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New Federal Privacy Bill Further Erodes FCC Oversight Of Big Telecom. You Know, For Freedom Or Whatever.

2 years 11 months ago
Telecom lobbyists are exploiting the creation of a new federal privacy bill, using the opportunity to further lobotomize the FCC and ensure the broken, uncompetitive U.S. telecom sector sees even less oversight than ever before. For years telecom giants, the entire GOP, and some key Democrats have worked tirelessly to gut oversight of a very […]
Karl Bode

Psychedelics Could Improve Mental Health, Says Missouri Advocate

2 years 11 months ago
Nearly one in five American adults say they suffer some type of mental health concern. Approximately 75 percent of post-9/11 veterans and active-duty service members say they have experienced post-traumatic stress due to their military service. I have seen evidence of this first-hand.
Elaine Brewer

Neighboring Cahokia Heights homes catch fire

2 years 11 months ago
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Neighboring homes were on fire in Cahokia Heights, Illinois Friday morning. The fire started at a home on Lauralee Drive at about 6:30 a.m. FOX 2's Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter flew over the scene. The roof was covered in flames for a time. The home next door caught fire at [...]
Monica Ryan

Five takeaways from Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing

2 years 11 months ago
The latest event stretched over almost three hours and featured two key live witnesses, Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews, both of whom resigned from Trump’s administration on the day of the riot, as well as a plethora of new details.
The Hill via Nexstar Media Wire

Chesterfield man drowns in Meramec River Thursday

2 years 11 months ago
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A Chesterfield man drowned Thursday on the Meramec River in Franklin County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Lawrence Krumrey, 65, was kayaking downstream at about 10:45 a.m. when his kayak capsized and he went underwater. MSHP said he never resurfaced. He was removed from the water by a friend. Krumrey [...]
Monica Ryan

Trump ‘chose not to act’ as U.S. Capitol underwent attack, Jan. 6 panel says

2 years 11 months ago

Donald Trump ignored White House staff, family members and outside advisers who urged the president to call off the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to testimony before the U.S. House panel investigating the insurrection at its eighth and final hearing of the summer Thursday night. Instead, Trump sat in the […]

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Jacob Fischler