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Lunchtime Photo

1 year 8 months ago
Sometime in the next few months a star called T Corona Borealis is going to explode. How do we know this? Because T CrB isn't going to be a supernova—which would be unpredictable and destroy the star for good. In fact, T CrB isn't even a single star. It's a binary star: a white dwarf ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Biden, Bibi, and the Elusive Cease-Fire

1 year 8 months ago
Today on TAP: There will be no deal in time for the beginning of Ramadan tonight, and Netanyahu’s defiance keeps bleeding both Gaza and Biden’s re-election chances.
Robert Kuttner

Dean Plocher draws new scrutiny over series of Capitol meetings with out-of-state vendor

1 year 8 months ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher arranged a series of meetings in the state Capitol last month between GOP legislators and an out-of-state technology vendor, inviting renewed bipartisan criticism of the embattled Republican as he remains the focus of an ongoing ethics investigation. The unusual arrangement — including a meeting with GOP leadership that took place in the speaker’s Capitol office — is drawing comparisons to Plocher unsuccessfully pushing last year for the House to spend $800,000…
Jason Hancock

Neptali Mejia Pleads Guilty to Killing Family Friend on Cherokee Street

1 year 8 months ago
An emotional scene played out in a St. Louis courtroom this morning as a 20-year-old pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and heard directly from the family of the teenager whose death he caused. Jonathan Cruz was 19 when he was gunned down in a car outside of a barber shop on Cherokee Street in the City of St. Louis in July 2021. In court this morning, his family stood on one side of the courtroom in front of Circuit Court Judge Katherine Fowler.
Ryan Krull