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Filed April 6, 2008 by Antonio French · 17 archived comments
St. Louis State Rep. Connie Johnson kicked off her campaign for senator of the 5th District with an event Friday at a gallery which was actually located in the 4th Senate District. About 35 friends…
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Filed March 9, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 7 archived comments
To a gallery of more than 100 people Saturday, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a native St. Louisian, asked, “What can the state, the city, the Mayor, the federal government do to fix this problem?” The…
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Filed February 25, 2008 by Antonio French · 4 archived comments
The Missouri ACORN Political Action Committee today endorsed Jeff Harris in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General. “In a Democratic primary, we are often choosing among friends,” said PAC member Lynn Oldham, “But in this…
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Filed March 19, 2008 by Antonio French · 16 archived comments
Around noon on Tuesday, March 19, State Representative Rodney R. Hubbard*, his brother Rontonyo Hubbard-Bey, and local businessman Sam Salama went to have lunch at Johnny’s Restaurant and Bar, 1017 Russell, in Soulard. Shortly after…
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Filed October 14, 2008 by Antonio French
From the Oct. 12, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times: John McCain is hammering Barack Obama about his ties to Chicago educator Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a group that used violence in the 1960s and…
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Filed November 17, 2008 by Antonio French
An attack on civil rights anywhere is an attack on civil rights everywhere. In that spirit, more than a thousand people gathered on the steps of the Old Courthouse Saturday to protest California’s passage of…
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Filed November 3, 2008 by Antonio French
Four years ago, about 7,500 absentee ballots were cast in the high Democratic voting City of St. Louis. As of yesterday, that number was close to 17,000. Related Stories
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Filed September 22, 2008 by Antonio French
While John McCain launches a new round of attack ads on Barack Obama, this time trying to link him to the charges against some other Illinois Democrats… … the corruption trial McCain’s colleague and Sarah…
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Filed June 2, 2008 by Antonio French
Barack Obama
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Filed October 7, 2008 by Antonio French
The second Presidential debate is over. So who won? Who took cheap shots? What did you learn about the candidates? This is what I learned: Throughout the length of this entire campaign, Barack Obama has…
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