🧵On the 1 year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling, MO Right To Life (anti-abortion org) gathered outside of Planned Parenthood StL to celebrate & pray. @TravisCNews reported live, but the interesting part happened once he & his crew packed up. A thread…
#MoLeg @aclu_mo
2/ Pam Fichter, former President of MO Right To Life/current chairwoman of Eastern Div lays out their plan to collude w/ MO SOS Ashcroft, Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, & AG Bailey in an effort to keep the abortion ballot petition tied up in court and off of the November 2024 ballot. https://t.co/CQjNrvXr5jtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Fichter states that @AGAndrewBailey & @Auditor_Fitz will argue the fiscal note in court. She then states that @MissouriSOS will “not write good language” in the ballot summary. That terrible ballot summary (see below) is riddled w/ lies & tied up in court. https://t.co/RWFRgYeIoistltoday.com/news/local/gov…
Their plan is to tie every step of the abortion IP process up in court, use up our resources, force us to use up our resources, lie on the ballot summary, train their folks on how to ‘encounter’ signature gatherers, & prevent us from getting enough signatures in time. @aclu_mo
So my question is, what happens when we know that top statewide GOP officials use their taxpayer-funded offices & the court system to collude with an anti-abortion group to silence MO voters? Can we have a little accountability? @PeterforMO @crystal_quade @SarahUnsicker @BigElad
And if you’re wondering how or why Jay Ashcroft received Missouri Right To Life’s endorsement for his gubernatorial campaign when he has NEVER cast an anti-abortion vote… now you have your answer. He’s interfering in our democratic process in exchange for a campaign endorsement.
.@NBCNews @maddow @thereidout @ElieNYC @KMOV @ksdknews @FOX2now @DeadlineWH @NicolleDWallace Anyone want to tackle this one? We need some help here in Missouri!
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🧵This is pure hatred & bigotry. The St. Charles hate group wants to control every move you make. You must fit into their tiny box. If not, you’re the next target.
I’m extremely hopeful that the community will show up at the Kathryn Linnemann branch at @StChLibrary tomorrow.
Let’s dissect this nonsense.
📌 Show me the rule that says only women can wear makeup.
📌 Does the eyeshadow color matter? Is that the issue?
📌 Wearing nail polish, makeup, earrings & a goatee is absolutely not drag. Educate yourself, Rachel.
📌 What is inappropriate for your child about another adult wearing makeup? I’m honestly curious.
📌 Our tax dollars do not pay for his makeup. If they did, I’d be working at the library. That shit gets expensive.
📌 Makeup & nail polish isn’t someone’s ‘sexuality.
I’ll add that regardless of how much I hate this, I have no intention of buying a bunch of them and shooting them in a field or smacking them with a baseball bat on the lawn of the state Capitol (when I should be working). So there’s that.
And down the rabbit hole I go. A friend sent me this thinking it would make me laugh. I don’t know that there’s a term to describe how I’m feeling right now. I can say that he’s now on my list. And I need new friends.
🧵Missouri Senator Mike Moon (bigot & pervert) presented #SB49 last night (bans healthcare for trans youth) under the guise of “protecting children.”
Representative @PeterforMO called out the hypocrisy of Moon’s vote against not allowing 12-year-olds to marry adults. #MoLeg
This is the roll call vote on the bill raising the minimum age to marry in Missouri. While this vote took place in 2018, there are still a handful of “no” votes that are still members of #MoLeg . A few names in particular jumped out at me…
Current MO Sen Rick Brattin was in favor of marrying off 12-year-olds. He said so in his opposition to this bill. He’s also the author of the amendment that banned books from MO public schools that contain what he deems inappropriate content for minors.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-…
Heading over to visit w/ family for Easter, & because I can’t let a family function go by w/o bringing up #MoLeg, I made this graphic & QR code so every person in attendance can easily submit testimony opposing anti-trans #SB39 & #SB49. Please share at your gatherings as well.
From @PROMOMissouri: On Tuesday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m., the MO House General Laws committee will hold a public hearing for a transgender athlete ban (SB39) and a transgender healthcare ban (SB49). #MoLeg
SB39 bans transgender kindergarten through college athletes in public, private, & charter schools from participating in sports. Any schools, incl colleges, that allow trans athletes to participate in sports according to the student’s gender will lose 100% of their state funding.
🧵Bad faith actors in @rockwoodschools have spent a lot of time, money & energy defaming the Rockwood NEA and in turn, their members (70%+ Rockwood educators). The 3 RNEA endorsed candidates have continually kept their focus on the students & building upon an excellent district.
Now let’s talk about who’s funding all of the attack ads directed at educator-endorsed candidates. Missouri First PAC, which is a dark money PAC who is funneling money through their 501c4 (nonprofit) Freedom Principle MO, is responsible for these ads.
What’s their goal? Their goal is to completely destroy MO public schools. You don’t have to believe me, just read the words of their President, Byron Keelin:
“I would like to see all public schools turned into piles of rubble & sell the bricks off for charity.”