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The Flyover View, February 17, 2023 | Heartland Politics, News, and Views


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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

HEADLINES

  • Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushback 
    • MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/election-deniers-face-a-nationwide-wave-of-pushbacks/ar-AA17widQ
  • Voices against Republican push to make it harder to amend the Missouri constitution gain conservative support 
    • StL Today - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-bid-to-make-it-harder-to-amend-missouri-constitution-draws-conservative-opposition/article_0a88a4ee-3bf9-5fd4-a0f2-a186f774149a.html

LIGHTNING ROUND

  • Alabama
    • Build a better catfish
      • Outdoor Life - https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/alligator-catfish-hybrid-alabama/?fbclid=IwAR3aRzF2ieI5BLrwpolXdPEQ1tYVXMPdQfVfxqLubGtRDxr-IKTHzvlucGE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
  • Kentucky
    • Trigger ban on abortion to remain in effect. 
      • Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article272525366.html
  • Iowa 
    • Asset limit for SNAP
      • Iowa Capital Dispatch - https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/02/15/bill-could-make-iowans-with-cars-savings-ineligible-for-snap-medicaid/
  • Kansas
    • Legislators seek to erase trans peoples legally.
      • PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-push-to-define-sex-decried-as-erasing-transgender-people
  • GOP disdain for small government
    • Kansas Reflector - https://kansasreflector.com/2023/02/15/kansas-cities-push-back-against-house-bill-nullifying-local-anti-discrimination-ordinances/
  • Missouri
    • Rockwood fires back against racist parent. 
      • KMOX - https://www.audacy.com/kmox/articles/news/school-responds-to-complaint-about-book-on-black-astronaut
    • Black leaders rally.
      • AP - https://apnews.com/article/politics-mississippi-st-louis-missouri-813d91d638a6822fdfbeb613ea523f53
    • Missouri's Don't Say Gay Law 
      • ABC - https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-missouri-bill-takes-dont-gay-law/story?id=96977642
  • Oklahoma
    • Parental Rights still at stake post Marriage Equality 
      • The 19th - https://19thnews.org/2023/02/oklahoma-judge-parental-rights-lgbtq-same-sex-marriage/
  • South Carolina
    • Nikki Haley shows love for neo-confederates.
      • Meidas Touch - https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1625639934999797760


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