On today’s Heartland POD for December 13, 2021 Housekeeping Items - 1min to 5 minwww.heartlandpod.comRemember to sign up on Patreon for full access!Adam’s Opening Statement - The Role Of Government - 5 min - 9:45 minTalkin’ Politics - 9:45 min14 min 30 sec – True or False: BBB passes before Christmas 18 min – Yeah, No… Chris Christie’s book tour and attempt at relevance, now blaming Trump for giving him Covid but he still says he would have voted for Trump againReportedly sold about 3,000 copies the first weekhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/fans-buy-out-trumps-new-book-sales-30x-chris-christiesTrump fans bought Trump’s new book just to beat Christie’s, so now they are owning the libs and whatever the hell Chris Christie is these days22 min 30 sec – Buy or Sell: Missouri will legalize recreational MJ soon? https://missouriindependent.com/2021/12/06/missouri-lawmakers-must-take-action-to-legalize-marijuana-opinion/ 30 min – MO 2022 senate race: Eric Schmitt threatens schools and asks parents to take nonconsensual pictures and videos of minors - with proper lighting and horizontal orientation please, to report to his officecounty heath shutting down on Covid tracking https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article256483746.htmlMany schools pushing back (Lee’s Summit letter)https://lstribune.net/index.php/2021/12/10/lsr7-legal-counsel-responds-to-attorney-general/Schmitt’s interpretation: It is a direct misrepresentation of the case that was decided, Elad Gross has done a good job of laying that outCase was about administrative rule making, and does NOT preclude school districts from doing as they have doneOn Dem side appears that Kunce is a very likely winner, he’s almost gone full Beto at this point with his national media tourSifton still has lots of state Dem support but what does that really mean in terms of votes?Spencer Toder is doing good things but isn’t raising money, doesn’t matter how much good he can do or what policies he would champion if he can’t get coverage, did see he had a piece in the Springfield News leader which was niceThe rest of the field appears to simply have not enough name ID and money to matterI will say I think the Dem slate is full of really decent and well intentioned folks and I hope every one of them keeps working for Missouri5. National: Way too early look at 2024Biden’s numbers are bad, really bad if you go look at Fox reporting, but does it mean he’s already toast for 2024?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/tune-out-those-2024-presidential-race-predictions/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3574da3%2F61ae47f99d2fdab56bb6bc12%2F5ef9f9c6ade4e276b323df8c%2F17%2F72%2F61ae47f99d2fdab56bb6bc12538 average: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo– Flavor of the week was to write a think piece about how Biden’s polling numbers, or even VP Harris, are looking badPolling realitiesHeadlines this weekA new poll finds major warning signs for Biden and fellow Democrats - NPRBiden approval hits new low as economic discontent rises, Post-ABC Poll finds - WAshington PostPresident Biden’s job approval sinking on inflation, crime and covid: POLL - ABC RACHEL - Headlines/copy editingSEAN - the reality of reading pollingADAM - the synthesis as a trial presentationWill it be Biden/Harris again? If Biden doesn’t run, will they give it to Harris?
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