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Few areas of public policy lend themselves less easily to big-picture doctrinal sorting and various "-ism" labeling than does foreign policy. That is perhaps now truer than ever, as America's two major political parties continue their already ascendant realignment, with Democrats abandoning their working-class roots in favor of a professional-managerial ruling class and Republicans ditching the libertarian-inspired corporatism of yesteryear in favor of a "deplorable"-inspired populism. Foreign policy is an inherently nuanced subject, and speaking in broad strokes about it during a once-in-a-generation political realignment can risk analytical error. Those caveats aside, we should still feel comfortable making what may,...

According to The Associated Press, the Wildwood Republican died Sunday night after a long bout with cancer, Perry Akin, the former lawmaker’s son, said in a statement. “He was a devoted Christian, a great father and a friend to many,” the statement read, according to the news agency. “We cherish many fond memories from him driving the tractor at our annual hayride, to his riveting delivery of the freedom story at Fourth of July parties dressed in the full uniform of a colonial minuteman. The family is thankful for his legacy: a man with a servant’s heart who stood for...

A group of House Democrats will propose a resolution urging the Biden administration to condemn Israel and support six Palestinian groups designated as terrorist organizations by the Jewish state. Rep. Betty McCollum (D., Minn.) plans to introduce a resolution celebrating the designated Palestinian groups for the "value and importance" of their "courageous work," according to Haaretz. The resolution will be cosponsored by several House Democrats, including Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). Among the groups backed in the Democratic resolution are the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is designated...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ten states filed a lawsuit Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law. Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to the lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri. The states asked a federal judge to block Biden’s requirement that all employees of federal contractors be vaccinated against the coronavirus, arguing that the mandate violates federal procurement law and is an overreach of federal power. “If the federal government attempts...

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke might be trying to back away from his promise to cover tens of millions of dollars in legal expenses related to his team's 2016 departure from St. Louis, a revelation that angered many NFL owners when they learned of it Tuesday, sources told ESPN

It's a tradition as old as time: homecoming queen. But this year, Rock Bridge High School made a change in their traditions. Senior Zachary Willmore won the title of homecoming queen at this year's homecoming game. He's the first boy to win the title. "It was literally like a dream" Wilmore said. "It was just really special to me." Willmore is a cheerleader on the varsity team at Rock Bridge.

Republicans are telling Meghan Markle to 'stick to acting' and daring the royal family to strip her of her title after she wrote a letter to Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer advocating for paid family leave on Thursday.... 'Ms. Markle's latest interference in U.S. politics reignites the question in my mind as to why the Royal Family does not simply strip her and Harry officially of their titles, particularly since she insists on sending this under the pretense of being the Duchess of Sussex,' Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., told DailyMail.com.... ...'Meghan Markle is incredibly...

Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. While vice president Kamala Harris has been conspicuously absent from her alleged role in securing the nation’s border, she did find time for an impromptu visit with students at George Mason University in Virginia recently. At that meeting, one of the tendentious students, clearly schooled in the heterodoxy in which oppressed and oppressor animate all discussions about the world, raised the issue of...

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks (D., N.Y.) is silent on whether he will return a $3,000 donation from a prominent Palestinian activist who called Israel a "parasite" that "sucks the blood of America." Osama Abuirshaid, the executive director of American Muslims for Palestine, during an interview with Jordan's Yarmouk TV on Sept. 22 described Israel as "a parasite living off the American body" that "sucks the blood of America and scatters its attention," according to a translation from the Middle East Media Research Institute. Abuirshaid, who has a history of anti-Semitic comments, donated $3,000 to Meeks in March,...

Missouri and Arkansas became the latest states to say they would not comply with a Biden proposal to force banks to hand over transaction data over $600 to the IRS on Wednesday. 'I will stand up to this government overreach and protect the privacy of those account holders,' state treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick said in a statement Wednesday morning. 'Turning over their transaction data to the federal government is illegal under Missouri law and a gross violation of Missourians’ expectation of privacy when it comes to their personal financial records.' 'I will not turn this information over to the IRS voluntarily...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis’ Humiliation (of) Saint Peter’s Chapter Enters New StageFrancis’ “transitional rules” for St Peter's Chapter (founded in 1053) took effect on October 1 in view of a feared “reform.”The canons will no longer assist the Pontifical celebrations and are reduced to “liturgical animation” with a “pastoral function.” This is how Francis has been humiliating the canons:• May 2020: With the excuse of Covid, he forbad their choir prayer.• March 2021: He banned Mass celebration in Saint Peter’s which affected most canons.• May 2021: The canons were forbidden to enter Saint Peter’s during a ceremony with Francis.• May 18...

Holy See Asks Missouri Governor to Halt Scheduled ExecutionVATICAN CITY — The Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christopher Pierre, asked the governor of Missouri on Monday to spare the life of Ernest Johnson, a man sentenced with the death penalty for murdering three people in the 1990s. “In the Holy Father’s name,” Archbishop Pierre wrote to Governor Michael Parson, “I sincerely request the you halt the planned execution of the Mr. Johnson and grant him some appropriate form of clemency.” Archbishop Pierre wrote that the Holy Father’s request is not based on “the facts and circumstances of...

The indoctrinated youth of America are the most gullible people on earth. They have been so brainwashed in the public school system to see racism anywhere that they assume it’s a real phenomenon. But time and again, systemic racism, Critical Race Theory, and hate crimes turn out to be nothing more than hoaxes committed by persons of color who want to manufacture race wars where they do not exist. The latest example of the all-too-common race hoax comes from a St. Louis high school. On September 23rd, racist graffiti was painted in multiple bathrooms across Parkway Central High School. The...

A Missouri man trying to sell a catalytic converter online has been arrested after a huge stash of meth and a syringe were spotted in the background of the photo he used for the advertisement. James Kertz, 38, was taken into custody in Reeds Spring on Wednesday after posting a photo of the catalytic converter on Facebook Marketplace. His bag of meth and drug paraphernalia were clearly visible on the coffee table behind the exhaust emission device he was trying to get rid of. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said someone tipped them off to the drug stash soon after...

The mayor of a US town named Uranus has unveiled a new neon mural wall celebrating its location on Route 66. Located in Missouri, the unincorporated town has a population of 25. The neon light installation measures 6m high and 16m wide. It features icons from towns also located on Route 66 including the Blue Swallow Motel in New Mexico, Cadillac Ranch in Texas and the Blue Whale of Catoosa in Oklahoma.... Other popular attractions in the town include the Fudge Factory and the General Store, but Mayor Baker said there's more work to be done and the town will...

Racist graffiti found in a Missouri high school's bathrooms was the product of a "hate hoax," the school district announced Tuesday. When faculty at Parkway Central High School in St. Louis County announced that racist graffiti had been uncovered earlier in September, students and community members across the district staged a walkout in condemnation of the incident. However, the culprit behind the graffiti was a nonwhite student, according to a letter sent to parents, Supt. Keith Marty announced Tuesday. "The student responsible is not white," Marty wrote. "This does not diminish the hurt it caused or the negative impact it...

Students at Parkway Central High School in St. Louis County held a walkout protest last Thursday after racist graffiti was found at the school last week. On Tuesday School Superintendent Keith Marty admitted to parents the culprit was identified and that the student is black. Yet, another hate hoax.

House of Representatives approves $1b. for Iron Dome by landslide Eight Democrats — Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Andre Carson, Marie Newman, Jesus Garcia, Raul Grivalva — and one Republican, Rep. Tom Massie, voted against

A leading Republican Senate candidate in Missouri said Tuesday he would not vote for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell if elected, which comes as former President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to field a challenger against McConnell. Eric Greitens, the former Missouri governor now running for U.S. Senate, put out a statement accusing McConnell of “working against President Trump and the MAGA movement,” and said people are “sick of the weak, woke RINOs.” The comment comes after the Wall Street Journal reported Trump is trying to field a senator to challenge McConnell for his job despite “little appetite” among Senate...

When a home invader thought that entering a person's home and attacking the residents was a good idea, little did he realize that his epic mistake was about to scrub him from the gene pool for good. According to sheriff's deputies, two men targetted a residence in the 400 block of Sequoia Drive in Jefferson County, Missouri.