At Truman Dinner, @clairecmc asks everyone to stand up who has a preexisting condition. Notes GOP wants to eliminate insurance coverage for them. Most of ballroom stands up:
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Jo Mannies
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Retired award-winning political reporter for St. Louis Public Radio. Earlier wrote 32 years for STL Post-Dispatch, 5 for online STL Beacon. RT not endorsement.
- What a photo. And it was 10 degrees.No TelePrompTer in this Minnesota snowstorm as @amyklobuchar delivers her announcement the old fashioned way from a written text.
- In my mother's senior-living complex, which has all levels of care, an elderly couple opted to attended a family gathering. The couple got COVID-19. The center put guards outside their apartment to keep them quarantined. Both ended up in the hospital. One just died. This is real
- Just FYI: In early January, I will end my full-time journalism career at @stlpublicradio. After a two-month break, the plan calls for me to return in March part time. After 40-plus yrs covering pols, need to focus more on family, travel, life. #NoTimeToLose, #IllBeSeeingYou
- Worth repeating.Patriotism isn't about making everyone stand and salute the flag. Patriotism is about making this a country where everyone wants to.
- Speaking of court-packing...amp.azcentral.com/amp/84544008?_…
- When you are my age, losing a year is monumental. More than sad.Keep thinking about something @zachheltzel tweeted a few weeks ago. We’ve lost an entire year of our lives. A year. If makes me so sad.
- Good analysis, in my opinion..“Betrayal is at the core of the Harry and Meghan story, but the betrayals belong to the royal family who wouldn’t defend them, as well as the grotesque Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, who sold his daughter out for 30 pieces of silver to the British press.” open.substack.com/pub/steveschmi…
- Former USSen @clairecmc will be the fill-in anchor Friday afternoon on MSNBC. Her first time in that chair...
- Missouri has legislative term limits. Made things worse. Big money calls the shots. Lawmakers pay less attention to public and more to the powerful people who can help them win their next office or cushy private job. Voters have less influence with term limits.Term limits are a must
- This point should not be overlooked. Royals appears to trying keep focus on process, not what Diana said. They didn't want the interview. Period. Sounds familiar?
- For what it's worth, our huge Bosnian population has partially transformed the St. Louis area. In a good way..Bring Afghanistan refugees to St. Louis.
- Fyi .. note thread..1/On the Friday before Easter, a federal judge in Amarillo decided that Mifepristone, one of two key drugs used for medicated abortion, should be banned. This despite 20 years of data showing it’s safe and effective. Mifepristone has a lower rate of complications than Tylenol.
- BTW, I was only STL reporter to cover Harris in June 2018 when she addressed the local NAACP while campaigning for then-Sen. Claire McCaskill.
