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This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Scott Faughn and Jack Cardetti discuss Jay Nixon’s role with the No Labels third-party movement (1:25); how “all politics is national” replaced “all politics is local” (9:00); why Cardetti’s ballot initiatives are successful (9:45); how much veterans are actually seeing from marijuana sales (10:15); more on No Labels (16:40); Democratic U.S. Senate primary (17:20); Karla May vs. Josh Hawley debates next fall (25:30); Crystal Quade’s 2024 loss as a bridge to her 2026 state Senate campaign (28:35); GOP governor primary (33:00); more

KC Star: Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon responds to warnings from Democrats he’s helping Trump win in 2024; thoughts from Jeff Smith, John Hancock (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Fox News: Missouri Democrats delete tweet calling for Trump-adorned house to ‘burn’

Newsweek: Missouri Democrats suggest burning down Trump supporter’s house

johncombest_com on Twitter: Music video: Fire Water Burn – featuring Bloodhound Gang and Russ Carnahan

JCNT: New Missouri law to protect personal information of court officials; Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville): “In today’s world, we’re encountering more and more people taking to social networking … to harm their opponents.”

Combest book: Social media acting out: “What are some of the destructive thoughts Anger has brought to your consciousness?” “Have you thought about taking revenge?” “Have you thought about taking drastic action – including bodily harm – to (your perceived enemies)?” – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, Chapter 5

St. Louis Public Radio: Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) on privatizing some aspects of Missouri’s Children’s Division (3:30), budget veto overrides (16:10), initiative petition improvements (19:00), abortion ballot measure (22:00), protecting girls’ sports and protecting minors from transsexual surgeries and hormones (24:30), GOP gov primary (35:00), GOP state treasurer primary (36:15)

St. Louis Public Radio: Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking podcast on Spotify

JCNT: State tax credits vital to housing, local developers say

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri Supreme Court could shift to the right after Gov. Parson’s upcoming appointments

P-D’s Jack Suntrup (7/26/23): Missouri Supreme Court could shift to the right as applicants line up to fill vacancy; noteworthy names include Tony Luetkemeyer, Jack Goodman, Tom Albus, Chris Limbaugh, Federalist Society members (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Gov. Parson rejects top Missouri Democrat’s call for special session on nuclear waste (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star: Mayor Lucas proposes gun control measures to address firearms ‘killing our community’ (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KSDK (St. Louis): Video: Mayor Quinton Lucas praises Moms Demand Action gun control group (0:15); Mayor Tishaura Jones says “our hands are tied” by Legislature (1:30); more

Fox News (7/12/23): St. Louis mayor’s gun control stance questioned after private texts made public; Tishaura Jones: “Chicago has strict gun laws as well but that doesn’t deter gun violence.”

johncombest.com archives: Search tags (found at top of page each day): mayors blaming guns for uncivilized urban behavior

Platte County Landmark: Restroom usage for trans student subject of lawsuit; 16-year-old boy says line for “gender-neutral” restroom is too long

Missouri Independent: ACLU sues Missouri school district for keeping 16-year-old boy out of girls’ locker room and restrooms

KCUR: ACLU sues Missouri school district for keeping 16-year-old boy out of girls’ private areas

P-D: Missouri executes man who killed 6-year-old Valley Park girl in 2002 (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Missouri execution leaderboard since 2000: Jay Nixon (21), Bob Holden (15), Mike Parson (9), Matt Blunt (5), Mel Carnahan (4 in 2000, 38 over two terms), Roger Wilson (1), Eric Greitens (1) (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star editorial: Hawley, Schmitt don’t have much choice but to stick with Trump (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

JCNT editorial: Senior tax relief law needs more work, should be fixed next session

Daily Caller’s Kay Smythe: Cori Bush gets ratioed after claiming to be homeless. Turns out she might have done it to herself

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Urban gun control rally recap: Why Missourians should speak out against state’s laws and “the nation’s gun fetish” (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star “Service Journalism Team’s” Joseph Hernandez: WalletHub data report says Missouri one of the worst states in the U.S. for early education

johncombest.com archives: Search tags (found at top of page each day): Joseph Hernandez “Service Journalism“ content: How to subject your child to the COVID vaccine (May 2022), “long COVID” (March 2022), how to start shopping more ethically (May 2022), etc.

KC Star’s Luke Nozicka: Killer of 6-year-old girl is executed in Missouri despite ‘documented’ mental illness (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D letter: St. Louis City octogenarian criticizes Show-Me Institute research, prefers “progressive” to “regressive” taxes (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT letter: New Bloomfield sexagenarian says Missouri texting-while-driving penalties should be stiffer

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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