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Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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Washington Missourian: “I’m a workhorse, I’m not a show horse”: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner announces re-election, finds time to talk about her trip to the Middle East; thoughts on Israel-Hamas, Ukraine, Mexico border, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending compromise; Wagner says she told Qatari sheik what’s what, then he made her “blow (her) stack”; more

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: “Special note to the Missouri Republican congressional delegation: I don’t want to see a single news story next year about you taking an international flight to rub shoulders with a global economic cabal BEFORE you hold your first in-district public forum. Some of us are still rooting for you, at least until August 2024. Be better.”

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P-D: Ozarks could be key in turning lead mine waste into ‘the guts’ of cutting-edge batteries; Missouri “now a potential target for significant federal investments” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) on I-70 timetable, I-44 plans

SNL: Missouri lawmakers seek to expand MOBUCK$ low interest loan program

JCNT: Families of those waiting for Missouri Department of Mental Health hospital beds call for action

JCNT’s Genna Tlustos: “State Rep. Rudy Veit is focusing on ‘boring bills’ this session. Others may see his bills as sexy.”

JCNT: DHSS launches new campaign against chronic diseases

SNL: 48 applied to succeed Clif Smart at MSU, finalists to be named this week

P-D editorial: Half a century later, King’s ‘dream’ remains a work in progress: “consider the piercing racial dog whistling emanating from the all-white Francis Howell School Board of late” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: “Remember that fact this fall, when you’ll read stories lambasting parents and school board members who stand up to racism by fighting DIE mandates and race-shaming curriculum.”

Combest book: Post-attack checklist: “I distinguish between the actual content of the attack, and what I imagine is implied by the attack” (page 97 in paperback)

P-D op-ed: Ladue School Board’s Peter Gariepy: Missouri lawmakers should offer tax credit for nonprofits’ “independent journalism” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian expresses outrage over Hawley’s open records fine, says Hawley was “running like a baby” during Jan. 6 riot (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

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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