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Is anybody at CNN even a bit familiar with American history? I have to ask that because right at the start of episode 2 last night of their Race for the White House series, they made a glaring error in a map they presented. As the map was rolled out, narrator Kevin Spacey made clear it reflected the situation of the United States in the year 1858. One huge problem. The country was divided into free states of the north and slave states of the south as well as the new territories to the west. One very prominent state was...

During an event in St. Louis, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked where Bernie Sanders was in the '90s when she was fighting for health care reform. Things got awkward when a member of Sanders campaign tweeted a screenshot of Sanders literally standing right behind her as she spoke at Dartmouth College about health care reform in 1993.

The important, but overshadowed, Missouri presidential primary is Tuesday. It's overshadowed by the big contests in Ohio and Florida and because of the five states voting that day, it's the smallest prize in terms of delegates. But it's important nonetheless as the oh-so-competitive primary campaigns rage across the nation. And, hey, the candidates are competing here, which means they consider it worth winning. So who will the battle of Missouri? Here's a series of predictions: Dave Helling, Kansas City Star political writer: Republicans: Ted Cruz. "Missouri liked Santorum, Akin, and almost picked Huckabee. And the suburbs may be scared of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race two days before critical contests in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina and Illinois (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 5:15 p.m. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump blames Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for increasingly frequent disruptions at the GOP hopeful's massive campaign rallies, and he says he has the answer: Send his supporters to Sanders' rallies. Sanders on Sunday offered a reply: Bring 'em on. Trump took to Twitter on Sunday, writing that the Vermont senator is "lying when he says his disruptors aren't told to go to my rallies. Be careful...

A few videos of the leeches outside the Trump rally last night. Brother and I didn't make it in, but there was likely more entertainment outside.General pan of some of the protestersLonger video of the protesters yelling at the attendees leavingPepper spray is a wonderful thing

Ted Cruz in Cape Girardeau For Rally, Press Conference March 11th 2016, Doors opened at 4 p.m. and the rally began a little after 5 p.m. Hundreds of people lined up around the block just to get in, and some were turned away after they were unable to get tickets. During a rally, Cruz stressed religious freedom, and received standing ovations for his view on repealing the new health care laws and on second amendment rights. Those who attended the rally said these speaking events are important when it comes to choosing your candidate. "It's nice to be able to...

The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Standard Time): 11:10 p.m. Police say they used pepper spray twice outside a Trump rally in Kansas City, Missouri, and two people were arrested for refusing to follow the law. In a Twitter post late Saturday, Kansas City police did not say if the use of pepper spray was on demonstrators or Trump supporters. Television images showed one protester rubbing his eyes and saying that he had been sprayed....

Education Bubble: The University of Missouri reported a near-25% drop in student enrollment following its unrest. This is the result of political correctness run amok, weak university leadership and inflated college costs. “I am writing to you today to confirm that we project a very significant budget shortfall due to an unexpected sharp decline in first-year enrollments and student retention this coming fall,” wrote Interim Chancellor Hank Foley in a university memo Wednesday.

They just had the invocation.

Saturday, March 12, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Dayton, OH. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM EST. Saturday, March 12, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Cleveland, OH at the IX Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 2:00 PM EST. IX Center (This was the Romney Rally. We'll pack them in more.) Saturday, March 12, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Kansas City, MO at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland. The event is scheduled to...

Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner on Friday endorsed Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, hailing the Texas senator as a constitutional conservative Republicans should unite behind. Wagner's support comes a day after Cruz got his first Senate endorsement from Mike Lee and just a few days ahead of Missouri's primary. "I am proud to endorse Senator Ted Cruz ahead of the GOP Primary on March 15th," Wagner said in a statement released by the Cruz campaign. "Republicans must unite to win behind a strong, constitutional conservative like Ted Cruz." Cruz will campaign in suburban St. Louis on Saturday at a rally with Carly...

Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner (R) is endorsing Ted Cruz ahead of her state's primary March 15, praising the Republican presidential candidate as a "trusted" conservative. "Missouri families deserve a trusted conservative leader like Ted Cruz who shares our values and will fight for us in Washington," Wagner said in a statement Friday. She called on Republicans to unite behind Cruz in Missouri, which is one of five states to vote Tuesday. Cruz is second in delegates to front-runner Donald Trump.

A Mexican man accused of killing five people in the Midwest this week was a convicted felon living in the U.S. illegally, and he had not been deported despite being arrested at least twice in recent years, federal officials said. Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, 40, of Kansas City, Kan., was captured in rural eastern Missouri early Wednesday morning after going missing from Kansas on Monday and then sparking a 17-hour manhunt in Missouri on Tuesday once his truck was spotted along an interstate.

For instance, a number of African Americans I interviewed worried that guns heightened racial tensions. I met a man named John Steen who now thinks twice about shopping at Sam's Club. Steen, a Vietnam veteran who works in Kansas City, used to stop by the wholesale megastore on his way home from his job as a home health-care provider. But that was before he saw armed white men strolling through the aisles exerting what gun proponents describe as their "unalienable" rights to carry firearms into public spaces including retail stores. For Steen and other African Americans in Kansas City, the...

Friday, March 11, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a special press conference in Palm Beach, FL from the Mar-A-Lago Club. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM EST. Friday, March 11, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in St. Louis, MO at the Peabody Opera House. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM CST. PEABODY OPERA HOUSE Friday, March 11, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Chicago, IL at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavillion. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:00...

After a failed 37-hour filibuster by Democrats, the Missouri Senate on Thursday passed a proposal to add greater religious protections to the state constitution for some business owners and individuals opposed to gay marriage. Senators voted 23-7 along party lines to give the measure final approval after the Democratic filibuster ground work in the chamber to a halt. Division over the measure highlights national debate over how to balance civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and religious liberties following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer that legalized same-sex marriages in all states. …

For months, news has trickled out of Missouri regarding the negative fallout from the fall student protests. The university capitulated in the face of a racial “crisis” wholly of the protesters manufacture (demanding a chancellor’s resignation over random racial incidents completely outside his control), and the chickens are truly coming home to roost. Previously, I’ve posted about declining student applications and declining donations, yet the true dimensions of the financial disaster are only just now coming into focus. Fox Sports has obtained a copy of the interim chancellor’s letter to the university community: I am writing to you today to...

Doors open at 9:00 AM WHEN Friday, March 11, 2016 at 12:00 PM (CST) WHERE Peabody Opera House - 1400 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103

CBS/AP March 8, 2016 Massive Manhunt Underway For Man Suspected In 5 Fatal Shootings Mar 8, 2016 KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Dozens of officers searched farmland in central Missouri on Tuesday for a man suspected of killing a man at a nearby house just hours after fatally shooting four people at his neighbor's home about 170 miles away in Kansas. Two helicopters, police dogs and at least one SWAT team were helping look for Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino near New Florence, said Capt. John Hotz, a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman. The patrol said he was considered dangerous and may be...

baby named Simon Crosier lived only 88.5 days due to an unwanted Do Not Resuscitate order, but his short life is being honored by a new bill in Missouri called “Simon’s Law.” When Simon was born with the genetic disorder Trisomy 18, some doctors labeled him as “incompatible with life.” Unsurprisingly, many mothers of children with the condition are encouraged to have abortions, but Simon’s parents refused. Even though babies with the condition tend to live less than a year, Simon’s mother Sheryl Crosier said she believes that their lives still should be fought for as hard and long as...