Heartland POD: Samantha Deaton in the 134th Legislative District
31 Tuesday May 2022
31 Tuesday May 2022
25 Wednesday May 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, social media
inTags
Denny Hoskins, guns, massacre, right wingnut, social media, Texas, thoughts and prayers, Twitter, Uvalde
This morning:
Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins
Please pray for the victims and their families.
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8:44 AM · May 25, 2022
Some of the responses:
Faith without works is dead.
Praying doesn’t seem to work, maybe we should try something else.
Please do something to prevent this from happening again. You weren’t elected for your ability to pray, you were elected to pass laws.
Your prayers mean absolutely NOTHING!!! You are a disgrace!
Prayers do not stop bullets common sense gun laws would be a fresh approach. Your pro birth but post birth children are collateral damage it’s GUNS no matter how many children die
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This is what Dennys answer is to school shootings. 212 mass shootings in our country so far this yr, when will it happen in Mo.? Blame the elected officials who get rich off the NRA to pass laws that favor GUNS over your child’s life.
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No outrage only prayers that don’t stop bullets
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You passed #SAPA which was opposed by law enforcement and would prevent federal authorities from helping when (not if) there’s a school shooting in Missouri. You’ve made it easier to buy guns.
You don’t care about any of these people. Spare is your false prayers.
Log off, Denny.
#moleg
Obviously we’ve been praying for over 20 years. It doesn’t seem to be working because it keeps happening and you all are complicit and choose unfettered access to guns over living, breathing human beings. So you too can STFU.
25 Wednesday May 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inTags
guns, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, massacre, right wingnut, social media, Texas, thoughts and prayers, Twitter, Uvalde
Last night:
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
Eternal rest be granted to them.And wrap your arms around them.
9:53 PM · May 24, 2022
December 2021:
Mary Elizabeth Coleman
Hoping Santa had you on the nice list.
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Thoughts and prayers, eh?
23 Monday May 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, social media
inThis morning:
Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
When you’re brave enough to put your hot takes on the web, but not brave enough to let folks comment […] One of Denny’s constituents tagged him in one of my FB posts just to lure him into a response since he won’t speak to his constituents. Very typical of MO GOP politicians.
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7:32 AM · May 23, 2022
An open public town hall? What’s that?
Previously:
Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): post session victory dance over any individal woman’s personal medical decisions (March 17, 2019)
Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): regulated land use is evil, until it isn’t (August 12, 2019)
Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): uninformed and selective outrage (September 18, 2019)
Denny Hoskins (r): sleeping through school as an aspirational model for life (June 23, 2021)
Consistently stepping on any available rake as a lifestyle choice (April 30, 2022)
18 Wednesday May 2022
Tags
congressional district, General Assembly, gerrymandering, missouri, Redistricting, right wingnuts
Today:
GOVERNOR PARSON APPROVES MISSOURI’S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
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Today, after receiving the legislation from the General Assembly, Governor Mike Parson signed HB 2909 into law, approving the proposed boundaries for Missouri’s eight congressional districts.
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…’This past session, we saw a few individuals’ political posturing obstruct key pieces of priority legislation and promote inefficient and ineffective government. It’s unfortunate so much time and productivity were lost just to receive a map with the same partisan split that was proposed six months ago. These past months could have been better used by county clerks implementing a new map and preparing for upcoming elections’…
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HB 2909 – 2022 Missouri Congressional Map [pdf]
St. Louis area detail:
Kansas City area detail:
The Sixth Congressional District goes across the state.
Boone County (Columbia) is split between the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts.
Jackson County and surroundings, well, just take a look at it.
The Fourth Congressional District starts to swallow the Third Congressional District which almost completely swallows the Second Congressional District.
Take a look at Camden County.
30 Saturday Apr 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, social media
inTags
21st Senate District, Denny Hoskins, General Assembly, missouri, right wingnut, SB 798, social media
This past week:
Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins
Unfortunately SB798, the #BigMacWelfare #LobsterFoodStamp bill, was perfected 16-14 last night in the MO Senate. I don’t believe your tax dollars should pay for restaurant food from Red Lobster, McDonald’s, etc. for food stamp recipients. @GOP @MoSenateGOP
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9:51 AM · Apr 26, 2022
There is much hilarity in the responses:
Please provide the list of restaurants that have already signed contracts with the state since this bill just passed last night there are NONE, so your making most of this up. MISINFORMATION
Denny Hoskins (r) answers today, sort of:
Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins
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Sorry, not misinformation, you just weren’t listening very well. I said these were some of the restaurants approved in California for #WelfareWhoppers and #DelTacoFoodStamps. CA is 1 of 6 states to approve this program. [….]
3:17 PM · Apr 30, 2022
I listened to what you said, and you did not bring up CA in your video ONCE. provide the list of approved restaurants that have contracted with the state of Mo. for this?
He’s caught in gaslighting. Let’s watch him backpedal.
Well his original post has no CA narrative, then he added the link for CA in the response to me, so yes your exactly right. I can find NO agreement with the state of Mo with any Bus., so if he has that provide it
of course you do, punish the poor, make them cook!
Jesus helped the poor.
Disingenuous. This bill allows only elderly, disabled & homeless to use FS at just a small # of approved restaurants that have been approved by HHS to provide a nutritious approved meal. This fills a def need for this small community.
I’m okay with people getting food.
Great job the MoGOP is going with their supermajority! I don’t see ‘brass knuckles’ on your board, figured it was important since it was debated during the pandemic? You should also add ‘defund local public schools’ as GOP wants the money for private schools.
The homeless must cook their food?
What is wrong with you?
Jesus wants you to cook!
Jesus doesn’t want you eating prepared food!
Did you vote to raise the minimum wage to a living wage?
Did you vote for affordable housing?
People live in food deserts & the only food available is often fast food. Not a good choice but better than starvation.
How did you vote on Medicaid?
Stingy Republican.
#moleg
I’d rather my tax dollars not pay you.
You should resign.
#moleg
Via the National Conference of State Legislatures:
2020 Legislator Compensation
Missouri $35,915/year. 43/mile. $121/day. Tied to federal rate. Unvouchered.
$121.00 per day. You think prepared food is off the table for Denny Hoskins (r)?
You’re seriously worried that someone may spend $1 for a burger? That’s a pathetic waste of legislative time & a bigger scandal than $1 meal on food stamps. It’s disgusting that these are the people you pick on. Too chicken to take on serious corruption or HELP your constituents?
I am a psychologist who works with low-income clients. Most of those who receive SNAP benefits don’t get enough to get them through the month. They certainly aren’t going to blow it all at Red Lobster. You should educate yourself instead of relying on Republican hyperbole.
I don’t believe my tax dollars should pay for shitheads like you.
Billions to farmers in subsidies. You don’t have a problem with free money to big Ag. Just don’t want the little people to be able to eat. Hypocrite jerk.
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What an embarrassment to the profession. Penny-wise, pound foolish. Ever heard that one? What a fool.
Not to mention a lack of empathy and understanding for the circumstances of those who are less fortunate.
22 Friday Apr 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inTags
Donald Trump Jr., General Assembly, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnut, social media, Twitter
Yesterday:
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
Defending freedom, liberty and President Trump’s America First policies with @DonaldJTrumpJr #MAGA
7:13 PM · Apr 21, 2022
As always, there is much hilarity in the responses:
#idolatry
Defending freedom? Lol. You mean defending fascism.
Freedom, unless you are pregnant. Then the state can follow you and track your pregnancy. You are a disgrace.
Shame on you. Hypocrite
This lady talks about freedom and liberty and works everyday to strip your freedom and liberty especially if a woman. #RepublicansAreTheProblem
Wait till she finds out how many abortions the Trumps have paid for.
Did it hurt, sacrificing your soul?
Gross
Missouri.
09 Wednesday Mar 2022
An amendment [pdf] to HB 2012 offered by Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r):
4488H03.01H
HB 2012
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AMEND House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2012, Page 1, Section A, Line 3, by inserting after all of said section and line the following:
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Further amend said bill, Page 3, Section 188.165, Line 10, by inserting after said section and line the following:“188.805. 1. It is the policy of the state of Missouri to protect its unborn citizens from individuals and organizations that aid or abet the killing of unborn children, and to protect the unborn from those who seek to kill or otherwise harm them, to the maximum extent permissible under the Constitution and federal law.
2. Except as provided by subsection 3 of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to perform or induce, or to attempt to perform or induce, an abortion on a resident or citizen of Missouri, or to aid or abet, or attempt to aid or abet, an abortion performed or induced on a resident or citizen of Missouri, regardless of where the abortion is or will be performed. The prohibition in this subsection includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Offering or knowingly providing transportation to or from an abortion provider;
(2) Giving instructions over the telephone, the internet, or any other medium of communication regarding self-administered abortion or means of obtaining elective abortions;
(3) Hosting or maintaining a website, or providing internet service that allows Missouri residents to access any website, that encourages or facilitates efforts to obtain elective abortions;
(4) Offering or providing money with the knowledge that it will be used to pay for, offset, or reimburse the costs of an abortion or the costs associated with procuring an abortion;
(5) Providing or arranging for insurance coverage of an abortion;
(6) Offering or providing “abortion doula” services;
(7) Providing referrals to an abortion provider;
(8) Coercing or pressuring a pregnant woman to have an abortion; and
(9) Engaging in any conduct that would make one an accomplice to abortion under sections 562.036 and 562.041.
[….]4488H03.01H
Page 3 of 9[….]
4. Notwithstanding any other law, the requirements of this section shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil actions described in section 188.820. No direct or indirect enforcement of this section may be taken or threatened by the state, a political subdivision, a district or county attorney, or any officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision against any person or entity, by any means whatsoever, and no violation of this section may be used to justify or trigger the enforcement of any other law or any type of adverse consequence under any other law, except as provided in section 188.820.
Further:
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4488H03.01H188.820. 1. Any person, other than the state, its political subdivisions, or any officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person or entity that:
(1) Violates any provision of sections 188.805 and 188.810; or
(2) Intends to violate any provision of sections 188.805 and 188.810.
2. If a claimant prevails in an action brought under this section, the court shall award:
(1) Injunctive relief sufficient to prevent the defendant from violating sections 188.805 and 188.810;
(2) Nominal and compensatory damages if the plaintiff has suffered injury or harm from the defendant’s conduct, including, but not limited to, loss of consortium and emotional distress;
(3) Statutory damages in an amount of not less than ten thousand dollars; and
(4) Costs and attorney’s fees.
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Page 5 of 9
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“…Any person, other than the state, its political subdivisions, or any officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person or entity…”
“…Statutory damages in an amount of not less than ten thousand dollars…”
A bounty.
Further still:
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4. Notwithstanding any other law, a person may bring an action under this section not later than six years after the date the cause of action accrues.
5. Notwithstanding any other law, the following are not defenses to an action brought under this section:
(1) Ignorance or mistake of law;
(2) A defendant’s belief that the requirements or provisions of this section are unconstitutional or were unconstitutional;
(3) A defendant’s reliance on any court decision that has been overruled on appeal or by a subsequent court, even if that court decision had not been overruled when the cause of action accrued;
(4) A defendant’s reliance on any state or federal court decision that is not binding on the court in which the action has been brought;
(5) Non-mutual issue preclusion or non-mutual claim preclusion;
(6) The consent of the unborn child’s mother to the abortion;
(7) Contributory or comparative negligence;
(8) Assumption of risk; or
(9) Any claim that the enforcement of this section or the imposition of civil liability against the defendant will violate the constitutional rights of third parties, except as provided by section 188.830.
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“…A defendant’s belief that the requirements or provisions of this section are unconstitutional or were unconstitutional…”
“Were” unconstitutional. Anticipating something?
Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a Republican, represents parts of Jefferson and St. Louis counties (District 97) in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was elected to her first two-year term in November of 2018.
Raised in Georgetown, Texas, Coleman received a BSBA in Management from Saint Louis University and her Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She served on the Arnold City Council from 2013-2015.
In addition to serving in the legislature, her most important job is being a wife and mother. She and her husband, Christopher Coleman, have been married for seventeen years and have six children. Mary Elizabeth practices law at Thomas More Society, a national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty.
That’s quite a tale.
Previously:
Aunt Lydia (September 3, 2021)
HB 1987: apparently 1984 was already taken (December 16, 2021)
The reason for the season? (December 26, 2021)
25 Friday Feb 2022
Tags
62nd Legislative District, Bing Schimmelpfenning, campaign finance, General Assembly, Missouri Ethics Commission
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C221831 02/24/2022 Schimmelpfenning for Missouri Bing Schimmelpfenning 20403 E 299th St Harrisonville MO 64701 Harrisonville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director 2/23/2022 $34,000.00
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No shortage there.
Schimmelpfenning for Missouri – Active
MECID: C221831
20403 E 299th St
Harrisonville MO, 64701
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Election History
Election Outcome Political Office
8/2/2022 Primary Election State Representative District 62 Missouri House of Representatives
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21 Monday Feb 2022
Tags
24th Senate District, campaign finance, General Assembly, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Tracy McCreery
Tracy McCreery (D) is running for the open seat in the 24th Senate District. Jill Schupp (D) is term limited.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C121452 02/21/2022 MCCREERY FOR MISSOURI Tracy McCreery 41 Rye Lane Saint Louis MO 63132 State of Missouri legislator 2/21/2022 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Previously:
HB 214: Dynasties? What dynasties? (December 13, 2016)
HB 663: about that… (January 19, 2017)
Jefferson City: House Rule 42 – May 17, 2018 (March 17, 2018)
HB 960: doing something (February 19, 2019)