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Galen Bacharier

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4 months

Iowa students, walking out of school to protest gun violence following the Perry school shooting, are starting to filter into the Iowa Capitol:

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8 months

The scene in Ottumwa, with Trump set to speak soon. Room’s at capacity.

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8 months

Ron DeSantis has arrived to a tailgate with a posse in tow

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2 years

Hawley, asked today if he'd support McConnell as maj. leader if GOP retakes Senate: "I don't imagine I will, no. ... I'm not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody's indicated they would. But my view is that we need new leadership in that position." #mosen

Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

2 years

Final day on the trail in Missouri - Josh Hawley stumping for Eric Schmitt here in Springfield. #mosen

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3 years

In 10 years when you visit Columbia every storefront will be a Silverball affiliate, everyone will be wearing Silverball merch and the town will be renamed Silverball

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7 months

Trump event here in Cedar Rapids filling up. He just finished speaking in Waterloo. Sizzle reel playing, highlighting DeSantis praising Trump admin’s immigration proposals.

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1 year

MO Sec. of State Jay Ashcroft sends a letter to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, urging him to stop legislation enshrining same-sex marriage protections in federal law. Blunt was one of 12 Republicans to vote in favor. Ashcroft includes a handwritten note. #moleg

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1 year

Whole bunch of 20somethings whose parents bugged them to go to the DMV and do Real ID and then never did it continue to feel vindicated

Dustin Volz

@dnvolz

1 year

Citing Covid, DHS just announced enforcement of the REAL ID travel requirement for boarding flights in the U.S. has been delayed yet again—this time an additional two years until 2025. The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005 and originally intended to be in effect by 2008.

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1 year

Donald Trump is back in Iowa. Just arrived at the Machine Shed in Urbandale to address the Westside Conservative Club. Packed house in a small venue.

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@galenbacharier

3 years

Oh dear

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1 year

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is here. "It's been an extraordinary year." Biggest applause lines of his remarks - the overturning of Roe & going after Wash U's trans health center after his office launched an investigation this week. #moleg #mosen

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

3 years

Thank you everyone for getting me trending

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1 year

MO lawmakers pushing bans on gender-affirming care have touted alleged abuse/mistreatment in the care. I asked two of them sponsoring versions of the ban whether they'd spoken to any MO families who say they've experienced that. They have not. #moleg

With details still uncertain, Missouri Senate to debate bills aimed at transgender youth

The Missouri Senate is expected to soon debate legislation banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and restrictions on student-athletes.

www.news-leader.com

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

10 months

VP Kamala Harris has landed in Des Moines - her second visit to Iowa since becoming VP. Set to head to an abortion rights roundtable with almost the entire '24 GOP field coming tonight for the Lincoln Dinner.

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

2 years

Day 2 of Mike Lindell's Springfield summit: calling out all the journalists who reported on day 1, including yours truly (though his info's a bit outdated). "...if this kid is here, somewhere in this building, he should come up to the stage and we can pray for him."

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

3 years

Has anyone checked on the Trulaske College of Business in the last 48 hours I’m worried about them

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@galenbacharier

4 years

Mizzou Parking

@MizzouParking

4 years

Truman is "dead" on with his moves!

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Southwest MO's congressman on the House floor: "These companies choose to silence conservative speech. By first deplatforming or eliminating OAN and now they’re going after Newsmax. There’s a famous quote about what happened during the Holocaust. ...

Aaron Rupar

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1 year

Rep. Eric Burlison compares DirecTV dropping Newsmax to the Holocaust

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Galen Bacharier

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3 years

I’m sticking around the Show-Me State as @springfieldNL ’s new Missouri politics & government reporter, starting this week - covering #moleg , #mogov , #mosen and more Get in touch (tips, ideas, feedback, say hey): gbacharier @gannett .com DMs open

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2 years

House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, files bill to reimburse districts for fees re: AG Eric Schmitt's lawsuits On Monday, called suits "vanity litigation aimed primarily at propping up one man's failing U.S. Senate campaign" #moleg #mosen

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Galen Bacharier

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3 years

Honestly this is a great strategy for immediately speeding up all construction projects in Columbia, just passively mention that they're inconveniencing the football program

Dave Matter

@Dave_Matter

3 years

Drinkwitz noted today that construction at Columbia Regional Airport is complicating travel for Mizzou this season. Parts of the team will have to fly out of St. Louis. Entire team might not be able to fly back through Columbia depending on weather.

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Galen Bacharier

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2 years

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft with the final rulings on initiative petitions for November: recreational marijuana (Legal Missouri 2022) will be on the ballot. Ranked choice voting campaign falls short of required signatures. #moleg

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1 year

Breaking: Agape Boarding School in Stockton, Missouri, under investigation due to allegations of abuse, says it will close Jan. 20. News from @szuchsm , more to come.

Agape Boarding School in Stockton makes 'voluntary' decision to close, cites finances

"Agape’s decision to close is voluntary and solely due to the lack of financial resources," school leaders said in a press release.

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

1 year

Casey DeSantis and the kids are here too - signing the Never Back Down bus and greeting some puppies.

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@galenbacharier

4 years

Deeply empathizing with the man I walked by this morning absolutely screaming on the phone outside the Missouri School of Journalism

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@galenbacharier

2 years

New Silverball location just dropped

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@galenbacharier

8 months

Just got records from the Missouri AG's office from a Sunshine request I filed on July 7, 2022 👍

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@galenbacharier

2 years

A tweet from Eric Schmitt this evening, now deleted. #mosen

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@galenbacharier

3 years

Many of the people in this chamber full-throatedly supported and ran on Trump’s platform in November

Matt McCabe

@MattLMcCabe

3 years

The Missouri House observed a moment of silence in respect of the violence currently happening at the US Capitol. @KOMUnews

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4 years

There’s now a glass casing around the Thomas Jefferson tombstone on #Mizzou ’s quad

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@galenbacharier

3 years

Missouri doing its own Sunday show circuit this morning

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Newspapers are about to be so back

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@galenbacharier

2 years

Democrats pick up another #moleg seat in Springfield - Stephanie Hein unseats Rep. Craig Fishel by 200 votes. GOP keeps an open seat red as Melanie Stinnett wins. 2 other Dems, House Minority Leader Crystal Quade & Rep. Betsy Fogle, win re-election. GOP Rep. Alex Riley also wins.

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@galenbacharier

3 years

Local sleepy Tiger gets his degree

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Folks, next week will be my last at @springfieldNL . Too many thank you’s for one post - my wonderful @SGFNewsGuild colleagues and editors, the excellent #moleg press corps, helpful sources, subscribers & readers. I've been lucky to be able to report here in my home state.

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@galenbacharier

1 year

ICYMI: Two Columbia women filed police reports against Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport), the outgoing chair of the House education committee, saying he harassed/intimidated them on social media in days leading up to the election. #moleg More:

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3 years

Mizzou social justice center coordinators were told in a Thursday meeting with an administrator that their jobs would not exist after June 30 as part of department “restructuring,” per audio from the meeting

MU's social justice coordinators will be out in department shakeup; students protest

Changes affect the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture, Women's, LGBTQ Resource, Multicultural and RSVP centers

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Congrats to the lamp my mom bought me in college for making its debut on the BBC

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@galenbacharier

3 years

Thank you all

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3 years

What if our commencement speaker is that reporter that fell in love with Martin Shkreli

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1 year

💰 We’ve put together a public database tracking how Missouri distributes its $2.7B+ in American Rescue Plan Money, combining Sunshine requests w/ public info. It’ll be updated as ARPA rollout continues this year. The News-Leader’s MO ARPA Money Tracker:

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

4 years

First thought: how many out-of-state students are panicking and booking flights home for next weekend since previous university guidance was to stay here through Thanksgiving break?

Columbia Missourian

@CoMissourian

4 years

MU chancellor says thinning the student population with remote classes will help as the community deals with a COVID-19 surge.

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3 years

Pressed submit on my final assignment of the semester, went outside for a brief walk and was immediately almost hit by a car

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@galenbacharier

4 years

Health department said cuffing season is cancelled

Columbia/Boone Co. Public Health & Human Services

@CoMo_HealthDept

4 years

It’s time to break up with COVID. Help us break up with COVID by wearing a mask when you leave home, keeping at least 6 feet distance from anyone you do not live with, keeping gatherings small and outside if possible, and staying home if you're sick.

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Missouri will proceed with the execution of Amber McLaughlin tonight, governor's office says. The office's news release uses her dead name. #moleg

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@galenbacharier

1 year

Got the list of all rejected Missouri vanity plates last year

Missouri rejected almost 500 vanity license plates in 2022. Here's the list

Rejected applications for personalized plates ranged from inappropriate phrases to expletives directed at the president.

www.news-leader.com

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@galenbacharier

2 years

Breaking: Challenge to Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program, filed by multiple states in Missouri federal court, is dismissed by judge for lack of jurisdiction. #moleg

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@galenbacharier

2 years

Douglas Frank, Trump ally who pushes false election fraud theories, here at the Missouri Capitol speaking as part of a rally in the rotunda Saw Rep. Brian Seitz, R-Branson, in attendance watching Frank’s presentation #moleg

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2 years

Hawley ticked off a list of decisions over the last 2 years he disagreed on - Ukraine funding, infrastructure & public safety bills, campaign spending in AZ/NH. "I did not agree with the idea that you go out there and badmouth our own candidates in the middle of an election."

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Galen Bacharier

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1 year

Gonna get incredibly emotionally invested in U.S. soccer and Mizzou football this afternoon, what’s the worst that could happen

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@galenbacharier

1 year

CoMo Facebook groups are gonna be absolute warzones this week

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1 year

Columbia's city council is set to vote tonight on an issue that has divided residents for more than a decade: roll carts. Supporters say they work in other towns like Jefferson City. Opponents say they're clumsy and roll away. Tonight's meeting is at 7.

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2 years

Breaking: Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa), state lawmaker & southwest MO medical clinic operator, found guilty on all counts by a jury - wire fraud, writing illegal prescriptions and making false statements to federal investigators. w/ @AndrewSullender #moleg

Missouri lawmaker Tricia Derges found guilty of wire fraud, illegal prescriptions, lying to feds

A jury found the Nixa lawmaker, Missouri Rep. Tricia Derges, guilty on all 22 counts brought against her by federal prosecutors.

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@galenbacharier

2 years

YouTube takes down U.S. Rep. Billy Long’s most recent Senate ad touting election conspiracies for violating the site’s community guidelines Long calls it “un-American and straight from the communist playbook” #mosen

YouTube removes Billy Long's campaign ad promoting election misinformation

Long's 30-second released last week to promote his U.S. Senate run touted false claims of the 2020 election being rigged by Democrats.

www.news-leader.com

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

7 months

Oh you guys got scared by that emergency alert? I have that set as my alarm so I start every day with peak instincts and readiness. It didn't scare me at all. Be better

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

2 years

If I see one more artist announce a “national tour” with zero Midwest shows I’m gonna leave a passive aggressive Instagram comment

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@galenbacharier

3 years

St. Louis pizza haters been reallllll quiet since this post dropped

Simone Biles

@Simone_Biles

3 years

back in houston and already missing imo’s

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2 years

Lindell also called out the Daily Beast's @ZTPetrizzo & fellow Springfield reporter @RanceBurger , who covered Day 1. (Thanks to my @springfieldNL colleagues for capturing these screenshots.)

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@galenbacharier

2 years

Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa), convicted by a jury last week of 22 federal charges including wire fraud, distributing illegal prescriptions & lying to the feds, resigns from the Missouri House. #moleg

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@galenbacharier

4 years

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First Lady Teresa Parson

@FirstLadyTeresa

4 years

Join us on October 3rd at the Missouri Governor's Mansion for our third annual Parson Family Fall Festival! This event is free and open to the public. Masks will be available for all attendees and social distancing encouraged! #ParsonFamilyFallFest #FallFest2020

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1 year

I’m joining @DMRegister as a politics reporter, starting on April 10. Really excited to stick around the Midwest and join a super talented team covering the ’24 caucuses and much more. See you soon Iowa!

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

3 years

The St. Louis police chief's takeaway from this verdict is not that Derek Chauvin's actions were unwarranted and illegal, but rather that he should have checked for breathing or "readjusted his position" with his knee on George Floyd's neck

St. Louis, MO Police

@SLMPD

3 years

Below is a statement from @ChiefJohnHayden relative to today's #verdict

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@galenbacharier

3 years

I am going to destroy you freaks just wait

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11 months

Budweiser flowing into the waters of the Missouri River, becoming one holy liquid, as the ancient prophecy foretold

MSHP Troop F

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11 months

This is the other tractor trailer involved, which is being unloaded so it can be towed away.

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2 years

MO Dept. of Health & Senior Services "has not been involved in this analysis," per spox, who says AG appears to be referencing their public dashboard "It's important to note that we do not have school district level specific data" - dashboard refers to geographic areas #moleg

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1 year

If you are not a reporter and frequently park in the Missouri Capitol’s media lot, please know I will discover your identity and publish a damning column about you in the newspaper

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Galen Bacharier

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3 years

You may feel pressured not to post the charcuterie board you made on your Instagram story so as to not oversaturate the charcuterie post market - but please do, I love them and will look at every single one

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Galen Bacharier

@galenbacharier

3 years

Been a bit since I've done this but in light of recent events, Mizzou students & staff - my DMs are open / galenbacharier at gmail if you want to chat Off the record (not quoted/named) until we agree otherwise

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@galenbacharier

8 months

Trump campaign has 3 tailgate spots set up around Jack Trice Stadium for Cy-Hawk this AM. Here's one of them - handing out merch & getting caucus pledge card signatures.

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3 years

Taking in Missouri’s customary 48 Hours of Pleasant Fall Weather

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5 months

Do not EVER fade a Missouri made quarterback playing for a career backup role. You all should know better. The Tigers reign that industry with an iron fist

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2 years

Mike Lindell’s Moment of Truth summit kicking off here in Springfield this morning. Folks have been filing in for the last 2 hours. Everyone I’ve spoken to so far has been from outside of Springfield or MO. Colorado, Idaho, North Carolina.

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2 years

I know it's outdated because I own that website and have graduated college

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3 years

Genesis 1

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@Cardinals Post the audio cowards

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East Campus votes bright and early, folks

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3 years

As the leader of the Resistance to Robot Dogs at Mizzou, I am calling on all of you to rise up and give this dystopian freak the criticism it deserves

SportsCenter

@SportsCenter

3 years

Update: Robots can dance now 😳 (via @mizzouengineer )

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1 year

So long #moleg , and thanks for all the vending machine dinners

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4 years

I just slipped and fell on a wet banana on the sidewalk like a Sunday morning cartoon character

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2 years

Schmitt, in the final days of the primary, said "I don’t endorse him for leadership" re: McConnell as majority leader. Asked today where he was at: "I stand by what I said." #mosen

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3 years

My team just won ITAP trivia this is the greatest day of my life

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1 year

Senate bill that would have banned federal "red flag" laws & dollars dies in committee this AM. Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) cites Nashville school shooting in voting with Democrats. Here's the bill sponsor's reaction. #moleg

Bill Eigel

@BillEigel

1 year

Big victory for Democrats as Republicans join forces with Dems to defeat my SB10 prohibiting red flag laws in Missouri Two Republicans— @MikeCierpiot and @lincolnhough —coordinate and vote to derail in Gen Laws Committee Dark day for supporters of 2A #moleg #stopfeedingtherinos

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4 years

It’s just 2 streams of consciousness side by side and you have to pick which one you listen to and go with it

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2 years

Hey everyone, coming at you live from Missouri’s 3rd congressional district

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1 year

Gannett layoffs coming again Dec. 1-2. Comes a month after the company paused 401k match, froze hiring and required weeklong holiday furloughs for many of its newsrooms. Holidays right around the corner.

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3 years

SnoMo !!

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2 years

If the Oscars promise that going forward there will be at least one physical altercation on stage, I will tune in annually

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3 years

How some of you look tweeting your reporting

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3 years

Thanks for your guidance sir but I think I’ll stick with turkey! Haha!

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3 years

Rise and shine campers it's time to graduate at the crack of dawn

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2 years

The $500k in new spending cut from AG Eric Schmitt's office by Sen. Lincoln Hough stays cut. No discussion from any of the House or Senate members of the budget conference committee. #moleg

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3 years

Hell yes I love this state so much

Rudi Keller

@RudiKellerMI

3 years

5 illegal #gambling machines destroyed in Platte County #moleg

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Galen Bacharier

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2 years

Today (or yesterday? might be yesterday) marks a year for me at the News-Leader - endless thanks to folks who have agreed to talk for a story, read our journalism and/or subscribed to support local reporting in and for the Ozarks & Missouri. Onto election season!

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3 years

Some personal news: I am the TIME 2020 Person of the Year

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3 years

Everyone make sure to facetime Missouri for its birthday today, it’s turning 200 and feeling very sentimental

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3 years

Part of me is grateful my grandparents did not have to live to see the greatest tragedy of their lives be so knowingly and evilly twisted like this by the actively hostile anti-vaxx crowd