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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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Civility

About the Calls for “Civility”

July 6, 2018 Reece Ellis Activism, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

George Tiller was a Kansas doctor who was the medical director of Women’s Healthcare Services in Wichita. Tiller’s medical practice was one of only

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Strzok-Page

In defense of FBI Agents Strzok and Page

July 2, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democracy, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

Sometimes Democrats are bullied by Republicans into denouncing critical-thinking people who see through the morass of bureaucratic regulations and commit a minor transgression. I’m

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Fund-raiser

Obama’s “tough love” sounds very tone deaf

June 29, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Activism, Democrats, Money & Politics, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A short foray back into politics from former President Barack Obama seems to indicate that he is entrenched in the old monied interests of

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Haas for Mayor

Bill Haas: Optimistic candidate in a long-shot bid for Congress

June 28, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

When we sat down with Bill Haas last week, he said in no uncertain terms, “I’m going to win this one. It’s not going

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Sachs

Purple politics in Missouri’s CD2: Noga Sachs

June 28, 2018 Jade Nguyen 2018 Election, Candidates, Missouri region, Republicans, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

Noga Sachs is a candidate for Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District in the upcoming Republican primary. She’s running against long-time incumbent Ann Wagner. Recently, I

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ocasio-cortez

Pelosi, McCaskill dis Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she beats entrenched NY Dem. WTF?

June 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats Leave a comment

When 28-year-old, first-time, Latina candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off a stunning primary upset against 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in New York, it was cause

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Begging

End of the calendar quarter – ugliest time in politics

June 26, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democracy, Money & Politics, Politics Leave a comment

If you think that the ugliness of money in politics is an everyday occurrence, you might want to be downstream from the candidates in

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young people

We’re young, we’re politically active, and we’re coming to your town

June 26, 2018 Maggie Hannick 2018 Election, Activism, Politics, Youth issues Leave a comment

Recently, our nation has seen an uprising of activism by young people like me. There has been a lot of talk about this generation

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Two very quick questions I’d like the press to ask Sarah Huckabee Sanders

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber Media, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled herself with such dignity and fine reasoning in the Red Hen incident, but three days later at her press conference,

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