Coexist
30 Friday Nov 2018
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in30 Friday Nov 2018
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campaign finance, House Republican Campaign Committee, HRCC, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Senate Campaign Committee
The past few days at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C091068 11/28/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Gold Rush Amusements Inc 5277 Trillium Blvd Hoffman Estates IL 60192 11/27/2018 $10,000.00
C091068 11/28/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Timothy Drury 15 Squires Lane Huntleigh MO 63131 Drury Development Corporation Executive 11/27/2018 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
C071094 11/30/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CFM Insurance PO Box 968 Concordia MO 64020 11/30/2018 $10,000.00
C071094 11/30/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE The Doe Run Company 1801 Park 270 Drive St Louis MO 63146 11/30/2018 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
They’ll always have all the money they’ll ever need. In nice, round numbers.
The result:
The distribution of votes (statewide) by party for the Missouri House of Representatives – November 2018
Previously:
Gerrymander (November 16, 2018)
Gerrymander – illustrated (November 17, 2018)
Campaign Finance: restocking the shelves (November 28, 2018)
30 Friday Nov 2018
Posted Resist
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30 Friday Nov 2018
Posted Claire McCaskill, US Senate
in…The essence of the Overton window is that only a portion of this policy spectrum is within the realm of the politically possible at any time…
…Since commonly held ideas, attitudes and presumptions frame what is politically possible and create the “window,” a change in the opinions held by politicians and the people in general will shift it. Move the window of what is politically possible and those policies previously impractical can become the next great popular and legislative rage…
The Overton window moves in two directions, Claire.
This morning, via NPR:
….In an interview with Morning Edition host Rachel Martin, McCaskill characterized her loss as a “failure” of the Democratic Party “to gain enough trust with rural Americans,” and she predicted her party will struggle to win other seats as long as President Trump remains in office.
“This demand for purity, this looking down your nose at people who want to compromise, is a recipe for disaster for the Democrats,” she said Thursday in her Capitol Hill office. “Will we ever get to a majority in the Senate again, much less to 60, if we do not have some moderates in our party…?”
“…This demand for purity, this looking down your nose at people who want to compromise…” Were you talking about Mitch McConnell (r)? Just asking.
How did that work out for you, Claire? How many open public town halls across the rural part of the state were there?
State of Missouri – General Election, November 06, 2018
Unofficial ResultsU.S. Senator
3256 of 3256 Precincts ReportedJosh Hawley Republican 1,249,854 51.457%
Claire McCaskill Democratic 1,103,461 45.430%
Japheth Campbell Libertarian 27,508 1.133%
Jo Crain Green 13,195 0.543%
Craig O’Dear Independent 33,303 1.371%
WRITE-INS:
Write-in 1,605 0.066%Total Votes: 2,428,926
Those 1,249,854 voters weren’t going to vote any other way, no matter what. A lot of people didn’t vote in the election. A lot.
It takes two sides working in good faith to actually achieve compromise. It’s impossible if the side on the far right is insane.
Anyone check soy bean markets recently?
29 Thursday Nov 2018
Posted social media
inTags
Congress, corruption, Donald Trump, It's Mueller Time, Ivanka Trump, Russia, social media, subpoena, Ted Lieu
This evening, via Twitter:
Ted Lieu @tedlieu
Let me ask White House Senior Advisor @IvankaTrump about Trump Tower Moscow.Oh wait, she blocked me, a Member of Congress, because my questions bother her.
Let me correct that. She blocked me, a Member of Congress who will be in the majority, because my questions bother her.
[….]
8:21 PM – 29 Nov 2018
Can you spell “subpoena”?
29 Thursday Nov 2018
Posted campaign finance
inTags
campaign finance, campaign finance reform, CLEAN Missouri, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, right wingnuts
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180099 11/28/2018 Advance Missouri Missouri Alliance for Freedom 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Parkway Ste 300 Kansas City MO 64153 11/27/2018 $47,000.00
[emphasis added]
Yesterday via Twitter:
Sean Soendker Nicholson @ssnich
$47k today moved to one of the anti-@CleanMissouri committees through @MissouriFreedom.In last report, group was $154k in debt — mostly to legal team led by @EricGreitens’ impeachment lobbyist. #moleg
[….]
4:12 PM – 28 Nov 2018
Well, okay.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: the smell of fear (November 21, 2018)
28 Wednesday Nov 2018
Posted campaign finance
inYesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C000953 11/27/2018 MO Republican Party Ralph and Ruth Deuser Trust PO Box 779 Jefferson City MO 65102 None None 11/27/2018 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Anyone wonder what they’ll use all that money for?
Previously:
Campaign Finance: the smell of fear (November 21, 2018)
27 Tuesday Nov 2018
Posted Claire McCaskill, media criticism, social media
inToday, via Twitter:
Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
I have been interviewed on tv a gajillion times. I have never been given the questions, much less allowed to approve their scripts! This is bizarre. Fox and Friends is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump administration.ProPublica @ProPublica
In multiple interviews on “Fox & Friends,” former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was essentially allowed to dictate the terms for the interview and avoid any difficult questions.
We knew a long, long time ago.
27 Tuesday Nov 2018
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in27 Tuesday Nov 2018
Posted social media
inWe keep getting sucked into the vortex of the maroon.
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
This morning:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The Phony Witch Hunt continues, but Mueller and his gang of Angry Dems are only looking at one side, not the other. Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie. Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue….
6:30 AM – 27 Nov 2018
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
….The Fake News Media builds Bob Mueller up as a Saint, when in actuality he is the exact opposite. He is doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System, where he is only looking at one side and not the other. Heroes will come of this, and it won’t be Mueller and his…
6:42 AM – 27 Nov 2018
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
….terrible Gang of Angry Democrats. Look at their past, and look where they come from. The now $30,000,000 Witch Hunt continues and they’ve got nothing but ruined lives. Where is the Server? Let these terrible people go back to the Clinton Foundation and “Justice” Department!
7:07 AM – 27 Nov 2018
Sad.