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Friday, June 7 - The future of Missouri's conservation efforts

1 year 5 months ago
Missouri’s Department of Conservation has a new director. Jason Sumners, a former deputy director of the department, is taking the reins from Sara Parker Pauley who stepped down after 30 years. St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg spoke with Sumners about how conservation work has changed over the years and his goals for the department.

The Urge to Surge

1 year 5 months ago
Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Sarah Jaffe

Which horrible person will be Trump’s VP?

1 year 5 months ago
The Washington Post writes today about the eight leading contenders to be Donald Trump's vice president. Here's my ranking: Greatest willingness to kowtow: Tim Scott Overall pure shittiness: Elise Stefanik Nonentity award: Doug Burgum Willingness to pretend to be an idiot: J.D. Vance Actual idiot: Ben Carson Most pathetically ambitious: Marco Rubio Strong right arm ...continue reading "Which horrible person will be Trump’s VP?"
Kevin Drum

Conservatives are looking for a loophole to further ban abortion

1 year 5 months ago
The Washington Post reports that the freedom-loving free marketeers at the Heritage Foundation are suggesting that Donald Trump should regulate insurance companies more heavily if he wins. In particular, they shouldn't be allowed to pay for out-of-state abortion: The Heritage Foundation, which has been heavily involved in policy proposals for a Trump second term, has ...continue reading "Conservatives are looking for a loophole to further ban abortion"
Kevin Drum