Mo judge signs off on completely deceptive ballot language. Mo Republicans are going to try to repeal reproductive healthcare before it is even fully phased in from the voter-approved Nov '24 amendment. #mogov #moleg

Honestly “Republicans are shutting down the government to hide the Epstein files” is pretty good messaging.

Photo dump from the always beautiful Tower Grove park #STL #STLpridefest #Towergrovepride Happy Pride 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Every time I read one of his Tweets it just reminds me we are being governed by your oldest relative who can work a computer and saw a chain email and wanted you to read it. FWD:fwd:RE:RE:re:RE:

The always magical Tower Grove Pride parade #towergrovepride Happy Pride 2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

If anyone is curious to learn why Missouri has become what it is now, this article is a great start. Written 2022 by @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social still incredibly on point.

FCC announces new rules for Mergers & Acquisitions approval. No longer requiring examination of anti-competitiveness, just a streamlined check to see if either company employs late night comedians.

1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people. Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Vowing a 'Different style'" = Same agenda, but let the underlings grandstand a bit more.

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is allowed to access patient health information as part of its investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. #moleg #mogov

Still prefer Sleepy Joe over Trump's Shitshow

“It seems that if you have any independent thought, or even just raise a question, you have a problem with this Republican Party,” said Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield. “And that is not the Republican Party that, 15 years ago when I first ran for the House, that I was part of.” #moleg #mogov

Inflation is up, tariffs costing us more, economy slowing down, hiring slowing down, entire industries disrupted by the feds chaos. There is none of the promised prosperity in all this DOGE/Fed/Trump chaos. Vote these bums out.

So, the Epstein files are still hidden, congressional districts are being redrawn without a census, and they are restricting the people of Missouri's Initiative Petition process. Vote the bums out.

Went running and they played Total Eclipse of the Heart and What is Love back to back on The Arch ❤️🎼❤️ 😄🎵😉

Missouri is indeed in. Lawmakers will return to Jefferson City next week to draw a new congressional map that would convert the 5th Congressional District into a GOP-leaning seat. This is a major turning point for Missouri politics:

270 between Ladue and 64 being under construction for the last decade, what a mess

Was at a friendly get-together, and the hostess' lesbian daughter and girlfriend were there. Guests remarked how happy they seemed and if marriage was considered. I genuinely had a moment, do I want to be *that guy* and talk about Obergefell and Kim Davis, now? I kept quiet. 😕

Missouri's attorney general is leaving to become a co-deputy FBI director. Among other things, Andrew Bailey drew nationwide attention, and bipartisan scorn, in 2023 for unsuccessfully trying to bar transgender adults from accessing gender affirming care:

MAGA to transwomen: Just be a feminine man Vikings cheerleader: *exists* MAGA: NOT LIKE THAT!!!

3 years cancer-free! ❤️🎉🎉

Skeevy Bachelor Confessions: I Re-used The Lunch Plate for Dinner! 😱

@trixiemattel.bsky.social put out a List of Queer Films and its time for some summer viewing! Some I've seen before, some I haven't seen in years, and others are new to me! ❤️🏳️‍🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5h...

Outstanding segment with @markmaxwelltv.bsky.social outlining the public safety breakdown in the Grove during Pridefest weekend. #STLPride #PrideSTL www.ksdk.com/video/news/p...

America striving for a more just society. Happy Pride St Louis 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️ #stlpride #stlpridefest #prideparade

Rep. Raskin is 🔥

Bumping this. SCOTUS today invented a parental veto on school curricula. No discernable limits on what a parent could object to. Evolution, heliocentrism, carbon dating, dinosaurs, its all up for grabs. This is way more than just LGBT storybooks.

In a @pewresearch.org survey earlier this year, 56% of US adults favored making it illegal for health care professionals to provide minors with medical care for a gender transition. That was up from 46% in 2022. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

Skrmetti Prediction Score: Pigs did not, in fact, fly today.

Skrmetti Prediction Score: I got the June part right, which is a no-brainer most big ticket SCOTUS decisions are handed down in June.

Skrmetti Prediction Score: Sort of a duplicate of the other, no points awarded!

Skrmetti Prediction Score: I got the 6-3 part right. Sort of. Trump's EO was 18 and below, so touched 18 year old adult care.

Skrmetti Prediction Score: I blew it here, only 1 out of 3 correct. Barrett was a hard no, but she didn't author the opinion, and the only, "as a mother" was in the dissent.

My first take on Skrmetti that is repeatable in polite company is that this SCOTUS majority will protect LGBT people as corporatist workers and that alone. Bostock protects LGBT people to work, live and stay in public accommodations (in furtherance of business) and no more. Commerce$ > all.

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.” ― Anatole France

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

If I read one more hot take from some bozo saying Bluesky is too liberal, please, just go. Have fun on Twitter with the bots, sockpuppets and sewer posters. Go kiss Elon's ass harder and maybe he wont put his thumb on your algo boost.

This Op-Ed by Barbara Shelly typifies a type of argument I've seen fail again and again in the #moleg. The argument concedes the framework of the conservatives right up front by saying, "Trans healthcare isn't NEARLY as bad as being shot, or malnourished!" This argument is a sure-fire failure 🧵 1/x

Missouri Republicans throw transgender kids into line of fire on abortion debate  missouriindependent.com/2025/06/09/m...

Soulard Pride was lots of fun! The rain held off except for one brief downpour, but it kept temps cool. Didn't do a drag look this year, went with fun rainbow and pins. Good to connect with the community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

And @sofawnduh.bsky.social at #SoulardPride

It's @chloecuriosity.bsky.social at #SoulardPride

Happy Pride from Soulard, St Louis!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Fail!

Pride shotski failure

Since 1875, the Missouri Constitution has banned state or local governments from granting public money or credit for the benefit of private interests. How does the stadium bill passed this week get around that prohibition? @rudikellermi.bsky.social 'splains it. #moleg #mogov

I have never heard a more accurate description of Missouri exurban Republican lawmakers. #moleg

President Bush sent $10.2 billion in relief and 7,200 troops four days after Katrina hit New Orleans. President Obama went to Joplin 7 days after their tornado. I don't think Trump could find St. Louis on a map. #moleg #stltornado