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Some really wealthy people in Maryland are paying for the right wingnut doorhangers placed on our doors here in Warrensburg, Missouri – part 2

11 Thursday Oct 2018

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The Ivy League vision of a flatbed truck.


Oh, but wait, there’s more.

Contributors to Josh Hawley (r), via the Federal Election Commission:

Contributor information
Name GULA, RONALD J
City and state ELLICOTT CITY, MD, 210421326
Occupation PRESIDENT
Employer GULA TECH ADVENTURES
Year to date $5,400.00
Contribution information
Amount $2,700.00
Receipt date May 29, 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type GENERAL
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri

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Contributor information
Name GULA, CYNTHIA
City and state ELLICOTT CITY, MD, 210421326
Occupation MANAGING DIRECTOR
Employer GULA TECH ADVENTURES
Year to date $5,400.00
Contribution information
Amount $2,700.00
Receipt date May 29, 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type GENERAL
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri

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They’re all in.

The same people from Maryland who maxed out with individual contributions to Josh Hawley’s ladder climbing U.S. Senate campaign dropped $500,000.00 on a PAC which is paying for right wingnut door hangers distributed in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Interestingly, these individuals didn’t contribute to Josh Hawley’s (r) 2016 campaign for Attorney General. We looked.

Welcome to campaign finance in 21st Century America.

Previously:

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – town hall in Warrensburg – Press Q and A – August 17, 2017 (August 17, 2017)

Claire McCaskill (D) clubs a baby harp seal… (August 8, 2018)

Some really wealthy people in Maryland are paying for the right wingnut doorhangers placed on our doors here in Warrensburg, Missouri (October 10, 2018)

Some really wealthy people in Maryland are paying for the right wingnut doorhangers placed on our doors here in Warrensburg, Missouri

10 Wednesday Oct 2018

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On October 6th.

In the yard:

The yard.

A Political Action Committee, via the Federal Election Commission:

C3 PAC
1390 CHAIN BRIDGE RD SUITE 515
MCLEAN, VA 22101

Treasurer Name: OZANUS, WILLIAM K
Committee Designation: U (UNAUTHORIZED)
Committee Type: O (INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE-ONLY COMMITTEE)

Their two contributors:

GULA, CYNDI 06 07 2018
PO BOX 335
WOODSTOCK MD 21163
Transaction ID : SA11AI.4103
GULA TECH ADVENTURES MANAGING DIRECTOR
CONTRIBUTION $250,000.00

GULA, RON 06 07 2018
PO BOX 335
WOODSTOCK MD 21163
Transaction ID : SA11AI.4101
GULA TECH ADVENTURES PRESIDENT
CONTRIBUTION $250,000.00

The company:

Gula Tech Adventures Inc
Private Company
Company Profile
Sector: Financials
Industry: Asset Management
Sub-Industry: Private Equity
Gula Tech Adventures Inc operates as a venture capital firm. The Company focuses on investing in generation of cyber hygiene, cyber threats, and cloud security. Gula Tech Adventures serves customers in the United States.
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The door hanger piece:

Look, it’s the same McLean, Virginia address!

You’d think they would have been clued in by the yard signs. But, if you have unlimited money and your distributors are paid by the piece you can spread your right wingnut spam everywhere.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) in Warrensburg – October 8, 2018

08 Monday Oct 2018

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Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – in Warrensburg – October 8, 2018.

This morning Senator Claire McCaskill (D) stopped in Warrensburg to greet and speak with around fifty campaign volunteers at the local Democratic party coordinated campaign headqurters.

“…This is an extraordinary mid-term election. And I will say this about all of the controversy and emotion surrounding the [Brett] Kavanaugh [U.S. Supreme Court] nomination. It has never been more important that we have people in the United States Senate that are willing to compromise and find common ground. That we are willing to send people to Washington who are not ashamed to say, that I like to be in the middle, and pull people in from the ends, and find ways that we can actually get things done [applause]…”

“…I think at the end of the day what a majority of Missourians want is an honest broker for problem solving…He [Josh Hawley] doesn’t spend much time talking about his beliefs, but we know he was for ‘right to work for less’ against the wishes of most Missourians…That probably has something to do with the fact that the man who financed his campaign for attorney general, spent over four million dollars on his campaign for attorney general, just wrote the check, almost eighty percent of the money he raised for attorney general, that is the father of the ‘right to work for less’ movement in Missouri…”

Koch Money: because Josh Hawley (r) will never need to hold over fifty open public town halls across Missouri

07 Sunday Oct 2018

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We got astroturf (fake grassroots) campaign mail yesterday:

Right wingnut financed “astroturf” (fake grassroots) campaign mail – October 2018.

Who is paying for this?

That’s it?

Wait, hasn’t Senator Claire McCaskill (D) traveled across the state holding over fifty open public town halls? What a great way to remind everyone of that fact. Josh Hawley (r) does have a flatbed truck.

Donald Trump (r) and the republican controlled Congress gave a massive tax break to the top 1%, increasing the national debt by over a trillion dollars. They’ll be coming after Medicare and Social Security next. Hint: If you’re a billionaire you won’t ever need Medicare or Social Security. Raise your hand right now if you’re a billionaire.

This particular piece was paid for by “Americans for Prosperity Action”, a super PAC, using a Jefferson City PO box as a return address:

Koch brothers’ network launches new super PAC
By David Wright, CNN
Updated 1:58 PM ET, Mon September 10, 2018

…Americans for Prosperity, the sprawling Koch political network, announced Monday the launch of a new super PAC arm as the organization gears up for the final stretch of the 2018 midterms.

The new super PAC was described as “a new tool to build broad policy coalitions in Congress to help advance AFP’s vision,” which “will advocate for candidates who share our commitment to breaking internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their full potential.”

The super PAC, called “AFP Action,” will operate independently of the network’s preexisting 501(c)(4) nonprofit and with some key advantages.

Per campaign finance laws, the new group will be able to spend unlimited sums on election activities while being subject to some loose disclosure requirements, The nonprofit arm, however, is subject to even looser disclosure requirements but must dedicate a portion of their spending to “social welfare” activities that cannot explicitly target elections.

[….]

“…the new group will be able to spend unlimited sums on election activities while being subject to some loose disclosure requirements…”

So much for transparency.

Anyone think the Koch brothers will ever hold open public town halls in Missouri? Nah, me neither.

republican Investigation: a play in one act

04 Thursday Oct 2018

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Witness: “This happened.

republicans: “Where’s your corroboration?”

Witness: “Here, here, here, here…”

republicans: “We’re not going to ask them.”

Witness: “?”

Republicans: “See, there’s no corroboration.”

Old Media: “Both sides…”

Definitely nobody’s fool

28 Friday Sep 2018

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That’s our Claire.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [2017 file photo].

On the questioning of Christine Ford by Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell on behalf of the republican majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Lindsay Wise @lindsaywise
Sen. Claire McCaskill, a former prosecutor, has sympathy for Mitchell:

“I can’t imagine doing either a direct examination or a cross-examination in five-minute increments. And she’s not used to cross-examining people who are telling the truth.”
[….]
5:16 PM – 27 Sep 2018

“Sympathy for Mitchell.” That’s interesting old media spin.

“…she’s not used to cross-examining people who are telling the truth.”

And who did Rachel Mitchell question at the hearing? Christine Ford.

Rachel Mitchell did get to ask a few questions of Brett Kavanaugh (r), but was apparently yanked after the “I like beer” exchange.

Nobody’s fool

26 Wednesday Sep 2018

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Timing is everything.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [2018 file photo].

Now the storm swirls.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D), one week ago:

I will vote no on Judge Kavanaugh.

I have been thorough in examining Judge Kavanaugh’s record. And while the recent allegations against him are troubling and deserve a thorough and fair examination by the Senate Judiciary Committee, my decision is not based on those allegations but rather on his positions on several key issues, most importantly the avalanche of dark, anonymous money that is crushing our democracy.

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While I am also uncomfortable about his view on Presidential power as it relates to the rule of law, and his position that corporations are people, it is his allegiance to the position that unlimited donation and dark anonymous money, even from foreign interests, should be allowed to swamp the voices of individuals that has been the determining factor in my decision to vote no on his nomination.

Perfect timing.

U.S. Senate: Josh Hawley (r) theenks your reely, reely stoopit

24 Monday Sep 2018

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McCaskill’s right: Hawley’s lawsuit would end Affordable Care Act protections
By Hannah Archambault, Theo DeRosa, Matthew Hall on Thursday, September 13th, 2018 at 12:41 p.m.
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Pre-existing conditions
“Sen. McCaskill is correct,” said Nicholas Bagley, law professor at the University of Michigan Law School. “The states that brought the Texas lawsuit have asked the court to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act — lock, stock and barrel.”
No consumer protections in the individual health market stipulated under the act would remain because the whole law would be gone.
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Estimated Number of Nonelderly Adults with Declinable Pre-existing Conditions under Pre-ACA Practices [data from 2015]

State: Missouri
Estimated number of non-elderly adults: 1,090,000
Percent of non-elderly population: 30%

Notes
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed private insurance market rules to prevent medical underwriting, or examining an applicant’s medical history to determine whether or under what terms to issue coverage. The data presented here estimate how many American adults could face difficulty obtaining insurance in the individual market if the ACA were repealed or amended and the medical underwriting practices in place prior to 2014 resumed.
For more information and a description of the methodology, please see Pre-existing Conditions and Medical Underwriting in the Individual Insurance Market Prior to the ACA.
Sources
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Via Twitter, this afternoon:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Wanted to share a little about my family and our journey, and my commitment to protecting people with preexisting conditions — like my son #MOSen
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3:33 PM – 24 Sep 2018

Some of the responses:

You’re in a lawsuit to take away preexisting conditions from families but want to talk about yours? Are you kidding?
WE’RE ON TO YOU!!!
You’re so deep in the pockets of your DARK MONEY DONORS you can’t see straight!!! I’m sorry I voted for you the first time!

Nice try

then take your state out of the lawsuit Josh, real simple. If not what is your plan to immediately cover those with pre-existing conditions an affordable healthcare? We haven’t seen the details, please share them, not talking points,.

Wow, how stupid do you think people are?

Reely stoopit.

You’re adopting the “black is white, up is down” strategy I see.

So you are trying to destroy the preexisting protection that the ACA offers and make this shit?

Republicans only care when it affects them directly.

What utter BS

Then withdraw your lawsuit and return all of your dark money contributions and Big Pharma and Big Health Insurance contributions. You’re not fooling anybody. We don’t believe you! Just another #HawleyWhopper!

You’re literally trying to do the opposite. Liar.

Corny ad. And, oh yeah, complete bullshit, too.

Piece of crap.

But WAIT. People want pre-existing conditions to be protected!! Will NOT vote for Hawley. Def not.

Umm. bullshit.

Wow. What a shameless liar.

You are currently suing to remove preexisting condition protections. This ad is one huge lie.

Hey Josh , you are a fucking imbecile

You’re suing to end these protections. Are you fuking kidding me???

You’re a sick liar. You’re suing to end this rules.

fuck you liar

You will kill millions
OR you will bankrupt those too
You are heartless!
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

You are a liar. #Deplorable #FakeChristian #Asshole

We have already met our quota of moron republicans in the senate.

FUCKING LIAR REPUBLICAN FREAKSHOW.

You’re a disingenuous asshole.

Fuck off and quit sending me mailers

Well, this is “The Show Me State”.