Archiv: Missouri
Here‘s Cori Bush‘s full victory speech tonight over Lacy Clay in MO-01 (finally found it!):
Once homeless, now poised for the House: Protest leader ousts veteran Missouri congressman
Bush’s primary win essentially guarantees her a seat in Congress representing the heavily Democratic St. Louis area. Missouri’s 1st Congressional District has been represented by Clay or his father for a half-century. Bill Clay served 32 years before retiring in 2000. William Lacy Clay, 64, was elected that year.
Clay didn’t face a serious challenger until Bush.
Black Lives Matter Activist Cori Bush Defeats Corporate-Backed Democratic Congress Member
In a stunning upset, Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush has defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Bush, a minister and registered nurse, has been heavily involved in protests against police violence since the 2014 Ferguson protests
National Guard activated in nearly a dozen states amid unrest over George Floyd death
Governors in nearly a dozen states plus the District of Columbia have now activated the National Guard amid protests and riots that have broken out in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody earlier this week.
States calling for Guard asistance were California, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington state.
Five Republican governors: Our states stayed open in the covid-19 pandemic. Here’s why our approach worked.
Mark Gordon is governor of Wyoming. Pete Ricketts is governor of Nebraska. Asa Hutchinson is governor of Arkansas. Kim Reynolds is governor of Iowa. Mike Parson is governor of Missouri. They are all Republicans.
Court sides with tribes in Dakota Access Pipeline case, ordering full environmental review
The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline hit another roadblock Wednesday when a federal judge struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a full workup of the environmental impacts of the project.
North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe had sued over the pipeline as protesters from around the country came to rally against pipeline construction that would travel across native lands and cross the Missouri River.
March 10 primary election results
Votes will be cast in Idaho, Michigan, Miss., Missouri, N. Dakota and Washington
Sanders rallies supporters in St. Louis before Tuesday’s presidential primary
Polls will be open statewide from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
To hear Sanders’ entire St. Louis speech, click below.
Missouri bill banning certain ‚inappropriate‘ books draws backlash
A Missouri House representative introduced a bill in January that would allow the banning of specific books from the state‘s libraries and includes threats of misdemeanor charges for failure to comply.
Proposed Book Banning Bill in Missouri Could Imprison Librarians
A bill proposed in Missouri this month represents a transparent, shameful attempt to legalize book banning in public libraries within the state, PEN America said today.
Lots of excitement in COMO this morning! Huge shoutout to all the students who showed up to knock doors and recruit more volunteers before class. It’s like the shirts say, #KnockVoteWin! #TeamClaire
Uh oh. Like the sun coming up in the morning. Tax cuts for the wealthy… now Rs planning cuts to Social Security and Medicare to cover the increasing deficit they caused. Not on my watch. Republicans Set Sights On Cutting Social Security
(17.10.2018)
NEW AD: These veterans have always known they can count on @ClaireCMC to fight for them. The only thing they can count on Josh Hawley to do is keep on lying. #MOSen
Obama hasn‘t endorsed McCaskill. Why not?
In his unprecedented engagement in political campaigns so close to his presidency, Barack Obama has officially endorsed hundreds of local and statewide Democratic candidates around the country.
Conspicuously off the list so far: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who was one of Obama’s most important early endorsers …
The Left Is Sabotaging the Best Democratic Senator
If we lived in a better world, these investigations would lead to results that might bring the crisis to an end. Company executives and physicians would be indicted. And Congress would pass laws to stop the practices she has exposed. But we don’t live in that world, in no small part because senators like McCaskill have become dinosaurs.