Bridgette Dunlap
@bridgettedunlap.bsky.social
Mother, lawyer, columnist for the Missouri Independent.
Other words at KC Star, Pitch KC, Rolling Stone, Rewire, Atlantic, Slate, Ms & Bridgette has a memo.
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Other words at KC Star, Pitch KC, Rolling Stone, Rewire, Atlantic, Slate, Ms & Bridgette has a memo.
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We need our senators to choose Missouri over MAGA in Trump’s war on the Constitution • Missouri Independent
Trump won big in our state, but that does not relieve Hawley and Schmitt of their obligation to defend what is owed to Missourians.
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Me on our representatives’ refusal to represent us as Trump and Musk burn everything down:
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This is unbelievable.
The source of the contract remains a mystery. But its existence has raised alarm as Missouri gears up for a potential statewide vote.
Inside mysterious push to block signature-gathering against Missouri redistricting
The source of the contract remains a mystery. But its existence has raised alarm as Missouri gears up for a potential statewide vote.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is unbelievable.
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See also this misleading text I and probably thousands of others got yesterday that is meant to scare us into removing our signatures.
I think it might be illegal despite the carefully deceptive wording. But the RNC knows our AG won’t do anything
I think it might be illegal despite the carefully deceptive wording. But the RNC knows our AG won’t do anything
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
See also this misleading text I and probably thousands of others got yesterday that is meant to scare us into removing our signatures.
I think it might be illegal despite the carefully deceptive wording. But the RNC knows our AG won’t do anything
I think it might be illegal despite the carefully deceptive wording. But the RNC knows our AG won’t do anything
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
I wrote about the Missouri GOP's attempt to lie to voters about the ballot measure to re-ban abortion. It's particularly egregious that they are lying about incest victims, that is, child rape victims:
Missouri GOP using incest victims, miscarrying women as bait to re-ban abortion • Missouri Independent
Most Missourians, like most Americans, do not want abortion to be a crime. This is a problem for Missouri Republicans.
missouriindependent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I wrote about the Missouri GOP's attempt to lie to voters about the ballot measure to re-ban abortion. It's particularly egregious that they are lying about incest victims, that is, child rape victims:
I’m the most rigid person about how unconsented touching of any kind is illegal. and yet, I lol’d:
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.”
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.”
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m the most rigid person about how unconsented touching of any kind is illegal. and yet, I lol’d:
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.”
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.”
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No one ever asks him why he couldn’t accomplish the same thing by arresting these people instead
Trump: "Every boat that we hit kills -- think of this, if it gets through -- kills 25,000 Americans plus."
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
No one ever asks him why he couldn’t accomplish the same thing by arresting these people instead
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Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
I’m rooting for Mandami and hope his crazy difficult job goes okay.
I will NEVER EVER EVER forgive the Democratic Party for failing to kill the possibility of Cuomo.
I will NEVER EVER EVER forgive the Democratic Party for failing to kill the possibility of Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I’m rooting for Mandami and hope his crazy difficult job goes okay.
I will NEVER EVER EVER forgive the Democratic Party for failing to kill the possibility of Cuomo.
I will NEVER EVER EVER forgive the Democratic Party for failing to kill the possibility of Cuomo.
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Go see a play. It at least read this excellent column.
I saw a play! Go see a play.
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
The small, bipartisan step Missouri should take for formerly incarcerated people • Missouri Independent
“Man, don’t let them put you back in there.” Oshoosi Size is living with his older brother, Ogun, after being released from prison. Ogun wants his little brother to get his life together and stay out...
missouriindependent.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Go see a play. It at least read this excellent column.
I saw a play! Go see a play.
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
The small, bipartisan step Missouri should take for formerly incarcerated people • Missouri Independent
“Man, don’t let them put you back in there.” Oshoosi Size is living with his older brother, Ogun, after being released from prison. Ogun wants his little brother to get his life together and stay out...
missouriindependent.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I saw a play! Go see a play.
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
Me being me, I wrote about about how the characters' legal situation should be different:
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/24/t...
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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“Running a state is not supposed to be a game of ‘what can I get away with?’” ~ @bridgettedunlap.bsky.social
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Gov Kehoe will ‘let the courts decide’ on Missouri gerrymander rather than do his job • Missouri Independent
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called lawmakers back into session to gerrymandering the state's congressional map.
missouriindependent.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Running a state is not supposed to be a game of ‘what can I get away with?’” ~ @bridgettedunlap.bsky.social
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“Without the hands, the poster would have been okay, the district’s chief academic officer told Inama this spring. But with the hands, it violated a West Ada School District policy, enacted in 2022, which requires all classroom displays, posters, flags, etc., to be “content neutral.””
The Idaho Teacher Who Refused to Back Down | NEA
The poster said, “Everyone is Welcome Here.” School officials told Sarah Inama to take it down.
www.nea.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Without the hands, the poster would have been okay, the district’s chief academic officer told Inama this spring. But with the hands, it violated a West Ada School District policy, enacted in 2022, which requires all classroom displays, posters, flags, etc., to be “content neutral.””
Amen.
I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Amen.
Uh, no. Come and get me, Secretary!
“Any signatures already gathered, Hoskins said, are not valid and gathering them before his approval of the petition form is a misdemeanor.”
“Any signatures already gathered, Hoskins said, are not valid and gathering them before his approval of the petition form is a misdemeanor.”
Court filing raises questions about source of gerrymandered Missouri congressional map #moleg #mogov
Court filing raises questions about source of gerrymandered Missouri congressional map • Missouri Independent
A lawsuit challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan creates uncertainty on claims it was prepared in Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office.
missouriindependent.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Uh, no. Come and get me, Secretary!
“Any signatures already gathered, Hoskins said, are not valid and gathering them before his approval of the petition form is a misdemeanor.”
“Any signatures already gathered, Hoskins said, are not valid and gathering them before his approval of the petition form is a misdemeanor.”
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Missouri republicans abandoned any connection to decency long ago.
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Missouri republicans abandoned any connection to decency long ago.
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State and federal courts have denied nearly all paths for relief or even the use of modern DNA testing for Lance Shockley’s strong innocence claim, leaving intervention from Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe as likely the only option.
This will be the first execution for the “pro-life” Catholic governor.
This will be the first execution for the “pro-life” Catholic governor.
The Impending Execution of a Prison Pastor
Imagine that through a series of harrowing life events, you find yourself sent to a maximum security prison.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
State and federal courts have denied nearly all paths for relief or even the use of modern DNA testing for Lance Shockley’s strong innocence claim, leaving intervention from Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe as likely the only option.
This will be the first execution for the “pro-life” Catholic governor.
This will be the first execution for the “pro-life” Catholic governor.
I wrote about how I'm mad that I have to collect signatures to reverse the unconstitutional gerrymander of Kansas City!
Gov Kehoe will ‘let the courts decide’ on Missouri gerrymander rather than do his job • Missouri Independent
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called lawmakers back into session to gerrymandering the state's congressional map.
missouriindependent.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I wrote about how I'm mad that I have to collect signatures to reverse the unconstitutional gerrymander of Kansas City!
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100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
www.statnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Missouri public schools, Medicaid need $1 billion more to continue current programs missouriindependent.com/2025/10/09/m...
Missouri public schools, Medicaid need $1 billion more to continue current programs • Missouri Independent
Missouri’s bank balance looked healthy at the end of September but spending demands and earmarked projects will take the most of any surplus.
missouriindependent.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Missouri public schools, Medicaid need $1 billion more to continue current programs missouriindependent.com/2025/10/09/m...
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Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
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I'm struggling to contain my anger over the government's handling of the ICE shooting in Dallas - specifically, the refusal to publicly identify three human beings who were killed or seriously wounded
These monsters do everything possible to dehumanize refugees. We can't let them get away with it
These monsters do everything possible to dehumanize refugees. We can't let them get away with it
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm struggling to contain my anger over the government's handling of the ICE shooting in Dallas - specifically, the refusal to publicly identify three human beings who were killed or seriously wounded
These monsters do everything possible to dehumanize refugees. We can't let them get away with it
These monsters do everything possible to dehumanize refugees. We can't let them get away with it
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I realized I didn't share a gift link. Please read and share! I know you already know about the refrigerator mother myth,* but most people don't, and I really think it's important context for what's happening here.
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I realized I didn't share a gift link. Please read and share! I know you already know about the refrigerator mother myth,* but most people don't, and I really think it's important context for what's happening here.
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...