Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO   (Post)https://heartlandpod.com/JOIN PATREON FOR MORE!“Change The Conversation”2023 - The Year of the “Self Own” (10)Elon: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/musk-fair-trial-california-texas-96289154McCarthy (idiot) Big Tech (over hiring during the pandemic because they really thought we were going to spend the rest of our lives glued to our screens)Zuck and the Metaverse is more like a meta-fail SBF’s stupidly posing for the cameras; the utterly avoidable Coinbase fine; no one told these people to break the fucking existing lawsTrumpism: No one is paying attention to the slow leak in the tire, least of all him#MOLEG 2023 has begun but 2024 is already heating up (8)Prefiling topics likely to come up - often leftovers from last cyclehttps://www.newstribune.com/news/2022/dec/04/local-lawmakers-pre-file-priority-legislation/https://themissouritimes.com/what-is-senate-pre-filing-the-ins-and-outs-of-the-legislative-process/Combined About 725 pieces of legislation were prefiledNice breakdown from Missouri Bar website with updateshttps://news.mobar.org/legislative-update-bill-pre-filing-begins-for-2023-legislative-session/https://news.mobar.org/legislative-update-102nd-general-assembly-convenes/The HOUSEBring back Presidential primary, which was changedSome bills about the court system which are mostly process orientedBill on expanding efforts in support of veterans care, particularly help with care for suicidal vetsIncrease fentanyl penaltiesAllow more mobile and in home services for cosmetologists - surprisingly strict rules on that stuffThe SENATEAg tax credits that was vetoed last yearMake juvenile murder sentences longerLower unemployment based on the unemployment ratesExpanding broadband accessAllow for licenses counselors in members states to work in MOExempt child care facilities from property and real estate taxeshttps://missouriindependent.com/briefs/stephen-webber-launches-campaign-for-missouri-senate-seat-in-boone-county/Sen. Cindy O’laughlin, who previously blew off an interview with the HP now is GOP state senate majority leaderhttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/09/she-doesnt-have-a-tribe-cindy-olaughlins-new-role-tests-ability-to-bridge-factions/Special Grand Jury in Georgia has concluded (8)Typically when a grand jury functions it can issue an indictment - in Georgia the rules are different so the GJ just issues a report with findings, think of it like the Mueller report as its function simply gives the information to the prosecutor for actionhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/fulton-county-grand-jury-trump-election/index.htmlhttps://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/grand-jury-trump-fultonHearing on Jan 24th  for lawyers and news outlets to argue whether the report should be kept secret or releasedA court filing says that the grand jury voted to recommend that its report be published.