📬 This Week on the Soapbox
My Greatest Hits Since Last Week
Another week, another whirlwind. If you blinked, you might’ve missed one or two of these — but don’t worry. Here’s your cheat sheet to everything we’ve stirred up on the Soapbox over the past seven days:
🧯 New City Police Board Awash In Scandal — And It Hasn’t Even Met
Posted: June 27 • 12.1K views • 45% open rate
The ink wasn’t even dry before the City’s new Police Board got splattered with scandal. Political double-dealing, public contracts, and a headline-grabbing no-show — and they haven’t even had their first meeting.
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🌀 Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize in Gaslighting
Posted: June 26 • 15.5K views • 56% open rate
Iran, executive power, and the art of rewriting reality in real time. I unpack the daily whiplash from Trump’s latest media manipulation campaign — and why so many are still buying the show.
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🧨 Trump’s Blowing Some Crazy Smoke About Iran
Posted: June 24 • 17.1K views • 59% open rate
The bluster is loud, the facts are thin, and the risk of sleepwalking into war is real. This one got folks talking — and a few yelling.
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☠️ How Missouri Is Killing Its Own Citizens—Starting With Its Kids (Paid)
Posted: June 22 • 14.3K views • 44% open rate
This one's behind the paywall for a reason. A tough look at preventable deaths in Missouri, from infant mortality to teen suicide — and a state government asleep at the wheel.
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Hi Ray. Is there a way to share what you wrote about how Missouri is killing people with their low cigarette tax and their policies? I live in Missouri so this is important to me. This is notes “For paid subscribers”.