The Heartland POD for Friday, February 23, 2024 A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: Primary voting is underway in Texas | Kansas Medicaid expansion update | Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker lays out priorities as a progressive pragmatist | Missouri Democrats filibuster ballot candy | KS Gov Laura Kelly’s veto will stand Primary voting is underway in Texas https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/21/julie-johnson-brian-williams-congressional-district-32-colin-allred/ BY SEJAL GOVINDA...
Feb 23, 2024•19 min
Adam Sommer takes a step back to talk about the long and heavy road we are all on as we enter yet another political cycle that feels like the most important of our lives. 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. ...
Feb 21, 2024•25 min
https://www.publicrightsproject.org/who-we-are 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 discussi...
Feb 19, 2024•37 min
Friday News Roundup for Feb 16, 2024 Missouri Supreme Court again says state can’t deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood BY: ANNA SPOERRE - FEBRUARY 14, 2024 3:46 PM https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-supreme-court-again-says-state-cant-deny-medicaid-funds-to-planned-parenthood/ for the second time in four years, Missouri’s highest court rebuked lawmakers’s efforts to ban abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. The legislature included a l...
Feb 17, 2024•11 min
The Outrun Coalition @TheOutrunCo An organization dedicated to encouraging young and diverse people to run in their rural communities. #RunAsYouAreHost: 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 opini...
Feb 14, 2024•38 min
SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS True or False: Political fatigue will be more important than Biden’s age for election Special Counsel’s report - a 330 page book written to conclude that Biden did nothing wrong regarding documents (see Mara Lago case where Trump is INDICTED…) that was written as a right wing reply to the Mueller report Report includes references to paint Biden as a doddering old man who means well but isn’t with it in the head But does it matter? Yeah Yeah! Missourians for Constituti...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Wisconsin Democrats look to boost local journalism | Missouri Republicans cobble stupid ideas together | School voucher boosters need some extra help with math | Key Attorney General races in the 2024 elections Wisconsin Dems Propose Legislation To Support Journalism https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/democrats-propose-ways-of-bolstering-local-news/ Amid widespread layoffs in the journalism industry and ongoing concerns about newsroom closures and consolidations, Wisconsin Democrats are proposi...
Feb 09, 2024•8 min
https://fdrii4mo.com/ 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 state...
Feb 07, 2024•55 min
SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS Nikki Haley was on SNL… she had several lines, and made fun of Trump directly. Quick hit: Bipartisan tax bill passage - we had been following, another pleasant surprise and also another instance of the Biden Presidency being precisely what was promised which is an administration where bipartisan work can get done - also Biden won in South Carolina, which is not really news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/house-child-tax-credit-business-tax-break-bill T...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 28 min
MAGA Embraces Anti-Hero Era | Missouri Marijuana Money Rolls In | Biden is a Union man | Oklahoma teachers get paid but not on purpose | Colorado’s mining, maybe? | Kansas rules for driving children | Iowa state house members grow some spine | Missouri’s speaker losing more staff | Kentucky’s GOP Gets Blue Grass Stains From Falling Down Missouri Marijuana Sales Bring Big Funding For Veterans Care https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-marijuana-revenue-will-mean-nearly-20-million-to-sup...
Feb 02, 2024•30 min
Rachel and Adam dive into two of the major upcoming SCOTUS cases including the review of Trump's ballot access and the Chevron deference 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 r...
Jan 31, 2024•42 min
SHOW NOTES TALKIN’ POLITICS Welcome to Missouri where our GOP supermajority puts the FUN in dysfunction. Quick Hit: Post Dobbs case rape related pregnancies https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/01/texas-has-the-most-rape-related-pregnancies-of-any-state-with-total-abortion-ban.html Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2022, 14 states have instituted total abortion bans . Between July 2022 and January 2024, an estimated 65,000 women and girls in these states became pregnant as a resul...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 24 min
U.S. House Representative Colin Allred (D-Dallas) is the leading Democrat to take on Ted Cruz this November. Does the Democrat have any chance of unseating Lyin' Ted? Sean and Rachel look at election results from Democrats Beto O'Rourke and Joe Biden for recent clues. 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.a...
Jan 24, 2024•30 min
TALKIN’ POLITICS Quick Hit: Memphis area bank hit for discriminatory red lining practices… in 2023 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/patriot-bank-pay-1-9m-211421738.html True or False The new tax bill including the child tax credit will be signed into law by January 29th? Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/child-tax-credit-changes-2024-1862241 Semafor: https://www.semafor.com/article/01/16/2024/top-lawmakers-release-bipartisan-tax-deal-expanding Yea…Yeah! Missouri group’s abortion petition effort r...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Friday News Flyover, January 19, 2024 Oil train delayed | Abortion rights advocates speak with Senators | Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and GOP-dominated legislature’s priorities | and OH Sen. Sherrod Brown and MO Rep. Jason Smith make big bi-partisan deal on Child Tax Credit If you’re new to our shows make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star rating wherever you listen. You can also find Heartland POD content on Youtube and on social media @ THE heartland pod, and learn more at thehearltandcollectiv...
Jan 19, 2024•12 min
Rachel Parker chats with Adam Sommer about the Open AI lawsuits and what they might mean, legally speaking. 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...
Jan 17, 2024•35 min
TALKIN’ POLITICS Quick Hit: Missouri GOP working extra to move public school funding to private hands https://missouriindependent.com/2024/01/10/missouri-senate-panel-debates-expanding-tax-credit-scholarships-for-private-school-tuition/ True or False The St. Louis Cardinals will bring sports betting to Missouri https://missouriindependent.com/2024/01/12/st-louis-cardinals-lead-missouris-major-teams-to-launch-initiative-on-sports-betting/ Yeah, No… The state of political coverage at the moment Tr...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Friday Flyover of politics and elections news from America's heartland | TX GOP Rep Chip Roy says he'd boot MAGA Mike over funding bill | Missouri Sec of State on track to waste more money and lose more court cases | Lauren Boebert switches districts, CO GOP Rep Doug Lamborn announces retirement SOURCES: The Heartland Collective, Axios, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri Independent, Fox17 WZTV Nashville, Iowa Capitol Dispatch Is Speaker Mike Johnson Already on the way out? https://www.axios.com/...
Jan 12, 2024•23 min
Renew Missouri info: https://renewmo.org/ US Ag Department report on Inflation Reduction Act 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 purpos...
Jan 10, 2024•31 min
Leslie Jones social and website information https://www.upballot.com/leslie-jones/issues/ https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/149420 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091736786812 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 a...
Jan 09, 2024•37 min
Kicking off 2024 with a YEAH YEAH… Court blocks Iowa's "staggeringly broad" book bans, teaching restrictions https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/12/31/court-blocks-iowas-staggeringly-broad-book-bans-teaching-restrictions/ LAURA lead off True or False: Farmland issues are causing a shift in heartland politics Nebraska - who’s buying the land? https://flatwaterfreepress.org/whos-buying-nebraska-corporations-investors-grabbing-giant-chunks-of-nebraska-farmland/ Missouri price issues https://miss...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Flyover Friday, December 22, 2023 SOURCES: The Heartland Collective, Wisconsin Examiner, Missouri Independent, River Front Times, Kansas Reflector The saga of a STL bar owner and police crash continues https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-louis-police-didnt-do-toxicology-test-after-bar-pm-crash-41488321 From article: The St. Louis police officer behind the wheel of the SUV that smashed into Bar:PM in the early hours of Monday morning had no toxicology test done on him in the wake of the incid...
Dec 22, 2023•42 min
PAT GAROFALO Pat Garofalo is the Director of State and Local Policy at the American Economic Liberties Project. Pat is the author of The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs. Prior to joining Economic Liberties, Pat served as managing editor for Talk Poverty at the Center for American Progress. Previously, Pat was assistant managing editor for opinion at U.S. News & World Report and economic policy editor at ThinkProgress, and his ...
Dec 20, 2023•54 min
Glenn Kage, Jr. is joined for a talk about how labor intersects with politics Adam Moore is a candidate for State Representative in Kentucky’s 45th District, on the outskirts of the Lexington, KY area. Social media links as well as his Act Blue links are on his website. https://www.kydeservesmoore.com/home 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 ...
Dec 19, 2023•39 min
True or False The progressive purity tests are hamstringing pragmatic solutions on abortion in Missouri. Quade statement and plan for resolution Planned Parenthood Great Planes says on their website: Strong advocacy for reproductive rights in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma ACLU seems absent in the moment Simply a case of folks realizing it’s time to swallow some pride and get the job done? Adam’s take: Failure on this topic is an epitaph - here lies abortion access for women in Missour...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Flyover Friday, December 15, 2023 Intro: On this episode of The Heartland POD for Friday, December 15th, 2023 A flyover from this weeks top heartland stories including: Welcome to The Heartland POD for a Flyover Friday, this is Sean Diller in Denver, Colorado. With me as co-host today is Adam Sommer, how you doing Adam? We’re glad to have you with us. If you’re new to our shows make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star rating wherever you listen. You can also find Heartland POD content on Youtu...
Dec 15, 2023•33 min
Bleeding Heartland 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 statemen...
Dec 13, 2023•48 min
Bruce Poppovich is a member of UAW Local 1005. UAW Local 1005 represents 1,400 active employees at the GM Parma MFD plant. Our members take pride in building quality parts for all GM cars and trucks. 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 ...
Dec 12, 2023•25 min
True or false Dems can find an effective way to discuss border security https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/12/07/congress/fetterman-on-border-00130639 National pulling regularly shows order security as a top five and offln top three issue Republicans always get significantly higher marks the Democrats on the issue We have seen it used in campaigns in Missouri or Republicans the issue of order security, even in a state that is dead center of the United States, hundreds of miles away from ...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 13 min
@TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp (Post) Sean Diller (no social) The Heartland Collective - Sign Up Today! JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/ Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATR...
Dec 08, 2023•37 min
