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SB 992: about those legal bills

23 Thursday Dec 2021

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A bill, prefiled yesterday:

SB 992 Creates provisions relating to attorney’s fees for certain civil actions brought against political subdivisions
Sponsor: Beck
LR Number:4655S.04I
Last Action:12/22/2021 – Prefiled
Effective Date:August 28, 2022

Current Bill Summary

SB 992 – In a civil action brought by the Attorney General against a political subdivision, including school districts, the court shall award attorney’s fees, court costs, and all other expenses incurred by the political subdivision or school district in defense of any such action brought if the action is terminated in favor of the political subdivision or school district.

Additionally, any award of attorney’s fees or other expenses incurred by the political subdivision or school district shall be paid by funds appropriated to the Attorney General by the General Assembly on an annual basis for the expenses relating to the operation, personal costs, and equipment of the Attorney General’s office, and shall not be paid from any other designated, statutory, or administrative fund.

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Eric the Litigious will have a sad if this comes to pass.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Campaign Finance: That’s more like it

22 Wednesday Dec 2021

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

171158 12/22/2021 Missouri Forward PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 12/22/2021 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

$50,000.00 here, $50,000.00 there, pretty soon you’d be talking about some serious money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: piling on (December 12, 2021)

Campaign Finance: No, seriously, tell us what you really want. (December 16, 2021)

Campaign Finance: the checkbook is still out (December 19, 2021)

Campaign Finance: lowballing (December 22, 2021)

Campaign Finance: lowballing

22 Wednesday Dec 2021

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C211696 12/22/2021 NEMO Leadership PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 12/21/2021 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Go ahead. Why not make it an even $100,000.00?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: piling on (December 12, 2021)

Campaign Finance: No, seriously, tell us what you really want. (December 16, 2021)

Campaign Finance: the checkbook is still out (December 19, 2021)

Never an original thought

21 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].

Yesterday, the right wingnut talking point:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler
@RepHartzler
Biden pledged “unity” in January.

He has only created division, chaos, and crises.
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2:11 PM · Dec 20, 2021

Some of the responses:

Remind me when did he invite a mob to attack the congress?

You left out the next bit of the quote “So, our message to every American is clear: There is action you can take to protect yourself and your family. Wear a mask in public indoor settings. Get vaccinated, get your kids vaccinated, and get a booster shot when you’re eligible.”

Didn’t you vote to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress?

And where is the sweet light of cooperation from you?

Sound of crickets.

Thanks so much for this remarkably helpful tweet. I’m sure that your constituents are thrilled to see efforts like this.

We’re pretty certain that’s supposed to be sarcasm.

Who do you think is paying for the surges in intensive hospital care that seem to be most acute in heavy conservative districts for some, inexplicable, reason?

And what, pray tell, are *you* doing by tweeting this? What are *you* doing to make things better? By the looks of your Twitter account…not much.

How do you bargain with people who try to kill you, planning to overthrow the government and define unity as ‘you do what I want while I obstruct what you want.’

Good points.

I don’t think telling the truth counts as creating division.

And what have you done for unity? I hear crickets.

Sound of crickets.

Only the @gop and folks could use the concept of and word “unity” to divide the nation so sadistically. It’s gaslighting over governing

The call is coming from inside the house.

We see what you did there.

He’s telling the truth. If you think that’s divisive or chaotic, that’s on you.

At what point in your life did you decide integrity and honor were traits you had no use for? Or did you simply never have any?

What are you doing to help…. I’ll wait.

…said the anchor tied around our ankles.

This is going really well for you. Care to double down? For laughs

Look in a damn mirror. You don’t care about unity. You are actively chiseling at the divide.

Previously:

Science is hard (December 20, 2021)

He really is that stupid…and evil (December 21, 2021)

He really is that stupid…and evil

21 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
The White House message in a nutshell
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1:22 PM · Dec 20, 2021

Moron. What else do you think will happen?

Some of the responses:

They ain’t wrong. Get vaccinated or prepare for misery. But you keep going with “Death & Freeedumb”, because that’s you.

Where is the fault in stating facts when all other options and opportunities have been rebuffed?

I’m confused. Are you saying the WH should force them to get vaccinated, @HawleyMO? They had their freedom of choice, period, and chose to put their community at peril.

Good-bye.

It’s a self-selected out group—people who refuse vaccination and other commonsense measures because, you know, “liberty”

Maybe you should be promoting vaccines in MO and working to protect the health of your constituents?

Whitehouse not wrong there comrade.

I notice you didn’t say they are wrong.

Makes sense to me. Be an American and get vaccinated.

It makes sense to anyone who isn’t stupid…and evil.

Somebody needed to say it.

Right. The message is a warning. If you aren’t vaccinated you are at much greater risk than if you were vaccinated. And I get it, that’s scary. So of course blame the messenger.

It’s the truth, bro.

Did your phone records get subpoenaed? Scared?

Where’s the lie, Josh?

So? He’s right.

Yeah well they’re not wrong.

How do you sleep at night?

In Virginia.

The truth seems to threaten you and your narrative. Try this, it is simpler and may help you understand: if you jump in front of a speeding train, it will hit you. You may die. Your choice, your freedom to jump or not to jump. A simple IQ test.

#idiot

People who get vaccinated have common sense and care for others. You and your ilk are the outliers. Its about other people. Raise your fist to that.

It’s the stone-cold truth: if you’re vaccinated you will most likely live, if you’re not vaccinated you’ll most likely die. It isn’t hard to understand, but it seems effing impossible for Republicans and Fox to communicate.

If by “out group” you mean unvaccinated yes you are more likely to get sick and die from covid. Facts are not your strong suit.

Previously:

Science is hard (December 20, 2021)

“…We’d better get back ’cause it’ll be dark soon and they mostly come at night. Mostly.”

21 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) latest existential night terrors:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
For many this is the desired outcome of perpetual fearmongering and emergency orders. #nolockdown
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9:50 PM · Dec 20, 2021

Anyone think he sent this from under his bed?

Almost everyone else:

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r) on Twitter::

I bet Todd Akin is thrilled that he found a replacement in Missouri. Someone else who bases their decisions on legitimate science. Many thanks Eric!

Yeah. Because doing nothing is working great.
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No one wants to be locked down Eric, period. As for giving folks money, if we had done what other developed countries of the world did for their citizens, (it’s always a crisis w/the GQP, why is that?) this “inflation crisis” wouldn’t be so bad. So pick an outrage would you.

Science holds no emotions

Or political position

Looks like it’s still “We’re worried that too many poor people will live through this.”

For others, the dream of a million American dead seems within reach.

Can’t wait for Republican Missouri Gov Parson and AG Eric Schmitt (running for US Senate) removing covid protections (including school districts) to take down the KC Chiefs riddled with covid in the NFL Playoffs. Only a matter of time…..Western MO voting get the popcorn.
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That’s what B.1.1.529 can do.

Actually the desired outcome is defeat the virus but when political hacks block scientifically proven methods THEY force a situation where lockdown becomes the only method left. Don’t complain about solutions to a problem YOU created.

That’s sarcasm. No one is asking for a shut down. Jist responsibility and caring about others who might not be as fortunate as you with their health. But you’ve proven that doesn’t matter. Immunity compromised people be damned! Says Eric & his crew.

The world the rest of us have to live in:

The cult of the lost cause, part the infinity

20 Monday Dec 2021

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Tell us you didn’t get vaccinated and you don’t ever wear a mask without telling us that you didn’t get vaccinated and you don’t ever wear a mask:

Midwestern values.

We do blame you.

This is not something one should brag about.

Previously:

The cult of the lost cause (December 13, 2021)

“Unity” (December 20, 2021)