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The Politics of Hyperbole

1. True or False: Parents will wake up to the reality of school choice and voucher programs before it is too late?

1. Oklahoma trying to pass law similar to Missouri https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/controversial-school-voucher-bill-narrowly-passes-committee-vote/article_7f4ddee2-8e6d-11ec-8ee9-03c04727fafe.html

2. Missouri law https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-education-michael-brown-school-vouchers-fb1afe39b572359cc4f1d2b0f9397556

3. Marketing around school choice - misleading https://edreform.com/2011/11/just-the-faqs-school-choice/

4. Show Me Institute event on school choice - a notable absence of “the opponents”

1. https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/education/school-choice-mythbusting-virtual-event/

1. Yeah…NO: Former Sen Jack Danforth, the one of the architects of JOSHUA HAWLEY has thoughts about the next Missouri Senator and wants to help a centrist Republican win

1. https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/18/jack-danforth-wants-to-find-an-independent-candidate-to-run-for-u-s-senate-in-missouri/

2. Guess Schmitt should have waited a bit longer before he jumped into the crazy pool

3. Danforth 2016 endorsement of Greitens https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2016/08/26/former-us-sen-danforth-endorses-greitens-for.html

1. Buy or Sell: The GOP will shed Trump completely by 2024

1. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/18/gop-senators-steer-clear-of-trump-00010006

2. Shows up in Missouri - Hawley picks Hartzler - Vick Haw - but meanwhile Billy Long, the Eric’s, and the peach shirted yosemite sam himself are all still begging for Trump to bless their campaigns

1. Great article by Jeff Smith at MO Idependent on the MO primary as a hand of texas holdem poker, which I very much appreciate

1. https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/16/missouris-gop-senate-primary-as-a-hand-of-texas-hold-em-part-two-the-flop-opinion/

1. McConnell has been pretty clear - he will go wherever the winds are blowing and he’s currently in the “fuck trump” camp

2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/07/gop-candidates-avoid-choosing-between-trump-and-mcconnell/6693865001/

3. https://www.wdsu.com/article/is-it-time-to-end-the-all-charter-school-experiment-in-new-orleans/39013696#

4. Sean and Kevin highlighted the Georgia and Texas splits on the Flyover View this past Friday

1. The Big One: Two years in, where are we really headed?

1. The pandemic limbo - Atlantic Article

1. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/02/covid-pandemic-immunocompromised-risk-vaccines/622094/

2. How can we have a realistic convo with this: https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/18/fact-check-no-the-cdc-doesnt-inflate-covid-deaths-in-missouri/

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