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18 Saturday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Not Missouri.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/17/2026 Missouri Promise PAC American Advancement Inc 5557 Baltimore Ave. Ste. 500-1028 Hyattsville MD 20781 7/16/2026 $200,000.00

C264249 07/17/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Revitalization Project 6731 Frontier Dr #1026 Springfield VA 22150 7/16/2026 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

Out-of-state right wingnut dark money. What else is new?

No on Amendment 5.

“Vote No on Amendments 4 & 5”

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: throw in dark money, stir… (July 16, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is an expensive suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 16, 2016)

Campaign Finance: from Alabama to Dittmer

18 Saturday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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AFC Victory Fund, campaign finance, Dark money, defunding public education, federal, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Public Education, right wingnut

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C243038 07/17/2026 AFC Victory Fund AFC Victory Fund 421 Office Park Drive Mountain Brook AL 35223 7/15/2026 $425,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s new, sort of, in Missouri:

AFC Victory Fund – Active
MECID: C243038
Committee Type: Federal PAC
PO Box 337
Dittmer, MO 63023
[….]
Treasurer
Kelly Waymon
PO Box 337
Dittmer, MO 63023
[….]
Connected Federal PACs
Name & ID Address
AFC Victory Fund (C00846683) 228 S. Washington St., Suite 115
Washington , DC 22314
[….]

Who?:

AFC Announces Launch of Affiliated “AFC Victory Fund” Super PAC
Updated on September 25, 2023 at 9:47 am [….]

Dallas, TX – The American Federation for Children is pleased to announce the official launch of AFC Victory Fund, a national Super PAC that will take AFC’s work of championing school choice…

[….]

[….] The American Federation for Children (AFC) is a conservative 501(c)(4) dark money group that promotes the school privatization agenda via the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other avenues. It is the 501(c)(4) arm of the 501(c)(3) non-profit group the Alliance for School Choice.[1] The group was organized and is funded by the billionaire DeVos family, who are the heirs to the Amway fortune. [….]

American Federation for Children
November 30, 2016
Bill Oberndorf will succeed Betsy DeVos as chairman of the American Federation for Children. Bill brings more than 25 years of experience in helping to advance the cause of parental choice and education freedom. Read more about him!
[….]

Ah, defunding public schools.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: dismantle the public good, privatize everything (July 28, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Public education, eh? (September 15, 2019)

Campaign Finance: oxymoron (July 14, 2020)

Campaign Finance: of, by, and for the children (July 24, 2020)

Campaign Finance: in a name, sort of (October 6, 2020)

Campaign Finance: Who profits? (July 12, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Why not just name it ‘The Committee to Defund Public Education in Missouri’? (July 11, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the money behind the “school choice” voucher scam designed to defund public education (July 30, 2024)

What a friend we have in Donald (r), and Betsy, and…June 10, 2026)

Joined at the hip (June 11, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is an expensive suburb of Ohio…and Virginia

16 Thursday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/16/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Revitalization Project 6731 Frontier Dr #1026 Springfield VA 22150 7/15/2026 $200,000.00

C264249 07/16/2026 Missouri Promise PAC American Policy Coalition 4200 Regent Street Suite 200 PMB 1005 Columbus OH 43219 7/15/2026 $750,000.00

[emphasis added]

All that our-of-state right wingnut dark money. Go figure.

No on Amendment 5.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: throw in dark money, stir… (July 16, 2026)

Campaign Finance: throw in dark money, stir…

16 Thursday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/15/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Action PO Box 1312 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/14/2026 $2,510,790.00

[emphasis added]

Still, no transparency.

No on Amendment 5.

Group supporting Amendment 5 spends more than $3 million ahead of election
July 15, 2026
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The group promoting Gov. Mike Kehoe’s push to eliminate Missouri’s income tax has spent $3 million so far this election.

Filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission show Missouri Promise PAC has spent $3.3 million from April 1-June 30 supporting Amendment 5. Most of its spending has gone toward “media” so far.

Its major donors in the report are two groups – $1.9 million from Missouri Promise Inc. and $1.5 million from Secure Missouri…

[….]

“Group”? Uh, try “Dark Money PACs”.

Missouri House Democrats
[….]
“OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S RIDICULOUS” | We’ve gotten a lot of comments about an extremely misleading PAC-funded advertisement that’s circulating in Missouri, trying to convince people that the extra sales taxes they’ll have to pay if Amendment 5 passes will somehow “make big tech pay, so you don’t have to.”
SPOILER ALERT: It actually makes YOU pay more, so rich folks don’t have to.
#moleg #MoHouseDems #mogov #Missouri

“Vote No on Amendments 4 & 5”

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns

10 Friday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/10/2026 Missouri Promise PAC American Policy Coalition 4200 Regent Street Suite 200 PMB 1005 Columbus OH 43219 7/9/2026 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yeah, no transparency.

No on Amendment 5.

“Mike Kehoe is Trump’s Bitch”

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.”

08 Wednesday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/08/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Action PO Box 1312 Jefferson City MO 63102 7/7/2026 $3,900,000.00

[emphasis added]

Dayam. Not particularly transparent.

No on Amendment 5.

“Mike Kehoe is Trump’s Bitch”

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia

07 Tuesday Jul 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Promise, PAC, ProPublica, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Dark money, in service to right wingnut dogma.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C264249 07/07/2026 Missouri Promise PAC American Policy Coalition 4200 Regent Street Suite 200 PMB 1005 Columbus OH 43219 7/7/2026 $500,000.00

C264249 07/07/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Revitalization Project 6731 Frontier Dr #1026 Springfield VA 22150 7/7/2026 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Nope. Not particularly transparent. The one in Virginia is a mail drop at a chain box store. Not transparent at all.

No on Amendment 5.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid”

24 Wednesday Jun 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri Governor

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, Dark money, HJR 173, income tax repeal, Mike Kehoe, missouri, Missouri Promise, PAC, ProPublica, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Mike Kehoe (r) [2025 file photo].

It appears that he believes so.

Today:

Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.

[….]

…A political action committee supporting Amendment 5, Missouri Promise PAC, has received $1.9 million from a nonprofit with almost the same name — Missouri Promise Inc. — that was incorporated late last year in Delaware. Neither the nonprofit nor the PAC discloses the identities or locations of the donors financing the campaign.

Yep:

C264249 05/11/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Promise Inc. 701 Market Street Suite 110 St Louis MO 63101 5/7/2026 $16,000.00

C264249 05/28/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Promise Inc. 701 Market Street Suite 110 St Louis MO 63101 5/27/2026 $1,900,000.00

[emphasis added]

A new PAC, in May:

“…Gov. Mike Kehoe says ‘out-of-state special interests’ are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.”

Oh, the humanity!

“Mike Kehoe is Trump’s Bitch”

This appears so, too.

No on Amendment 5 (HJR 173).

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Campaign Finance: “I, the billionaire”

17 Wednesday Jun 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Rex Sinquefield, right wingnut, We the People Priorities

6,297,538 people, give or take a few, eh? Yeah, no.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

264285 06/17/2026 We the People Priorities PAC Rex Sinquefield 224 Bent Walnut Ln Westphalia MO 65085 None Retired 6/17/2026 $300,000.00

[emphasis added]

So, it’s a new one.

We the People Priorities PAC – Active
MECID: C264285
308 East High Street
Suite 300
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Committee Type: Political Action

[….]

05/28/2026 2026

Sigh.

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes

14 Sunday Jun 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Amendment 5, campaign finance, class warfare, HJR 173, income tax repeal, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, regressive taxation, right wingnut welfare, right wingnuts, shift the tax burden, social media, welfare for billionaires and millionaires

Yeah, that’ll go over really well. Like the cost of health care, gas, and groceries.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the right wingnut controlled super majority in the Missouri General Assembly and Governor Mike Kehoe’s (r) scam to abolish the income tax in Missouri and shift revenue to regressive sales taxes:

C264249 06/13/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Secure Missouri 308 East High Street Suite 300 Jefferson City MO 65101 6/12/2026 $1,500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Earlier:

C264249 05/11/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Promise Inc. 701 Market Street Suite 110 St Louis MO 63101 5/7/2026 $16,000.00

C264249 05/28/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Missouri Promise Inc. 701 Market Street Suite 110 St Louis MO 63101 5/27/2026 $1,900,000.00

[emphasis added]

A new PAC, in May:

Insulting propaganda commercials coming to a television set near you. Soon.

No on Amendment 5 (HJR 173).

“The Many will beat the Money. Resist.”

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Campaign Finance: every little bit counts (June 2, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

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