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A Democrat in Rural Missouri. Retired medical coder. A soon to be obsolete profession. Diehard STL Cardinal fan. AZ can keep the other, angry Redbirds.
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just like with the lawsuit that destroyed gawker, the media is largely silent defending their colleagues and rights because some of the most important people in the media are conservatives first and journalists a distant second, and this is a huge win for conservatives.

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WTF, @msnbc.com.web.brid.gy . Really messed up. Do you really think there's a chance he'll do a debate? What morons. Air the show and quit coddling trump.

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Today, Devlin Barrett starts at NYT. He has a history (Hunter Biden, Igor Danchenko, Clinton Foundation) of posting October Surprise stories from right wing lawmakers that end up being overblown once we see the evidence, years later.

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We have a new rescue. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we'd end up with a standard poodle. What a sweetheart. We think she had never had a haircut. 18 months old. Rescued 5 dogs, 8 rabbits and one old cat from an 82 yr old local pet and junk hoarder. Dozens of feral cats still there.

Newly shaved standard black poodle lying next to her water bowl
The filthy pen she spent her life in.
Before the shave. She let me cut those cords around her mouth right away. She could not eat or drink without them in her mouth.
The mats went from head to toe. Decayed bedding was woven throughout.  She was so good and patient. It had to hurt. The inside of her ears were even matted.
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It really sucks that some people just throw their right to vote away. Missouri might not go blue in my lifetime, but purple like we used to be is a possibility. But not if we all stay home because it's currently red. Missouri's republican super majority state legislature needs to be broken first.

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We know our stories can be long! Recently, we introduced a new feature embedded at the top of some of our stories. These reporting highlights are written by our editors and reporters so you can quickly get the gist of an investigation. Here's an example ⤵️

Reporting Highlights

A Desperate Move: After a failed bond deal, a Wisconsin tribe faced financial ruin — so it turned to high-interest lending, relying on its sovereign rights to avoid state rate caps.

Questionable Partnerships: Many of the day-to-day lending operations are conducted far away from the reservation by nontribal partners, who benefit from the lucrative business model. 

Legal Troubles: A borrower in bankruptcy sued the tribe and its business partners for failing to halt collection efforts, in a case that resulted in a decision with big implications.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on thsi story. Were they helpful?
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So I have two volumes of my grandfather's diaries written in very tiny print. This first one covers 1952-1961. Looks like I spent the night in 1958.

Leather book with a photo of the Alamo dated 1952.
My grandfather was a Brown Shie executive.  He used an Executive Record and travel guide as a diary. Each day has 10 years of notes in very small print. He always notes the temperatures as well. Lots of golf, family visits, church and dr.visits. Things that only a handful of us can remember. In 1958, when I'm mentioned he would've been 58 and I was 2. "Finished dog houses-went after the dogs.Bot Chinese Holly & something I can't make out at Sears. Took dogs got up covey of quail. Pat very excited. Nor brot Coralie and girls out. They stayed all night." Pat was an English Setter.
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Lholtt
@lholtt.bsky.social
A Democrat in Rural Missouri. Retired medical coder. A soon to be obsolete profession. Diehard STL Cardinal fan. AZ can keep the other, angry Redbirds.
40 followers160 following143 posts