri politicians”) Kander tends to dispense his barbs to groups.

Schneider was part of SNL when Mike Myers, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler were also on board, a period considered particularly strong for the long-running, late night comedy romp. “The fun of ‘Saturday Night Live’ was always you never knew which way they leaned politically,” he told the Daily News. “You kind of assumed they would lean more left and liberal, but now the cat’s out of the bag they are completely against Trump, which I think makes it less interesting because you know the direction the piece is going.” Schneider, who currently stars in Netflix’s reality show Real Rob, also found Alec Baldwin’s portrayals of President Donald Trump were particularly vexing to Schneider. Bush, who Schneider felt skewered with a touch of affection. “To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays.” Schneider said Baldwin is “hard to watch. Alec Baldwin is a brilliant actor… he’s not a comedian.” He added: “I don’t find his impression to be comical. Because, like I said, I know the way his politics lean and it spoils any surprise. There’s a real ugliness to it,” he said. While Schneider won’t reveal whether he is a Trump supporter, he did not that attacks on the president won’t produce results. “It’s like asking Bill Cosby to top off your drink.” Schneider later took to Twitter to amplify his remarks: