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Donald Trump is exempt from all federal campaign finance rules

2 years 4 months ago
Ellen Weintraub, a member of the Federal Election Commission, has something she wants to say: The FEC has six members: three Democrats and three Republicans. Enforcement actions require a majority vote. Since all three Republicans refuse on principle to investigate violations by Donald Trump, it means he's effectively immune from all federal campaign laws.
Kevin Drum

Missouri House GOP caucus sticks with Plocher as speaker – for now

2 years 4 months ago

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post.  Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at […]

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Rudi Keller

Parlor Closes 3 Years After Sexual Assault Allegations Rocked the Grove

2 years 4 months ago
A St. Louis arcade bar that was previously plunged into a reckoning over allegations of sketchy behavior, Parlor (4170 Manchester Avenue, 314-833-3063), appears to have quietly closed its doors. A Google search has the Manchester Avenue bar marked as "temporarily closed." Meanwhile, listings for the first floor space as well as the office space on the second floor have been posted for lease through Tower Real Estate Group.
Daniel Hill

Error 402: You Will Click On Internet Ads, Oh So Many Internet Ads

2 years 4 months ago
Last week in our Error 402 series on the history of web monetization, we covered how early paywalls for content almost universally failed. We’ll explore a bit more of the why later, but first we need to talk about internet ads. Because they basically sucked up all of the oxygen in the online monetization world. […]
Mike Masnick

Rod Jetton’s political career ended in scandal. Now he’s Dean Plocher’s chief of staff

2 years 4 months ago

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s new chief of staff is a former legislative leader whose political career was upended more than a decade ago by a federal bribery investigation and allegations of violent sexual assault.  On Thursday, Plocher announced to a closed-door Republican caucus that Rod Jetton will take over as his top legislative aide. […]

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Jason Hancock