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Political quotes: “To err is human…”

September 21, 2016 Christopher Burke 2016 Election, Humor, People, Politics One comment

  Everything is political. Our long-running series of political quotes proves that–we think. We’re always on the lookout for quotes–contemporary and historical–that are pertinent

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Kander tries to outgun Blunt

September 18, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Violence Leave a comment

  There were rave reviews from a number of Democrats about Missouri Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Jason Kander’s new ad featuring him

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Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Media, Politics, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning PPP gives Hilllary Clinton the edge against Donald Trump. At first glance,

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Hillary has always had it right about the “vast right-wing conspiracy”

August 26, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Usually when someone speaks about a conspiracy, we think that person is some sort of a “conspiratorial freak.” That could not be further from

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It’s not fair to call Trump “crazy,” but …

August 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Politics, Republican Brain One comment

The candidacy of Donald Trump poses a real question about the mental health of a political figure and who can try to analyze it.

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Hillary is flawed, but so what

July 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

To say that Hillary Clinton is flawed is to say that she is human. So are the rest of us. I would have preferred

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Memes: A new form of old-school propaganda

July 27, 2016 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Language/Words, Media, Politics One comment

We have to talk about memes. I’m not joking, I swear. It’s kind of disturbing how much of political discourse on social media is

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There’s no crying in baseball, or politics

July 26, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, Politics, Progressive people, Religion in Politics One comment

As I watched some of the Bernie Sanders supporters at the Monday night session of the Democratic National Convention, I couldn’t help but think

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Infographic: Are you really going to move to Canada if Trump wins?

July 7, 2016 Bobbi Clemons 2016 Election, Politics 2 comments

Every election year a familiar threat resurfaces, “If my candidate doesn’t win…I’m going to move to Canada!” The sentiment is posted on social media

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A MO Democratic candidate calls for a Balanced Budget amendment. Wait, what?

June 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Budget, Government, Missouri region, Politics One comment

In a shocking policy statement released last week, Democrat Jason Kander—who is running for US Senate to unseat Republican incumbent Roy Blunt—announced that he

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