#Abolish death penalty NOW!

#Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

“We must all question any system that would allow this to occur. The execution of an innocent person is the most extreme manifestation of Missouri’s obsession with ‘finality’ over truth, justice, and humanity, at any cost,” Tricia Rojo Bushnell, Williams’s attorney, said in a statement just before the execution. “Tonight, we all bear witness to Missouri’s grotesque exercise of state power. Let it not be in vain. This should never happen, and we must not let it continue.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams

#US #DeathPenalty #Inhumanity #USPolitics #HumanRights

If'n you're in the St Louis metro area, you might want to follow

@NWS St. Louis Bot

I've been following them on Mastodon, but I come around here more often, so I figured should follow it here too.

#stl #mo #missouri

Missouri Democrats score major win to clear path for abortion amendment

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/17/2241212/-Missouri-Democrats-score-major-win-to-clear-path-for-abortion-amendment

#Mo #missouri

Missouri Democrats score major win to clear path for abortion amendment

Missouri Democrats scored a major win on Friday after Republicans abandoned their effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The victory paves the way for a ballot ...

Anti-Trans Missouri A.G. Can Now Access Trans People’s Medical Records | The New Republic

A St. Louis judge has ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is entitled to Planned Parenthood’s transgender care records, ordering the nonprofit to turn over some of its most sensitive files to the man who has built his unelected political career on restricting health care access for trans people.

#trans #transgender #Hate #Missouri #AndrewBailey #HIPAA

Anti-Trans Missouri A.G. Can Now Access Trans People’s Medical Records

A judge ordered Planned Parenthood to hand records of transgender care over to Andrew Bailey.

I'm burn't...

literally as well as figuratively.

Amongst the things I did was taking down the above ground pool that the house came with. Me and @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe with a little bit of help from Chakat Silvertail. That was a lot of work, and now we have a mess to clean up in the backyard. We got most of the water out before finally just pulling the pool down, and we were able to do it with a minimum of damage, so if'n you're in #STL , there's a free pool here, you'll need to haul it off and get a new liner. Apparently the old owner didn't do a good job of cleaning, there was a lot of junk in the bottom of the pool that we hadn't realized was there. That and the liner was old, plus I don't think it's reusable after breaking down the pool.

#StLouis #free #giveaway #Mo #missouri

Posts Distort Missouri Divorce Law Regarding Pregnancy

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/03/posts-distort-missouri-divorce-law-regarding-pregnancy/

There’s no law in Missouri that prevents pregnant women from getting divorced. But social media posts claim Missouri women “cannot divorce their spouse if they are pregnant.” Legal experts told us a judge may wait to finalize a divorce until after a baby is born to determine custody and other arrangements.

Nowhere in Missouri law does it say pregnant women are barred from getting divorced.\
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But a judge handling a case where one party is pregnant may wait to finalize that divorce until the baby is born, which, experts told us, is done in order to consolidate custody and child-support agreements with other end-of-marriage arrangements.\
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This can happen in other states, too.

The claim first circulated online in 2022, when news outlets published stories about women in Missouri who had experienced delays in their divorce proceedings due to pregnancy. The articles included comments from some lawyers who attested to the custom of Missouri judges to wait until birth to finalize a divorce, although none of them pointed to a statute or court rule that mandated judges to do so.

Women are not required to stay with their spouses after they have filed for divorce.

#womens-rights #human-rights #women #feminism #missouri #divorce #half-truth

Posts Distort Missouri Divorce Law Regarding Pregnancy - FactCheck.org

There's no law in Missouri that prevents pregnant women from getting divorced. But social media posts claim Missouri women "cannot divorce their spouse if they are pregnant." Legal experts told us a judge may wait to finalize a divorce until after...

Missouri Girl Scout Troop Leaves Organization After Scout Leadership Banned Their Gaza Fundraiser

In #Missouri, a Girl Scout troop has split from the organization after the group made legal threats against the girls for running a fundraiser benefiting Palestinian children. Girl Scout mother Nawal Abuhamdeh said that instead of selling cookies this year, her 10-year-old daughter and sister troop members decided to make and sell bracelets with beads in the colors of the Palestinian flag, spelling out “Gaza” and “Palestine.” The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri deemed the move “political,” banning them from continuing their fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. In response, the girls decided to part ways with the Girl Scouts organization. They are continuing their fundraiser, which has raised over $10,000 so far.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/29/headlines/missouri_girl_scout_troop_leaves_organization_after_scout_leadership_banned_their_gaza_fundraiser

#Gaza #Activism #GirlScouts #Censorship #US #Politics #Israel #SaveTheChildren

Missouri Girl Scout Troop Leaves Organization After Scout Leadership Banned Their Gaza Fundraiser

In Missouri, a Girl Scout troop has split from the organization after the group made legal threats against the girls for running a fundraiser benefiting Palestinian children. Girl Scout mother Nawal Abuhamdeh said that instead of selling cookies...

Missouri Rejects Rape Exceptions, Senator Says Forced Birth Can Be ‘the Greatest Healing Agent’

In 2022, Missouri was the first state to ban abortion when Roe v. Wade was overturned, and anti-abortion lawmakers in the state are continuing their streak of cruelty. On Wednesday, across party lines, Republicans rejected an amendment that would have added rape and incest exceptions to the state’s total ban. Democratic state Sen. Tracy McCreery proposed the amendment by pleading with her colleagues to “show an ounce of compassion” for victims. As it currently exists, McCreery said the ban tells victims, “We’re going to force you to give birth, even if that pregnancy resulted from forcible rape by a family member, a date, an ex-husband or a stranger.” ...

Rest of article: https://jezebel.com/missouri-rejects-rape-exceptions-senator-says-forced-b-1851239306
#news #forcedbirth #backward #RickBrattin #Missouri

Metal secrets in Missouri? 😳 - YouTube

Hahah! This is great ! Now i can't unhear that
#metal #missouri

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ROhUZDBsLGY

From your 'Pro-Life' and 'Pro-Freedom' party

#missouri #GOP #kids

Show-me-State shows how to be stupid:

Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

The Missouri House debated for over eight hours last Tuesday on a budget that is roughly $2 billion less than the one Gov. Mike Parson (R) proposed last January, cutting not only the $4.5 million Parson had slated for libraries, but also costs for diversity initiatives, childcare and pre-kindergarten programs. ...

... “Library funding is guaranteed in the MO constitution,” the group wrote on Twitter. “This tactic, meant to bully MLA into submission, instead directly harms public libraries who rely on those funds, especially the smaller, more rural libraries.”

Democrats also fought in support of the libraries; Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis) argued that it is “not appropriate” to punish libraries because Republicans are “mad that libraries are suing to question” censorship.

More ->: https://heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/11/missouri-house-republicans-vote-to-defund-libraries/
#missouri #library

Arrest of a Boogaloo supporter with guns in Missouri

The Devil is in the details. Remember that the Kansas City Missouri is the home of the Chiefs, one of the two teams in the Super Bowl.

Timothy Zegar, 39, was charged last week with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Federal prosecutors allege that Zegar had been trafficking guns even though he was not legally allowed to possess them based on his prior felony conviction from a 2014. (Additional Source: Springfield News Leader)

*Kos: *

Missouri, a state with some of the most lax gun laws in the nation, and a virtual statewide ban on enforcing any federal gun laws. The ban comes in the form of the Second Amendment Preservation Act [SAPA] – a law designed to invalidate any federal regulation of guns or ammunition in the state.

The act, which Gov. Parson signed at a gun shop in June of 2021, states that any gun law that violates a citizen’s Second Amendment rights, by Missouri’s standards, cannot be enforced, essentially invalidating federal authority to regulate guns.

Daily Kos : Missouri Is Now A VERY Dangerous State And Rising In Importance Among The Far Right Violent Movements

#News #Missouri #ViolentFarRight #FailureToEnforceFederalGunLaws #ParsonSAPA #SAPA

#Missouri votes against banning #children from carrying #guns in public | Missouri | The Guardian

What could possibly go wrong? [Note to self: avoid Missouri]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/09/missouri-rejects-ban-children-carrying-guns-in-public

#USA #GunInsanity

#china #missouri #espionage

Zu sehr auf #Nachhaltigkeit bedacht
#Missouri zieht 500 Millionen Dollar von #Blackrock ab
Erst #Louisiana, jetzt Missouri: Immer mehr republikanische #US-Staaten brechen ihre Beziehung zum #Pensionsfonds Blackrock ab. Der Grund: Der #Vermögensverwalter agiert ihnen zu umweltverträglich.
#Republikaner #GOP

https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/missouri-zieht-500-millionen-dollar-von-blackrock-ab-a-4046e8c8-3ff2-4060-8bd1-ee20f46e6a56

nicht der Postillon.
Wie scheiße muß man sein?

Zu sehr auf Nachhaltigkeit bedacht: Missouri zieht 500 Millionen Dollar von Blackrock ab

Erst Louisiana, jetzt Missouri: Immer mehr republikanische US-Staaten brechen ihre Beziehung zum Pensionsfonds Blackrock ab. Der Grund: Der Vermögensverwalter agiert ihnen zu umweltverträglich.

Passagierzug in den USA entgleist | DW | 27.06.2022

Nach einer Kollision an einem Bahnübergang kippen eine Reihe von Waggons um. Mehrere Menschen kommen ums Leben, Dutzende werden verletzt. Es ist das zweite Zugunglück an Bahnübergängen in kurzer Zeit.#USA #Amtrak #Zug #Zugunglück #Missouri
Passagierzug in den USA entgleist | DW | 27.06.2022

Passagierzug in den USA entgleist | DW | 27.06.2022

Nach einer Kollision an einem Bahnübergang kippen eine Reihe von Waggons um. Mehrere Menschen kommen ums Leben, Dutzende werden verletzt. Es ist das zweite Zugunglück an Bahnübergängen in kurzer Zeit.

NPR Twofer: TX GOP denies Biden's 2020 win & calls for secession, MO ex-Gov Senate candidate calls for "RINO hunting"

On the one hand, I try to avoid the usual fray of political trolling. On the other, taking what is said seriously has its arguments and adherents.

NPR, not prone to exaggeration, and slow to move in taking the Orange Turd threat seariously in the 2016 cycle, seem to be more alert for the 2022 midterms:

Texas GOP’s new platform says Biden didn’t really win. It also calls for secession

President Biden is the "acting" president because he didn't win legally; Texans should vote on seceding; the Voting Rights Act of 1965 should be repealed; any gun control is a rights violation: this is the world as seen by the Republican Party of Texas, according to its newly adopted party platform.

"We can't compromise with Democrats who have a different and incompatible vision for our future," Matt Rinaldi, the state GOP chairman, said, according to The Texas Newsroom. "We need to be a bold and unapologetic conservative party, ready to go on offense and win the fight for our country."

The Republicans' 2022 platform is outlined in a 40-page document that addresses state issues but also much broader priorities — such as calling for the U.S. to leave the United Nations. Delegates approved it over the weekend, at the party's convention in Houston. ...

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106229988/texas-gops-new-platform-says-biden-didnt-really-win-it-also-calls-for-secession

The TX GOP platform: https://texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6-Permanent-Platform-Committee-FINAL-REPORT-6-16-2022.pdf (PDF)

A Missouri Senate candidate holds a shotgun and calls for ‘RINO hunting’ in a new ad

A new campaign ad from Eric Greitens, the controversial former governor of Missouri now running for U.S. Senate, prompted accusations of glorifying political violence before being flagged by Twitter and removed by Facebook for violating policies around violence and abuse.

"Today, we're going RINO hunting," Greitens, a Republican, said with a smile as he slid the action on his shotgun in the 38-second ad. RINO stands for "Republican in name only."

Greitens and a team of men outfitted in military gear are then shown bursting into a home, guns raised.

"The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice," said Greitens. "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country." ...

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106228594/a-missouri-senate-candidate-holds-a-shotgun-and-calls-for-rino-hunting-in-a-new-

The argument that the US Repubican Party is not a seditionist domestic terrorist organisation is becoming much harder to make.

#USPol #Republicans #GOP #GQP #Texas #Missouri #EdGreitens #Sedition #DomesticTerrorism #Politics

#Missouri

#crime

(https://www.thedailybeast.com/amanda-householder-explains-how-she-got-her-parents-arrested-for-abusing-teen-girls?ref=home)

● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Missouri ☞ Turns Out It Was Actually The Missouri Governor's Office Who Was Responsible For The Security Vulnerability Exposing Teacher Data https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220223/00163548526/turns-out-it-was-actually-missouri-governors-office-who-was-responsible-security-vulnerability-exposing-teacher-data.shtml

Turns Out It Was Actually The Missouri Governor's Office Who Was Responsible For The Security Vulnerability Exposing Teacher Data

The story of Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) leaking the Social Security Numbers of hundreds of thousands of current and former teachers and administrators could have been a relatively small story of yet another...

● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity #Missouri ☞ Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/02/report-missouri-governors-office-responsible-for-teacher-data-leak/