@TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and ThreadsCo-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”Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/T/F - Josh Hawley Only Introduced This Bill - to allegedly undue the Citizens United Ruling -  So He Could Say He Introduced This Bill Because Lucas Kunce Has Him ScaredSean - can you do a quick refresher of what Citizens United is for the class, please - 2010 case about corporate donations and classification as money as speech, allowed for a flood money, largely without accountability, or what’ often called “dark money” Open Secrets Spending Summaries: https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/cost-of-election?cycle=2020&display=T&infl=NBrennan Center Summary for Background reading: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/josh-hawley-citizens-united-bill-rcna123031538 polling info: Hawley in leadhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/missouri/Mitch came right at Hawley’s throat: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/politics/mitch-mcconnell-josh-hawley-citizens-united/index.html Yeah… no -  Christian Nationalism Is a Serious ProblemFrom a group called “Right Wing Watch”Former Trump administration and ardent Christian nationalist William Wolfe warns that "we are getting close" to a point where Christians will have to "heed the call to arms."https://twitter.com/rightwingwatch/status/1719444222028198007?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GAMike Johnson - it’s a whole thingYou don’t fuckin’ sayDaddy’s best boy isn't up for the job it seems https://www.ky3.com/2023/11/01/gop-candidate-missouri-governor-implies-hed-have-quit-if-voters-pass-abortion-rights/Best line, Ashcroft actually said this: “We’re getting into real hypotheticals,” Ashcroft saidI’d pat him on his widdle squishy head if I didn’t want to punt him off a bridge so badly.Yeah… Yeah - Trump orbit legal issues are going well for the good guyshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/31/top-trump-allies-facing-charges-lose-lawyers-after-failing-to-pay-legal-bills?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherIvanka wanted to not have to testify during the week becauseLike, judge, we have kids and it’s just so hard and I just can’t evenhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/03/ivanka-trump-must-testify-trump-organization-fraud?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Buy or Sell - Voters accepting GOP candidates claiming victory for Biden policy? Republicans welcome local benefits of climate law despite voting against itNancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene among those accused of hypocrisy over efforts to gut landmark Inflation Reduction Act https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/01/republicans-climate-change-ira-nancy-mace-marjorie-taylor-greene?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Big One - Social Emotional Learning Is What Businesses Want, But What GOP AttacksTop workforce concern of Missouri’s CEOs is finding ‘soft skills’Two-thirds of respondents believe high school grads aren’t ‘well-prepared for success’So often hear from GOP “Kids need to learn math and how to read” but the reality is that it doesn’t matter how fast you can do arithmetic if you can’t deal with other humans https://www.ky3.com/2023/10/27/top-workforce-concern-missouris-ceos-is-finding-soft-skills/