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  • 3 dead in Mississippi Co. (MO) identified; missing person report led to hours-long standoff

    10/07/2025 11:34:18 PM PDT · by Paul R. · 10 replies
    KFVS-TV ^ | Oct. 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM CDT | Heartland News and Olivia Tock
    MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - The sheriff has identified the three men who died in Mississippi County. Mississippi County Sheriff Britton Ferrell identified the first victim as Gerard Essner, 62, who is from the Benton, Chaffee, Oran area. Essner died on Monday night, Oct. 6. The second victim was an officer. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety confirmed one of its officers was killed in the line of duty on Oct. 6 while responding to the standoff. They say Henry Franklin was a member of the Sikeston DPS Tactical Team. Sheriff Ferrell said the man who barricaded himself inside the...
  • Squad member Cori Bush launches comeback bid, blames AIPAC for 2024 defeat

    10/05/2025 12:27:03 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 18 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/10/25
    Former Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush, a prominent member of the progressive “Squad” and known for her anti-Israel stance, declared her intention to run again for Congress on Friday, JNS reported. “Right now, we are in the fight of our lives. It isn’t politics as usual, and we can’t afford to operate as such,” Bush said. “This is about survival for our families, and the moment is now.” Bush lost her seat in the Democratic primary last year to Rep. Wesley Bell, a fellow progressive with pro-Israel backing, who went on to win the general election. Reports indicated that pro-Israel lobbying...
  • Republican governor signs into law Trump-backed congressional redistricting map [MO]

    09/29/2025 6:34:18 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | September 28, 2025 9:23pm EDT | Paul Steinhauser, Deirdre Heavey
    Score another victory for President Donald Trump in the high-stakes political battle between Republicans and Democrats over congressional redistricting. GOP Gov. Mike Kehoe of Missouri on Sunday signed into law a new congressional map, Missouri First, that is likely to hand Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of next year’s midterms elections. Missouri, once considered a swing state that has dramatically shifted to the right over the past decade and a half, is the latest battleground in the congressional redistricting showdown after the passage of new maps in GOP-dominated Texas and a redistricting push by...
  • Sen. Eric Schmitt: Don't Give Me "Both Sides," The Left's Political Violence Is Not Organic

    09/17/2025 1:36:22 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 18 replies
    Real Clear Politics ^ | September 17, 2025 | im Hains
    Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt rejected the idea that "both sides" are to blame for escalating political violence in the U.S., saying, "the George Soros empire has financed a vast ecosystem of radicals, all working together, dropping off bricks at riots to unleash a tidal wave of violent anarchists on our streets and to prop it up in an army of researchers and experts and journalists and propagandists who downplay the political violence." "Bluesky, the left-wing alternative to X, was so overwhelmed with these posts that the platform was forced to issue a statement warning its users to stop glorifying...
  • Neighbor: ‘About 30 Men’ Regularly Gathered to Pray at Suspected NYC Terrorist’s House

    11/03/2017 10:55:13 AM PDT · by detective · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 3 Nov 2017 | John Hayward
    Sayfullo Saipov’s neighbors and acquaintances have been coming forward to paint a portrait of the suspected New York City terrorist. One Tampa neighbor casually dropped a remarkable detail deep in a Washington Post story on Wednesday: a group of “about 30 men, young and old, gathered at Saipov’s house to pray” on “most weekends.”
  • Lawyers fight to ban death penalty from truck attack trial, citing Trump comments

    10/09/2018 5:01:39 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 28 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | October 9, 2018 | AP
    NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with killing eight people when he drove his truck onto a New York City bike path say the death penalty should be ruled out because President Donald Trump was “uninformed and full or rage” when he called for it. The lawyers filed papers Tuesday in federal court on behalf of Sayfullo Saipov (sy-foo-LOH’ sah-YEE’-pawf).
  • What We DON'T Know About Sayfullo Saipov

    11/02/2017 9:16:39 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 9 replies
    Center For Immigration Studies ^ | 01 November 2017 | Dan Cadman
    ...all of the photos I'm [Dan Cadman, the author] seeing of Saipov are copies of the same mugshot [see Comment #1]...What was he arrested for?...if Saipov had been arrested in New York City, the site of the attack and a notorious sanctuary jurisdiction, the city itself would have released him back to the street so that he could go on to commit the attack.
  • Friend of Michael Brown Who Launched the 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Lie Has Been Shot and Killed

    09/08/2025 10:08:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Red State ^ | 09/08/2025 | Becky Noble
    Eleven years after the death of Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown sparked national protests over police brutality, the man who accompanied Brown on that fateful day in August of 2014 is dead. Dorian Johnson, 33, was shot and killed around 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning in an apartment complex less than a mile from where the incident between himself and Brown, who were black, and then-Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who is white, played out.Dorian Johnson you mean the kid that lied until he got in front of the FBI then had to tell the truth about hands up don't shoot?...
  • 'I totally get what he did': Mosque-goer who knew terror truck driver rails against President [tr]

    11/02/2017 4:18:23 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 40 replies
    U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 11/1/2017 | Robert Hartlein
    A worshipper who knew terror truck driver Sayfullo Saipov and attended the same mosque says he 'totally gets what he did'. Abu Mohammad, who stopped to talk to DailyMail.com after leaving afternoon prayer service at the Omar Mosque in Paterson, New Jersey, on Wednesday, said he last saw the suspect at the mosque about two months ago and first set eyes on him there two years back. 'I didn't know him by name, but I would see him there every two to three months,' the 46-year-old Pakistani national, said. A cement mixer by trade and living in the U.S. now...
  • Michael Brown’s Friend Dorian Johnson – The Man Behind the ‘Hands Up Don’t Shoot’ Lie – Is Shot Dead in Ferguson, MO – 11 Police Officers Were Killed Following ‘Hands Up’ Hoax

    09/08/2025 12:31:52 PM PDT · by V_TWIN · 36 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 8, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    Dorian Johnson, the friend of Mike Brown who started the false rumors that Brown was killed with his hands ups surrendering to police, was killed Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri. Dorian Johnson was also with Brown earlier when Brown strong-armed a convenience store owner and walked out with items he stole from the store. Ferguson Police reported on Dorian Johnson’s death on Sunday. The Ferguson police have one person in custody. No officers were involved in the shooting.
  • Michael Brown’s Friend Dorian Johnson – The Man Behind the ‘Hands Up Don’t Shoot’ Lie – Is Shot Dead in Ferguson, MO – 11 Police Officers Were Killed Following ‘Hands Up’ Hoax

    09/08/2025 7:13:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | September 08, 2025 | Jim Hᴏft
    Dorian Johnson, the friend of Mike Brown who started the false rumors that Brown was killed with his hands ups surrendering to police, was killed Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri. Mike Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson speaking with reporters after Brown’s shooting death in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Johnson was with Michael Brown the day he was shot dead in Ferguson. Dorian Johnson was also with Brown earlier when Brown strong-armed a convenience store owner and walked out with items he stole from the store.
  • Missouri is next to answer Trump's call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026

    08/30/2025 7:22:02 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 20 replies
    Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | August 30, 2025 | AP Bitter LOSERS
    Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections. Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain five more seats in the 2026 midterm elections. It marked a win for President Donald Trump, who has been urging Republican-led states to reshape district lines to give the party a better shot...
  • Suspect in officer’s murder released on $5K bond

    08/29/2025 7:36:10 AM PDT · by DFG · 18 replies
    yahoo ^ | 08/27/2025 | Kelley Hoskins
    New details are emerging following a 17-year cold case involving the murder of Demond Taylor, a Florissant Valley Campus Police Officer. On June 20, 2008, Taylor was fatally shot while sitting inside a car near Page and Academy Avenues in the city of St. Louis. Taylor was off duty at the time of the shooting. For 17 years, the case went unsolved. But this past weekend, the circuit attorney’s office, alongside St. Louis police, announced charges against 46-year-old Brandon Levy. According to court documents, investigators relied largely on eyewitness testimony. Police say three witnesses came forward between 2018 and 2025,...
  • “The Great State of Missouri is Now IN” – President Trump Rallies Missouri Republicans’ Redistricting Efforts

    08/21/2025 7:29:40 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | August 21, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    President Trump won Missouri in the 2024 presidential election over Kamala Harris 59% to 40%. Missouri Republicans have begun the process of redistricting congressional maps, following the lead of Texas Republicans after they passed a bill giving the state five more Republican House seats. “The Great State of Missouri is now IN,” President Trump announced on X on Thursday morning, noting that he’s “not surprised.” Trump also noted that “It is a great State with fabulous people. I won it, all 3 times, in a landslide.” “We’re going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever...
  • Trump taps Missouri attorney general to be No. 2 at FBI

    08/19/2025 7:39:06 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 78 replies
    Politico (Yeah, I know) ^ | August 18, 2025 | Sophia Cai
    President Donald Trump plans to appoint Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to share the role of second-in-command at the FBI as the administration tries to contain tension over its handling of the files related to the case of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bailey would serve as deputy director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino, who has clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the release of files from the Epstein investigation. Trump was expected to make the announcement Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the decision who was granted anonymity to discuss it beforehand. Fox News Digital...
  • After millions of taxpayer dollars and months of crippling issues, city-funded grocery store in Missouri abruptly closes its doors

    08/13/2025 11:52:18 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    American Thinker ^ | August 13, 2025 | Olivia Murray
    When those who don’t know history inevitably repeat it, the greatest offense is not their profound ignorance (which is seriously painful), but it’s that their obliviousness has real consequences for those of us who know better.Government by its very nature is, at best, a “necessary evil,” and in its worst state, “an intolerable one.” And, leftist ideologies, like communism, certainly fall under the “worst state” category. Now, after millions and millions of taxpayer dollars and months of issues—like completely bare shelves, a “rancid odor” that filled the store, and rampant crime—one of the nation’s only taxpayer-funded grocery stores has closed...
  • Continuing coverage: 2 dead in helicopter crash near Alton

    08/07/2025 10:57:38 PM PDT · by Paul R. · 8 replies
    KMOV St. Louis ^ | 8/7/2025 | KMOV St. Louis
    First responders from multiple agencies responded Thursday to the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, after a helicopter crashed on a barge.
  • BREAKING: Officials investigating 'reported car bombings' and 'alleged antisemitic vandalism' in Clayton, west of St. Louis, Missouri, assistant attorney general says.

    08/05/2025 3:32:31 PM PDT · by rxsid · 24 replies
    X ^ | 08.05.2025 | AZ_Intel
    BREAKING: Officials investigating 'reported car bombings' and 'alleged antisemitic vandalism' in Clayton, west of St. Louis, Missouri, assistant attorney general says.— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) August 5, 2025
  • Watch: Man Ejected from Heartland Stadium for Wearing MAGA Hat – Now the Feds Are Involved

    08/04/2025 3:52:40 PM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    Western Journal ^ | August 4, 2025 | Johnathan Jones
    A Missouri man was kicked out of a St. Louis City SC soccer game on July 26 for wearing an iconic “Make America Great Again” hat. The man, Michael Weitzel, filmed the entire exchange and posted it online. Now, the federal government is reportedly looking into whether the man’s civil rights were violated. The video showed four security officers approaching him during the match at Energizer Park. ... A man got kicked out of a @stlCITYsc game last night for wearing a MAGA hat.” “Security said they don’t allow political paraphernalia, ... Keller revealed, “Can confirm this video is now...
  • Fan wearing 'Make America Great Again' hat escorted by security from MLS match

    08/04/2025 5:17:27 AM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 56 replies
    Fox News ^ | August 3, 2025 | Chantz Martin
    A man attending a recent Major League Soccer game claimed his choice of attire resulted in him being "asked to leave" the sporting event, according to a video posted on social media. The man, who identified himself in the video as Michael Weitzel, was seen wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat at Energizer Park, St. Louis City SC's home stadium. "I am Michael Weitzel and I have been asked to leave because of the Donald Trump hat," he states in the video during an exchange with security personnel and law enforcement officers. A member of the venue's security...