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14 Friday Dec 2018

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“…heightened scrutiny…”

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) [2018 file photo].

Auditor Galloway responds to request from Secretary of State for assistance in investigating complaint against Attorney General
December 14, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (Dec. 14, 2018) State Auditor Nicole Galloway today responded to the request by Secretary Jay Ashcroft for assistance in investigating a complaint against the Attorney General. The complaint alleges Attorney General Josh Hawley used public funds to support his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. A routine closeout audit of the Attorney General’s Office will begin after Attorney General Hawley officially resigns.

“The goal of an independent audit is to get to the truth for taxpayers and not to proceed based on assumptions,” Auditor Galloway said. “My office will review these concerns with heightened scrutiny.”
[….]

It’s nice to have a real State Auditor.

The letter [pdf] from State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r):

Nicole R. Galloway, CPA
Missouri State Auditor
December 14, 2018

The Honorable John R. Ashcroft
Secretary of State
James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 W. Main Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Re: Closeout audit of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office

Dear Secretary Ashcroft:

In your letter dated December 10, 2018, you requested my office investigate, as part of or routine closeout audit, whether Attorney general Josh Hawley used public funds while Attorney general in support of hi candidacy for the U.S Senate. In that letter, you also offered to provide documents to my office and requested access to audit records, as well s access to audit discussions with employees and third-parties related to the allegations of improper use of state resources.

Based on you letter, I understand that you have determined that the allegations in the American Democracy League Fund complaint are not frivolous, and are proceeding with an investigation. We appreciate your offer to provide documentation obtained in the course of your investigation. My office will be reaching out to your office to request these documents.

As you noted, the State Auditor’s Office always reviews use of taxpayer funds in audits. The same is true of any closeout audit of a statewide office holder. Based on the concerns expressed in your letter, my office will review the allegation with heightened scrutiny.

A closeout audit will begin when the term of the prior officer has ended – here, after Attorney general Hawley officially resigns. Attorney General Hawley’s administration will be the subject of the audit, but the auditee will be both Attorney general Hawley and appointed Attorney General Eric Schmitt. As such, document requests to that office will be directed to and processed by incoming Attorney General Schmitt.

Missouri law permits us to share with you records in matters officially before your office. In conducting an audit, we must comply with Government Auditing Standards established by the Comptroller General of the United States, as well as Missouri law. We look forward to discussing those parameters with your office.

[….]

My Chief of Staff, Michael Moorefield, will be contacting your office in the coming days.

Sincerely,
s/
Nicole Galloway, CPA
State Auditor

cc: The Honorable Josh Hawley, Missouri Attorney General
The Honorable Eric Schmitt, Missouri State Treasurer

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].

Alrighty then.

Josh, we barely knew ya

06 Thursday Dec 2018

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Uh, oh.

Alexandra @aliemalie
Can you serve in the US Senate if you’re in federal prison? Asking for a friend.
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3:31 PM – 6 Dec 2018

A month ago:

ADLF Files Legal Complaint Against Hawley For Misuse of Public Funds
November 5, 2018, 12:15 pm
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a legal complaint against Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley for his misuse of taxpayer resources to further his political career.

The complaint asks the Missouri Secretary of State to investigate Hawley’s alleged outsourcing of Attorney General business to two partisan political consultants, who directed taxpayer-funded Attorney General staff to conduct the office in a manner that would benefit Hawley’s political career.

“Hawley suggested nobody is above the law. And, as Missouri’s chief law enforcement officer and advisor, neither is he,” writes ADLF President Brad Woodhouse. “Hawley’s conduct violates the trust that Missourians gave him to serve the public interest and enforce this state’s laws honorably. And most of all, Hawley’s conduct appears to demonstrate a misuse of public funds.”

Today:

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft launches investigation into Josh Hawley
JEFFERSON CITY – Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has launched an investigation into the way Attorney General Josh Hawley ran his attorney general’s office, Ashcroft’s deputy general counsel wrote to the Democratic-allied American Democracy Legal Fund on Thursday.

The group wrote to Ashcroft on Nov. 2, days before the midterm elections, alleging that Hawley may have “used public funds as Attorney General to support his candidacy for U.S. Senate.”

[….]

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Josh Hawley (r): Who did you say was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? (October 31, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): Who was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? (November 1, 2018)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): Who was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? – Press Q and A – November 1, 2018 (November 1, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies… (November 4, 2018)

About those political consultants running the Attorney General’s office…

17 Saturday Nov 2018

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

A press release from the American Democracy Legal Fund:

ADLF Files Legal Complaint Against Hawley
For Misuse of Public Funds

The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a legal complaint against Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley for his misuse of taxpayer resources to further his political career.

The complaint asks the Missouri Secretary of State to investigate Hawley’s alleged outsourcing of Attorney General business to two partisan political consultants, who directed taxpayer-funded Attorney General staff to conduct the office in a manner that would benefit Hawley’s political career.

“Hawley suggested nobody is above the law. And, as Missouri’s chief law enforcement officer and advisor, neither is he,” writes ADLF President Brad Woodhouse. “Hawley’s conduct violates the trust that Missourians gave him to serve the public interest and enforce this state’s laws honorably. And most of all, Hawley’s conduct appears to demonstrate a misuse of public funds.”

The pdf of the complaint letter is here. [pdf]

And in January he’s in the U.S. Senate.

Previously:

Josh Hawley (r): Who did you say was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? (October 31, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): Who was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? (November 1, 2018)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): Who was in charge at the Attorney General’s office? – Press Q and A – November 1, 2018 (November 1, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies… (November 4, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): afraid of playing softball with Chuck Todd (November 4, 2018)

You think maybe he’s just waiting for the subpoena? (November 5, 2018)

Missouri voter photo ID law challenged in court case

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

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In 2016 the republican controlled General Assembly overrode then Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of HB 1631, a more restrictive voter photo ID law.

“…my position is we should make voting available to as many people as we possibly can. I mean, and we should make it as easy as we possibly can for people to vote. Uh, and, uh, so we’re reviewing this, this is relatively similar to a measure that I vetoed a few years ago, uh, that would have, uh, made it very expensive and difficult, especially for senior citizens and others that didn’t have driving privileges to, uh, to get a separate state issued ID. So, um, it’s not an area that my, my general philosophy is let’s make voting, uh, easier for folks, um, so this kind of, uh, comes at that…” – Governor Jay Nixon (D), on HB 1631, June 16, 2016

“…I’m not, I’m gonna let you get back now to today’s opening ceremonies because I know I’m not who you came to hear and I know that none of this was what you wanted to hear. But I am your Secretary of State for a bit little longer, and as a result I feel a responsibility to tell you that even though you have the power to take away the right to vote from the citizens of Missouri, you shouldn’t.
And that if you choose to follow the example of Wisconsin or North Carolina, well then, I guess we’ll see you in court. [applause]” – Secretary of State Jason Kander (D), January 4, 2017

That has come to pass.

Today Priorities USA filed a suit in Circuit Court in Cole County over Missouri’s voter ID law:

June 13, 2018 | Press Release
Priorities USA and a Missouri Voter File Suit Against Missouri’s Burdensome Strict Photo ID Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2018

Washington, DC — Today, Priorities USA and a Missouri voter filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cole County against the State of Missouri and its Secretary of State, John R. Ashcroft, requesting that the court restrain the Secretary from enforcing the state’s burdensome photo identification requirements in upcoming elections and declare that these requirements violate the Missouri Constitution.
In 2016, the Missouri General Assembly passed HB 1631, a bill containing new, burdensome photo identification requirements, over Governor Jay Nixon’s veto. HB 1631 lays out a narrow list of acceptable photo IDs that a voter must present in order to cast their ballot, along with an arduous process for eligible voters without photo ID that involves, at various stages, signing a confusing and misleading sworn statement under penalty of perjury, returning to the polling place with acceptable ID, or having untrained individuals match signatures in order to verify the voter’s identity.
A study conducted by the Missouri Secretary of State in 2014 indicated that the implementation of a comparable photo ID law could disenfranchise 220,000 eligible Missouri voters. The complaint filed today argues that HB 1631 would have similar effects, given the time and effort required to obtain even a free state-issued photo ID and the labyrinthine procedures for voters who forget or are unable to bring their acceptable photo ID.
“When state lawmakers passed HB 1631, they began to chip away at Missourians’ fundamental right to vote,” said Guy Cecil, Chairman of Priorities USA. “The Missouri Supreme Court rightfully found an earlier attempt to do the same thing unnecessary and unfair to Missouri voters. The legislature should not be permitted to evade the law and burden voting rights. In order to ensure that everyone in Missouri who wants to cast a ballot is able to do so, Priorities USA and many others will have to spend significant time, money and effort to educate Missourians about these new, onerous photo ID requirements. We’re asking the court to enjoin this law before the upcoming elections, and we look forward to our day in court when we’ll show HB 1631 to be the unconstitutional farce that it is.”
The lawsuit filed today comes on the heels of separate litigation brought about by the Missouri NAACP, which challenged HB 1631 on the grounds that the state did not provide adequate funding for the new photo ID requirements. While Priorities USA is not involved in the NAACP lawsuit and is presenting the court with a different legal argument based on the constitutionality of HB 1631, Priorities remains supportive of the NAACP’s parallel efforts to invalidate the law.
Earlier this year, Priorities USA joined a lawsuit challenging Florida’s law requiring candidates of the governor’s political party to be listed in the first position on every ballot. The Priorities USA Foundation, an affiliated non-partisan group that engages in voting rights advocacy, has also supported litigation in Indiana, New Hampshire, Florida, and Iowa against laws and practices that restrict the right to vote.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].

A year ago at Show Me Progress:

…When asked about the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly to assist his office in communicating these new requirements to voters and to assist them in acquiring the photo IDs Secretary [of State John] Ashcroft [(r)] again deflected the question. A local newspaper reporter pointed out in his question to Secretary Ashcroft that there were only twenty people in the room and there are more than 20,000 people in Warrensburg. How is the Secretary of State’s office going to communicate the new ID requirements to those voters? The answer was somewhat vague, along the lines of “we’ll keep doing what we’re doing”. There was no discussion of any estimate of the number of registered voters in the state who do not have the required photo ID or of the costs associated with providing those voters with the proper ID…

Inadequate funding and insufficient notice? If only someone had thought of that a year ago. Oh, wait…

Previously:

Gov. Jay Nixon (D): on SB 656 (“stand your ground”) and HJR 53/HB 1631 (voter ID) (June 16, 2016)

Gov. Jay Nixon: veto of HB 1631 – voter photo ID (July 7, 2016)

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D): at the opening of the legislative session (January 4, 2017)

Jay Ashcroft’s (r) voter photo ID tour – Warrensburg – June 16, 2017 (June 16, 2017)

First day of candidate filing – 2018 primary

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

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Today is the first day of candidate filing in Missouri for the 2018 election cycle. Candidates for federal offices (U.S. Senate and House of Representatives), statewide offices (State Auditor only this cycle), General Assembly seats (both houses), and Circuit Judge file with the Secretary of State in Jefferson City. County offices file with the election authority in that particular county.

UNOFFICIAL Candidate Filing List
2018 Primary Election

Since new candidates can be added throughout the day, use your web browser’s “Refresh” or “Reload” button to get the latest filings.
Ballot Placement: First day filers (2/27/2018) selected a number by random drawing to determine their placement on the primary ballot. After the first day, all candidates are placed on the ballot in order of their filing.
All Candidates and parties are listed in ballot order.

Summary

Offices Republican Democratic Libertarian Green Constitution Total

U.S. Senator 8 4 0 0 0 12

State Auditor 3 1 0 0 0 4

U.S. Representative 8 18 4 0 0 30

State Senator 21 14 2 1 0 38

State Representative 173 113 4 0 1 291

Circuit Judge 44 14 0 0 0 58

Total 257 164 10 1 1 433

The last day to file for office is March 27, 2018.

Jay Ashcroft’s (r) voter photo ID tour – Warrensburg – June 16, 2017

16 Friday Jun 2017

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Yesterday evening Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft brought his statewide voter photo ID tour to Warrensburg. Approximately twenty individuals showed up for his presentation and question and answer session, not counting his staff and media covering the event.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r) in Warrensburg – June 16, 2017.

Secretary Ashcroft (r) spoke about the new requirements in Missouri to present photo ID when registered voters go to their polling place to cast their ballot. This, ostensibly, to prevent in person voter impersonation fraud at polling places on an election day. Secretary Ashcroft cited a case of voter registration fraud in the Kansas City area and instances of insufficient ballots at polling places in St. Louis in his discussion. Neither of these instances would have been addressed by these new voter photo ID requirements. When pressed by a questioner in the audience about the number of in person voter impersonation cases in Missouri Secretary Ashcroft deflected the discussion.

When asked about the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly to assist his office in communicating these new requirements to voters and to assist them in acquiring the photo IDs Secretary Ashcroft again deflected the question. A local newspaper reporter pointed out in his question to Secretary Ashcroft that there were only twenty people in the room and there are more than 20,000 people in Warrensburg. How is the Secretary of State’s office going to communicate the new ID requirements to those voters? The answer was somewhat vague, along the lines of “we’ll keep doing what we’re doing”. There was no discussion of any estimate of the number of registered voters in the state who do not have the required photo ID or of the costs associated with providing those voters with the proper ID.

There is a provision in the new law for a registered voter who has ID which would be sufficient in the past to use those forms of ID and sign an affidavit at their polling place on election day so that they could receive a regular ballot. There is also a provision in the new law for issuing a provisional ballot and allowing the registered voter to present their photo ID at their polling place at a later time before the polls close or, barring that, have their signature on the provisional ballot compared with their voter registration signature. In the latter instance the local election authority would have a process to compare the signatures and make a decision.

Anyone with an elderly relative can tell you that their relative’s current signature can possibly differ significantly from what it looked like decades ago.

Asking a question.

All this is taking place in an environment where there have been no documented cases of in-person voter impersonation fraud in the State of Missouri. Yet it is an article of faith with right wingnuts that such fraud is epidemic in Missouri and across the nation.

Absent evidence of in-person voter impersonation fraud the only outcome of these new ID requirements is voter suppression, particularly the kinds of eligible registered voters who have difficulty acquiring the necessary paperwork, for one reason or another, which would allow them to get the ID to allow them to vote on election day.

Previously:

Finally, documentation of voter impersonation fraud in Missouri. Zero. (August 12, 2012)

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D): with Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC on voter ID (February 9, 2014)

Voter ID and the GOP art of hoodwinkery (April 7, 2016)

Picture this

09 Friday Jun 2017

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File this under “see you in court”.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2015 file photo].

Groups Challenge Missouri Photo ID Law in Court

Jefferson City, Mo. — Advancement Project’s National Office and The American Civil Liberties Union today sued Missouri over the state’s new photo ID law.

The case was filed on behalf of the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Missouri. The groups are seeking a temporary restraining order to block the law from being in effect during a local special election on July 11. In-person absentee voting for this election begins this Monday, June 12. An additional 52 Missouri counties go to the polls on August 8.

The request was made in part because Missouri’s chief elections official, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, has admitted the state would be unable to implement the requirements of restrictive photo ID law in time for this election and the state has yet to allocate funds to the Secretary to implement the law.
 
“Missouri’s restrictive photo ID law was designed to make it harder for people to vote,” said Denise Lieberman, Co-Director of Power and Democracy at Advancement Project’s national office, and coordinator of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition. “It is a gimmick that – as we’ve seen in other states – inevitably leads to blocking people from the ballot, especially people of color, young voters, seniors, women, and people with disabilities. This suppressive effect is magnified once the state fails to hold its end of the bargain. It is beyond unacceptable that the state of Missouri has launched a photo ID requirement while not sufficiently preparing, educating voters, or funding it. As a result, the burden is now falling on the backs of voters.”

“Voters were promised that this law was not about disenfranchising the most vulnerable in our state,” said Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri. “The state’s lack of funding and implementation of this law tells another story.”

“States are not allowed to make an end run around voting rights by forcing burdensome changes to election law and then failing to provide the required funding for proper implementation,” said Sophia Lakin, an attorney with the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project.
 
Texas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are among the states that have already been reprimanded by the courts for disastrous implementation of their voter ID laws and inadequate, confusing voter education.

The case, Missouri NAACP v. Missouri, was filed in Cole County Circuit Court.

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Sec. of State Jay Ashcroft (r) – April 2017 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report

19 Wednesday Apr 2017

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The April quarterly campaign finance reports are in.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2016 file photo].

At the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151004: Ashcroft For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Republican
[….]
Established Date: 01/06/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2017 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $88,877.93
Monetary Receipts + $133,647.95
Monetary Expenditures – $81,758.85
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,455.00
Subtotal $50,434.10
Ending Money On Hand $139,312.03

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That’s $133,647.95 in campaign contributions and $81,758.85 in expenditures. Hold that thought.

Let’s look at the contributions:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
4/17/2017 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI
AMECPAC PO Box 1645 Jefferson City MO 65102 12/7/2016 $1,000.00
Herzog Contracting Corp PO Box 1089 St. Joseph MO 64502 12/7/2016 $25,000.00
Polsinelli 900 W 49th Place Ste. 900 Kansas City MO 64112 12/7/2016 $2,500.00
Larry Absheer 442 Saddlespur Road Webster Groves MO 63119 Missouri Athletic Club — CFO 3/30/2017 $25.00
Sonny Alcorn 110 N.Ingram Road Sikeston MO 63801 Self-Emp — Real Estate Broker 3/28/2017 $100.00
Dan Amsden 1415 Thomas Mason Place Manchester MO 63011 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $25.00
Dan Amsden 1415 Thomas Mason Place Ballwin MO 63011 retired — retired 3/25/2017 $50.00
Virginia Anderson PO Box 404 Raymore MO 64083 retired — retired 3/10/2017 $5.00
Devon Askew 709 N Williamson St Atlanta MO 63530 Lawn Care Technician 3/29/2017 $5.00
Norman Baxter 1879 Stenton Path Chesterfield MO 63005 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $50.00
Daniel Belcher 2701 Watermark Blvd Apt # 1322 Oklahoma City OK 73134 Self — Real Estate 3/30/2017 $100.00
James Budde 11712 Glen Arbor Ter Kansas City MO 64114 retired 3/27/2017 $50.00
John Bueno 497 Coral Road Spokane MO 65754 retired — retired 3/13/2017 $100.00
Tracy Burns 550 Weston Ridge Court Ballwin MO 63021 Independent — Oncology Consultant 3/10/2017 $25.00
Phyllis Campbell 743 S Main St Monroe City MO 63456 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $5.00
Stephen Clark 63 Loren Woods St. Louis MO 63124 Runnymede — Attorney 3/26/2017 $150.00
Coby Cullins 2732 S Farm Road 241 Rogersville MO 65742 National Safety Compliance — Owner 3/30/2017 $100.00
Kathy Dees 3839 Valles Mines Rd. De Soto MO 63020 Bryan Cave — Conflicts Analyst 1 3/21/2017 $25.00
Donald Degrange 621 SOUTH NEW BALLAS RD 142A Saint Louis MO 63141-8640 self — MD 3/11/2017 $50.00
Bob Downey 151 Dew Court St. Peters MO 63376 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $100.00
M. Egan 4655 Osage Beach Pkwy. Suite A Osage Beach MO 65065 L+A INC — SALES 3/10/2017 $500.00
Sandra Eno 4129 Stafford Woods Ct St. Charles MO 63304 retired 3/31/2017 $10.00
Kathy FORCK 748 CR 388 New Bloomfield MO 65063 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $25.00
Shirley Ford 17647 County Rd 283 Cosby MO 64436 retired 3/18/2017 $50.00
Mary Ann Haberberger 1077 Dougherty Lake Est.Dr St. Louis MO 63122 retired — retired 3/11/2017 $25.00
Jerry Hagerman 4197 S. Farm Rd 85 Republic MO 65738 Bates Architects — Architect 3/20/2017 $500.00
Kerstin Hagstrom 1011 S. McCoy St Independence MO 64050 Medallion Dental lab — Dental Tech 3/20/2017 $25.00
Donna Hennigh 1816 Oakcliff Dr Columbia MO 65203 retired — retired 3/10/2017 $12.50
Gary Hennigh 1816 Oakcliff Dr Columbia MO 65203 retired — retired 3/10/2017 $12.50
Tim Hessel 4780 Titan Ct St Louis MO 63128 retired 3/31/2017 $5.00
Arthur Huey 273 Clarkson Executive Park Ellisville MO 63011-2173 Huey Enterprises Inc. — Executive Search 3/10/2017 $25.00
David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products — President & CEO 12/7/2016 $100,000.00
Kathy Hurley 2924 Algoa Rd Jefferson City MO 65101 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $25.00
Jerome Jacobsmeyer 6767 Eichlberger St St. Louis MO 63109 Retired 3/16/2017 $100.00
Joseph Kammerer 4951 Pernod Avenue St. Louis MO 63139 retired — retired 3/9/2017 $50.00
Shawn Key 66 Lil Marie Pkwy O’Fallon MO 63366 Alpla Inc. — Warehouse Team Lead 3/30/2017 $25.00
Donald Koch 4 Muirfield Lane Saint Louis MO 63141 retired — retired 3/27/2017 $100.00
Ione Koenemann P. O. Box 266 Ironton MO 63650 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $5.00
Joe Lakin 680 Greenview Dr St. Louis MO 63122 Victory Enterprises — Consultant 3/9/2017 $5.00
Thomas Manning 36331 State Highway 6 Brashear MO 63533 retired — retired 3/30/2017 $50.00
Wanda Martens 502 Cash Spring Rd. Ozark MO 65721 retired — retired 3/23/2017 $25.00
James MILES 16014 Nantucket Island Dr Grover MO 63040 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $50.00
Larry Miller 194 Willow Creek Rd Winfield MO 63389 retired — retired 3/10/2017 $100.00
David Minnick 12609 Conway Rd St. Louis MO 63141 Minnick Surveying — Owner 3/31/2017 $1,000.00
Greg Molner 19745 Forum Rd. Purdin MO 64674 Self — Small Farmer 3/29/2017 $25.00
Ralph Napier 815 Chloe st Perryville MO 63775 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $5.00
Marilee Newkirk P O Box 545 Warsaw MO 65355 retired — retired 3/29/2017 $5.00
Marilee Newkirk P O Box 545 Warsaw MO 65355 retired — retired 3/27/2017 $10.00
Marilee Newkirk P O Box 545 Warsaw MO 65355 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $5.00
Steven Privette 1179 c.r. 1050 Willow Springs MO 65793 Self — Attorney 1/11/2017 $250.00
Robert Pugh 426 Miriam Ave Kirkwood MO 63122 retired 3/13/2017 $25.00
John Qualy 13 Brentmoor Park Clayton MO 63105 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $100.00
Rebecca Roberts Box 621 Forsyth MO 65653 First Community Bank — Banking 3/30/2017 $25.00
Paul Schneider 1629 S New Ave Springfield MO 65807 Bott Radio Network — Operations Manager 3/29/2017 $25.00
David Tyrrell 9612 N Crescent Ct Kansas City MO 64157 retired — retired 3/21/2017 $25.00
Lee Walkre 1411 Bass Ave #209 Columbia MO 65201 WALMART — ASSOCIATE 3/9/2017 $5.00
Alex Wiggs 24989 Treetop Rd Saint Robert MO 65584-3767 retired — retired 3/20/2017 $5.00
Wade Williams 13001 Wornall Rd Kansas City MO 64145 WADE WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTION — WADE WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTION 3/21/2017 $25.00
Wade williams 13001 Wornall Rd Kansas City MO 64145 WADE WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTION — WADE WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTION 3/9/2017 $25.00
Gary Grewe 9109 Watson Rd. St Louis MO 63126 GJ Grewe — Owner 3/23/2017 $2,500.00
MO Republican Party 105 East High Street Jefferson City MO 65101 12/9/2016 $1,309.59

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Well, it’s admirable that there are small dollar contributors, though $125,000.00 of the $133,647.95 total cash raised (monetary receipts) came from two individuals on December 7, 2017.

One of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
4/17/2017 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI
Capitol Consulting PO Box 931 Jefferson City MO 65102 1/26/2017 Fundraising $49,526.92

[emphasis added]

$49,526.92 for fundraising on January 26, 2017 to raise how much? Alrighty then.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): well, that particular vote was obviously the correct one…

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

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Back in February:

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State )
Vote Number: 36
Vote Date: February 1, 2017, 02:31 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN25
Nomination Description: Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State
Vote Counts:
YEAs 56
NAYs 43
Not Voting 1
[….]
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
[….]
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
[….]

So, North Korea is in the news. Again.

Phoning it in:

Press Statement
Rex W. Tillerson
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 4, 2017

North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment.

What the hell does that mean?

North Korea, via social media:

DPRK News Service‏ @DPRK_News
Laughably stupid hayseed Rex Tillerson makes mockery of US “diplomats” with limply worded letter with all the impact of weak flatulence.
[….]
8:19 PM – 4 Apr 2017

Is that like a fart gun joke?

That’s one

01 Wednesday Feb 2017

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Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [2016 file photo].

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [2016 file photo].

We’re watching:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 1st Session
[….]
Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State )
Vote Number: 36
Vote Date: February 1, 2017, 02:31 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN25
Nomination Description: Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State
Vote Counts:
YEAs 56
NAYs 43
Not Voting 1
[….]
Missouri:
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
[….]

[emphasis added]

Alrighty then. Keep it up, Claire.

Previously:

A message for Claire McCaskill (February 1, 2017)