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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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1 Comments For This Post Anonymous Says: January 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm What happened to Darlene saying “North Carolina” instead of South Carolina and “U.S. Senator of the United States” when referring to Senator…
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A recent New York Times/CBS poll found that for the first time, white voters are evenly divided between John McCain and Barack Obama, and Obama is faring better than his party’s recent candidates among that…
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St. Louis City Treasurer Larry Williams is very likely on his way to his seventh term as the czar of city parking, so it is understandable that he, being the responsible financial stalwart that he…
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Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed Todd H. Epsten to the St. Louis City Board of Police Commissioners. “Todd Epsten has made tremendous contributions to the St. Louis area and to the State of Missouri, and…
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DENVER — Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton and State Auditor Susan Montee headlined today’s breakfast of the Show-Me State’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Montee, an early supporter of Barack Obama, said she was moved…
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You’ve got to give it to Ron Paul supporters - they never back down. Despite the Texas Representative’s poor showing in the primaries, his supporters, determined to keep Paul’s agenda in the forefront, bum rushed…
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For a white Republican from Cape Girardeau who has been an outspoken critic of Barack Obama, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder seemed remarkably comfortable at the head of the parade of 20,000 black men through the streets of…
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