MISSOURIANS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD! Yesterday, voters overwhelmingly rejected both Amendment 4 and Amendment 5—protecting majority rule and rejecting an uncertain plan to eliminate Missouri’s income tax. ⬇️❤️🤍💙⬇️
Sean Murphy
@dorght.bsky.social
I who am. At least I think I am. Am I? Player of games. Pusher of pedals. Listener of audiobooks. Involuntary gardener trying to keep our pollinator overlords appeased. Sadly still a contributor to greenhouse emissions.
We see that our political system is broken, then keep behaving as if it worked. We need serious change, and it's time to take bigger swings.
MO's Secratary of State has refused to certify two citizen petitions to be on the Nov ballot claiming MO Constitution defects. Off to the courts we go. Both petitions were approved by the Secretary of State and Attorney General, the required signatures gathered, then submitted for the ballot....🧵
Hoskins rejects Missouri congressional redistricting map referendum, setting up court fight
The Republican secretary of state’s decision was expected. Proponents of placing the GOP-leaning map up for a statewide vote will go to court to put the plan on the November ballot.
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Pedophiles are Victims too! This is infuriating. All that these groomers and pedophiles had to do was have their lawyer tell the DOJ that the perpetrator of these heinous crimes was a victim (not even sure that they had to give a farfetched unsubstantiated reason) and the DOJ would redact the name.
To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/capitulati...
Capitulation Day
The dimensions of defeat, and the chance for recovery
snyder.substack.com
In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.
Next pedestrian crossing you come to note when you have actually seen the crosswalk and have scanned for pedestrians all the way across. Could you have stopped in time? A mother pushing a stroller, child walking their scooter, or wheelchair at or in the crosswalk would you have hit them?
Is it normal to look left and right before proceeding from a stop sign in google street view? I just felt the strong compulsion to do so.
Did I accidentally addict this woodpecker to sugar water? First taste was free, but now that the hummingbird feeder is almost empty, they have to futilely work for their next hit.
Walked by a bZ at a Toyota dealer. Toyota has ceased to care about those outside the car. Sharp, injury focusing angles all over the front end for no reason. Compare to the 2002 Prius. At the time I bought one, Toyota had a whole marketing campaign about its pedestrian-injury-lessening body design.
AMENDMENT 4 CREATES A DOUBLE STANDARD Some argue that changing the Missouri Constitution should require more than a simple majority — that the bar for constitutional amendments should be high. That's a reasonable position. But if the bar is raised, it should be raised for everyone. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
An advocacy group in Virginia is running this ad on buses. 🔥🔥
A HIGHER BAR FOR VOTERS THAN FOR POLITICIANS Would you sign a contract where the other party plays by different rules than you do? Most people wouldn't. But that's exactly what this proposed amendment asks Missouri voters to accept.
That’s a wrap on bike buses for this school year. Let’s all keep an eye out for these great kids rolling into summer break on two wheels!
Amendment 4 will appear on our primary ballots on August 4, 2026. It would require a majority in EVERY congressional district to pass amendments brought by the people of Missouri — BUT amendments brought by politicians could still pass with a simple statewide majority.
Despite the apparently disappointing news form the MO Supreme Court yesterday. Today, by actually reading the decision, I found this: www.reddit.com/r/missouri/c... It appears our court is playing 3D chess against a tic-tac-toe challenged Secretary of State.
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Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
The unanimous rulings hand Republicans a legal victory in their push to use a new map aimed at unseating Kansas City Democrat Emanuel Cleaver. #moleg #mogov
Missouri Supreme Court upholds gerrymandered congressional map for August primary • Missouri Independent
The cases to determine whether Missourians vote in congressional districts favoring Republicans are in the hands of the state Supreme Court.
missouriindependent.com
Signatures are turned in!! Now let's pass this thing!! via @kfvs12.com
Campaign turns in record number of signatures to make it harder for politicians to change voter-approved measures in Missouri
A campaign turned in a record-number of signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office on Sunday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year.
kfvs12.com
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...
To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
nyc.streetsblog.org
Don't miss your chance to sign the Respect MO Voters petition by April 19th (THIS SUNDAY!) Find a place to sign, learn more, and get involved at respectMOvoters.org
Extreme speeding in Illinois means going 26 mph or more above the speed limit. Drivers who regularly hit those speeds are 5 times as likely to be involved in a fatal crash. HB4948 aims to establish the Intelligent Speed Assistance Program to slow down Super Speeders. www.wcia.com/capitol-conn...
This woman is facing a copyright claim for her own music by an AI company that took her youtube page and copied her.