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Campaign Finance: they ain’t playing around

08 Monday Jun 2026

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232522 06/08/2026 Missourians for Fair Governance Missouri Association of REALTORS 2801 Woodard Dr Ste 101 Columbia MO 65202 6/8/2026 $2,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Pretty soon you’re talking about some serious money….

Missourians for Fair Governance – Active
MECID: C232522
Committee Type: Campaign
100 E High St Floor 1
Jefferson City, MO 65101
[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure
Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose
Unknown at this time 8/6/2024 To protect Missourians’ power of the petition for citizen governance Statewide Support
– Oppose HJR3 11/3/2026 Initiative from the legislature to make constitutional changes to the initiative petition process. Statewide Oppose
[….]

[emphasis added]

Because:

Governor Kehoe Places Four Constitutional Amendments on August Primary Election Ballot
May 22, 2026

[….]

….Amendment 4 – if approved by voters, modifies current requirements that a simple statewide majority of voters may approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution, requires a majority of voters in each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution….

No on Amendment 4.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: but wait, there’s even more (June 5, 2026)

About that ‘inconvenient’ redress of grievances thing… (June 5, 2026)

Can play with AI, can’t be bothered to certify petition signatures

07 Sunday Jun 2026

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“….If the Secretary [of State – Denny Hoskins] continues to delay certification while moving forward with implementation of HB1, he will be proceeding under a map that will be shown to have been legally suspended as of December 9, 2025. Because a sufficient referendum means HB1 was never in effect, any attempt to treat the HB1 maps as operative would silence the voices of more than 300,000 Missourians and risk conducting an illegal election….”

“Gerrymander This”

“….despite the Secretary of State’s own data showing the referendum met the required thresholds as of March 23….”

Denny Hoskins (r).

Denny Hoskins (r) [2022 file photo].

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins
Thank you to the @BurgChamberMO for the opportunity to give an update at the annual Legislative Luncheon! I enjoyed visiting with folks about election integrity and the great things my Securities Division is doing to combat investment fraud. Scammers are using AI to prey on innocent investors. Case in point, I used AI to “update” 😉 the signs and photos of my personal protestors/fan club outside of the Chamber luncheon yesterday.
[….]
9:27 AM · Jun 6, 2026

Go figure.

Do your job.

Denny Hoskins (r) was at a luncheon.

There was a demonstration outside the Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Warrensburg on Friday against Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskin’s (r) refusal to certify, in a fair, timely manner, the initiative referendum which would allow Missouri voters to weigh in on the right wingnut Missouri General Assembly’s mid-term gerrymander of congressional districts. Over 300,000 voters signed the petition.

“Help Wanted: Nonpartisan Public Servants
For all the people of Missouri”

“Denny,
You work for all Missourians
We pay you to do your job!
Certify the signatures”

Apparently the subject of the referendum certification wasn’t mentioned at the luncheon. The reminders where outside the venue. Go figure.

BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Fair Map Case as Secretary of State’s Own Data Shows Referendum Is Sufficient
Press Release / May 12, 2026
Today, People Not Politicians Missouri called on the Secretary of State to immediately declare the HB1 referendum sufficient, after the Secretary’s own data showed the referendum has easily surpassed the required threshold statewide and in the necessary congressional districts.

If the Secretary continues to delay certification while moving forward with implementation of HB1, he will be proceeding under a map that will be shown to have been legally suspended as of December 9, 2025. Because a sufficient referendum means HB1 was never in effect, any attempt to treat the HB1 maps as operative would silence the voices of more than 300,000 Missourians and risk conducting an illegal election.

“The Secretary of State’s own data confirms what more than 305,000 Missourians already made clear: this referendum is sufficient, and the people have a right to vote,” said Richard von Glahn, Executive Director of People Not Politicians Missouri. “Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court confirms this fact. A sufficient petition suspends the law the day it is turned in. Unnecessary delays by politicians do not change this fact. If he continues to delay then he is moving forward under a map that has been suspended by the people.”

Officials have suggested the review process could continue until July, despite the Secretary of State’s own data showing the referendum met the required thresholds as of March 23. The threshold has been met even without counting a single of the approximately 100,000 signatures arbitrarily dismissed by Secretary Hoskins and subject to ongoing litigation. People Not Politicians Missouri said that delay only adds to the tactics of obstruction politicians have used all along to silence the voice of the people.

The referendum effort, backed by more than 305,000 Missourians, continues moving toward final certification and placement on the November ballot.

December 9, 2025 to June 7, 2026 (so far). Do the math.

“….Case in point, I used AI to “update” 😉 the signs and photos of my personal protestors/fan club outside of the Chamber luncheon yesterday….”

Someone never got out of junior high school.

We could have had nice things…

07 Sunday Jun 2026

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Hillary Clinton [2014 file photo].

Hillary Rodham Clinton ‪@hillaryclinton.bsky.social‬

This is what Trump’s done to the people’s house:

A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.
[….]
10:51 AM · May 29, 2026

Yes, we could have had nice things.

Some of the responses:

bread and circus but no bread- all circus

Welcome to Pottersville…

I was going to say “deplorable”

“I am a deplorable” [2017 file photo].

Everything that man touches turns to trash and ruin.

I laughed at “Idiocracy.” I never in my worst nightmares or wildest dreams thought we’d actually be living it.

It was not supposed to be a documentary.

Trump is debasing White House as worldwide symbol of dignity of Democracy and also cheapen the 250 year celebration of the American Revolution overthrowing monarchal tyranny. Proclaiming to the world that a two-bit wanabe King, Trump, succeeded in trashing the greatest democracy in modern history.

And the remaining 1/3rd inside has been plastered with gold-painted TEMU tchotchkes and other Louis XIV meets Ceaușescu.

We are witnessing the modern equivalent of the Roman Coliseum, where a detached ruling class weaponized “panem et circenses” (bread and circuses) to distract a tormented populace.
The parallels are clear: civic norms erased for pay-per-view reality TV & American Oligarchs in the emperor’s suite.

Like having raccoons in your attic

80 million voted for this. That basket of deplorables.

…the last third is where dementia resides.

It is. Unfortunately though, he’d have no idea. He’s not capable of appreciating irony or seeing hypocrisy. He has no clue what a “metaphor” is either, and nobody in his entire inept administration would they have the courage or integrity to call it out if they did.

You warned us, Madame Secretary. You warned us all.

It’s so sad to watch America crumble before our eyes.

Fascism is grotesque.

Remember when Obama wore a tan suit and the Rs lost their tiny little minds? Those were the days.

Campaign Finance: but wait, there’s even more

05 Friday Jun 2026

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, in opposition to the restrictive requirements on initiative petitions required by Amendment 4 (HJR 3) on the August ballot:

C253757 06/05/2026 Protect Majority Rule Missouri Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action 2725 Clifton St Louis MO 63139 6/4/2026 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Okay.

[….]
What Is Amendment 4?
Amendment 4 is a measure on Missouri’s August 4, 2026 ballot that would change the rules for citizen-led initiative petitions — the process Missourians have used since 1908 to put laws and constitutional amendments directly on the ballot. Today, those measures pass with a simple statewide majority. Amendment 4 would require a statewide majority plus a majority in EVERY Missouri congressional district.

The catch: politicians exempted themselves. Measures the legislature refers to the ballot still pass with a simple majority. Only initiatives that come from citizens face the higher bar.
[….]

No on Amendment 4.

Previously:

About that ‘inconvenient’ redress of grievances thing… (June 5, 2026)

About that ‘inconvenient’ redress of grievances thing…

05 Friday Jun 2026

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At the Missouri Ethics Commission, in opposition to the restrictive requirements on initiative petitions required by Amendment 4 (HJR 3) on the August ballot:

C253757 06/03/2026 Protect Majority Rule Missouri Health Forward Foundation 2300 Main St, Ste. 301 Kansas City MO 64108 6/1/2026 $300,000.00

[emphasis added]

Protect Majority Rule Missouri – Active
MECID: C253757 Committee Type: Campaign
[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure
Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose
Amendment 4 11/3/2026 Changes to the initiaitve [sic] petition process Statewide Oppose
[….]

Because:

Governor Kehoe Places Four Constitutional Amendments on August Primary Election Ballot
May 22, 2026

[….]

….Amendment 4 – if approved by voters, modifies current requirements that a simple statewide majority of voters may approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution, requires a majority of voters in each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution….

It’s in that detail.

Vote NO on Missouri Amendments 4, 5 this August
Posted on June 4, 2026

By SHERI GASSAWAY
Missouri Correspondent

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has scheduled a vote on two amendments this August that would be detrimental to the state’s working families, the poor and democracy as a whole.

Amendment 5 would give lawmakers new power to expand sales and use taxes to replace the state’s 4.7 percent income tax, and Amendment 4 would create a higher bar for passage of citizen-led constitutional amendments. The measures will appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.

THE MISSOURI AFL-CIO is recommending a “NO” vote on Amendments 4 and 5 on the Aug. 4 ballot. Amendment 5 would grant lawmakers new power to expand sales and use taxes to replace the state’s 4.7 percent income tax, and Amendment 4 would make it more difficult to pass citizen-led constitutional amendments.

[….]

Amendment 4 would require any constitutional amendment placed on the ballot through the citizen-led initiative petition process to pass in all eight of Missouri’s congressional districts. Currently, those amendments need only a statewide majority pass.

“We would in effect, be giving one district veto power over another district,” Hummel said.

The initiative petition process allows citizens to bypass the legislature and propose constitutional amendments directly to voters. It has been used recently to increase the minimum wage and approve paid sick leave, legalize recreational marijuana and to protect abortion rights.

In the last year, the Republican-controlled legislature has overturned the voter-approved paid sick leave initiative and repealed a voter-approved 2024 constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights. Efforts are also underway to weaken the state’s newly passed minimum wage laws.

[….]

“…We would in effect, be giving one district veto power over another district…” Or the majority of the citizens of the state.

[….]
What Is Amendment 4?
Amendment 4 is a measure on Missouri’s August 4, 2026 ballot that would change the rules for citizen-led initiative petitions — the process Missourians have used since 1908 to put laws and constitutional amendments directly on the ballot. Today, those measures pass with a simple statewide majority. Amendment 4 would require a statewide majority plus a majority in EVERY Missouri congressional district.

The catch: politicians exempted themselves. Measures the legislature refers to the ballot still pass with a simple majority. Only initiatives that come from citizens face the higher bar.

[….]

Who Put This On The Ballot?
Politicians, not citizens.
Amendment 4 was referred to the ballot by the Missouri General Assembly. It was not the product of a grassroots petition. The same body that wrote it then exempted itself from its rules — meaning politicians can still pass referred amendments with a simple majority, while citizen-led initiatives must clear the higher bar. That’s not reform. That’s rigging.
[….]

No on Amendment 4.

Bait and switch

03 Wednesday Jun 2026

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So much winning. It’s obvious to everyone. Missouri Libertarians are not particularly happy with the right wingnut controlled super majority in the Missouri General Assembly and Governor Mike Kehoe’s (r) scam to abolish the income tax in Missouri and shift revenue to regressive sales taxes:

Missouri Libertarian Party
[June 1, 2026]
Resolution Against Missouri Amendment 5, Elimination of the Missouri Income Tax

WHEREAS, The Libertarian Party of Missouri supports any legislative measure that results in the net reduction of taxes taken by force, as long as the reduction does not require a compromise of The Party’s other principles.

WHEREAS, Amendment 5 aims to eliminate the Missouri income tax by setting milestones of additional revenue by the State of Missouri that then trigger the reduction of the percentage of income tax collected by the State towards zero.

WHEREAS, Amendment 5 amends the Missouri Constitution to allow a five-year exemption for Missouri legislators to increase the sales tax and the use tax base, intentionally circumventing key voter protections and ballot requirements afforded by what is known as the Hancock Amendment.

WHEREAS, Amendment 5 gives Missouri politicians broad power to increase taxes beyond maximums that were put into place to protect Missouri citizens from rampant government spending, with the loose constraint that the stated goal of those increases be “to reduce or eliminate the income tax.”

WHEREAS, True tax relief comes through a reduction of wasteful government spending and allowing more Missouri families to keep more of the fruits of their labor, and not by rearranging the methods that the State extracts wealth from its citizens.

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Libertarian Party of Missouri opposes the passing of Missouri Amendment 5

Welcome to the club…on this one.

If you find yourself among grifters and you’re wondering who the mark is, it’s you.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Campaign Finance: every little bit counts (June 2, 2026)

Campaign Finance: every little bit counts

02 Tuesday Jun 2026

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By one dollar.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121477 06/02/2026 Missourians for Fair Taxation Missouri REALTORS 2801 Woodard Dr Ste 101 Columbia MO 65202 6/2/2026 $1,900,001.00

[emphasis added]

Missouri Realtors are not happy with the right wingnut controlled super majority in the Missouri General Assembly and Governor Mike Kehoe’s (r) scam to abolish the income tax in Missouri and shift revenue to regressive sales taxes.

Welcome to the club.

Missourians for Fair Taxation – Active
MECID: C121477
100 E High St
Floor 1
Jefferson City, MO 65101
[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure
Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose
Amendment 5 8/4/2026 Oppose the elimination of the state income tax and the creation of a broad-based sales/use tax. Statewide Oppose
[….]

[emphasis added]

They say “$1,900,000.00”, Missouri Realtors say, “Oh yeah, $1,900,001.00”.

Heh. Message sent.

Missouri Realtors pour $1.9 million into campaign to defeat Amendment 5 tax plan
The donation matches the amount a nonprofit gave to the PAC supporting the August ballot measure
By: Jason Hancock
June 2, 2026 3:55 pm

The Missouri Association of Realtors donated $1.9 million to the campaign opposing Amendment 5 on Tuesday, escalating the fight over a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a pathway for lawmakers to eliminate the state income tax through expanded or increased sales taxes.
[….]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)