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The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: TWMP Column: 2024 Republican Bench Tipsheet

Can you tell the difference between Mike Kehoe quotes and Taylor Swift lyrics? Guess along with Brad Hildebrand on The Tortured Politicians Department, this morning at 7 a.m. Central on 104.5 FM in WashMo (full segment on YouTube)

The Tortured Politicians Department Archive on YouTube: Bill Eigel, Crystal Quade, Jay Ashcroft

The Missouri Times: Former Governor Kit Bond endorses Lincoln Hough for lieutenant governor

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: TWMP Column: 2024 State Senate Tipsheet

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Monday: (Segment B): Why Missouri GOP Central Committees are suddenly flexing and vetting; John vetoes a call to Bill Eigel; Brad vs. John on honeysuckle control

Brad & John Show, Tuesday (Segment A): Stifler’s mom at Wash U.; Josh Hawley teaming up with Pocahontas; Biden’s electric truck mandate and “range anxiety”

P-D: Former Missouri legislator Rachel Storch running for New York City Council (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Some MO officials exempt from ban on using tax dollars for campaigns, ethics agency says (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Majority Floor Leader Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit)

This Week in Missouri Politics, today at 1 p.m. Central: John Combest on Missouri media, the glyphosate/Roundup China battle, political works and shoots, more

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: TWMP Column: Senate grinding down – how the most likely scenarios play out

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate Dems filibuster all night over plan to make constitution harder to amend

P-D: Missouri Senate Democrats block vote on plan limiting constitutional changes (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Missouri Democrats filibuster plan to curb direct democracy. GOP could shut them down (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

SNL: Senate filibuster stymies progress with days left before session ends

Missouri Independent: Democratic filibuster enters 2nd day over ‘ballot candy’ in initiative petition bill

Jason Rosenbaum on Instagram (reel): Missouri’s initiative petition debate (ft. the ghost of Champ Clark)

Missouri Independent: Bill to shield pesticide makers from cancer lawsuits faces long odds in Missouri Senate

Missouri Independent: Missouri education department prepares for ‘mother of all supplemental budgets’

P-D: Child care tax credit plan faces strong headwinds in the Missouri Legislature (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) on child marriage bill

SNL: State school board approves strategic plan, sets goals to meet by 2026

JCNT: State public pensions on upswing

P-D: State budget to help pay for new Amtrak stop in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Heavyweight law firm sues St. Louis over earnings tax, says it’s being singled out (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, eyeing reelection, says city in renaissance; Republican state lawmakers a major problem (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Video: Jefferson City’s efforts are attempts to harm St. Louis, Mayor Tishaura Jones says

P-D editorial: Missouri tax dollars at work … in Texas? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Camellia Peterson: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: A Missouri Mother’s Day Retrospective

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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