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American Taliban
Missouri House of Representatives used its session’s opening day

Priorities in Missouri... Sucks to be you >

Hol up, let’s check the priorities: 

Help the wealthy (with a focus on GQP donors)
Disenfranchise people of color
Limit women’s rights
Limit / remove the rights of the LGBT community 
Hurt the poor
Fuck over the Democrats
Own the Libs

Yep, limiting women’s rights and Fuck over the Democrats, two items on their list.   They are good, no idea why anyone is complaining. /s >

I heard an interview last year on KC's NPR station with a Republican member of the state house in MO saying voters should vote down rec cannabis legalization, and let the state legislature handle it. I was screaming in my car "your party is in power and you're doing absolutely nothing about it!" >

"Let us states handle it...so we can keep it illegal and make zero progress in anything." >

In this timeline, zero progress would be an achievement.
Republicans are actively trying to pull us back into the 1950s. >

1950s implies a strong economy. The GOP would probably prefer the 1930s. >


The Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives used its session’s opening day Wednesday to tighten the dress code for female legislators, while leaving the men’s dress code alone.
The changes were spearheaded by state Rep. Ann Kelley (R), a co-sponsor who was among the Republicans seeking to require women to wear a blazer when in the chamber. She was met by swift opposition from Democrats who called it “ridiculous.”
The state House eventually approved a modified version of Kelley’s proposal, which allows for cardigans as well as jackets, but still requires women’s arms to be concealed. >

What happened to the right to bare arms?