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Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is

30 Friday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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abortion, Eric Schmitt, missouri, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

Today:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
Eric Schmitt triggered the country’s first government mandate banning abortion after the repeal of Roe, restricting the freedom to access abortion even in cases of rape or incest.

Vote accordingly.
4:35 PM · Sep 30, 2022

Yes, we will.

“Girls just wanna have fundamental rights”

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Defunding the public good as a feature, not a bug

29 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, social media

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Caleb Rowden, defunding government, General Assembly, Mike Parson, right wingnuts, Special Session

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

This afternoon:

Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
I appreciate the partnership of our Missouri House colleagues in sending the largest tax cut in Missouri’s history to @GovParsonMO’s desk today.

It is never a bad time to give Missourians more of their money back! #MOLeg
4:22 PM · Sep 29, 2022

Some of the reponses:

…And to think you only had to drain off our rural healthcare, decimate our public schools and let our roads and bridges crumble to pay off your political donors.

20 years of fiscally irresponsible Republican leadership, and we’re all less because of your “good time.”

20yr MO GOP rule:
50th in % state edu funding
33rd in job growth
35th in GDP growth
45th in average teacher pay
46th in per pupil spend
49th in workforce
42nd in healthcare
45th in maternal mortality
50th in starting teacher pay
35th in 10 year wage growth
38th in avg pop growth

it was never ‘our money’. It was supposed to go to the general welfare, like teachers, schools, infrastructure. Now ‘our money’ is being given to rich ppl who don’t need it.

Man oh man, what am I going to do with my extra $72 this year.

I am so grateful! I mean, schools are 4 days a week, hospitals are closing down, and my car needs new tires every year because of the roads, but man, I GOT $72!!!

Thanks for the $11 dollars. #ruiningmissourionedouchebagrepublican at a time.

I’m sure the corporations love y’all for catering to them.

You suck at your job

Now how about fixing our roads and schools, or are you too busy pandering to your corporate sponsors. I actually remember when MO had a government that worked for all people, not just the rich white ones.

Too bad it is another bullshit Republican tax gift to the very rich, rather than something that will actually benefit working taxpayers or their state’s economy.

Did you bother to ask your constituents if they wanted this? Let me guess…definitely not. You all just keep thinking that saying “tax cuts” and Missourians are clueless and so easy to fool. The past 20 years of Republican rule is destroying our state!

Congratulating yourselves when you hold a super majority to pass damaging tax cuts that literally only benefit the few…is something. You terrorists are as stupid as you are cruel.

You are a Lying SOB. You raised taxes on the working families of the state to give your rich donors a tax giveaway, paid for by the working class. Clutch your pearls and STFU.

Well, at least we know some people in Missouri aren’t as stupid as the majority in the right wingnut controlled General Assembly believes they are.

Mike Parson (r) [2022 file photo}.

And others, too.

Campaign Finance: Soybean dreams

29 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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agriculture, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180684 09/29/2022 American Dream PAC Missouri Soybean Association 734 S Country Club Dr. Jefferson City MO 65109 9/28/2022 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

What’s next?

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people

29 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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beer, Eric Schmitt, missouri, organized labor, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

Last night:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
Tonight, I enjoyed sharing a beer with members of @LIUNA42. I’m so proud that our campaign is powered by a strong commitment to union workers. I’ll always have your back and defend your right to fight for better wages and working conditions, because when unions fight workers win.
[….]
Laborers’ Local 42
9:15 PM · Sep 28, 2022

Yep.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

Previously:

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 23, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad

28 Wednesday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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abortion, Eric Schmitt, missouri, television ad, Trudy Busch Valentine, U.S. Senate, women's health care

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

In the Kansas City media market:

Un-American

What happens here should never dictate what happens here.

As a nurse I respect people’s freedom to make their own health care decisions.

Eric Schmitt believes otherwise. His mandate made Missouri the first state to ban abortion, no exceptions for rape or incest. Government mandating Women’s Health Care decisions is Un-American.

I’ll protect our freedoms. I’m Trudy Bush Valentine and I approve this message.
[….]

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

Previously:

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) in Jackson County, Missouri – August 13, 2022 (August 13, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022 (August 18, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Campaign Office Opening – Kansas City, Missouri – August 28, 2022 (August 28, 2022)

Definitely left a mark (September 22, 2022)

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 22, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – September 22, 2022 (September 24, 2022)

So, Fascism is considered a “family value”, too?

27 Tuesday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate, social media

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22nd Senate District, Fascist pigs, Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnuts, social media, Twitter

Brown Shirts, goose stepping in a family friendly parade near you.

Yesterday:

MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
nothing is more terrifying to the left than a conservative woman.
[….]

The new Prime Minister of Italy.

Wow.

[….]
8:42 AM · Sep 26, 2022

Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Previously:

“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)

On any given day (July 31, 2022)

Uh… (August 1, 2022)

The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)

Are you certain it’s that many? (September 26, 2022)

Jupiter ascending

26 Monday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Jupiter

Tonight in west central Missouri:

Jupiter.
F 5.6, 1/200, ISO 400, 400 mm.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.

Are you certain it’s that many?

26 Monday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate, social media

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22nd Senate District, family values, Hypocrisy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnut, signs

Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].

Today on Twitter:

The Queen of Kings @Thaikitty
Someone has been out doing the lords work. You can’t legislate on your religion when you don’t even follow it. There is a much better choice on the ballot in November.
[….]
11:08 AM · Sep 26, 2022

Previously:

“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)

On any given day (July 31, 2022)

Uh… (August 1, 2022)

The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)

Heartland Pod: “Josh Hawley Is F***ING EMBARRASSING…”

26 Monday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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

MO Midterms 2022; Josh Hawley Is F***ING EMBARRASSING; Independent Voters Turn The Tide?; Trump Had A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

You’re doing it now

25 Sunday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist, social media

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#resist, Fascism, social media, Twitter

Last night:

Barbara Malmet @B52Malmet
Inflation is temporary. Fascism isn’t.
8:05 PM · Sep 24, 2022

“If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done in Germany in 1932, you’re doing it now.”

Fascism or no. That’s the choice.

Previously:

Trump Muslim ban protest at Kansas City International Airport – January 29, 2017 (January 29, 2017)

I’m not ready to make nice (October 21, 2020)

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