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When republicans tell us what they will do, believe them!! The former guy is promising revenge and it looks like he’s got a cast of horrible characters in line to do his awful bidding. Wake up America!!

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I live in Missouri, and all I can say is I did not vote for the governor who appointed this man or our two senators and my own representative. Once upon a time, Missouri was a bell weather state. Today, it is bleeding red, though I do have some hope in the 2024 senate race.

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It has now come to light. Missouri has an authoritarian government who are trying their best to destroy the state. Somehow, they have the thought that if they can push their ways on the people of the state, then the rest of America will follow suit.

The people of Missouri have to stop these elected officials from taking their freedoms. They are stripping you one piece at a time. It has to be stopped. You need to rise up and make your voices heard that you will not tolerate the stripping of your freedoms.

People of Missouri, please, start writing letters, put articles in newspapers, magazines, posters, billboards. Get the pressure on these elected officials to get it right and stop taking your freedoms.

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So, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) joins the movement against sexuality and the black race (sometimes the brown race) along with DeSantis and Mike Johnson. They are uncomfortable with any sexuality they don't understand, any sexual expression that makes them feel uncomfortable. Their overt and underlying racism comes out in who they choose to prosecute and who they choose to defend. And, who and what is being attacked? "Media Matters for America is a non-profit organization that monitors and exposes right-wing media misinformation and disinformation." Thank you Judd, you are helping us stay on top of who and what threatens our true freedom in this country.

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“But hormone therapy and other gender-affirming treatments are not experimental. They have existed for decades and are supported as medically necessary by the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association. “

Politicians practicing medicine without a license is DEFINITELY an “over reach.”

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So Stephen Miller hasn't choked on a chicken bone yet? Hmm. Despicable "little" man....His own family, some of whom had escaped the nazis, don't like Miller & many wrote of the reasons why, when trump was in office. He's obviously still floating the idea, indirectly, that a first amendment doesn't exist. Well, for the moment Stephen..it does. So let's pretend for the moment Stephen the amendment does & you're not relevant at all...like trump.

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Yes, I think Lucas Kunce has a chance to win in Missouri. He’s about the best candidate the Democrats could offer to do so. I’m hopeful, but it’s still an uphill battle.

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Someone should inform Gym Jordan we’ve found some of that weaponization of government he’s been complaining about...

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Thankfully the Missouri Supreme Court refused to hear Bailey's challenges on the abortion issue, so hopefully now signatures can be collected. Then maybe Missouri can start clawing back some of the BS the GOP has inflicted on the state. I don't understand how Missouri Republicans fly under the radar because they are crazier than so many other states in the news. Like when two state senators (including a candidate for governor) used flame throwers at a campaign event to burn "leftist ideas" like DEI initiatives and education programs.

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Bailey has demonstrated the kind of thinking that is representative of “self-evident” truth based knowledge. This is the kind of thinking that the super-majority of conservatives, especially those who adhere to Biblical worldviews, rely on to justify their bigotry and all around stupidity.

This is what we face and must vigorously oppose when it comes to the MAGA rebellion movement.

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Another whiny white rePUGliCON in elected office fucking his constituents! Shithole America one rePUGliCON at a time!

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There is a word for what these Republican AGs and judges are doing. Tyranny.

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Missouri Attorney General Bailey doesn't let the facts get in the way of trying to steamroll his conservative agenda from his power of office. It is exactly these kind of people who are not public servants and have no intention of being that. They want to rule. They want to move the country into some unsustainable model of their imaginations. We didn't just drift into the current state of values.

The majority of people, especially the younger population have embraced a more forward progressive vision. If your attitude is you know what is best for your constituents than what they ask for you are the wrong person for the job.

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Excellent reporting as usual. Keep uncovering the real criminals. We would not know about this man unless you wrote about him. Thank you. With you around it will be difficult for evil to get away with it.

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Poor Missouri. An original and very important report. It is at the state and local level that most of the pain is felt. Thanks, Judd.

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Can 'Media Matters' sue the Missouri Attorney General, Stephen Miller, and Musk if 'Media Matters' report is found to be true? I hope people will eventually come to see how destructive trump and his cult is to the world.

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