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U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is about to announce his endorsement of Illinois senator Barack Obama for President, according to reports. The message here seems to be: John Edwards (Kerry’s former…
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Following the scandal-ridden resignation of Joe Mokwa, the governor-appointed St. Louis Police Board has selected Colonel Daniel Isom as the new police chief. Here is the official announcement from Police Board President Chris Goodson: Members…
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Congressmen Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, both St. Louis Democrats and both early endorsers of Barack Obama, celebrated Super Tuesday election results with other Obama supporters and volunteers at The Moolah Theater in Midtown last…
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This is how Jet Magazine reported on March 22, 1993: Freeman Bosley Jr., is poised to become St. Louis’ first Black mayor after winning 44 percent of the vote in a four-man Democratic primary. Bosley,…
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Dear MoveOn member, Yesterday was John McCain’s 72nd birthday. If elected, he’d be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for “inexperience,” here’s who John McCain has chosen to be…
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Missouri Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Jay Nixon responds to Gov. Matt Blunt’s announcement that he will not seek re-election. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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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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Here are a few videos from YouTube of the reaction here in St. Louis to tonight’s Vice-Presidential debate. On the street interview by Bill Streeter of Lo-Fi St. Louis shooting for TheUptake.org.: Senator Claire McCaskill…
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The Ways and Means Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has postponed a vote on a controversial measure to spread the wealth from the already scandalous red light cameras that are popping up…
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