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Campaign Finance: Who else?

24 Tuesday Dec 2019

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000953 12/24/2019 MO Republican Party Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 None Retired 12/23/2019 $20,000.00

C000953 12/24/2019 MO Republican Party Jeanne Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 None Retired 12/23/2019 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

They’ll have all the money they need…and more.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Guess Who? (December 23, 2019)

Campaign Finance: Guess Who?

23 Monday Dec 2019

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180688 12/23/2019 Freedom’s Promise PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 12/23/2019 $50,000.00

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Earlier this year:

C180688 06/30/2019 Freedom’s Promise PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive Saint Louis MO 63122 6/28/2019 $10,000.00

C180688 09/13/2019 Freedom’s Promise PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive Saint Louis MO 63122 9/13/2019 $25,000.00

And:

C131097 Grow Missouri October Quarterly Report Freedom’s Promise PAC 10260 Manchester Road St Louis MO 63122 09/05/2019 $1,000.00 Monetary

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Just passing it around.

Can we dare to hope for the return?:

Grow Missouri’s moving billboard [October 2014 file photo].

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): can’t see the forest because of all those trees

22 Sunday Dec 2019

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Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

This afternoon, via Twitter:

Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt
Since day one, the Democrats’ efforts to impeach the president have been completely driven by politics.
via @FaceTheNation
[….]
2:14 PM · Dec 22, 2019

Some of the responses:

“Since day one” is not really a very good refutation of the FACTS that Trump extorted an ally fighting Russia to start an investigation on one of Trump’s political opponents. The only reason Trump’s scheme didn’t work is that he was caught. Do you disagree with these FACTS?

Vote to convict, Senator. You know it’s the right thing to do.

Missourian here. It’s not political, he broke his oath. The only ones playing politics here is the right. Whipping votes in the house and now making it clear they will not be impartial in the senate. You have no integrity.

And your reticence to debate legislation is too.

You could ask #MoscowMitch about that.

Merrick Garland. The Constitution. Congressional Oath. #IMPOTUS

I think they were driven by the president breaking the law.

No. They’ve been driven by Trump’s continual invitations to foreign nations to interfere in our elections on his own behalf.

Liar

I can’t believe how far you have fallen, and all this to protect the type of man we teach children to avoid.

Nope! Driven solely by his corrupt and illegal behavior. Most corrupt president in history.

Uh, no. He is impeached because he violated his oath of office and obstructed a legitimate congressional investigation

Pretty much the same way you carry yourself. Always political not what’s best for MO.

No. Bringing charges against a POTUS who bribes or attempts to bribe a foreign leader to interfere in a U.S. election is NOT political act.

No, but your protection of Trump has been entirely driven by politics and cowardice. Vote to convict and remove when the articles get to the Senate.

Furthermore, considering what you treasonous pack of racists did to Barack Obama’s nominees you have no room to talk.

how about a town hall to discuss? if you are SO confident he did nothing wrong, you shouldn’t have a problem explaining it to us in person.

Not gonna happen. Ever.

Missourian here. Respectfully, the Dems are honoring the facts. The president needs to be removed from office.
Country over party.
Dignity over dollars.

Pot? Oh, Pot? Do you hear the kettle calling you black?

You suck.

You would be factually incorrect. Many communities offer free/low-cost adult ed courses in subjects like American Gov’t, Civcs, etc.. Might want to look into it.

The odds of sounding like an uneducated fool, as you do here, would decrease dramatically.

Ouch.

You have turned your back on the Constitution and the country in order to protect a criminal potus and your corrupt party

No Sweetie, I want him impeached because he’s an unethical putz.

Senator you are tarnishing you’re reputation and I’m so ashamed of my state.

Bullshit! The guy is corrupt as hell! Aren’t you from the show me state? Show us the witnesses. You dishonor the process!

He has worked himself into impeachment like a lemming on a cliff.The Russian back channel, firing Comey & guessing giving more secrets to Putin than just Israeli information.
You are covering bc he has done far worse than we know at this time. But, you know.

Still waiting for an actual town hall meeting by you.

Senator, I live in Missouri. And you are full of crap.

Driven by the fact that he’s an unrepentant criminal. That makes you an accomplice.

You’re a liar

That was blunt.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Lightbulbs, still

22 Sunday Dec 2019

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Yesterday, from the White House:

The White House @WhiteHouse
If you like your lightbulbs, you can keep your lightbulbs! The Obama Admin tried to limit Americans to buying more-expensive LED bulbs for their homes—but thanks to President @realDonaldTrump, go ahead and decorate your house with whatever lights you want.
8:20 PM · Dec 21, 2019

The War on Holiday Decorations?

We are a nation of smartasses. There was much hilarity in the responses:

dim bulb – 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯. a stupid person.

Do lead paint next!!

Oh… and let’s bring back asbestos! Do that next!

Cancer-causing light bulbs have the best light.

Oh no! The War on Lightbulbs.
This White House runs on a dimmer switch.

SWITCH HUNT!

How many lightbulbs does it take to remove Donald Trump from office?

This is the stupidity you get when you put science-deniers in charge.
The cost of a bulb is not just the purchase price (which is all the White House can handle, apparently).
It’s the cost of the electricity, and frequency of replacement.
Std incandescents take more of both.

Nah but screw that! Give us those incandescents, then let’s go pour battery acid in the lakes and take a sht on your aunt’s lawn because trump is giving us that freedom, raaaaah!

I bought my led light bulbs for my house about 5 years ago… still running strong. How is spending a few extra bucks on the initial purchase a bad thing when they pull less energy(save on bill) and last year’s longer?

Because with the LED bulbs you have to flip the light switch 10-15 times before it came on.

I am just thankful that I can say Merry Impeachmas again.

How many Trumps does it take to change a lightbulb? All of them!!!

None. They’ll sit around in the dark and blame it on Obama.

Make Kerosene Lamps Great Again!

I always use them for gaslighting

We see what you did there.

Apparently someone in the incandescent light bulb business donated to the Inauguration Fund, and now they’re looking for their payoff.

Yes, but those fancy bulbs make everyone look orange. Once we go back to incandescent bulbs we will all look normal color. I promise.

1) That was a Bush era program
2) Incandescents are now more expensive than LEDs
3) LEDs use less power (cheaper)
4) LEDs last longer (less replacing=cheaper)
5) LEDs are better for the environment

You do know you have people who can look this stuff up, right?

The White House- the lights are on, but nobody’s home.

Just so I’m clear, you’re claiming that this administration has saved both Christmas…and light bulbs? Way to fight the good fight, buddy.

That’s efficiency for you! Oh, wait…

LED lightbulbs are now the same price as incandescent and last much much longer. Stop spreading lies.

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 – that would be the GW Bush administration.
Maybe somebody can find a pop-up book to explain it to you.

It was actually a GWB rule to phase out the bulbs. I know you’re not bound to reality, but…

Businesses looking to save money want high efficiency lighting. Utilities want high efficiency lighting because it reduces need to build new expensive power plants.
Consumers want to save money.

You’re peddling dumbassery.

LED lights have come down in price, last must longer, run cooler and use way less energy. Anyone with any sense would be switching over from incandescent bulbs. When will you be bringing back horse and buggies?

Make electricity bills higher again!! Yay!!

The shortsightedness in this is epic. You did this to spite Obama and pander to tycoons who like you will destroy the earth forever for an extra penny. Selfish impotence, betrayal of America, and cowardice. #IMPOTUS

This from the dimmest bulb ever to sit in the Oval office.

LED lights are 80% more efficient.
95% % of the energy in LEDS is converted into light ,only 5 percent is wasted as heat. Less energy use decreases greenhouse gas emissions. Anyone with sense would decorate using LEDS-

I want rotary dial phones to come back. Make America Backwards Again #MABA!

LEDs last WAY longer, and use less power. Therefore LEDs are cheaper.

Can’t wait till we get some brain cells in the White House again.

PLUS I decorated houses for Christmas professionally for 2 years. LEDs are FAR more durable than incandescents.

Y’all are insane.

Yeah… but good luck trying to get your Easy-Bake Oven cake to cook.

Okay, so that’s one point in favor of incandescent bulbs.

Obama wasn’t impeached, your president was. Decorate that.

Obama didnt get Impeached a week before Christmas, tho. I doubt there will be any decorations at Mar-A-Lago, except a few Tiki Torches and Citronella bug repellent candles.

Good people. We see what you did there.

Trump supporters typically don’t choose the brightest bulb anyway.

I’m not letting your Stalinst Republican government force me to use lightbulbs, comrade! You’ll pry my oil lamps and candles from my cold, dead hands! FREEDOM!!!

A war on lightbulbs?!? At Christmas?!? I though the war was on Christmas. Will someone send me the war agenda so I can know what war we are currently fighting?

Soon enough we’ll have cars running on steam

Yabba dabba doo!

Can we bring back the pony express next?

‘Thanks to @realDonaldTrump we can have shittier things that fail faster, cost more to power and are inefficient as shit!’

wow.. that’s what you’ve got.. Welcome to .. #Idiocracy

Once Twitter turns on him, bringing back landlines and dial up Internet is next on Trump’s agenda.

It’s a good thing I saved my 1200 baud modem.

Thanks man, cause I was stressing over whether or not buying whatever light bulbs I choose was a constitutional right or not. Now, how about addressing climate change? Gun reform? Racism? Police brutality? Abuse of power? Homelessness, hunger, poverty, mental health….

And while you’re at it, bring back those toys made with lead. Freedom!

The future looks… dim.

Our government is being run by a bunch of evil idiots. Unbelievably sad.

Everything about this tweet is ignorant. Far less energy use with LEDs. Adoption brings costs down. Supply chain can’t turn on a tweet and manufacture old technology. Syntax of a truculent fourth grader. #IMPOTUS

There you go.

Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): we’re running out of light bulb puns (July 13, 2011)

Lite bulbz, yeah! (November 24, 2012)

HJR 80: The only Confederate flag that ever mattered was a white rag on a stick

22 Sunday Dec 2019

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Chairs and table – at the surrender to end the Civil War on April 9, 1865, at Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. National Museum of American History.

Prefiled for the 2020 legislative session:

HJR 80
Proposes a constitutional amendment to enact the “Right to Remember Amendment”
Sponsor: Spencer, Bryan (063)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2020
LR Number: 3918H.01I
Last Action: 12/12/2019 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HJR 80
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

The Constitutional amendment:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 80 [pdf]
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SPENCER.
3918H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to the Right to Remember Amendment.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2020, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

Section A. Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, to be known as Section 36, to read as follows:

Section 36. 1. The provisions of this section shall be known as the “Right to Remember Amendment”. It shall be the public policy of this state to remember our nation’s and state’s historic conflicts, events, and figures by preserving the historical memorials and monuments in this state as provided under this section.
2. No memorial that is, or is located on, public property shall be removed, renamed, unnamed, relocated, materially altered, rededicated, or undedicated except in such manner and to such extent as the general assembly may provide by law.
3. In making provisions by law as authorized under subsection 2, the general assembly may pass or repeal a local or special law or repeal a general law in part, regardless of whether a general law could be made applicable. However, this section shall be subordinate to Article III, Section 42 of this Constitution.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent or prohibit the following acts, so long as the acting entity ensures that a memorial is preserved to the greatest extent possible:
(1) A public entity responsible for maintaining a memorial, or a nonprofit entity acting with permission of the public entity, that takes proper and appropriate measures and exercises proper and appropriate means for the upkeep, care, preservation, protection, repair, and restoration of the memorial;
(2) The state relocating, removing, or materially altering a memorial located on public property if it determines that the memorial interferes with the construction, maintenance, or operation of the public property or improvements thereto, so long as any such action is consistent with federal historical preservation law;
(3) The general assembly taking an action to comply with a federal law or passing a general law necessary to allow the state or a person residing therein to compete or maintain eligibility for a federal grant, federal contract, or other federal funding opportunity; the state taking an action required by federal law to maintain a state historic preservation officer or state historic preservation program, as may be defined by federal law; or a local government from taking an act required by federal law to seek or maintain 28 a status as a certified local government, as may be defined by federal law.
5. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “Historic conflict”, any war, battle, or military conflict in which citizens of the United States or a state or territory thereof participated;
(2) “Historic entity”, any entity recognized as having state, national, military, or historical significance;
(3) “Historic event”, any event recognized as having state, national, military, or historical significance;
(4) “Historic figure”, any individual who is recognized for serving or participating in a historic conflict, historic event, historic entity, public office, or public service;
(5) “Historic organization”, any entity with a material mission to recognize or 39 preserve sites, structures, or artifacts relating to any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, or historic figure;
(6) “Memorial”, either:
(a) Any real property or park, preserve, or reserve located on public property that is named or dedicated in honor of a historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization; or
(b) Any artwork; bust; flag; historical display; memorial; monument; name of a bridge, building, school, or street; nameplate; plaque; or statue dedicated, erected, or named on public property in honor of a historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization;
(7) “Public property”, all property owned, leased, rented, managed, or maintained by or under the authority of the state, a political subdivision thereof, or any other public entity created by an act of the general assembly to perform a public function.

Think of the possibilities…

Well, then, impeach this!

20 Friday Dec 2019

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In October:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
[….]
6:05 AM · Oct 1, 2019

It happened.

We thought we’d take a first hand look. In a state that turned in 2016 by the smallest of margins and which is suppressing the 2020 vote by purging hundreds of thousands registered voters:

A lot of empty space. Is bovine suffrage a thing now in the upper midwest?

Previously:

Impeachment: almost too stupid to remember to breathe (October 1, 2019

Impeach this! (December 20, 2019)

Okay, impeach this! (December 20, 2019)

Impeach this!

20 Friday Dec 2019

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In October:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
[….]
6:05 AM · Oct 1, 2019

It happened.

We thought we’d take a first hand look. Out in Iowa:

In Iowa. Space doesn’t vote.

Population density is an actual thing, eh?

Previously:

Impeachment: almost too stupid to remember to breathe (October 1, 2019

Campaign Finance: get out the voters

20 Friday Dec 2019

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190869 12/20/2019 Vote 2020 Way to Win Action Fund 340 S Lemon Ave #1940 Walnut CA 91789 12/20/2019 $100,000.00

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And what do they want to support?:

The Way to Win strategy advocates for progressive public policy and supports candidates who reflect the values and demographics of their communities. Way to Win supports independent organizations who work to elect such candidates and hold them accountable once in office…

Vote 2020
A stronger democracy depends on a system that makes it easier to vote. In Missouri, it is unnecessarily difficult to cast a vote except on election day which negatively impacts working class communities. We believe our power can be realized if we implement structures that encourage more democratic participation. For that reason, Action St. Louis is leading the effort to strengthen our access to elections. The Vote 2020 ballot initiatives seeks to add:
● Automatic voter registration
● No-excuse absentee voting
● Extended weekday and weekend hours for in-person early voting
● Advance voting by mail
● Moving the voter registration deadline to 14 days from Election Day

GOTV. One of many antidotes to suppression.

Gov. Mike Parson (r): Everyone, clap louder!

19 Thursday Dec 2019

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We keep missing those speeches from republican office holders praising Donald Trump’s honesty, empathy, fortitude, loyalty…

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Last night:

Mike Parson @mikeparson
*1,340*

The number of days liberals have been obsessed with this impeachment scam. Those 1,340 days could have been spent working on issues that would’ve made life better for all Americans.
#mogov
[….]
7:13 PM · Dec 18, 2019

Some of the responses:

Seems like a good reason to donate to @nicolergalloway

*1,017*

The number of days my parents and siblings are banned to visit me at my home in St. Louis, MO because of #travel_ban. Fix that if you can Mr. Governor. If you have *any* explanation, I’d love to hear THAT.

I notice that you don’t say anything about the Abuse of Power, the Obstruction of Congress, the Obstruction of Justice, the racism, the dishonesty, the rape, the racism…

Yes, people have wanted to be rid of him for a long time, because he has been horrible that long.

How many bills has the Senate picked up from the House in this sitting of Congress, Mike?

That’s an inconvenient question.

Clearly, you don’t care about the constitution or the rule of law. I guess that says it all for the Republican Party these days. #Galloway2020

Mike they passed 400 bills this session alone.

Have you checked out the huge pile of bills passed by House languishing in Senate?

You won’t get your position handed to you next time.

Okay, now do Greitens.

Must.not.make.comment…

Worry about your own state. You have yet another school district ready to go to 4 days due to lack of funds. You are getting us precariously close to that 50th spot in education in the nation. Worry about your own job. Because you’re not doing it. – A Missouri Resident

Like the 400 bills they passed that area now sitting on McConnell’s desk rotting? That kind of work?

Do you live in a cave without access to the news or do you just like to sit and complain cause you support the wrong side of history?

They are upholding their oaths of office. You, on the other hand, are pandering to the crook in the WH. Shameful. Can’t wait to be vote you out of office.

Not “liberals” but people who believe in the rule of law. Your comments are disingenuous.

400 bills passed by the Democratic House crafted to help the American people languish in the Republican led Senate. Are you intentionally lying, or just ignorant?

Yes.

And:

Mike Parson @mikeparson
Instead, a political party has weaponized impeachment for the first time in history. They haven’t moved past Republican’s HISTORIC victory in 2016 and can’t beat our president at the ballot box in 2020.
7:13 PM · Dec 18, 2019

No one can be this willfully stupid, can they? Was this written by one of those overcompensated twenty-something low level campaign communications staffers? Just asking.

Uh, there was also an election in 2018. How many seats in the House of Representatives flipped, changing the majority party? You know, actually reflecting the will of the voters.

“…can’t beat our president at the ballot box in 2020.” Why not? He was beat, by around three million votes, in 2016.

Some of the responses:

Governor, the president invited a foreign adversary to aid him in his ‘16 campaign. He obstructed the investigation. As president he used the power of his office to compel another foreign government to investigate his domestic political rival, hoping to sway the next election.

You have to ignore so many facts to make this statement

I’m embarrassed you represent Missouri. #GOPCorruptionOverCountry

“Historic”? Do you mean because it was one of the few times someone won the presidency through electoral college only and not popular vote? Or the fact that for the first time in our history our president was handed the office by the meddling of a foreign government?

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].