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The great communicator

08 Saturday Feb 2025

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Congressman Mark Alford
[December 7, 2025]
[….] Newsletter coming to your inbox tonight! Make sure you’re subscribed for exclusive content: taking you behind the scenes on what’s happening in Washington, D.C.!
As your voice in Washington, we want to make sure you are in the loop on our work on your behalf.

Behind the scenes? Think about that for a second.

The responses:

I would bet you just lost the Hispanic Votes!! “ICE agents seen removing 12 employees from Liberty MO restaurant”

ICE was in downtown KC restaurants and at The Legends weekend before last. Evidently a Chik Fil A ICE raided was warned in advance, workers there said about a dozen undocumented workers had been fired a few days before the raid.

“Your papers, please.”

since liberty isn’t in his district and the Hispanic voters wanted Trumps policy he won’t loose any legal votes.

Obvious loosers.

The Republican party is a Russian asset

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is looking to live in military family housing and requested to use $137,000 in taxpayer funding for repairs — including nearly $50,000 for an “emergency” paint job. I’m sure as a member of the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Alford will be running this request by Musk to make sure it’s not wasteful.

president musk definitely needs this info. He’s doing the lord’s work.

Already signed up for it Congressman, thank YOU!!! MAGA!!! [….]

It’s a cult.

you think it’s OK for the government in America to tell people it’s against the law to talk about religion in a bad way

BEING THAT OUT US CONSTITUTION WAS FOUNDED ON JUDEO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, YES I DO. EVERYONE’S RIGHTS HAVE BEEN LIFTED UP EXCEPT FOR CHRISTIAN’S .. ITS VERY OFFENSIVE..

All caps is the Internets equivalent of shouting.

Dont need your BS propaganda.

that WE pay for!

Since ya shut the CDC down you gonna tell the people about the new strain of bird flu? Or will you just let them die like Trump did

Is Elon doing that? Show your evidence.

you mean besides him admitting it?

In the past you’ve been vocal about congressional access to government facilities. Why so quiet now?

oh SNAP!!!!

he threw absolute fits about SBA.

Thanks. And please shut down USAID and put these thieves in prison. It’s a money laundering and activist organization for democrats.

“When the gods want to punish you, they give you what you wish for.”

Jesus H. Christ. You sound like you’re in middle school. Who TF are you paying to write these posts?

Alford is a full scale bigot
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Your bigotry knows no end
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Thank you Mark Alford.

Let’s talk about the USAID contracts Missouri Agriculture has lost…
Injunctive relief suit filed for more details.
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DOGE item — stop paying for self-promotion for members of Congress.
That’s what campaign funds are for.

I personally don’t know, but how much does it cost to post on FB.

Your soul. You asked.

Alford’s cult

Had to spam his emails.

see told you pres musk…
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Why does Elon have the right to look at our Social Security info, our medical info, our nuclear info, he has all info in veterans. He has our SS numbers, phone numbers, address and medical files
Stop this madness

SOO, that’s not what’s happening, OUR MONEY HAS BEEN STOLEN FOR INSANE CAUSES .. but you’re cool with it.

what did he find? Hmmmmm
Let me get this straight, you were crazy about Hillarys private server but now an illegal immigrant is in our systems and that’s ok with you?
Cult much?
PS Ivanka,Jared,Don Jr and Sr all used private servers
You’re in a cult
Name one thing Elons found except everything about us, he wants more money, he will sell it

Show your evidence

JFHC. Turn on your TV

So, no evidence? Just blather?

Zionist Judaism: A Christian Identity Perspective on Extremism. From the perspective of Christian identity. the ideology often termed Zionist Judaism is not merely a deviation from Christian ethics but a direct affront to the theological framework that Christian Identity holds dear. Zionist ideology from the viewpoint of Christian Identity, which posits that White Europeans are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites, while Jews are seen as the “Synagogue of Satan,” as per Revelation 2:9 and 3:9. Zionist Judaism is not just an extremist interpretation but a false claim to the divine covenant. [….]

The longer a response thread continues the more it deteriorates. Sort of like a Trump Administration.

You got Trump

06 Thursday Feb 2025

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“Haec credam a Deo pio, a Deo iusto, a Deo scito? Cruciatus in crucem. Trus in terra servus, nuntius fui, officium perfeci. Cruciatus in crucem. Eas in crucem.”

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[February 6, 2025]
[….] 2025 National Prayer Breakfast
“America is and will always be One Nation Under God.” – President Donald J. Trump
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Some of the responses:

At the hotel breakfast today he talked about having a third term. NO. I do not care what party or who it is. Two terms that is it.
We need term limits for members of the House, Senate, President and Judges.
Judges should be limited to 20 years.

with his health…he’s not going to make it to 2028. He can’t stand straight (stands with a forward lean) and his face is drooping. Classic signs of Frontotemporal dementia.

Altho I’ve said for 10 years the orange Russian is afflicted with Tertiary Syphilis, all of the symptoms point to Lewy Body Dementia. He’s dragging that one leg worse than just a few months ago, and the drooping face, particularly that one eye, speaks of a recent TIA or series of TIA’s. His mind is blown. The way he’s acting, I doubt he makes it to March.

So disgusting to see a man like that hijack Christianity. He makes a mockery of Christianity and you applaud. Gross.

Exactly wake-up people while you still have a chance.

Please people, remember WE are to pray for our leaders weather we like them or not. Ye that are without sin cast the first stone!

Stormy whether.

Some sins are worst than others and I would love to cast a stone or a brick would be better! You go right on praying while the devil’s in the white house…

i pray the USA impeached his ass and kicks Elon out the country AMEN!!

Where is President Musk?

pilfering through our private data that he stole from the treasury department.

As if he’s been following any religion. Convicted rapist, convicted felon, misogynist, mimicking person with disabilities – yeah, sure.

How on God’s earth anyone can look at him, watch him listen to him? Just watch him as he stumbles and fumbles while attempting to read a script.
Then watch him and listen when he goes off script.
The raging lunatic is the real trump. And nothing about him or his cult is Christian.

Blasphemy at it’s finest [….]

The most un Christian president in U S history

He couldn’t tell you one book of the New Testament. He would probably come up with “Stormy”.

A $130,000.00 sure thing.

trump pretending to be a Christian is evil.

Comical hearing those words from the Orange AntiChrist who has conned Evangelicals.

Oh look Satan is there!

Trump’s favorite Bible verse is literally the only quote in the Bible that goes against the teachings of Jesus. It is about revenge.
“Well, I think many. I mean, when we get into the Bible, I think many, so many. And some people, look, an eye for an eye, you can almost say that” – Donald Trump
Trump did not mention that the Old Testament’s “Eye for an eye” is later renounced in the New Testament in favor of “turn the other cheek,” in Matthew 5:38: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”

Are you kidding me!! What happened to separation of church & state. In case anyone forgot that’s why the pilgrims came in the first place.

I still don’t understand how the Hell you got elected. You sucked as an anchor on Fox 4.

How does he not burst into flames?

Hey trump what church do you attend? [….]

Knows nothing about the bible.

Mark is helping enable a felon

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

I think he meant “One Nation Under Don”.

All this performative nonsense about eradicating anti-Christian bias by MAGA is precious. [….]
I say we eradicate fundamentalist Christianity altogether. How about that?
Be a Christian, but NOT a fundamentalist whack job.

Probably not attributable to Ghandi.

That’s coming from this guy, if he ever set foot in a church he’d burst into flames.

Well if this crap oozing out of that orange piehole isn’t the very pinnacle of hypocrisy. [….]

Jackass isn’t even religious

Now, back to starving babies and bullying sovereign nations..

You got that right, blasphemy at it’s finest

Remember when Trump couldn’t even tell which end of the Bible was up or down?

Delusional bastard

Biden is a fake catholic that joined the freemasonry

Mozart wrote an opera about that.

Like this buffoon believes in god.

Mozart didn’t write an opera about that.

Bozo rapist bigoted felon

Ass Hole Trump trying to be Christian!

“Am I really to believe that these are the actions of a loving God? A just God? A wise God? To Hell with Your punishments. I was Your servant here on Earth. I spread Your word and did Your work. To Hell with Your punishments. To Hell with You!”

HJR 54 – just another right wingnut abortion ban – submitted testimony

06 Thursday Feb 2025

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HJR 54 is an attempt to overturn the voters’ approval of Amendment 3 in the November general election – abortion rights now in the Missouri Constitution [Bill of Rights – Section 36].

“Reasons women get abortions…”

103rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
HJR 54 Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing provisions relating to reproductive health care
Sponsor: Stinnett, Melanie (133)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2025
LR Number: 1890H.01I
Last Action: 02/04/2025 – Public Hearing Completed (H)
Bill String: HJR 54
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
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The summary:

HJR 54 [pdf]– REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
SPONSOR: Stinnett

Upon voter approval, this constitutional amendment prohibits abortions, except in cases of medical emergencies, fetal anomalies, rape, or incest. In the case of abortions performed or induced because of rape or incest, the abortion may be performed or induced no later than 12 weeks gestational age of the unborn child and only if documentation is presented to the attending physician that the rape or incest has been reported to a law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction to investigate the complaint at least 48 hours prior to the abortion.

The amendment also prohibits public funds from being used to pay for abortions; prohibits the use of surgeries, hormones, or drugs to assist a child with a gender transition; and holds that any person who intentionally or negligently causes damage to another person relating to the provision of reproductive health care or the performance or inducement of an abortion is liable for damages and subject to suspension or revocation of his or her medical license. Under this constitutional amendment, a woman’s right to reproductive freedom includes the right to health care in cases of miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and other medical emergencies. The General Assembly will have the authority to enact laws to carry out these provisions.

This bill is similar to SJR 33 (2025)

Submitted testimony, in committee:

I am support of protecting women and their right to reproductive healthcare!!!!!

My body, my choice. Period.

I feel that it should be up to a woman to decide what she wants to do with her body. The state nor the government should be able to dictate what she should do. Reproductive care should be allowed and provided as well as encouraged for the well being of every woman.

I support reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Outside of any definition of “life”, outside of even the fact that we can’t force people to be organ donors in life or in death even if it could save lives (nor should we force people to), there should be a separation of church and state and it’s immoral and illegal to try to control and rule over people by your specific christian rules. christianity is not fact, not should it be law. While christians are more than welcome to live their lives by these rules (rules not provided by the Bible, I KNOW y’all aren’t reading it), you don’t get to force others to.

All women should have control over their own body and health.

I voted yes on amendment 3

Every person, including women, in this country should have the right to make decisions concerning their body. The notion that women should be given less rights is complete lunacy. The voters in this State made their opinions known when they cast their ballot. Let the people’s decision stand.

I am submitting this testimony to express my strong opposition to HJR 54. This resolution not only threatens the reproductive rights of Missourians but also risks putting lives in danger and deepening existing inequalities in our state. Abortion is a deeply personal and often difficult decision that should be made by individuals in consultation with their doctors—not dictated by politicians. People seek abortions for many reasons, including life-threatening medical conditions, financial insecurity, or knowing that they are not in a place to provide for a child. These decisions cannot and should not be reduced to political talking points. The provision in HJR 54 that allows for exceptions in cases of rape or incest may seem compassionate on the surface, but it is anything but. It requires survivors to report their abuse and provide documentation—despite the fact that many victims are unable to safely report their abusers, especially if those abusers are family members or individuals with power over them. Even for those who do report, investigations can drag on for months or even years, far exceeding the 12-week cutoff. This effectively denies survivors the care they need and deserve. But the issues with HJR 54 go beyond just one provision. Abortion restrictions like this one overwhelmingly harm people who are already vulnerable. Those living in rural areas, people of color, and low-income individuals often have limited access to healthcare to begin with. For these communities, banning abortion doesn’t just limit choices—it creates life-threatening obstacles. Let’s be clear: Amendment 3 reflects the values and decisions of Missouri voters. Repealing it would ignore the will of the people and undermine their trust in the democratic process. Missourians deserve access to compassionate, safe, and respectful healthcare, free from unnecessary barriers or government interference. I urge you to reject HJR 54 and uphold the protections established by Amendment 3. Thank you for taking the time to consider my testimony.

I am nearly 80 years old. For 50 years of my life, women have had the right to make decisions about their reproductive health. The voters have spoken and the will of the people should be respected and upheld.

Support abortion choice in Missouri – 1,538,659 Missourians voted YES on Amendment 3–you were elected to defend those rights – Reproductive Freedom is a Missouri value – Missourians made it clear at the ballot: we support access to abortion and all reproductive health care; our government should reflect those shared values not threaten them

Access to reproductive care is ESSENTIAL to the health of women and families. Any restrictions, whether gestational timeline, reason for need of care, or others, is a detriment to women. This is about medical care which should be decided by a woman and her doctor, not a politician. If a woman’s morals, religion, or social stance lead to a decision in the case of an abortion, that is her right. Allowing exceptions to care only muddies the waters when it comes to TIMELY and safe reproductive care. Ignoring the vote of the people is absolutely abysmal and it’s embarassing that we are, once again, having to defend our own rights as human beings.

This has been voted on & settled. Isn’t that the point of “sending it back to the states” so do what we voted for.

[….] I’m a wife, mother and a woman who believes in access to healthcare for all. 1,538,659 Missourians voted YES on Amendment 3, you were elected to defend those rights.Reproductive Freedom is a Missouri value. Missourians made it clear at the ballot: we support access to abortion and all reproductive health care; our government should reflect those shared values not threaten them.For a party that preaches small government, when we tell you to stay out of our bedrooms, doctors offices and medical care—we mean it.

[….] I voted to legalize abortion is Missouri. This is a vote I expected to be honored and respected. This is a moment for Missouri politicians to prove they are a voice for the people by executing the amendment the majority voted for.

I have needed life saving reproductive healthcare that without it I would have died. Amendment 3 is vital to protecting women from death during pregnancy and childbirth. Voting to overturn something that the voters put into place is disposable. The lawmakers are supposed to be upholding what their constituents want- and there is no more direct way to know what the constituents want than upholding their vote. Do not repeal amendment 3!

I support reproductive health care and allowing the choice to be left up to each individual. Pro choice!!! We voted in it and it passed. You cannot remove our votes because you don’t like the results.

Yet they keep trying.

I voted for amendment 3 and expect that it be enforced not over ridden by ignorant people, mostly men who have no understanding of how important it is to getting access to good reproductive medical health care for your body as well as allowing responsible doctors to save people’s lives if an abortion is necessary. To not enforce what Missouri’s overwhelmingly voted for is against every democratic process there is…

[….] It’s not complicated. I’m in full support of abortion because it is absolutely a woman’s right to have full control and rights over her body. It should not be up for debate, nor should it be regulated in anyway by religious or government body doctrine.

I fully support reproductive healthcare in our wonderful state of Missouri. Women’s reproductive freedom will benefit women, men and children in a positive mental, emotional, physical a d economic way. As a community college teacher I work with scores of young men and women who agree and wish for the guarantee of this freedom for our future. They express how disheartened and disenfranchised they feel in our political climate. I submit this testimony in solidarity with them and for myself and my family – children and grandchildren. We are not going back!

“We will not go back”

You wanted this to be a state issue. You wanted the people of the state to decide. We voted and 1,538,659 people voted yes to reproductive freedom. Your job, as elected officials, is to uphold the will of the people. This no longer up debate.

The State of Missouri voted to uphold abortion in our state and now there is a push to again deny the will of the voters. This is a gross miscarriage of justice. Stop trying to impose your will on the people who clearly told you, No. Abortion is a woman’s choice and right. It is reproductive care. It is NONE of your business. It is NOT up to you too change the will of your constituents [….]

I support the repeal of Amendment 3 and wish to impose the restrictions outlined in HJR 54.

Believe them when they tell you what they want to do.

As a mother of 4 children of 10 grandchildren I am in favor of ending killing babies and selling of infant body parts for profit. I am a concerned citizen,voter and Grandmother. Please stop!

Same planet, different world.

Abortion is healthcare! Keep your laws off my fucking body!

I am in favor of repealing Amendment 3. It was and is a terrible bill and use or State of Missouri as a “trail balloon” for other states. This needs to be repealed ASAP. Children / Babies have a right to be born. We give more rights to dogs than humans.

Is somebody going to tell him?

I support HRJ 54 that it be passed to abolish Amendment 3. Passage of Amendment 3 is such a stain on our pro-life state of Missouri. God will not bless our state with such a law in our constitution. So many babies are murdered and the many of these mothers experience a lifetime of pain and guilt. It is time to promote and encourage women to keep their babies and to show women how to cherish and love their babies instead of encouraging women to choose a way out of their pregnancies.

You do you.

I believe that medical decisions should be made by a doctor and the patient.

I voted along with a majority of Missourians for the reproductive choice bill. Why are we still fighting over this.?

“54 years ago…”

I want my November vote to be honored as a voting citizen. Women have a right to seek the care they require. I didn’t vote for this governor, yet I am expected to accept the election results. I now expect the same on womens rights and protections

Why would you undermine the will of the people in Missouri? Reproductive health care is health care. proposition passed and should remain intact without politicians trying to overturn this to stay in power. I am in support of reproductive freedom and body autonomy. It’s sickening to see politicians pretend the country would be better by repealing the will of the people.

Missourians like me and my family are tired of our elected representatives attempting to circumvent the will of the voters. We stand in support of Amendment 3, which enshrined reproductive freedom and AGAINST HRJ 54. Legislators who cannot support the law and uphold the votes of their constituents do not belong in the Missouri State House. This matter is decided. Can you please move on to real issues, like improving education, healthcare, and bringing new businesses to our state? The quality of life in Missouri continues decline and you do NOTHING to make our state a better place and support families and children. We continually rank at the bottom of important quality of life indices as compared to other states. We also stand against HRJ 54’s prohibitions regarding gender affirming care. Let parents and their medical professionals decide what’s best for their children. The government does not belong in private healthcare matters of any kind. Thank you.

I am appalled that the will of the people of Missouri is being blatantly ignored. The citizens of this state have already made their wishes known: reproductive rights and freedoms are to be made available to any pregnant person in the state of Missouri. It is also incredibly infuriating that this proposal not only seeks to go against the vote of Missourians but also ties the rights of transgender people into this argument. They are two completely different issues and should remain as such.

The state of Missouri has already voted and decided to continue reproductive rights in favor of abortion. This is ridiculous and goes against what the people voted for.

I’m struggling to understand the desire to move to a minority rule mentality, as we as a State had this as a ballot measure that had the support and won in November. This desire to move to a world where if you lose, you deny the results, you deny the selection of the people that put you in/out of power is not only problematic, it’s not how the system is suppose to work. We the people vote, you perform for the will of the people. We need to be adults, accept when you lose and win with grace.

Yet, here we are.

Missourians already voted and expect that our representatives will honor our vote to protect abortion rights in our state. Your job is to serve the people, so please stop trying to negate their voice.

As a woman in the state of Missouri i want amendment 3 defended. I do not support HJR 54. I do not support losing my right to a safe legal abortion. I’m tired of having to continue this fight. I deserve bodily autonomy and so does every other woman.

You get the picture.

There are close to 2000 additional submitted comments.

Previously:

Chutzpah (Kansas) (August 4, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Not too sure about that (January 16, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – women’s rights initiative petition for 2024 ballot (January 18, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2024)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: still more (February 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: more forward (February 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming in (March 5, 2024)

Signing the Petition – Sedalia, Missouri – March 17, 2024 (March 17, 2024)

Campaign Finance: there’ll be more (March 20, 2024)

Signing the Petition – Warrensburg, Missouri – April 5, 2024 (April 5, 20204)

Campaign Finance: sign the petition (April 10, 2024)

Sign the Petition (April 15, 2024)

Signing the petition in Lexington, Missouri (April 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: on several levels (April 27, 2024)

Signing the Petition in Raymore, Missouri (April 28, 2024)

Campaign Finance: guess what’s next (April 29, 2024)

This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions (May 3, 2024)

This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions – part 2 (May 3, 2024)

Abortion Rights Rally in Jefferson City – May 3, 2024 – Press Gaggle (May 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: coming up on the agenda (August 6, 2024)

Reproductive Freedom and Health Care will be on the November Ballot (August 13, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the tide (August 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: for the November wave (August 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Bam! (August 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (August 24, 2024)

Campaign Finance: no one has forgotten (August 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 here, $10,000.00 there (September 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Back to the Dark Ages (September 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: On an express train back to the Dark Ages (September 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 here, $250,000.00 there (September 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: throw down the gauntlet (September 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: seriously all in (September 6, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “We will not go back” (September 9, 2024)

Missouri Supreme Court: Amendment 3 is on the November 5, 2024 ballot (September 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the road to November 5th (September 12, 2024)

Campaign Finance: apparently a guy thing, mostly (September 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (September 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a friend (September 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: wedge issue (September 24, 2024)

Campaign Finance: no time to waste (September 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: time is almost up (October 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Who would have thought? (October 7, 2024)

Campaign Finance: unequal and opposite (October 9, 2024)

Campaign Finance: not messing around (October 10, 2024)

Donald Trump’s (r) World: they want you to continue to live in it (October 15, 2024)

Campaign Finance: In 20 days (October 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: even more for choice (October 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: what she said (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: after that forced birth, you’re on your own (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: everyone knows someone (October 27, 2024)

Campaign Finance: making it their business (October 28, 2024)

Campaign Finance: gird your loins (October 29, 2024)

Campaign Finance: To spend on what?

Fuck You, Fuck You, Very, Very Much (October 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the forced birthers spend their money (November 2, 2024)

On the same ballot (November 6, 2024)

And here you thought you were safe (November 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: missed it by that much (November 9, 2024)

Andrew Bailey’s (r) favorite whine (November 27, 2024)

SB 119: right wingnut lunacy (December 5, 2024)

Amendment 3: a number of Missouri’s TRAP statutes enjoined by the Jackson County Circuit Court (December 20, 2024)

Planned Parenthood remains subject to TRAP restrictions in Missouri (December 21, 2024)

Rolla (January 5, 2025)

About that city council meeting in Rolla (January 7, 2025)

The Missouri we all know and love… (January 8, 2025)

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05 Wednesday Feb 2025

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Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports
EXECUTIVE ORDER
February 5, 2025

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. In recent years, many educational institutions and athletic associations have allowed men to compete in women’s sports. This is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.

Moreover, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX), educational institutions receiving Federal funds cannot deny women an equal opportunity to participate in sports. As some Federal courts have recognized, “ignoring fundamental biological truths between the two sexes deprives women and girls of meaningful access to educational facilities.” Tennessee v. Cardona, 24-cv-00072 at 73 (E.D. Ky. 2024). See also Kansas v. U.S. Dept. of Education, 24-cv-04041 at 23 (D. Kan. 2024) (highlighting “Congress’ goals of protecting biological women in education”).

Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.

Sec. 2. Definitions. The definitions in Executive Order 14168 of January 20, 2025 (Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government), shall apply to this order.

Sec.3. Preserving Women’s Sports in Education. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of Title IX, the Secretary of Education shall promptly:

(i) in coordination with the Attorney General, continue to comply with the vacatur of the rule entitled “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance” of April 29, 2024, 89 FR 33474, see Tennessee v. Cardona, 24-cv-00072 at 13-15 (E.D. Ky. 2025), and take other appropriate action to ensure this regulation does not have effect;

(ii) take all appropriate action to affirmatively protect all-female athletic opportunities and all-female locker rooms and thereby provide the equal opportunity guaranteed by Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, including enforcement actions described in subsection (iii); to bring regulations and policy guidance into line with the Congress’ existing demand for “equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes” by clearly specifying and clarifying that women’s sports are reserved for women; and the resolution of pending litigation consistent with this policy; and

(iii) prioritize Title IX enforcement actions against educational institutions (including athletic associations composed of or governed by such institutions) that deny female students an equal opportunity to participate in sports and athletic events by requiring them, in the women’s category, to compete with or against or to appear unclothed before males.

(b) All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall review grants to educational programs and, where appropriate, rescind funding to programs that fail to comply with the policy established in this order.

(c) The Department of Justice shall provide all necessary resources, in accordance with law, to relevant agencies to ensure expeditious enforcement of the policy established in this order.

Sec. 4. Preserving Fairness and Safety in Women’s Sports. Many sport-specific governing bodies have no official position or requirements regarding trans-identifying athletes. Others allow men to compete in women’s categories if these men reduce the testosterone in their bodies below certain levels or provide documentation of “sincerely held” gender identity. These policies are unfair to female athletes and do not protect female safety. To address these concerns, it is hereby ordered:

(a) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall, within 60 days of the date of this order:

(i) convene representatives of major athletic organizations and governing bodies, and female athletes harmed by such policies, to promote policies that are fair and safe, in the best interests of female athletes, and consistent with the requirements of Title IX, as applicable; and

(ii) convene State Attorneys General to identify best practices in defining and enforcing equal opportunities for women to participate in sports and educate them about stories of women and girls who have been harmed by male participation in women’s sports.

(b) The Secretary of State, including through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Sports Diplomacy Division and the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, shall:

(i) rescind support for and participation in people-to-people sports exchanges or other sports programs within which the relevant female sports category is based on identity and not sex; and

(ii) promote, including at the United Nations, international rules and norms governing sports competition to protect a sex-based female sports category, and, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, convene international athletic organizations and governing bodies, and female athletes harmed by policies that allow male participation in women’s sports, to promote sporting policies that are fair, safe, and in furtherance of the best interests of female athletes.

(c) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and adjust, as needed, policies permitting admission to the United States of males seeking to participate in women’s sports, and shall issue guidance with an objective of preventing such entry to the extent permitted by law, including pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)).

(d) The Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measures to see that the International Olympic Committee amends the standards governing Olympic sporting events to promote fairness, safety, and the best interests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation in women’s sporting events is determined according to sex and not gender identity or testosterone reduction.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 5, 2025.

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

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Under the Trump Administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes. From now on, women’s sports will be ONLY FOR WOMEN!
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Feb 05, 2025, 3:22 PM

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

We are putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice: If you let men take over women’s sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.
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Feb 05, 2025, 3:23 PM

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

WITH THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE WAR ON WOMENS SPORTS IS OVER!

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!!!
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Feb 05, 2025, 3:34 PM

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[February 5, 2025]
By passing H.R. 28–House Republicans kept our promise to stand up for our females in sports.
It’s insane that Congress even had to vote to squash the Democrats’ distorted reality where men can be in girls’ locker rooms. #NationalGirlsandWomeninSportsDay

Some of the responses:

You have a president who is exceeding his destroying our countries 3 branches of government.
He is allowing a private company to be unsupervised in control of the computers managing all payments and accounts.
And your talking about this BS?

What about felons in women’s dressing rooms?
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Why were congressional democrats denied entry to the treasury department? Shouldn’t you be concerned about an issue that affects millions of Americans instead of a smokescreen for bigots?

not too long ago on this page Alford was outraged about Congress not having an open door policy to Federal agencies. Now not a peep from him about it.

Your need to continually remind everyone of how bigoted you are is pathetic

When you can successfully target a marginal group for scapegoating, make it an issue for executive action, and see many calling it “common sense,” you are about two clicks away from full nazism.

Remember when Trump admitted to going into dressing rooms at beauty pageants to look at the naked girls? Seems rather hypocritical.

500,000 Athletes in NCAA. <10 qualify for this nonsense. Real high priority..... Distraction from real issues going on currently. Like th broad daylight coup

How does this lower the price of groceries?

How and when will you act when Federal employees are Laid Off or Fired? Reports estimate that up to 30,000 Federal employees in KANSAS CITY MISSOURI, many living in your district, are fired?
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Trump pardoned dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking. Where was your outrage for this?

Congressman Mark Alford is more worried about a couple of dozen kids nationwide who want to play sports, instead of the FELONS THAT BEAT COPS TO DEATH ON JAN 6TH.

or Musk and his Gang of merry teenagers that have stolen all our personal information.

Does this lower the cost of food?
How many people does this REALLY impact?
How about working on issues people really care about? I dont know…maybe that Trump just sold this country to Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Bob Mercer?

“Fuck tRump, and fuck you for voting for him”

You all know what to do

04 Tuesday Feb 2025

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It’s called an own goal.

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Because this worked out so well the last time.

Can’t wait to file that RSMo § 610 “Missouri Sunshine Law” request.

Michele Hornish ‪@hornish.bsky.social‬

Particularly funny considering the Missouri GOP has been at the wheel at the state legislature since ….
(checks notes)
**2002.**
They’ve had a trifecta since 2017.
So any wasteful spending they find is THEIR wasteful spending.
Sounds like a fun project.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Yep.

HB 1024: pearl clutching du jour

03 Monday Feb 2025

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On being fashionable.

In the Missouri General Assembly:

HB 1024 Prohibits educational institutions from using state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion purposes

Sponsor: Meirath, Mark (039)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2025
LR Number: 2244H.01I
Last Action: 01/27/2025 – Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 1024
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
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“…His professional background and commitment to his community equip him to serve his district with a practical, solutions-oriented approach…”

Is somebody going to tell him?

In the bill [pdf]:

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173.2560. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Defunding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education Act”.
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(2) “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” or “DEI”, any educational program course, initiative, or curriculum designed to promote, teach, or enforce principles related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI includes, but is not limited to, training, workshops, curriculum materials, student groups, and any other program or event related to such subjects.
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That was so very…tautological. They have no idea what they’re supposed to be so bothered about.

Lord knows, we don’t want to acknowledge our diversity, include everyone, or treat everyone fairly.

“…For the poor it consists in sustaining and preserving the wealthy in their power and their laziness. The poor must work for this, in presence of the majestic quality of the law which prohibits the wealthy as well as the poor from sleeping under the bridges, from begging in the streets, and from stealing bread…” “The Red Lily” (1894), Anatole France

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(2) (a) An educational institution that uses state funding for activities related to DEI shall return the amount of state funding used for such activities to the state treasury.
(b) In addition to the repayment of state funding, the offending educational institution shall lose all state funding for the fiscal year in which the violation occurs.
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Punitive. They must really hate acknowledging our diversity, including everyone, and treating everyone fairly

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4. (1) The department shall establish procedures to monitor the use of state funding in educational institutions and ensure compliance with this section.
(2) Any resident of the state or employee of an educational institution may file a complaint with the department if such individual believes an educational institution has violated this section.
(3) The department shall issue an annual report detailing the enforcement of this section. Such report shall include the number of violations and the total amount of state funding recovered.
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Ah, the surveillance state along with a dash of snitch ethos. That’s so 21st-Century right wingnut.

“They’ll try to bury us.”
(2024)
Posterboard. Permanent marker. 22 x 28.
4th in a series of 2024 protest signs.

Dumbass

02 Sunday Feb 2025

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Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

Anybody that’s against Tariffs, including the Fake News Wall Street Journal, and Hedge Funds, is only against them because these people or entities are controlled by China, or other foreign or domestic companies. Anybody that loves and believes in the United States of America is in favor of Tariffs. They should have never ended, in favor of the Income Tax System, in 1913. The response to Tariffs has been FANTASTIC!

Feb 02, 2025, 5:37 PM

…President Donald J. Trump is implementing a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China…

So, why just a 10% tariff for China and not 25%? Would somebody lose money? Just asking.

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

Dumbass.

Sycophant regurgitates mindless drivel

02 Sunday Feb 2025

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2024 file photo].

Have some self-respect, man.

Yesterday:

Eric Schmitt
[February 1, 2023]
Never forget the border crisis was a man-made crisis created by Biden and the Democrats.

“No human is illegal”

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

Eric Schmitt, you as much of a bigot as Orange Adolph. The border has been unsecured since the Mexican American War. You and your toadies had a Bipartisan Border Security Act ready to go and Republicans, like you, killed it on the orders of Orange Adolph, so he could campaign on the issue.

Well, yes.

pot calling the kettle black? You have no one to blame but yourself and your party. You created this by being so completely unbearable and so anti-American that the Amish came out to vote against you. Let that sink in, your party pissed the Amish off so bad that they showed up on November 5. Hell, people from ALL walks of life voted against you but we are the bigots and racists. Stay off of social media because this is going to continue to worse for you. DJT hasn’t even been in office a month and y’all are already melting down.

Eric Schmitt Are you all moral cowards w/ no spine? You preach honesty and integrity yet trump is a convicted felon, who paid off a pornstar, ran a fake Univ, had 6BKs, sexually abused a woman and you seem to have no thoughts on that and also seem to have no opinion on if Snowden was a traitor. You are an embarassment, I hope your kids know the role model you serve when it comes to the above!

Well, grifters, too.

There was a bipartisan bill on the cusp of passing until that orange dumpster fire killed it.

Bullshit the border has been a crisis the last 50 years. As usual your just throwing bullshit out to see if you can get any idiot to buy into it.

the price of gas is going up. You haven’t brought down grocery prices. When are you going to do something for the working people? Trump sent an email to all the air traffic controllers encouraging them to resign. That should make air travel really interesting.

That is false Senator Schmitt

You are doing nothing but stoking fear.

You are LYING. Lying your ass off. You KNOW Trump killed the bipartisan border deal. Don’t you feel any shame at all? You have no class or character.

Let’s be clear about Trump’s history with immigration … mass deportation did NOT work well his first time around.
Under Biden, American citizens weren’t being harassed and detained simply because of the color of their skin. Under Biden, Missouri representatives weren’t considering putting bounties on peoples’ heads and incentivizing citizens (with guns) financially to hunt down illegals.
In Trump’s first term, his immigration policies released criminals into the US. His first term focused on prosecuting migrant parents, separating families, and banning asylum. One of his first acts in office overrode an Obama policy to remove public safety threats. Trump actively released tens of thousands of noncitizens WITH criminal records into the United States.
Trump, in his first term, very specifically wanted MASS deportation over TARGETED deportation, taking emphasis OFF of the immigrants who posed a threat.
By the end of Trump’s first term, three times as many criminals were gaining access to the US than at the beginning of his term. Trumps actions, “reversed a decade of near-continuous progress in deterring criminals from attempting to enter the United States illegally”
Trump is not a hero cleaning up Biden’s mess. He had just as much time in office as Biden to address our immigration issues and he failed.

I am very concerned about the actions of private citizen Elon Musk, in particular as they threaten the integrity of our Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other crucial services. Is this something you can do anything about?
Per reputable sources, Elon Musk’s staff has been caught plugging in hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA). His staff encountered resistance when demanding that Treasury officials grant access to systems managing the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare. Tensions escalated when Musk’s aides were discovered at OPM accessing systems, including a vast database known as the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), which contains sensitive information such as dates of birth, Social Security numbers, performance appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, and length of service for government employees. In response to employees speaking out, Musk’s aides locked civil servants out of computer systems and offices, with reports of personal items being searched.
He is a private citizen who has no right to any of this information. He and his accomplices need to be brought up on charges under the CFAA.
Computer hacking criminal law violations under the CFAA include:
• Obtaining national security information (through a government computer system or website)
• Accessing computers or systems to obtain value or defraud a victim
• Accessing a computer to obtain information without permission
• Extortion that involves computers

Why don’t you care about OUR country and having a functioning government? Don’t you care about your children and grandchildren’s future? Your vile felon leader is out to destroy our democracy and every agency in the Federal Government. My father did not fight in WW11 so you can merely put our country into a dictatorship because you are TOO weak to save this country. Act to impeach Trump NOW, or everything in the country is lost. He is gutting all fast.
First rule of government is to keep the people safe above all else. ACT Now

Why would you say that? That is not a unifying strategy. Is sowing hate and division in your job description? You are supposed to be working for the benefit of ALL Missourians NOT encouraging us to distrust each other.

What are you doing about Musk, an unelected billionaire, taking over the OPM and the Treasury Dept? Sounds like you are an accomplice to our country becoming a dictatorship. Trump is following the Project 2025 playbook and you and other Republicans are sitting on your hands. Shame on you all. History will not be kind to you.

DEI isn’t responsible for any of our problems.
trump’s causing inflation and disruption of the economy and government. His owner/co-president, Musk, is trying to gain control of the Treasury Dept’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, a little-known but critical office that is responsible for getting money to Social Security recipients.
Stop listening to Fox and other Kremlin propaganda media sites and start paying attention to the truth and facts.

What a freakin’ joke. We got you and you have no credibility. Sound like a puppet!

We were thinking “clown”, but “puppet” works, too.

“Hey everyone….look at the border.
Don’t look over here. Elon isn’t doing anything shady. Don’t worry federal employees, we are going to give you a long vacation and a buyout. Then we will replace you with Musk created minions. Just relax, it will be painless…..Oh, look! More criminals trying to come across our border.”

I’m watching you on Meet the Press, and am so EMBARRASSED you are Missouri’s senator!! You are Trump’s little parrott! Can’t believe people voted you in!

You were a lousy A.G. and you’re a lousy Senator.

Yep.

Never forget at least some Missouri voters are educated and informed. Your twisted propaganda statistics are disingenuous at best. Why is President Musk accessing federal databases?

Don’t divert …do not confirm RFK. Do not fire/prosecute federal lawyers that upheld our constitution. Do not allow Elon access to our personal data. This is ridiculous

Dude your voicemail is full. Can you not even manage that to hear from your constituents?

That’s a feature, not a bug.

Explain to me how an unelected person appointed to an unofficial office is allowed access to US citizen’s private information and access to other information he shouldn’t have? Are you going to do anything about THAT?

I just saw you on Meet the Press. You really need to answer questions directly.You couldn’t answer one question clear and concise. Just walking 1m miles around the answer. I have no respect for you if you can’t be honest and direct.

You are misinformed

You are a damn filthy disgusting liar.

Saw this idiot on meet the press ths morning. He forgot to mention someone went to prison for fake information about Hunter Biden when he was using his typical idiot Republican “whataboutism”. Like a typical cowardly Republicans he referring to a tough question as a “gotcha question” inntypical Republican fashion. This guy, like all Republicans cannot think for himself. They are all pathetic cowards kneeling at trumps alter. We all see it.

Puppet

Hey Eric ol boy what’s your plan to help Missourians weather your orange master’s stupid-ass trade war?

You are a disgrace with your damning comments on Canada. Just another trump goon and you have convinced noone. You are a liar and a trump cult member. You have lost all your credibility. Nice side stepping can’t even answer the Snowden question. People are tired of the TRUMP GAMES and you are an ass

You’re a bootlicking clown.

Watched you this a.m. on MTP. You’re a bigger buffoon than I thought. Thanks for letting the American people hear you say out loud you want to see white straight males running everything. Maybe next time you’re asked to appear on television, wear the white sheet and pointy hat!

Saw you on Meet the Press with your racist comments. It is disgusting that we have someone who is spewing the felon’s alt right white message about dei. You are a disgrace to Missourians. THEN you LIED about fentanyl. Fentanyl precursors continue to be produced in China, then shipped to Mexico and countries in Central America; these countries are the leading suppliers of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogs sold in the United States. Why isn’t CHINA getting tarriffs? Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens. State the facts and not lies. I guess you think Missourians won’t fact check you and your racist comments.

How does your dumb fascist ass plan to shield us from the impact of your stupid boss’s tariffs, moron?

Elect clowns and the government becomes a circus.

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

A few steps behind

01 Saturday Feb 2025

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And a few scoops short of a full bucket.

Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].

Introduced by Eric Burlison (r) on January 24, 2025:

H.R.722 – To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.
119th Congress (2025-2026)

Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7] (Introduced 01/24/2025)
Committees: House – Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 01/24/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Wait, didn’t Donald Trump (r) just tell us that the 14th Amendment doesn’t mean shit?