Dirty Deeds...

  "167.012. 1. For purposes of state law, a "home school" is a school, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that:(1) Has as its primary purpose the provision of private or religious-based instruction..." (Page 85 of SB727)

The above section of SB727--a now monstrous bill* that adds MORE government control, doling out of taxpayer dollars, data collection, and more--seems to be an attempt to abrogate the Second Amendment rights of Americans who home educate their children. See Catherine Dreher's tweet below. Note the explanation that would allow the possibility for prosecution of parents who have a gun in their home. Also note that the section was added AFTER the public hearing, precluding the ability of the citizens to comment upon it.

Dirty deeds. 

The globalist hangers-on in our government and their lobbyist comrades want full government control over our children. And it looks like they will do whatever it takes to get it.

SB727 should be killed and left to rot. School choice, as expressed in SB727, is a Trojan Horse.

This section was added after the public hearing so home schoolers were unable to voice their concerns. We are voicing them now, and they are valid and justifiable concerns, yet we are met with hostility and contempt. We also comprise a large portion of the grassroots. pic.twitter.com/PJGC5NGvUk

— Catherine Dreher 🇺🇲🇩🇪🇬🇧🇧🇻 (@CDreher4Liberty) April 10, 2024

Further, there is now a legal opinion from attorneys. See tweet below. Click to enlarge the letter.

This is the FIRST actual LEGAL opinion I've seen from Attorneys regarding SB727 and the implications for homeschoolers having firearms in our homes. Everything else has been political or lobbyist opinions. #SB727 @MOFreedomCaucus #moleg pic.twitter.com/NMQ2RDeH4P

— Catherine Dreher 🇺🇲🇩🇪🇬🇧🇧🇻 (@CDreher4Liberty) April 11, 2024

*The original bill was 12 pages. It is now a whopping 167 pages.

Grassroots is Happening

 

A Tale of Two Rallies

 

A slice of the Freedom Rally

 

By Gretchen Garrity


Groups of citizens from Christian County, including the Missouri Freedom Initiative and Grassroots Patriots of Christian County, traveled up to the Capitol to attend the protest organized by grassroots activist Catherine Dreher of Rogue Politics. Dreher threw the event together quickly after Sen. Caleb Rowden and Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin attacked members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus in a contentious few days in the Senate last week.

When we arrived we heard cheers and applause coming from the rotunda. It could not have been the rally, since that wasn’t scheduled for a couple hours later.

Instead, it was a gathering of well-organized activists from groups like Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Vote.org, a contingent from Jobs With Justice, and the United Auto Workers.

 

Some of these groups claim to be nonpartisan. I really hope people understand the current narrative that is being pushed by these leftist groups. They are anything but nonpartisan. Don’t fall for it, whether it’s Jobs for Justice or United Springfield PAC.

Really, the “voting rights” rally was a perfect foil for the protest in support of the Missouri Freedom Caucus. From the photos below you can see that a generous guess of attendance was about 150, if you count the chairs (which had been mostly filled at the height of the rally) and those standing on the edges, including the media.

News coverage of the event followed along the lines of this article from the Columbia Missourian. Notice how the pictures are framed in the linked article. Notice that the article does not provide links to the organizations mentioned in the article (doing a little digging would out their far left agendas). Notice how Rep. Dean Plocher is given the last word, as if he was the Republican hero trying valiantly to get IP reform passed. Eye roll.

Here are pictures I took of the event. A different perspective.

As the other rally finished up.

 

Side view during the organized rally

Lots and lots of signs

GRASSROOTS IS REAL

Enjoy the videos:

Let’s move on to the grassroots-organized freedom protest. In just a few days, Dreher and her compatriot Kirby Lane, also of Rogue Politics, put the word out and the people came. Packed into an upper hallway on the second floor, about 400 citizens from all over the state made the trek to support senators Bill Eigel, Denny Hoskins,

Andrew Koenig, and Rick Brattin and the rest of the Freedom Caucus and to call for the leadership resignations of senators Rowden and O’Laughlin.

Besides senators Eigel and Hoskins, speakers included native Missourian Doug Billings of The Right Side podcast, Sen. Andrew Koenig, Sen. Jill Carter, Rep. Justin Sparks, and several more. The rally lasted over an hour and was interspersed with prayer, song, and deafening cheers.

 

Although the RINOs in the state legislature are doing their best to blame their perfidiousness on the Freedom Caucus, Missourians know that legislators like Plocher, Rowden and O’Laughlin are the ones who have stood in the way of IP reform and other legislation important to citizens.

After the protest, members of the Missouri Freedom Initiative conducted a Knock And Shock, visiting as many legislators as possible to encourage them to support the following bills in the House and Senate: SB735, SJR61 and HB1955.

Grassroots is real.

And it’s growing.




Hundreds & hundreds (!) of Missouri Freedom Fighters have shown up @ the MO Capitol today to support the ⁦@MOFreedomCaucus⁩ ! Second floor of the Capitol is absolutely PACKED…I’ve never seen anything like it in 15+ years. #MOLeg pic.twitter.com/mp6kh4gdK7

— ThePeoplesSpeaker™️🇺🇸 (@SpeakerTimJones) January 30, 2024