Sources used

https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-by-country/

The SAVE act 

The Bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22

USA Today summary piece: 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/11/what-is-save-act-2025/83042307007/

https://newrepublic.com/post/193868/democrats-save-act-bill-harder-married-women-vote

https://apnews.com/article/congress-save-act-citizenship-republicans-women-0c0ba9fd8e6a01cf144736490c71df21

 

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Story Links

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/13/repub/judge-orders-rehiring-of-thousands-of-fired-probationary-federal-employees/

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/13/repub/democratic-attorneys-general-sue-trump-over-u-s-education-department-layoffs/

https://www.missourinet.com/2025/03/14/bid-to-scrap-missouris-minimum-wage-paid-sick-leave-law-wins-house-approval/

https://www.missourinet.com/2025/03/14/missouri-moves-closer-to-banning-gps-trackers-used-to-secretly-monitor-people/

https://www.missourinet.com/2025/03/12/missouri-supreme-court-hears-lawsuit-on-minimum-wage-and-paid-sick-leave-law/

https://themissouritimes.com/missouri-continues-to-face-childcare-deserts/

 

 

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Adam dives into the 4th Congressional District in Missouri and the ongoing attacks on the first amendment under the new administration and how folks can respond. (NOTE: Some small audio technical difficulties early in the episode that pan out). Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/   Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any jurisdiction. All statements are opinions that reflect on that of the speaker and the purpose of the show is to provide space for discussion that may include statements or opinions shared only for the purpose of discussion. Listening to "The Process" is not legal advice and should not be relied upon for personal legal needs.

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Additional Reading

 

Basics: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/unitary_executive_theory_%28uet%29

US Constitution Art. 2

The Virginia Plan Context

NY Times Article on Vance comments

Guardian article on Courts

 

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Horrific plane/helicopter crash 

• Trumps disgusting claims of DEI as a CAUSE drew  broad reaction, because it’s just demonstrably false but it’s a disgusting devaluing of the lives lost 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trump-plane-crash-dei-press-conference-biden-faa-washington-dc-rcna190020

Trumps Trade War - Buckle Up

• Good time to fill a freezer, or buy one if you don’t have one 
• Trump imposes new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China 
• https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/g-s1-46010/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-and-china-imports
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-slaps-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-risking-higher-prices-us-consu-rcna190185
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Fired chief of federal consumer watchdog 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5254186/cfpb-consumer-financial-protection-cfpb-trump-chopra

Chaos with student loans

Most of you listening probably don’t need me to even say it, but it is all, across the board, the Project 2025 playbook. 

Now we see if the folks who wanted Trump back enjoy the impact. Because it will continue and will only get worse. 

Find your people. Start small. Build up locally. You can’t change reality overnight. 

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Missouri Abortion Updates 

Mo Amendment 3 passed - where are we now? 

Statute: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=188.017

December court ruling: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/missouri-judge-rules-states-abortion-ban-is-unenforceable-after-constitutional-amendment

The follow up:

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/01/missouri-planned-parenthood-abortion-access-jackson-county/

Mo GOP still scheming to undue voters will: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/12/20/missouri-republicans-restrict-abortion-amendment-3/

Good thought to share

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/01/27/a-wicked-reckoning-in-missouri-progressive-politics/

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ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL READING

Missouri - attack in home  

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/missouri-man-immigration-officer-kidnapped-woman-demanded-citizenship-documents-trump/63-6187037a-2cdb-4cad-b11d-5cc5deabb156

Colorado - assailant shouting trumps America against an american citizen…

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pacific-islander-journalist-colorado-strangled-181322276.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGdmFksgrdbNe8GelOdOI6lAVUPlcvfd3Y_v-1h8RhpUvP_8TjqTwbnXpJ26PYgrf0BIhiOO0Fx3Nriicvc8zSxpqknfmKdvemLJVT2WZ8z3isoMe6x59ny720EzLVWtE8x5gcqQ-ZPIMGEL6T7HKrMQR2F6cco7UWTUdnmE6Sz0

Executive Order language

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/

(d)  “Female” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.

(e)  “Male” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.

The average age of death: 

https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/history-corporate-personhood

Also an NPR from 2011 that’s on point: https://www.npr.org/2011/10/24/141663195/what-is-the-basis-for-corporate-personhood

According to Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

 

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Rep. Ashley Aune website: https://www.ashleyformissouri.com/

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