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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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Mother, educator, therapist and small business owner running for MO State Rep in HD 130. We are all in this together. Please be respectful in this space

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

10 months

40% of MO state races went uncontested last year. We gave these seats away to republicans who are stripping people of their healthcare rights, banning books, voting to defund our libraries and making our state less safe with the erosion of common sense gun safety laws

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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3 months

Just a periodic reminder that these three things should not be operated for profit: education, healthcare and prisons

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13 days

Your periodic reminder that Josh Hawley’s wife is behind the Supreme Court case to ban abortion medication. The Hawleys have no business representing the people of Missouri

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8 months

🧵 In MO there is no age limit on open carry. This means a child does not need parental permission or supervision to legally open carry in public. Children do however need parental permission to get a library card if they are under 18.

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9 months

🧵 Lol. I haven't even had my kickoff and I've already made it to Fox News for believing public schools should be funded. Betsy DeVos' out of state lobbyist wants to attack me as a parent- Corey doesn't have kids. He's using me as a prop to funnel your money to private schools

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10 months

Wow. Over 1800 followers!!! Can we get to 2k before midnight?! I’m blown away by the support 💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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4 months

I’m here for this all damn day. No more uncontested seats!

@piper4missouri

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

4 months

I sent out an email for Blue Missouri stating that Rick Brattin doesn’t currently have a Democratic opponent. Guess what? A well-qualified woman just responded willing to run!!! And, we’ll have her back with funding. Who’s next? LFG! #NoSeatUncontested

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

My goodness you all know how to make a gal feel loved!! 💙💙💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

FACT: MO is one of 12 states that still taxes groceries. It is also one of only 10 states that charge sales tax on groceries, diapers and period products.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

Pay attention and please show up to vote. This is what happens when we give up or turn away

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No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen

8 months

Lubbock, Texas just passed a new law banning people from traveling through the county to assist in receiving an out-of-state abortion. It’s the largest jurisdiction in Texas so far to pass an abortion travel ban.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

Yesterday I learned of a candidate stepping up in MO district 131 right next door to my district! This district, like mine, had no Dem running in 2022. Let’s go MO! No more uncontested seats!

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9 months

Missouri is a beautiful state with folks who deserve better than 20 years of a lying, grifting, conning, self-dealing, incompetent GOP supermajority. The solution is finding and funding down-ballot candidates. Text “Piper” to 33777 to help us crowdfund Dem nominees.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

The “elite” want our children to be uneducated, drop out and get jobs. They are hard at work in MO. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Education is the cornerstone of liberty”. We cannot let this happen. Pay attention

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@piper4missouri

5 months

When have the wealthy ever done anything for us? They have used and abused our labor and families. Now, they want to take away our kid’s schools—send them to work. School vouchers don’t work for poor folks. They will raise the price of tuition over the voucher. It’s a scam.

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Missouri… where lawmakers are so “pro-life” they will force all pregnancies to birth (viable or not) all while refusing to provide resources to MO children once they are born This is so sad and disappointing. Our children deserve better

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Crystal Quade

6 months

We’re another day closer to Governor Parson missing the deadline to help 430,000 Missouri children. For too long leaders in Missouri have refused to do the bare minimum. It’s past time we had leadership who will take action to help hungry children in our state.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

Just a reminder that all our Republican reps voted against this funding

@GovParsonMO

Governor Mike Parson

6 months

The I-270 North Project demonstrates the success we can achieve when we invest in transportation infrastructure to ensure Missourians have safe roads and bridges to travel to work, take their kids to school and transport their goods and services. @MoDOT

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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4 months

I’ll save you time and let you know MO US House Reps Burlison, Graves and Luetkemeyer are all on this list. This is an election year Missouri. Please vote

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4 months

Remember the baby formula shortage? Reducing the control to few companies is a recipe for disaster

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Eric Garcia

4 months

Why are things expensive? 4 companies control 55% to 85% of the meat market. 4 airlines control 80% of air travel. 3 companies control 92% of the soda market. 3 companies control 73% of the cereal market. Why don't I hear about it? 6 companies control 90% of the news.

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10 months

All RESPONSIBLE gun owners should have no issue with this. It’s common sense and will prevent unnecessary deaths #commonsensegunlaws

@POTUS

President Biden

10 months

It's time to require universal background checks, establish a national red flag law, require safe storage of firearms, and end immunity from liability for gun manufacturers. Congress, it's time to stand up to the gun lobby.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

3 months

No more uncontested seats! I love to hear this!!

@piper4missouri

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

3 months

Well, well, well… it looks like two Missouri seats that have been uncontested since 2018 are going to have Democratic candidates. We take back the state when we compete in every district! #LFG

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3 months

In 2022 over 40% of House seats went uncontested. My district was one of them. This year that number plummeted to 18% We are only three seats away from breaking the supermajority, and we are going to do it this year 💙 Missourians are awake and paying attention #moleg #missouri

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8 months

So far my 2 day experience with my super red district has resulted with a lot of mansplaining, especially about abortion 🙄 BUT I’ve had several R voters tell me they won’t be voting Hawley Progress is always a good thing no matter how little it is. Keep talking and standing up

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

I didn’t realize pulling children out of poverty was harmful to families. I am pretty sure not living in poverty is a good thing.

@BidenHQ

Biden-Harris HQ

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Haley says the expanded child tax credit, which significantly reduced child poverty, was “harming” families

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

A reminder that many republicans are taking credit for improvements they voted against. I’m glad to see the Dems stepping up and calling them out. You can’t complain about putting Biden’s name on it if you voted against it. It should have been a bipartisan bill, but here we are.

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10 months

Spotted on Capitol Ave in Hartford

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9 months

Watch this and please ask yourself…. What the hell are we doing Missouri?

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Josh Becker

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9 months

And you want this man for a Governor?! Remember in history class when they taught us about the book burnings during the holocaust because the Nazis didn’t like specific books. This is exactly what is going on here in 2023. Thank you @piper4missouri for posting this.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

10 months

Remember when MO Republican lawmakers tried to pull one over on us and made MO a Right to Work state, then we responded back and said hell no? I do #laborday #votethemout #wedeservebetter #peopleoverprofit #prounion #moleg #mogov #missouri

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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Unbelievable. Missouri voted down right-to-work with nearly 70% opposing. We did that through our IP process which R lawmakers are currently attempting to ruin so we can’t have a direct say in these matters. They are not the party of the people

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Crystal Quade

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🚨 Right-to-work has re-entered the chat 🚨 MAGA Republicans make it clear they want to pass right-to-work, despite Missourians overwhelmingly voting against it. As THE pro-worker candidate for governor, I'll make sure we're never a right-to-work state:

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

7 months

This is a flippable district in MO. I believe we only need to flip 6 seats to break the supermajority in the MO House Let’s get it done 💙

@AKfromKCMO

Alex Kalen

7 months

HD-133 is a blue-trending district in Springfield that went for a Republican by fewer than 5% last year, or ~400 votes.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

Learning how to navigate trolling is definitely an eye opening experience. What a morning

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

Republicans need to stop with the gaslighting. MO citizens are getting the short end of the stick on what our taxes could provide while the rich sit back and prosper. We deserve better, especially our students. Children are the future of our economy. We have to support them

@BigElad

Elad Gross 🇺🇸

9 months

This one is pretty easy, folks. Republicans have controlled Missouri’s legislature since 2003. Their budget spends less real money per student today than we did a decade ago. And now they want to privatize our schools so their rich donors get even richer.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

We have a revenue problem not a spending problem. If we just taxed the top we wouldn’t have to cut services that actually benefit the country. Billionaires building rocket ships and taking unregulated joyrides to the titanic doesn’t help the economy

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Mae

8 months

Let’s see how many pundits, reporters and journalists do not understand that cutting funds from the IRS *costs* the government money in the form of lost revenue. This is not an offset. This is sabotage.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

It’s a scam on the American people to put money in the pockets of the millionaires. Nothing more

@piper4missouri

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

10 months

Stop calling it “school choice.” Choice schools aren’t accountable to the public They are run by corporations They are peddled by millionaires They are funded by taxpayers They are compelled by a grift School choice means the schools choose. School choice is a scam.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

My opponent is on this list. He voted to take every single dollar in the state budget away from the libraries. In fact, every single Republican rep from Greene county is on that list. None of the Democrat reps are. We deserve better #repMO #springfieldMO

@MO_HouseDems

Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee

2 months

This week is #NationalLibraryWeek , and it is important for us to recognize all that they do for our communities! While House Republicans have stripped funding from public libraries, House Democrats believe it is important to support our local libraries!

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says.

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Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

6 months

This is not ok Missouri. This is despicable. I have worked with children with disabilities for over 15 years and my blood is boiling right now to learn of this. It seems so many of our lawmakers want to go backwards in time all the while making the rich even richer.

@piper4missouri

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

6 months

Missouri Senator Bill Eigel has written a bill to defund DESE and the 1300 employees who support the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled, the Missouri School for the Deaf, the Missouri School for the Blind, and Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

There is absolutely nothing about this that is pro life. It is 100% forced birth. My heart is heavy for everyone living in red states dealing with this insanity. Especially TX and MO.

@ReproRights

Center for Reproductive Rights

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BREAKING: Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, our plaintiff with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health and future fertility.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

Voter fraud is very rare, but voter suppression is very real and easily spotted… I can’t help but wonder what the result of fair maps would be across the country

@AndrewWarrenFL

Andrew Warren

@AndrewWarrenFL

10 months

Federal court finds AL officials defied an order (upheld by SCOTUS) to draw a constitutional congressional map—and admitted not following the law. Federal law criminalizes disobeying a court order. This is about the law—not politics. Hold them accountable.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

This is the reality in Missouri right now. This is not ok

@VABVOX

Victoria Brownworth

8 months

This ad is not hyperbole. In Pennsylvania there's a fight for abortion rights in Tuesday's election. You absolutely must #VOTE to protect the courts from radical GOP extremist judges.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

Did you know in the 70s we had almost wiped out severe hunger in America? I wonder what happened in the 80s to change course…🤔 The expanded child tax credit made such a difference and could still be helping today… but it isn’t, bc Republican lawmakers allowed it to expire

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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4 months

I am headed to Jefferson City with the sunrise for my first filing day. Looking forward to seeing what we accomplish the next eight months.💙 Sincerest gratitude to everyone who has supported so far. I cannot do this without you!

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

Here’s some additional info I find interesting re Hawley and his support for MO workers -Accepted $3M from Dave Humphries (biz owner from Joplin) who put millions into passing right to work laws in this state -rejected multiple opportunities to ⬆️ wages for workers as our AG

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Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

10 months

Josh Hawley, when acting as Missouri’s attorney general, supported right-to-work laws. This dude can try to pander, but we know the truth.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

I am feeling the love! Thank you everyone for your support!!! Let’s do this!!! 💙💙 @piper4missouri

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

Fantastic time tonight at the Greene County Democratic Party picnic! I was super excited to meet @BigElad and Miss Liberty Bell, along with all the other great folks who came out! I would also like to introduce Ashley Cossins who will be running next door to me in HD 131! 💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

5 months

I’m so tired of reading about bills designed to hurt and discriminate against others. It is so hard to live in a state that seems to prioritize hate, but I refuse to believe this is how it has to be. Vote. Speak up. We are better than this MO, we just have to all show up and help

@RavBogard

Rabbi Daniel Bogard

5 months

And just like that, the Missouri House has rolled their bigoted anti-trans bills into one omnibus bill, and voted it out of committee along party lines. My heart hurts; hope is so hard. #OmnibusBillOfHate #ProtectTransKids

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

The first and only bill our Republican majority leadership has passed sends $2.2 million of our tax dollars to TEXAS Our Republican leadership is failing us Missouri. We have options in November. Much better options #moleg

@MO_Independent

Missouri Independent

@MO_Independent

2 months

Missouri Senate sends bill for Texas border deployment to Gov. Parson #moleg #mogov via @RudiKellerMI

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

This foundation does not have the country’s best interests at heart. Follow the money… always

@kiehne4missouri

Kiehne for Missouri

@kiehne4missouri

9 months

The Heritage Foundation has composed a plan to transform the US into a right-wing theocracy and they're calling it "Project 2025". These folks are serious, relentless, and have the means to invest in races nationwide to execute their extreme agenda.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

Just a reminder that abortion is illegal after 6 weeks in MO. Our state Medicaid program has banned funding for abortion for years. Republican lawmakers telling you this is about abortion are lying. They are taking away healthcare access to people in the state that need it most

@MO_Independent

Missouri Independent

@MO_Independent

2 months

A bill that would make Planned Parenthood ineligible to receive reimbursements from the state’s Medicaid program passed out of the Missouri Senate early Wednesday morning after an 11-hour Democrat filibuster. #moleg #mogov via @annaspoerre

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

Happy Tax Day!💰 just a periodic reminder that in #Missouri the wealthiest families are taxed at a lower rate (5.7%) than the lowest income families (8.4%)

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

10 months

As our senator thanks all the hard workers in this state today, I would like to point out this info from the AFL-CIO, showing Hawley voting in favor of workers only 2 of 12 times in 2022, with a lifetime score of voting in favor only 12% of opportunities

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

Did you know MO is 1 of 19 states that has never had a female governor?

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

7 months

Can lawmakers please keep the Bible and the Christian religion out of politics? This is infuriating

@piper4missouri

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

7 months

A Missouri representative referring to me as spare parts and telling me to read my Bible...

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

10 months

A massive THANK YOU to all of the hard working Missourians out there. I support you 100% and will do what I can to help improve wages, jobs and working conditions. You are what make this economy function. I hope you were able to find some well deserved rest today #laborday

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

10 months

A sitting senator in MO. Stop the lies. Abortion at birth is a lie and you are doing more harm to MO by perpetuating this nonsense than working for Missourians who pay your salary. Stop with the idiocy and please help our state

@NickBSchroer

Nick Schroer

10 months

This troll believes a baby isn’t human until it meets former blackface wearing Gov Ralph Northam, where the drs and mother can decide whether it should live. Until then, it’s a unicorn that should have the right to determine it’s pronouns. Could have contributed to her YUGE loss

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

Was just listening to @JessicaValenti talk about how GOP wants to force drs to perform C-sections rather than abortions on women whose lives are in danger so they can say abortions are never necessary to save the mother. We have to sign this petition MO and get our rights back

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

This is what happened after the civil war. Johnson pardoned the Confederates after Lincoln was killed (Johnson was from the opposite party of Lincoln). They decided to go the non-violent route and get elected to gain power, and they did. Pay attention & vote

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Karissa Marie ⭕️🟧

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Terrifying

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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7 months

I’m at home with a sick kiddo today. Losing income bc I don’t get paid if I don’t work. Hoping nothing progresses bc a dr visit WITH insurance will cost over $100. Feeling guilty worrying about money when my kiddo is sick

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9 months

We are all in this together 💜

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10 months

@chickensith Everyone always leaves out “well regulated” when they refer to “shall not infringe”

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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1 month

As a millennial on the edge of Gen X I feel this and I bet a lot of other people do too. My entire life has been living and working through the decline of the middle class It’s time for a change #taxtherich #99percent

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

Say what now?! 😧 Is this what we want Missouri?

@CarlosGSmith

Senator-elect Carlos Guillermo Smith

10 months

Florida public schools were defunded $2.5 BILLION this year to finance the purchase of lavish perks and private school tuition for wealthy families. Unaccountable school vouchers are an multi-billion dollar disaster and taxpayers are footing the bill.

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10 months

My goodness you all know how to make a gal feel loved!! 💙💙💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

As it should be. How awful our country has come to this point of cruelty towards women. This should have never happened

@KatiePhang

Katie Phang

5 months

JUST IN: "The grand jury issued a no bill in the case of Brittany Watts, 34, who was facing a fifth-degree abuse of a corpse following a miscarriage she had in September." Brittany Watts will NOT be indicted.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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3 months

On Monday, the Missouri House voted along party lines to defund Planned Parenthood (HB2634) Abortion is banned in MO. They DO currently provide STI & cancer screenings, ultrasounds, birth control, mammograms, etc for low income and the under/uninsured

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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Still thinking about how my opponent recently voted against funding universal pre-k starting at the age of 3. This passed with bipartisan support, yet every Republican on the committee for education reform except one voted against it.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

Very weird… and he happens to be my current rep and opponent. Curious how someone that went straight from college to politics at 24 years old is an expert in education…. 🤔

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Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

5 months

This is weird. A Missouri Republican lawmaker is pushing education reform (taxpayer vouchers) and also owns Pelion Learning, which offers private teaching and an online academy which could financially benefit from taxpayer vouchers…

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve” - Miroslav Volf

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Aaron Rupar

8 months

New House Speaker Mike Johnson offers prayers in response to the latest horrible mass shooting. Can't believe nobody has thought of that before.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

🧵This is a scam for the wealthy and will not improve education in this state. Look at states like AZ to see the repercussions of the voucher system. We have to protect, fund and support our schools. Our R leadership has been chipping away at the budget and resources for years

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Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

5 months

Missouri Senator Koenig is proposing education bills to drain public school coffers. These bills are set to blow a $900 million to a $1.5 billion hole in our state budget making it impossible to raise teacher pay or raise educational funding.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

As Parson takes his moment to brag on how great this is for MO, I would like to remind you that EVERY Republican in Congress voted against this funding #themoreyouknow

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Governor Mike Parson

8 months

We have awarded a total of $12 million through the Cell Towers Grant Program to construct new towers that provide quality cellular service and greater 911 connectivity to high-cost areas. Expanding cellular connectivity statewide remains a top priority.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

🧵My Congressman Eric Burlison voted for Jim Jordan to be Speaker. We are in big trouble folks when your congressman responds with an enthusiastic “hell yeah” to vote for someone who is clearly wrong for the job in every way.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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7 months

Any Missourians out there ready for our movement? I am also fed up with politicians caring more about their donors and careers than the voters. It’s time to focus on what Missourians actually want and not what out of state lobbyists want

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Rep. Gloria Johnson

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There's a movement afoot in Tennessee because we're fed up with politicians who care more about their donors than their constituents.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

So which is it Texas?

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Ken Paxton argued in court that a Texas prison guard's stillborn baby does not have rights as a person so as avoid paying her compensation after her boss kept her from an emergency hospital visit. A telling complement to the Kate Cox story.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

And the hits keep coming. This is outrageous. These people will never stop. We have to vote them out of office

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Jess Piper

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6 months

Murder charges…

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

@AGAndrewBailey Isn’t this your party? You made us a Right to Work state against our wishes then 67% of us voted to overturn your wishes to further gut our unions to profit the rich. We see you

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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7 months

Best thing I’ve heard all day! We must make sure to keep this scam away from MO as well and start adequately funding our public schools

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James Talarico

7 months

We did it. We just defeated Greg Abbott's voucher scam. The People’s House has spoken. I’m so proud of the bipartisan coalition in the Texas House that defended our schools and our kids.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

GOOD My opponent Bishop Davidson was a sponsor of this bill along with Eric Burlison. They attempted to pass a clearly unconstitutional law. Even this SCOTUS wouldn’t uphold it. It’s time to vote them out and put in people who are looking to improve public safety in MO

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Laura Burkhardt

8 months

SCOTUS siding w/ the Biden administration, won’t reinstate Missouri’s atrocious unconstitutional gun law that bans & fines local police for working w/ the federal govt to enforce federal gun laws. Another L for AG Andrew Bailey. ⁦ @MomsDemand ⁩ #MoLeg

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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8 months

Here is my rep boasting about cutting massive funding to the EPA. Our Republican reps continue to show they only work for the rich. They’ll leave us behind with our contaminated air and water along with our abysmal healthcare bc it won’t affect them. We deserve better than this

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

This made me happy to see 😁

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Victor Shi

10 months

AMAZING NEWS! Gloria Johnson, one of the Tennessee Three, just launched her campaign for US Senate against Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee! I can’t think of anyone better to take on & defeat Marsha than Gloria Johnson. Republicans & Marsha should be terrified. This is huge.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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5 months

My rep and opponent wrote this bill. Diapers and period products have a “luxury” tax, meaning in the eyes of the state they are not necessary If this is becomes law, MO will be the only state to tax food but not guns

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Laura Burkhardt

5 months

In Missouri, we pay sales tax on food, diapers, and period products. The Republican-led House General Laws Committee just voted to exempt guns & ammo from sales tax. 129 of 158 submitted public testimonies were OPPOSED to this egregious legislation. #MoLeg #HB2291 @MomsDemand

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

20 years of Republican leadership may not be what we needed. I say we try something different. Let’s start with investing in our education system, working families and infrastructure and quit wasting time stripping people of their basic human rights

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

4 months

Senator Schroer is conveniently leaving out the part where MO is 49th in educational funding. Our state most definitely is not pouring more and more money into our public schools. @DerrickNowlinMO along with other democrats acknowledge this fact and want to invest in our students

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

6 months

“We don’t believe those rights should be subjected to majority vote.” It was never about states’ rights or protecting the unborn. It was always about control. Last I checked the government was supposed to listen to our voices not suppress them 🤔

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POLITICO

6 months

First rule of the anti-abortion playbook: Don’t let the public vote on abortion.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

I feel like this is a good day to remind district 130 that our rep and my opponent interned with the Heritage Foundation. I have a hard time believing someone associated with this organization has the best interests of Missourians in mind

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Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

2 months

Project 2025, put out by the Heritage Foundation, is the plan to destabilize our country if Trump is elected. The project points to Arizona as a model for school vouchers. Ummm...The universal voucher scam in Arizona blew a nearly 1 billion dollar hole into the state's budget.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

If you cannot see how these types of bills are hostile towards women, you have no business representing women. Nobody ran against this guy last election. We have got to stop letting seats go uncontested #moleg #mogov

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

3 months

My rep and opponent interned for the Heritage Foundation and is now committee chair for the “education reform” committee which means his job is to push school vouchers. #repMO loves their schools and our district deserves someone who will push to fully fund them

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Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

3 months

If your lawmaker is pushing for school vouchers, they are paid off by the school choice lobby. No question. Every time.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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6 months

We deserve leaders who are in service for the greater good of the people, not themselves. I’m going into this new year with an optimism that more will step up 💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

8 months

This doesn’t have to be our reality. But nothing will change until we do something about it. Continuing to elect Republican representatives is not going to make us safer. They have proven time and time again that they will not act or even speak up beyond thoughts and prayers.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

3 months

Representing at Moms Advocacy Day with my Springfield Moms and fellow state rep candidate @CossinsAshley ! #missouri #momsareeverywhere @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

Young Americans have been held back and penalized by skyrocketing college costs and predatory loans long enough. I am one of them, and I know firsthand how frustrating it has been. This is an amazing start, but we have a long way to go. We must make college affordable again

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Victor Shi

9 months

This is amazing: President Biden will cancel an additional $9 BILLION in student debt for 125,000 student loan borrowers today. That means President Biden has cancelled of over $127 billion in student debt for 3.5 MILLION Americans. This matters. Thank you, President Biden.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

Follow this awesome gal! She’s running in HD 131 next door to me (130) which were both uncontested last election. She’s a powerhouse MO needs!

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Ashley Cossins

9 months

My name is Ashley Cossins and I am running to represent the 131st District in Missouri;s House of Representatives. Stay tuned and trust that I am just getting started. Let's dig in, get busy, and have empathetic and *productive* conversations about our legislature.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

Don’t blame this on the democrats. They haven’t been in control the past 20 years

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Jason Hancock

9 months

A recent report by an international human rights group ranked Missouri in the bottom third of all states for child rights, in part because Missouri still allows child marriage and corporal punishment in schools. #moleg #mogov via @clarabatess

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

9 months

Don’t underestimate the young voters. They’ve been watching for years and have only known this reality. I really do feel they will be the ones to save America from what is has become

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Victor Shi

9 months

Oh my goodness. VP Kamala Harris just asked a stadium of 5,000 students at Florida International University to raise their hands if they’ve ever participated in a school shooter drill. Every hand raised. This is why Republicans will lose.

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

4 months

It is time to get educators elected into office who will support our public schools, teachers and students. I have been teaching for over 15 years and am up for the task

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Erik Richardson

4 months

Little surprise to find that Missouri failed in the new report: Public Schooling in America. Keep crushing it MO Republican super majority. /s

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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2 months

This was a rough week paying attention to Missouri politics. I’m gonna disappear into my gardens for the remainder of the evening. I hope you all take some time to recharge this weekend as well 💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

3 months

🧵 Yesterday I received my Gun Sense Candidate distinction from @MomsDemand For those of you who don’t know, I served as a Team Lead for the local Springfield chapter for over a year and loved every minute of it

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

2 months

Yep. Get angry MO. Sign the petition and let’s allow Missourians to have a say in this matter #endthebanMO

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Claire McCaskill

2 months

I understand the decision to enforce an abortion law from the 1800s causes anger among most, especially women. You know what should make you even angrier? MO & MANY OTHER STATES HAVE THE EXACT SAME LAW! Every R Senator in MO voted NO on rape and incest exception 2 MONTHS AGO!!

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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We deserve better Missouri

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Jo Doll

16 days

I hope voters in MO will take note that both of our senators are no longer doing the jobs they were elected to do. @Eric_Schmitt and @HawleyMO are blaming the White House for the Trump verdict and are revolting. Hmmm-I thought the jury convicted him. Either way MO loses. #moleg

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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4 months

Standing room only. Packed house. What a night and honor to be one of the first in the state to add my name to the abortion petition 💙 I will always support every persons right to privacy, bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. @CossinsAshley @DerrickNowlinMO @MissiforMO

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

@lesliejones4mo

2 months

I am disappointed with our leadership every damn day. This is absolutely ridiculous

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St. Louis-area politics

2 months

Missouri House approves bill shielding Bayer from cancer-related lawsuits

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

You did it!!! We are over 1,000! Can we go for 2k? 3k? Let’s gooooooo! 💙🙌💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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10 months

My goodness you all know how to make a gal feel loved!! 💙💙💙

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Leslie Jones 4 MO

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9 months

I won’t forget and forgive him and neither should you

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Elad Gross 🇺🇸

9 months

Anti-union Senator Josh Hawley on the picket line begging Missourians to forgive him for supporting Right to Work for Less policies. Workers are winning.

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