a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

Trump Whines, Again Threatens NBC, ABC Broadcast Licenses For Doing Journalism

4 months 2 weeks ago
With Fox being Fox, and CBS having just paid Trump a $16 million bribe and now owned by Trump’s friends the Ellison family, there’s little worry that either network will be doing serious journalism anytime soon. So Trump, over the weekend, redirected his ire at the remaining two “big four” broadcasters, ABC and NBC, for […]
Karl Bode

As Republicans spar over IVF, some turn to obscure MAHA-backed alternative

4 months 2 weeks ago
Republican support for in vitro fertilization, after surging in the wake of a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision that threatened the procedure, may be splintering as President Donald Trump retreats from his IVF promises and more far-right voices gain ground. Earlier this year, conservatives in the Tennessee House staged an eleventh-hour skirmish over an IVF […]
Anna Claire Vollers

Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle, High Schools to hold classes online Tuesday

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School and High School will shift to a remote learning day Tuesday. According to the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, the two schools will shift to a remote learning day due to a broken water pipe on the main campus. The district advises students to check [...]
Nick Gladney

Tuesday, August 26 - "The audacity to not give up"

4 months 2 weeks ago
For more than a decade, Urban Born has been a safe haven for St. Louis area youth. But the nonprofit’s mission of combining education and a love for basketball in the College Hill neighborhood was paused indefinitely after its building sustained substantial damage during the tornado. St. Louis Public Radio’s Marissanne Lewis-Thompson reports the couple behind the organization is facing a unique problem: the building is also their home.

Taste for fall rolls on, forecast remains dry

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - It is so cool outside on Tuesday morning that we will likely approach a record low temperature for St. Louis, which was 53 F in 1934. Let’s watch for some fog in the river and larger creek valleys. Gorgeous weather again on Tuesday, with tons of sunshine and highs in the mid-70s. [...]
Angela Hutti

How Bad Slavery Was

4 months 2 weeks ago
Donald Trump joins a long line of apologists for America’s peculiar institution.
Robert Kuttner