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Johnson County Democrats – UCM Homecoming Parade – October 25, 2025

25 Saturday Oct 2025

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The University of Central Missouri held its Homecoming parade this morning in Warrensburg. The sky was overcast and the temperature was in the low 50s. Johnson County Democrats entered a trailer in the parade. Walkers passed out candidate literature and voter registration information along the parade route.

Before the start of the parade.

Ray James, Johnson County Democratic Committee Chair.

The weather forecast was dismal (cool, overcast, and rain), so that may have suppressed the turnout.

The Democratic Party entry received an enthusiastic response along the route.

Compared to the previous year the turnout was lower. We looked for MAGA hats.

Out of thousands of individuals, we only spotted one, near the end of the parade:

One is the loneliest number.

Johnson County Democrats – BurgFest – October 11, 2025

11 Saturday Oct 2025

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Warrensburg, Missouri is hosting its annual downtown fall street festival – “BurgFest” – this weekend. Johnson County Democrats host and staff a street both during the daytime and nighttime hours of the event.

This morning:

At the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee booth.

Gathering initiative petition and referendum signatures.

Everyone is welcome.

An anti-Fascist t-shirt:

“Beware of Fascist Snow Flakes”

“I like you shirt!” “Thanks!”

Previously:

About last night (October 11, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025

13 Saturday Sep 2025

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There was a peaceful “Rally Against Truth Decay” at 12:30 p.m. today on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri. The temperature was in the 90s. There were about 75 individuals in attendance who listened to speakers, held protest signs (against the excesses of the Trump [r] Administration), and signed initiative petitions.

It’s been one hell of a week in America.

“Hey MAGA, isn’t Karma a Bitch?”

Karma is indeed a bitch.

“Loving and Caring”

“Stop the Billionaire Coup”

At half staff on the courthouse lawn:

Charlie Kirk (r):

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?

Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us … You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.

We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.

I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.

America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.

The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.

The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.

America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.

We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.

Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.

There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.

“Culture War – a smokescreen for – Class War”

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty”

“Johnson County Democrats”

“Kindness is like glitter. It spreads.”

“MO-GOP hates voters”

“Republican power grab…”

“Melt ICE, Deport Trump”

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

Missouri State Fair Parade – August 7, 2025

08 Friday Aug 2025

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“Save the country from Trump.”

“It’s worth saving.”

Pettis County and Johnson County Democrats presented floats in the Missouri State Fair Parade yesterday evening. Parade entries (with the exception of equestrian units) started lining up in assigned spots along State Fair Boulevard around 4:30 p.m. The parade started at 6:00 p.m., crossing 16th Street into the fair grounds, making a grand circle, and finally exiting via 16th Street.

The Pettis County Democrats float.

Setting up the Johnson County Democrats float.

Before the start of the parade.

Various commercial interests, social and benevolent groups, and youth groups also had entries in the parade.

People powered entries awaiting the start:

The crowd along the parade route:

The response from the crowd, especially from Democrats, was generally positive. The were obviously happy to see the entries in the parade.

“Go Trump.” Interestingly, he stopped abruptly when he saw the camera.

Good Trouble – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – July 17, 2025 – 12:00 noon

17 Thursday Jul 2025

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Today at noon over seventy-five individuals gathered on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in Warrensburg, Missouri to commemorate the birthday of John Lewis (D) and to resist the continuing excesses of the Trump (r) Administration.

There were chants. There is a joy in the battle. There was a cowbell.

There were honking horns. There was a shout – “Socialists” – from a passing car in the public street. Think about that for just a brief second. There were a few revved motors – you guessed it – from pickup trucks.

There were mostly honking horns.

“Good Trouble”

“Protect Public Ed!”

“Stop the ICEholes”

Later, a passerby stopped to “ask” about the flag. What did it mean? It turns out that the passerby was disturbed about this particular display. The holder explained what it meant, and added, “I am a veteran.”

“Melt ICE, deport Trump”

“Human rights”

“Separate Church and State”

“Where is the list? With Liberty and Justice for All.”

A benediction:

“Stop the billionaire coup”

“This is not okay”

There was a reporter from a national publication interviewing demonstrators.

The resistance will continue.

“RESIST” (2024)
Posterboard. Permanent marker. 22 x 28.

Previously:

March and Rally – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 29, 2025 (March 29, 2025)

#HandsOff – Warrensburg, Missouri – April 5, 2025 (April 5, 2025)

https://showmeprogress.com/2025/05/30/march-and-rally-warrensburg-missouri-may-30-2025/ (April 19, 2025)

March and Rally – Warrensburg, Missouri – May 30, 2025 (May 30, 2025)

Warrensburg, Missouri – No Kings – June 14, 2025 (June 14, 2025)

Good Trouble – Henry County Courthouse – Clinton, Missouri – July 17, 2025 – 10:00 a.m. (July 17, 2025)

Johnson County, Missouri Democrats – No Kings – #Resist – on Saturday, June 14, 2025

13 Friday Jun 2025

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On Saturday hundreds of thousands of Americans will take to the streets across the country to protest the travesty which is the second Trump Administration. You can find a location near you via No Kings. At last word there were close to 2000 scheduled events.

The “No Kings” event in Warrensburg, Missouri will start at 1:00 p.m. downtown at the Johnson County Courthouse.

Yesterday:

Johnson County Missouri Democratic Central Committee

STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – JUNE 12 2025

Protests – Exercising your rights and staying safe

The protests in Los Angeles for the past several days and those anticipated nationwide this weekend, Saturday June 14, raise our awareness of First Amendment speech, personal constitutional rights and the role of the government(s) – national, state and local – to maintain law and order.

First, the JoCo Democratic Central Committee believes that the protests which have occurred in west central Missouri are vitally important to draw attention to the conduct of those who continue to ignore the rule of law, especially related to immigrants. We have participated in these events, gratefully exercising one of our most fundamental rights – the right to speak our minds even if critical of government action.

Second, America was and is made better by the vast majority of immigrants — and all of us, except Native Americans—descend from immigrant ancestors. Our diversity for 250 plus years has made the U.S. (to quote a former President of the other party), a “shining city on a hill” for the rest of the world.

Protesting is good and sometimes necessary, just like our founders believed.

Breaking the law and/or engaging in violence is wrong and distracts from the message we are trying to send the American people—that message: You can and should stand up for your own rights and that of other people in this country.

This weekend, if you choose to protest – and please do -, please be aware of your surroundings to keep yourself and your cherished friends safe while protesting. Show respect not only for those whose rights are at issue, but also for law enforcement – they have a job to do too and need your cooperation to do it.

We will participate in a peaceful protest at 1 pm on the 14 June at the Johnson County Courthouse, 300 N. Holden Street in Warrensburg.

Finally, remember our fellow Americans in Los Angeles and support them in whatever lawful way you choose —as we hope and try to avoid major violence there, in other major American cities and in our own backyard this summer. Stay strong and be safe.

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Yvonne Reeves-Chong (D) – Warrensburg, Missouri – May 10, 2025

12 Monday May 2025

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“…Right now things are about as perilous as they’ve ever been in our nation’s history. That is the simple truth. Things haven’t looked this dim since right before the Civil War. And, like Jess [Piper] mentioned, when we’re talking about suspending habeas corpus, that has not been done since the Civil War. When we have people being grabbed off the street the simple truth is this – this is a pivotal moment and I don’t know if the United States of America survives this moment. It’s not guaranteed. [voice: “We’re not united anymore.”] Liberty and justice, freedom, those things are not guaranteed to us. And if we fail this moment our country will cease to exist in the way we’ve known it…”

Yvonne Reeves-Chong, Vice Chair, Missouri Democratic Party.

On Saturday, May 10th, Johnson County Democrats held a social and organizing event in a park on the west side of Warrensburg. Over 100 individuals attended, listening to a number of speakers. Yvonne Reeves-Chong, Vice Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party addressed the crowd:

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“…Here’s the other thing that’s true. No one is coming over the hill to save you. No one. Superman is not coming up over the trees. Barack Obama is not dropping from the sky. The only people that can save us, the hero of this moment has to be you…”

“…It’s the week in, the week out that’s the heroic thing. So for this moment I’m calling each of you to be like Blanche [Rudolph], to get up, to knock the door, to talk to your neighbor, to not let injustice stand. And you do that week in, you do it week out. You run for office when it’s scary. When you hear that bigoted comment. Ya’ll, I’m not asking you to get into a long philosophical argument, but I am asking you to turn around a say, ‘Hell no.’ We don’t have to let bigotry stand…”

“…We are the Democratic Party. But more importantly, we are Americans. [applause] And, ya’ll that flag means something. It means something to me. We are the party that truly understands that liberty and justice for all means everybody or it means nothing at all. [applause]…”

“…We don’t need to explain trans people. We don’t need to explain gay people. And, please, stop explaining black folk. Ya’ll ain’t good at it. [laughter] Yeah, not good at it. Stop explaining things. It’s liberty and justice for all. And all is all is all is all…”

“…All. Because that’s who we are. That’s where we stand. That’s how we fight. Every single one of us. Week in, week out…”

Previously:

Jess Piper (D) – Warrensburg, Missouri – May 10, 2025 (May 11, 2025)

Jess Piper (D) – Warrensburg, Missouri – May 10, 2025

11 Sunday May 2025

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“…We’ve got judges being arrested, we’ve got the Newark, New Jersey mayor being arrested. If they can do those things to people with that much power we have got to be in the streets. And that’s what people, I was hesitant for a long time, ’cause people would say, ‘What should we do?’

We should be in the streets. Every single weekend. We should show them that we do not approve of this, that we are not okay with this. And we do it with our signs and we do it with our bodies. And if it gets to a point I think a general strike is the only thing we’ve got left. We have to hit them in their pocketbooks ’cause they don’t care about anything else. They sure don’t give a ….damn about the rest of us…”

Jess Piper (D).

In the early evening on Saturday, May 10th, Johnson County Democrats held a social and organizing event in a park on the west side of Warrensburg. Over 100 individuals attended, listening to a number of speakers. Jess Piper (D) – The View from Rural Missouri – an organizer, an activist, a writer, and a voice for dirt road Democrats – drove from the northwest part of the state to be there.

Jess Piper (D):

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/JessPiperWbgMo051025.mp3
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‘…That’s why they attack trans kids. Because they got nothing else. Well, you know what? We should stand for trans kids ’cause trans kids are human. And every single human deserves dignity [applause] [voice: “Damn right!”]…”

“…They want us to be scared of standing up. But I’m more scared of not standing up. Every single one of us in here who has privilege, I want you to listen to this. If you see someone who is kidnapping someone else from the street I want you to put your body in the way. I want you to stop them. [applause] Use your privilege to stop this. [applause] They are not deporting people, they are kidnapping them. They have no due process. And let me tell you this, friends, if they don’t have due process neither do you. All of us have to be standing up right now.

Stephen Miller yesterday said they were gonna get rid of habeas corpus. Okay, fantastic. You know what that does? Makes sure that you’re not in jail under false premises. Makes sure that they have charges against you. Of course they want to get rid of it. Because they want everything to fail…”

“…I didn’t need a crystal ball to see what was happening, neither did you. You read ‘Project 2025’. I knew they were gonna defund Head Start. When I said it I sounded like a lunatic. Guess what they did?…”

Johnson County, Missouri Democrats – James C. Kirkpatrick Heritage – March 1, 2025

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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On Saturday in Warrensburg Johnson County Democrats held an awards luncheon celebrating the long public service legacy of legendary Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick.

Johnson County Democratic Central Committee Chair Raymond James.

A presentation on Miracle of Innocence:

A moving and hopeful invocation:

Barbara Curtis.

The program included a panel discussion with written questions submitted by those in attendance.

Yvonne Reeves-Chong (D) and Elad Gross (D).

The moderator:

Gary Grigsby (D).

Roberta Burford (D).

Introduction of the awardees:

Yvonne Reeves-Chong, Vice Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party.

Judge Joe Dandurand – 17th Judicial Circuit judge, Missouri Western District Court of Appeals, Chief Deputy Missouri Attorney General, Executive Director of Legal Aid of Western Missouri was honored with the James C. Kirkpatrick Heritage Award for his distinguished public service:

Judge Joe Dandurand.

Erica Collins was honored with the Doris Houx Kirkpatrick Community Service Award for her distinguished and sustained community involvement.

Erica Collins.

Same planet, different worlds

12 Saturday Oct 2024

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Burg Fest (a street fair) is taking place in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri this weekend.

The republican own goal:

“Felon 2024”

A remarkable gesture of self-awareness, if they actually cared. Their booth wasn’t manned up to 10:00 a.m. this morning.

The Johnson County Democratic Party booth, around the corner:

“Johnson County Democrats”

“Yes” on Amendment 3.

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