2020. That’s it.

We thought we’d provide a retrospective of what we tried to cover this past year.

January

At Mill Creek Park, near the Plaza, in Kansas City:

No War With Iran – Kansas City – January 9, 2020 (January 9, 2020)

Again, at Mill Creek Park, near the Plaza, in Kansas City:

Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 1 (January 18, 2020)

February

In the time before:

Lindsey Simmons (D): campaigning in the 4th Congressional District (February 8, 2020)

March

One of the last Biden pre-COVID campaign rallies – in Kansas City:

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) – campaign rally at the Liberty Memorial – Kansas City – March 7, 2020 (March 8, 2020)

Presidential Campaign Meta (March 10, 2020)

April

The shutdown:

Our Town (April 11, 2020)

They could have precision dropped PPE while they were at it:

One B-2, two A-10s, and four T-38s (April 28, 2020)

May

And then:

George Floyd – Protest – Warrensburg, Missouri – Sunday afternoon, May 31, 2020 (May 31, 2020)

George Floyd – Protest – Warrensburg, Missouri – Sunday afternoon, May 31, 2020 – part 2 (June 1, 2020)

June

March for George Floyd and Justice – Warrensburg, Missouri – June 8, 2020 (June 8, 2020)

March for George Floyd and Justice – Warrensburg, Missouri – June 8, 2020 – part 2 (June 9, 2020)

“No justice, no peace” (June 9, 2020)

Rally for Justice – Warrensburg, Missouri – June 28, 2020 (June 28, 2020)

July

Silent March for Justice – Warrensburg, Missouri – July 4, 2020 (July 4, 2020)

August

Higginsville: Summer of 2020 (August 11, 2020)

One of far too many ugly symbols of 2020 (August 27, 2020)

September

Vigil for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 25, 2020 (September 25, 2020)

Missouri DHSS – COVID-19 Outbreak Statistics – September 26, 2020 – 2:00 p.m. (September 26, 2020)

October

Stupidity in an era when everyone has a camera (August 30, 2020)

Yard Signs: resupply (October 17, 2020)

The replacement (October 18, 2020)

To catch a thief (October 23, 2020)

Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be Fascists (October 27, 2020)

November

There was an election. We voted in September.

Missed it by that much… (November 14, 2020)

December

Will we make it to January 20th? That remains to be seen.

Amicus this (December 11, 2020)

The right wingnut controlled Missouri General Assembly in action:

“No, no, not yet. Not until me and Harvey get the rules straightened out.” “Rules? In a knife fight? No rules!” (December 14, 2020)

Make it go away. We’ll try anything:

Winter Solstice (December 21, 2020)

The continuation of our 2019 retrospective.

October

Yeah, impeachment.

Iowa:

Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D).

Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) – Town Hall – Des Moines, Iowa – October 12, 2019 (October 13, 2017)

Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) – Town Hall Q and A – on the Electoral College – Des Moines, Iowa – October 12, 2019 (October 13, 2019)

Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) – Town Hall Q and A – on Climate Change – Des Moines, Iowa – October 12, 2019 (October 14, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D).

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Town Hall – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 20, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Town Hall Q and A – LGBTQ – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 21, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Town Hall Q and A – Climate – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 21, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Town Hall Q and A – Higher Education – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 22, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Medicare for All – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 22, 2019)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) – Closing Remarks – Indianola, Iowa – October 20, 2019 (October 22, 2019)

That’s a lot of coverage. She has a lot of plans.

And the weather:

Oh, it’s cold out there (October 31, 2019)

November

Yeah, impeachment. And campaign finance. We follow the money, still.

And, it got worse:

It’s all about that small government, right? (November 2, 2019)

No picture is necessary.

Birds:

A few early morning Fall visitors (November 3, 2019)

Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus (November 10, 2019)

Turf (November 26, 2019)

December

Yeah, impeachment. The Missouri General Assembly started pre-filing bills for the 2020 legislative session. And we continue to follow the money.

Impeachment:

James Staab: The Case for Impeachment is Clear (December 6, 2019)

Articles of Impeachment – Donald Trump (r) (December 10, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Impeach (December 11, 2019)

In Kansas City:

Impeach and Remove Rally – Kansas City – December 17, 2019 (December 17, 2019)

Empty space doesn’t vote:

Neither do cows.

Impeach this! (December 20, 2019)

Okay, impeach this! (December 20, 2019)

Well, then, impeach this! (December 20, 2019)

Another bright idea from the right wingnut grievance industrial complex:

Lightbulbs, still (December 22, 2019)

Iowa:

Wrong audience (December 27, 2019)

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 1 (December 28, 2019)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 2 (December 29, 2019)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 3 (December 29, 2019)

The continuation of our 2019 retrospective.

July

In Kansas City:

Lights for Liberty immigration rally – Washington Square Park, Kansas City, Missouri – July 12, 2019 (July 12, 2019)

In Iowa:

Progress Iowa Corn Feed – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – July 14, 2019 (July 14, 2019)

Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro (D) – Progress Iowa Corn Feed – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – July 14, 2019 (July 14, 2019)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) – Progress Iowa Corn Feed – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – July 14, 2019 (July 15, 2019)

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) – Progress Iowa Corn Feed – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – July 14, 2019 (July 15, 2019)

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D): – Progress Iowa Corn Feed – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – July 14, 2019 (July 16, 2019)

Iowa meta (July 19, 2019)

Sen. Cory Booker (D) – “Conversations with Presidential Candidates” – Iowa Public Television – Ankeny, Iowa – July 15, 2019 (July 15, 2019)

August

In Kansas City:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Press Availability – On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Judy Sherry: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Rashid Junaid: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9 2019)

Damon Daniel: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

In Iowa:

Iowa – Meta – #ForThePeople – August 10, 2019 (August 10, 2019)

Sen. Kamala Harris (D) – West Des Moines, Iowa – August 10, 2019 (August 11, 2019)

In Sedalia:

At the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia – August 15, 2019 (August 15, 2019)

In St. Louis:

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) – Reproductive Rights Town Hall – St. Louis – August 18, 2019 (August 18, 2019)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) – Opening Remarks – Reproductive Rights Town Hall – St. Louis – August 18, 2019 (August 19, 2019)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) – Press Availability – Reproductive Rights Town Hall – St. Louis – August 18, 2019 (August 19, 2019)

On loyalty (August 21, 2019)

A bit of meta:

Sen. Kamala Harris (D): Iowa bus tour campaign ad (August 28, 2019)

September

Jason Kander (D):

This. (September 2, 2019)

Remembering (September 11, 2019)

Business as usual:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Are you on drugs? (September 21, 2019)

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 1 (December 28, 2019)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 2 (December 29, 2019)

The continuation of our 2019 retrospective.

April

A good question. Asked, and finally answered.

Release the Mueller Report Protest – Kansas City – April 4, 2019 (April 4, 2019)

A candidate for Attorney General.

Elad Gross (D) in Sedalia – April 7, 2019 (April 7, 2019)

Ain’t no sunshine in Missouri?

Gov. Mike Parson (r): Sunshine Law? What? (April 26, 2019)

A rite of Spring across America.

A sure sign of Spring (April 29, 2019)

May

“…a day for organized marches and events in support of science across America and the world. Think about that for a second. People feel the need to organize marches in support of science in 21st Century America.”

May the Fourth be with you (May 4, 2019)

A powerful voice leaves the Missouri General Assembly:

Rep. Bruce Franks, Jr. (D): leaving the House (May 16, 2019)

The republican priority in the Missouri General Assembly:

HB 126: the elephant in the womb (May 24, 2019)

Their base:

Wrong individual, but someone else certainly will… (May 30, 2019)

June

Looking toward 2020:

Truman Gala in Kansas City – Jackson County Democratic Committee – June 1, 2019 (June 2, 2019)

In Kansas City:

Campaign Finance: Kansas City Mayoral Race – PACs – mostly for, one against (June 16, 2019)

Kansas City Mayoral Election: Quinton Lucas (June 18, 2019)

Jolie Justus – after the election (June 19, 2019)

Not to be.

To the streets:

Everyone for Reproductive Rights – March to the Governor’s Mansion – Jefferson City – June 22, 2019 (June 22, 2019)

Everyone for Reproductive Rights – Rally and March at the Capitol – Jefferson City – June 22, 2019 (June 22, 2019)

This morning at the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City (June 22, 2019)

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2019 – part 1 (December 28, 2019)

It’s been another very interesting year for us. We could all benefit from less interesting.

We took a lot of photos in 2019. Many having to do with the aftermath of the 2016 (yes) and 2018 general elections.

Over the course of the last year we covered a number of government and political events in Missouri (and elsewhere, including Iowa for some reason), in the process taking thousands of photographs. Most of them didn’t make it into the blog. Some of the things we saw and heard made us smile, made us think, made us gasp, made us hope, and made us despair.

We thought we’d provide a retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

January

Jason Kander (D) – continues his good works.

Rosebud* (January 1, 2019)

The Missouri General Assembly opens the 2019 session in Jefferson City.

The opening of the legislative session – in the House – January 9, 2019 (January 9, 2019)

The opening of the legislative session – in the House – photos – January 9, 2019 (January 10, 2019)

Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D): at the opening of the legislative session – January 9, 2019 (January 13, 2019)

The weather.

It’s still snowing out there (January 12, 2019)

Women’s March – Kansas City.

Kansas City Women’s March – January 19, 2019 (January 19, 2019)

Rep. Sharice Davids (D) – Kansas City Women’s March – January 19, 2019 (January 20, 2019)

Jolie Justus – Kansas City Women’s March – January 19, 2019 (January 21, 2019)

Alissia Canady – Kansas City Women’s March – January 19, 2019 (January 21, 2019)

Kansas City Women’s March – January 19, 2019 – part 2 (January 21, 2019)

February

Right wingnut bills in the General Assembly, campaign finance, and weather.

Missouri: “Hold my beer.” (February 6, 2019)

Missouri: “No, really, hold my beer.” (February 7, 2019)

Icy (February 7, 2019)

Missouri: “Go ahead, you keep holding that beer.” (February 7, 2019)

Yep, it’s cold out there… (February 7, 2019)

Fun with legislation.

SB 366: that was then, this is now (February 12, 2019)

HB 858: “@&%$ Missouri voters” (February 13, 2019)

HB 927: The “you can’t deny Nazis and Fascists campus meeting and club resources, but you still may be able to call them assholes” Act (February 14, 2019)

March

The weather, boutique legislation in the Missouri General Assembly, and Iowa.

It’s freakin’ cold out there (March 3, 2019)

Spring! (March 20, 2019)

HB 573: Why? Who? (March 9, 2019)

SB 259: Really? For what purpose? (March 11, 2019)

HB 573 and SB 259: Let the army of lobbyists go forth… (March 12, 2019)

HB 573 and SB 259: What took you so long? (March 12, 2019)

HCS HB 573: if you put marshmallows and sprinkles on a mud pie it’s still a mud pie (March 13, 2019)

Iowa.

Senator Cory Booker (D):

Sen. Cory Booker (D) in Indianola, Iowa – March 16, 2019 – “Hope is the active conviction that despair will not have the last word.” (March 16, 2019)

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – March 17, 2019 – keep the peace, tell the truth, obey the law (March 17, 2019)

Iowa (March 18, 2019)

The continuation of our retrospective.

November

2 days (November 4, 2018)

The new Kansas (November 6, 2018)

Back to the streets – Kansas City, Missouri – November 8, 2018 (November 8, 2018)

Who’s next (November 24, 2018)

Coexist (November 30, 2018)

December

The comet:

Searching for 46P/Wirtanen (December 9, 2018)

Finding 46P/Wirtanen (December 15, 2018)

Finding 46P/Wirtanen – again (December 16, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “…make just one someone happy…” (December 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, Santa, you shouldn’t have! (December 26, 2018)

A fitting end. It’s always about the money.

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 1 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 2 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 3 (December 28, 2018)

The continuation of our retrospective.

August

Good morning (August 1, 2018)

Proposition A – “Right to Get Paid Less” – loses big (August 7, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) and Josh Hawley (r) (August 8, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) – with campaign volunteers in Columbia, Missouri – August 7, 2018 (August 8, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): opening day at the Missouri State Fair (August 9, 2018)

For right wingnuts “The Handmaid’s Tale” is not dystopian fiction, it’s aspirational (August 16, 2018)

Keri Ingle (D) – 35th Legislative District – retail politics (August 19, 2018)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) in Lee’s Summit – Press Q and A – August 25, 2018 (August 25, 2018)

September

Retail politics:

Suppose you organized an open public debate in the 4th Congressional District and the incumbent republican just couldn’t be bothered to show (September 19, 2018)

Fall weather brings Fall festivals (September 29, 2018)

October

Monarch (October 2, 2018)

At the U.S. Supreme Court reception after yesterday’s quickie swearing in ceremony… (October 7, 2018)

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

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) – Odessa, Missouri – October 15, 2018 (October 15, 2018)

A Saturday morning parade (October 27, 2018)

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 1 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 2 (December 28, 2018)

The continuation of our retrospective.

May

The Missouri General Assembly ends the legislative session and open a special session to consider the impeachment of Governor Eric Greitens (r).

The Petition for a Special Session of the General Assembly to consider “disciplinary actions against Governor Eric R. Greitens” (May 4, 2018)

Jefferson City: “Ah, the Eric Greitens bill” – SS SCS HB 1558 (May 10, 2018)

Jefferson City: it still doesn’t appear to be working – May 17, 2018 (May 17, 2018)

Jefferson City: House Rule 42 – May 17, 2018 (May 17, 2018)

Jefferson City: Tikkun olam – May 18, 2018 (May 19, 2018)

Jefferson City – the end of the regular session – May 18, 2018 (May 19, 2018)

Jefferson City: the beginning of the special session – May 18, 2018 (May 19, 2018)

And then:

June

And…scene (June 1, 2018)

Lauren Arthur (D) wins in 17th Senate District special election (June 5, 2018)

Parkland.

March for Our Lives – Road to Change – Kansas City, Kansas – June 18, 2018 (June 19, 2018)

Ryan Deitsch – March for Our Lives – Road to Change – Kansas City, Kansas – June 18, 2018 (June 21, 2018)

Children in concentration camps:

Senator Roy Blunt (r): suffer the little children (June 20, 2018)

Wendy Baird, a mom, age “thirty-something”, from Independence, Missouri and Senator Roy Blunt (r) (June 20, 2018)

In Overland Park, Kansas:

Protest imitates fashion (June 22, 2018)

Performance Art (June 22, 2018)

Somebody’s grandmother (June 22, 2018)

Immigration protest at Rep. Kevin Yoder’s (r) district office – Overland Park, Kansas – June 22, 2018 (June 23, 2018)

Being a Donald Trump (r) sycophant didn’t work out very well in November for Kevin Yoder (r).

In Kansas City, Missouri:

Melania’s claim to fashion immortality (June 24, 2018)

Don’t take away my rights, I’m still using them… (June 24, 2018)

No human being is illegal… (June 24, 2018)

Cosecha KC Rally to Protect Families – Kansas City, Missouri – June 24, 2018 (June 25, 2018)

Mayor Sly James – Cosecha KC Rally to Protect Families – Kansas City, Missouri – June 24, 2018 (June 25, 2018)

Again, in Kansas City, Missouri:

No, we cannot (June 29, 2018)

Children understand (June 29, 2018)

As we are all (June 29, 2018)

Be the badass on the right (June 29, 2018)

Why here? Why now? (July 1, 2018)

In Columbia, Missouri:

That was so last century )June 30, 2018)

The triumph of privatization (June 30, 2018)

Families Belong Together – Columbia, Missouri – June 30, 2018 (July 1, 2018)

June was a very busy month.

July

Welcome to Missouri:

The only Confederate flag that ever mattered was a white rag on a stick.

Celebrating treason for the season (July 3, 2018)

Ouch. (July 6, 2018)

The fight against “right to get paid less”:

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)

Donald Trump (r) came to Kansas City:

Protesting Donald Trump (r) in Kansas City – July 24, 2018 (July 25, 2018)

Well, yeah.

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 1 (December 28, 2018)

It’s been another very interesting year for us. We could all benefit from less interesting.

We took a lot of photos in 2018. Many having to do with the aftermath of the 2016 (yes) and 2018 general elections.

Over the course of the last year we covered a number of government and political events in Missouri (and elsewhere), in the process taking thousands of photographs. Most of them didn’t make it into the blog. Some of the things we saw and heard made us smile, made us think, made us gasp, made us hope, and made us despair.

We thought we’d provide a retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

January

The Missouri General Assembly opened its session on January 3rd.

The opening of the legislative session – in the House – January 3, 2018 (January 3, 2018)

Rep. Bruce Franks, Jr. (D): comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable (January 4, 2018)

HB 1817: Well, what brought that up? (January 4, 2018)

The sordid story of now former Governor Eric Greitens (r) started early in the month.

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

On January 20, 2018 close to two thousand people (the organizers’ head count was over 1600) gathered at the amphitheater in the Courthouse Square in Columbia, Missouri for a rally and march to commemorate last year’s Women’s March and to protest Donald Trump, his administration, and his republican enablers.

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 (January 20, 2018)

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 – Valérie Berta-Torales (January 21, 2018)

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 – part 2 (January 21, 2018)

Welcome to Missouri:

Donald Trump (r) carried the county by 46.855% in 2016 (January 27, 2018)

February

Donald Trump’s (r) draconian immigration enforcement directives had inhumane and devastating effect on families across the United States.

Immigration: Syed Ahmed Jamal and many other stories like his (February 11, 2018)

Immigration: Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Press Q and A – Kansas City – February 11, 2018 (February 12, 2018)

Immigration: Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Kansas City – February 11, 2018 (February 12, 2018)

Immigration: Rev. Eleanor McCormick – Kansas City – February 11, 2018 (February 13, 2018)

Immigration: on DACA – Kansas City – February 11, 2018 (February 14, 2018)

March

Yet another demonstration after a mass shooting in a school in America.

March for Our Lives – Kansas City – in Theis Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018 (March 20, 2018)

Another sign for the times (March 23, 2018)

March for Our Lives – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 24, 2018 (March 24, 2017)

March for Our Lives – Kansas City – Theis Park – March 24, 2018 – signs (March 24, 2018)

Are we tired of 2nd Amendment overkill (and I do mean kill) yet? (March 24, 2018)

Until this changes… (March 25, 2018)

March for Our Lives – Kansas City – Theis Park – March 24, 2018 – more signs (March 25, 2018)

March for Our Lives – Kansas City – Theis Park – March 24, 2018 – getting there (March 25, 2018)

There but for the grace of… (March 26, 2018)

Students walked out of class.

Seventeen minutes of silence (March 14, 2018)

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas came to town:

A hate group, the First Amendment, and a funeral in a small town (November 23, 2010)

At noon today in Warrensburg (March 12, 2018)

It’s hard out there (March 13, 2018)

April

Everything Eric Greitens (r).

The Report (April 11, 2018)

A CAFO, a neighborhood, a botanical garden, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. What could go wrong?

Now that’s a CAFO (March 18, 2018)

Now that’s a CAFO – comments addressed to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (March 21, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? (April 3, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – photos (April 5, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Tabitha Schmidt, CEO President, Powell Gardens (April 5, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Karen Lux (April 5, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Al Weir (April 6, 2017)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Aimee Davenport on behalf of Powell Gardens (April 6, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Eric Tschanz (April 7, 2018)

Suppose you threw a DNR CAFO hearing in Warrensburg and everyone came? – Chuck Petentler (April 7, 2018)