Chris Koster (D) [2016 file photo]

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Chris Koster’s (D) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C031159 10/12/2016 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI NEA Fund for Children and Public Education 1810 East Elm St Jefferson City MO 65101 10/12/2016 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s probably this committee:

C161334: Nea Fund For Children & Public Education-Non Federal Unitemized Account – Missouri
Committee Type: Political Action
1810 East Elm Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101
Established Date: 09/08/2016
[….]

Public education and organized labor. What’s not to like?

Captain Jean-Luc Picard:…We’ve made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here. This far, no further…

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, very serious money for the people opposed to Amendment 3 – which is designed to punish education professionals – on the ballot in November:

C141258 08/31/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION National Education Association Campaigns & Elections 1201 16th Street NW Suite 511 Washington DC 20036 8/29/2014 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Next move?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they’re serious (August 29, 2014)

Campaign Finance: pawn to queen’s bishop $125,000.00 (August 27, 2014)

Understatement (July 20, 2014)

Campaign Finance: even more in (July 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in (July 9, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Nope, the boat’s still not big enough. (June 4, 2014)

Campaign Finance: still need a much bigger boat (May 28, 2014)

Campaign Finance: schooling (May 19, 2014)

Captain Jean-Luc Picard:…We’ve made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here. This far, no further. And I will make them pay for what they’ve done…

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141258 07/09/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MO Legislative Impact Committee PO Box 458 Columbia MO 65205 7/9/2014 $60,100.00

C141258 07/09/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MO National Education Association 1810 E Elm Street Jefferson City MO 65107 7/9/2014 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

And pay they will.

C141258: Committee In Support Of Public Education

Po Box 458 Committee Type: Campaign

Columbia Mo 65205

[….] Established Date: 04/17/2014

[….]

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

2014-024 Relating To Teacher Performance Evaluation Systems 11/04/2014 Shall The Missouri Constitution Be Amended To Require Teachers To Be Evaluated By A Standards Based Performance Evaluation System Oppose

[emphasis added]

The right wingnut assault on public education will never end.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141258 06/04/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS Central MSTA Region 1422 Grandview Drive Warrensburg MO 64093 6/4/2014 $10,000.00

C141258: Committee In Support Of Public Educators

Po Box 458 Committee Type: Campaign

Columbia Mo 65205

[….] Established Date: 04/17/2014

[….]

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

2014-024 Relating To Teacher Performance Evaluation Systems 11/04/2014 Shall The Missouri Constitution Be Amended To Require Teachers To Be Evaluated By A Standards Based Performance Evaluation System Oppose

[emphasis added]

It takes a lot more money than that to buy into a professional chess match.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: schooling (May 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: still need a much bigger boat (May 28, 2014)

Previously: Campaign Finance: schooling (May 19, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

141258 05/28/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS Northwest MSTA Region 2911 Blackwell Road St Joseph MO 64506 5/28/2014 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

Fancy that MSTA and Missouri NEA, working together.

It’s not nearly enough yet to weather the coming astroturf storm.

We won’t have Todd Akin (r) to kick around anymore.

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

[….]

AFSCME, SEIU and NEA Launch Ad Campaign to Protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Education

New poll shows major opposition to cuts to vital services

Washington, DC – The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Education Association (NEA) today launched an opening set of television ads in Colorado, Virginia, Missouri, and radio ads in Pennsylvania, Alaska and Missouri. The ads are urging Senators and Representatives to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education.

In addition to ads, AFSCME, SEIU and NEA have released results from a public poll that shows a majority of Americans opposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Education in order to balance the budget. A clear majority want neither a “grand bargain” nor cuts to vital services to reduce the budget deficit. More than half of Americans want to see the wealthy pay their fair share so Congress can invest in job creation and protect our national priorities. The poll was conducted by the Mellman Group between November 9-12, 2012….

Narrator: How do we move our country forward and reduce the deficit? By creating jobs and growing our economy, not by cutting programs that families rely on most.

We need Senator McCaskill to continue to stand up for us by investing in job creation, extending the middle class tax cuts, and protecting Medicare, Medicaid and education from cuts.

Because for working families, it’s all about putting Americans back to work, not cutting the things we rely on most.

Are they afraid, or is this an attempt to provide cover?

They’re afraid.

And the Twitter signs?

Claire McCaskill ‏@clairecmc

Beautiful drive to KC for annual Ch of Commerce dinner. Always a huge crowd. Who will be named Kansas Citian of the year? 5:14 PM – 20 Nov 12

Ah, yes, the Chamber of Commerce. A well-known bastion of working class values.

Previously:

This probably means that we can kiss filibuster reform goodbye. Again. (November 19, 2012)

Here we are, stuck in the middle with you (November 9, 2012)