Today at noon around a hundred individual gathered on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri for a demonstration, rally, speeches, and a voter registration drive.
October 7th is the last day to register to vote for the November general election.
The event was organized by a coalition of Johnson County, Missouri activist groups.
“Vote. It’s our only way out of this.”
“Vote Blue…”
“Chaos, Cruelty, Corruption…”
“…We’re Being Looted”
Benediction.
A few words.
Speaking with voters.
Jordan Herrera, the Democratic Party candidate in the 4th Congressional District.
Taigan Plummer, the Democratic Party candidate in the 54th Legislative District.
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 12:00 Noon Defend Democracy Rally
Johnson County Courthouse (Courthouse Square, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Event by Burg Resist
Johnson County Courthouse (Courthouse Square, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Join us as we prepare to vote in defense of our state and country of Nov 3. We have some inspiring speakers lined up! Bring your signs and American spirit! ❤️🤍💙
Warrensburg, Missouri
Today our Democracy is under attack from a Fascist authoritarian regime that pisses on our Constitution and shreds the Bill of Rights. It is our sacred duty to defend our Constitution.
It’s time to stand up for our brothers and sister. They are hurting today. They have been murdered, beaten, kidnapped, and lied to by a cruel, sadistic, and corrupt administration.
It’s time to educate, agitate, and organize. It’s time to resist.
Defend Democracy. Mobilize the vote.
Join us on October 3rd, 12:00 p.m. at the Johnson County Courthouse.
There was a peaceful “Rally Against Truth Decay” at 12:30 p.m. today on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri. The temperature was in the 90s. There were about 75 individuals in attendance who listened to speakers, held protest signs (against the excesses of the Trump [r] Administration), and signed initiative petitions.
If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.
If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?
Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.
If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?
If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us … You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.
We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.
I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.
America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.
The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.
The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.
America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.
We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.
Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.
There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.
U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce (D) spoke at a GOTV rally late this afternoon at the IBEW hall in Kansas City, Missouri for a crowd of around a hundred activists and supporters.
Lucas Kunce (D) at the IBEW in Kansas City.
Before the rally:
“Missourians for Harris/Walz”
“A woman’s place is in her union”
Representative Ingrid Burnett (D) speaking with a reporter from the Kansas City metro area NBC affiliate.
With family.
After speaking, Lucas Kunce spent time for photos and conversation with anyone who wished to do so.
Lucas Kunce, the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Senate, held a rally in Belton, Missouri yesterday evening. Approximately 150 to 200 individuals from Cass County and neighboring counties attended.
Lucas Kunce, the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Senate, held a rally in Barnett, Missouri yesterday evening. Approximately 200 individuals from the area and neighboring counties attended.
Lucas Kunce (D).
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Lucas Kunce (D): “…And somebody is getting a little scared about it. [laughter] So, uh, so craziest thing happened the other day. Uh, I should give you some background first. So, a year ago I went out to the Missouri State Fair. Go every year, take the family. And, uh, and lo and behold Josh Hawley was at the state fair. And I thought, well gosh, you know, I never met the guy before. Maybe I should go up and say hi to him. [laughter] Can anybody guess what happened? [laughter] I’m telling you people it was January 6th all over again [laughter] Brrrrr, quick as he could, ran away. But, I will give the man some credit, in the intervening year it seems he’s spent a lot of time re-reading his book on manhood, [laughter] uh, because he came to play this year.
Yeah, if you don’t know, Josh Hawley literally wrote a book and titled it Manhood. Like I’m not, I’m not kidding you. It’s, uh, world’s greatest self-help book. You can get it for two dollars on Amazon. [laughter] The, uh, the secrets of masculinity from the coward of January 6th himself. It’s the craziest thing you ever heard. But, um. But, first of all, shame on y’all for laughing. [laughter]
And the reason I say that comes from a very dark place. You see, my campaign manager made me read the thing. I’m never gonna get those hours back and it was a brutal experience. However, and y’all aren’t gonna like this, I wish that we could make that book required reading for everyone who votes in November. I know, you don’t want to read it. But, I’m telling you just think about it, just suffering through that is a small sacrifice for us winning 98 to 2. Because, I swear to God, if everybody had to read it that is how much we would win by. Like, it’s absolutely crazy….”
The “debate on debates” – Governer’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 15, 2024
Lucas Kunce (D): “…Honestly, I think they can see what a creep the guy is anyway.
And, uh, I actually discovered this personally myself, this was where I was going earlier, at the state year this year. So, if you didn’t see, the wildest thing happened. Again, he came motivated this year. And so, I’m talking to this farmer named [….] in the pavilion, and, uh, we’re just hanging out, he’s talking about beef checkoff programs, you know, all that sort of stuff. Big Ag destroying his livelihood. Sadly, the truth here in Missouri for a lot of folks. And, um, and we’re talking and we just hear this ruckus coming from the background. And, uh, and it starts to get clearer after a little bit. And it’s like, we hear, Kunce! Where’s Kunce? Has anybody seen Kunce? Is Kunce out of his basement yet? [laughter] And we’re like, what on earth is that? And sure enough our sitting U.S. Senator has gone WWE smackdown, I don’t know if everybody watches their Friday night television, the guy’s been watching too much of it. I mean, full on smackdown, running through the hall, yelling as loud as he can for me, and, uh, completely mic’d up, camera crew trailing him, pushing people out of the way to try to find me. [pause] Cutest little western outfit you have ever seen. [laughter] I’m not gonna lie, I’m willing to complement the man when he does something right. I’m telling you, it was beautiful. Pearl snaps. The shirt was a few sizes too small, but, hey man, the rest of it, he really killed it. And, uh [laughter], I get, did anybody see that Barbie movie? [voices: “Yeah.”] I’m telling you right now, midwestern Ken. It was incredible [laughter]. Hair blown out, like, amazing thing, amazing thing.
And so, and so, I’m there and I’m just like, this man is just standing right here, like, just right here next to me just yapping up at me non-stop about who knows what. And, uh, and I’m thinking to myself, again, like, why would a sitting U.S. Senator do something like this? It’s crazy, right? It is fear. It’s fear. He’s seen the same numbers we’ve seen. They’re getting public now and, uh, the man is in trouble and it’s gotten him scared…”
“Josh Hawley is a Fraud and a Coward”
“…Sorry about Josh Hawley…”
“Labor for Lucas”
Lucas Kunce (D): “….I’m gonna tell you right now that’s not the Missouri that I grew up in. It’s just not. But it is Josh Hawley’s Missouri. That is the Missouri that Josh Hawley is bringing to every single one of us. I’m gonna tell you right now, it’s coming for every single corner of our state unless we fight back and take power back right now. [applause]
That’s why I’m here tonight. That’s why I’m doing this campaign. Because we have to fundamentally change who has power in this country. We have to change who has power in this country ’cause they’re just gonna take, take, take, extract our wealth, destroy our communities for themselves, right? That’s what it’s all about. [applause]….”
Lucas Kunce (D): “….I can’t believe I even gotta bring this up. But, uh, I want to acknowledge the biggest investment that we make in our paychecks every single month. Our money, our investment in Social Security and Medicare [voice: “Right.”][applause] These guys want to privatize it. They want to cut it. They want to hand the keys over to Goldman-Sachs. I don’t know if you’ve seen what happened with several pension funds that those guys got their hands on, but they disappeared, and we had to be bailed out by the federal government, right? Never, never, never, never on my watch. I’m gonna tell you right now, I will always protect those programs. [applause]….”
Lucas Kunce
September 6, 2024
Had a great time at our rally in Jackson County at IBEW Local 124 — lots of people fired up about taking this seat so we can finally have a Senator who will invest in Missouri. Everyday Missourians should call the shots in their own lives — not giant corporations. Not Wall Street. Not Big Pharma or Big Ag or Big Tech. Not politicians like Josh Hawley.
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[photo: Jerry Schmidt]
[photo: Jerry Schmidt]
“Josh Hawley Is Wrong For Missouri” [photo: Jerry Schmidt].
Organizers and activists in Missouri have been gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is the conduit for the petition drive.
The signed petitions were presented Friday morning at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.
A rally in support of the initiative for abortion rights started at 11:00 a.m. on the north side of the Capitol.
Kennedy Moore, Abortion Action Missouri, spoke at the rally:
Kennedy Moore, Abortion Action Missouri.
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The transcript:
Kennedy Moore, Abortion Action Missouri: …Good morning, Missouri. [voices: “Good Morning.”] Good morning, Missouri. [voices: “Good Morning.”] [….] I just want to say, we made it to the signature finish line. [cheers] We made it, we made it, we made it. And this is a bittersweet moment. Who would have thought that we would be placed in a position for a historic time such as this? Despite every obstacle put in our way by the opposition we made it. [wind noise][….] Some of you I met only about twelve weeks ago. And others I’ve met and been working with for years. And all of us have grown immensely in the past twelve weeks from the work that every single one of us has contributed to the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign. It’s been a beautiful thing to bear witness to. And I hope we will all cherish these relationships that have been built in this time and will continue to be built. A little bit of faith, a little bit of faith is what was instilled in all of our volunteers, to take action, to collect signatures across the state, and in the three hundred and eighty thousand signatures from voters that signed this petition that will be on the ballot in 2024. [applause][cheers] As we stand here before this same building, this same building where they passed the ban, where they signed it, where they signed away our rights to our bodies. [voice: “Boo!”] And where they continue to legislate against our Democracy. [voices: “Boo!”] We take back, we take back that right through the initiative petition process with the thousands of pages of petitions that we just turned in to the [voice: “That’s right!”] Secretary of State this morning. [cheers] The simple fact that we collected more signatures than the amount needed to qualify for the ballot has stretched my faith farther than I can ever imagine to think. It stretched my faith in my self, in my team that I work with every day, our movement, our state, and beyond. The Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign and Abortion Action Missouri thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the risks you’ve taken to get here today. We would not be here if you did not put your time, your desire for change in your home state, and your heart on the line. I hope this moment is ingrained in all of us because we are making history. We have built collective power across the state. And that is what true community organizing is about. And I hope that you know you have an organizing home in this community. And anyone else that believes in ending this cruel ban on abortion in the State of Missouri does, too. Thank you so much and I look forward to the Missouri that we will continue to build together. [applause][cheers]
Organizers and activists in Missouri have been gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is the conduit for the petition drive.
The signed petitions were presented Friday morning at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.
A rally in support of the initiative for abortion rights started at 11:00 a.m. on the north side of the Capitol.
Tori Schafer, ACLU, spoke at the rally:
Tori Schafer, ACLU Missouri.
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Tori Schafer, ACLU Missouri: … Hey, y’all. Thank you for being here with us today for this momentous occasion. [….] And I am proud to say that every single campaign, every single time this campaign has went to court we have won. [cheers] Nearly fourteen months ago, in March of 2023, we filed this amendment to end our state’s abortion ban. Immediately we were met with political attacks. State officials used the legal system to delay us from collecting signatures. Our campaign had to go to court not once, not twice, but three times before we even began collecting signatures. This significant delay due to litigious actions was an attempt by government officials to prevent us from this very moment. [voice: “Those buggers.”] [laughter] Today we turned in boxes filled with hopes and dreams of bodily autonomy and for a better Missouri. [cheers] Our message is simple and clear. We want to make decisions about our bodies free from political interference. Missourians have had the right to direct Democracy for over a hundred years and the ACLU of Missouri will continue to protect this right. [voice: “That’s right.”] And just as we won our previous cases, we will continue to defeat anti-Democratic attacks in court. [voice: “That’s right.”] We are confident our signatures meet the standards required by law and have no doubt our measure will be in front of Missouri voters. [cheers] Thank you to our volunteers who followed our very strict rules and literally crossed every ‘t’ and dotted every ‘i’. Our campaign is Missouri grown, Missouri led, Missouri litigated [cheers] and we will win on Election Day because of Missourians. [cheers, applause]
[“When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do?” “Stand up, fight back.”]
