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April 5, 2012
If You Like Guns, Ted Nugent, Mitt Romney & More Guns, the NRA's Got a Deal for You!
Next weekend, more than 60,000 people are flocking to downtown St. Louis for the 2012 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits! This is a huge deal because, first of all, I will have a tougher time finding a parking spot. Secondly, an important national figure will be present: Ted Nug ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
Senate to Vote on Roy Blunt's Opt-Out Bill for Contraception Coverage
It's nearly March, just six months before the G.O.P. convention, which sounds like a perfect time to celebrate our quadrennial political tradition: culture wars. In Michigan, Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum is telling folks there shouldn't necessarily be a complete separation of churc ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
William Lacy Clay Shares "Most Liberal" Ranking
The public policy magazine National Journal released its annual rankings reflecting the most liberal- and conservative-voting politicians last Friday, and two Missouri lawmakers earned slots that make for interesting discussion. Rep. William Lacy Clay, who represents parts of St. Louis and north S ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Net Worth of Missouri Congressional Delegation Tops $47.9 Million
The Center for Responsive Politics recently released its report on the nation's wealthiest U.S. representatives and senators. No one from Missouri makes its Top 10 list, but that doesn't mean we don't have some worthy contenders. Turns out we actually have some of the richest -- and poorest -- po ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
How Much Does American Crossroads Hate Claire McCaskill?
Watch your back, Claire. They're already out to get you.You may have heard that Claire McCaskill, Missouri's senior senator, is running for re-election in 2012. She doesn't know who her Republican opponent is yet. (Congressman Todd Akin and former state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate S ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Billy Long: Missouri's Tea Party Congressman Has 10th Highest Staff Salary Among Freshmen
Billy Long is a professional auctioneer. So, yes, he knows a thing or two about bidding.He campaigned on a message that the "liberals of this country are bankrupting our country and threatening our values." But the freshman Missouri Congressman who famously noted that the his district was Tea Par ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Roy Blunt Confirms: Osama Bin Laden is Dead
Blunt agrees. Bin Laden is dead.U.S. Senator Roy Blunt yesterday viewed the photos of Osama bin Laden taken after Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida leader this month in Pakistan. In a statement yesterday, Blunt said the pictures leave no doubt. "The pictures were conclusive, along with the DNA evid ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Fox News, Robin Carnahan Settle Lawsuit
An excerpt from the advertisement in question.Three months after the election and nearly five months after it was filed, Fox News and its anchor Chris Wallace have settled a suit against former U.S. Senate contender Robin Carnahan. The network filed the lawsuit in response to a Carnahan' campaign ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
FBI Visits Missouri Blogger Who Opposed Congressman Billy Long
Congressman Billy Long holds the seat long held by now-Senator Roy Blunt.Call it the Tucson effect.Less than a week after a 22-year-old Jared Loughner shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head outside a Tucson supermarket, killing six bystanders and wounding fourteen others, the FBI paid ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Roy Blunt Discovers Social Media
We're not sure how you spent last weekend. But we're pretty sure we know how Roy Blunt spent his. Missouri's newest senator struck upon a "really new approach" to communicating with the masses. Observe:I don't know about you, but I'm a little disappointed that the senator forgot to include MySpace a ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
The 2010 RFT News Challenge
We're not sure how you spent last weekend. But we're pretty sure we know how Roy Blunt spent his. Missouri's newest senator struck upon a "really new approach" to communicating with the masses. Observe:I don't know about you, but I'm a little disappointed that the senator forgot to include MySpace a ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Dead. How Did Our Congresspeople Vote?
Unless you've been hiding out under a rock, you probably heard that Saturday, the Senate followed the House in voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." DADT, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was meant to be a compromise on allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers to serve in ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Roy Blunt Dubbed "Senator Earmark" By The Wall Street Journal
"Did somebody say earmark?"Robin Carnahan tried for months to convince Missouri voters that Roy Blunt is a "Washington insider" whose long and cozy history with lobbyists for big tobacco, big oil and other big bad industries made him unfit for office.The strategy, of course, failed miserably. Blu ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Voting Maps Show Political Divide in Missouri; St. Louis and Kansas City vs. Everyone Else
If you need anymore convincing that the people of St. Louis and Kansas City have nothing in common -- politically -- with their fellow Missourians, consider these election results....In the race for U.S. Senate, Democrat Robin Carnahan won only three regions in Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis and S ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Roy Blunt Disses Fox Television Reporter
"Aw, shucks. I thought she was with CNN."Senate hopeful Roy Blunt seems to have forgotten that Fox television is his friend. After all, Fox News is suing his Democratic challenger Robin Carnahan over a commercial that ties Blunt to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and questions Blunt's romance wi ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Senate Debate: Carnahan Goes for the Jugular; Blunt Dons His Teflon Suit and Counterattacks
Robin Carnahan wasted no time going after her Republican opponent, Roy Blunt, in the first face-off between the two candidates yesterday. Sporting an aqua-marine blouse, Carnahan leaned on the dais during her two-minute opening statement and blasted Blunt with allegations made in her campaign ads ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Political Drinking: Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt Debate Tonight
Senatorial hopefuls Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt will square off tonight in Kansas City and again tomorrow at Lake of the Go Carts. Only tonight's debate will be televised -- 9 p.m. on KETC Channel 9.So, what to look for in tonight's debate? Political blogger John Combest has a few ideas. This mo ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Congressman Todd Akin Skipping League of Women Voters' Debate
Congresswoman JoAnn Emerson of Cape Girardeau debated her Democratic challenger, Tommy Sowers, last night. And Charlie Dooley, the St. Louis County Executive, is debating his challenger, Republican Bill Corrigan, Thursday.Todd Akin gives the League of Women Voters the runaround.But Congressman To ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Pupocalypse Now?: Local Blogger Imagines Disastrous Repercussions of Prop B
What horrible fate lies ahead for this little pup?We've got less than a month to go till Election Day now, when Missourians will go to the polls and determine the fates of Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, Ed Martin and thousands of puppies. If Prop B, officially known as the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prev ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
RNC For Life Abortion Scorecard Released
Raped? Too bad, says Schlafly.National Congressional candidates -- including plenty in Missouri -- who think women who've been raped should be forced to carry their pregnancies to term have earned money and plaudits from heavy-hitting local conservatives. The Alton, Illinois, based Republican Nat ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Slate Debunks the Fox News Lawsuit Against Robin Carnahan
To be blunt, Fox is full of it.From being represented by a law firm with ties to Republican Roy Blunt to using copyright law for the purpose of political censorship, earlier today Slate published a thorough take-down of Fox News and their "bogus" lawsuit against Robin Carnahan, Missouri's Democra ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Poll Suggests Robin Carnahan is Closing the Gap vs. Roy Blunt; Is Fox News to Thank?
Carnahan never looks a Fox News gift horse in the mouth.First a caveat, the following poll was conducted at the behest of the Missouri Democratic Party. Assuming, then, that their pollsters got it right, Democratic candidate Robin Carnahan is now neck-and-neck with her Republican rival Roy Blunt ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Rupert Murdoch: Ass Clown of the Week
Murdoch: A new feather in his cap, Ass Clown.It wasn't even close. Rupert Murdoch collected three times as many votes as any other candidate this weekend to earn him the title of Daily RFT Ass Clown of the Week. Sixty percent of voters thought the media mogul worthy of the honor after his Fox New ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Ass Clown of the Week: Stupid Criminals and Rupert Murdoch
That time of the week again! Time to vote for this week's local Ass Clown. And the nominees...1. Scott Schwartz: The St. Charles man who chased two dumpster-divers from his apartment complex with a Ninja sword and stabbed the dashboard of their pickup truck as they tried to drive away. 2. Hunks: ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Fox News Sues Robin Carnahan Over Campaign Commercial
Excerpt from the Fox News interview.Saying that a campaign advertisement compromises its "apparent objectivity," Fox News yesterday filed suit against Robin Carnahan's senate campaign over a commercial that uses footage taken from the broadcaster.The lawsuit stems from an interview Congressman Ro ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
FiveThirtyEight and NYT: Polls Indicate Robin Carnahan is Totally Screwed
Image viaNo Horsing Around: Carnahan needs a miracle to beat Blunt.To the untrained eye, the race for Missouri's senate seat between Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt looks like a toss-up. A tenacious battle between a longtime Republican congressman with a carefully crafted aw-shucks demeanor an ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Blunt and Bond: Religous Freedom Doesn't Apply For Mosque Near Ground Zero
Image viaAn abandoned Burlington Coat Factory near Ground Zero? That's just wrong.Campaigning yesterday in Kansas City, Republican senate candidate Roy Blunt told reporters that he opposes a plan to build a mosque two blocks away from "Ground Zero" in New York."We constantly talk about what's app ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Missouri Tea Party Suffers (Roy) Blunt Trauma in Primary
Image viaLet's be Blunt -- the Tea Party didn't stand a chance.The tea baggers don't mince words when it comes to Roy Blunt. Before yesterday's primary, a coalition of more than two dozen Missouri Tea Party organizations called the longtime Republican congressman "a career politician and Washingt ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Missouri Democratic Party Files Complaint vs. Joe the Plumber, But Why?
So, I'm a little late to the game here. The reason? I just can't get my head around the latest political skirmish pitting the Missouri Democratic Party against Joe the Plumber and G.O.P. Senate hopeful Chuck Purgason. Purgason, something of Tea Party extremist (though grudgingly appreciated here ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Tea Party Groups to Protest Roy Blunt Tomorrow in St. Louis
A coalition of Tea Party groups plan to picket tomorrow in Sunset Hills near the Republican Party's St. Louis headquarters. The groups say they're protesting Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's decision to come to Missouri to stump for Senate candidate Roy Blunt. Bachmann is seen as somet ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Tea Party Groups Do NOT Endorse Roy Blunt; Say He's Part of Problem
Mo. Tea Parties put it Blunt-ly.Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, a darling of the Tea Party movement, is headed to Missouri this week to lend her support to Republican candidate for Senate, Roy Blunt. And that has some 28 Tea Party groups in Missouri calling foul. In a letter posted onl ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Roy Blunt: Campaigning in Missouri in Rented Pickup Truck
Blunt: So much for the low profile.Hey, it worked for Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Of course, the pickup truck Brown drove to his Senate victory -- his 2005 GMC with 200,000 miles on it -- was his own. The pickup that Roy Blunt has been seen driving while campaigning in Missouri is reportedly a ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Obama Visits Missouri Tomorrow to Talk Biofuels and Blunt vs. Carnahan
Image sourceAt least one Missourian knows how to welcome the POTUS with open arms.Q: How does the Show-Me State welcome the President of the United States?A: By filing a federal lawsuit challenging the health care legislation that currently stands as the crowning achievement of his first term in ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Jack Abramoff: Now Flipping Pizzas Instead of Votes
Shamed and prosecuted former uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is working with a new kind of dough these days. That's right, instead of rolling out questionable gifts and incentives to lawmakers, Abramoff is now involved in business scheme even more yeasty than his congressional dealings: a kosher pizz ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Karl Rove Swinging Through Missouri Today in Support of Roy Blunt
Republican strategist Karl Rove was in St. Charles this morning for a $500 per-plate breakfast in support of Congressman Roy Blunt and his campaign for Senate. For $2,400 attendees got the privilege of sitting near Rove. For a mere $1,000 they could get their picture taken with George W. Bush's t ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
U.S. Senate Election 2010: Roy Blunt Leading Robin Carnahan by 6 Points
Roy Blunt continues to hang on to his lead to be Missouri's next U.S. Senator.In a race almost certain to attract widespread national attention later this year, Republican Rep. Roy Blunt continues to lead Democrat Robin Carnahan in the Missouri Senate contest, according to the latest Rasmu ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Here's A New One: Child Molester for Mayor!
The Show-Me State embraces diversity when it comes to elected officials -- or the candidates, anyway. Who doesn't remember Midge Potts, the transgender war activist who lost to Roy Blunt in the 2006 Congressionals (and is now trying to beat him to Kit Bond's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat)?Still. Thi ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
How They Voted on Health Care: Missouri and St. Louis Area Representatives
Todd Akin: Health care reform = fightin' words.Updated 10:00 a.m. The health care reform bill passed the House of Representatives last night with a 219 to 212 vote. No Republicans supported the measure. Thirty four Democrats also voted no, including Missouri rep Ike Skelton.The bill now heads to ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Ass Clown of the Week: Roy Blunt
To be blunt about it, readers consider him an ass. The results are in, and in the closest tally in Daily RFT "Ass Clown" history, this week's title goes to Missouri congressman (and senate hopeful) Roy Blunt. Question is: Will Blunt be "honored" by the recognition?Blunt won 33 percent of the vote ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Ass Clown of the Week: Radical Right-Wing Edition!
Which ass gets the hat?Perhaps it was the presence in the Show-Me State this week of that good-fer-nothin', socialist Barack Obama, or maybe it was just that their haldol injections were wearing off. Whatever the case, Missouri's right-wing extremists were tripping over themselves this week for r ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Roy Blunt "Proud" To Be On Environmentalist's Dirty Dozen List
Image Via Lee Marvin does not approve of Roy Blunt's environmental voting recordThe League of Conservation Voters released its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of U.S. lawmakers who consistently vote against clean energy and the environment yesterday and Missouri's Roy Blunt was among the dirtiest.The g ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
How St. Louis Area Congressmen Voted on Last Week's Hate Crime Bill
Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998 and an inspiration for the revised hate-crimes law.You've probably heard by now how the House of Representatives passed a measure last week that broadens the definition of a "hate crime" to include incidents committed because of the ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Photo ID Voting Requirement Rears Its Partisan Head -- Again
flickr.com/photos/christhedunn Robin Carnahan says a photo ID requirement will disenfranchise thousands of votersIf there is but one issue Secretary of State Robin Carnahan would like to take off the table and wish into the cornfield, it is the requirement that voters show photo ide ... More >>
Music
January 14, 2009
Anarchy in the Ozarks: Who'd have guessed there used to be a hardcore punk scene in the backwaters of Missouri?
flickr.com/photos/christhedunn Robin Carnahan says a photo ID requirement will disenfranchise thousands of votersIf there is but one issue Secretary of State Robin Carnahan would like to take off the table and wish into the cornfield, it is the requirement that voters show photo ide ... More >>
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June 4, 2008
How Congress Rolls: Our lawmakers drive gas guzzlers — and guess who's paying for it?
flickr.com/photos/christhedunn Robin Carnahan says a photo ID requirement will disenfranchise thousands of votersIf there is but one issue Secretary of State Robin Carnahan would like to take off the table and wish into the cornfield, it is the requirement that voters show photo ide ... More >>
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December 28, 2005
Unreal News Challenge 2005!
Time again to take the year-end quiz
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December 31, 2003
Know News?
The year in review: A quiz (For answers, see last page)
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April 24, 2002
Dead Man Voting
St. Louis elections are a national joke. Trouble is, it's not funny anymore.
News
October 3, 2001
The Ethics Omission
Enforcers of Missouri's campaign-finance laws would rather hide than seek.
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