Talkin' Politics | Stacey Abrams New Job; Shortages Of Care Takers In Red States; Kansas and Missouri Draconian Arms Race; Fox News Dominion Problem; Proud Boys On Trial

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Yeah…Yeah…Yeah… 

Stacey Abrams new job: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/25/stacey-abrams-interview-electric-power-green-energy

True or False

1. With abortion effectively outlawed the failure of the pro-life party’s agenda is now a political cudgel for 2024
   1. Missouri can’t care for disabled adults
   2. https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/22/missourians-with-developmental-disabilities-languish-in-hospitals-jails-shelters/
   3. These are the MOST vulnerable among us, when we talk about LIFE, many of these folks are not getting a shot at living one in an appropriate setting
   4. “Least restrictive environment” is the legal language for guardianship 
   5. Nursing Homes can’t staff enough: https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-nursing-home-workers-say-staffing-shortages-have-created-unsafe-conditions/
   6. Interesting story about abortion pill law suit for context
      • https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/21/what-plaintiffs-targeting-abortion-pill-want-might-not-even-be-possible/

Yeah…No, Yeah 

1. Kansas Leg pushing a “Born alive” pill and Missouri Attorney General using emergency rules aimed at restricting how doctors provide gender-affirming care to minors.
2. 
   
   1. Kansas: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article273375025.html?ac_cid=DM777154&ac_bid=-1855424907
   2. Missouri: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article273382475.html?ac_cid=DM777154&ac_bid=-1855424907
      • Missouri legislature is advancing similar legislation already since this announcement 
      • Bailey getting what he really wanted out of this which is large media coverage, NBC picked it uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwDt_7k5hk
      • Great summary writeup in The Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3909342-missouri-ag-says-state-law-already-prohibits-gender-affirming-health-care-for-youth/
3. Legal Attack on pills - seems dubious 
   1. https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/21/what-plaintiffs-targeting-abortion-pill-want-might-not-even-be-possible/

Buy or Sell

1. Fox News has already lost the Dominion Case, even if they win in Court
   1. Intereting opinion piece that asserts Dominion has already won - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/23/dominion-fox-news-defamation-lawsuit-winner
       

The Big One

1. Proud Boys Trial 
   1. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/23/proud-boys-witness-government-informant-trial?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2. Government informant
3. BTW - this is not a “attack” on conservatives - FBI using undercover folks on left and right: https://theintercept.com/2023/03/21/fbi-colorado-springs-surveillance/
4. History of this trial
   1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/proud-boys-sedition-jan-6-trial-trump
   2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/25/january-6-proud-boys-trial-begins-enrique-tarrio

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