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Campaign Finance: every which way

13 Wednesday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, right wingnuts

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190817 07/12/2022 Conservative Solutions for Missouri PAC 100 PAC 2977 State Hwy K Suite281 OFallon MO 63368 7/12/2022 $40,000.00

[emphasis added]

Follow the money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Why bother? They’ve never worked before. (June 29, 2022)

Campaign Finance: cheaper by the dozen (July 6, 2022)

Campaign Finance: They still haven’t worked yet… (July 8, 2022)

Campaign Finance: a constant (July 11, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Who profits?

12 Tuesday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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American Federation for Children, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Public Education, Rex Sinquefield, school privitization

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission

C211778 07/12/2022 Missouri Federation for Children PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 retired retired 7/12/2022 $126,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yep, defunding public education.

Someone is spending a lot of money:

C211778 04/04/2022 Missouri Federation for Children PAC American Federation for Children, Inc. 1020 19th Street NW Suite 675 Washington DC 20036 3/31/2022 $25,000.00

C211778 06/30/2022 Missouri Federation for Children PAC Quality Schools Coalition 1100 Main St. 4th Floor Kansas City MO 64108 6/30/2022 $50,000.00

C211778 07/01/2022 Missouri Federation for Children PAC American Federation for Children, Inc. 1020 19th St NW Ste 675 Wasshington DC 20036 7/1/2022 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Follow the money.

Think of the possibility of all those private and charter schools in every rural community in Missouri. Yeah, no. Not gonna happen. Ever.

The neighborhood

11 Monday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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galaxy cluster, NASA, SMACS 0723, Webb telescope

Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Infrared light shows the deepest, sharpest view of distant galaxies ever obtained (July 11, 2022)

Campaign Finance: a constant

11 Monday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, right wingnuts

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission

C221791 07/11/2022 BB Freedom Fund 100 PAC 2977 State Highway K Suite 281 OFallon MO 63368 7/11/2022 $150,000.00

[emphasis added]

In the past few months:

C221791 05/24/2022 BB Freedom Fund 100 PAC 2977 State Highway K Suite 281 OFallon MO 63368 5/23/2022 $10,000.00

C221791 06/27/2022 BB Freedom Fund 100 PAC 2977 State Highway K Suite 281 OFallon MO 63368 6/25/2022 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

And where did that come from?:

C211547 06/03/2022 The 100 PAC John Williams 5568 Homeward Lane St Louis MO 63129 Retired Retired 6/3/2022 $10,000.00

C211547 06/03/2022 The 100 PAC Yvonne Cordell 1841 Kehrs Mill Rd Wildwood MO 63005 Self Self 6/3/2022 $10,000.00

C211547 07/01/2022 The 100 PAC MO Republican Attorneys for Civil Justice PAC PO Box 1792 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/1/2022 $75,000.00

C211547 07/06/2022 The 100 PAC James Onder 110 East Lockwood Ave St Louis MO 63119 Onder Law LLC Founder, Attorney 7/6/2022 $100,000.00

Why the shell game?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: cheaper by the dozen (July 6, 2022)

Heartand POD: Two years before the mast

11 Monday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Adam Sommer, Heartland POD, missouri, podcast, Rachel Parker

The Heartland POD
2 YEAR POD ANNIVERSARY! Climate Change; Missouri Is b-a-n-a-n-a-s; 2022 Senate Races; Last Call preview
102min 51secPublished 11 Jul 2022
[….]
1. Adam’s Open – “The Decent of Descent”
2. Climate Change Impacting Heartland Voters?
3. Missouri Senate Race, 2022 – Holy Shit, and Trump weighed in
4. 2022 Midterms – Senate update
5. Last Call Preview

You ain’t paying for shit

10 Sunday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta, Resist

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#resist, dumbass, ignoranimus, Kansas City, maroon, meta, missouri, protest, right wingnut, Roe v Wade

What is it with self-righteous right wingnuts and their compulsion to troll?

“…We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we do occasionally present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit…”

We see fit.

We encountered another comment to last night’s post covering a pro-choice demonstration in Kansas City:

Im tried of paying for all your mistakes

And you certainly didn’t pay attention when they covered communication skills in school.

And, as always, when someone submits a comment here their email address and I.P. address are linked to the comment in our site database.

Dumbass.

Previously:

Pro-choice Demonstration – Sedalia, Missouri – June 30, 2022 (June 30, 2022)

They want to believe they’re winning, but know they’re losing again (July 1, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – July 2, 2022 (July 2, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Jefferson City, Missouri – July 3, 2022 (July 3, 2022)

Heartland POD: The 4th of July (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 1 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 2 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 3 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 4 (July 4, 2022)

This is far from over (July 5, 2022)

A brief and ironic judicial history of public protest (July 8, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 9, 2022 (July 9, 2022)

It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person (July 10, 2022)

It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person

10 Sunday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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abortion, dumbass, Fascist pig, ignoranimus, Kansas City, maroon, missouri, religious extremist, right wingnut, Roe v Wade

“When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to better world, I am moved to lead a different life.” – Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar, Mark Twain

“…We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we do occasionally present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit…”

We see fit.

We encountered a comment to last night’s post covering a pro-choice demonstration in Kansas City:

SATAN’S DISCIPLES

When someone submits a comment here their email address and I.P. address are linked to the comment.

Dumbass.

Previously:

Pro-choice Demonstration – Sedalia, Missouri – June 30, 2022 (June 30, 2022)

They want to believe they’re winning, but know they’re losing again (July 1, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – July 2, 2022 (July 2, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Jefferson City, Missouri – July 3, 2022 (July 3, 2022)

Heartland POD: The 4th of July (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 1 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 2 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 3 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 4 (July 4, 2022)

This is far from over (July 5, 2022)

A brief and ironic judicial history of public protest (July 8, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 9, 2022 (July 9, 2022)

“50 years from now…”

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 9, 2022

09 Saturday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, abortion, Kansas City, missouri, protest, Roe v Wade

In the past ten days there have been a number of pro-choice demonstrations across Missouri in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s gutting of Roe v Wade and bodily autonomy. The demonstrations continue.

At 5:00 p.m. today around fifty individuals showed up in Mill Creek Park for a pro-choice rally and march through the Plaza.

In Mill Creek Park, Kansas City, Missouri.

“Our daughters deserve choices”

“Equal rights for all”

“Pro-life is a lie, you don’t care if women die”

“If I wanted politics in my pussy I would’ve fucked a senator”

“My body, my choice”

“My uterus, my choice”

“My body, my choice”

This is far from over.

Previously:

Pro-choice Demonstration – Sedalia, Missouri – June 30, 2022 (June 30, 2022)

They want to believe they’re winning, but know they’re losing again (July 1, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – July 2, 2022 (July 2, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Jefferson City, Missouri – July 3, 2022 (July 3, 2022)

Heartland POD: The 4th of July (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 1 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 2 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 3 (July 4, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Kansas City, Missouri – July 4, 2022 – part 4 (July 4, 2022)

This is far from over (July 5, 2022)

A brief and ironic judicial history of public protest (July 8, 2022)

Campaign Finance: oxymorons abound

09 Saturday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Uncategorized

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anti-abortion, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

081360 07/08/2022 MISSOURIANS FOR LIFE Missouri Senate Leadership PAC 1200 Lake Saint Louis Blvd Lake Saint Louis MO 63367 7/8/2022 $8,000.00

[emphasis added]

“…Until…”

“Guy’s a clod… Promises were made, gifts exchanged…”

08 Friday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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Donald Trump, missouri, U.S. Senate, Vicky Hartzler

Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].

Apparently, not getting the endorsement.

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

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