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Raunder ad

Watching the news: why do we have warnings about prescription ads, but not about political ads

August 14, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Democracy, Electoral College, Media, Politics Leave a comment

We know that viewership of network news has declined precipitously in recent years, and the intended audience is primarily those who are currently or

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To beat Ann Wagner, focus on policy, not money: Mark Osmack

July 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Congress, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

“I want to be the candidate who happens to be a veteran, not the veteran who happens to be a candidate.” That was Mark

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candidate

Who’s who & who said what at candidate forum in MO 2nd Congressional district

June 3, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Democrats, Good government, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 2 comments

Five Democrats—all male—are vying for the honor of trying to defeat entrenched Republican Ann Wagner, in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. Here are my impressions

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STL_Media

St. Louis lags badly in media coverage of Congressional Races

June 3, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Campaigns, Media, Missouri region, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections One comment

As the St. Louis Metro Chapter of the League of Women Voters once again did its heavy lifting to bring political awareness to the

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NRA

Trump says he’s not afraid of the NRA. Yeah, right

March 2, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Campaigns, Corruption, Money & Politics, Trump Leave a comment

At his made-for-tv bipartisan meeting with Senators and Congressional representatives, Donald Trump said that, unlike others in the room, he isn’t “afraid of the

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Truth-Lies

Leaders Who Lie: The Sorting Hat

January 19, 2018 James Wilson 2016 Election, Campaigns, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Government, Politics, Trump One comment

President Trump began his Presidency by falsely asserting that his Inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, a claim easily refuted by comparing aerial photographs

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Stop Mueller

The right is right: Mueller is stacking deck against Trump

December 12, 2017 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Democracy, Impeachment, Justice, Mental Health, Republican Brain, Science, Trump 6 comments

In unison, the talking heads at Fox News and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee assaulted both current FBI Director Christopher Wray and former

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Roy Moore

Conservatives and the Old Confederacy have Credibility Gap

November 14, 2017 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Constitution, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

It should not surprise us that Judge Roy Moore supporters and others on the extreme right have taken to lambasting the Washington Post. When

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blue wave

Could a blue wave come ashore in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District? Hints from a Candidate Forum

November 10, 2017 Helena Webb 2018 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region Leave a comment

Will the so-called blue wave that struck American politics on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 continue into the 2018 elections? Will Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District,

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Trump stalking Hillary

Saying that Trump is unhinged is the polite way to put it

August 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

As if on cue, following Donald Trump’s speech about Afghanistan last Monday (8/21/17), he removed the subtlety of his mental and emotional challenges the

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