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TonysKansasCity.com: How Harris-Walz 2024 distracts Kansas City Mayor Q from his job

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties, Friday morning: Missouri tries to stop young illegal immigrants from getting Obamacare; Josh Hawley’s re-election tour (link opens at 10:00 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Post-election analysis: Scott Faughn talks with GOP matron saint Pat Thomas, government strategist Sharon Jones, attorney Henry Elster and Palm Strategies’ Jonathan Ratliff; Kelton Turner’s birthday message to his wife Madison (27:00)

KWTO: All the Above with Garett Bowles: Scott Faughn on Kehoe’s victory, which office Bill Eigel might run for next, the last minute attacks on Vivek Malek, biggest surprises of election night, more

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Monday morning: The one sentence to delete from Jay Ashcroft’s post-election message; who will step up and talk to Jay about this health? (link opens at 17:25 mark)

Missourinet: Richard Brown to fill Democrats’ ballot slot in lieutenant governor race

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: 60-second primer: Why Crystal Quade is running for governor, the black guy taking Dems’ loss for lt. gov., and the upsides of being a statewide candidate for Democrats (link opens at 5:55 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Recap of Vernon County GOP candidate vetting stories (link opens at 11:10 mark)

Delta Dunklin Democrat, via Southeast Missourian: Dunklin County election re-count slated for Monday after “voting irregularities” (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Joseph News-Press: Cole County Clerk’s office to conduct post-election voting machine testing Monday (avoid St. Joseph News-Press paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missourinet: Profile: New Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Director Karla Eslinger

Missouri Independent: Hemp industry leaders call Missouri governor’s order banning THC products an ‘overreach’

KCUR: Homeowners associations in Missouri can no longer ban backyard chickens

P-D: St. Louis EMT put on leave after Facebook post supporting Ferguson officer attacked by Michael Brown (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Ferguson, Missouri ‘mostly peaceful’ protest critically injures police officer

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Recap of East St. Louis scholar Elijah Gantt putting Ferguson police officer in the hospital (link opens at 3:40 mark)

Brad & John Show, July 11: One-month heads-up on the coming Michael Brown anniversary and impending street savagery (link opens at 17:15 mark)

TonysKansasCity.com: Why didn’t Kansas City riot along with St. Louis in 2014? The difference in leadership between Sly James and Quinton Lucas

Missourinet: Fitzpatrick’s audit of St. Louis Public Schools begins tomorrow

Missouri Independent op-ed: Frances Levine: Thinking about the frightening past while living in Missouri after the fall of Roe

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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