Schaaf Refuses to Join Lembke and Nieves in Filibuster of Education Money

Abolitionist Senator Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) is okay supporting a dumb, mean-spirited filibuster of extended unemployment benefits that will help struggling families and help the economy because unemployed people are lazy slavemasters, but he's decided not to support a dumb, mean-spirited filibuster of federal education money:

A filibuster that Dr. Schaaf said he won’t be a part of concerns stimulus money for public education. About $189 million in funds for schools could be at risk, just as the unemployment benefits were. The St. Joseph School District’s portion of that is about $2.5 million.

Progress!

Also: This may be pure happenstance, but it's interesting that the Columbia Daily Tribune, News-Leader, Beacon, Missouri Digital News, all noted Schaaf's use of slavery metaphors (rhetoric that is almost always inappropriate and counter productive), while Schaaf's hometown St. Joe paper ignored it entirely.