Brian Moline
@brianmoline.bsky.social
News editor at St. Louis Public Radio. Work with reporters on the environment, economic development, race/culture/identity and general assignment beats. Husband and father to two beautiful adopted daughters. Runner. Cubs fan.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva has officially signed the discharge petition to force a vote on the Massie-Khanna bill to release the Epstein files. That's 218, meaning House GOP leaders cannot block it from the floor. (That's 214 Dems + Massie, MTG, Mace, Boebert.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva has officially signed the discharge petition to force a vote on the Massie-Khanna bill to release the Epstein files. That's 218, meaning House GOP leaders cannot block it from the floor. (That's 214 Dems + Massie, MTG, Mace, Boebert.)
Tough news for the St. Louis native and Chaminade HS grad.
Source tells @theathletic.com that Bradley Beal has been diagnosed with a left hip fracture.
Season ending surgery after only 6 games (all starts)
Recovery: 6-9 months.
Season ending surgery after only 6 games (all starts)
Recovery: 6-9 months.
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tough news for the St. Louis native and Chaminade HS grad.
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🚨 RECALL UPDATE: All ByHeart Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled. This includes every unexpired lot of formula cans and single-serve "anywhere" sticks. Do not use ByHeart formula until further notice.
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚨 RECALL UPDATE: All ByHeart Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled. This includes every unexpired lot of formula cans and single-serve "anywhere" sticks. Do not use ByHeart formula until further notice.
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Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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NEW: We obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees grilled leadership on plans for the agency during the shutdown + shared really upsetting stories from employees unable to get to work bc they can't afford gas.
from me and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:
from me and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:
Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
WIRED obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees pressed leadership on plans for the agency.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW: We obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees grilled leadership on plans for the agency during the shutdown + shared really upsetting stories from employees unable to get to work bc they can't afford gas.
from me and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:
from me and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
Ellis, apparently wrapping up, is quoting George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
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A new affordable housing complex in Alton is nearly full just days after completion.
The 40-unit development aims to provide a “stepping stone” for families seeking stability and future homeownership.
The 40-unit development aims to provide a “stepping stone” for families seeking stability and future homeownership.
After 8 years, new affordable housing complex in Alton has opened
The Community of Sunnybrook, which has 40 units, will provide needed affordable housing in the Metro East town, the developers and city leaders say.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A new affordable housing complex in Alton is nearly full just days after completion.
The 40-unit development aims to provide a “stepping stone” for families seeking stability and future homeownership.
The 40-unit development aims to provide a “stepping stone” for families seeking stability and future homeownership.
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Full quote from Ellis:
"The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion." @wttw.bsky.social
"The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion." @wttw.bsky.social
"The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice-hold of violence."
"That is simply untrue," Ellis says.
"That is simply untrue," Ellis says.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Full quote from Ellis:
"The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion." @wttw.bsky.social
"The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion." @wttw.bsky.social
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LOL'd
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
LOL'd
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Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.
🤨
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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The board took this bill back up and approved the blighting for another five years.
The board may reconsider the extension in coming weeks, but it will need a two thirds majority for it to pass.
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Board of Aldermen says no to extension of blight determination on Cortex district
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen said no to a bill to extend a blight determination on the Cortex Innovation District, marking an end to nearly two decades in the area.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The board took this bill back up and approved the blighting for another five years.
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NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest
October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest
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NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
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October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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🚨NEW: After we revealed Russ Vought's "put them in trauma" video, I spent the next year reporting on him, his influence, and his vision for America.
Yes, I got *new* recordings & videos of Vought.
Here is the story.
A @propublica.org + @newyorker.com collab: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Yes, I got *new* recordings & videos of Vought.
Here is the story.
A @propublica.org + @newyorker.com collab: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Deep-State Wrecking Ball
Russell Vought is using the White House budget office to lay waste to the federal bureaucracy—firing workers, decimating agencies, and testing the rule of law.
www.newyorker.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨NEW: After we revealed Russ Vought's "put them in trauma" video, I spent the next year reporting on him, his influence, and his vision for America.
Yes, I got *new* recordings & videos of Vought.
Here is the story.
A @propublica.org + @newyorker.com collab: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Yes, I got *new* recordings & videos of Vought.
Here is the story.
A @propublica.org + @newyorker.com collab: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
No Kings protests: Marches are underway around the country
This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
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So here's a story that made my day: My cousin messaged me, He told me our very distant cousin in Moscow had been collecting a lot of ancestry info about my grandma's parents (who were born in Grodno, Poland, and eventually moved to Ponca City, OK).
Here's what I found out about my Grandpa Abe Lee:
Here's what I found out about my Grandpa Abe Lee:
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So here's a story that made my day: My cousin messaged me, He told me our very distant cousin in Moscow had been collecting a lot of ancestry info about my grandma's parents (who were born in Grodno, Poland, and eventually moved to Ponca City, OK).
Here's what I found out about my Grandpa Abe Lee:
Here's what I found out about my Grandpa Abe Lee:
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That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.
Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.
Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.
Shame.
Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.
Shame.
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.
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A deep dive from me dissecting how data centers might actually impact St. Louis and its tax base.
As officials in Missouri and St. Louis try to attract data center proposals from companies, pushback grows in communities where the projects are planned.
One expert says the economic benefit isn’t crystal clear.
One expert says the economic benefit isn’t crystal clear.
Officials say data centers can be the future of Missouri’s economy. But it’s complicated
As officials in Missouri and St. Louis try to attract data center proposals from companies, pushback grows in communities where the projects are planned. One expert says the economic benefit isn’t…
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October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A deep dive from me dissecting how data centers might actually impact St. Louis and its tax base.
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Lots of developments in Missouri Redistricting Legal Land today:
🗺️ SOS Hoskins says 100K signatures to put map up for a vote are invalid. Group pushing referendum says he's wrong.
🗺️ AG Hanaway says redistricting referendum is unconstitutional – which, if true could hurt Utah Republicans.
🗺️ SOS Hoskins says 100K signatures to put map up for a vote are invalid. Group pushing referendum says he's wrong.
🗺️ AG Hanaway says redistricting referendum is unconstitutional – which, if true could hurt Utah Republicans.
Missouri redistricting referendum backers cry foul as Hoskins throws out signatures
Missouri Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said any signatures gathered before Wednesday to place a new congressional map up for a vote won’t count. Proponents of the redistricting referendu...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lots of developments in Missouri Redistricting Legal Land today:
🗺️ SOS Hoskins says 100K signatures to put map up for a vote are invalid. Group pushing referendum says he's wrong.
🗺️ AG Hanaway says redistricting referendum is unconstitutional – which, if true could hurt Utah Republicans.
🗺️ SOS Hoskins says 100K signatures to put map up for a vote are invalid. Group pushing referendum says he's wrong.
🗺️ AG Hanaway says redistricting referendum is unconstitutional – which, if true could hurt Utah Republicans.
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"Placing prohibitions on certain procedures for trans children in the [Missouri] constitution — would be unprecedented in the United States and likely impossible to reverse."
-- via Annelise Hanshaw @missouriindependent.com
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-- via Annelise Hanshaw @missouriindependent.com
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How Missouri became a battleground over gender-affirming care • Missouri Independent
Gender-affirming care for minors has become largely inaccessible in Missouri following national attention and political outcry.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Placing prohibitions on certain procedures for trans children in the [Missouri] constitution — would be unprecedented in the United States and likely impossible to reverse."
-- via Annelise Hanshaw @missouriindependent.com
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/15/h...
-- via Annelise Hanshaw @missouriindependent.com
missouriindependent.com/2025/10/15/h...