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Fox News video: Sen. Schmitt: This is the most important free speech case in our lifetime

Fox News: The Ingraham Angle: Schmitt says the government cannot use Big Tech giants to do their bidding for them

NewsNation’s The Hill: Eric Schmitt says government can’t outsource censorship

KC Star: MO Attorney General says government censored social media. Supreme Court seemed skeptical (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Suit alleging suppression of free speech met with skepticism at U.S. Supreme Court

X.com: AG Andrew Bailey co-hosts Spaces conversation with Elon Musk: “The Battle for Free Speech” (51 minutes)

KMOV (St. Louis): Man who entered US illegally accused in O’Fallon, Mo. stabbing, authorities say; Jose Eucebio Barrera Amaya entered U.S. through Eagle Pass in 2021; immigration attorney says illegal alien crimes “not nearly as problematic as the crime that is done by U.S. citizens”

P-D: Man charged with stabbing two people outside O’Fallon laundromat (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Tuesday: ¡Ayyye ese! An illegal got stabby in O’Fallon! (Segment A, 8:15)

Listen live 7-8 a.m. Central: Brad & John Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Tuesday morning: Illegal alien stabs a real American, Caleb Rowden bows out, Andrew Bailey and Elon Musk, more

Missouri Independent: Jay Ashcroft proposes slashing state budget to eliminate Missouri income tax

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Monday morning show: How to keep you/your boss out of the next Missouri Independent Sunshine Law request story (Segment A, 14:00)

Columbia Missourian: Caleb Rowden no longer running for secretary of state; Denny Hoskins says voters “looking for more of a conservative fighter like Josh Hawley than a Liz Cheney Republican”

SNL’s Kelly Dereuck: Rowden drops out of SOS race; Hoskins leads in money raised, cash on hand; Gavin Bena among Democratic candidates

P-D’s Jack Suntrup, 3/12/24: Barbara Phifer, Gavin Bena among Democrat candidates for secretary of state (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

BJShow.co (3/5/24): Gavin Bena not running for secretary of state, comes clean about “death threats” storytelling (Segment A, 7:30)

Missouri Independent: Caleb Rowden drops out of GOP race for Missouri Secretary of State

P-D: Senate president drops bid for Missouri secretary of state (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

johncombest_com on X: Nonpartisan idea: Reporters/editors teach politicians the inverted pyramid

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Caleb Rowden, Twitter soliloquies and meat shields (Segment A, 2:00)

KWTO: The Elijah Haahr Show’s #moleg Monday feature: Rep. Alex Riley (R-Springfield) on House productivity (-14:00); how school choice finally found legislative success (-13:00); “very small handful” of grassroots groups opposing school choice with “conspiracy theories” (-10:15); more

Missourinet: Hospital tax bill to cover Missouri Medicaid costs is at risk of failing

KC Star: Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Scott City) was married at 15. She now wants to ban all child marriages (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D: Missouri lawmakers give thumbs-down to plan to turn old prison into tourist site (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

BJShow.co: The positive attribute of KSDK’s Mark Maxwell (Segment C, 12:00)

P-D: Hazelwood East teen remains unconscious, family says in first public statement; attorney for victim Kaylee Gain confirms legitimacy of two GoFundMe accounts; attorney for attacker Maurnice Declue issues statement (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

johncombest_com on X: The domain KayleeGain.com now redirects to Kaylee’s GoFundMe

BJShow.co: Monday, Segment B: John reports on corrections from Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman on initiative petition legislation status and Eapen Thampy on Delta-8; Brad the Kraut and John the Mick turn heel on the Irish; Joe Biden likes a wide box; more

P-D letter: Webster Groves woman criticizes state lawmakers over water legislation, tells tale about hometown sawmill (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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