Far from me to besmirch journalists with conservative praise, but to paraphrase
@sc
(Jay-Z):
If he ain’t better than
@jmannies
… he’s the closest one.
Rarely been a reporter this good for this long.
#moleg
👇
On this day in 2006: I became a professional journalist after being hired as a state government and politics reporter for the
@columbiatribune
.
Thanks for listening and reading.
I have absolutely no idea what is happening to my Twitter. My only connection to Nicki is once I was in a French Connection in Vegas and tried on a coat and the sales associate told me Nicki wore it to court the day before. Of course I bought it right then, I still have it, and
333.
That’s the number of times my favorite
#moleg
reporter
@jmannies
RTed/reposted a link with the caption “FYI …” or “FYI just for discussion.” 333 times in December 2023 alone.
So as a New Year’s homage to Jo, I’m presenting GIF gifts to save her > 4k captions next year. 🧵
Kaylee was brutally killed.
@AGAndrewBailey
I EXPECT you to charge the killer with First Degree Murder, and everyone else as an adult for Aiding and Abetting.
I call for the resignation of Representative
@RepCori
for defunding the Police, and
@CityofHazelwood
Mayor Matthew
@EthanSchmish
You don’t. The same people blathering on CNBC about “price to book ratio” and “valuation” today would have gotten your retirement account smoked the last year.
Follow
@Hedgeye
@KeithMcCullough
to see what’s really going on.
I stand corrected!
A good time to note that
@ec_stephens
takes the time to respond to reader feedback, even the sarcastic know-it-all variety from me. Imagine if all newsroom leaders were as gracious.
#journalism
@AP4Liberty
@RareCamellia
X%: well-developed ideology about the size and scope of government
Y%: still mad that Chad never texted the next day
Z%: want government to fill the figure she lacks in her life: strong, authoritative, puts her in her place
I love how everyone just assumes she's chewing his ass out over something typical of a GF-BF, when she's definitely just saying, "You will never do a Bud Light or Pfizer commercial ever again!"
#Queen
Missouri’s political news headlines for May 26, 2023:
🇺🇸
@MOFarmBureau
on WOTUS
🇺🇸 Winners of ‘23
#moleg
session
🎯🆗
@stlpublicradio
“targeting” update, plus “queer ballroom legends”
🙌🏆 Mayor: boys free to compete in girls’ sports
Happy Friday!
Congrats to
@TonyForMissouri
, promoted from state senator to state rep, per today’s
@kcstar
“Service Journalism Team”
@kynalap
#moleg
coverage.
Upside: no more late-night filibusters! 🗣😴
Downside: new House office too small for Truman to play. 🐾
#journalism
“Thank you Mr. Combest. As usual, we made the correction immediately after seeing your tweet.
“This time, however, we are choosing to overcome our egos and actually acknowledge reader feedback. We appreciate you and every other
@KCStar
reader.”
Awww!
#journalism
Alabama’s Camellia Bowl is not to be confused w/Missouri’s yearlong
@RareCamellia
Bowl, in which men banter on Twitter w/memes & punchlines before Camellia Peterson shows up to interject facts & policy discussions.
In her defense
@RareCamellia
draws higher ratings.
@AP4Liberty
“Improve your process. Don’t get mad at me, and if you do, I’m actually kinda happy about that, because I’ll make you a better player. Some of the best players get mad at the coach, because the coach is telling the truth.” -
@elijahhaahr
doppelgänger
@KeithMcCullough
@Hedgeye
On this day in 2005,
@MattBlunt
was sworn in as Missouri’s governor.
Video cameos from your favorite 2022
#moleg
lobbyists, retirees and (still) elected officials 17 years younger.
#mogov
#mosen
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner announced Thursday that, after weeks of blistering pressure from Missouri lawmakers, she would indeed resign, effective June 1.
Missouri’s political news headlines for Sunday, April 14, 2024:
🇺🇸
@Eric_Schmitt
on DEI
🥰
@KCStar
hero series: young urbanite promotes gimmick legislation
🙌 School district SJW quits; 2024
#moleg
state rep runner up (D) credits conservatives
Your favorite candidates for
#moleg
and statewide office report $$$ numbers tomorrow. Did they do the work in Q4, or are they going to run “a grassroots campaign?” 🙄
Teaser on X, full clip here: Missouri political campaign fundraising 2024 via
@YouTube
The Lazy Incumbent Election Night Prayer 🙏
Dear God,
I know I spent two years in the
#moleg
majority just taking up space. But if you reelect me tonight I promise to actually raise money this time so I don’t have to get bailed out by HRCC and outside groups in 2024.
Amen.
Missouri’s political news headlines for Sun. 9/3/23:
✊🏻🥀 “Democratic Socialists” cheer Starbucks unionization
🚫
@MOREALTORS
on ‘24 ballot measure
😾 Coven leader “will never forgive or forget” when
@GovParsonMO
“went gleefully wild with his veto pen”
Missouri’s political news headlines for Tuesday, August 22, 2023:
💻 USDA broadband $
⛹🏻♀️🏊♀️
#moleg
protections for female athletes at risk
🇨🇳😷
@kcbeacon
: COVID rules silenced public school parents
💅🏿🐝
@tishaura
’s triumphant return to X/Twitter
#stl
STUDY: according to the Combest Institute for Egalitarian Editing, a majority of teenage homeschoolers can spell “participate” correctly.
Maybe
@NewsTribune
could start a co-op newsroom program.
#journalism
#moleg
#homeschooling
Conservative radio stations, 2023:
“Our hosts and producers just put together an engaging segment with a top-tier guest.
“We probably won’t post the segment online. And if we do, we’ll bury it in an entire 3 hour show with no link for listeners to share it with others.”
#moleg
One year from tonight,
@LucasKunceMO
could be on the road for day
#518
of his
#MOSEN
campaign, with 60 more days until the primary election.
Or not.
Zoom in. A beautiful baby boy. A gorgeous young mother. And a father that knows the only cycle that matters was won this week.
Thanks to the entire team at Children’s Mercy and to everyone for the well wishes this week as we welcomed Harvey!
7 weeks early. 3.3 lbs. An emergency c-section. Just when I thought I couldn’t be more amazed by Marilyn’s resilience, she showed me the true meaning of strength.
Missouri’s political news headlines for Wednesday, May 22, 2024:
🇺🇸
@Eric_Schmitt
on Trump trial
⌛️😴 Danforth still mad about
@realDonaldTrump
&
@HawleyMO
💁♂️🤓 KC Starbois vs. GOP on illegals voting
💰 Former
#moleg
rep takes local eco devo role
Missouri’s political news headlines for Nov. 24, 2022:
🦃🦃
@KarlRove
vs.
@HawleyMO
#MOSEN
🇺🇸 Andrew Bailey profiles
🪶
@stltoday
tips for PC Thanksgiving lessons: Don’t say “Indians” or use feathers or assign cool Indian names
Happy Thanksgiving!
Missouri’s political news headlines for Monday, July 31, 2023:
✊🏾
@kcstar
vs.
@HawleyMO
@Eric_Schmitt
on DEI
🚧
@GovParsonMO
on
#moleg
I-44 money
🌿🚬 Weed industry job training
🐄 Stiffer penalties for animal activists messing with livestock
More:
Missouri’s political news headlines for Mon., 8/28/23:
🇺🇸
@Eric_Schmitt
&
@scottfaughn
on free speech, Trump & arrogant 🌽man types
🫄🏿🤰
#moleg
R: room for compromise on abortion
👵🏻
@LWV
vs. GOP candidates
🏃🏿🏃🙌 Unions enjoy safe festival in suburbs
REPORTER: I finished that piece on the
#moleg
state rep race!
EDITOR: <skims story> Who’s the incumbent?
R: 🤷🏻♂️
E: Where’s the district?
R: 🤷🏻♂️
E: What were the 2022 results?
R: 🤷🏻♂️
E: Who cares, let’s run it!
👇 cc:
@John_Voss_MO147
@LucasPresson
@jcr_reports
#journalism
Missouri’s political news headlines for Sun., Oct. 29, 2023:
✊🏾😿
@CoMissourian
: End of racist scholarships leads to waterworks
✂️✂️ KC lesbian has “demands” for
#moleg
🇺🇸🇨🇳🤠
@springfieldNL
’s
@kelly_dereuck
on SOS primary, ‘24 foreign farmland bills
Me before leaving the house: I hate these primaries. We agree on like 95% of stuff. Why do we have to be so petty?
Me seeing this on the way to vote: ZOMG YES LOOK AT THIS PETTY SH!T!
😐
#moleg
I wish that some of the dozens of people livetweeting the exact same
#moleg
happenings would do it like a sporting event, with no context given.
“Onder!”
“SCHATZ!”
“HOSKINS YESSSSS”
“What a move.”
“WHOA”
Freebie for
#moleg
journalists: insist that your editors actually read your story so timing makes sense.
Here, the Sunday
@springfieldNL
tells subscribers that the
@MOFreedomCaucus
event is this Friday. It already took place.
Details matter.
#journalism
@Gannett
Missouri’s political news headlines for Sun., 5/28/23:
😔
@PeterforMO
may sacrifice himself for 2024 Dem ticket
😩 New rules a burden to “overwhelmed” librarians
🥰 Hero profiles: Brave, bold teachers’ union fights back against
#moleg
attacks
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