Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
This evening:
Stonekettle @Stonekettle
BREAKING: Trump currently in a white Bronco slowly headed south on a Los Angles freeway… 6:58 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts
“And then he said, ‘They even broke into my safe!’”
[….] 8:02 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Seva @SevaUT
An FBI raid on a former president sets a dangerous precedent by implying the rule of law applies equally to everyone. 7:35 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Dan Rather @DanRather
(Overhead in Florida)
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
The Feds. 6:37 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Bess Kalb @bessbell
Make no mistake: This raid is historic in that for the first time there are people at Mar-a-Lago actually doing work for the federal government. 6:44 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Don Lewis @DonLew87
FBI memo to agents: ‘Big raid at Mar-a-Lago. Be there, will be wild!’ 6:51 PM · Aug 8, 2022
Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Democrats think raising taxes will fix the inflation they created. The misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” will supercharge the price hikes wrecking our economy and force families to pay more in taxes. When I get to the Senate, I’ll be ready to stop to these socialist boondoggles. 7:45 PM · Aug 7, 2022
Payroll employment rises by 528,000 in July; unemployment rate edges down to 3.5%
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 528,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent. Both total nonfarm employment and the unemployment rate have returned to their February 2020 pre-pandemic levels.
As usual, there was much hilarity in the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):
Would have voted to prevent capping insulin at $35 a month?
DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES: Reduce inflation, make prescription drugs more affordable, protect the climate, more jobs, protect human rights
REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES: Defend Alex Jones, insurrection, higher insulin costs, break up marriages, force 10 year olds to have their rapists’ baby
Maybe you should sue somebody about it. That’s the only thing you do anyway you useless grifter.
Keep in mind that you weren’t the best Eric. You just weren’t (quite) the worst Eric. Raising the tax rate for those making over $400,000 per year will have negligible impact on Missouri families. Wasting our tax dollars on frivolous lawsuits against our school districts hurt.
Don’t you have to go waste our tax money trying to sue china or something? Get out of here
Boring and predictable. Let us know if you ever plan on fighting for anything worthwhile.
Don’t know how to break it to you Sparky but most Americans don’t make more than $400,000 a year, but then again they don’t have access to all that nice corporate cash or all that dark money you’ve got.
If you were to get to the Senate, you would be every bit the failure you are as AG.
Oh my gawd. What a load of crap.
Dude, you sue the school systems. Lol
Democrats created global inflation? If you think most families make 400k+ you are quite out of touch. Personally, I’m happy that billion dollar companies will have a minimum tax.
If you get to the Senate you’ll be to busy grandstanding to know what the hell is going on.
Cringeworthy that you are anywhere near a political office.
Inflation is a global thing. No one party did anything to start it,and the donors of the GQP are in profiteering off of it.
“Socialist” is an interesting way of describing getting rich people to pay SLIGHTLY more ! [….]
So the only way to keep inflation down is to let corporations not pay taxes, so they don’t increase their prices? How the fuck is that going so far?
As a Missourian Mr. Schmitt, let me say this…you are a freaking moron.
“If you’re not a tax cheat, hedge fund manager or a corporation making over $1 billion, you’re not affected.”
– Steven M. Rosenthal, senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center
08.02.22 — Over the last six months, Kansans endured an onslaught of misinformation from radical left organizations that spent millions of out-of-state dollars to spread lies about the Value Them Both Amendment.
Sadly, the mainstream media propelled the left’s false narrative, contributing to the confusion that misled Kansans about the amendment. While the outcome is not what we hoped, our movement and campaign have proven our resolve and commitment. We will not abandon women and babies. [….]
A PAC led by former Congressman Tim Huelskamp was behind a misleading text message urging support for a proposed abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The messages, which were sent Monday afternoon to registered Democrat voters, inaccurately implied that voting yes on the amendment would protect abortion rights in the Kansas Constitution, when in fact the opposite is true. [….]
C221794 08/02/2022 Missouri Common Sense PAC Faith, Family & Freedom PAC PO Box 172 Jefferson City MO 65102 8/2/2022 $125,000.00
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Well, that didn’t work out very well.
It did for someone else.
C190908 07/29/2022 417 PAC Gladius PAC PO Box 771 Branson MO 65615 7/29/2022 $42,000.00
[emphasis added]
C222160 06/23/2022 Gladius PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 6/23/2022 $75,000.00
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C222160 07/29/2022 Gladius PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/28/2022 $25,000.00
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What did they get?:
Rep. Curtis Trent, a Republican, represents Southwest Springfield and the City of Battlefield in the Missouri House of Representatives. Curtis was elected to his first term in November of 2016…
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Sponsored Bills
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HB 836 – (1803H.01I)
Establishes provisions for the appointment and duties of commissioners to attend an Article V convention
[….]
HCR 17 – (1882H.01I)
Calls for an Article V convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution placing limits on the federal government
HJR 48 – (2142H.01I)
Proposes a constitutional amendment on voting rights
And.
….As a champion for southwest Missouri values, Curtis is committed to defending the constitution and he will secure our right to bear arms as well as protect life from womb to tomb. Curtis will support small businesses and keep taxes low….
The big money was spent years ago. Now the right wingnut campaign finance industrial complex is just snarling over the remaing scraps.
Today, in the United States Senate, there was only one negative vote on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO membership:
Question: On the Resolution of Ratification (Resolution of Ratification for Treaty Document No. 117-3, as Amended )
Vote Number: 282
Vote Date: August 3, 2022, 05:42 PM
Required For Majority: 2/3Vote
Result: Resolution of Ratification Agreed to
Treaty Number: Treaty Doc. 117-3
Treaty Title: Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden
Vote Counts:
YEAs95
NAYs1
[….] NAYs —1
Hawley (R-MO)
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[emphasis added]
Clown.
“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.
