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Trump and Biden win New Hampshire

2 years 3 months ago
Jeez. AP called New Hampshire for both Trump and Biden about one minute after the polls closed? That's gotta be a new record. The exits must have been a tidal wave.
Kevin Drum

Man suspected of killing 8 people in suburban Chicago was related to most of the victims, police say

2 years 3 months ago
CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally shot himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas. The Illinois authorities provided a clearer timeline of the shootings on Tuesday, [...]
KATHLEEN FOODY, SOPHIA TAREEN and KEN MILLER, Associated Press

Judge Reminds Deputies They Can’t Arrest Someone Just Because They Don’t Like What Is Being Said

2 years 3 months ago
It shouldn’t need to be said, but it bears repeating: the First Amendment definitely protects speech the listener doesn’t like. This holds true even if the one doing the speaking is personally and professionally unlikable. There’s some backstory to this First Amendment retaliation suit, which explains why certain government employees might have wanted to arrest […]
Tim Cushing

Worker Wellness Blog: Addiction, Epidemics, and Advances

2 years 3 months ago
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Dede Hance

Raw data: US energy production

2 years 3 months ago
Here is the growth of US energy production since the beginning of the Biden administration: Note that energy use is seasonal, so comparisons have to be made between the same month in different years. The latest data is for October 2023, so all comparisons are between October 2020 and October 2023.
Kevin Drum

Missouri ‘Freedom Caucus’ leaders ousted from Senate chairmanships over stall tactics

2 years 3 months ago

The Republican civil war in the Missouri Senate reached a new crescendo of strife Tuesday, when Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden stripped four members of their committee chairs and declared he was acting against “a small group of swamp creatures.” The action toward members of the newly formed Freedom Caucus took away traditional prerogatives […]

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Rudi Keller