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DemJones on Aug 23, 2022 8:01 AM
Progressives must NOT sit out this year's midterm elections! This election is far too important, both for the party and the country. Make sure to get involved these next two months - volunteer at a phone bank, write post cards supporting… See Comments
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Opinion

The He-Man Woman-Hater’s Club

September 17, 2024
When I was in 4th grade, my classmates played a crude game we called “War.” Boys lined up on one side of the playground, girls on the other. At a signal, both sides ran headfirst towards… Read More

Happy Warriors (And Why We Need Them)

September 17, 2024
“Does anybody remember laughter?” So uttered singer Robert Plant during a Led Zeppelin show at Madison Square Garden in 1976. Yes, it’s pretty 70s cringe (as even Plant admits), but… Read More

The Longest Year

September 17, 2024
I was at a gathering recently where several people noted how stressed they were about the upcoming election and wondering how long they could get through another 70 or so days of whatever THIS is. We… Read More

Beware The Coming Shenanigans

September 17, 2024
We’ve been here before. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was in position to beat Donald Trump. The polls looked good. Then, James Comey announced that the FBI was re-opening an investigation into her… Read More

Mass Deportation: The Cruelty Is The Point

September 17, 2024
A big focus of Trump’s campaign, and by extension the Project 2025 agenda he plans to enact, are the immediate deportations of up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. He’s promised that… Read More

The Need for Background Checks on Candidates

July 18, 2024
For almost 250 years, our elected officials have run for office more or less on the “honor system.” The only legal requirements to run include being a natural born citizen, being a… Read More

Won’t Get Fooled Again (Or Will We?)

July 18, 2024
In September of 2016, candidate Hillary Clinton appeared to suffer some kind of health event while campaigning. The media tore into it like a pack of hyenas and pumped out story after story about… Read More

(Way, Way) Back To the Future

July 12, 2024
The conservative members of the Supreme Court have been busy of late with their trebuchet (popular in the 6th century), doing their level-best to launch us back to eras past. It began in 2010 with… Read More
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Missouri Democratic Party Highlights The Stakes Of This Election And The Importance Of Exercising Our Right To Vote To Protect Our Freedoms

September 19, 2024
On National Voter Registration Day, the Missouri Democratic Party highlighted what is at stake this election and how important exercising our right to vote is to protecting our… Read More

MDP Celebrates Successful 11th Annual Truman Dinner

September 16, 2024
On Saturday, Sep 14th evening, the Missouri Democratic Party hosted a sold-out crowd of over 400 supporters for our 11th annual Truman Dinner in St. Louis. Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) fired… Read More

Governor Parson Announces Three Judicial Appointments

From: Missouri Governor Mike Parson
September 13, 2024
Jefferson City - On September 13, 2024, Governor Mike Parson announced judicial appointments to the 16th, 19th, and 24th Judicial Circuits. The Honorable Lauren D. Barrett, of Kansas City, was… Read More

Looking Back: Kehoe’s Bad Voting History Includes Voting To Override A Veto Banning Foreign Land Sales On 9/11

September 12, 2024
In 2013, then-Missouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a GOP bill lifting a near-total ban on foreign ownership of Missouri’s farmland. In September of that year, then-state senator and… Read More

Governor Parson Highlights Successes of 2024 Missouri State Fair

From: Missouri Governor Mike Parson
September 12, 2024
Jefferson City - Governor Mike Parson and Missouri State Fair Director Jason Moore announced today that 345,643 visitors attended the annual State Fair in Sedalia, which was held August 8-18, 2024.… Read More