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Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik

Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
sabotage

Signing up for ACA Obamacare? Republican sabotage makes it harder to enroll

October 8, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare Leave a comment

This year’s open enrollment period for ACA/Obamacare is from November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017. That is a mere six weeks, compared to

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resignation

Why he quit: Dept. of Interior scientist blasts Zinke in resignation letter

October 5, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Corruption, Environment, Protest/Resistance, Trump, Uncategorized, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Joel Clement,  a scientist at the Department of the Interior, has just joined the legions of people quitting the Trump administration and leaving toughly

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CAMPAIGN

Guns as campaign props, and the politicians who love them

October 4, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Here’s one reason why we can’t have a rational discussion about guns in America, even after witnessing mass shootings like those in Sandy Hook,

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silence

The silence of the guns: Don Trump Jr. edition

October 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Guns One comment

As we reel from the carnage in Las Vegas, Congress is contemplating a bill that would make it easier to purchase silencers that would

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graham-cassidy

Infographic: How Graham-Cassidy stacks up, in one chart

September 22, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

How does the Graham-Cassidy “repeal and replace” bill compare to current law [aka Obamacare, ACA]? Roll Call has done the hard work of creating

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police behavior

Bad police behavior in STL draws protest letters from ACLU, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

September 21, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Missouri region, Police One comment

In St. Louis, bad behavior by police responding to protests about…previous bad police behavior—has sparked another form of protest: the publicly published protest letter.

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Greitens

MO Governor Greitens’ latest stunt is “Rappellant”

September 12, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor, Missouri region 2 comments

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens loves to show off his Navy-Seal skills for maximum political effect. You may recall that he blasted off his campaign

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DACA

Why he quit: Leader of Trump’s diversity council resigns over DACA

September 5, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

The leader of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce resigned Tuesday from President Trump’s diversity coalition, following the administration’s announcement that it would wind

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9 billion

Houston flood: How much is 9 trillion gallons of water?

August 28, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Climate Change, Environment Leave a comment

Houston and Southwest Texas are drowning in what the National Weather Service estimates to be 9 trillion gallons of rainwater—so far [as of two

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quit

Why he quit: Scientist resigns from Trump’s State Dept. with a biting message

August 27, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Politics, Protest/Resistance, Widgets: Letters of protest One comment

Daniel Kammen couldn’t take it any more, so he quit. An expert in renewable energy, he was appointed by President Obama in 2016 as

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Public Opinion Polling

McCaskill

McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as

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poll

Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning

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