Fact-checkers are under attack

The Wichita Eagle Blog notes that a new political strategy is to attack the objectivity of fact-checkers.

A conversation with a cabbie on the way to the DNC

Fired Up! Missouri heads to the Democratic National Convention and finds out who a cab driver in Charlotte, North Carolina, is voting for.

Will Dems take aim at Akin in Tuesday speeches?

20 Pounds of Headlines wonders if U.S. Rep. Todd Akin will be a target when the speeches start tonight at the DNC.

Photo: Ike Skelton Service Award Dinner

Show Me Progress has photos and a recap of the Ike Skelton Service Award Dinner held last week by the Saline County Democrats in Marshall, Missouri.

Missouri continues to have middling academic achievement ranking

Show-Me Daily suggests that Missouri is mired in mediocrity when it comes to academic achievement rankings.

President Obama sees McCaskill as "independent"

PoliticMo writes that President Barack Obama characterized U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill as "pretty independent," in a recent interview.