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Fox Business: Schmitt: Biden admin’s green agenda is ‘out of step’ with priorities of Americans

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: Secretary of State candidate Denny Hoskins on secretary of state free-for-all (3:20); why he’s running for secretary of state (4:15); what sets him apart from other candidates (5:40); why in-person no-excuse absentee voting is suboptimal (7:00); why he supports paper ballots (7:30); how absentee ballot process can be improved (8:00); why hand counting ballots is preferable to machine counting (13:30); response to criticism of hand-counting ballots (16:450; lawsuit over KC parade shooting social media reposting (21:00); initiative petition changes (23:00); pro-life credentials (29:00); sports betting (32:45)

Jason Rosenbaum’s “The Politically Speaking Hour” podcast on Spotify: Denny Hoskins episode

Jason Rosenbaum’s “The Politically Speaking Hour” podcast on Spotify: All episodes

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Friday morning, Segment A: Recap of Denny Hoskins interview and the one (1!) best question from St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg; KC stadium vote & Eigel’s comments; presidential primaries; what it probably looked like when Karlie Kloss visited the St. Louis Public Radio cubicle farm

NEW TODAY: Brad & John Show YouTube channel: Segment A, with timestamps

Brad & John Show, Friday Segment B: Sound familiar? A circle of guys at a political event, beer bottles in front of their genitals, leering at the one (1!) hot woman that’s out of their league

Brad & John Show, Friday Segment C: Gee whiz, lots of people came to your local GOP caucus! How many will ever show up again? Plus discussion of Pearl Davis, Camellia Peterson, Austin Petersen, thirst traps and FUPA crumbs

LISTEN LIVE STREAMING LINK 7-8 a.m.: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Highlights of the Rosenbaum-Hoskins interview and more

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins wants to create Election Crime Task Force

P-D: Missouri attorney general’s race heats up with big checks to Republican challenger (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Washington Missourian: Lawmakers hear proposals to bring back presidential primaries; committee hears from Missouri Democratic Party’s Russ Carnahan, Missouri Republican Party’s Chandler Haynes

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties), Thursday, Segment A: Missouri’s noncompetitive U.S. Senate race (2:30); Will Scharf money (4:30); recap of Wiley Price IV and Scott Faughn discussing House Ethics Committee machinations, leaks and more (6:20)

Missouri Independent: Senate leader warns of ‘tough timeframe’ to complete work on Missouri state budget

P-D: ‘Considerable work’ ahead for Missouri Senate on state budget (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: House votes to pass $50.8 billion budget, now goes to Senate

Missourinet: House approves nearly $51 billion state budget proposal

KC Star: GOP-controlled Missouri House approves $50B budget with cuts, highway plan near KC (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House passes $50.7 billion budget, changes expected in Senate

P-D: Measure to help Missouri foster kids wins bipartisan Senate approval (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Dispute over divisive Kansas City landfill proposal grinds Missouri Senate to a halt (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

The Mancave Caucus with Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) and Tim Holden: Rep. Scott Cupps (R-Shell Knob) on foreign land ownership legislation

Apple Podcasts: Mancave Caucus episode list

KSDK: Missouri is now one of three states considering Bayer legislation to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits

Missourinet: Failed KC tax extension leads lawmakers to question how stadiums are funded; thoughts from Sens. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring), Barbara Washington (D-Kansas City)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Mayor Q claims teams won’t move after stadium tax FAIL

KC Star: Former Missouri boarding school students call bill political ploy (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Jeff Knight (R-Lebanon) would allow direct shipment of distilled spirits to customer homes

JCNT: Capitol Commission members say agency is slow-walking sweeping renovation project

JCNT: Job seekers flock to state hiring event

Missouri Independent: Union drive at St. Louis cannabis company could have major impact on national labor law

JCNT: Students celebrate Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol

JCNT: Death penalty opponents deliver petition supporting clemency for Brian Dorsey

P-D editorial: Chuck Basye’s vile rhetoric shows the spread of Trump’s poison (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: Defeat of culture-war board candidates hints that a political fever is breaking (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: A new Kansas-Missouri border war over the Chiefs is an expensive, stupid mistake (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Kansas City Beacon’s Meg Cunningham and Josh Merchant: What the stadium tax defeat says about teams, their subsidies and Jackson County voters

KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: Don’t execute Brian Dorsey. His flat-fee lawyers had all the wrong incentives (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D letter: Chesterfield Mayor Bob Nation opposes grocery tax exemptions, says Freedom Caucus members are especially bad (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau woman expresses anger at Missouri Legislature over voter registration deadlines, wants same-day registration (avoid Southeast Missourian 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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