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15 Sunday Dec 2024

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Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

In November:

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens at center of pay-to-play allegations in Trump transition team

Boris Epshteyn isn’t accused of doing anything illegal but the investigation appeared designed to weaken or eliminate his prominent position within Trump’s orbit.

[….]

The review also examined a complaint from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in scandal but has expressed interest in joining Trump’s administration. Greitens signed a declaration last week recounting a Nov. 7 conversation with Epshteyn that alleged that his “overall tone and behavior gave me the impression of an implicit expectation to engage in business dealings with him before he would advocate for or suggest my appointment to the President. This created a sense of unease and pressure on my part.”

[….]

Really.

We remember.

At the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151053 07/18/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI SEALs for Truth P.O. Box 29525 Washington DC 20017 7/18/2016 $1,975,000.00

[emphasis added]

Via the Federal Election Commission [FEC]:

We never could figure out where the money for that $1,975,000.00 single contribution originated.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

A perfect fit for the second Trump (r) administration.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, like they couldn’t come up with another $25,000.00? (July 18, 2016)

Campaign Finance: attempting to follow the money… (October 15, 2016)

Campaign Finance: In our town

08 Saturday Jun 2024

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Individual contributions from Warrensburg, Missouri in the period from January 2023 through the end of the first quarter of 2024 to the U.S. Senate campaigns of Josh Hawley (r) and Lucas Kunce (D) – via the Federal Election Commission (FEC):

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 2/23/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/2/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 6/22/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/30/2023 0:00 $51
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/1/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 10/31/2023 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BRANT, PAMELA JO WARRENSBURG MO 5/26/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BRANT, PAMELA WARRENSBURG MO 11/17/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BRANT, PAMELA WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 BRANT, PAMELA JO WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 DICK, DELORES WARRENSBURG MO 3/15/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 DICK, DELORES MS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/12/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DICK, DELORES MS. WARRENSBURG MO 2/1/2024 0:00 $200
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DICK, DOLORES WARRENSBURG MO 1/11/2024 0:00 $1000

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE DIEHL, MARTHA WARRENSBURG MO 10/18/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE DIEHL, MARTHA WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DIEHL, MARTHA L. WARRENSBURG MO 2/1/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DIEHL, MARTHA L. WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FIELDS, SHIRLEY WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/26/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/20/2023 0:00 $51
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 1/15/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 1/5/2024 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 7/24/2023 0:00 $30
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 2/21/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 8/10/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 7/20/2023 0:00 $115
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 2/7/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 3/23/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 3/23/2023 0:00 $75
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 4/19/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 6/27/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 2/15/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 3/14/2024 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 GLIDDEN, WILLIAM WARRENSBURG MO 8/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 GLIDDEN, WILLIAM G. WARRENSBURG MO 6/5/2023 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 JONES, DOROTHY D. WARRENSBURG MO 3/28/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 6/12/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 5/19/2023 0:00 $51

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 MANNERING, KEVIN W. WARRENSBURG MO 2/26/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 MOORE, LONNIE WARRENSBURG MO 8/17/2023 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE MORRISON, PHILIP WARRENSBURG MO 10/23/2023 0:00 $500
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE MORRISON, PHILIP WARRENSBURG MO 10/23/2023 0:00 $10

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 PARKER, TODD WARRENSBURG MO 6/14/2023 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 SACKMAN, TINA WARRENSBURG NY 5/23/2023 0:00 $1

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 7/25/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 12/4/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 3/18/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 2/5/2024 0:00 $200

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 6/27/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $3
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 12/18/2023 0:00 $3
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 12/18/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 3/11/2024 0:00 $24.75
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 1/29/2024 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WRIGHT, PHYLLIS MS. WARRENSBURG MO 5/23/2023 0:00 $6
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WRIGHT, PHYLLIS WARRENSBURG MO 10/6/2023 0:00 $5
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WRIGHT, PHYLLIS MS. WARRENSBURG MO 3/18/2024 0:00 $2

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 YINGER, ANDREW MR. WARRENSBURG MO 3/22/2024 0:00 $26
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 YINGER, ANDREW MR. WARRENSBURG MO 2/16/2024 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 ZWALLY, PETER WARRENSBURG MO 5/30/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE ZWALLY, PETER WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 ZWALLY, PETER MR. WARRENSBURG MO 2/23/2024 0:00 $35

[emphasis added]

Lucas Kunce (D) [2023 file photo].

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 BERKLAND, TERRILL WARRENSBURG MO 3/31/2024 0:00 $50

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 10/31/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 11/30/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 12/31/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 1/31/2024 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 3/31/2024 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 2/29/2024 0:00 $30

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 11/22/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 12/28/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $200
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 9/21/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 3/27/2024 0:00 $200

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 12/12/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 11/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 12/31/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 2/7/2024 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 LOCH, JAMES D WARRENSBURG MO 3/15/2024 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 MILLER, JACLYN WARRENSBURG MO 8/8/2023 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 11/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 10/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 12/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 9/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 7/2/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 8/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 3/4/2024 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 1/4/2024 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 2/4/2024 0:00 $35

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 RHODES, B WARRENSBURG MO 1/4/2024 0:00 $50

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE SOMMER, ADAM WARRENSBURG MO 12/28/2023 0:00 $500

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 TAYLOR, JAMES H WARRENSBURG MO 3/27/2024 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/6/2024 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/29/2024 0:00 $10
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 2/6/2024 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/29/2024 0:00 $15
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/16/2024 0:00 $10
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/4/2024 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 11/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 10/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 12/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 9/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 7/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 8/17/2023 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WILLIAMS, SARA WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WILLIAMS, SARA WARRENSBURG MO 8/24/2023 0:00 $100

[emphasis added]

To put this in some perspective, there are just under 20,000 people (2022) in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Money and Virginia and Abortion, oh my…

12 Wednesday Apr 2023

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In 2018 – from the Federal Election Commission:

Source information
Name KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J
City and state ALEDO, TX, [….]
Occupation ATTORNEY
Employer FIRST LIBERTY
Year to date $500.00
Receipt information
Amount $500.00
Receipt date March 8, 2018
Report year 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri

KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. JOBS GROWTH AND FREEDOM FUND
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC.
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW FRED THOMPSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC

Not just in Texas. Wonder why?

In 2019:

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas )
Vote Number: 172
Vote Date: June 19, 2019, 03:30 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN233
Nomination Description: Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
Vote Counts:
YEAs 52
NAYs 46
Not Voting 2
[….]
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

[emphasis added]

What will $500.00 get you? Just asking.

What’s next for the abortion pill mifepristone?
Updated April 10, 20233:29 PM ET

[….]

…The name-brand drug Mifeprex was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago. Since then, it has been used millions of times, and major medical groups say it has a strong safety record. A generic version was approved in 2019.

Now, the drug’s future is in jeopardy. A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that undoes the FDA’s approval of mifepristone nationwide beginning this Friday….

[….]

As of Monday, there is no change yet to Americans’ ability to access mifepristone.

But that could change as soon as this Friday, when the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is set to take effect.

[….]

Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, agreed with their concerns and, in a preliminary ruling on Friday, declared the FDA’s approval to be invalid….

[….]

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Federal judge in Texas hears case that could force a major abortion pill off market
Updated March 15, 20237:39 PM ET

[….]

A coalition of anti-abortion medical groups and doctors called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine sued the FDA back in November, saying the abortion pill mifepristone was improperly approved two decades ago as part of a two-drug protocol that’s used to end pregnancies in the first trimester.

Erin Hawley, an attorney representing Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, argued that doctors who are part of this group have been forced to treat patients who have experienced complications, which can include heavy bleeding. In some cases, Hawley said, doctors have been forced to provide a surgical procedure to complete the abortion, despite their deeply held beliefs.

[….]

[emphasis added]

Erin Morrow Hawley Is Leading the Charge to Ban Abortion Medication. She’s Also Josh Hawley’s Wife
Reproductive rights activists are raising scrutiny over attorney Erin Hawley’s role in the suit against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone. The Texas federal judge overseeing the lawsuit made a past donation to her husband’s campaign.

BY ABIGAIL TRACY
MARCH 23, 2023

As a Texas federal judge deliberates his decision in a high-profile case that could impose a nationwide ban on a leading abortion drug, reproductive rights activists are now raising scrutiny about a member of the plaintiffs’ legal team: Erin Morrow Hawley, an attorney and the wife of Missouri senator Josh Hawley.

The case, which is playing out in a courtroom in rural Texas, could have the most far-reaching ramifications on abortion access in the United States since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Should the judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, rule in favor of the plaintiffs in the case and issue a preliminary injunction, it could effectively block the use of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, which account for more than half of all abortions in the US. Hawley is one of the main lawyers arguing on behalf of conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which sued the Food and Drug Administration last November for its approval of the abortion medication.

[….]

It was easy to check:

Lucas Kunce @LucasKunceMO
First, Matthew Kacsmaryk donated to Hawley’s campaign. Then, Hawley voted to make Kacsmaryk a federal judge. Now, Kacsmaryk just ruled in favor of a suit led by Hawley’s wife to ban abortion meds.

Hawley’s name is all over a nationwide effort to ban abortion without exceptions.
1:52 PM · Apr 8, 2023

Yep.

Lucas Kunce (D) [2023 file photo].

And:

[image cropped]

Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
I double dare any lawyer to read this analysis and not see the jaw dropping incompetence of this right-wing-ideological-hack judge in Texas. It is astounding.
[….]
9:44 PM · Apr 10, 2023

Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
And one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers pushing this legal garbage is….Yale law graduate wife of Josh Hawley, Erin Hawley.
10:06 PM · Apr 10, 2023

“…One of those fancy ones…”

Claire McCaskill (D) [2017 file photo].

You get what you pay for

12 Saturday Nov 2022

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Where some of the money came from – via the Federal Election Commission:

UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
TRUE NORTH PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL SC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IL 09/30/2022 $1,000.00
TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IL 09/30/2022 $1,000.00
SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DE 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
STEER PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL WY 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
SENATE EAGLE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TN 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL NC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IA 09/30/2022 $1,000.00
PHILLIPS 66 PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
ELECT – THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL AL 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IN 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $4,950.00
NGA GROCERS PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $2,000.00
NEXT CENTURY FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
MISSOURI SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MO SOYPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDERAL PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
MISSOURI CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
MDU RESOURCES GROUP GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL ND 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NATIONAL KEYS PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL OK 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
IHEARTMEDIA INC. PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
HUSCH BLACKWELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
HEARTLAND VALUES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL SD 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TN 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL FL 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
FREE STATE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL KS 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
EXXONMOBIL PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
EVERGY EMPLOYEE POWERPAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
DOE RUN PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC’S PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
DELTA AIR LINES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL OK 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
COMMON VALUES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE PRIMARY VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
COMMON VALUES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 -$5,000.00
COMMON VALUES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $10,000.00
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE – FEDERAL SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL PA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
BURNS AND MCDONNELL INC. PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/30/2022 $2,000.00
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL NJ 09/30/2022 $1,000.00
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL IL 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $5,000.00
AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/30/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/30/2022 $2,900.00
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/26/2022 $5,000.00
WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL CO 09/19/2022 $1,500.00
TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL NC 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORG SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL CA 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
MAKING A RESPONSIBLE STAND FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AMERICA PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TN 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
FUND FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL SC 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
FIGHTING FOR MISSOURI PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL NC 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
CONTINUING AMERICA’S STRENGTH AND SECURITY PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL LA 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
BLUE AND GOLD FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MA 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
BADLANDS PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/19/2022 $5,000.00
ANN PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/19/2022 $2,500.00
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/19/2022 $3,500.00
ALAMO PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/11/2022 $5,000.00
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/06/2022 $5,000.00
ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/06/2022 $2,900.00
RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM WORK PAC (RFWPAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MS 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/01/2022 $2,500.00
RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL DC 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
POET PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL SD 09/01/2022 $1,000.00
LEAGUE FOR SPORTSMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE (AKA THE LEAGUE) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/01/2022 $250.00
LEAD ENCOURAGE ELECT PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL WI 09/01/2022 $2,000.00
HUCK PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL AR 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
HEARTLAND VALUES PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE PRIMARY SD 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
DIRIGO PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL VA 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL AZ 09/01/2022 $5,000.00
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE PRIMARY DC 05/26/2022 $5,000.00
HUSCH BLACKWELL MULTI CANDIDATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE PRIMARY MO 05/12/2022 $2,500.00

Populism, yay.

GUARDING AGAINST PANDEMICS PAC SCHMITT FOR SENATE PRIMARY AZ 07/26/2022 $1,000.00

WTF?

FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL SD 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
HULSHOF, KENNY CHARLES SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $1,000.00
KINDER, PETER D. SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MO 09/30/2022 $250.00
CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL TX 09/26/2022 $30,935.20
TAKE BACK THE SENATE SCHMITT FOR MO SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2022 GENERAL VA 08/12/2022 $19,320.02
CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE SCHMITT FOR MO SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2022 GENERAL TX 08/12/2022 $98,367.40

DE VOS, SUZANNE CHERYL SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, RICHARD M. JR. SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, PAMELLA SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, MARIA SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, DOUGLAS L. SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, DANIEL G. SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00
DE VOS, BETSY SCHMITT FOR SENATE GENERAL MI 09/30/2022 $5,800.00

Michigan, eh?

Actually, you get what they pay for.

Previously:

The bill will come due (November 12, 2022)

The bill will come due

12 Saturday Nov 2022

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Via the Federal Election Commission:

Missouri – Senate 2022 | SENATE

Independent expenditures

“An expenditure for a communication – That expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate and – That is not made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate, or his or her authorized committees or agents, or a political party committee or its agents”

SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND Support SCHMITT, ERIC $132,064.04
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION Support SCHMITT, ERIC $5,040,336.00
CARRY THE TORCH Support SCHMITT, ERIC $50,000.00
SAVE MISSOURI VALUES Support SCHMITT, ERIC $2,558,314.70
CRYPTO INNOVATION Support SCHMITT, ERIC $230,000.00
GOA VICTORY FUND Support SCHMITT, ERIC $30,682.06
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND ACTION Support SCHMITT, ERIC $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Electioneering communications

“Any broadcast, cable or satellite communication that (1) refers to a clearly identified candidate for federal office; (2) is publicly distributed within certain time periods before an election and (3) is targeted to the relevant electorate”

CONSERVATIVES NETWORK SCHMITT, ERIC $609,780.00

[emphasis added]

Sloppy

27 Thursday Oct 2022

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You can tell a lot about a candidate and their campaign by their paper trail.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

At the Federal Election Commission:

FEC FORM 6
48 HOUR NOTICE OF
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
FILING FEC-1650645
1. Schmitt for Senate
101 W ARGONNE DR, #24
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63122
2. Candidate Info
Candidate ID #: S2MO00544
Candidate Name: ERIC SCHMITT
3. Office Sought: President
4. FEC Committee ID #: C00775015
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
ROBERT PHILLIPS, III
Date Signed: 10/26/2022
(End FEC FORM 6)

Generated Thu Oct 27 07:32:26 2022

[emphasis added]

Josh Hawley (r) just peed his pants.

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r)

25 Monday Jul 2022

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Not that we blame them.

The republican primary candidates for the 4th Congressional District:

U.S. Representative – District 4
Republican
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Jim (Soupy) Campbell 1228 MEL DOR ACRES CLIMAX SPRINGS MO 65324 180 2/22/2022

Rick Brattin P.O. BOX 920 HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 283 2/22/2022

William (Bill) Irwin PO BOX 383 HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 401 2/22/2022

Mark Alford PO BOX 1634 RAYMORE MO 64083 423 2/22/2022

Kalena Bruce PO BOX 1107 STOCKTON MO 65785 622 2/22/2022

Taylor Burks PO BOX 405 ASHLAND MO 65010 682 2/22/2022

Kyle Stonner LaBrue 4376 SKI DR OSAGE BEACH MO 65065 3/29/2022

[emphasis added]

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

We’ve received several mail pieces paid for by a right wingnut Federal Super PAC that attack Rick Brattin (r):

Let’s see, he didn’t support Donald Trump (r) early on. Something, something, China.

Something, something, Communist China.

Something, something, Chinese spies.

Never Trumper, anti-Trump. Something, something, China.

The disclaimer:

Paid for by Missourians for Truth PAC. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. [….]

Who paid for this [via the Federal Election Commission (FEC)]?:

Source information
Name MCDANIEL, CHRIS
City and state BLUE SPRINGS, MO, 64014
Occupation OWNER
Employer HEARTLAND FINANICAL GROUP INC
Year to date $50,000.00
Receipt information
Amount $50,000.00
Receipt date March 4, 2022
Report year 2022
Memo
Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
Political party
Type Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)
State Missouri

[emphasis added]

Source information
Name LOWE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LLC
City and state CLINTON, MO, 64735
Occupation
Employer
Year to date $10,000.00
Receipt information
Amount $10,000.00
Receipt date March 31, 2022
Report year 2022
Memo
Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
Political party
Type Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)
State Missouri

[emphasis added]

Source information
Name WORTH, GAIL
City and state GRANDVIEW, MO, 64030
Occupation OWNER
Employer GAIL POWERSPORTS, INC
Year to date $5,000.00
Receipt information
Amount $5,000.00
Receipt date May 3, 2022
Report year 2022
Memo
Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
Political party
Type Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)
State Missouri

[emphasis added]

Source information
Name LOWE, MATTHEW
City and state CLINTON, MO, 64735
Occupation VP OF SALES
Employer PLZ CORP
Year to date $5,000.00
Receipt information
Amount $5,000.00
Receipt date June 28, 2022
Report year 2022
Memo
Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
Political party
Type Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)
State Missouri

[emphasis added]

Source information
Name WETZEL INVESTMENTS LP
City and state CLINTON, MO, 64735
Occupation
Employer
Year to date $1,000.00
Receipt information
Amount $1,000.00
Receipt date March 31, 2022
Report year 2022
Memo
Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
Political party
Type Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)
State Missouri

[emphasis added]

The expenditures by Missourians for Truth PAC:

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Oppose BRATTIN, RICHARD RAY JR. IN-KIND DIRECT MAIL PRINTING AND POSTAGE CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/22/2022 $12,500.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Oppose BRATTIN, RICHARD RAY JR. IN-KIND – DIRECT MAIL PRINTING AND POSTAGE CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/22/2022 $12,500.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Oppose BRATTIN, RICHARD RAY JR. DIRECT MAIL DESIGN AND POSTAGE CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/22/2022 $4,309.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Oppose BRATTIN, RICHARD RAY JR. DIRECT MAIL DESIGN AND POSTAGE CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/22/2022 $4,309.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Support ALFORD, MARK DIRECT MAIL CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/18/2022 $17,680.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Support ALFORD, MARK DIRECT MAIL CATAMARAN CONSULTING 07/11/2022 $22,310.00

MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC Support ALFORD, MARK DIRECT MAIL CATAMARAN CONSULTING 06/24/2022 $26,315.00

[emphasis added]

Ah, promoting Mark Alford (r):

Mark Alford (r) [May 2022 file photo].

Pass the popcorn.

$973,411.00

04 Thursday Nov 2021

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Giffords Sues the National Rifle Association for Violating Campaign Finance Laws
The lawsuit alleges the NRA illegally coordinated expenditures with several federal candidates, funneling about $35 million in illegal campaign contributions to Senate and presidential races.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Giffords filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the NRA for violations of campaign finance laws dating back to 2014. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Giffords by Campaign Legal Center Action, alleges that the NRA engaged in a broad pattern of activity that violated the Federal Election Campaign Act. Since 2014, the NRA has made as much as $35 million in unlawful, excessive, and unreported in-kind campaign contributions to seven federal candidates, including candidates for US Senate in 2014, 2016, and 2018, and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

[….]

Giffords filed a series of complaints in 2018 to alert the Federal Election Commission that the NRA was engaged in an unlawful scheme that violated federal election law. When the FEC did nothing, Giffords, represented by Campaign Legal Center Action, took the Commission to court. On September 30, the US District Court in Washington issued an order compelling the FEC to act on the complaints within 30 days. The FEC once again failed to do its job, and after 30 days elapsed, the Court ruled that Giffords could sue the NRA directly for violations of federal campaign finance law.

[….]

The lawsuit seeks several forms of relief, including an order preventing the NRA from violating the law in future elections, and a penalty equal to the amount of money unlawfully spent, which the NRA would pay to the US treasury—potentially as much as $35 million. [….]

The races at the heart of the lawsuit include the following….

[….]

2018: Josh Hawley in the race for Senate in Missouri (vs. Claire McCaskill)…

The lawsuit:

Giffords-v.-NRA-Complaint-filed110221 [pdf]

Just short of a million.

Josh Hawley (r): ladders and rakes

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Josh Hawley (r) steps on a rake. Again.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

“The most dangerous place to stand in Washington D.C. is any place between Senator Josh Hawley and a live microphone” – Charles P. Pierce

Today on social media:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Thanks ⁦@Walmart ⁩ for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?
[….]
12:52 PM · Dec 30, 2020

Apparently someone at Walmart forgot to log out of their corporate Twitter.

Josh Hawley (r) doubles down with faux populism:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business
12:54 PM · Dec 30, 2020

You think he knew about that before November 4, 2019? Just asking.

It gets better.

At the Federal Election Commission [a tip of the hat to Rachel Gonzalez]:

Name WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
City and state BENTONVILLE, AR, 727166209
Year to date $1,000.00
Contribution information
Amount $1,000.00
Receipt date November 4, 2019
Report year 2019
Memo HAWLEY VICTORY COMMITTEE JFC MEMO; JFC ATTRIB: HAWLEY VICTORY COMMITTEE
Reported on Form 3 on line 12
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

We already know what you are. You’ve just been haggling over the price.

Previously:

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

“…Now I know he went to Yale, I think, or Harvard, one of those, one of those fancy ones…”

What passes for a flatbed truck at “…Yale, I think, or Harvard, one of those, one of those fancy ones…” (August 16, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): throwing shit against the wall to see if anything sticks (December 30, 2020)

2,868,686 votes

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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Donald J. Trump (r), gaslighter.

The popular vote winner in 2016:

Hillary Clinton [2016 file photo]

From the Federal Election Commission (FEC):

2016 PRESIDENTIAL POPULAR VOTE SUMMARY [PDF]
FOR ALL CANDIDATES LISTED ON AT LEAST ONE STATE BALLOT

Candidate (Party Label) Popular Vote Total Percent of Popular Vote

Hillary Clinton (Democrat [….]) 65,853,514 48.18%

Donald J. Trump (Republican [….]) 62,984,828 46.09%

Gary Johnson [….] 4,489,341 3.28%

Jill Stein [….] 1,457,218 1.07%

Evan McMullin [….] 731,991 0.54%
[….]

[emphasis added]

Yesterday:

American Bridge 21st Century @American_Bridge
“I think I did win the popular vote.” – @realDonaldTrump

FALSE. Over 2.6 million voters say different, and this November, Trump will lose it again.
[….]
10:20 PM · Sep 1, 2020

Liar.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

#loser #liar #TrumpLostThePopularVote