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Caleb Rowden drops out of GOP race for Missouri secretary of state

2 years 1 month ago
With a swipe at the intraparty foes who have disrupted the state Senate for several years, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden on Monday dropped out of the Republican race for secretary of state. Rowden, who as of January was sitting on the largest campaign fund in the field, said in a statement released via social media that when he announced in November, it was the best choice for his family but that he “no longer believe(s) that to be true.” Rowden, a Columbia resident, entered politics…
Rudi Keller

Moderating Eating Disorder Content Is Harder Than You Think

2 years 1 month ago
Both troubled teens and government agencies are asking, “How thin is thin enough?” The teens are thinking about how thin they want to look, while the government is thinking about what’s too thin to post online. The refrain is always the same: the platforms need to do more—never mind the difficult details. Platforms need to […]
Mike Masnick

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 1 month ago
Do snakes yawn? This one does. It's a cape cobra at the Los Angeles Zoo, and it was slithering along in its normal snakey way when it stopped, yawned, and then continued on its travels. But snakes don't yawn because they're tired. They yawn after meals to realign their jaws.
Kevin Drum

Medicare Advantage will cost an extra $83 billion this year

2 years 1 month ago
As you know, there are two basic types of Medicare: traditional fee-for-service (FFS) plans, where doctors get paid for services rendered; and Medicare Advantage plans (MA), where doctors are paid a set annual amount for each patient. In theory, MA plans should be cheaper. In reality, they game the system in two ways. First, they ...continue reading "Medicare Advantage will cost an extra $83 billion this year"
Kevin Drum

Fluoride in public water has slashed tooth decay, but some states may end mandates

2 years 1 month ago

Kentucky state Rep. Mark Hart has been drinking fluoridated water his entire life. In 1954, five years before Hart was born, his home state mandated adding or adjusting levels of the mineral, which occurs naturally in water, in drinking water systems of populations larger than 3,000. But after hearing from a constituent a few years […]

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Robbie Sequeira