I’ll be honest, I never thought my first national interview would be about what I can and cannot wear as a female lawmaker, but it was an honor and a privilege to speak with and this afternoon on . #moleg #sweatergate
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MO State Representative, HD 14 
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I’ve always related to Scuttle, maybe I’ll have to check out The Little Mermaid at my Alma Mater on February 9th and 10th! #pantherpride #tidyfriday
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HJR 43 passes 108-50 on a party line vote. It’s time for the people of Missouri to blow this thing out at the ballot box. #moleg
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A Democracy, if you can keep it.
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Excellent point. 93% out of the hundreds who testified, support NOT making the initiative process harder. Yet this is the first bill that will likely be passed out of the House. Nothing to address inflation or the economy or any of the issues you care about.
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Currently debating House Joint Resolution 43 on the floor, which would raise the amount of votes required for a citizen-initiated initiative petition to 60%.
336 Missourians submitted testimony in relation to the HJR: 311 opposed, 1 for informational purposes, and 8 supporting.
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Currently debating House Joint Resolution 43 on the floor, which would raise the amount of votes required for a citizen-initiated initiative petition to 60%.
336 Missourians submitted testimony in relation to the HJR: 311 opposed, 1 for informational purposes, and 8 supporting.
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Sounds about right… #moleg
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Saying his office was 'inundated' with complaints, @calebrowden turned a local controversy over a drag performance at a diversity breakfast into a state issue, but a #SunshineLaw request shows no official communication until after his tweet #moleg #mogov
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Grateful for who refuses to let hateful, bigoted witnesses get away with making marginalized children in our state feel like anything less than perfect, loved and wanted. #moleg
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Yasssssssssss!!!!! 🙌🏼💙✈️
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NEW TERMINAL AT KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMCI) TO OPEN FEBRUARY 28.
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My god. I had no idea was suffering such an indignity…
Who do we need to lobby to rectify this injustice? ? ?
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MO House Sass Caucus:
@RepSheenBean @Ashley4MO
@aaroncrossley
@phlchristo
@RepKeriIngle @MoRepMackey
@RCProudie
First order of business: getting Phil verified.
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The senior Senator from Missouri, who lives in Virginia, just bet Kansas BBQ if you wonder how familiar he is with our State
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So @JDVance1 - my @Chiefs are playing your @Bengals today, on our way to the Super Bowl. Friendly wager? I’ll bet you some Joe’s KC brisket that the Chiefs win
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The #MoLeg GOP’s attacks on the initiative petition process are wild.
If something can’t pass with ~84% of the vote, what are we doing here?
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Look who I found at Costco this morning! #northlandstrong
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Best part about living in the Northland? You never know who you will run into at Costco! @Ashley4MO
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I’m proud to work with Democrats AND Republicans on the big issues that matter to Missourians. Looking forward to co-sponsoring this legislation. #moleg
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Republicans & Dems want to see our public safety dollars go to programs with proven outcomes, not state murder. Shout out to Representative @tonylovasco for filing HB 961 to repeal the death penalty in Missouri.
Photo: death row exoneree Joe Amrine and Rep. Lovasco this summer.
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This week was wild, y’all. #moleg
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I hope to meet and hopefully in 2025 serve my state with @Ashley4MO and the many other representatives in our state legislature that are fighting so hard to protect our LGBTQ community. @MoDemParty @MODemLGBTQ #LGBTQIA 
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Another drag queen - oh wait - no - another coach. That’s right another coach. #moleg
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Jury trial set for former youth basketball coach charged with raping multiple girls trib.al/92DmT4T
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It's the 4th week of session. Have we discussed anything on the floor addressing crime? Helping our small biz find staff? Focusing on how to truly support our public schools? Addiction services? Our crumbling infrastructure? Childcare? Pay attention to what is not happening.
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About last night.... two hearing rooms full of Missourians stayed in the People's House until after 2am to share their stories. I may be tired today, but these folks are simply tired. Tired of fighting for their lives while #moleg is wasting time on culture wars
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Disappointed but not surprised that the bill sponsors have been gone over an hour. Missourians still testifying against their legislation.
Shameful. #moleg
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Nearly seven hours after the General Laws committee began, LGBTQ folks and allies are still standing up for their rights, and they show no sign of stopping.
Our caucus is all in awe of their courage in the face of discrimination. #moleg
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What strikes me urgently about this debate on banning trans rights is that everyone in support is in support because of religion which they want to use to legislate for ALL other people. Is it so hard to believe that what you believe may not apply to everyone else? #moleg
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“Please stop taking away my choices.”
-Dan, a really fucking brave trans kid who has been here all day just to defend his right to exist #moleg
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Listening to bigot after bigot admit that they haven’t met a single trans person in their life - and then complain that the people they oppress are unwilling to engage with them is peak #moleg sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00325/Harmony/
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Remember when used his state office to somehow manage to insult single parents, divorced parents, grandparents raising kids, and kids with same-sex parents all in a few quick sentences?
I do!
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Weird. I guess the Secretary of State’s platform is so small he needs to testify in House committee hearings to have his bigoted opinions on trans kids heard loud and clear. #moleg
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. with the 🔥 line of questioning, calling out #MoLeg GOP dogwhistling language in proposed initiative petition changes.
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Here comes Minority Whip (who, ps, is awesome) reminding the Committee that the "bingo in the Constitution" provision wasn't actually from I.P., but was placed into the Constitution by the Legislature.
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Rep. is 100% correct, bingo is there because #MoLeg legislators put it on the ballot for Missourians to vote on.
The presenter apparently has zero idea about legislative history going back to...2018?
The initiative petition works.
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To everyone traveling to Jeff City today to testify against hateful policy, please know your friendly House Dems stand with you in solidarity.
You are seen. You are loved. You belong.
My office is always a safe space: 109-E #moleg
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I just got a call from the principal of my kids' school telling me that "the whole school is standing with you and your son tomorrow" and that she wants to come down and testify herself. This is what it looks like for schools to #ProtectTransKids and their families. 🏳️⚧️😭♥️🙏
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In person testimony is why these bills did not pass in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Let’s do it again. It’s not fair. It’s abhorrent that those who are oppressed by the government have to explain their oppression to their oppressors - but it changes hearts and minds. #moleg
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To those who come to testify- it does matter. You change hearts and minds. It may seem slow, but it's working. Humanizing every piece of policy matters.
And it helps us who are fighting the fight on the floor. Each person I meet, each story I hear, gives me more fire. Thank you twitter.com/ravbogard/stat…
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To those who come to testify- it does matter. You change hearts and minds. It may seem slow, but it's working. Humanizing every piece of policy matters.
And it helps us who are fighting the fight on the floor. Each person I meet, each story I hear, gives me more fire. Thank you
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I'm sitting here pulling out my hair, trying to think of the words to say in my 2-minutes of testimony tomorrow that might make a shred of difference, and it's hard not to wonder if any of this really matters; if any of these (GOP) legislators really care. #ProtectTransKids #SB42
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As the Dem Whip, I have the privilege of being an ex-officio member of all House committees (so I can participate in any committee — but not vote) & I’ve been reappointed Ranking Member of Emerging Issues. Looking forward to continuing doing good work for the people of MO! #moleg
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All these grown ups complaining about drag shows went to concerts, watched videos, and listened to these guys when they were growing up in the 70s & 80s…
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The GOP really gets kitchen table issues. People across the country are just CLAMORING to pay more sales taxes! Wow. Brilliant.
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Montana has no sales tax and we don’t need the federal government imposing one on us. House Republicans' plan to tack a 30% national sales tax on every good from gas to groceries would skyrocket costs for Montana’s working families. I will defeat this awful plan.
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“We told you.”
-Tired Black people
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Florida has used Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE Act” to block AP African American Studies from its schools
Florida’s Department of Education said the curriculum “is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
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Contemplating how I wore a dress without sleeves and, somehow, the wheels of government continued to turn…#moleg
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Vermont legislators stand in solidarity (shoulder to unsleeved shoulder if you will) with our Missouri colleagues. Please support their fight by donating with link below. #vtpoli #Missouridresscode #rightobarearms #sleevelessinsolidarity
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