Monday, August 14, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published August 14, 2023 (updated: August 15, 2023) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2024 #moleg elections, 2024 attorney general primary Missouri, 2024 Missouri attorney general primary, 2024 Missouri governor race, Andrew Bailey Missouri, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Cass Bowen Anderson, childbirth is racist, Crystal Quade, Crystal Quade 2024, Crystal Quade for governor, David Gregory, David Gregory Jim Bowlin, Ellinger Bell Missouri, entitlement, Eric Burlison, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jay Nixon, Jay Nixon No Labels, Jeff Smith Missouri politician, John Combest, Kansas City Star editorial board, Katie Bernard, KWTO Springfield, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mallory Schwarz NARAL, Mallory Schwarz Pro-Choice Missouri, Mexicans, Missouri 2024 abortion vote, Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Senate District 15, Missouri Senate District 15 2024, Missouri Senate District 19, Missouri Senate District 19 Democrat primary, Missouri Senate District 21 primary, Post-Dispatch editorial board, quixotic congressional candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, quixotic legislative candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Randi McCallian, Rudy Veit, Scott Faughn, Stephanie Bell, This Week in Missouri Politics, Tony Hermann KRMS, Tyson Foods Missouri, urban crime in Missouri, victimhood, Will Scharf, Will Scharf Andrew Bailey.

KWTO (Springfield): Uncommon Sense with Cass Bowen Anderson: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison gives overview of UFO/UAP hearings (-31:30); Pentagon keeping Congress in the dark about spending and investigations (-29:50); witness’ second-hand testimony on “non-human biologics” (-27:00); statements from U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (-25:30); quantum computing (-24:00); how he defines a conservative (-20:00); why accountability and responsibility is integral to conservatism (-13:00)

Combest, The Missouri Times, last week: Which Missouri Republican s support Missouri’s conservative or libertarian news and opinion outlets? Eric Burlison does, consistently.

SNL: No Labels push for independent 2024 presidential ticket yields mixed reactions, concerns

Southeast Missourian: Cape Girardeau County deputies aid U.S. Marshals in capturing fugitive; Mexican desperado shot at officers in Memphis, Tenn. then fled to East Prairie (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Attorney General Andrew Bailey talks with Scott Faughn about abortion initiative petition (0:45); pro-life position, adoption and losing a child (2:20); Biden Administration’s “coercion and collusion” with Big Tech (3:30); government censorship (4:35); student loan bailout lawsuit (7:00); Kim Gardner postmortem and the upcoming “Gardner Report” (9:15); gun laws (12:00); support for Donald Trump (13:30); panel of Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville), Ellinger Bell’s Stephanie Bell, and KRMS radio host Tony Hermann on abortion initiative petition (18:45); GOP AG primary between Andrew Bailey and Will Scharf (20:15); GOP gov primary (22:30); Trump (25:30); who won the week: Jefferson City School District, education and child care advocates, Crystal Quade, Jefferson City Administrator Brian Crane (27:00 )

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update with Scott Faughn: Praise for Missouri Farm Bureau’s Ben Travlos (0:10); NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri’s Mallory Schwarz (she/her) on Ohio initiative petition vote (2:45); why it’s already hard to get on the ballot (4:45); Bailey and Ashcroft’s “single-minded obsession” on pro-life issue (6:45); why rape and incest exceptions don’t work (11:45); “abortion is health care” wordplay (15:45); what abortion initiative language will look like (18:30); the Faughn dynasty’s Halloween costumes and whether courts will give bionic elbow to ballot language (27:30); cost of collecting signatures (29:00); prediction for margin of victory in 2024 (33:45); why a pro-choice victory next August won’t necessarily help Crystal Quade in November (36:25); Faughn’s recap of conversation (38:00); effect of abortion issue on Senate District 15 (Koenig), 21 (Hoskins) and 19 (Rowden) (40:15)

SNL: Missouri Democrats, Republicans work to recruit candidates, fill ballots for 2024; Boone County Democratic Central Committee’s Lyra Noce offers pep talk: “It is something where you just have to get up and lose sometimes”; House Democratic Campaign Committee’s Alex Johnson: “Losing isn’t exactly losing if we redefine what a win is.”

The Missouri Times, February 2022: Combest: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying): A guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Part 1

The Missouri Times, July 2022: Combest: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying): A guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Part 2

The Missouri Times, October 2022: Combest: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying): A guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Part 3

KWTO: Uncommon Sense with Cass Bowen Anderson: Vitae Foundation’s Sharon Weidelman on Vitae’s goals (-38:30); August 25 banquet in Springfield (-36:45)

JCNT: Commission to interview Missouri Supreme Court candidates

P-D: Southeast Missouri braces for loss of a poultry plant. Tyson may be a bad word here soon. (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missouri Independent: 20 Missouri school districts seek ‘innovation waivers’ to move away from state tests

JCNT: Missouri Capitol resurfacing moves to north side

P-D editorial board’s Antonio French: No Labels campaign worth the effort (get around stltoday paywall here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star desperately seeking readers for sketchy editorials

Missouri Independent op-ed: Jeff Smith: Missouri’s general elections used to matter. Now primaries reign – and extremists have the edge

Missouri Independent op-ed: “The 74” content creator Lauren Wagner: 20 Missouri school districts seek ‘innovation waivers’ to move away from state tests

KC Star’s Katie Bernard and Kacen Bayless: Mothers are dying at high rates in Missouri due to “bias, systemic racism, mental health and weathering, the stress bias has on bodies over time”; doctor shares her feelings on Missouri’s gun laws: “We know that gun violence is a problem, but it’s political.“

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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