If you're not a "Tuff Guy Lib" who has nothing better to do than go on the ATTACK against State Sen. Brian Nieves (R-Washington), the incoming Senate Majority Whip and Vice Chair of both the Senate Education and General Laws committees, you likely missed Nieves' twitter rant last night against "Tuff Guy Libs" who live in "Momma's basement."

So here you have it, in all its misspelled, randomly capitalized, ranty glory:

And remember, this is who Senate Republicans have elected to be a member of their leadership team, a man with an extensively documented temper problem.

Here's a story about a prosperous land where things went downhill after a few people stopped paying taxes and started creating economic crashes.

Does this sound familiar?

h/t Rebuild the Dream

If you thought Birtherism would cease to exist upon the reelection of President Obama, you'd be wrong. Especially when it comes to the Missouri Legislature.

Rep. Lyle Rowland (R-Cedarcreek) prefiled HB 41 today, the summary of which states:

Requires proof of identity and status as a United States natural born citizen for the office of President and Vice President to be submitted with other required certification documents to the Secretary. 

No word yet on whether newly minted Speaker, and Missouri's original birther, Tim Jones (R-Eureka) will cosponsor the latest edition of radical birtherism.

Shot: "[McGraw] Milhaven thought perhaps he could lobby Jones onto his show with free tickets to a St. Louis Rams game...When Daily RFT contacted Milhaven yesterday to discuss the plot, the radio host said he'd just gotten off the phone with [Birther Tim] Jones. "He called me and started screaming about how I was belittling his office and disparaging his family. All I want to do is take him to a football game. When I asked if he and his wife would still like the tickets, he shouted 'leave my wife out of this' and suggested there'd be legal action if I kept it up." 

Chaser: "This from a man, mind you, who is a documented birther, is known to tweet about avenging the 'left wing trolls', and was only too willing to advocate for laxer gun laws the day after a gunman killed 12 people in a Colorado cinema this past summer." 

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Just as St. Louis County considers Bill 279 tonight which would sexual orientation and gender identity to the county's anti-descrimination law, a new survey shows that St. Louis City is one of 11 cities nationally receiving a perfect score of 100 on the Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the first ever rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law.

From PROMOMissouri:

“We are proud to see the prominence of Saint Louis to be one of the 11 cities with a 100% score. It reflects the value the LGBT community provides to the health and prosperity of our city. We look forward to Saint Louis County taking the next step towards justice by approving the nondiscrimination ordinance at tonight’s County Council meeting,” said A.J. Bockelman, Executive Director for PROMO, Missouri’s LGBT advocacy organization.

Additionally, Kansas City was one of a quarter of cities surveyed nationally to receive over 80 points, receiving 85 points. Unfortunately, while St. Louis is continuing to move forward and serve as a beacon not just in Missouri but nationally as what can be achieved, Jefferson City was one of just three cities out of 137 surveyed to receive a score of zero points.

The MEI rates cities based on 47 criteria falling under six broad categories:

Today in Brian Nieves: "What an Absolute Rock-n-Roll couple of weeks this is gonna be!! I'm fired up! Julie & I just finished up another Double Power Player, we'll be Visiting Our Awesome Leadership Team in Farmington tonight, Hosting a Leadership Group Tuesday Night, Helping a Friend finish up his First Power Player Group in Joplin on Wednesday, Claude Hamilton will be in WashMo. on Thursday Night to do a BIG Leadership Meeting, Friday we'll sort out the particulars of Rick & Milly going DOUBLE Power Player, Victor has his first wrestling tournament over the weekend and the next week leads directly in to the BIG Seminar in STL with Raymond Abernathy and Orrin Woodward on Saturday, Dec. 8th where Team Kaizen will have Many MANY New Leaders crossing stage for various different significant accomplishments in the Leadership World! God has Blessed me with Meaningful Work and has Blessed the efforts of Our Team as we work our craft and help turn this ship called America around! Not everyone is called to do what Team Kaizen is doing but for those of us who have jumped in... We're Loving it!! TOGETHER, as a TEAM, we are Launching a Leadership Revolution!! TOGETHER, as a TEAM, we are Having FUN, Making MONEY, and Making a DIFFERENCE! Many of you have expressed interest in joining in some capacity and I apologize for not following through with you as well as I should but please understand that this movement, if you will, has EXPLODED faster than I thought it would!

Today in Brian Nieves: "Team Kaizen is Breaking Power Players Left & Right!! What is a Power Player? Simple: Power Players are people who have FULLY Engaged in the process of helping Find, Train, Coordinate & Build a Community of Leaders! Why are we doing this? Simple: We Believe our Community of Leaders, Our Team of Winners, The People we train up as New Millionaires, will use the Leadership they Build, the Influence they Gain, and the Wealth they attain for GOOD! Yes, we WILL change a Generation! "LIFE" isn't all about making money... I like money, plan to make LOTS of it, but money is just a tool. The REAL Mission is to rise up a Million New Leaders in North America and in doing so, make a dent in the problem that is Government. A Million People trained up to THINK, to Work, and to Engage in Fixing Our Great Republic WILL have a lasting effect on our Great Nation! We are at war with the media and the teachings of Laziness and Dependence! We MUST Work and WIN!! TONS... Yes, TONS of people have contacted me to express interest in joining us! I want you to be interested, I want you to join us, BUT - But, this project is NOT for the Faint of Heart, Know It Alls, Sissies, Wimps etc... Are you Sick & Tired of being Sick & Tired? Do you want to Have Fun, Make Money, and Make a Difference? Our Teams are having a Blast Together, We're Winning, We're Making Money and Best of All, We're Making a Difference!! Bottom Line: We're Launching a Leadership Revolution!" 

Last month, employees at 28 different Walmarts all walked out of work simultaneously to stand up for living wages. But this Friday — Black Friday — it’s gonna get even bigger.

Flashmobs, Twitter storms, and justice-themed caroling are just a small portion of what will sweep Walmarts nationwide on the biggest shopping day of the year.  You can stand with Walmart strikers, and find out now how you can take part in this national outpouring for good jobs by clicking here.

In October, for the first time in Walmart’s 50-year history, more than 70 workers at multiple Los Angeles-area Walmarts walked off the job to demand a living wage, affordable healthcare, and respect from their employer. The strikes caused a ripple effect, and soon there were strikes in 12 other cities around the United States. But Walmart refused to listen, even retaliating against their workers.

Now, thousands of Walmart employees from across the country are coming together on Black Friday in an unprecedented action. The action will protest Walmart’s continued retaliation against its employees, and advocate for improved working conditions and fair schedules. But most of all, these actions are about respect.