04 Wednesday Apr 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, because they can:
C171141 04/04/2018 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC Herzog Contracting 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 3/1/2018 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Previously:
Campaign Finance: it’s in their nature (July 15, 2017)
Campaign Finance: following the money (August 8, 2017)
09 Friday Mar 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C101046 03/09/2018 MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 3/9/2018 $250,000.00
That’s just so grassrootsie, don’t you think?
29 Monday Jan 2018
Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized
22 Wednesday Nov 2017
Tags
8th Senate District, campaign finance, Hillary Shields, Mike Cierpiot, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, right wingnuts
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C171144 11/21/2017 Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC Liberty Alliance 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City MO 64153 11/21/2017 $24,316.50
[emphasis added]
You think they just passed the check over the cubicle partition? Just asking.
A few weeks ago, from their 24 Hour Expenditure Report:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC [pdf] 10/31/2017
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
Something Else Strategies, LLC 212 Golden Willow Court Easley SC 29642 10/30/2017 Media Production $12,500.00 [emphasis added]
[….]
DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
Hillary Shields 513 SE Miller Street Lees Summit MO 64063 State Senator District 8 [opposed] 10/30/2017 $12,500.00
[emphasis added]
There you go.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: Well, they certainly saved on postage (October 27, 2017)
About those television ads in the 8th Senate District special election (October 29, 2017)
27 Friday Oct 2017
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags
Americans for Prosperity, mail, missouri, Propaganda, right to get paid less, Right to work, right wingnuts
They’re wrong.
They keep sending these mail pieces to a Union household.
By the way, who’s paying for this crap?
Right wingnut millionaires or billionares don’t fund propaganda mail pieces to your household telling you…
…which church you should join or support.
…which charity you should join or support.
…which YMCA (seriously, WTF?) you should join or support.
If they were truly concerned about the welfare of working people and their families in Missouri you’d think they would, right?
Nah, they just believe that peeple in misooree our stoopit.
Previously:
Astroturf propaganda (August 1, 2017)
Since when is an astroturf right wingnut organization truly concerned about the economic welfare of working people? (August 30, 2017)
27 Wednesday Sep 2017
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags
Americans for Prosperity, Astroturf, mail, missouri, Propaganda, right to get paid less, Right to work, right wingnuts
Astroturf. You know, fake grassroots.
They sent this to a union household:
“Union bosses” are elected by their members. Are billionaires? Just asking. Yeah, right, billionaires and multi-millionaires are going to choose to pay working people higher wages.
Previously:
Astroturf propaganda (August 3, 2017)
Since when is an astroturf right wingnut organization truly concerned about the economic welfare of working people? (August 30, 2017)
30 Wednesday Aug 2017
Posted in Uncategorized
Just asking.
So, who funded this? Who wrote the check(s) to Americans for Prosperity Foundation – Missouri?
Their concept of diversity appears to begin and end with hardhat colors.
Who benefits from “right to get paid less”? It ain’t working people.
Their mail vendor managed to send this piece to a dues paying union household. They apparently have plenty of money to waste on propaganda.
Previously:
Astroturf propaganda (August 3, 2017)
13 Thursday Apr 2017
Posted in Uncategorized
Nah. Roy Blunt (r) is probably too busy in smaller meetings with his constituents on K Street.
A familiar face tracking Senator Claire McCaskill (D) at her public town hall in Parkville this afternoon:
I track, therefore I am.
You’d think those wealthy right wingnut benefactors would invest in higher quality equipment for their minions. You’d think. Maybe blurred video and high noise audio is part of the cachet.
Previously:
Campaign Tracker: apparently a tie is now optional working attire (September 10, 2016)
Campaign Tracker: Where’s Waldo? (September 12, 2016)
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House
Pre 1973 medical devices.
A bill, introduced today:
HB 1014
Requires the Missouri State Museum to include a display on the history of abortion
Sponsor: Moon, Mike (157)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 1932H.01I
Last Action: 02/22/2017 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HB 1014
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
[….]
Ladies and gentlemen, the priorities of your right wingnut controlled Missouri General Assembly.
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House
Via Twitter this afternoon, from Representative Stacey Newman (D):
RepStaceyNewman @staceynewman
REAL ID debate has gone into Alternate Reality. MIssourians, Good luck flying with your driver license after Jan 2018. #moleg
1:56 PM – 21 Feb 2017
No kidding?
An amendment [pdf] to HB 151 offered by Representative Robert Ross (r):
AMEND House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 151 Page 1 Section A Line 2 by inserting immediately after all of said section and line the following:
“115.016 Any elected official who votes for takes an action to support a measure seeking compliance with the federal REALID Act of 2005 shall display in a prominent location in bold font with a text height not less than one-tenth of the article being circulated at each and every election the member files for after the affirmative vote for action the following description of his or her allegiance:
I WOULD RATHER KNEEL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAN STAND STRONG PROTECTING MY CONSTITUENTS’ RIGHT TO PRIVACY”; and
Further amend said bill by amending the title enacting clause and intersectional references accordingly.
The amendment failed in a roll call vote [pdf] of 21 YES, 119 NO, 12 PRESENT, and 10 ABSENT.
Think about it. Thirty-three state representatives thought enough of this amendment to either vote for it or stand by and not oppose it.
So, if Missouri doesn’t conform to federal REAL ID requirements are Robert Ross (r), the twenty others who voted for this amendment, and the twelve who were “present” going to take calls, kneeling or not, from their upset constituents who can’t travel on domestic commercial flights without a passport after January 2018? Just asking.
Previously:
HB 361 (2009): creating a REAL ID mess for Missourians – HB 151 and HB 166 (2017): sort of try to fix it (December 14, 2016)
HB 954: “That’s not how it works. That’s not how any of this works.” (February 21, 2017)
