Earlier this week, we posted an email from reader Jim Byrne, questioning the constitutionality of a Missouri circuit court judge ruling that a Missouri Statute was unconstitutional: “It just didn’t sound right. How could the voice of the people be muted by a judge that only has jurisdiction in the circuit in which she serves.” […]

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Missourinet: By Bob Priddy A State Representative from Cape Girardeau has pleaded guilty to federal immigration fraud charges. The federal prosecutor says Representative Nathan Cooper (R-Cape Girardeau), a lawyer specializing in immigration law, helped get temporary work visas for his clients in the trucking business. The prosecutor says he was paid at least $50,000 in […]

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From Young MO Politico: Sam Hodge was featured on the Huffington Post today. Apparently, earlier this week he had lunch with a Truman State alumnus, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson. Hodge was none too impressed with the Secretary, as this post shows. An excerpt: I asked the Secretary what was his favorite […]

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As is the case with ACORN when liberals and liberal advocacy groups speak of labor rights they never mean for their own employees. Just take a look at Democrat candidate for Lieutenant Governor Mike Evans. The kooky perennial candidate refuses to pay Drew Pitt, his former campaign manager, his due pay. I thought Democrats were […]

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President Bush is often chided by Democrats for what one liberal columnist called “incestuous hiring.” Today, the Southwest City Journal published the obvious- a list of politicians who are in office because of their lineage. The list is full of Democrats by the way.

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From the “Branson Missouri” blog: No elected official would ever come to power under the mantra: I will tax the poor and oppress the people with unnecessary levies. The statement above is a public service announcement for local politicians who will be paid a visit from a local tax lobbyist financed through special interest money […]

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Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman’s office said recently that MOST, Missouri’s 529 College Savings Plan, was ranked by Money Magazine as of the best 529 plans in the nation. Money Magazine reviewed 70 of the 85 plans that are currently available, and the MOST Plan was listed among an elite group of the nation’s 27 […]

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According to FiredUp Missouri, we thought the Blunt Adminstration only put pictures on press releases when the subject is African American. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290 Blunt Appoints Becky Plattner to Conservation Commission

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Desdinova – Super Villain of the Ozarks: There is a certain talk radio show host here (Springfield) in town with an obsession with Popsicles. He uses the word Popsicle as a euphemism for testicles. Why he doesn’t say “guts” like people did in the good old days is beyond me. He wrote a whole thing […]

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This will put a smile on the faces of Missouri’s Minutemen (not the team!) From the RFT’s blog:  St. Louis’ Hispanic community, the second largest in Missouri, is about to get its own alternative paper. El Mundo Latino will launch September 15, with an initial print run of 10,000 copies, to be distributed for free […]

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