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House speaker, please, do not seat him as a state legislature in our state. but that did not work. instead, what they decided to do is the missouri ethics committee in the house decided they would open an investigation into the allegations. the allegations that one of their newest members had physically and sexually abused his kids. and sure enough, the house ethics committee found in their investigation that those disturbing allegations against representative roeber were, quote, credible. the missouri house finally voted this april, just a few weeks ago, to finally kick him out of the legisla...

-- i think too many of you will turn off the television they say that. but again, this was all coming out about him before the election. and a bipartisan group of lawmakers called on rick roeber to drop out of that election, in light of the seriousness of the allegations against him. but republican leaders in the state of missouri did not sign on to that call and he refused to drop out of the race. and he won that seat. and after he was elected to the state house in missouri, his kids wrote a letter to the republican speaker of the missouri house, basically begging him to not seek him. to not ...

May 1, 2021 Share An Idaho lawmaker was accused of raping an intern; a Missouri lawmaker of abusing his children. In North Dakota and Oregon, a pair lawmakers faced claims of a pattern of sexual harassment. All are now out of office — either resigning under pressure or getting expelled by colleagues within the past two months. Three other lawmakers accused this year remain in their jobs. The flurry of sexual misconduct claims in state capitols comes three-and-a-half years after the #MeToo movement sparked a public reckoning for people in power accused of sexual wrongdoing and an ove...

Tony's Kansas City Sunday, May 02, 2021 TJP Stays Winning Pollie Awards Posted because we think it's useful to remind denizens of the discourse that politics is also a business with power players, rising stars and a great deal of creative talent.  Here's one local example of note . . . TJP Strategies Maintains Award-Winning Track Record  Missouri firm receives national awards for work during the 2020 election cycle Kansas City, MO – TJP Strategies, the largest Democratic direct mail firm in Missouri, has been awarded two national Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political C...

With Idaho case, AP counts 109 statehouse #MeToo allegations (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP) FILE - In this April 28, 2021 file photo, State Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston, listens as an alleged victim, identified as Jane Doe, offers testimony during a hearing before the Idaho Ethics and House Policy Committee in the Lincoln Auditorium at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. Von Ehlinger was before the committee to face sexual misconduct allegations with a 19-year-old volunteer staff member during the current legislative session. As troubling as that case has been, it is just the ...