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Video image courtesy of PubDef.net Since the launch of the Missouri Political News Service in April, we have asked our readers for news tips, suggestions, and videos to continually improve MOPNS. We thank you for your generous outpouring of two out of our three requests so far. Today, we are pleased to present to you […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/2AE847UXu3Q” width=”375″ height=”300″ wmode=”transparent” /] John “Boy” Edwards (son of a millworker) is bringing his campaign – and his now reported $1,200 haircut – to St. Louis later this month for the Urban League Democratic Candidates Forum. The Urban League is holding its national convention in St. Louis this year. MOPNS wonders if that […]

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Looks like Lt. Governor Peter Kinder has established a campaign website. The first blog entry on the site is dated June 28th. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/QYnp1w1l52k” width=”375″ height=”300″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: 24th State: “Gubernatorial Campaign Website Knockdown!” Blunt unveils redesigned website.

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Governor Blunt’s addressed the Comrades and Sisters at the VFW’s Department of Missouri Convention in Columbia last Saturday. Governor Blunt spoke to the crowd and afterwards signed the “Stolen Valor Act”. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/dUL_YYB5u8o” width=”375″ height=”300″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Kudos to Public Def for this video from Rodney Hubbard’s senate campaign kickoff. It features: 1. A Jay-Z soundtrack destined to please Rodney’s conservative Republican fans. 2. Line dancing, paramount to any black event. 4. Cameo appearances from Senators’ Jeff Harris and Chris Koster 3. Politicians dancing…by themselves. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/FlAliblcsBc” width=”375″ height=”300″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Hat tip: Edgeing “Jason Leopold interviews former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Bud Cummins, in the interview, Cummins disputes published reports that he was fired because he was investigating an alleged public corruption case in the state of Missouri that may have involved Matt Blunt, the state’s Republican governor. Cummins was investigating […]

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Today on KMOX, I talked to Senator Claire McCaskill about her recent trip to Baghdad, where she looked into abuse and extortion by private contractors (a theme we’ve discussed often, including last year’s screening of “Iraq for Sale”). Audio Related: Sen. McCaskill appeared on Lou Dobbs tonight and declared she will vote against cloture on […]

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We reported last week about the almost orgasmic frenzy the liberal blogosphere was in over this article. The article would have you believe that voter fraud in Missouri is the pigment of Republican’s fertile imaginations- just another ploy of the “vast right wing conspiracy.” News Channel 4 in St. Louis helps put that assertion to […]

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The Show Me Institute, founded by wealthy Philanthropist Rex Sinquefield, released a study yesterday that surprise surprise, Fired Up Missouri takes issue with. The survey found that two-thirds of Missouri residents favor offering tax credits for individual and corporate donations that fund tuition for poor families to educate their children in private schools. The survey […]

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