Dan Schaefer for Missouri

The right to petition our government is for sale The Missouri Legislature recently passed House Bill 1 (HB 1), a new congressional map pushed by Donald Trump and engineered to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat. Instead of waiting for the next census, lawmakers redrew the lines mid-decade in a special session, carving up Kansas City and turning seven of Missouri’s eight districts safely Republican. Missourians are fighting back. A citizens’ group called People No

ICE is deploying sophisticated tools to spy on people. Today the look for illegal migrants, but this technology can be turned against the entire population.

When the government is doing its job, it protects citizens from real threats to life and property. But when lawmakers are distracted by endless culture wars, it leaves ordinary people vulnerable to real criminals who undermine our safety and our way of life.

It is tragically fitting that Cheney, late in life, expressed alarm at Trump’s autocratic tendencies. Metaphorically speaking, Dick Cheney built Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, giving unchecked power to a megalomaniac who could not be controlled.