Talkin' Politics 4/24/23 | 2024 Presidential Race; Dobbs Legacy Question; Texas Leg Hits The F*** It Button; St. Louis' Prosecutor Problem; State Sen. Lincoln Hough Keeps #moleg On Track; MO Gov Parson Political Failure; Last Call Preview

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YOU DON’T SAY:  Poor leadership and lack of staff is a problem for St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-total-collapse-of-st-louis-prosecutors-office-adds-urgency-to-historic-case/article_49da8bae-ded3-11ed-9e99-7f619bbab19c.html

https://www.kmov.com/2023/04/17/judge-threatens-put-circuit-attorney-gardner-contempt-court-after-no-one-shows-up-murder-trial/

Yeah… yeah! From Adam: Mo. State Sen. Lincoln Hough, one of the adults in the room, restores library funding and shuts down “Job killing” anti diversity language in state budget process

https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/19/senate-committee-rejects-anti-dei-language-restores-library-funds-in-missouri-budget/

Bonus: Gov. Kelly in Kansas vetoes the anti-abortion and anti-diversity attempts 

https://apnews.com/article/culture-war-kansas-abortion-diversity-eb8c355ac54b19c5efc80090accb9ce9

True or False

1. The angle that Parson and other MO GOP have taken on Yarl shooting is politics in its worst form
   https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274486986.html
2. Gov. Parson, silent for days after the shooting, finally broke that silence to criticize President Biden for the President taking time to tlk tot he family of Ralph Yarl, the black High School Jr show was shot two times after ringing the door bell of an old white man
3. Biden spoke with the family for an hour
4. Parson accusing Biden of playing politics, which is of course playing politics himself after a failure to lead

Yeah…No, Yeah 

1. Texas legislature passes a bill to require display of the Ten Commandments in schools along with prayer and bible reading time bills as well. 
   https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/20/texas-senate-passes-ten-commandments-bill/
2. 
    

Buy or Sell

1. In 10 years the Dobbs decision will be seen as having been as impactful on elections as Citizens united was in the decade 2010 to 2020
   1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/health/abortion-pill-genbiopro-mifepristone.html
   2. Pharma company suing FDA, basically saying that the FDA cannot undue their certification of the drug for use based on a court ruling like this based on the FDA’s own operation standard as an independent government agency

The Big ONE

1. Checking In On 2024 POTUS
   1. Trump - who appointed Selina from The Handmaids Tale and drunk frat boy who had his massive debts paid off by an unknown source to the supreme court which then overturned Roe - is having trouble with anti-abortion groups
      • https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3961224-leading-anti-abortion-group-calls-trumps-position-unacceptable/
   2. DeSantis seems to be exploding like a SpaceX rocket
   3. Biden likely to announce his bid this coming week if not by the time you’re hearing this - approval holding around 42-43%
   4. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo
   5. 
       
   6. Chris Christie has entered the chat
2. The No Labels wrinkle  - last call dives in
3. 
    

LAST CALL

WTF - the No Labels group

What is it? https://www.nolabels.org/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/02/no-labels-third-party-election/

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whos-afraid-of-no-labels-the-democrats-apparently/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/fellow-centrists-warn-no-labels-2024-bid-just-hurts-biden.html

https://newrepublic.com/article/171394/no-labels-donors-video-pretends-joe-biden-doesnt-exist

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