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Darrell Issa announces he will not run for reelection, the 34th Republican to do so.

#TransparencyFail No Way To Run A Govt #395761

😡 It will probably get worse. St. Louis Mayor Spencer's pick to head City's corporate welfare department is the person who serves as Secretary of Tower Grove Park Board and never once posted a Meeting Agenda or Board Minutes to TGF Board webpage.

1pm - 3-ish Saturday

#stlco anti-war #protest this Saturday (Mar 7) in front of Ronnie’s plaza on S. Lindbergh.

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

Body cam footage shows Kenneth Jackson, the Trump-installed new USIP President; Laken Rapier, Jackson’s Chief-of-Staff; DOGE workers Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox; and DOGE lawyer Justin Aimonetti were present at the raid. MPD let them in through a side door, despite USIP staff's objections.

My daughter reported that the ICE presence outside her school during recess last week involved ICE officers sitting IN AN ICE CREAM TRUCK. And this wasn't kids misinterpreting. We had an email from the school the day it happened; we just didn't get the ice cream detail in the email.

⚡️Explosions rock Kyiv as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine's capital.

Several rounds of explosions have been reported in Kyiv overnight on March 7, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.

Dementia is a helluva condition.

Brewligans as a Lager and more! Craft beer in cans

Fish fry #craftbeer Friday @2ndshiftbrewing.bsky.social #stl 🙌

Da Mystery of Chessboxin' Listen to more music by Wu-Tang Clan on Pandora

pandora.app.link/333uevNBi1b

Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purposes, sources say.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran.

an advertisement for sky cinema shows a snowman laying under an umbrella on a beach Alt: Olaf the snowman laying under an umbrella on a very sunny beach in South St Louis. Perhaps

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Yeah, I’m going to go swimming, now. 😂 (J/K… probably will end up on the brewery patio for the fish fry)

Posse On Broadway Listen to more music by Sir Mix-A-Lot on Pandora

80° in the STL … folks are out and about, driving crazy pandora.app.link/9U97GYAyi1b

It’s Ukraine’s turn to ask if we even said “thank you”.

Was AI used for the targeting that likely resulted in the bombing of the girls school?

We must have answers to that question and there is ZERO reason for delay because the Pentagon damn well already knows the answer.

Costco CEO says any tariff refunds it gets will flow back to members through 'lower prices and better values' Costco challenges the US government over IEEPA tariffs, with CEO Ron Vachris pledging to pass refund benefits to members.

Costco is now demanding that Trump pay them back for his tariffs so they can refund all of their customers.

Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

Alternative headline: GenZ men twice as likely to be ghosted, and punched by women

Here’s where to find more than 130 fish fries in the St. Louis area St. Louisans love their fish fries — maybe more than anywhere else. Here's where you can find them this year.

Here’s where to find more than 130 fish fries in the St. Louis area

I won’t even look. I can guess of the ugliness.

Ban the Fascists, Save the Books. BW woodcut illustration of a cat with a snake in its mouth.

Read banned books. #WorldBookDay

Claude please compute tariff refunds.

The update has raised a few eyebrows among browser vendors. Bruce Lawson, Vivaldi's Technical Communications Officer, told us: "If it's not opt-in, then it's bad behavior. Over the last 25 years, people have become accustomed to clicking links, and that opens their default browser with their preferred settings, stored passwords, preferred font size, and preferred security settings.

Copilot swallows your browser. You're welcome : Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in

Microslop just can't stop

Agenda for March 6 meeting of CEDB. pages 1-2 if board packet. Link to board packet, which includes Zoom information: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sldc/boards/documents/upload/26-3-6-CEDB-Agenda-packet-4.pdf

Cryptic memorandum by SLDC staff regarding the actions of CEDB members at the board meeting on January 2nd. Page 3 of today’s board packet.

Slide from presentation on the Edison PACE project by Midas Hospitality at the 1/2/26 meeting of the CEDB. Screengrab from SLDC YouTube video.

CEDB Resolution authorizing PACE loan for Edison building hotel project. Pages 6-7 of packet.

Why is the combo today’s 10 a m St. Louis BOA meeting & the 3 p.m. Clean Energy Development Board meeting intriguing?

➡️ BOA final vote on #BOA158 restores the authority of #CEDBstl

➡️ Today’s 3 p.m. CEDB resolution is do-over of the board’s Jan. 2 approval of a PACE loan for Edison building hotel.

Sun and wind don’t need the Strait of Hormuz.

Tell Me Something Good (feat. Chaka Khan) Listen to more music by Rufus on Pandora

Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan) pandora.app.link/EDrkoX82h1b

Chain of Fools (2021 Remaster) Listen to more music by Aretha Franklin on Pandora

pandora.app.link/cT221gj2h1b

War Listen to more music by Edwin Starr on Pandora

Since Owen Cutts chose this as his ‘old music Friday’ spotlight song, I’ll do the same. ☮️ #war #edwinStarr
pandora.app.link/FCyzhqa1h1b

Leonora Carrington, 1917-2011.

No title, ca.1955.

Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, México D.F.

It looks like Tesla is once again using parking garages to stash inventory. There are some 100,000 inventory cars worldwide. 99,998 after today.

Blues still have time to maximize trade deadline, but after two whiffs, it’s running short The Blues have had two trades publicly fall through and have less than 24 hours to start making more before the NHL deadline.

Blues still have time to maximize trade deadline, but after two whiffs, it’s running short.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/709... #stlblues