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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 3d

Mo judge signs off on completely deceptive ballot language. Mo Republicans are going to try to repeal reproductive healthcare before it is even fully phased in from the voter-approved Nov '24 amendment. #mogov #moleg

St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: A Missouri judge has ruled that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ second attempt at proposed language over an abortion amendment is good enough to appear on the ballot.

Judge approves ballot language on vote to again ban most abortions in Missouri

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ proposed ballot language was “fair and sufficient,” though it does not explicitly state it would again ban most abor...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

Honestly “Republicans are shutting down the government to hide the Epstein files” is pretty good messaging.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 12d

Photo dump from the always beautiful Tower Grove park #STL #STLpridefest #Towergrovepride Happy Pride 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 12d

Every time I read one of his Tweets it just reminds me we are being governed by your oldest relative who can work a computer and saw a chain email and wanted you to read it. FWD:fwd:RE:RE:re:RE:

froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 12d

The always magical Tower Grove Pride parade #towergrovepride Happy Pride 2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 18d

Sounds like Spanberger was coached to say anything but, "I will follow the law" but then she froze and said exactly that with extra paragraph of words. Really unpolished for a question they absolutely had to know is going to come up again and again.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 20d

If anyone is curious to learn why Missouri has become what it is now, this article is a great start. Written 2022 by @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social still incredibly on point.

Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 20d

I've written about this subject quite a bit in the context of how northeast Missouri went from being the bluest part of Missouri to part of the reddest.

Democrats once controlled northeast Missouri. Then local politics went national

Once a Democratic stronghold, the northeast Missouri-based 18th District turned to Republicans thanks to national realignment and perhaps conservative media.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 21d

September 2nd Missouri GOP posted this pic "honoring" with German Wehrmacht troops. Stupidity or intentional? #moleg #mogov

froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 23d

FCC announces new rules for Mergers & Acquisitions approval. No longer requiring examination of anti-competitiveness, just a streamlined check to see if either company employs late night comedians.

froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 23d

Name My Band. My offering, "Working Class Heroes"

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23d

1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.

Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.

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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People

Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 24d

"Vowing a 'Different style'" = Same agenda, but let the underlings grandstand a bit more.

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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 24d

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is allowed to access patient health information as part of its investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. #moleg #mogov

Appeals court gives Missouri AG pathway to Transgender Center patient records • Missouri Independent

Missouri's Eastern District Court of Appeals opens the door for the state's attorney general to receive unredacted patient records.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 25d

Still prefer Sleepy Joe over Trump's Shitshow

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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 27d

“It seems that if you have any independent thought, or even just raise a question, you have a problem with this Republican Party,” said Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield. “And that is not the Republican Party that, 15 years ago when I first ran for the House, that I was part of.” #moleg #mogov

Missouri GOP senator slams party leaders for forcing vote on bills without allowing debate • Missouri Independent

The Missouri Senate died Friday afternoon when Republican leaders refused to allow debate on a measure weakening the initiative petition process, GOP state Sen. Lincoln Hough said in an interview with...

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 28d

Inflation is up, tariffs costing us more, economy slowing down, hiring slowing down, entire industries disrupted by the feds chaos. There is none of the promised prosperity in all this DOGE/Fed/Trump chaos. Vote these bums out.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 28d

So, the Epstein files are still hidden, congressional districts are being redrawn without a census, and they are restricting the people of Missouri's Initiative Petition process. Vote the bums out.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · 29d

Went running and they played Total Eclipse of the Heart and What is Love back to back on The Arch ❤️🎼❤️ 😄🎵😉

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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 29

Missouri is indeed in.

Lawmakers will return to Jefferson City next week to draw a new congressional map that would convert the 5th Congressional District into a GOP-leaning seat.

This is a major turning point for Missouri politics:

Missouri will join Trump-pressured redistricting push to save House GOP majority

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision to bring lawmakers back to Jefferson City may be a major turning point in the state’s recent political history.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · Aug 22

270 between Ladue and 64 being under construction for the last decade, what a mess

froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Was at a friendly get-together, and the hostess' lesbian daughter and girlfriend were there. Guests remarked how happy they seemed and if marriage was considered. I genuinely had a moment, do I want to be *that guy* and talk about Obergefell and Kim Davis, now? I kept quiet. 😕

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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 19

Missouri's attorney general is leaving to become a co-deputy FBI director.

Among other things, Andrew Bailey drew nationwide attention, and bipartisan scorn, in 2023 for unsuccessfully trying to bar transgender adults from accessing gender affirming care:

Trump taps Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey for FBI co-deputy director post

Bailey’s departure as attorney general provides an opportunity for Gov. Mike Kehoe to fill his first statewide office vacancy. He’s scheduled to announce Bailey’s replacement Tuesday morning.

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · Aug 18

MAGA to transwomen: Just be a feminine man
Vikings cheerleader: *exists*
MAGA: NOT LIKE THAT!!!

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · Aug 12

"...And so we hereby establish the Department of Republican Karens, hereby DoRK, to identify social disorder so that we might report them to the Manager. Together, we will make every space in our society child friendly, bland, and uncontroversial to even the most tepid of palates."

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froghoppin.bsky.social @froghoppin.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very ominous because when you listen to conservatives speak they routinely discuss how rights are granted from god and not a written document by mankind. Tung is basically saying the old SCOTUS invented it and a different SCOTUS can just as easily ignore it, since its not a right granted from god

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