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TALKIN’ POLITICS Quick Hits White House Moving On Art. Intelligence https://www.semafor.com/article/03/27/2024/white-house-orders-agencies-to-tap-chief-ai-officers Sam Bankman-Fried is going to PRISON: https://www.semafor.com/article/03/28/2024/sbf-sentenced-to-25-years-in-ftx-fraud-case True or False… Public Education attacks will be a sneaky factor in the erosion of GOP power in red states   Mis...

Fertilizer spill kills 750,000 fish | Missouri GOP wants to eliminate corporate income tax | Kansas Man Sues Tennessee GOP Congressman | Missouri legislature defunding STL? | Texas Immigration Law Back On ICE | Alabama Election Blowout Win… for a Democrat? | Missouri AG gets slammed  On this episode of The Heartland POD for Friday, March 29, 2024 - a Flyover Friday including:  Fertilizer spill kil...

Brianna from Moms For Missouri joins Adam for a chat about the activation of a very powerful interest group in politics: The MOMS. Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/   Nothing on...

TALKIN’ POLITICS Quick Hits Harris visits abortion clinic https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/15/kamala_harris_abortion_reproductive_rights_2024 True or False -  The GOP resignations are designed to hand the house to the dems to cut Trumps legs out from his plan to get the election pushed to the house? https://www.newsweek.com/ken-buck-teases-more-republican-resignations-coming-1878601 Yeah… yeah...

A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: Missouri’s new presidential primary; Iowa’s massive fertilizer spill; Hawley signals some break with Trump on Jan 6th; Missouri town paying big for open record violation; Texas immigration law seesaw; Sustainability in St. Louis; Turns out, young white republicans at turning point events MIGHT be a bit racist SOURCES - river front times, m...

Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/   Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any jurisdiction. All statements are opinions that reflect on that of the speaker...

SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS Quick Hits Hartman jumping into MO-2nd Race https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/ray-hartmann-is-running-for-congress-to-oust-ann-wagner-42102094 Missouri GOP working to eliminate possible ranked choice voting by selling possible amendment based on a BS problem https://senate.mo.gov/24info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx? SessionType=R&BillID=433 SJR78 would totally eliminate RCV in...

Lauren Boebert won't compete in special election to replace Rep. Ken Buck | MO voters favor abortion rights | Kansas GOP’s flat tax favors the wealthiest 20% | JB Pritzker wants to end prior authorizations in mental health | Texas right-wing billionaires get their way  ELECTION 2024 Missourians back initiative to restore abortion rights by small margin, new poll finds The St. Louis University/YouG...

STL Post article about vouchers - read me first https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/expansion-of-school-vouchers-charters-on-tap-for-debate-in-missouri-senate/article_c0976038-dbe3-11ee-b39d-cfac2843deb4.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_stltoday All the Missouri Bills - nothing too crazy mostly vouchers expansion https://legiscan.com/MO/pending/house-e...

TALKIN’ POLITICS True Or False Katie Britt… https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) gave a rebuke of President Biden's border and immigration policies in her Republican State of the Union response from her home. Why it matters: The speech from the freshman senator is a stark example of how Republicans continue to make immigration and...

A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: State of the state of the union; Wisconsin fake electors foiled; Missouri water threatened; Alabama IVF protection law; Missouri private school horror; the ugly reality of school choice; Florida MAGA gator chomped; Iowa lawmakers funds to feed kids… wait sorry Iowa Lawmakers paying to arm teachers  SOURCES Missouri independent, the heartla...

Talkin’ Politics SCOTUS Highly Predictable Let Down The US supreme court issued its decision in the Trump/Colorado ballot case by now you’ve certainly herald about it - the court issued it’s per curium opinion on Monday, March 4th and since then the reactions have been about as expected, most folks on the left are pissed and Trump thinks he won reelection basically so let’s start there Rachel: Wha...

On this episode of The Heartland POD, for Monday,March 4, 2024 - Missouri senators attack innocent manAlabama Supreme Court race draws major money; Missouri Gov parson plays favorites, again; Starbucks unionization ; Joe Manchin catches up to reality; Trumps immunity case ; 2024 election coverage era rolls on and Trump has a short list for VP. PLUS a last call preview    SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITIC...

Flyover Friday, March 1, 2024 A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: Texas Is On Fire | Colorado Oil Wells Are Not So Well | Missouri Meat Packing Ponds Stink | Kansas legislators behave like bullies | Texas AG Making Lists Of Undesirables  SOURCES: The heartland collective, Missouri independent, Kansas Reflector, Colorado Sun, Associated Press, Advocate and journalist - Erin R...

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/trump-gop-extreme-maga-ivf-cpac-putin https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/23/josh-hawley-anti-abortion-arguments-embryo-ruling? CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other   Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The W...

The Heartland POD for Friday, February 23, 2024 A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: Primary voting is underway in Texas | Kansas Medicaid expansion update | Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker lays out priorities as a progressive pragmatist | Missouri Democrats filibuster ballot candy | KS Gov Laura Kelly’s veto will stand   Primary voting is underway in Texas https://www.texastribun...

Adam Sommer takes a step back to talk about the long and heavy road we are all on as we enter yet another political cycle that feels like the most important of our lives. Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http:...

https://www.publicrightsproject.org/who-we-are Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/   Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any j...

Friday News Roundup for Feb 16, 2024 Missouri Supreme Court again says state can’t deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood BY: ANNA SPOERRE - FEBRUARY 14, 2024 3:46 PM https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-supreme-court-again-says-state-cant-deny-medicaid-funds-to-planned-parenthood/ for the second time in four years, Missouri’s highest court rebuked lawmakers’s efforts to ban abortion...

The Outrun Coalition @TheOutrunCo An organization dedicated to encouraging young and diverse people to run in their rural communities. #RunAsYouAreHost: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.c...

SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS True or False: Political fatigue will be more important than Biden’s age for election Special Counsel’s report - a 330 page book written to conclude that Biden did nothing wrong regarding documents (see Mara Lago case where Trump is INDICTED…) that was written as a right wing reply to the Mueller report  Report includes references to paint Biden as a doddering old man w...

Wisconsin Democrats look to boost local journalism | Missouri Republicans cobble stupid ideas together | School voucher boosters need some extra help with math | Key Attorney General races in the 2024 elections Wisconsin Dems Propose Legislation To Support Journalism https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/democrats-propose-ways-of-bolstering-local-news/ Amid widespread layoffs in the journalism indus...

https://fdrii4mo.com/   Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/   Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any jurisdiction. All statem...

SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS Nikki Haley was on SNL… she had several lines, and made fun of Trump directly.  Quick hit: Bipartisan tax bill passage - we had been following, another pleasant surprise and also another instance of the Biden Presidency being precisely what was promised which is an administration where bipartisan work can get done - also Biden won in South Carolina, which is not really...

MAGA Embraces Anti-Hero Era | Missouri Marijuana Money Rolls In | Biden is a Union man | Oklahoma teachers get paid but not on purpose | Colorado’s mining, maybe? | Kansas rules for driving children | Iowa state house members grow some spine | Missouri’s speaker losing more staff | Kentucky’s GOP Gets Blue Grass Stains From Falling Down   Missouri Marijuana Sales Bring Big Funding For Veterans Car...