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17 Friday Dec 2021

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You were expecting anything else?

Yesterday afternoon:

Rep. Sam Graves @RepSamGraves
Vaccines work. Vaccine mandates are wrong.

You shouldn’t be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to work, travel, or live in this country.

It ought to be a personal decision.
3:00 PM · Dec 16, 2021

Know-nothing anti-science asshole.

Some of the responses:

Why haven’t you introduced legislation preventing the military requiring vaccinations?

I have been to six events in the KCMO area where showing a vaccination card was mandatory. It made me feel safer.

If people don’t want to get vaccinated, they didn’t have to attend.

What happens when your personal decision gives me covid

Rep Sam Graves forecast is cloudy with 5 more years of covid

But, freedumb!

I disagree. People who choose to be unvaccinated pose a public health threat; and specifically direct threats to the health of my 86-year old mom, an immune-compromised sister and anothet sister who is a front-line worker plus a greater threat for mutating variants.

We are all required to have all kinds of vaccines in order to go to school. Are you against those as well? Because I’ve never heard you complain until this particular vaccine.

Or, donor money is way more important than constituent health.

Soooo wrong, Rep! Everyone is MANDATED to have vaccines for school! Where have you been all your life?

He’s a republican. We rest our case.

You are wrong and not following the science.

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

800,000 dead American citizens makes it a patriotic responsibility. Stop spreading your amoral attitude about the vaccine.

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

Again, Sam. More than 800,000 dead of Covid. Numbers are on the rise again. Stop being a damn Republican and encourage testing, vaccines, and masks. You are irresponsible.

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

Are you gonna have to be shown why you’re a fool? Typical.

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

Idiot.
What if 30% of the US had decided never to get the polio vaccine?

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

What about measles, polio, TB, you are a covid idiot! #VaccinesWork #VaccineMandates #GOPDeathCult

He’s a republican. He doesn’t care.

Meaningless word salad

15 Wednesday Dec 2021

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What we’ve come to expect.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Today from Eric Schmitt(r):

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Dislodging power from petty COVID tyrants who never should have had it in the first place is a fight for individual liberty & against a collectivist authoritarianism that seeks more power & control.

The tyrants & their allies are mad & their scare tactics will only intensify.
4:18 PM · Dec 15, 2021

Smearing shit against the wall just to see it on the wall.

Some of the responses:

Such big, empty words

Don’t you have work to do? Here you are, tweeting all damned day long, and Eric Greitens is calling donors so he can beat you in the primary. Leave the covid up to the health professionals and do your job as AG.

Or not.

Unhinged.

You are aware that covid cases are increasing in Missouri? You are also aware that many Missouri students are not vaccinated? Masks are the way to protect them at school.

Please don’t put people’s health at risk.
[….]

He doesn’t care. He has a ladder he wants to climb.

You are simply a despicable human and a disgrace to our state. Hope you’re proud of yourself and your attempt to bully people like your idol Trump. You can’t go away soon enough.

He is. He won’t.

Sigh.

Previously:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Forget it Eric, you’re out of your element (December 11, 2021)

The Ghost of Pandemic Present (December 13, 2021)

We get a response (December 14, 2021)

God bless the citizens of the great state of Missouri (December 15, 2021)

God bless the citizens of the great state of Missouri

15 Wednesday Dec 2021

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Every single one.

“…ATTENTION PARENTS – Missouri Attorney General asks parents for help in identifying school districts continuing to violate the Cole County order. We encourage parents to submit violations of mask mandates or other public health orders that are null and void under the judgement for further invistigation by the AGO. Email videos, pictures, or any other documentation related to this matter to illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov

Submit Media with Proper Lighting + Horizontal Orientation…”

Well, almost.

Wearing a mask.

An email submitted to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) public school anti-mask complaint email address – illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov:

From: [….]
Date: Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 00:22
Subject: Report
To: […]illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov[…]

Child wearing an illegal face covering. Excuse it was cold .

[….]

So much for “Horizontal Orientation”.

This was forwarded to us by the sender. We’ll probably have to wait until at least December 23rd to find out if there are other submissions like this one. We suspect there are quite a few.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

“What could possibly go wrong?” – probably not part of the conversation in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office when they dreamed up their anti-mask email “complaint” gimmick.

Previously:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Forget it Eric, you’re out of your element (December 11, 2021)

The Ghost of Pandemic Present (December 13, 2021)

We get a response (December 14, 2021)

The last refuge of a Fascist

14 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Last night, from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r):

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
The last variant is communism.
8:47 PM · Dec 13, 2021

Some of the responses:

At what point do you sell your soul to the devil to get that Senate seat? Another month or two? Because man, this is some desperate stuff.

He’s long since passed that point.

You need a new comms team. Utter silliness.

You can’t blame the shit on the lackeys.

communismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrtcommunismwokesocialismcrt

Welp, I’m convinced. No booster shot for me if that means I finally get the communism I have always wanted.

You do realize you are embarrassing yourself, right?

Nope.

I encourage professional counseling.

Check your paper towels, I think you’re too chafed.
[….]

You have no idea what communism is. You don’t even know what truth is.

This must be what everyone is talking about when they say behind closed doors you tell them that after the election, you’ll return to being the moderate used to be. It’s incredible what some people will do just to get power.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Wow…you’re late to the game. Even my gun-nut far right batshit crazy cousin shared that statement on social media almost two weeks ago. Keep peddling your pseudoscience fear. Killing off and permanently disabling your voter base is quite the campaign strategy.

The last variant is the one you allow to run rampant in Missouri [….]

You’re just gonna yell “communism” and “socialism” too, huh?

Is this what all the losers tweet?

Low effort tweet.

Low effort everything.

Is this “communism” in the room with you now, Mr. Schmitt?
[….]

You’re an idiot.

I’m assuming you have a college degree and a law degree so why are you such a fucking moron?

Seek help! You are totally delusional.

Measures to help in a public health crisis isn’t communism. You’re an idiot.

The Republican Variant is fucking willful ignorance.

Moron. [….]

Previously:

Well, what have we here? (December 7, 2021)

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Forget it Eric, you’re out of your element (December 11, 2021)

The Ghost of Pandemic Present (December 13, 2021)

The Ghost of Pandemic Present

13 Monday Dec 2021

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

This morning:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
[….] Breaking: Congrats to the citizens of Jackson County Missouri! I appreciate the Jackson County legislature heeding my warning and following the law by rejecting an illegal mask mandate today. We The People are fighting back. Freedom is winning. #NoMaskMandates
11:17 AM · Dec 13, 2021

What an asshole.

Some of the responses:

Freedom to lower the Republican voter count in Missouri by encouraging the spread of Covid is an interesting campaign stance.

I am confused yet again by you. Do you believe in local entities setting laws for their citizens or your powerful arm determining what people can and cant do? I thought you stood for local choices. Oh wait, not if they don’t agree with your wants.

Wait. #freedom = siding with #Covid = being a #Bully while using #Missouri taxpayer dollars?

Who knew that a piece of fabric on the face would be such a huge deal…it’s like you want ppl to get sick…do you personally go maskless? Have you personally gotten vaccinated? If so, your telling ppl not too? Seems hypocritical to me

Wearing a mask or not does not constitute freedom. Y’all want to be victims so bad. Luckily most people and retailers in Jackson County still mask up.

How much did you sell your soul for Eric?

Covid is winning.

“heeding your warning” not exactly the verbiage we would expect a professional state official to make. Sounds a lot like a “threat” made by a “bully” was taken. You don’t run the state Eric and the sooner you learn that the better off we will all be.

“heeding my warning”

This guy is just a bully.

2 week MO Covid count up almost 100%. Are you deaf and dumb or just dumb.
[….]

How are we 2 years in and folks don’t understand how masks work? Y’all are so willfully ignorant you’ll kill your kids teacher. Disgusting.

#FuckingSchmitthead

You literally have no constitutional authority in this situation, so all of this is shameless grandstanding for ignorant people who don’t know any better. You, however, do know better. It’s embarrassing the office you hold.

Sick and tired of you imposing your political views over our health! So sad that most Republicans could care less about people and only concerned with their personal elections.

You are fighting to make sure more people get sick and die. Masks have been scientifically proven to reduce virus spread. Your policies are anti-science, pro-virus and pro-death. You should be ashamed of yourself.
[….]

You are an embarrassment. Not sure of your motives, but declaring sound public health measures that prevent Covid spread illegal is causing harm and risking lives.

No, COVID is winning, dipshit.

Previously:

Well, what have we here? (December 7, 2021)

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Forget it Eric, you’re out of your element (December 11, 2021)

Forget it Eric, you’re out of your element

11 Saturday Dec 2021

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You know, public schools have a long history of dealing with bullying (successfully, or not).

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

The Lee’s Summit, Missouri R-7 School District strikes back (in the Lee’s Summit Tribune):

Legal counsel for the Lee’s Summit School District responded today to a cease and desist letter from Missouri State Attorney General Eric Schmitt regarding mask wearing in schools dated December 9, 2021

[from the letter:]

[….]

It is unlawful for any child to attend any of the public schools of this state while afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or while liable to transmit such disease after having been exposed to it. For the purpose of determining the diseased condition, or the liability of transmitting the disease, the teacher or board of directors may require any child to be examined by a physician, and exclude the child from school so long as there is any liability of such disease being transmitted by the pupil.

This law speaks for itself. Not only may a school district exclude from school a child who has COVID; it may exclude from school a child who has been exposed to COVID and who is liable to transmit it pending a medical test or examination to confirm that the child is not afflicted with the disease.

In short, the duly elected Lee’s Summit R-7 Board of Education will not abandon its statutory duty to govern the operations of the school district. If you follow through on your threat to sue the District, we will defend that suit vigorously, and pursue all remedies available to the District resulting from any suit that violates Missouri Supreme Court Rule 55.03, which requires among other things that any claim “is not presented or maintained for any improper purpose” and that the claim “is warranted by existing law.”

[….]

The letter also includes a “litigation hold” notice for the Attorney General’s office:

[….]
You are placed on notice that you are to preserve the following records given your threat of litigation:

• All records relating to your office’s refusal to appeal the decision in Robinson v. DHSS
• All drafts of, and internal communications regarding, the letter you sent on December 7, 2021 to Missouri school districts and public health officials
• All drafts of, and internal communications regarding, any “cease and desist” letters you sent to any Missouri school district or public health officials such as the one you sent the District on December 9
• All records of communication with any other public official (elected or appointed) relating to whether your office would or should appeal the decision in Robinson v. DHSS
• All records reflecting any legal research undertaken by you or any employee in your office regarding whether you had the authority to issue your December 7 and December 9 letters as described above, and whether you have the authority to in fact take legal action against school districts who refused to comply with your December 7 and 9 letters
• All communications received in your office in response to your December 7 letter as described above, including all emails sent to or received by illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov.
• All internal communications reflecting or relating to concerns that you are threatening or pursuing litigation against school districts that may lack a legal basis
[….]

Pass the popcorn.

If Eric Schmitt (r) was capable of being embarrassed he would be. But, he’s Eric Schmitt (r), so, no.

Previously:

Well, what have we here? (December 7, 2021)

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Anything else going on around the 2nd Congressional District last night?

11 Saturday Dec 2021

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Last night:

Ann Wagner @AnnLWagner
Parents matter.
8:34 PM · Dec 10, 2021

Seriously.

Some of the responses:

Even parents sitting in nursing homes staffed with unvaccinated nursing home staff? Do those parents matter to you and your fellow Republicans?

Which parents, though?

The anti-mask, anti-vaxx, anti-DEI, anti-common decency, pro-using their kids as political props and causing harm to others in the process. FYI

You only matter to Ann if you’re gonna vote for her and support her bullshit agenda. Otherwise you don’t mean shit to her.

Hi Anne. Missouri parent here [….]. Going out on a limb and saying that the safety of our kids and educators matter more than a bunch of parents making threats and throwing temper tantrums.

There were online threats at my kid’s school this week. In your district. As a parent I had to come up w an answer when my daughter asked will they be ok/what if their school is next. Do parents of kids living w the trauma of daily gun violence matter? [….]

Hi Ann…mom (Parent) and grandma here. My family matters. My granddaughter matters along with her mom and dad( Parents). All of our safety and health matters but it seems the only ones that matter to you are the ones screaming , harassing, and threatening others. #FauxProLife

Teachers are parents, Ann. Do they matter?

Stop being dishonest. Parents have always mattered. When we as teachers would send home emails asking for parents help. They mattered. When we ask parents how can we assist them. This is not parents mattering — this is about controlling a narrative. Shame.

Parents have always mattered in my teaching experience. It’s why year after year we teachers long to see many of them at parent-teacher conferences, and the ones who need to come the most, don’t. We’re not the sacrificial lamb, the culprit, or scapegoat for your lack of policy.

Teachers in my district are being harassed by parents. Do they matter Ann?!

Apparently maybe? If they are also parents? Really, we know she’s saying only certain parents matter.

Ok,but there’s tornadoes and stuff.

Wow, Ann. Excellent tweet. You really nailed it.[….]

Question. Do kids matter? Does they’re health and safety and education matter?

I’d love to chat with you more about this. When will you be holding a town hall meeting?

Hi, check the weather app and see the tornado stuff all around us, including injuries and damage. Not now with your BS. [….] Try to be relevant once in a while.

@AnnLWagner so what’s your point? That they can harass bus drivers? That they can harass teachers? Why don’t you do your job and support constituents instead of fanning false flames for once.

I wonder how many of those parents attend parent-teacher conferences on a regular basis? How many attended the school board meetings prior to Covid? I bet the teachers can tell you.

Do all parents matter, or just some?

So do people’s lives. Probably more.

False narratives matter.

While you tweeted this, all of your constituents were in [their] basements for a tornado warning. Out of touch or what?

Oh c’mon, you can pander harder than that. Let’s hear some baseless threats, a conspiracy theory, communism, anything?

Possibly Ann Wagner’s stupidest tweet ever.

So far. Just give her time.

“Take cover” would have worked.

Ted Cruz (r) flew to Mexico for a vacation during a weather crisis in his state. You, Ann?

And here we are

10 Friday Dec 2021

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Last night:

Anne @captainseeley
Communicable diseases now have more protections than I do in Missouri #moleg
9:23 PM · Dec 9, 2021

And here we are.

Previously:

Incoherent word salad (November 30, 2021)

Fool circle (December 7, 2021)

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican (December 7, 2021)

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

A simple request

09 Thursday Dec 2021

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Yesterday:

Attorney General Eric Schmitt @AGEricSchmitt
[….] ATTENTION PARENTS [….]

We want to hear from you about school districts continuing to enforce mask mandates and quarantines, in violation of the recent Cole County ruling. Parents are sick and tired of the stonewalling, and so are we.

[….]Email us: illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov
11:57 AM · Dec 8, 2021

An email I sent to the Office of the Missouri Attorney General today:

[….]
To whom it may concern:

Under RSMo § 610 I am requesting the following from your office:

All emails and attachments submitted to the email address – illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov

Please let me know of any costs associated with fulfilling this request.

Sincerely,

Michael Bersin
[….]

We’ll see.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Previously:

Well, what have we here? (December 7, 2021)

HB 1861: parts is parts

08 Wednesday Dec 2021

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“…No hospital, physician, procurement organization, or other person shall consider the COVID-19 vaccination status of a potential organ transplant recipient or potential organ donor in any part of the organ transplant process…”

Bill prefiling for the Missouri General Assembly session started on December 1st.

Yet another bill, addressing a matter of great urgency for right wingnuts, filed yesterday:

HB 1861
Creates provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccination status with respect to organ transplant procedures
Sponsor: Eggleston, J. (002)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 3959H.01I
Last Action: 12/07/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 1861
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

The bill language:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1861 [pdf]
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE EGGLESTON.
3959H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 194, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to COVID-19 vaccination status.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 194, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 194.321, to read as follows:

194.321. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “COVID-19 vaccination status”, an indication of whether a person has received a vaccination against COVID-19;
(2) “Hospital”, the same meaning given to the term in section 197.020;
(3) “Procurement organization”, the same meaning given to the term in section 194.210.
2. No hospital, physician, procurement organization, or other person shall consider the COVID-19 vaccination status of a potential organ transplant recipient or potential organ donor in any part of the organ transplant process including, but not limited to:
(1) The referral of a patient to be considered for a transplant;
(2) The evaluation of a patient for a transplant;
(3) The consideration of a patient for placement on a waiting list;
(4) A patient’s particular position on a waiting list; and
(5) The evaluation of a potential donor to determine his or her suitability as an organ donor

Are masks optional during the procedure? What if the part gets vaccinated in transit? If an unvaccinated recipient gets a part from a vaccinated donor does the recipient then have to carry a vaccine passport?

Just asking.