Talkin' Politics | May 1, 2023: Missouri GOP Continues Attack On Sanity; Montana GOP Says "Hold Our Beer"; Gov. Parson Threatens Special Session For No Reason; Tucker Gets Shucked and Lemon Gets Squeezed; 2024 Continues To Heat Up

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Missouri GOP Rep in Jackson Co. Chris Sander, out of Lone Jack, MOFrom KC Star article: A censure of a gay Missouri Republican lawmaker failed to get enough votes to pass at a meeting of the Jackson County Republican Party on Monday. However, the county party voted 44-14 to pass a separate resolution stating that marriage was only valid between a man and a woman. It states that any member of the party could be censured for trying to define marriage as anything else.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274707116.html?taid=644838533c6fd10001494f9f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitterBUT THEN - MONTANA REPUBLICANS SAID HOLD MY BEER THAT ISN’T A BUD LIGHT BECAUSE WE DON’T DRINK THAT GAY BEER ANY MORE WE DRINK MANLY COORS LIGHT WITH THE PRETTY BLUT MOUNTAINS THAT CHANGE COLOR LIKE A KIDS DRINK BECAUSE WE ARE MASCULINEMontana GOP going after gender affirming care (replace Montana with any number of states with super majority GOP legislature”https://www.salon.com/2023/04/28/montana-proves-wants-to-silence-trans-people/Dem law maker, elected, Zooey Zypher, silenced, censures, and kicked outArticle with Interview: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/28/zooey_zephyr_montana

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Missouri Senate passes the “F*** the people act” and it looks like the initiative petition process will be on the ballot in 2023https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/27/missouri-senate-passes-initiative-petition-changes-certain-to-trigger-strong-opposition-effort/Today the @MissouriGOP is celebrating the passing of legislation specifically designed to weaken the power of the voters of Missouri, and particularly the voters in the two major cities. “Coincidentally” those two cities are also home to most of the black population of MO.BONUS: Mo Gov threatens special session on trans rightshttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/27/missouri-governor-threatens-to-call-special-session-to-ban-gender-affirming-care/Extraordinary abuse of power here by ParsonFailure by his hand picked AG to win in Court as Bailey does a solid Schmitt impression with a BS lawsuit that fails on the basic legal merits  - gotta have at least one provable factFacts still matter in COURT

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The firing of Tucker Carlson  (and Don Lemon) is a small step in the right direction for democracy, or is it simply a bandaid on an ax wound?Tucker for President? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/27/rick-wilson-tucker-carlson-presidential-nominee-donald-trump-ron-desantis-republicans?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Otherhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/27/tucker-carlson-breaks-silence-fox-news-firing-video-twitter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Otherhttps://apnews.com/article/don-lemon-cnn-departure-204c35dea8e4bb1151c6cce0bf833182
 

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Checking In On 2024 POTUS

2024: Biden is inCorrespondents dinner solidMy fave joke: https://twitter.com/RyanShead/status/1652504456192462848?s=20Joe’s numbers hold in the low 40’s https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo
 Pence talks to the Feds after another Trump court lossDeSantis is Marty McFly’s brother in the mickey mouse t-shirt disappearing from the photo as well collectively pull a Doc and say “great scott!”Erased from existence clip (Start at 6 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQbRFZU7rEI’m not a candidate clip: https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1650445614486892547?s=20
 Asa Hutchison has technically entered the race - as I like to think of it he has volunteered as tribute in the GOP Trump hunger games of 2024https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/opinion/asa-hutchinson-president.htmlWhy do they bother to form exploratory comms? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-real-reason-presidential-candidates-form-exploratory-committees/

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