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4 years
Snark in my in-box: "It’s been awhile since Josh Hawley has run for anything. I expect him to announce for Blunt’s seat soon..."
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dave drebes
3 years
I'll just take a moment to mention that there is no actual metric by which agriculture is MO's " #1 industry," not by sales, or employees, or exports, or anything. It's just not.
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dave drebes
2 years
Reminder…
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dave drebes
3 years
South City for Ukraine!
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dave drebes
3 years
After some deliberation, @PeterforMO has filed for re-election. It'll be his 4th term.
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dave drebes
4 years
"Irregardless" So embarrassing for our state.
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dave drebes
4 years
New high in hospitalizations
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dave drebes
3 years
MOGOP has denied avowed antisemite Steve West’s filing fee, preventing him from running for state representative.
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dave drebes
3 years
In-box: Scott Sifton Withdraws from U.S. Senate Race; Endorses Trudy Busch Valentine
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dave drebes
3 years
Someone needs to throw up the batsignal for the Senate Women to swoop in and save the day/week.
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dave drebes
2 years
I love Reese’s but do we need a dozen variations on its greatness?
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dave drebes
6 years
I can't believe we're at the point where I'm the watchdog of journalism, but... shouldn't a news story have at least ONE source? Even if it's anonymous, don't you still need one?
@ScottCharton
Scott Charton
6 years
This is the ⁦ @ZimmerRadio ⁩ Group conservative news-talk station in deep-red Joplin, Missourah. They seem to be on top of things. #mosen
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dave drebes
4 years
PSA: Unemployment rates right now are terrible indicators. From the MO jobs report: "The over-the-month drop is due in part to the unemployed workers exhausting their Unemployment Insurance benefits and leaving the labor market."
@GovParsonMO
Governor Mike Parson
4 years
GOOD NEWS: Missouri’s unemployment rate has dropped from 10.2% in April down to 4.9% in September!
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dave drebes
2 years
@stlouist Protest satire.
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dave drebes
4 years
I'm guessing @Eric_Schmitt website will have a lot of family photos.
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dave drebes
3 years
Despite having safe, effective vaccines available for months, we have more folks in the hospital with COVID now than a year ago. Totally unnecessary health and economic toll.
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dave drebes
3 years
I can’t believe he’s still talking about the “four pillars” WTF!!!! Vaccinate! I know it’s not one of the “pillars” but maybe you switch up the “pillars” as things change.
@GovParsonMO
Governor Mike Parson
3 years
COVID-19 cases have been increasing in Missouri and across the Midwest, fueled largely by the Delta variant. Since the very beginning we have followed the four pillars of our #ShowMeStrong Recovery Plan - PPE, Testing, Hospital Capacity, and Data.
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dave drebes
3 years
Who needs the US Supreme Court when you have the MO House of Reps?
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dave drebes
3 years
Time to reopen Senate coffee closet!
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dave drebes
2 years
My daughter turns 17 today. Amazing...
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dave drebes
3 years
I think this is a terrible messaging idea. 100% of focus, attention and effort should be on vaccination. Masking amounts to a messaging distraction.
@MoFoundHealth
Missouri Foundation for Health
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"The St. Louis area hospitals task force is asking everyone, even those who are vaccinated, to return to wearing masks in public places."
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dave drebes
3 years
"Could everyone keep it down, the senators can't hear themselves insult each other."
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dave drebes
3 years
Agriculture is NOT our #1 industry. Can we please stop saying that? It's nowhere near our biggest industry.
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dave drebes
2 years
Democratic dream = Final week of session and Republicans are arguing with Republicans about who's to blame for wasting time this session.
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dave drebes
3 years
Amazing they haven’t deleted this tweet yet.
@GovParsonMO
Governor Mike Parson
3 years
We will not rest until we clearly understand the intentions of this individual and why they were targeting Missouri teachers.
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dave drebes
6 years
Resolution to authorize "the Special Investigative Committee on Oversight to introduce articles of impeachment against Gov. Eric Greitens upon a finding of good cause" filed.
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dave drebes
2 years
@alexiszotos Rule #1 for any assessor: make sure the tax bill arrives the Thursday AFTER the election.
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dave drebes
2 years
I know I'm late with this.
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dave drebes
4 years
Parson won't recognize Missouri Independent as a legit news source???
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dave drebes
3 years
@s_webber same intern may have to rip them off in a month.
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dave drebes
3 years
Adding this to my "Hawley demands resignation" spreadsheet... Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense. Mark Milley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joe Biden, President. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID.
@HawleyMO
Josh Hawley
3 years
Merrick Garland mobilized the FBI to intimidate parents without legal basis and, we now know, premised on misinformation he didn’t bother to verify. It was a dangerous abuse of authority that has badly compromised the Justice Dept’s integrity and Garland’s. He should resign.
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dave drebes
2 years
@eyokley always embed Eli, always embed.
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dave drebes
7 months
Dems not letting Sarah Unsicker file in their party.
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dave drebes
8 years
I'm a lucky person. I love my job.
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dave drebes
4 years
After stay-at-home order and mandatory curfew, a severe thunderstorm warning just isn't what it used to be.
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dave drebes
3 years
Sounds like Senate will be rolling out new congressional map this afternoon. Supposed to convene at 2pm. So definitely be there by 3:30 if you don’t want to miss anything.
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dave drebes
6 years
"The governor has lost the moral authority and the ability to lead the state going forward. The governor should resign immediately for the good of the state, but more importantly, for the good of his family. " Sen. Kehoe
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dave drebes
6 years
call the alderwoman
@SarahWMartin
Sarah Wood Martin
6 years
Does one call the non emergency or emergency number when someone steals our brisket out of the smoker tonight?
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dave drebes
4 years
MO passes the 10% mark in pop vaccinations. The criticism over distribution is legitimate, but don't let it overshadow the great news: COVID deaths are clearly in decline, and will continue to drop from here. Stick with it everyone, we're getting there!
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dave drebes
2 years
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dave drebes
4 years
Not a bad idea.
@ossoff
Jon Ossoff
4 years
Ban Senators from trading individual stocks. Period.
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dave drebes
4 years
Nice speech by @RoyBluntMO
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dave drebes
4 years
Speaker @RobVescovo calls for Rep. Derges to resign following her indictment earlier this week.
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dave drebes
6 years
Been waiting ten years for someone to find the right adjective.
@JeffSmithMO
Jeff Smith
6 years
The indefatigable @missouriscout breaks big news this a.m.: Russ Carnahan may be considering a 2020 MO gubernatorial run.
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dave drebes
2 years
Once more with feeling: Agriculture is not our largest industry. (Honestly not even top ten, )
@EmilyManleyTV
Emily Manley
2 years
. @GovParsonMO recognizes @USRepLong and @VickyHartzlerMO for what they have done for the state’s largest industry. “They ran for higher office, but it didn’t work out. I want to recognize them for what they have done for agriculture in the state.” #moleg
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dave drebes
3 years
shit's getting real on senate floor.
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dave drebes
6 years
The mighty Rosenbaum's tireless crusade to inform...
@jrosenbaum
Jason Rosenbaum
6 years
Except lawmakers don’t draw their own state legislative districts in Missouri and Clean MO has nothing to do with congressional districts as is insinuated in this piece.
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dave drebes
4 years
Quick math reminder: If something goes down 33%, going up 33% doesn't bring it back to even. It needs to go up 50% to get back to even.
@RGreggKeller
Gregg Keller
4 years
3rd quarter GDP estimates are running in the 27-35% range(!) and will be released 5 days before the election.
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dave drebes
4 years
“I guess no one’s paying attention to signs anymore”
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dave drebes
7 years
hey that's copyrighted material you're reprinted!
@BrianJGrace
Brian Grace
7 years
It’s a big birthday weekend for Robert Corneo! @CornejoForMO @missouriscout
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dave drebes
3 years
we need to probably take a breath...
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dave drebes
2 years
too early?
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dave drebes
3 years
@JesseLawder yes it's #1 in our hearts. I'm OK with that.
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dave drebes
6 years
PEOPLE - whenever you say "Missouri Scout" follow immediately with the url so people can subscribe:
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dave drebes
5 years
Missouri Supreme Court upholds Pearson's appointment of Lieutenant Governor.
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dave drebes
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dave drebes
6 years
New MOScout website sitting at because my tech guru can't contain his millennial irony.
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dave drebes
4 years
this is a pretty crazy hearing.
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dave drebes
5 years
What worries me isn't the $1T deficits. It's that nobody's worried.
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dave drebes
4 years
there's nothing the kids can't do if they set their minds to it.
@IvanTheK
Ivan the K™
4 years
The cinematography is the real winner here.
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dave drebes
3 years
Love this update from my son's school... "This unit focuses on identifying parts of an argument and evaluating evidence, and coming to conclusions of their own. They have voted to examine one conspiracy theory this week, and the winner is . . . flat Earth theory!"
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dave drebes
4 years
Ha! 5% positivity!? Get that baby up to 20% then MAYBE we'll talk.
@NateSilver538
Nate Silver
4 years
Useful dashboard of which regions are having the most problems in New York State. Western NY has done very well throughout the pandemic but is up to 5% positivity now.
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dave drebes
4 years
Once more, DHSS daily COVID death numbers understate the true number of people dying. They say 104 have died in the past 7 days. There is a 100% chance that is low. This is because there's a lag between the death and the reporting of the death.
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dave drebes
3 years
beautiful.
@STLpubLibrary
St. Louis Public Library
3 years
St. Louis city, county libraries to integrate catalogs, totaling 5 million items
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dave drebes
8 years
Shout-out (kind of) on the Senate floor... "I do not read the Missouri Scout." - Sen. Brown.
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dave drebes
4 years
Terrible. Sue all you want, but don't delay the transition work.
@andrewrsorkin
Andrew Ross Sorkin
4 years
With the pandemic still raging, the Trump administration’s COVID Task Force will NOT work with the Biden transition team yet, according to @SecAzar
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dave drebes
2 years
@jrosenbaum now hang on. In the morning you download the Twitter app, and then an hour or two later you delete. And you do this every morning?
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dave drebes
5 years
Don't need incentives if you have workforce...
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dave drebes
4 years
At some point, this will stop surprising me....
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dave drebes
2 years
Number of Missourians working in agriculture is about equal to number of Missourians working in gas stations. Source: Missouri Economic Research and Information Center.
@EmilyManleyTV
Emily Manley
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. @GovParsonMO recognizes @USRepLong and @VickyHartzlerMO for what they have done for the state’s largest industry. “They ran for higher office, but it didn’t work out. I want to recognize them for what they have done for agriculture in the state.” #moleg
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dave drebes
3 years
John Brunner, son of that John Brunner, is filing to run for House 101 where Rep. Derek Grier withdrew this morning.
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dave drebes
2 years
@STLDanni @saintlouismayor Grand is insane. I'm in Tower Grove Park most mornings, As I walk home I see cars run red lights pretty much happens every morning. Our kids walked to SMOS and they knew regardless of what the light says, you beware of cars. The lights mean nothing.
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dave drebes
4 years
By following the numbers each day, it's clear COVID deaths in Missouri are climbing. But the way it's presented on the DHSS "dashboard," they say the trend in deaths is downward. To put it kindly, that is misleading.
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dave drebes
3 years
doesn't @jeanieriddle make you think we need more women in the Senate?
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dave drebes
4 years
The pardon list is presumably getting longer today, huh?
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dave drebes
4 years
I think this means the gentrification of my block is now complete...
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dave drebes
3 years
@sarahfenske Down on South Grand, we're still mourning Mangia. lve that the space is being filled with two great restaurants now, but that was where our kids graduated from kids menu to adult menu. Forever our family's place.
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dave drebes
4 years
How did I miss that Al Watkins was his lawyer...
@KurtEricksonPD
KurtEricksonPD
4 years
St. Louis lawyer for U.S. Capitol rioter says Trump should pardon him | Law and order |
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dave drebes
5 years
I love my neighborhood. @SouthGrandSTL Carry-out beer from @ASTLComics yesterday, some carry-out books from Dunaway, and tonight's meal from @Mangia_STL .
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dave drebes
3 years
you think?
@Collider
Collider
3 years
J.J. Abrams acknowledges it probably would have been better if they had approached the #StarWars sequel trilogy with a plan:
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dave drebes
3 years
First time, I think, I've ever been cited as a source in an FEC complaint.
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dave drebes
4 years
The actual report is here: Seasonally adjusted employment actually fell from last month. Few people working. It's just that even more people left the labor market, so the rate goes down.
@GovParsonMO
Governor Mike Parson
4 years
GOOD NEWS: Missouri’s unemployment rate has dropped from 10.2% in April down to 4.9% in September!
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dave drebes
3 years
Looking for lunch plans? I'm at Gramophone, Noon - 2PM today. Grab a delicious sandwich while and hear me bang the piano.
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dave drebes
6 years
Reminder to free market conservatives: we don't want the government telling businesses where to deploy their capital. “They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday.
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dave drebes
3 years
Don't call it an emergency but... DHSS "is granting variance requests for extending waivers of rules under 19 CSR 30-21 authorized during the State of Emergency that allow regulatory flexibility for expanded bed capacity to Missouri hospitals and health care partners..."
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dave drebes
3 years
Starting this on Monday. Gonna be a long week. #1 in our hearts, but... Farming, Fishing, Forestry = 5,780 jobs
@GovParsonMO
Governor Mike Parson
3 years
With nearly $94 billion in economic impact and nearly 460,000 jobs, Missouri is an agriculture state. As a third-generation farmer, you can rest assured that agriculture will always remain a top priority for my administration.
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dave drebes
4 years
I didn’t think I could still be shocked.
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dave drebes
3 years
repeating because it was just repeated....
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dave drebes
3 years
Agriculture is NOT our #1 industry. Can we please stop saying that? It's nowhere near our biggest industry.
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dave drebes
1 year
@EmilyManleyTV @realmikemoon Fwiw, it’s an anti-vax book.
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dave drebes
2 years
Feels like election night training to be constantly clicking refresh on the MEC page.
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dave drebes
5 years
this game. no bogus penalty calls. just hockey.
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dave drebes
8 years
JFlo preps comeback. @JFloridastl starts campaign committee to run for Alderman,15th ward. @RepMikeColona is her treasurer.
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dave drebes
3 years
Look who's flexing... "Acting Governor Kehoe Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff"
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dave drebes
2 years
We live in strange times
@BryanLowry3
Bryan Lowry
2 years
Trump endorses “ERIC” without saying whether it’s Greitens or Schmitt. A truly bizarre ending to the battle of Erics.
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dave drebes
4 years
I don't think we'll be "back to normal" until 2022 though because this summer won't be normal. It'll be one big party.
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dave drebes
3 years
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