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Court To Donald Trump: Journalists Encouraging Someone To Break A Confidentiality Agreement Is Protected Speech

2 years 3 months ago
Lame duck president and serial bad faith litigant Donald Trump has yet again been told his arguments are bad and he should feel bad. The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Suing sued multiple times over the publication of a book by his niece, Mary Trump, which detailed plenty of stuff the on-his-way-out-the-door president didn’t want published. […]
Tim Cushing

A default on the U.S. debt would be far worse than a government shutdown. Here’s how

2 years 3 months ago

WASHINGTON — A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched. While the two have been confused frequently during debate over the debt limit, the federal government has had considerable practice with […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Friday Cat Blogging – 19 May 2023

2 years 3 months ago
This picture amuses me. It's Charlie with our lizard, but for some reason he's pretending to ignore it. He only did this for a few seconds before springing back into action, but I wonder what he was thinking? Trying to trick the lizard or something?
Kevin Drum

Gabe Gore now at helm of Circuit Attorney’s Office

2 years 3 months ago
Saying that he is confident he can build the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office "into one of the highest performing in the nation," former Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore has been appointed to replace the departed Kim Gardner at the…
Alvin A. Reid | St. Louis American

St. Louis startup accelerator sponsored by NGA 'on hiatus'

2 years 3 months ago
The NGA Accelerator, a St. Louis-based startup accelerator sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to incubate geospatial technology companies, is “on hiatus,” the federal agency said. A local group focused on geospatial technology said it could create a new accelerator program to build off the NGA Accelerator's success.
Nathan Rubbelke

St. Louis Musician Kip Loui Just Wrote His Best Song Ever

2 years 3 months ago
I think it might be the best song I ever wrote," Kip Loui tells me. That's quite a claim from a songwriting lifer who will turn 60 this year and has been copiously tunesmithing since high school. He's speaking about "Cold Out There," the title track from his new album, which he considers his first-ever honest-to-goodness solo record.
Steve Leftridge