Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property DUP_PRO_Global_Entity::$notices is deprecated in /home2/imszdrmy/public_html/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-pro/classes/entities/class.json.entity.base.php on line 244
Reece Ellis, Author at Occasional Planet - Page 4 of 6
Skip to content

Occasional Planet

Progressive Voices Speaking Out

  • Home
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Click Quotes
  • Who am I?
  • Infographics

Author: Reece Ellis

Reece Ellis is a Political Science major at Truman State University. He has worked for Democratic candidates in Missouri since 2016.
wagner

Ann Wagner: Missouri Congresswoman in absentia

August 3, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Candidates, Republicans, Widgets: Candidates 2018 One comment

Missouri has produced great people who are a credit to our state and are known for their legacy of public service. Towering figures like

Continue reading
Mittman

While Rome burns, the ACLU rebuilds

July 26, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Consumer issues, Democracy, Education, Gender issues, Justice, LGBT, Prison, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] Leave a comment

The Constitution is important. Full stop. It does many things, chief among them being defining and protecting the rights of people in the United

Continue reading

To beat Ann Wagner, focus on policy, not money: Mark Osmack

July 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Congress, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

“I want to be the candidate who happens to be a veteran, not the veteran who happens to be a candidate.” That was Mark

Continue reading
Civility

About the Calls for “Civility”

July 6, 2018 Reece Ellis Activism, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

George Tiller was a Kansas doctor who was the medical director of Women’s Healthcare Services in Wichita. Tiller’s medical practice was one of only

Continue reading
Haas for Mayor

Bill Haas: Optimistic candidate in a long-shot bid for Congress

June 28, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

When we sat down with Bill Haas last week, he said in no uncertain terms, “I’m going to win this one. It’s not going

Continue reading
Greitens

The Greitens Resignation: A View from a Chris Koster intern

June 6, 2018 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Activism, Missouri region, Politics Leave a comment

The state of Missouri has inaugurated a new governor and, to paraphrase President Ford, our long nightmare is indeed over. Governor Eric Greitens finally

Continue reading
Trump-One-Year-In

What I’ve Learned After a Year of Trump

January 7, 2018 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

Donald Trump unfortunately is already more consequential than any US President since Ronald Reagan. Trump will reshape our judiciary, he has already reshaped our

Continue reading
Alabama Election

Don’t be Surprised if Doug Jones wins in Alabama

December 12, 2017 Reece Ellis Democracy, Politics, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

On Tuesday, the people of Alabama will go to the polls and choose a replacement for the senate seat left vacant by beleaguered attorney

Continue reading
Trump-W

Liberals, Stop Fawning over George W. Bush

October 22, 2017 Reece Ellis Democrats, Politics, Republicans 2 comments

Former President George W. Bush gave a speech last week that could be summed up as “racism is bad” and “democracy is good”. The

Continue reading
Five Candidates

2020 Potential Democratic Contenders: A Closer Look

August 7, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination began at 11:30 PM, November 8th, 2016 when the networks projected that Donald Trump would carry the

Continue reading

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Posts»

In case you missed it

  • Starship Troopers and the Degeneration of Parody
  • The Fairness Party
  • “Secular Humanists with Jewish Last Names”
  • An (Updated) Honest Preview of the 2022 Midterms
  • Rescuing Susan Collins – Make Judicial Nominees Speak the Truth
  • Doing the world a world of good

A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

Follow Occasional Planet on social media

Newsletter
Twitter
RSS
Facebook

Top posts

  • Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part
    Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part
  • Defeating supply-side economics with supply-side democracy
    Defeating supply-side economics with supply-side democracy
  • Suing over executive orders: Politics as usual
    Suing over executive orders: Politics as usual
  • Photojournalist's notebook: What we'll lose in a post-Post-Office America
    Photojournalist's notebook: What we'll lose in a post-Post-Office America
  • Going green: The choices aren't always black and white
    Going green: The choices aren't always black and white
  • Iowa caucuses: A reform opportunity for Obama
    Iowa caucuses: A reform opportunity for Obama