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KC Star: Cori Bush, Emanuel Cleaver illustrate divide over Gaza; Wesley Bell will get funding from AIPAC (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missourinet: Cori Bush praises four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

KWTO: Elijah Haahr Show: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Jesus Osete breaks down the lawsuit over Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s abortion ballot summary

Missouri Independent: Republican LG hopeful Paul Berry files lawsuit seeking to toss out 71 Missouri initiative petitions

johncombest_com on Instagram: For those of us that don’t take days off

AP: Missouri governor granting pardons at pace not seen since WWII era

Springfield Daily Citizen: Governor names Nathan Taylor for newly created judge position in Greene County (to avoid Springfield Daily Citizen paywall, open an “Incognito” or “Private” window browser, then Google the article title “Governor names pick for newly created judge position in Greene County”)

KC Star: Brothers were shot during suspected marijuana purchase in Platte City, documents say; urbanites used Snapchat to set up dope deal

Joplin Globe editorial: Sign children up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

P-D editorial: Who dropped a ball that cost St. Louis City $600K? The taxpayers need some answers, even after Mayor Tishaura Jones “pulled strings in Jefferson City to secure a waiver”

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Bill Bradley gives a lesson as St. Louis seeks new immigrants

KC Star op-ed: Man who chooses to live in Kansas says Gov. Kelly is better at bipartisan civility than Gov. Parson

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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