Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180455 08/10/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund Jeffrey Roe 1251 NW Briarcliff Parkway Suite 85 Kansas City MO 64116 Axiom Strategies, LLC Political Consultant 8/9/2018 $45,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s one way to start an infinite loop.

Actually, not in the least.

At the Missouri Ethics Commission, the 8 Day Before Primary Election Report for a committee supporting the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C180291: Missourians For Freedom To Work
Committee Type: Campaign
239 Rock Industrial Blvd Suite 108
Union Mo 63084
Established Date: 04/18/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $539,960.00
Monetary Receipts + $848,300.00
Monetary Expenditures – $1,193,618.27
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,264.36
Subtotal ($346,582.63)
Ending Money On Hand $193,377.37

[emphasis added]

Missourians For Freedom To Work – Contributions – 8 Day Before Primary Election Report-8/7/2018 – data from the Missouri Ethics Commission

The contributions:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
7/30/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work

American Democracy Alliance Ridgely PAC 1100 Main St Suite 2700 Kansas City MO 64105 7/2/2018 $100,000.00
Gordon Kinne 1650 E Battlefield St Suite 300 Springfield MO 65804 MedPay — President 7/5/2018 $1,000.00
Howard Wood 203 N E Main St Bonne Terre MO 63628 Cequel III — Executive 7/9/2018 $2,000.00
Rudolph Farber 100 North Wood St Neosho MO 64850 Community Bank & Trust — Chairman 7/11/2018 $25,000.00
Associated Builders & Contractors 4035 Denton Road Kansas City MO 64133 7/12/2018 $25,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/13/2018 $200,000.00
Penmac Staffing Services Inc 447 South Ave Springfield MO 65806 7/14/2018 $1,000.00
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Avenue Jefferson City MO 65101 7/16/2018 $100,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/18/2018 $300,000.00
Henson Electric Inc. 2525 Branch Ln Wentzville MO 63385 7/19/2018 $400.00
Independent Electrical Contractors STL 12704 Pennridge Dr Bridgeton MO 63044 7/19/2018 $300.00
Mid-America Electric Inc. 5950 Old State Rd Imperial MO 63052 7/19/2018 $500.00
Leo Vasquez 3808 Dunn Rd Hazelwood MO 63042 L Vasques & Sons — President/Owner 7/19/2018 $100.00
Evergreen Investments LLC PO Box 1600 Lebanon MO 65536 7/20/2018 $5,000.00
Faultless Healthcare 4244 Kansas Avenue Kansas City KS 66106 7/23/2018 $5,000.00
GJ Grewe Inc. 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard Suite D St Louis MO 63026 7/23/2018 $50,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/23/2018 $33,000.00

Interesting group there, all concerned about “worker rights”.

That’s it. $848,300.00 from fifteen entities or individuals in the month of July.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
7/30/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work

Palm Strategic Group LLC PO Box 2114 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/9/2018 Advertising expenses $37,000.00
Thompson Communications Inc. PO Box 5 Marshfield MO 65706 7/10/2018 Advertising expenses $398,261.00
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/11/2018 Palm Cards & Consulting $43,025.17
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/17/2018 Field Work $200,000.00
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/20/2018 Data Acquisition & Field Work $308,350.00
Thompson Communications Inc. PO Box 5 Marshfield MO 65706 7/24/2018 Advertising expenses $150,000.00
American Viewpoint Inc. 1199 North Fairfax Street Suite 808 Alexandria VA 22314 7/24/2018 Survey $24,200.00

[emphasis added]

They already know the outcome. Though they did get manage to get working people to spend millions defending their rights and their jobs.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: uh, huh… (July 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: free to be a serf (July 25, 2018)

Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO – Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 135 2001 Camino Del Rio South San Diego CA 92108 7/31/2018 $15,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers 753 State Ave Suite 565 Kansas City KS 66101 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Brotherhood of Teamsters 25 Louisiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001 7/31/2018 $150,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 1360 – Operating/Payroll 400 Commerce Lane West Berlin NJ 06091 7/31/2018 $8,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12 150 E. Corson St Pasadena CA 91103 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 General Fund 65 Springfield Ave Springfield NJ 07081 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri New England Retail Food Organizing Account 278 Silver Spring St Providence RI 02904 7/31/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust 1750 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20006 8/1/2018 $200,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local No. 88 Meat Cutters Union 5730 Elizabeth Ave St Louis MO 63110
8/1/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri Preserve Middle Class America 4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City MO 64130 8/1/2018 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone (July 24, 2018)

Campaign Finance: one week (July 31, 2018)

Jessica Podhola, We Are Missouri – July 10, 2018.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri CHIPP Political Account 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 7/30/2018 $22,685.85

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri Committee to Protect MO Families 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 7/30/2018 $534,412.31

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers 1125 Seventh Street NW Washington DC 20036 7/30/2018 $198,182.96

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri ACT Ohio Foundation 222 East Town Street Columbus OH 43215 7/26/2018 $20,000.00

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices for the Pipe Fitting Industry Three Park Place Annapolis MD 21401 7/31/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District council 3450 Hollenberg Dr Bridgeton MO 63044 7/31/2018 $300,000.00

C171127 07/31/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 148 11000 Lin Valle St Louis MO 63123 7/31/2018 $12,580.62

[emphasis added]

Solidarity.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone (July 24, 2018)

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180455 07/27/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund American Federation for Children Suite 675 Washington DC 20036 7/26/2018 $27,500.00

The American Federation for Children?:

The American Federation for Children is a 501(c)(4) organization that does lobbying and grassroots advocacy work in the states and Washington, D.C. We are affiliated with the American Federation for Children Action Fund, a political committee that supports and opposes state-level candidates for elected office. We work closely with our educational partner, the American Federation for Children Growth Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, to promote the benefits of—and the need for—school choice, make parents aware of their options, mobilize grassroots supports and ensure private school choice laws work for students.
The American Federation for Children works in states across America to advance our mission. Our headquarters are in Washington, D.C., with state-based staff located in regional offices around the country.

Ah, they’re about defunding and dismantling public education. That’ll work so well in rural Missouri. In the same way right wingnuts blocking Medicaid expansion helped rural access to health care and rural hospitals prosper. Oh, wait.

And:

C180455 07/27/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund US Term Limits, Inc. Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 7/27/2018 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

Ironic, eh?

U.S. Term Limits (USTL), based out of Washington, D.C., advocates for term limits at all levels of government.
[….]
In 2016, USTL launched the Term Limits Convention, a new project to enact a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits. Under this approach, state legislators can enact term limits for the Congress in Washington and no member of Congress can stop them.

And that way only lobbyists and special interests, not elected legislators, will hold any legislative institutional memory. Why, that takes us down the road towards kakistocracy and kleptocracy.

And, the usual individuals and right wingnut funded entities:

180455 07/24/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund David Humphreys P.O. Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Building Products President/CEO 7/23/2018 $50,000.00

C180455 07/25/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City MO 61453 7/24/2018 $100,000.00

C180455 07/25/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund Missouri Republican Leadership PAC P.O. Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/24/2018 $25,000.00

C180455 07/25/2018 Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC 1100 Main Street Suite 2700 Kansas City MO 64105 7/25/2018 $50,000.00

“…Why, that takes us down the road towards kakistocracy and kleptocracy…”

They consider that a feature, not a bug.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission on behalf of one of the entities promoting the anti-union Proposition A “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

C180291 07/24/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/23/2018 $33,000.00

C180291 07/24/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work GJ Grewe Inc. 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard Suite D St Louis MO 63026 7/23/2018 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

The problem here is that they have to convince enough people to vote for their corporate overlords and against their own interests.

Oh, wait…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: uh, huh… (July 19, 2018)

Working people – Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 21 General Fund 5030 1st Ave South Suite 200 Seattle WA 98134 7/24/2018 $22,581.50

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B General Account 141-57Northern Blvd Flushing NY 11354 7/24/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri Operating Engineers Local 148 AFL-CIO 11000 Lin Valle St Louis MO 63123 7/24/2018 $10,240.00

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri CHIPP Political Account 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 7/24/2018 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity is not just a word they toss around.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

171127 07/21/2018 We Are Missouri Pipe Fitters Association Local Union #533 Volunteer Political Fund 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 7/21/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/21/2018 We Are Missouri PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO 8 PAC 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 7/21/2018 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

There certainly are more, and we’re going to vote.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a couple of right wingnut PACs from one of their consistent check writers:

C101046 07/20/2018 Missouri Club for Growth Political Action Committee Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Ln Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/20/2018 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

Grow Missouri’s moving billboard [October 2014 file photo].

C131097 07/20/2018 Grow Missouri Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/20/2018 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

He’s awake and writing big checks.

Spend it on the blimp!

Previously:

Campaign Finance: He’s baaaaack. (March 9, 2018)