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The Official Unauthorized 2024 Missouri Lincoln Days Bingo Card (optimized for smartphone): Affectionate love taps for Hawley, Eigel, Caleb! and more

Sen. Bill Eigel on X: Eigel vest to make an appearance … how about Jay Ashcroft’s white socks and loafers?

Rep. Josh Hurlbert: “I can get you one (bingo) square if you catch me tonight…”

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P-D: Lincoln Hough poised to announce lieutenant governor bid (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Illuminated: Reporting, Advice, Insight & Anxiety: roundup of local and national post-shooting coverage

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Friday morning (7 a.m.) segments: Gov. Parson uses the word “thugs” and surely someone will have a hissyfit (Segment A, 9:10); Missouri Legislature taking the week off (Segment A, 1:15); Ameren’s new natural gas plant and angry activists (Segment A, 5:40); Bidenbucks flowing to Springfield and Kirksville (Segment A, 7:30) Summaries of each episode available on Instagram

KCUR’s “Up to Date with Steve Kraske” (9 a.m.): Mayor Quinton Lucas: Use of word “thugs” is “a dog whistle” (6:45)

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: KC mayor says governor used racist dog whistle when blaming ‘thugs’ for Chiefs rally shooting; Bayless: “Thug has been used as a dog whistle, typically to demonize black people as criminals.” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Flashback: (1/18/24): KCMO’s Pete Mundo Show: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas says Crown Center shooting shows “a segment of our society that is solving incidents with violent crime … and frankly, hooliganism” (6:15)

Real Time with Bill Maher: Ann Coulter on how we know KC shooters were black: “If it were a white male shooting, we’d (already) know.” (0:52 clip)

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Fox News: St. Louis police force hits all-time low following ‘Defund Police’ movement; Widow of retired police captain David Dorn speaks out on ‘Fox & Friends’

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House will not consider two bills expanding firearm access this session

Southeast Missourian: State Senate eyes bills to block abortion facility funds (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

AP: Proposals in Missouri, other states seek to protect health-related data as it’s used in abortion battle

USA Today: Weekly U.S. Department of Labor stats on Missouri unemployment claims

SNL: Wilson Logistics apprenticeship program recognized by Gov. Mike Parson

P-D: New push for tax-exempt Washington U. to donate to St. Louis, University City schools (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Ameren announces plan to build natural gas plant in St. Louis County

Southeast Missourian editorial: Measure from GOP Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder cleans up omission from school misconduct reporting law (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian editorial: Join us as we celebrate National FFA Week (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Pharmacy Association CEO Ron Fitzwater: Missouri congressional delegation should support “Treat and Reduce Obesity Act”

TonysKansasCity.com: Counterpoint: Jason Kander campaign against PLCAA actually targets gun rights

KCUR’s Celisa Calacal and Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri: After parade shooting, Kansas City leaders want to pass gun safety laws. Missouri won’t let them; Gov. “Parson blamed the shooting on seemingly everything but guns”

KC Star op-ed: Kansas resident Marvin Singleton: As long as GOP supports Donald Trump, I won’t attend Missouri Lincoln Days (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Marvin Singleton, 2018: Join me and John Danforth to support progressive “Clean Missouri” campaign

Marvin Singleton, 2020: Join me in opposing Republicans’ “Cleaner Missouri” proposal

P-D letter: St. Charles woman wants state to fund a statewide dementia service coordinator position (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Charles man angry that Governor and First Lady enjoyed “high-priced seats at a Super Bowl and fly in private jet,” lists complaints about sports betting and VLTs (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 ($12.99) and Amazon Kindle ($7.99)

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