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Defund law enforcement, eh?

31 Monday Oct 2022

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From former news reader Mark Alford’s (r) 4th Congressional District campaign Facebook page:

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What’s the FIRST thing you want the 118th congress to do when we are sworn in Jan 3rd?
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He asked. He got answers from his true believers:

Abolish property tax

There is no Federal Property tax, friend. Talk to your State Reps.

Heh.

Get rid of Pelosi and her puppets!

Bad timing there.

Term limits for all elected officials, and eliminate property taxes

Because the first worked so well in Missouri, the second is a local issue (see above).

Defund the 87000 new IRS agents and the student loan forgiveness plan.

Wait, aren’t IRS agents law enforcement?

Get rid of personal property tax. We pay taxes and then pay again every year

Again, that’s local, not federal.

I agree Term Limits would be a great! This Kansan is pulling for you!

I’m pretty sure this means that they have to vote in Kansas.

Have reasonable abortion laws!

Not with Mark Alford (r).

Term limits, open pipe lines, no tax social security, close borders

You might want to ask Mark Alford (r) about republican plans to get rid of Social Security. No Social Security, no tax on it. Easy peasy.

Replace Pelosi, and then defund the FBI and IRS

Wait, aren’t FBI agents law enforcement?

Revoke the charter of the FBI, defund them, and start over.

They have an agency ready to take over. Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (FSB).

Put God back in everything they have taken Him out of

By general definition isn’t that impossible? Just asking. Oh, you meant imposing your specific beliefs on everyone else. Sorry.

Help the American people, who was born here and worked and paid taxes

And no sleeping your way through school.

Open up the pipeline from Alaska

Blame Canada. What would Brian Boitano do?

Protect Social Security, strengthen Medicare and more help for keeping the elderly in their home rather than in understaffed facilities at outrageous costs.

See above. They have a plan for getting rid of Social Seurity and you won’t like it.

Limit the power of exec orders and in that get the oil flowing. Then start the Biden Family investigations so the world can see who they really are.

And, a reply from Mark Alford (r):

Mark Alford [….] on it

Interesting.

Make America great again!

See above.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Gladstone, Missouri – GOTV Rally – October 29, 2022

30 Sunday Oct 2022

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On Saturday afternoon Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) spoke at a get out the vote rally outdoors at the Clay County Democratic Party headquarters in Gladstone, Missouri. This was the third or fourth campaign appearance of the day for Trudy Busch Valentine in the Kansas City metro area

Teamsters!

Yes, it was a union crowd.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

The elephant in the womb:

A significant number of women in attendance were wearing progressive and pro-choice tee shirts.

This candidate is enjoying the experience:

Both Representative Cleaver and Busch Valentine spoke at the rally.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D).

As in all of her campaign events, people in the crowd waited after its conclusion to speak with and personally greet Trudy Busch Valentine.

A number of women hugged her.

It’s retail politics. This grassroots politicking clearly energizes the candidate and her campaign.

Somebody should give Eric Schmitt (r) a hug.

…This election is about an individual’s access to health care and their bodily autonomy. Yes, abortion is a personal choice. It’s about access to public education. It’s about access to good jobs and a living wage. It’s about access to affordable housing. It’s about the future of Social Security and Medicare and the ability of our citizens to spend their later years living with some measure of dignity and comfort… And it’s about cutting the cost of essential medication for those who need it to survive. It’s about the survival of Democracy and the ability of people to participate with their vote. It’s for the future.

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)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022 (October 27, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Southwest Boulevard – October 27, 2022 (October 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – Door-to-Door – October 29, 2022 (October 29, 2022)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – GOTV Rally – Morning Star Community Center – October 29, 2022 (October 30, 2022)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – GOTV Rally – Morning Star Community Center – October 29, 2022

30 Sunday Oct 2022

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On Saturday, after noon, Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine spoke at a get out the vote rally at Morning Star Community Center at 27th Street in Kansas City.

Community.

Those in attendence are already voting for the candidates – and they’re crucial to getting others to turnout to vote.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D).

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Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

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As always, Trudy Busch Valentine spent time speaking with individuals after the speaker portion of the rally.

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)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022 (October 27, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Southwest Boulevard – October 27, 2022 (October 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – Door-to-Door – October 29, 2022 (October 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – Door-to-Door – October 29, 2022

29 Saturday Oct 2022

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This morning in midtown Kansas City Trudy Busch Valentine (D) greeted volunteer canvassers who were scheduled to go door-to-door on her behalf.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

Two state representatives joined the volunteers, as they have done so for months.

(left to right) Trudy Busch Valentine, Representative Patty Lewis, Representative Emily Weber.

Representative Emily Weber (D):


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Representative Patty Lewis (D):


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Trudy Busch Valentine (D):


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Representatives Lewis and Weber accompanied Trudy Busch Valentine as she went door-to-door in a midtown Kansas City neighborhood:

Anybody spot Eric Schmitt (r) in the neighborhood?

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)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022 (October 27, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Southwest Boulevard – October 27, 2022 (October 28, 2022)

Early Voting

28 Friday Oct 2022

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It’s actually considered no excuse absentee voting, apparently.

We decided to vote today.

This involved gathering our government issued photo IDs (U.S. Passport, Missouri Driver License) and trekking over to the County Courthouse. We found the voter office. An individual in the office almost apologetically took our IDs, checked them with the voter roll, and printed two forms for signature. One form had our printed address from the voter roll. We were instructed to print our address on the second form and sign it. Another individual at the counter pointed out, when given that instruction, that the office had already printed our addresses from the voter roll on the first form (which we were also required to sign). The response from the other side of the counter was that this is what the law required. I thought of that other irritated voter, perhaps unfairly, “You voted for this.”

We got our ballots, were escorted to a nearby room, were instructed to not photograph our ballots (it’s in the statutes), finished our voting, took an “I voted…” sticker, and were then on our way.

Just do it.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Southwest Boulevard – October 27, 2022

28 Friday Oct 2022

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Trudy Busch Valentine (D) returned to Kansas City yesterday. In the evening she met with voters at a campaign event at La Fonda on Southwest Boulevard.

Listening:

An introduction by Ramona Farris:

Kansas City in October:

Health care and bodily autonomy. Abortion is a personal choice. Access to a good public education. Access to good jobs and a living wage. Access to affordable housing. The future of Social Security and Medicare and living with some measure of dignity and comfort. They are all on the table.

One older gentleman, seeing my media ID, asked me, “What do you think about abortion?” He continued, “It’s none of my business for anyone else. It should be up to the individual. Not the government.”

More conversations:

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)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022 (October 27, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022

27 Thursday Oct 2022

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Trudy Busch Valentine (D) returned to Kansas City today to campaign with her trademark enthusiasm for retail politics. Early this evening she met with voters at a meet and greet event held in a meeting space at the Gregg/Klice Community Center next to the 18th and Vine Jazz District.

This election is about an individual’s access to health care and their bodily autonomy. Yes, abortion is a personal choice. It’s about access to public education. It’s about access to good jobs and a living wage. It’s about access to affordable housing. It’s about the future of Social Security and Medicare and the ability of our citizens to spend their later years living with some measure of dignity and comfort.

If you don’t believe in any of that then just go ahead and vote for Eric Schmitt (r). You’ll richly deserve the results.

There is a difference.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) succintly presented the stakes in this upcoming election.

As always, Valentine then spent time answering questions from the voters in attendance and listening to their concerns.

Listening to and answering questions.

And, as always, anyone who wants spend some time talking one-on-one with Trudy Busch Valentine (D) at these events actually gets to do so.

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)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Sloppy

27 Thursday Oct 2022

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You can tell a lot about a candidate and their campaign by their paper trail.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

At the Federal Election Commission:

FEC FORM 6
48 HOUR NOTICE OF
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
FILING FEC-1650645
1. Schmitt for Senate
101 W ARGONNE DR, #24
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63122
2. Candidate Info
Candidate ID #: S2MO00544
Candidate Name: ERIC SCHMITT
3. Office Sought: President
4. FEC Committee ID #: C00775015
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
ROBERT PHILLIPS, III
Date Signed: 10/26/2022
(End FEC FORM 6)

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Josh Hawley (r) just peed his pants.