Here is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Volunteers with @momsdemandaction.org--from mid-MO and St. Louis--are back in the Capitol this afternoon, to testify against another dangerous gun bill, SB 908. This bill would expand our state's already disastrous preemption law, and tie the hands of local governments.

#moleg #HB2176

A thing people around here don't talk enough about is how, to this day, the most expensive residential real estate transaction in Franklin County, Ohio history is Epstein selling his New Albany house back to Les Wexner for $8 million in 1998. He bought it for less than half that six years prior.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

People on social media describing shock and horror at the scale of the problem with "pedophiles" maybe never were teenage girls? Because I am over here feeling the opposite of whatever shock is. #Epstein

A periodic reminder that MO residents in 5 districts currently have no House Representation. House District 95 in particular has now been vacant for over a year

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None of us should be okay with federal agents terrorizing and shooting us in our streets. https://bit.ly/3LInMlf

"99% of those 'Democrats need to do X' articles are things Democrats are doing" “It’s pointless to criticize Trump and the Republicans. Democrats are the only ones who listen and care when we criticize, so we should criticize them all the time.” Running to the family chat to share this discussion

"closure and finality even less likely"

If this is the same Peter Attia MD who was just revealed as one of Bari Weiss's big new additions to CBS News, he can just tell the stories about the "outrageous" life Jeffrey Epstein led on the Evening News. Think of the ratings!

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office distributed $3 million in Violence Prevention Grants to community-based groups in 2025 and more than $7M total since the initiative began in 2021. mailchi.mp/c0721f7524c3...

With his savvy release of the Epstein files, Trump is using his pedophilia to distract from his embrace of fascism.

Nobody on either side of the aisle can think Missouri's Denny Hoskins came up with misleading gerrymandering language himself. And now Hoskins doesn’t want to answer any questions about how the first version of ballot language was crafted or who told him what it should say. SAD.

Memo to J.D. Vance: It's a never a good idea to insult a genuine war hero when you work for a draft-dodging coward.

David Kirkpatrick demonstrates how Trump has made $4 bn by illegally trading access to the White House to get rich. He controls the DOJ and the Congress so he won't be held accountable—until he doesn't control the DOJ and Congress. This is the day's essential read. www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...

Trump confirms he has nominated Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair. Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, the billionaire heiress to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company. His father-in-law is Ronald Lauder—a longtime friend of Trump and close ally of Netanyahu—who has reportedly pushed for annexation of Greenland.

Coverage via @missouriindependent.com of the #moleg House hearing on HB2176, a catch-all gun bill: "Alongside prohibiting so-called red flag gun seizure laws, it eliminates all local authority to regulate firearms and expands self-defense presumption." missouriindependent.com/2026/01/30/m...

Missouri @momsdemandaction.org volunteers are here, to attend an afternoon hearing about HB 2176, an "Anti-Red Flag" bill that also expands Missouri's "Shoot First" law, repeals the ability of local governments to regulate open carry, and lowers the age for CCW permits to 18--among other things

Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience. Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/

Auschwitz was liberated 81 years ago today. Last year I published a story about the remaining survivors, fewer each year, and the importance of telling and retelling their stories. I hope you'll read it if you haven't. Here's a gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...

The push to reinstate Missouri’s presidential primary suffered a defeat Tuesday when the House Elections Committee voted to remove it from a wide-ranging elections bill. #moleg #mogov

JUST IN: A person is in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona. Since Trump's DHS began its anti-immigration crackdown, agents have repeatedly opened fire and held bystanders or protesters at gunpoint.

Good coverage from ABC17 about local gun violence prevention + news about our Coalition Against Community Violence. Partners currently: Destiny of HOPE, P.E.A.C.E., Dream Tree Academy, Columbia Supreme, MO @momsdemandaction.org, Love Columbia, Beacon of Hope Foundation. abc17news.com/news/columbi...

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

This NYT video shows DHS using explosives to blow the door off a home of a U.S. citizen wanted for "injuring government property" in Huntington Park CA on 6/27 as Bovino watches nearby. The case, involving a collision with a CBP vehicle, was flimsy and later dropped. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

"Hi, everyone. I know things are hectic as heck right now, but please be sure to fill out your timesheets every Friday by 5 p.m. Central. I can’t pay you unless I know your hours. Please also try to be accurate."

My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.

HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”

that tie knot is the same width as his head

holy shit they are still asking Democrats if they will tone down the rhetoric

Last night Columbia @momsdemandaction.org hosted our 1st meeting of 2026. Grateful to all who braved the cold to join this work! 🙌 We: - talked #moleg advocacy and priority bills we're following - recapped our local Community Gun Violence Prevention work - celebrated CPS's new school safety policy

If Fox News is going to call you names, lean into it. New shirts made in partnership with proud Minnesota wine moms are online now. Proceeds benefit Immigrant Defense Network in Minneapolis! #raygun #minneapolis www.raygunsite.com

In the @newyorker.com's (good) piece about Bari Weiss, it says her "arrival at the network also coincided with a long-simmering crisis in broadcast news" because network news is "increasingly distrusted by a rapidly dwindling audience." I wondered, and looked up the @pewresearch.org numbers. 1/3

"Rapidly dwindling audience" is an unfortunate fact to get wrong in a sentence about the "distrust" of journalism. 3/3 www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f... ustvdb.com/networks/cbs...

They deployed ten times as many agents to a city 40% the size and then had them drive around in military convoys publicly snatching random pedestrians before launching tear gas. Also, they shot a lady in the face

Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so. How far we have not come in 250 years.

Back in the Capitol this afternoon for our 1st Senate Transportation/Public Safety committee hearing of this new #moleg session. And Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers are here. The Missouri Senate does not livestream hearings, but you may listen in to the audio: chamber.senate.mo.gov/scr1

Monkeys are still on the loose in St. Louis. The St. Louis Health Department is investigating whether someone violated the city’s wild animal ordinance, but the public’s use of A.I.-generated images is complicating things.

Overall crime in St. Louis decreased by 16% last year, according to data shared by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Grim. www.ksdk.com/article/news...

So many wonderful people came out in Kansas City to remember Renee Good. Of course I ran into several of my @momsdemand.bsky.social actions friends because Moms show up! #keepgoing #moleg

A beautiful day to peacefully protest in Columbia against the horrific shooting of Renee Good and the ongoing, brutal trampling of human rights by masked immigration officials. Big turnout at this weekly protest in mid-Missouri! @momsdemand.bsky.social #protestispatriotic

Explaining the drama in #moleg before a new legislative session starts tomorrow

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol Building and our constitutional Republic, incited by the President of the United States in his despicable attempt to remain in power after knowingly losing a free and fair election. My full statement:

Trump dances for House Republicans after ranting and raving to them for nearly 90 minutes