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White House Petition: about those tax returns

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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Yesterday at the White House petition site, rebooted for the change in administration:

We the people ask the federal government to Tell us what the federal government is doing about an issue:
Immediately release Donald Trump’s full tax returns, with all information needed to verify emoluments clause compliance.
Created by A.D. on January 20, 2017

The unprecedented economic conflicts of this administration need to be visible to the American people, including any pertinent documentation which can reveal the foreign influences and financial interests which may put Donald Trump in conflict with the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

99,108 signed 100,000 goal
Needs 892 signatures by February 19, 2017 to get a response from the White House

99,108 signatures of 100,000 needed in less than twenty-four hours.

Welcome to the resistance.

Anti-Trump march in Kansas City – January 20, 2017

20 Friday Jan 2017

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This afternoon in Kansas City over a thousand people attended a march from the Liberty Memorial to City Hall to protest Donald Trump. After a rally at the memorial the marchers proceeded down the hill to Pershing and Main – the Kansas City Police Department routed the marchers up Grand Boulevard.

Pink hats.

Pink hats.

The police.

The police.

Товарищ Trump.

Товарищ Trump.

To the highest bidder.

To the highest bidder.

Yes, we want to see your tax returns.

Yes, we want to see your tax returns.

Love the Earth.

Love the Earth.

Fuck Trump.

Fuck Trump.

Love is love.

Love is love.

She got more votes without Russia's help.

She got more votes without Russia’s help.

We say “no” to fascism.

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Women hold up the sky...

Women hold up the sky…

Tomorrow afternoon Women’s March Kansas City will take place nearby in Washington Square Park. They’re expecting an even larger crowd.

Funeral for Democracy – Warrensburg – January 20, 2017

20 Friday Jan 2017

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At 11:00 a.m. today a dozen individuals met on the public sidewalk on the east side of the Johnson County Courthouse in Warrensburg to participate in a Funeral for Democracy, protesting Donald Trump (r).

Funeral for Democracy - Warrensburg - January 20, 2017

Funeral for Democracy – Warrensburg – January 20, 2017

The sign on the left, in Russian: “Make America Great Again”.

A sport utility vehicle pulled up to the stop sign on Market Street, facing the courthouse:

SUV Driver: [honks horn] What’s that say in Spanish?

Show Me Progress: What?

SUV Driver: What’s it say in Spanish? What [inaudible]

Show Me Progress: That sign?

SUV Driver: Yeah.

Show Me Progress: It’s Russian.

SUV Driver: Okay.

Show Me Progress: It says, make America great again, in Russian.

SUV Driver: I agree.

We’re freakin’ doomed.

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What they’re saying on this day of national mourning

20 Friday Jan 2017

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At today’s memorial service for the Obama legacy, the mourners had lots to say about the Great Orange Buffoon who will front for the GOP knife brigade while they slice up the corpse. A sampling:

On DailyKos an Obama Staffer offers this observation along with a spirited defense of the deceased, Obama’s many programs that benefited working people, along with advice about how to bring about its resurrection:

But part of progress is having to defend that progress, sooner or later, with your back against the wall. That time came sooner than expected, but it was always going to come. And reversing it is going to be a lot harder than Republicans advertised, because the benefits are just so damned real.

Eugene Robinson writes about the divisions in our society that are already exacerbated by Donald Trump, as well as all the ways that he falls short of the requirements for the job of leading our nation, his unprecedented dishonesty, his insecurity, his willful ignorance, his appalling opportunism, concluding that there may indeed be a second coming of progressive values if we just stand firm:

So I can’t pretend this is a normal inauguration. Of course I celebrate the peaceful and orderly transfer of power, but I also hope that Saturday’s protest march is big and loud and spirited — and that it represents the start, not the culmination, of something.
Trump’s power is not unchecked. We, the citizens, are the ultimate authority. We must let him know, through our elected officials and with our own rude voices, when he threatens to go too far.
Get ready. We have work to do.

Wajahat Ali at the New York Times was succinct in his response to Trump’s graveside remarks:

Listening to Mr. Trump’s speech today, I kept hoping, maybe, he would offer something unique and fresh, considering he said he had been preparing for three weeks. I’ve seen “Home Alone 2.” I know he can act. But despite his best efforts, he resorted to jingoism, fake patriotic populism, grandiose promises and an utter lack of self-awareness and irony as he promised to fight back against the very establishment he’s a part of. There was a predictable shout out to ending radical Islam forever, which is interesting considering the reports that the Islamic State has been actively celebrating his victory because of his divisive, anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies.

Also from the New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal, after initially declaring that in his speech today “Donald Trump gave us ‘American carnage’,”gets to the real essence of Trumpism:

But like everything the new president has ever said, the speech was as much about him as about anything else. He declared his Electoral College victory (which was not nearly matched by the popular vote) to have been a movement “the likes of which the world has never seen before.”

Greater, of course, than Christianity, or Islam, or Hinduism. Greater than the Renaissance or the Reformation. More powerful than the revolutions that created and destroyed Communism. Greater, of course, than the establishment of this very nation.

The best thing about the inaugural speech, in the end, is that it was short.

Josh Marshall at TPM describes Trump’s inauguration speech in terms of what it portends for American democracy:

This speech was about grievance and reclamation, reclaiming power, wealth from those who’ve stolen it. These themes can make sense and be salutary for countries which are weak, battered and poor. When they become the rallying cry for the strongest and wealthiest of countries, that is always dangerous. Our work is cut out for us.

Even conservatives were disgusted by Trump’s tone. Here’s some of what Jay Nordlinger had to say at the National Review:

–Trump’s inaugural address was boastful, huffy, ungracious, half cocked, and demagogic. It was almost certainly the most demagogic inaugural address in our history. […].

–There is a gap between those who think that Trump is fit for the presidency, in mind and character, and those who don’t. That gap is damn near unbridgeable.

–To my ears, Trump’s address was nasty and borderline un-American — for all its talk of patriotism and “America First.”

TPM also  has photos showing how empty the National Mall was today compared to the last Obama inauguration. Looks like nobody but the deplorables came to the funeral today. And guess what? They really could fit into a basket.

On the topic of attendance Trump does what he does best – lie via twitter:

It’s even worse that his tweeted comment implies: according to Slate: ” Donald Trump’s new Twitter background is a photo from the inauguration of Barack Obama:

Not everybody  thinks funerals ought to be sad though. In Russia, wouldn’t you know, they were toasting the inauguration of the hand-picked-by-Putin President of the newly established United States of Corruption:

MOSCOW — In an upscale loft space in downtown Moscow’s Central Telegraph building, Russian politicians, political analysts, hangers-on and activists were toasting President Trump’s inauguration Friday evening, applauding as he took the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States.

“It’s going to be a lot of action, drive, excitement,” said Dmitry Nosov, a sturdily built former member of parliament who wore a gray-checked blazer with a bear pin. “Not dull like it has been.”

What else is there to say.

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HB 663: about that…

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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In the Kansas City Star:

January 13, 2017 9:55 AM
New fraud watchdog for Missouri comes from company under investigation by state
[….]
JEFFERSON CITY – The man chosen by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to lead the agency that protects consumers from securities fraud is a former executive of a company currently under investigation by the state.
David Minnick served as general counsel and senior vice president of St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp. from 2004 until this week, when Jay Ashcroft took over for outgoing Secretary of State Jason Kander.
Now, Minnick is the commissioner of securities, a job that puts him in charge of the division responsible for protecting Missouri investors from fraud and ensuring that companies comply with state securities law.
[….]

Tracy McCreery (D) [2017 file photo].

Tracy McCreery (D) [2017 file photo].

A bill introduced today in the House:

HB 663  
Prohibits a person employed by an entity that has been investigated by state or federal authorities from being appointed as the commissioner of securities
Sponsor: McCreery, Tracy (088)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 1431H.01I
Last Action: 01/19/2017 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HB 663
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
[….]

The bill text:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 663 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCREERY.
1431H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 409.6-601, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the commissioner of securities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 409.6-601, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieuthereof, to be known as section 409.6-601, to read as follows:
409.6-601. (a) This act shall be administered by the commissioner of securities who shall be appointed by and act under the direction of the secretary of state, and shall receive compensation as provided by law. After December 31, 2017, the secretary of state shall not appoint as the commissioner of securities anyone who was employed, within one year of the appointment, by an entity that was under investigation by a state or federal governmental unit within one year of the appointment, if the existence of the investigation of the entity was made known to the general public. [….]

Alrighty then. What are the chances this bill passes?

HB 674: What about the humble shoeshine boy?

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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Maybe there should be an emergency clause.

Dean Dohrman (r) [2017 file photo].

Dean Dohrman (r) [2017 file photo].

…Speed of lightning, roar of thunder
Fighting all who rob or plunder…

A bill introduced today:

HB 674  
Designates “Old Drum” as the state historical dog and “Jim the Wonder Dog” as Missouri’s Wonder Dog
Sponsor: Dohrman, Dean (051)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 1360H.01I
Last Action: 01/19/2017 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HB 674
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
[….]

The bill text:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 674 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOHRMAN.

1360H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 10, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to the designation of the state dogs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 10, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 10.112 and 10.113, to read as follows:
10.112. The dog known as “Old Drum”, whose death became the subject of an 1870 Missouri Supreme Court case and the delivery of a famous speech as the closing argument to the case known as the “Eulogy to Old Drum”, is designated as the historical dog of the state of Missouri.
10.113. The dog known as “Jim the Wonder Dog” is designated as Missouri’s Wonder Dog.

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Meanwhile, the state university in Dean Dohrman’s (r) legislative district just took another massive budget hit because of the agenda of the republican controlled Missouri General Assembly.

Priorities.

Why congressmen and women need to boycott the inauguration

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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As of 10:29 am to day, Jan. 19, 2017, 65 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have announced that they’ll be skipping Trump’s inauguration. Rep. Lacy Clay (D-1) is one of the 65. He’s the only one of the three Missouri Democrats who is standing up and refusing to normalize the incoming Trump administration.

It takes guts to make your line in the sand as clear as these 65 representatives have done. Inevitably there are those who bridle self-righteously and claim to be above the vulgar fray, insisting that the inauguration celebrates the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy, not the dangerous clown who will assume the office, and that that fact means that we have to pretend that it’s business as usual.

There’s also another popular excuse for refusing to draw a line in the sand at the outset against the Trump Mafia, one expressed by Missouri’s other Democratic member of the House, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-5), as well as in a recent editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

This newspaper opposed Trump from the beginning. We have yet to see anything to change our belief that he is misguided. But far more abhorrent is the notion that he doesn’t even deserve a chance to succeed. Americans, regardless of ideology, must enter the Trump era with minds open to the possibility that he could actually foment positive change.

Opponents should not decide in knee-jerk fashion that anything with the Trump stamp is automatically wrong. Measure the new administration by its results, not just its abrasive words.

This piece of self-righteous twaddle holds that one must hope for the success of the incoming president no matter what doubts that president inspires in otherwise sane individuals. Naturally, this line of thought rarely bothers to define what Trump’s “success” might mean in what business people designate as operational terms.

Neither of these arguments address the well-founded doubts that many entertain about the legitimacy of Trump’s incipient presidency. Don’t we – and by extension our elected representatives – have an obligation to oppose the peaceful transfer of power to compromised individuals? Should we or they sit back with averted eyes and pretend that there’s even the remotest chance that we could ever get a silk purse out of this especially filthy sow’s ear?

First, in spite of efforts to ignore it on both sides of the political aisle, there’s the serious problem of Trump’s Russian connections. At this moment, our President-elect’s Russian ties are under investigation by  six different government agencies – and we’re expecting our representatives to politely applaud when he’s handed the keys to the well-being of the nation? We cannot treat the ascension of a candidate already compromised by foreign entanglements as if it’s the usual business of democracy.

Second, Trump has massive financial conflicts of interest that potentially present a threat to American policy and security . As the owner of Trump Towers in Washington he will be violating the law the minute he becomes the President of the United States – a fact that is well known to him and his staff and which they consistently blow off as immaterial. He may well be in violations of the emoluments clause of the constitution when he takes office – there’s a reason that Trump will not release his tax return.

These problems have been well-aired, but our future President has failed to make a serious effort to address them. We do not need to wait to see what corruption of the sort that Trump will embody on day one of his presidency will do to destroy the ethical norms that have governed American political life up to this point. We need to make our opposition to his arrogance and his contempt for ethical norms known now, not after the fact when the problem has become institutionalized and we have become citizens of the United States of Corruption.

Third, we cannot overlook the fact that we now have a President-elect who managed to secure his position by dredging up the worst type of ugliness from America’s racially tormented past. We cannot in anyway normalize the presidency of a man who secured the job by virtue of mobilizing hate and bigotry. Nor, even for the duration of the inauguration ceremony, can we turn our face away from such moral corruption and the chaos it promises to bring.

None of the three reasons listed above for protesting the peaceful transfer of power that we all esteem stem from opposition to Donald Trump’s likely political goals, terrible though they may be to me and like thinking people, and which can easily be surmised from the sad set of corrupt and inept cabinet nominees he has selected – a lineup characterized by Paul Waldman as “worst cabinet in American history.” Reasons to protest the inauguration simply and purely address the fact that our president-elect is seriously compromised before he takes the office.

Donald Trump’s Russian entanglements were not known prior to the election. Nor did he make clear his intentions to ignore ethical norms – although one did not have to be terribly astute to figure out what was on the way. These issues could have been addressed, however, when the members of the electoral college took its vote. This type of situation, in which a manifestly unfit candidate manipulates democratic process to secure office, is exactly what that body was designed to deal with. Unfortunately, the electoral college has so fallen under the sway of partisan politics that it has become meaningless and we are left with no recourse but to signal our opposition in the only ways available to us.

So thank you Representative Clay. I’m not in your district, but you are still my representative because you are representing my interest in maintaining an uncompromised democracy. Sadly, you may be the only real representative I have in Missouri.

Cross-posted in slightly edited form to Daily Kos.

Campaign Finance: it’s in their nature

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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In the Missouri Constitution:

Article VIII
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Section 23
[….]
(12) Political action committees shall only receive contributions from individuals; unions; federal political action committees; and corporations, associations, and partnerships formed under chapters 347 to 360, RSMo, as amended from time to time, and shall be prohibited from receiving contributions from other political action committees, candidate committees, political party committees, campaign committees, exploratory committees, or debt service committees. However, candidate committees, political party committees, campaign committees, exploratory committees, and debt service committees shall be allowed to return contributions to a donor political action committee that is the origin of the contribution.
(13) The prohibited committee transfers described in subdivision (12) of this subsection shall not apply to the following committees:
[….]
(b) The state senate committee per political party designated by the respective majority or minority floor leader of the senate or the chair of the state party if the party does not have majority or minority party status.
[….]

[emphasis added]

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the republican state senate campaign committee:

C071094 01/18/2017 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 1/17/2017 $50,000.00

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Ah, they’re obviously intent on making the rubble bounce.

Gov. Eric Greitens (r) – January 2017 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report

18 Wednesday Jan 2017

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Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Governor Eric Greitens’ (r) campaign filed its January 2017 quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 17th:

C151053: Greitens For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 02/24/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2017 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $399,324.76
Monetary Receipts + $2,670,289.19
Monetary Expenditures – $123,449.91
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $2,546,839.28
Ending Money On Hand $2,946,164.04

That’s $2,670,289.19 raised between December 4, 2016 and December 31, 2016 – in four weeks.

Contributions reported on Eric Greitens’ (r) quarterly campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 17, 2017.

Contributions reported on Eric Greitens’ (r) quarterly campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 17, 2017.

$1,600,000.00 of the total came from six individuals or entities. Over ninety of the approximately 130 contributions were in amounts of $5,000.00 or higher.

The campaign contributions:

David Humphreys, MO, $500,000.00
Sarah Atkins, MO, $500,000.00
Herzog Railroad Services, MO, $300,000.00
Ameren Missouri, MO, $100,000.00
Jeffrey Fox, MO, $100,000.00
Lodging Hospitality Management, MO, $100,000.00
Smithfield Foods Inc, VA, $50,000.00
Supporters of Health Research & Treatments, MO, $50,000.00
Comprehensive Health Management Inc, FL, $35,000.00
Health Systems Inc, MO, $35,000.00
Anheuser Busch Companies, MO, $25,000.00
Boeing Company PAC, VA, $25,000.00
Cape Aerospace Jets LLC, MO, $25,000.00
Con-Agg of MO LLC, MO, $25,000.00
Continental Cement Co. LLC, MO, $25,000.00
Emerson’s Missouri Responsible Government Fund, MO, $25,000.00
Express Scripts, MO, $25,000.00
Richard Destefane, MO, $25,000.00
Steven Craig, CA, $25,000.00
KCS Rail PAC, MO, $20,000.00
Missouri Health Care Association PAC, MO, $20,000.00
Missouri Soybean Association, MO, $20,000.00
Ryan LLC, TX, $20,000.00
Pro Air LLC, MO, $15,357.75
Missouri Hospital Association PAC, MO, $15,000.00
Polsinelli, MO, $15,000.00
SPIRE PAC, MO, $15,000.00
MADA Services Corporation, MO, $12,500.00
Northpark Partners LLC, MO, $12,500.00
Archer Daniels Midland Company, IL, $10,000.00
Atoske, MT, $10,000.00
Blue Cross& Blue Shield of KC PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Brad Bedell, MO, $10,000.00
Drury Development Corporation, MO, $10,000.00
Enhancing Community PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Enterprise Holdings PAC, MO, $10,000.00
HNTB Holdings Ltd PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Hunter Engineering Company, MO, $10,000.00
International Game Technology PAC, RI, $10,000.00
Major Brands Inc PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Mallinckrodt LLC, DC, $10,000.00
Missouri American Water Employees PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Missouri Energy Development Association PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Missouri Pork PAC, MO, $10,000.00
Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists, MO, $10,000.00
Northpoint, MO, $10,000.00
Penn Enterprises Inc, MO, $10,000.00
Susan McCollum, MO, $10,000.00
Thompson Coburn LLP, MO, $10,000.00
Veterans United Home Loans, MO, $10,000.00
Western Anesthesiology Associates, MO, $10,000.00
Jerry Sumners, MO, $7,501.00
Coca-Cola North America, GA, $7,500.00
Edwin Rice, MO, $5,001.00
Sara Hargis, MO, $5,001.00
Advance America, SC, $5,000.00
Alkermes Inc, MA, $5,000.00
AMECPAC, MO, $5,000.00
American Web Loan Inc, OK, $5,000.00
Apex Oil Company Inc, MO, $5,000.00
AT&T Missouri PAC, MO, $5,000.00
BB Industries Inc, MO, $5,000.00
CenturyTel Inc, LA, $5,000.00
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc PAC, VA, $5,000.00
Chapman Ventures LLC, MO, $5,000.00
Comcast, PA, $5,000.00
Dynamic Fitness Management Ltd, IL, $5,000.00
FEAPAC of Missouri, MO, $5,000.00
General Motors PAC, DC, $5,000.00
Gregory Spence, MO, $5,000.00
Hallmark Cards, MO, $5,000.00
HRB Management Inc, GA, $5,000.00
Hy-Vee Inc Employees PAC, IA, $5,000.00
James Koman, MO, $5,000.00
Kum & Go, IA, $5,000.00
Larus Corporation, MO, $5,000.00
Microspft Corporation PAC, WA, $5,000.00
Missouri Beer Wholesalers Association, MO, $5,000.00
Missouri Insurance Coalition PAC, MO, $5,000.00
MO Growth Association PAC, MO, $5,000.00
MOFSA PAC, MO, $5,000.00
O’Reilly Development Company LLC, MO, $5,000.00
Ozark Anesthesia Associates Inc, MO, $5,000.00
Pat O’Reilly, MO, $5,000.00
Patek & Associates, MO, $5,000.00
Phil Melugin, MO, $5,000.00
PHLV LLC, IL, $5,000.00
Selling Source LLC, NV, $5,000.00
Signature Medical Group, MO, $5,000.00
Stonebridge Senior Living, MO, $5,000.00
Tesla Motors Inc, CA, $5,000.00
Tutera Group Inc, MO, $5,000.00
UP Railroad Company, OH, $5,000.00
Walgreens, IL, $5,000.00
Empire District Electric Co, MO, $3,000.00
Steve Roberts, MO, $2,600.00
Phillips 66 Company, TX, $2,500.66
American Family Insurance Missouri PAC, MO, $2,500.00
Ash Grove Cement Company, KS, $2,500.00
Caroline Saunders, MO, $2,500.00
Catalyst Consulting Group Inc, MO, $2,500.00
DraftKings Inc, MA, $2,500.00
Enova, IL, $2,500.00
FanDuel Inc, NY, $2,500.00
Festus Manor LLC, IL, $2,500.00
Lyft Inc, CA, $2,500.00
Maxine Clark, MO, $2,500.00
Missouri Corn Growers Assn PAC, MO, $2,500.00
Pegasus Funding LLC, NY, $2,500.00
PHAR LLC, IL, $2,500.00
Shelter Insurance State PAC, MO, $2,500.00
The Koman Group LLC, MO, $2,500.00
Titlemax, TX, $2,500.00
Deron Cherry, MO, $2,000.00
Sprint, AZ, $2,000.00
Terrence Dunn, KS, $2,000.00
Gary Crossley Ford, MO, $1,280.44
Golden Pear Funding LLC, NJ, $1,000.00
Gregory Kratofil, MO, $1,000.00
Hal Higdon, MO, $1,000.00
Harvey Tettlebaum, MO, $1,000.00
Presettlement Solutions, AZ, $1,000.00
Stephen Dunn, KS, $1,000.00
The Rhoads Company LLC, MO, $1,000.00
Thomas Whittaker, MO, $750.00
Lawstreet Capital, NY, $500.00
Richard Martin, MO, $500.00
Steve Rasche, MO, $500.00
Marc Hahn, MO, $250.00
Sekhar Prabhakar, MO, $250.00
Individuals Giving $100 or less, MO, $200.00

[emphasis added]

A good chunk came from PACs and corporate entities.

Welcome to Missouri.

Previously:

Eric Greitens (r) – quarterly campaign finance report – April 15, 2015 (April 19, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – October 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (October 17, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – January 2016 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report – “Running for governor in which state?” (January 17, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Eric Greitens (r) – 8 Day Before General Election (October 31, 2016)

Crocodile Tears

17 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Governor Eric Greitens (r) has ordered significant budget cuts, with higher education taking a significant hit. Over the years the republican controlled General Assembly has cut back the possibilities of revenue, creating a death spiral of diminishing revenue and continuous cuts in public investment.

Via Twitter from Tony Messenger at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

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Tony Messenger ‏@tonymess
‘Nobody was more disappointed about what happened yesterday than I was,’ says Sen. @calebrowden on @EricGreitens higher ed cuts. #moleg
2:37 PM – 17 Jan 2017

On May 6, 2014 the republican controlled General Assembly overrode then Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 509, an ill conceived bill which further exacerbates these same budgetary shackles and insures the Kansasfication of Missouri.

Then Representative (now Senator) Caleb Rowden’s (r) disappointment over the hits the University of Missouri (in his district) would take wasn’t evident (r) on May 6, 2014 when he voted [pdf] (Journal of the House, 1578) to override Governor Nixon’s veto.

Spare us the tears.

Previously:

SB 509: the moment when all hope for the future of Missouri died (May 6, 2014)