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Money and Virginia and Abortion, oh my…

12 Wednesday Apr 2023

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In 2018 – from the Federal Election Commission:

Source information
Name KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J
City and state ALEDO, TX, [….]
Occupation ATTORNEY
Employer FIRST LIBERTY
Year to date $500.00
Receipt information
Amount $500.00
Receipt date March 8, 2018
Report year 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type PRIMARY
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri

KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH MR. JOBS GROWTH AND FREEDOM FUND
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOSEPH TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC.
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW FRED THOMPSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
KACSMARYK, MATTHEW J TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC

Not just in Texas. Wonder why?

In 2019:

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas )
Vote Number: 172
Vote Date: June 19, 2019, 03:30 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN233
Nomination Description: Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
Vote Counts:
YEAs 52
NAYs 46
Not Voting 2
[….]
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

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What will $500.00 get you? Just asking.

What’s next for the abortion pill mifepristone?
Updated April 10, 20233:29 PM ET

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…The name-brand drug Mifeprex was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago. Since then, it has been used millions of times, and major medical groups say it has a strong safety record. A generic version was approved in 2019.

Now, the drug’s future is in jeopardy. A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that undoes the FDA’s approval of mifepristone nationwide beginning this Friday….

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As of Monday, there is no change yet to Americans’ ability to access mifepristone.

But that could change as soon as this Friday, when the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is set to take effect.

[….]

Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, agreed with their concerns and, in a preliminary ruling on Friday, declared the FDA’s approval to be invalid….

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Federal judge in Texas hears case that could force a major abortion pill off market
Updated March 15, 20237:39 PM ET

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A coalition of anti-abortion medical groups and doctors called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine sued the FDA back in November, saying the abortion pill mifepristone was improperly approved two decades ago as part of a two-drug protocol that’s used to end pregnancies in the first trimester.

Erin Hawley, an attorney representing Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, argued that doctors who are part of this group have been forced to treat patients who have experienced complications, which can include heavy bleeding. In some cases, Hawley said, doctors have been forced to provide a surgical procedure to complete the abortion, despite their deeply held beliefs.

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Erin Morrow Hawley Is Leading the Charge to Ban Abortion Medication. She’s Also Josh Hawley’s Wife
Reproductive rights activists are raising scrutiny over attorney Erin Hawley’s role in the suit against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone. The Texas federal judge overseeing the lawsuit made a past donation to her husband’s campaign.

BY ABIGAIL TRACY
MARCH 23, 2023

As a Texas federal judge deliberates his decision in a high-profile case that could impose a nationwide ban on a leading abortion drug, reproductive rights activists are now raising scrutiny about a member of the plaintiffs’ legal team: Erin Morrow Hawley, an attorney and the wife of Missouri senator Josh Hawley.

The case, which is playing out in a courtroom in rural Texas, could have the most far-reaching ramifications on abortion access in the United States since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Should the judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, rule in favor of the plaintiffs in the case and issue a preliminary injunction, it could effectively block the use of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, which account for more than half of all abortions in the US. Hawley is one of the main lawyers arguing on behalf of conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which sued the Food and Drug Administration last November for its approval of the abortion medication.

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It was easy to check:

Lucas Kunce @LucasKunceMO
First, Matthew Kacsmaryk donated to Hawley’s campaign. Then, Hawley voted to make Kacsmaryk a federal judge. Now, Kacsmaryk just ruled in favor of a suit led by Hawley’s wife to ban abortion meds.

Hawley’s name is all over a nationwide effort to ban abortion without exceptions.
1:52 PM · Apr 8, 2023

Yep.

Lucas Kunce (D) [2023 file photo].

And:

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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
I double dare any lawyer to read this analysis and not see the jaw dropping incompetence of this right-wing-ideological-hack judge in Texas. It is astounding.
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9:44 PM · Apr 10, 2023

Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
And one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers pushing this legal garbage is….Yale law graduate wife of Josh Hawley, Erin Hawley.
10:06 PM · Apr 10, 2023

“…One of those fancy ones…”

Claire McCaskill (D) [2017 file photo].

Lucas Kunce (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – February 9, 2023

09 Thursday Feb 2023

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Missouri barbecue.

Lucas Kunce (D) an announced candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in 2024 held a campaign event at Gates on Main in Kansas City, Missouri this evening. The location was no accident. Right, Josh (r)?

Lucas Kunce (D).

There was a crowd.

Lucas Kunce (D) spent most of the evening in the one-on-one conversations crucial to retail politics. He did briefly address the crowd about an hour in to the event.

Remarks:

There was Missouri barbecue:

You know, from Missouri. And it was good.

Previously:

Lucas Kunce (D) is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024 (January 6, 2023)

It all looks the same from Virginia (January 29, 2023)

Lucas Kunce (D) is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024

06 Friday Jan 2023

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Lucas Kunce (D), a primary candidate in the 2022 open seat Senate race, has released a video announcing that he’s running in 2024 for the seat currently occupied by Josh Hawley (r):

Transcript:

My name is Lucas Kunce.

I’ve done a lot of running in my life,
running to stay healthy, running to fight for my country,
running to defend democracy.

Oh, and by the way, that guy you’re looking at,
that’s not me.

That’s our current U.S. Senator, Josh Hawley.
This guy.

Or maybe you’d better recognize him running for his life
a few hours later.

I swear, this coward’s always running from something.

And now this is the guy who’s writing a book,
telling every single one of us how to be a man.

Now, this is me, Lucas Kunce, running for Senate.
I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth,
but I did have the support of my community,
which made me who I am today.

When things get tough,
Missourians deserve a U.S. Senator
who will stand up for them – not run away.
That’s why I’m running to replace Josh Hawley.
Because we couldn’t be more different.

When his banker daddy sent Joshua to a fancy prep school
miles from his hometown,
my family in Jeff City was relying
on our neighbors to survive bankruptcy and medical bills.
When he graduated from law school,
he joined one of the world’s most elite corporate law firms.

I joined the Marine Corps to pay back
the community that took care of me.

When he was climbing the ladder
to become another corrupt politician,
I was serving my country
and working to put an end to overseas wars.

When giant corporations were stripping Missouri for parts,
he attacked workers and shipped our jobs away,
while I fought to take power back
for American workers and small businesses.

And when he voted against relief for vets
like me who were exposed to toxic burn pits,
I stood up alongside thousands of veterans
to hold him accountable.

I’m Lucas Kunce, and I approve this message,
because Josh Hawley is a fraud and a coward.
And by the time I’m done with him,
the whole world’s gonna know it.

So keep on running, Josh, keep on running.

Dayam.

Heartland Pod: Lucas Kunce (D)

12 Monday Apr 2021

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Ep. 59: “King Manchin” ft. Lucas Kunce (MO-D) Senate primary candidate for 2022
APRIL 12TH, 2021 | 02:05:08 | E59

EPISODE SUMMARY

Host Adam Sommer (JD) provides an opening statement on equity creating equality, then has a chat with Lucas Kunce (MO-D) a candidate for the Missouri 2022 Senate race. Then Adam is joined by an expert panel for talkin’ politics to break down major stories from the week that was, which then turns into the last call, a deep dive on a particular issue.

Lucas Kunce (D): ad stills

17 Wednesday Mar 2021

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From Lucas Kunce‘s (D) ad released today:

“…The community I love had been hollowed out, jobs shipped away for Wall Street profits. The wealth of our state sucked dry by guys like Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt, and their top donors who got rich stripping our communities for parts…”

Dayam. This campaign came to play.

Previously:

Dayam (March 17, 2021)

Dayam

17 Wednesday Mar 2021

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Today, from Lucas Kunce (D):

On an old cracked street in Jeff City, Missouri sits a forgotten house. A place I used to call home, full of memories, good times, and tough times.

Growing up, my family struggled. My sister was born with a heart condition. The hospital bills kept coming and my parents eventually went bankrupt.

But then, our neighbors and friends lifted us up. They gave me the chance to make something of myself.

So I did. I went to Yale and became a U.S. Marine to honor those who had given me so much.

But every time I came home, from Iraq and then Afghanistan, things had changed. The community I love had been hollowed out, jobs shipped away for Wall Street profits. The wealth of our state sucked dry by guys like Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt, and their top donors who got rich stripping our communities for parts.

The house I called home sits empty now, but Missouri is still standing. It’s time to Marshall Plan the Midwest. Fight to invest right here in the heartland where we’ve been making things for generations.

We’ll replace the broken system that divides us, break the grip of corporate power, join together black, white and brown,
young and old.

This is where we build our future, on the cracked streets, in the forgotten neighborhoods.

[Lucas Kunce]
[Paid for by Lucas Kunce for Missouri]

This campaign ain’t playing around. They’re good. Lucas Kunce (D).

Previously:

There won’t be any noticeable difference (March 8, 2021)

Bad timing (March 9, 2021)

Anyone think Vicky Hartzler (r) wants to see if it’s easier to grift from a U.S. Senate seat? (March 9, 2021)

Running in a republican primary for something? (March 10, 2021)

Give it a rest, at this point you’re just sounding more desperate (March 10, 2021)