BIG STUFF. Marc E. Elias and MO’s own Mark Pedroli, Atty win important case. Court rules Hawley broke the law to help his campaign.

And it was a Republican judge.

.Claire McCaskill, Hawley's 2018 opponent: “The guy who was supposed to enforce the law, broke the law for his political ambition. He abused his office to win a campaign. It’s disgusting and sad." kansascity.com/news/politics-…

ICYMI: A Republican judge in Cole County, Missouri, ruled that while Josh Hawley was attorney general, his staff illegally concealed records out of concern that if they became public it would hurt his 2018 Senate campaign. #moleg #mogov #mosen missouriindependent.com/2022/11/15/mis…

Messenger: A citizen’s Sunshine Law win reinforces ⁦Josh Hawley⁩’s ‘purposeful violation’ ⁦David Roland⁩ ⁦Mark Pedroli, Atty⁩ ⁦Elad Gross 🇺🇸⁩ ⁦jean maneke⁩ stltoday.com/news/local/col…

Report: Trump Had Losses of $900 Million in Two Years, Jury Told.

I've lived in China for 30 years, and I've never seen such a brazenly open and sustained expression of rage against the PRC govt. WeChat is exploding with protest videos and furious vitriol, and civil disobedience is becoming rampant. This is a serious test of CCP governance.

Incredible footage from #China’s #Shanghai, where countless people gathered at a road called “#Urumqi road,” chanting a slogan “Step down, the Communist Party” very loudly.

The Supreme Court is bound by no official code of ethics. These folks are unelected and serving lifetime terms – it’s time they’re held to some basic ethical code. I’m on a bill to change that.

New: A St. Louis ordinance lets courts banish people from huge swaths of the city as a punishment for petty crimes. These neighborhood orders of protection often prevent people from accessing the services they need and raise constitutional questions. propub.li/3gRL7kI

A federal appeals court removed a major obstacle to the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s hoarding of sensitive government documents, ending an outside review of thousands of records the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. nyti.ms/3H39p61

REMINDER: France, though President Emmanuel Macron, gave its greatest honors to a Black American intelligence operative who fought the Nazis tooth and nail, Josephine Baker.

THIS IS BIG: Jared Kushner is now under Congressional investigation by two committees for “improperly influencing U.S. tax, trade and national security policies” to bail out his family’s real estate business.

Viktor Bout had St. Louis' John ASHCROFT for an attorney. Ashcroft's son is currently in charge of our elections and wouldn't allow the Feds to observe violations of our civil rights. reuters.com/article/us-usa…

Sam Bankman-Fried admitted that he intentionally structured at least $37 million in donations to evade public reporting. There's no plausible deniability. We filed a complaint. citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

Messenger: Missouri taxpayers get hit for Josh Hawley's costly lesson on the Sunshine Law: ⁦Josh Hawley⁩ #SunshineLaw ⁦Mark Pedroli, Atty⁩ ⁦Marc E. Elias⁩ stltoday.com/news/local/col…