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Mother, lawyer, columnist for the Missouri Independent. Other words at KC Star, Pitch KC, Rolling Stone, Rewire, Atlantic, Slate, Ms & Bridgette has a memo. Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/wRH1Qp6qqRzSpWwL5OkqUDLOQrJxnXi6aru2HOnLEkupJ8fkqEpHE6hwl00EwA9D

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Damn.

02.10.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s also baffling because his wife wrote about her postpartum psychosis.

28.09.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would like these people to be asked if they want sex-blind admissions and the disproportionately female campuses that would result.

26.09.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm struggling to contain my anger over the government's handling of the ICE shooting in Dallas - specifically, the refusal to publicly identify three human beings who were killed or seriously wounded

These monsters do everything possible to dehumanize refugees. We can't let them get away with it

25.09.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7905    ๐Ÿ” 2233    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 254    ๐Ÿ“Œ 84

I realized I didn't share a gift link. Please read and share! I know you already know about the refrigerator mother myth,* but most people don't, and I really think it's important context for what's happening here.

*actually you might not! Now you do!

www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...

24.09.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression

ICYMI: Part One of my thoughts on how the โ€œfree speech cultureโ€ movement contributed to the moment of historical censorship www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...

22.09.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 449    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

"how memes become law" post-it note found on my desk and I can't remember if that is something I meant to read or to write

19.09.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got it, thanks for explaining.

19.09.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why not just have citizen volunteers drive the vans?

19.09.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, there have to many lovely Schmitts in the world, but dudeโ€ฆ

16.09.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt openly promoted white supremacism in a public speech โ€ข Missouri Independent Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt suggested true Americans are โ€œthe sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims that poured out from Europeโ€™s shores.โ€

I am grateful to write for a publication that wonโ€™t fire me for calling it as I see it. WP firing Karen Attiah for stating the obvious scares me in a new way.

She was fired for less than what I wrote (which makes me think it was pretextual).

16.09.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bad news, guys!!
The Rep of my gerrymandered district says we canโ€™t be against the new gerrymander anymore- because someone donated $.
Gosh darn it!

16.09.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Onion:

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

The Onion: Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

theonion.com/report-you-t...

16.09.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3618    ๐Ÿ” 705    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?

16.09.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13909    ๐Ÿ” 3410    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 454    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

what took so long?

15.09.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.

15.09.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3956    ๐Ÿ” 1271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, only the government can violate your 1A rights.

However, they have a claim if they can prove this is a pretext to fire non-white people, which Iโ€™m starting to suspect might be happening.

15.09.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt openly promoted white supremacism in a public speech โ€ข Missouri Independent Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt suggested true Americans are โ€œthe sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims that poured out from Europeโ€™s shores.โ€

Me on Sen. Eric Schmittโ€™s racist speech:

15.09.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Independent wins 28 journalism awards in annual Missouri Press contest โ€ข Missouri Independent The Missouri Independent's staff won 28 awards Saturday โ€” including nine first place honors โ€” in the annual Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The Missouri Independentโ€™s staff won 28 awards Saturday โ€” including 10 first place honors โ€” in the annual Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. #moleg #mogov

14.09.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you! ๐Ÿ“Œ

08.09.2025 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m just going to admit my ignorance and lack of bandwidth. How do I do that pin thing so I can come back to the thread?

07.09.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are the one who told someone how to behave.

If weโ€™re all weighing in, my 2 cents is it is fine for a guy to make a joke about how itโ€™s good to be nice without going into the history of coverture.

04.09.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

something that drives me nuts is how legacy media will write that "scholars question legality" of a trump administration action when there is not a shred of evidence that it is in fact legal. it leaves room for the federal government to manufacture a legal justification when literally none exists.

04.09.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3732    ๐Ÿ” 723    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

Sure heโ€™s a weird white nationalist. But when you see Eric Schmitt I want you to remember this:

theappeal.org/missouri-att...

03.09.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 464    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Missouri is not sending our best. Eric Schmitt is trying to out racism Bailey ๐Ÿงต

03.09.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did not know how bad he sounds. I admit, I typically only read the news.

Looked up if he sounded this way at his confirmation hearing - and he did. Is our effing HHS director refusing to see a doctor?

02.09.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had a kid shot and nearly killed in MO for trying to pick up his siblings.

02.09.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What? No, I have not. Who is giving this training?

31.08.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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