Today:
Piper For Missouri
[….]
It’s been a busy few weeks, so I figured I should compile a list of things that Missouri’s Republican supermajority has done this session to fight inflation and lower costs for Missouri families:
Yep.
28 Saturday Jan 2023
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, Missouri Senate, Resist, social media
inToday:
Piper For Missouri
[….]
It’s been a busy few weeks, so I figured I should compile a list of things that Missouri’s Republican supermajority has done this session to fight inflation and lower costs for Missouri families:
Yep.
10 Tuesday Jan 2023
Tags
19th Senate District, campaign finance, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, PAC, Stephen Webber, working people
They’re not wasting any time.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the PAC supporting Stephen Webber (D) in the 2024 19th Senate District race:
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC UFCW Local 655 300 Weidman Rd Manchester MO 63011 1/9/2023 $10,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Missouri-Kansas Area PAC 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 1/9/2022 $100,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Joseph Shepard 17 W Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 Self Real Estate 1/9/2022 $10,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Sheet Metal Workers International Association 2319 Chouteau Ave Suite 100 St Louis MO 63103 1/9/2022 $10,036.00
[emphasis added]
Friends in organized labor and in St. Louis.
Previously:
A lifelong commitment to public service (January 10, 2023)
10 Tuesday Jan 2023
For the 19th Senate District in Missouri in 2024:
Yesterday:
Most people know how proud I am of my hometown. On my worst days in Iraq I used to close my eyes and imagine myself driving around Boone County to visit all my favorite places. Shakespeare’s Pizza, all the soccer fields, the campsites, Murry’s, 9th Street and on and on.
Today I’m announcing that I’m running for the new, open State Senate seat that represents Boone County. I want to make sure that kids in Boone County have the same opportunities growing up that I had, that our communities are safe, the vulnerable are protected, that everyone is welcomed and valued. It’s going to be a long journey (Election Day is in 2024!) but I invite you to come along on it with me. What we have is worth protecting, worth serving and worth growing. Thank you for all your help. Let’s GOOOOOO!
And:
Stephen Webber @s_webber
Politics can be brutal. Politics can rip your heart out.But sometimes you have an amazing day when hundreds of people from all parts of your life take a moment to tell you how much they care about you. And that’s really cool. And I’m gonna cherish that part this time. Thank you
8:05 PM · Jan 9, 2023
At the Missouri Ethics Commission:
Stephen Webber (D) has previously served in the United States Marine Corps and the Missouri House of Representatives.
In 2016 he unsuccesfully ran for a seat in the Missouri Senate – it was an expensive campaign.
It was that close.
The current 19th Senate District now encompasses Boone County. This will be a different race.
25 Tuesday Oct 2022
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
071094 10/25/2022 Missouri Senate Campaign Committee Herzog Contracting Corporation PO Box 1089 Saint Joseph MO 64502 10/24/2022 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Sigh. They’ll always have more money than they will ever need.
16 Sunday Oct 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, social media
inYesterday evening:
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
College football is just absolutely awesome!
6:41 PM · Oct 15, 2022
Previously:
Defunding the public good as a feature, not a bug (September 29, 2022)
That’s the matter with Missouri (October 5, 2022)
05 Wednesday Oct 2022
Posted campaign finance, Missouri Senate
inJust a wild guess.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C071094 10/05/2022 Missouri Senate Campaign Committee Jim Walton PO Box 1860 Bentonville AR 72712 Wal-Mart Businessman 10/4/2022 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
Maybe not.
27 Tuesday Sep 2022
Posted Missouri Senate, social media
inTags
22nd Senate District, Fascist pigs, Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnuts, social media, Twitter
Brown Shirts, goose stepping in a family friendly parade near you.
Yesterday:
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
nothing is more terrifying to the left than a conservative woman.
[….]The new Prime Minister of Italy.
Wow.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Previously:
“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)
On any given day (July 31, 2022)
Uh… (August 1, 2022)
The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)
Are you certain it’s that many? (September 26, 2022)
26 Monday Sep 2022
Posted Missouri Senate, social media
inTags
22nd Senate District, family values, Hypocrisy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnut, signs
Today on Twitter:
The Queen of Kings @Thaikitty
Someone has been out doing the lords work. You can’t legislate on your religion when you don’t even follow it. There is a much better choice on the ballot in November.
[….]
11:08 AM · Sep 26, 2022
Previously:
“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)
On any given day (July 31, 2022)
Uh… (August 1, 2022)
The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)
04 Thursday Aug 2022
Posted campaign finance, Missouri Senate
inTags
20th Senate District, 417 PAC, Brian Gelner, campaign finance, Curtis Trent, Faith Family and Freedom PAC, Gladius PAC, missouri, Missouri Common Sense PAC, Missouri Ethics Commission, republicans, Rex Sinquefield, right wingnuts
The results in the 20th Senate District republican primary:
State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 02, 2022
Unofficial Results
as of 8/4/2022 3:25:32 AMState of Missouri – Primary Election, August 02, 2022
State Senator – District 20
Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
State Senator – District 20 64 of 64 Precincts ReportedCurtis Trent Republican 16,094 58.441%
Brian Gelner Republican 11,445 41.559%
Party Total: 27,539County Curtis Trent, REP Brian Gelner, REP
Barton 1,514 896
Dade 913 927
Greene 9,938 6,788
Webster 3,729 2,834
[emphasis added]
These were the only candidates. This was for all the marbles.
The investors?
At the Missouri Ethics Commission:
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
[emphasis added]
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
[emphasis added]
C222160 07/29/2022 Gladius PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/28/2022 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
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…
[….]
Sponsored Bills
[….]
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 governmentHJR 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.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: sure, go ahead, name your new PAC after a Roman sword (June 24, 2022)
Campaign Finance: some last minute shopping… (July 29, 2022)
Campaign Finance: passing it through (July 30, 2022)
Campaign Finance: at the last instant (August 2, 2022)
23 Saturday Jul 2022
Tags
22nd Senate District, General Assembly, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, Primary, right wingnut, social media, Twitter
Yestwerday evening:
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
Some candidates talk about supporting conservative policies during the campaign. I have a real conservative record of protecting our freedom and liberties.
6:02 PM · Jul 22, 2022
There is much hilarity in the responses:
Conservative government is destroying Missouri. We need less of it not more.
Define freedom!
Nope. Not true at all.
Aren’t small government & local control “conservative values”? So why do you support laws to remove local control and tell people they have to follow your religious beliefs?
“I have a real conservative record of restricting, and even erasing, our freedom and liberties.” There, fixed it for you.
And let’s remember that in your world “protecting our freedom and liberties” actually means attacking and actively undermining people’s freedom and liberties. #FuckAbortionBans
You defend only the freedoms you want and the religion you want. This is who you are.
Your record proves you are MAGA GOP intent on destroying Missouri by being against high quality and safe public schools, women’s and minorities rights, and our democracy. No votes for you!
Isn’t your record that of crudely taunting and threatening to take away reproductive rights from Missourians and hanging out with fascists? [….]
Yeah I’m pretty sure I’ve lost freedom and liberties but go off Mary.
Sorry umm what’s this freedom and liberty do you speak of? Because your track record shows that you willfully and deliberately helped make women of Missouri second class citizens.
Protecting who’s freedom and liberties? Please! You’re doing no such thing. This tweet is a lie. Stop lying.
Hey MaryElizabeth? You need to keep your religion to yourself. You have absolutely no respect for the constitution and are so full of yourself that you think you know what is best for other people that you don’t even know.
They consider that a feature, not a bug.
Previously:
HB 1987: apparently 1984 was already taken (December 16, 2021)
The reason for the season? (December 26, 2021)
HB 1993: and you’ll have to wear a brown shirt while you’re driving on it (December 28, 2021)
HB 2424: Covid Mary (January 14, 2022)
The company one keeps (April 22, 2022)
One million dead Americans could have probably provided us with a different definition of “pro-life” – if they were still alive (May 16, 2022)
This you? (May 25, 2022)