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Talkin' Politics 4/24/23 | 2024 Presidential Race; Dobbs Legacy Question; Texas Leg Hits The F*** It Button; St. Louis' Prosecutor Problem; State Sen.…
Talkin' Politics 4/24/23 | 2024 Presidential Race; Dobbs Legacy Question; Texas Leg Hits The F*** It Button; St. Louis' Prosecutor Problem; State Sen.…
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91 minutes
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Apr 24, 2023
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Co-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp (Post) Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO (Twitter and Post)https://heartlandpod.com/JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation”YOU DON’T SAY: Poor leadership and lack of staff is a problem for St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardnerhttps://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.htmlhttps://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 processhttps://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-eb8c355ac54b19c5efc80090accb9ce9True or FalseThe angle that Parson and other MO GOP have taken on Yarl shooting is politics in its worst formhttps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274486986.htmlGov. 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 manBiden spoke with the family for an hourParson accusing Biden of playing politics, which is of course playing politics himself after a failure to leadYeah…No, Yeah 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/ Buy or SellIn 10 years the Dobbs decision will be seen as having been as impactful on elections as Citizens united was in the decade 2010 to 2020https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/health/abortion-pill-genbiopro-mifepristone.htmlPharma 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 agencyThe Big ONEChecking In On 2024 POTUSTrump - 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 groupshttps://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3961224-leading-anti-abortion-group-calls-trumps-position-unacceptable/DeSantis seems to be exploding like a SpaceX rocketBiden likely to announce his bid this coming week if not by the time you’re hearing this - approval holding around 42-43%https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo Chris Christie has entered the chatThe No Labels wrinkle - last call dives in LAST CALLWTF - the No Labels groupWhat 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.htmlhttps://newrepublic.com/article/171394/no-labels-donors-video-pretends-joe-biden-doesnt-exist
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Apr 24, 2023
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'Tis But A Scratch: SHOW NOTES AND LINKS FOR TALKIN' POLITICSOPENING STATEMENT - 4MIN 20 SECCHAT W/ DAVID PALMER - 6MIN 55 SECTALKIN' POLITICS - 56 MINTalkin’ PoliticsQuick Reactions - 538 tracking shows Bidens approval down to 50% - Has been as high as 55% since taking office probably more notable disapprove is UP to 43.8, from 34.2 - which is a sharper incline than the drop - Afghanistan impacts? Infrastructure Impacts & the $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation packageRecall 17 GOP Senators voted to advance the bill, ultimately 19 voted in FAVOR of the final bill, even after Trump weighed in to disuad votes in favor it actually added two votes for the bill - some notable heartland YES votes from the right:Colorado Impacts:https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/10/senate-infrastructure-bill-colorado-hickenlooper-bennet/#:~:text=Colorado's%20two%20U.S.%20senators%20voted,on%20to%20the%20U.S.%20House.Missouri Impacts:https://missouriindependent.com/2021/08/13/federal-infrastructure-bill-will-likel by The Heartland POD