Only Fox 2 News and Show Me Progress Cover Union Rally

Yesterday, 300 union supporters rallied in St. Louis as part of nationwide "We Are One" events marking the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers trying to form a union. From what I heard, only Fox 2 News (with Charles Jaco) and progressive blog Show Me Progress covered the event. Here's the Fox 2 video:

The Post-Dispatch had articles from national organizations, and provided no coverage of the local events.

Tea Party Performance Was Worse Than We Thought

Michael Bersin at Show Me Progress posted some photos from the dueling rallies yesterday and, wow, it was even worse than I realized for the tea party. From the photos, it looks like they have 40-50 people tops, while the pro-union side has many, many more.

Pregnancy As a Preexisting Condition? Not Under the Affordable Care Act!

Another excellent point recorded by Hotflash at Show Me Progress:

Shameful! Ed Martin Touts Endorsement from Racist AZ Sheriff

Ed Martin is now bragging about an endorsement from Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known nationally for his endorsement of racial profiling, for his support from neo-Nazis, for the deplorable conditions of his jails, and for his willingness to abuse power to terrorize political critics.

I believe the first person to report on this is Clark at Show Me Progress.

Sean at FiredUp Missouri and Chad Garrison at The Riverfront Times both add a lot of disturbing details about Arpaio's background (you can see the photo where Arpaio poses with a neo-Nazi at the RFT site).

Disgusting!