Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180684 11/15/2019 American Dream PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Dr Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 11/14/2019 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

“…beyond the dreams of avarice.”

[/sarcasm]

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for another one of those innocuously named right wingnut PACs:

C190931 10/30/2019 Committee for Liberty August A Busch III One Mid Rivers Mall Dr. Suite 210 St Peters MO 63376 Retired Retired 10/30/2019 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

It would have been more fun if they had named it the “Grassroots Committee for Liberty”.

Last month:

C190931 09/13/2019 Committee for Liberty CL PAC 440 Medina Drive Saint Louis MO 63122 9/13/2019 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Welcome to liberty Missouri.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for one of those vaguely named right wingnut PACs funded by billionaires and millionaires:

C180492 10/28/2019 MO Opportunity PAC August A Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. Suite 210 Saint Peters MO 63376 Retired Retired 10/28/2019 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: such an opportunity (February 23, 2019)

Campaign Finance: just a bit more opportunity (March 13, 2019)

Campaign Finance: Five twenty-something right wingnut campaign operatives got their wings today (September 20, 2019)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190824 10/25/2019 Holly PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 10/25/2019 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

It does depend on the bucket, too.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180554 10/17/2019 It Starts Today Missouri It Starts Today Co. 237 Florida Ave NW Washington DC 20001 7/13/2019 $170,000.00

C180554 10/17/2019 It Starts Today Missouri Progressive Multiplier Action Fund 714 G St SE Suite 200 Washington DC 20003 9/3/2019 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

From their web site:

Fund every Democratic nominee for MO State Legislature with a single monthly donation.

1. Set it and forget it.
Set up a monthly subscription, give yourself a high-five, and know your money is going where it is needed.

2. Equitable support.
Your donation is split evenly among every democratic nominee for State Legislature.
We don’t play favorites.

3. No middle person.
Your donation goes directly to each candidate — not the party accounts.

Subscribe to a better Missouri, for as little as one penny per State House district and one nickel per State Senate district:

[….]

Why such a strange amount? Because all 163 seats in the Missouri House of Representatives, as well as 17 seats in the Missouri Senate, are up for election in each cycle. Missouri’s Senate districts are five times the population size of its House districts, so we’re sending them five times as many pennies. 5 × 17 = 85, and 85 + 163 = 248. Voila! A fully funded slate of Democrats for less per month than the cost of a pumpkin spice latte.

[….]

Why are we doing this?

Decades of neglect have taken a toll on Missouri Democrats. Once a purple bellwether state, Missouri is now a GOP trifecta. So it’s tempting to focus all of our attention on a handful of districts that might be “winnable” — but that strategy leaves some of the candidates that need the most support in the dust.
60% of Missouri has seen nothing but GOP candidates for cycle upon cycle. Democrats running in those districts have little infrastructure to rely on and significant fundraising challenges to overcome. With no support, they become just a name on a ballot, abandoned and unable to spread a message about common-sense policies to the people who need to hear about them most. Activists in those districts are left without a cause to rally around, and voters are left without a real choice.

We can change that.

With small change.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190996 10/08/2019 Conservative Leaders of Missouri Mark Gardner 4803 S National Ave. Suite 300 Springfield MO 65810 Gardner Solar Principal 9/25/2019 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s a new PAC:

C190996: Conservative Leaders Of Missouri
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 651
Perryville Mo 63775
Established Date: 09/30/2019
[….]
Treasurer
Alexandria Kane
1831 Sullivan Pointe Drive
Wildwood Mo 63011
[….]

Fancy that.

Bring back the blimp!

The Rex Sinquefield funded PAC Grow Missouri’s moving billboard [October 2014 file photo].

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131097 10/01/2019 Grow Missouri Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 9/30/2019 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Sadly, probably not.

Previously:

The blimp is dope, man… (November 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Bring back the blimp! (July 20, 2018)