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This is the part that keeps getting buried under the raw numbers. Hegseth spent months pressuring Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove four decorated colonels from the one-star promotion list. Two Black men. Two women. Driscoll refused, because their records demanded it. So Hegseth pulled their names himself… which legal experts say he likely had no authority to do. The defense secretary is supposed to approve or reject the entire list, precisely to prevent this kind of targeted discrimination. Then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George - the Army’s top officer - asked to meet with Hegseth to discuss the blocked promotions. Hegseth refused to meet. Refused to discuss his decisions at all. Then he fired George. Whose term wasn’t supposed to end until September 2027. Nine U.S. officials across all four branches confirmed the NBC reporting. “There is not a single service that has been immune,” one said. The officers’ attributes being cited for removal include past support for Covid vaccine mandates… and association with Mark Milley. The Pentagon’s response to every outlet that asked: “fake news.” They didn’t dispute a single name.

REMINDER: The Republicans' budget bill made private jets tax-deductible. Yes, it made private jets fully tax-deductible. It’s clear who Republican politicians are working for… and it’s not you.

@Citizens4STL I like the bump-outs. I like the bike lanes. Creating a safer and equitable ways of transit will make for a greater downtown.

VIDEOS & LINK: The hasty removal of “bump-outs” at Broadway and Market St. downtown raises some serious questions. The bump-outs are intended to improve pedestrian safety by slowing traffic and narrowing the wide roadway to make it easier and safer for pedestrians to cross. Pedestrian safety should take precedence over occasional inconveniences for motorists. How many pedestrians must lose their lives before we take meaningful measures to slow down speeding traffic on city streets? Whether the bump-outs are the best means to improve pedestrian safety is arguable, but we question the process that led to their removal. A complaint by one or two powerful business leaders should not result in a significant alteration of public infrastructure without any opportunity to hear from other affected parties. Perhaps there are better ways to reduce dangerous speeding on downtown streets, but it would have been nice to have that discussion before making an abrupt and unilateral decision that was clearly influenced by a single property owner. stltoday.com/news/local/gov… #Citizens4STL @MikeLKehoe @SLMPD @MitchellMcCoy @CFDstlfd @saintlouismayor @saintlouispres @SLDCmo @DevelopStLouis @AlderSheenBean @JamiCMichele @LishaLiberty @shanecohn @VDanielaV @Schweitzer88 @OldenburgSTL @STL4Ward @schubbard10 @boydstuff @GreaterSTLinc @CommerceBank @enterprisecares @Cardinals @horseshoestl @Advantes @UnionStationSTL @HiltonBallpark @AquariumSTL @Stifel @SchnuckMarkets @DowntownStLouis @stlcid @carolinehecker @charliekmox @andybankertv @rlippmann @solomonreports @DavidAmelottiTV @MarkMaxwellTV @ChrisHayesTV @RyanWKrull @Trailnet

One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday. These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.

As communities gather this weekend, @AstroVicGlover reflects on the shared spaceship we all call home: Earth.

The Compton Bridge Replacement project is now out to bid. The new bridge will replace a 1965 structure on 1911 footings, and will include a wide new mixed use path for non-motorized travel. Construction start will be determined after bids are received: stlouis-mo.gov/government/dep…

Everyone is probably at the zoo, art museum, or strolling Tower Grove Park — all of which are free. Or, in line at Pappy’s, maybe the Gramophone. I mean … have you tried the sandwiches there?!!!

“We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.” He’s talking about a country of 90 million people. Vile, horrifying, evil.

The White House has removed this video from their social media channels. But not before we could post it.

Still some time before it opens, but most of the barrier is in on the Tucker viaduct over the rail corridor for the Tucker cycletrack, creating a new bikeway into downtown:

@ScottOgilvieSTL @Citizens4STL Keep it up, Scott! 🙌

@QuintonLucasKC Mayor Q, you’re a good dude. Thanks for looking out. ❤️

I know there’s no city more dunked on internally and externally than StL, but I was downtown last week for a meeting, lunch, and dinner. Crowded at night w/a Blues game. Full spots on Wash Ave. Lunch hour pedestrian traffic. It doesn’t have NYC pedestrian activity, but few do.

Nominal translunar injection burn complete. The Artemis II crew is officially on the way to the Moon. America is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon. This time, farther than ever before.

We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

He doesn’t even get the irony.

Imagine if America did that

Tomorrow, we launch. At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century. The next era of exploration begins.

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, recently paid an effective tax rate of less than 3.3%. That is less than the average truck driver, nurse and teacher. YES, we must demand the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I'm honestly SHOCKED at how the general public has NO IDEA Artemis II is taking humans out to the moon and will be the furthest humans have ever flown. Every non-space nerd I've talked to has no idea. WE GOTTA GET PEOPLE STOKED!!!! THESE FOUR HUMANS ARE FLYING TO THE MOON!!!

Friendly reminder: Hormuz was open before we launched the war