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Fox Business: Mornings with Maria: Schmitt hits Democrats border & space race

JCNT: Gov. Parson to send National Guard, highway patrol members to Texas

Missourinet: ‘Operation Lone Star’ to include National Guard members, troopers

P-D: Missouri National Guard, Highway Patrol set to help at border with Texas’ Operation Lone Star (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Gov. Parson sending Missouri National Guard, Highway Patrol to aid Texas border operation (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Gov. Parson asks for $2.3 million to send hundreds of troops to U.S.-Mexico border

KC Star: Two men charged with murder in mass shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl rally: prosecutor (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Super Bowl parade deadly mass shooting indictment roundup

Southeast Missourian: State Reps. Burger, Brown recall chaos at Chiefs parade (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Tuesday morning segments: Missouri Democrats flex on guns and initiative petitions (Segment A, 2:30); Taylor Burks (Segment A, 8:00); Lincoln Days recaps (Segment A, 13:00)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Tuesday show summary

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Sen. Doug Beck talks with Scott Faughn about initiative petition and “ballot candy” (0:30); similarities in tactics between liberals’ “Clean Missouri” and conservatives’ initiative petition changes (4:15); concurrent majority (11:30); Faughn vs. Beck on whose signature counts more right now (13:30); predictions for statewide vote on IP changes (18:15); thoughts on PQ (24:30); praise for Cindy O’Laughlin (27:00); incoming Sen. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) (30:45); Rob Sauls for Rizzo’s seat (32:00); skepticism about David Gregory’s fundraising (34:45); optimism about Democrat filling Senate ballot slot in West St. Louis County (35:00); no strong Dem candidate announced for St. Charles County (District 23) Senate seat (39:00); candid answer on Crystal Quade’s gov chances (42:55); more

P-D: Missouri Senate advances initiative petition changes as stalemate ends (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri House gives first-round approval to ballot initiative measure (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Democrat filibuster forces removal of ‘ballot candy’ from Senate initiative petition bill

Missourinet: Senate advances plan to make constitutional changes more difficult

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Wednesday morning segments: Pronoun silliness and Charlamagne tha God (Segment A, 1:15); Missouri Senate filibuster ends (Segment A, 6:30); Gov. Parson, Sen. Schmitt and Rep. Ashley Aune on illegals and fentanyl (Segment A, 9:00); KC shooting details (Segment A, 11:30); John admits he was wrong in assuming shooters were Asian females (Segment A, 12:45); Sen. Bernie Sanders and warning labels for snack foods (Segment C, 1:00); John recalls when airline stewardesses could fit between aisles (Segment C, 14:15)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Wednesday show summary

P-D: Missouri Republicans trying again to defund Planned Parenthood (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: GOP-backed judicial bill sunk by bipartisan opposition in the Missouri House

JCNT: Veit’s priority bill defeated on Missouri House floor

Missourinet: Pro-gambling group says around 431,000 Missourians were barred by other states from placing bets on Super Bowl 58

JCNT: DESE, virtual learning providers at odds over interpretation of Missouri’s virtual school laws

One year ago: Instagram reel: Approval, control, security: Which are you seeking with your next social media post? Combest discusses new book on 93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Mid Missouri with Branden Rathert, Stephanie Bell, Brian Hauswirth, Hannah Adkisson and John Marsh

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)

TonysKansasCity.com: Downtown Kansas City Royals stadium opponents decry Jeff Roe – why their opposition is misguided

KC Star op-ed: Dana McMillan: Missouri kids won’t learn to read well if they don’t fall in love with books first (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star “Service Journalism Team” content creator Natalie Wallington: Missouri “takes pains to override all local laws regarding firearms that aren’t explicitly laid out in state law already” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri Senate advances GOP plan to weaken direct democracy after removing ‘ballot candy’; compromise achieved after “Republicans stripped deceptive provisions in the bill that were intended to entice voters” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

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