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Missouri City Attempts to Thwart Westboro Baptist Church Protests

A St. Louis suburb has become the latest municipality to enact an ordinance geared toward ending hateful protests like the ones for which the controversial Westboro Baptist Church is known.

Posted on Mar 6, 2013 READ MORE



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Missouri Bill Would Make It Illegal to Propose Gun Control Laws

A pro-gun Missouri Republican has introduced legislation that would make it a felony for state lawmakers to so much as propose firearm safety regulations.

Posted on Feb 19, 2013 READ MORE



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School’s Supposed Advice for 13-Year-Old Bully Victim: Get a Breast Reduction

“The lady on the phone said they could transfer my daughter and said her boobs were so large she will always get teased,” the teen’s mother said. “And the only suggestion she had for me is to have my daughter get a breast reduction.”

Posted on Jan 21, 2013 READ MORE


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Claire McCaskill Defeats Todd ‘Legitimate Rape’ Akin in Missouri Senate Race

Claire McCaskill was considered one of the Democrats most likely to lose her seat in the 2012 election race. That is, until her Republican opponent Todd Akin opened his mouth during a television interview and the infamous words came out.

Posted on Nov 6, 2012 READ MORE


Watch: Pastor’s Speech Against Gay Rights Has Surprise Ending

A Missouri pastor delivers an impassioned speech before the Springfield City Council in which he appears to be making the case against amending the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to add protection for sexual orientation and gender identity. But then, something unexpected happens.

Posted on Oct 19, 2012 READ MORE



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Did the Army Give Poor Missourians Cancer?

At the height of the Cold War, the United States government may have exposed thousands of predominantly black Missourians to carcinogens as part of a test of a secret biological weapons program.

Posted on Oct 6, 2012 READ MORE



Romney Secret Campaign Footage, Fox News Prank, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including a rape remark from the wife of Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell mulls another run for public office.

Posted on Sep 17, 2012 READ MORE


Todd Akin’s News Conference Reveals What Everyone Already Knows

The Republican Missouri Senate candidate has a message for conservatives and Democrats who have called for him to exit the race after his controversial statement that pregnancy rarely results from “legitimate rape.”

Posted on Aug 24, 2012 READ MORE



Todd Akin Apologizes, Krugman Calls Out Ryanomics, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including what Mitt Romney may be hiding in his tax returns and Fox News’ coverage of a controversial “legitimate rape” comment by Rep. Todd Akin, shown above.

Posted on Aug 20, 2012 READ MORE



Todd Akin: Women Can’t Get Pregnant From ‘Legitimate Rape’

Some conservatives are asking for the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri to step down over outrageous remarks on rape and abortion.

Posted on Aug 19, 2012 READ MORE



Mitt the Lobbyist, GOP Lawmaker Plans Gun Raffle Fundraiser, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including a 10-year-old’s impassioned plea to the New York City Council and a new poll shows Romney has a likability problem.

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 READ MORE



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Rick Santorum’s Big Night

The former senator from Pennsylvania swept ahead of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, who have been hogging the campaign airtime, Tuesday night to claim victories in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Posted on Feb 7, 2012 READ MORE  |  12 COMMENTS



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Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship

The state-sponsored war on intimacy, fellowship and private contact continues in Missouri, where Gov. Jay Nixon just signed into law a bill forbidding any direct social networking contact between students and teachers. (more)

Posted on Aug 1, 2011 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


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The 2008 Presidential Election Is Almost Over

After a long wait, North Carolina has been called for Barack Obama. With an Electoral College landslide already in hand for Obama, the state’s 15 electoral votes pump up his total to 364. That leaves one state dragging its heels. We’re looking at you, Mizzou. Let’s get this thing done.

Posted on Nov 6, 2008 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT



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Down to the Wire, the Race Gets Tighter

Both campaigns predicted the polls would tighten up on the approach to Tuesday’s election, but many of the states where the race is closest were won by George W. Bush in 2004. Those include North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Montana and Florida.

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 READ MORE  |  7 COMMENTS


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Obama Draws Record Crowd to St. Louis Rally

Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his presidential campaign, 100,000 people, on Saturday at a rally in St. Louis. The Illinois senator had been behind in the race in Missouri until very recently.

Posted on Oct 18, 2008 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


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Thousands Flee Floods in Midwest

Several Midwestern states, including Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, have been hit hard by floods this week as rivers rose far beyond their normal levels. In Cedar Rivers, Iowa, a whole hospital had been evacuated, thousands of residents had fled their homes and over 400 city blocks were under water by Friday.

Posted on Jun 13, 2008 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


More ‘San Francisco Values’

With a soundtrack as shifty as its logic, here is another captivating self-parody from the Sam Graves campaign. The shameless Missouri congressman, who has tried to paint his Democratic opponent as an unholy champion of gayness because she held a fundraiser in San Francisco, has launched another attack ad allegedly based on that city’s values.

Posted on Jun 2, 2008 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


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Free Gun With Purchase

A car dealership in Missouri has found its sales quadrupled after the introduction of an offer that gives customers a free gun with the purchase of any used or new vehicle. The promotion, which is said to be a response to Barack Obama’s recent comment on Midwestern voters who “cling to guns or religion,” continues until the end of the month.

Posted on May 23, 2008 READ MORE  |  18 COMMENTS


More Tornadoes Hit the Heartland

Yet another round of ferocious weather pounded parts of Missouri, Oklahoma and nearby states Saturday, with tornadoes that reportedly killed at least 18 people just a week after deadly storms hit Arkansas.

Posted on May 10, 2008 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Missouri Town May Evict Unwed Couples With Kids

Current law in Black Jack, Mo., prohibits more than three people from living together unless they are related by “blood, marriage or adoption.” The City Council rejected amending that law to include unmarried couples with children.
We’re speechless.

 

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