YOU WONT BELIEVE: 104 - What They Never Told You

Editorial: Child vaccination is the responsible choice, for the children and society

As of this week, parents in all but one state in the U.S. will be able to obtain vaccination against the coronavirus for children under 5 to as young as 6 months. Florida, as usual, remains an outlier, with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis putting his political ambitions above the health…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 22, 2022

Navy: Eric Greitens is no longer with the Navy Reserve or the Department of the Navy

WASHINGTON — In a fundraising video for his U.S. Senate campaign released Monday, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens held a pump-action shotgun and introduced himself as a Navy SEAL. The video then showed him joining a group of men in tactical gear who broke into an empty house to hunt…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2022

EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with 'RINO hunting' video

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

As police condemn ad, Greitens says ‘normal’ people know RINO-hunting ad is metaphor

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Tuesday an ad released by his U.S. Senate campaign depicting him, shotgun in hand, hunting “RINOS” (Republicans in name only) was a metaphor that every “normal person” understood.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Jan. 6 committee counsel urged to run for Missouri Senate seat

Establishment Republicans fear the party's nominee will be former Gov. Eric Greitens.

Axios · Jun 21, 2022

Editorial: Executive orders aren't ideal, but post-Roe, they may be women's only defense

The Biden administration reportedly is considering using executive orders to protect women whose right to abortion may soon be eliminated in Republican states like Missouri, if and when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Presidential over-use of these unilateral orders has long been a legitimate concern, but if…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 21, 2022

Editorial: Hunting humans: Ludicrous Eric Greitens hits a new low targeting fellow Republicans

Missourians have long been accustomed to boorish behavior from Eric Greitens, the disgraced former governor credibly accused of tying up and forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him, in addition to charges of major campaign finance violations. He resigned in dishonor after those allegations surfaced. Later, his ex-wife…

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Greitens denounced for "RINO-hunting" ad

"Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit," says Eric Greitens in campaign ad featuring military-style raid

Salon · Jun 21, 2022

Trump ally’s Senate campaign video blocked on social media

Facebook says the ad violates its policies on violence and incitement while Twitter blocked the video from being shared.

Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2022

Missouri Senate candidate Greitens puts out gun-toting video that depicts him hunting members of his own party

WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens put out a video Monday that showed him and a group of men in tactical gear with guns hunting Republicans who they do not deem adequately conservative, ramping up the war-like messaging of his campaign for U.S. Senate.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2022