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  1. First step in #FreeSpeech protection taken! Lower court strikes down Missouri's 2023 law targeting #librarians and #teachers that caused hundreds of books to be removed!

    It will be appealed, of course - my taxpayer dollars going to defending #BookBans rather than, say, funding schools. The #MO Supreme Court is hardly a bastion of liberalism, so a long legal road ahead. (caveats concluded)

    Yay! 🥳

    missouriindependent.com/2025/1

    #MOPol #Missouri #USPol

  2. First step in #FreeSpeech protection taken! Lower court strikes down Missouri's 2023 law targeting #librarians and #teachers that caused hundreds of books to be removed!

    It will be appealed, of course - my taxpayer dollars going to defending #BookBans rather than, say, funding schools. The #MO Supreme Court is hardly a bastion of liberalism, so a long legal road ahead. (caveats concluded)

    Yay! 🥳

    missouriindependent.com/2025/1

    #MOPol #Missouri #USPol

  3. First step in #FreeSpeech protection taken! Lower court strikes down Missouri's 2023 law targeting #librarians and #teachers that caused hundreds of books to be removed!

    It will be appealed, of course - my taxpayer dollars going to defending #BookBans rather than, say, funding schools. The #MO Supreme Court is hardly a bastion of liberalism, so a long legal road ahead. (caveats concluded)

    Yay! 🥳

    missouriindependent.com/2025/1

    #MOPol #Missouri #USPol

  4. First step in #FreeSpeech protection taken! Lower court strikes down Missouri's 2023 law targeting #librarians and #teachers that caused hundreds of books to be removed!

    It will be appealed, of course - my taxpayer dollars going to defending #BookBans rather than, say, funding schools. The #MO Supreme Court is hardly a bastion of liberalism, so a long legal road ahead. (caveats concluded)

    Yay! 🥳

    missouriindependent.com/2025/1

    #MOPol #Missouri #USPol

  5. First step in #FreeSpeech protection taken! Lower court strikes down Missouri's 2023 law targeting #librarians and #teachers that caused hundreds of books to be removed!

    It will be appealed, of course - my taxpayer dollars going to defending #BookBans rather than, say, funding schools. The #MO Supreme Court is hardly a bastion of liberalism, so a long legal road ahead. (caveats concluded)

    Yay! 🥳

    missouriindependent.com/2025/1

    #MOPol #Missouri #USPol

  6. Hey #Missouri folks! If you'd like to join the fight against #BookBans and in support of #Libraries and #Librarians, you can join (as an individual or an organization) the Missouri Right to Read Coalition. There are no fees to join, and it's an excellent way to stay informed and stand up for the #FirstAmendment.

    morighttoread.org/about-us-2

    #USPol #MOPol

  7. Hey #Missouri folks! If you'd like to join the fight against #BookBans and in support of #Libraries and #Librarians, you can join (as an individual or an organization) the Missouri Right to Read Coalition. There are no fees to join, and it's an excellent way to stay informed and stand up for the #FirstAmendment.

    morighttoread.org/about-us-2

    #USPol #MOPol

  8. Hey #Missouri folks! If you'd like to join the fight against #BookBans and in support of #Libraries and #Librarians, you can join (as an individual or an organization) the Missouri Right to Read Coalition. There are no fees to join, and it's an excellent way to stay informed and stand up for the #FirstAmendment.

    morighttoread.org/about-us-2

    #USPol #MOPol

  9. Hey #Missouri folks! If you'd like to join the fight against #BookBans and in support of #Libraries and #Librarians, you can join (as an individual or an organization) the Missouri Right to Read Coalition. There are no fees to join, and it's an excellent way to stay informed and stand up for the #FirstAmendment.

    morighttoread.org/about-us-2

    #USPol #MOPol

  10. Hey #Missouri folks! If you'd like to join the fight against #BookBans and in support of #Libraries and #Librarians, you can join (as an individual or an organization) the Missouri Right to Read Coalition. There are no fees to join, and it's an excellent way to stay informed and stand up for the #FirstAmendment.

    morighttoread.org/about-us-2

    #USPol #MOPol

  11. Mark Alford's "if you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here" might be right up there w/Richard J. Daley Sr.'s "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder," for politicians maybe accidentally telling the truth. #USpol #MOpol #MarkAlford #alford

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q4k3qqmg3k3dw4c5pmw4j4d7/post/3lxilevmvb22a

  12. Mark Alford's "if you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here" might be right up there w/Richard J. Daley Sr.'s "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder," for politicians maybe accidentally telling the truth. #USpol #MOpol #MarkAlford #alford

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q4k3qqmg3k3dw4c5pmw4j4d7/post/3lxilevmvb22a

  13. Mark Alford's "if you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here" might be right up there w/Richard J. Daley Sr.'s "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder," for politicians maybe accidentally telling the truth. #USpol #MOpol #MarkAlford #alford

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q4k3qqmg3k3dw4c5pmw4j4d7/post/3lxilevmvb22a

  14. Mark Alford's "if you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here" might be right up there w/Richard J. Daley Sr.'s "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder," for politicians maybe accidentally telling the truth. #USpol #MOpol #MarkAlford #alford

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q4k3qqmg3k3dw4c5pmw4j4d7/post/3lxilevmvb22a

  15. Mark Alford's "if you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here" might be right up there w/Richard J. Daley Sr.'s "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder," for politicians maybe accidentally telling the truth. #USpol #MOpol #MarkAlford #alford

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q4k3qqmg3k3dw4c5pmw4j4d7/post/3lxilevmvb22a

  16. Guess I’m going to Jefferson City on September 10 with other #Missouri folks opposed to this #GOP power grab. The Republicans really can’t win on ideas, so they have to play tricks.

    #MOPol #USPol
    journa.host/@bolts/11511462911

  17. Guess I’m going to Jefferson City on September 10 with other #Missouri folks opposed to this #GOP power grab. The Republicans really can’t win on ideas, so they have to play tricks.

    #MOPol #USPol
    journa.host/@bolts/11511462911

  18. Guess I’m going to Jefferson City on September 10 with other #Missouri folks opposed to this #GOP power grab. The Republicans really can’t win on ideas, so they have to play tricks.

    #MOPol #USPol
    journa.host/@bolts/11511462911

  19. Guess I’m going to Jefferson City on September 10 with other #Missouri folks opposed to this #GOP power grab. The Republicans really can’t win on ideas, so they have to play tricks.

    #MOPol #USPol
    journa.host/@bolts/11511462911

  20. Guess I’m going to Jefferson City on September 10 with other #Missouri folks opposed to this #GOP power grab. The Republicans really can’t win on ideas, so they have to play tricks.

    #MOPol #USPol
    journa.host/@bolts/11511462911

  21. I am livid about this authoritarian move by my Senator, Eric Schmitt, who has unilaterally decided that what #StLouis needs is federal police enforcement, not community-based solutions, to reduce crime. This "federal-state" collusion explicitly does not include the city government, does not represent consultations with St. Louisans directly affected, and will waste $$ at a time when the federal help St. Louis really needs is in #tornado recovery.

    And this just after Missourians (not St. Louis - which rejected the proposal) voted to put our #GOP state government in charge of the #StL city police, which includes requiring a dedicated amount of funding for the police, regardless of other priorities.

    I'm about to run out of characters for this toot in my first time ever, I'm so mad. Anyway, for others in #Missouri who would like to express their opinion, Sen. Schmitt's office phone is (202) 224-5721

    firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/sen

    #USPol #MOPol

  22. I am livid about this authoritarian move by my Senator, Eric Schmitt, who has unilaterally decided that what #StLouis needs is federal police enforcement, not community-based solutions, to reduce crime. This "federal-state" collusion explicitly does not include the city government, does not represent consultations with St. Louisans directly affected, and will waste $$ at a time when the federal help St. Louis really needs is in #tornado recovery.

    And this just after Missourians (not St. Louis - which rejected the proposal) voted to put our #GOP state government in charge of the #StL city police, which includes requiring a dedicated amount of funding for the police, regardless of other priorities.

    I'm about to run out of characters for this toot in my first time ever, I'm so mad. Anyway, for others in #Missouri who would like to express their opinion, Sen. Schmitt's office phone is (202) 224-5721

    firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/sen

    #USPol #MOPol

  23. I am livid about this authoritarian move by my Senator, Eric Schmitt, who has unilaterally decided that what #StLouis needs is federal police enforcement, not community-based solutions, to reduce crime. This "federal-state" collusion explicitly does not include the city government, does not represent consultations with St. Louisans directly affected, and will waste $$ at a time when the federal help St. Louis really needs is in #tornado recovery.

    And this just after Missourians (not St. Louis - which rejected the proposal) voted to put our #GOP state government in charge of the #StL city police, which includes requiring a dedicated amount of funding for the police, regardless of other priorities.

    I'm about to run out of characters for this toot in my first time ever, I'm so mad. Anyway, for others in #Missouri who would like to express their opinion, Sen. Schmitt's office phone is (202) 224-5721

    firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/sen

    #USPol #MOPol

  24. I am livid about this authoritarian move by my Senator, Eric Schmitt, who has unilaterally decided that what #StLouis needs is federal police enforcement, not community-based solutions, to reduce crime. This "federal-state" collusion explicitly does not include the city government, does not represent consultations with St. Louisans directly affected, and will waste $$ at a time when the federal help St. Louis really needs is in #tornado recovery.

    And this just after Missourians (not St. Louis - which rejected the proposal) voted to put our #GOP state government in charge of the #StL city police, which includes requiring a dedicated amount of funding for the police, regardless of other priorities.

    I'm about to run out of characters for this toot in my first time ever, I'm so mad. Anyway, for others in #Missouri who would like to express their opinion, Sen. Schmitt's office phone is (202) 224-5721

    firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/sen

    #USPol #MOPol

  25. I am livid about this authoritarian move by my Senator, Eric Schmitt, who has unilaterally decided that what #StLouis needs is federal police enforcement, not community-based solutions, to reduce crime. This "federal-state" collusion explicitly does not include the city government, does not represent consultations with St. Louisans directly affected, and will waste $$ at a time when the federal help St. Louis really needs is in #tornado recovery.

    And this just after Missourians (not St. Louis - which rejected the proposal) voted to put our #GOP state government in charge of the #StL city police, which includes requiring a dedicated amount of funding for the police, regardless of other priorities.

    I'm about to run out of characters for this toot in my first time ever, I'm so mad. Anyway, for others in #Missouri who would like to express their opinion, Sen. Schmitt's office phone is (202) 224-5721

    firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/sen

    #USPol #MOPol

  26. Missouri voters **just passed** this amendment in November 2024. For citizens, getting an initiative on the ballot is labor intensive - I spent a couple weekends last spring gathering signatures in mid-Missouri because the requirements are extensive and precise. Yet our #Republican dominated legislature can place issues on the ballot with a simple majority vote, regardless of how ill-conceived or contrary to just-expressed voter wishes, and we have to fight all over again. Bonus: this ballot proposal contains anti-trans bait unrelated to abortion but designed to use #transphobia to hurt women/pregnant people. But #trans folks are the real threat to women??? #abortion #MOPol #USPol #Missouri.
    mastodon.social/@br00t4c/11454

  27. Missouri voters **just passed** this amendment in November 2024. For citizens, getting an initiative on the ballot is labor intensive - I spent a couple weekends last spring gathering signatures in mid-Missouri because the requirements are extensive and precise. Yet our #Republican dominated legislature can place issues on the ballot with a simple majority vote, regardless of how ill-conceived or contrary to just-expressed voter wishes, and we have to fight all over again. Bonus: this ballot proposal contains anti-trans bait unrelated to abortion but designed to use #transphobia to hurt women/pregnant people. But #trans folks are the real threat to women??? #abortion #MOPol #USPol #Missouri.
    mastodon.social/@br00t4c/11454

  28. Missouri voters **just passed** this amendment in November 2024. For citizens, getting an initiative on the ballot is labor intensive - I spent a couple weekends last spring gathering signatures in mid-Missouri because the requirements are extensive and precise. Yet our #Republican dominated legislature can place issues on the ballot with a simple majority vote, regardless of how ill-conceived or contrary to just-expressed voter wishes, and we have to fight all over again. Bonus: this ballot proposal contains anti-trans bait unrelated to abortion but designed to use #transphobia to hurt women/pregnant people. But #trans folks are the real threat to women??? #abortion #MOPol #USPol #Missouri.
    mastodon.social/@br00t4c/11454

  29. Missouri voters **just passed** this amendment in November 2024. For citizens, getting an initiative on the ballot is labor intensive - I spent a couple weekends last spring gathering signatures in mid-Missouri because the requirements are extensive and precise. Yet our #Republican dominated legislature can place issues on the ballot with a simple majority vote, regardless of how ill-conceived or contrary to just-expressed voter wishes, and we have to fight all over again. Bonus: this ballot proposal contains anti-trans bait unrelated to abortion but designed to use #transphobia to hurt women/pregnant people. But #trans folks are the real threat to women??? #abortion #MOPol #USPol #Missouri.
    mastodon.social/@br00t4c/11454

  30. Missouri voters **just passed** this amendment in November 2024. For citizens, getting an initiative on the ballot is labor intensive - I spent a couple weekends last spring gathering signatures in mid-Missouri because the requirements are extensive and precise. Yet our #Republican dominated legislature can place issues on the ballot with a simple majority vote, regardless of how ill-conceived or contrary to just-expressed voter wishes, and we have to fight all over again. Bonus: this ballot proposal contains anti-trans bait unrelated to abortion but designed to use #transphobia to hurt women/pregnant people. But #trans folks are the real threat to women??? #abortion #MOPol #USPol #Missouri.
    mastodon.social/@br00t4c/11454

  31. #Taxes #MOPol

    From AP.com: Missouri poised to become first U.S. state to exempt stock sale profits from income taxes

    apnews.com/article/capital-gai

  32. #Taxes #MOPol

    From AP.com: Missouri poised to become first U.S. state to exempt stock sale profits from income taxes

    apnews.com/article/capital-gai

  33. #Taxes #MOPol

    From AP.com: Missouri poised to become first U.S. state to exempt stock sale profits from income taxes

    apnews.com/article/capital-gai

  34. CW: USPol, Section 504

    Alaska voters, esp. if you or anyone you know is disabled: Your state Attorney General, along with sixteen others, is part of a lawsuit to get rid of Section 504, which protects the rights of disabled people. Please see this site to see how you can speak out against this: dredf.org/protect-504/

    Also relevant to voters in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

    #USPol #AKPol #ARPol #FLPol #GAPol #INPol #IAPol #KSPol #LAPol #MOPol #MTPol #NEPol #SCPol #SDPol #TXPol #UTPol #WVPol #Disability #Section504

  35. CW: USPol, Section 504

    Alaska voters, esp. if you or anyone you know is disabled: Your state Attorney General, along with sixteen others, is part of a lawsuit to get rid of Section 504, which protects the rights of disabled people. Please see this site to see how you can speak out against this: dredf.org/protect-504/

    Also relevant to voters in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

    #USPol #AKPol #ARPol #FLPol #GAPol #INPol #IAPol #KSPol #LAPol #MOPol #MTPol #NEPol #SCPol #SDPol #TXPol #UTPol #WVPol #Disability #Section504