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Top US court halts order limiting officials’ contact with social media orgs

The injunction would have barred the administration of President Joe Biden from weighing in on social media content.

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Here’s why this Kansas City Democrat thinks people should have sympathy for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, thinks in most cases any elected official or member of Congress who can’t have sympathy for someone in a situation like former President Donald Trump is pathetic.

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Financial Services Committee to hold four ESG hearings this week

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Citing harm to Missouri, Supreme Court kills Biden’s student loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, as a Missouri-created student loan agency helped six conservative-led states dash the hopes of millions of Americans hoping to be relieved of up to $20,000 of their debt.

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Editorial: Latest Trump audio shows an unstable man-child who belongs nowhere near power

In addition to everything else it reveals, the newly released audio recording of former President Donald Trump showing off sensitive documents to a writer and others neatly encapsulates many of the problematic personality traits that have been on display in various ways since he first burst onto the political scene…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Bombshell" internal docs in SCOTUS case

"Missouri lawsuit is just a partisan hack job aimed at getting the right-wing AG's name in the paper," expert says

Salon

Owning the libs: GOP routs Dems at Congressional Baseball Game

WASHINGTON — The annual Congressional Baseball Game provides a chance for the grown men and women who lead the nation to dress up and play make believe like they’re real-life major leaguers.

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Owning the libs: GOP routs Dems at Congressional Baseball Game - Roll Call

The Republicans beat the Democrats 16-6 in the Congressional Baseball Game, an event raising money for local charities.

Roll Call

Senate Republicans criticize NASA for its climate change and diversity efforts

Following recent diversity and climate change initiatives by NASA, two Senate republicans accused the space agency of straying from its core space exploration mission.

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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft elevated voting conspiracy theories. Now he’s running for governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During his time in the office, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has been willing to acknowledge and elevate those that have promoted conspiracy theories and false claims about elections.

Tribune News Service

US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional

A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws has been struck down as unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Missouri lawmakers back ban on Chinese ownership of land

Entities from China and four other countries could be banned from purchasing land in Missouri under a plan approved by the Missouri House

The Independent UK

Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops?

WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed.

Tribune News Service

Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings

As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court

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Biden nominee was praised for helping free Kevin Strickland. It’s now being used against her

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kate Brubacher’s work to free Kevin Strickland from prison, overturning the longest known wrongful conviction in Missouri history, won her praise in Kansas City. But that work may be slowing down her confirmation to become the U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas.

The Guardian - US

Koch brothers’ advocacy group courts far-right Republicans it vowed to thwart

Americans for Prosperity Action recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election

Tribune News Service

Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation

WASHINGTON — Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was booted from his perch on the powerful Armed Services Committee last month as retribution for delaying the confirmation of numerous Defense Department nominees last year, and for his role in challenging Mitch McConnell’s hold as the chamber’s top Republican, sources tell CQ…

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Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation - Roll Call

Was it retribution or magnanimity? Accounts differ on Missouri Republican Josh Hawley's departure from the desirable Armed Services panel.

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Schmitt denied waiver to serve on Senate Judiciary - Roll Call

Senate Republicans denied newly elected Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri a waiver to serve on the Judiciary Committee.

Reason

How the CDC Became the Speech Police

Secret internal Facebook emails reveal the feds' campaign to pressure social media companies into banning COVID "misinformation."

The Independent UK

Missouri boarding school under investigation will shut down

A Christian boarding school in Missouri that's been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations will close later this month

Tribune News Service

The race for Missouri governor emerges from shadows. Who are the likely candidates?

The first ballots won’t be cast for 20 months, but the Missouri Republican race for governor is rapidly emerging from the shadows.

The Independent UK

Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder before two people confessed to the same killing. Why is he still in prison?

‘This is just a moment I’ve always been waiting for. And I’ve been fighting for over 28 years’

The Independent UK

Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed

A hearing began Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing

The Independent UK

2 plead to misdemeanors in Missouri boarding school case

Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, and the case against a third employee has been dropped

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