Donald Looney Guest Co-Host: Ranked Choice Voting; Agape Boarding School "Ordered To Shut Down" (Not Really); A Magic Message On Abortion for 2022?; 2022 Mid-Term Desk Check In
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True Or False:
Ranked choice voting is a scam to rig elections
Alaska’s real time case: Mary Peltola wins, no candidate was over 50% on first line
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/31/alaska-special-election-mary-peltola-wins
https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1565139540834222080
Massachusetts Governor race
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/07/mass-ag-nears-historic-first-as-state-becomes-latest-trump-test-00055142
Yeah No: Agape Wasn’t Actually Ordered To Close
Multiple headlines make it seem like Agape has been ordered closed - it hasn’t been
https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article265452271.html
https://missouriindependent.com/2022/09/08/court-order-would-close-agape-boarding-school-after-years-of-abuse-allegations/
Hearing Monday morning, so as you listen to this we will know the answer on if the order is put into operation or not
Folks have to look past the flash in the pan, headlines are not stories
Buy or Sell:
There is a “magic message” on abortion that Dems can use to win in November
TBV in MO, what kind of language can actually work?
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/kevin-mcdermott/mcdermott-path-to-an-unlikely-win-for-valentine-starts-in-kansas/article_553e9293-723e-54a2-a800-cf46c88fd0ae.html
Email from John Human, he’s a moderate democrat and he sends me emails about abortion, and he has written an op ed in the KC star about it as well - basically arguing that Dems in MO can embrace a moderate pro-choice stance and ride that to wins
Moderate aboriton language op-ed from John
https://www.kansascity.com/article264909304.html
Email language:
Candidates should be calling for a voter petition just like Kansas had
What incentive does a candidate have to have the petition on the ballot instead of making the case that the candidate can do this IF elected?
Does compromise language actually matter or is the issue itself what matters?
Pair it with marriage equality?
https://analytics.twitter.com/mob_idsync_click?slug=K6RAg9bFoA&idb=AAAAEIB3Asyh0zTJ1GI-4iOU-uDCTGUk8GvPuQpb8i_GZR1mXHkHbNSnvFIFqLRsaNdnYMqBoBqJPO3lSLY3ZI84wadpH-bbGh1d6L_U1-x_-O8ntpinQPBtXBZejvC6ZnMHYdyhL1xEEGNbgmia6zIx4UW9bCXzzfk7NZ4uK2V60-AVme1tYupeylMSfHurgdM_Wry6Kfq5gVQjPHFL8HuA7Q0vm6yATj5ahTJ_Ol9JFJi2aPETrd-jRw0szDv0tn0xB3bY0X7IRZI_FHagjEH2Gw&ad_tracking=false&tailored_ads=false
2022 MIDTERMS CHECK IN
Which Senate Seat will be closest?
Focus: Ohio, Penn, Wisc, Iowa, Missouri, AZ, Georgia
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7634/Which-2022-Senate-race-will-be-the-closest
Fundraising issues for GOP?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-frustrated-with-peter-thiels-refusal-to-fund-his-hand-picked-senate-candidates/ar-AA11oSK8
538 current Senate forecast
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/?cid=rrpromo
Cook Political house races: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/house-rating-changes-five-races-move-democrats-direction-including?check_logged_in=1
Cook Political Senate races:
https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings
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