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jojobeansmo

Feb 4, 20243 min read

The Purge: Missouri edition

“A republic, if you can keep it.” –Benjamin Franklin That was Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willings Powel’s question about...

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jojobeansmo

Jan 11, 20244 min read

When the Circus comes to town (and loses money)

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“ If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a...

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jojobeansmo

Dec 21, 20234 min read

An Ode to the Courageous Underdogs

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"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." —Mark Twain There’s very little doubt...

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jojobeansmo

Nov 21, 20234 min read

The morality police and what it means for the First Amendment

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“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” –Fredrick Douglas...

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jojobeansmo

Nov 15, 20235 min read

Medical freedom in choice and what happens when it's denied.

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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his...

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jojobeansmo

Nov 7, 20234 min read

Putting honesty back into politics

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“It is out of the question of course that any community can permanently succeed if corruption eats into the fibre of its citizens. There...

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jojobeansmo

Sep 17, 20233 min read

Welcome to the Chaos of Project 2025: The cliff notes edition.

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“Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.”--Henry Miller It’s no secret that politics by nature is pure chaos, and when you step...

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jojobeansmo

Sep 8, 20234 min read

The GOP's war on the "Alphabet" policies and the purpose they serve.

“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.”- Maya Angelo Every day when you scroll social media it...

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jojobeansmo

Sep 3, 20237 min read

The Obtuse Precedence of Missouri

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“Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.” –W. E....

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jojobeansmo

Aug 23, 20235 min read

US Civics and the Crazies

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“I ask that high ideals be demanded in those that represent you; that you insist upon honesty and courage and uprightness and fair...

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jojobeansmo

Jul 24, 20237 min read

The Great Divide: The division between rural and urban and its links to white supremacy.

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“I'm proud of my hillbilly, white trash background. To me, that keeps you humble; that keeps you good. And it doesn't matter how hard you...

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jojobeansmo

Jun 8, 20237 min read

Missouri Supreme Court shocking ruling that gives a face to the actual war on Women.

"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."--Mary Shelley When we think of war, what do we normally think of?...

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jojobeansmo

May 24, 20234 min read

Missouri's Attorney General Andrew Bailey Saga Part II: Return of Despot Bailey.

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a...

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jojobeansmo

May 22, 20235 min read

Pinocchio Hawley: Struggles with being a "real boy" and the hidden agenda behind it.

"Josh Hawley writing a book about "Manhood" is like me writing a book about surgery. I'm not a surgeon."-- Lucas Kunce, (2024 Democrat...

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jojobeansmo

May 16, 20236 min read

Term limits and why they're not the "evil" folks make them out to be.

"To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public...

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jojobeansmo

May 13, 20233 min read

Welcome to the arena: Choose to be the "Spartacus" of Missouri.

"I've Had My Fill Of Games, Let Us Leave This Arena Forever."-- (Spartacus: Blood and Sand) The process of democracy is on the extreme...

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jojobeansmo

May 7, 20234 min read

When the new war front comes home: A small look at the GOP stochastic terrorism attack on democracy.

"Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders and seldom has a face." — Jacques Chirac Recently, you...

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jojobeansmo

May 4, 20237 min read

Inside the Looking glass: A quick guide on why you start taking the crimson states seriously.

Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat. (Lewis Carroll) We can say a lot about...

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jojobeansmo

Apr 30, 20236 min read

Despotism tries to take on Constitution: The Andrew Bailey Saga and why would we should care.

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole...

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jojobeansmo

Apr 19, 20235 min read

The poltergheist of yesteryear: American Fascism and how we can fight back

“When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.”-William Shakespeare. Since the 1630s,...

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