Your frequent reminder that the world could have defeated climate change in the 1980s if all industrialized nations had followed France's lead.
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Taylor Burks
@taylorwburks
Columbia, MOJoined December 2019
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Should have never been part of a Diversity breakfast—Columbia Public Schools should be better, but they won’t. One reason we moved to Southern Boone.
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The Twitter account "Libs of TikTok" brought wide attention to the breakfast, labelling it a "drag show." columbiatribune.com/story/news/loc
Proud to see my friend Judge Jackson-Williams on the bench in Boone County!
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Kayla Jackson-Williams will serve as Boone County's first Black judge. She aims to change opinions on the court system through her tenure. columbiatribune.com/story/news/202
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When I lived in Venezuela, in the 1980’s-90’s, I vividly recall my father telling his friends and neighbors that socialism was coming to Venezuela, and their response, “what happened in Cuba can’t happen here! We have too much petroleum & freedom”
It did happen - and worse. /2
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Fair. Saigon was bad optics; Kabul was bungled leadership.
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WSJ interviews Jim Webb, who in a better America would’ve been President after Pat Buchanan’s two terms.
“‘People said it [the fall of Kabul] looked like the fall of Saigon. No, it did not.’ As a military procedure, ‘the evacuation from Saigon was brilliant.’”
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Maybe we wouldn’t have these abuses of classified information if we elect more veterans…
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A month later he died in a plane crash. I think of him often and I think of what he might have been.
So that's what I did. :)
One last note. That form of public service, where you get a call, is less common now. Almost always now what you did for the candidate. :/
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Well done friend!
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Humbled to be asked, and proud to serve! Press Release: Attorney General-designee Bailey Names Jay Atkins Chief of Staff - The Missouri Times themissouritimes.com/press-release-
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I’m guest hosting The Gary Nolan Show on today with my father in law, Tim Remole. Got some great guests talking about everything #moleg and national politics. , , , , , & new state treasurer Malek.
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I hate to tell pastors this, but Easter is also on a Sunday this year.
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By the soft glow of the Christmas tree, your friends and family gather.
Your boyfriend, we'll call him Jeremy, of FIVE (not long at all) YEARS - gets down on one knee......
Your mom begins recording on her iPad as your aunt starts screaming.
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Where inflation is the worst in the US:
1. Phoenix, AZ
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Tampa, FL
4. Miami, FL
5. St. Louis, MO
6. Dallas, TX
7. Denver, CO
8. Seattle, WA
9. Los Angeles, CA
10. Houston, TX
Did your city make the list?
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Now that Boone EV is out, really good margins for GOP. We normally lose Boone EV 67-33 (-34). EV this year is 58-42 (-16). Expect good night for Boone GOP.
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Election results will be posted throughout the night at showmeboone.com/clerk/election 
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In 2018, with 20% higher turnout, we had already reported absentee votes and first wave. Not sure why Boone is delaying returns…
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In looking through the preliminary data, we’re definitely seeing the impact of early voting on voter behavior.
Nov. 2018: absentee voting accounted for 7% of overall turnout
Nov. 2022: absentee voting accounted for approx 14% of overall turnout
Both early votes and overall votes are down *substantially* from 2018.
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In looking through the preliminary data, we’re definitely seeing the impact of early voting on voter behavior.
Nov. 2018: absentee voting accounted for 7% of overall turnout
Nov. 2022: absentee voting accounted for approx 14% of overall turnout
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will have a tougher time than many thought, with a strong R candidate for commissioner.
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Boone county turnout around 20 points behind 2018. Dems definitely not motivated…good news for and John Martin in MO47.
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If any American is in this group, they should be shot. We’ve known for *years* the Chinese are a threat to us. Actively training our adversaries is treason.
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Western officials think that foreign expertise could help China’s People’s Liberation Army close the gap with rivals, given its lack of combat experience over the past 40 years econ.st/3sVux69
In the same breath, works to delegitimize 2016 election, accuses GOP of doing the same in 2020, and says Rs are trying to pre-delegitimize 2022. Astounding hypocrisy.
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A party which:
- asked, received Russia's help in 2016
- worked for months to de-legitimize 2020 election
- tried to illegally install Trump as President
- led a mob to attack the final vote count
Is capable of dropping some bucks to game the polling averages. 4/
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Once when I was young, around 8 or so, we had a garage sale. My siblings and I were killing time riding our bikes along the sidewalk and this guy stopped in. But he wasn't there to buy anything.
He went up to my mom, introduced himself and said he'd stopped because he saw us...
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Chris Jones just became the first player in NFL history called for roughing the passer while holding the ball.
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Perks of the new job…more family time at work!
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NEW: VALERO responds to California’s demand for answers recent gas price spike.
“As demanded with one business day to respond…”
“California is the most challenging market to serve in the United States for several reasons.”
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Former Boone County clerk has a new job with a growing Columbia-based business enterprise. It includes a new multi-million dollar golf facility being built just west of Columbia.
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Americans are too fat to serve our country. But yes, let’s worry about inventing new pronouns.
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Human equality was self-evident to our founding fathers because they were Christian. The rest of the sentence is “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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There is nothing self-evident about this statement:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
Are humans created with equal…
…height? No.
…athleticism? No.
…IQ? No.
…work ethic? No.
…beauty? No.
…EQ? No.
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Two days ago the NYT posted an investigation into politicians trading stocks
They found that 81 Democrats & 101 Republicans filed up to 3,700 trades and $100M in possible volume
Many had 100% winners, with some perfectly timed
Here’s examples of just how good they were
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Mandatory retirement age.
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not gonna lie the first time I generated this data and chart it was so jaw dropping I immediately checked to confirm it was right businessinsider.com/gerontocracy-u
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Inflation so bad, even the inflation is inflating.
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U.S. inflation:
Jan. 2021: 1.4%
Feb: 1.7%
Mar: 2.6%
April: 4.2%
May: 5.0%
June: 5.4%
July: 5.4%
Aug. 5.3%
Sept: 5.4%
Oct. 6.2%
Nov: 6.8%
Dec: 7.0%
Jan. 2022: 7.5%
Feb: 7.9%
Mar: 8.5%
April: 8.3%
May: 8.6%
June: 9.1%
July: 8.5%
Aug: 8.3%
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A recent WSJ report reveals that many businesses are offering to pay for travel for abortions but is decreasing maternity/paternity leave benefits.
Hulu just cut paid parental leave benefits by 60%. It’s cheaper to “help” women abort children than to provide paid leave.
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I’m glad the WH is blasting Republican politicians who took PPP money—millions in some cases. These people received taxpayer funded salaries, were almost never at risk of shutting down, and took massive federal handouts. Student debt forgiveness is bad; so was PPP.
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This is the depravity of the sick pro-abortion crowd. These women are turned on by killing babies, and the Left is cool with policies that lead to this. twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s
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BREAKING: After viewing National Treasure, President Biden orders FBI to raid home of Nicolas Cage to recover Declaration of Independence.
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Spent a hot weekend out of state for our end of summer fun!
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This is disgusting and offensive. Grooming. That’s what’s happening at these events.
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A pride event in PA featured a stripper pole where they taught kids how to pole dance
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They closed churches and schools and left open marijuana dispensaries and liquor stores. They cut us off from our grandparents but won't cut off gay orgies over stigmatization. There is no reason to listen to public health officials again.
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In hindsight, I do have one regret: the number of gray hairs that have popped up daily.
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Just finished my call with conceding the MO-04 race to him. He was gracious and thoughtful, and I look forward to supporting him onto victory in November. Mid-Missouri and our two military bases need our next congressman to hit the ground running & Mark can do it!
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Awaiting the results for the Fourth Congressional District…
Here’s the watch party of former Boone County Clerk () Taylor Burks⤵️🗳
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