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Big Tech Loses One

1 year 11 months ago
Today on TAP: But trench warfare over U.S. trade policy continues.
Robert Kuttner

Stop Letting Nonsense Purveyors Cosplay As Free Speech Martyrs

1 year 11 months ago
A few people have been asking me about last week’s release of something called the “Westminster Declaration,” which is a high and mighty sounding “declaration” about freedom of speech, signed by a bunch of journalists, academics, advocates and more. It reminded me a lot of the infamous “Harper’s Letter” from a few years ago that […]
Mike Masnick

Mike Johnson is right-wing, but not as extreme as Jim Jordan

1 year 11 months ago
According to Voteview, here's the skinny on Mike Johnson, our new Speaker of the House: He's pretty conservative, but a little less conservative than Jim Jordan. According to their ideology rankings, he's the 82nd most conservative member of the House, compared to 9th for Marjorie Taylor-Greene and 20th for Jordan.
Kevin Drum

NTSB releases report on deadly Teutopolis ammonia crash

1 year 11 months ago
TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — A report from the National Transportation Safety Board is revealing more about what happened during a deadly anhydrous ammonia spill that killed five and injured eleven others in Teutopolis in September. According to the report, the crash was caused by a vehicle attempting to pass a tanker vehicle that was carrying [...]
Brandyn Benter

Glen Carbon Senior Center Reports Successful Year So Far

1 year 11 months ago
GLEN CARBON - 2023 has been a good year for the Glen Carbon Senior Center so far, with a wide variety of activities and programs for local seniors. Senior Center Administrator Felicia Voelkel gave a presentation to village trustees at their meeting this week to update them on the center’s progress this year. Voelkel said her time as administrator of the busy Senior Center has been “so far, so good.” “I’ve been at the Senior Center a little over a year, and so far, so good,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of activity, a lot of different projects going on.” The center hosts “Game Days,” which feature cookies, bingo, and the card game “Whoopee.” They also host an “Age Well” exercise class with a certified personal trainer, as well as a weekly Art Class which is currently working on a sculpture of a cardinal perched on a tree branch. Past activities included Chair Yoga and Tai Chi, the latter

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Mike Johnson of Louisiana elected speaker of the U.S. House after three weeks of stalemate

1 year 11 months ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker in a chamber that has been frozen for more than three weeks after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted. In a 220-209 party-line vote, all Republicans present backed Johnson, 51, a strongly conservative lawyer who represents northwest Louisiana’s 4th District. All Democrats […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Jovick Brothers Serves Outstanding Smashburgers in Princeton Heights

1 year 11 months ago
Casey Jovick cut his teeth as a butcher. You understand the significance of this background upon taking your first bite of a classic double cheeseburger at his Princeton Heights restaurant, Jovick Brothers Burgers (4993 Loughborough Avenue, 314-390-2899), and marveling at the masterpiece of a smashburger he's created.
Cheryl Baehr