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AP: House Democrats blame GOP leadership for blocking payments to US radiation victims; Josh Hawley had called on House leadership to take vote on Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Wednesday morning: Recap of AP story on Hawley and RECA (link opens at 12:55 mark)

Southeast Missourian: Hawley rallies supporters at Scott City campaign event (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri AG urges state fair commission to reconsider stance on political debates (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri board dismisses complaint against Jay Ashcroft for describing himself as engineer (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

AP: Abortion, sports betting, minimum wage hike qualify for November ballot

Missouri Independent: Judge upholds ballot language to ban noncitizen voting

P-D: Abortion, sports betting to appear on Missouri’s Nov. 5 ballot (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Voters will decide whether to legalize abortion in November

Missouri Independent: Sports wagering, minimum wage hike headed for November vote in Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri to vote on abortion, sports betting and minimum wage in November

P-D: Shortage of signatures sinks Lake of the Ozarks casino plan (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday morning: Crowdsourcing answers: Did Indian efforts help kill the Bally’s casino at Lake of the Ozarks? (link opens at 2:30 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov. Parson and incoming Gov. Kehoe on TWMP this Sunday (0:10); Kelton’s message to Madison Turner (0:55); play (and win!) with the TWMP version of Clue – DEI Director Edition (1:55); how to win Combest’s first edition of social media harassment/trolling book (4:55); rules of the Clue game and how to cross suspects off the list (9:30); hypothetical scenarios and potential return of “Is This Sh*t Legal?” with Jesus Osete (18:30); Hawley and debate kerfuffle (25:45); Troy Doyle, radicals and Bill Eigel (27:45); how Steve Roberts and Cori Bush show the impotence of social media trolls and whackjobs (30:15)

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

Brad & John Show, Wednesday morning: How to play Scott Faughn’s Clue – DEI Edition game (link opens at 7:45 mark)

P-D: Video shows Ferguson protester attacking police officer. ‘He tackled my guy,’ chief says. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Ferguson community members, law enforcement gather for vigil for hospitalized officer (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson police release video of protester tackling, injuring officer

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Tuesday morning: Democrat Richard Callahan speaks out against Ferguson/Michael Brown mythmaking (15:00 mark); Francis Howell School Board attempts to protect girls’ spaces (2:00); Eric Schmitt and space-age job training (11:50)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City pushes back against Missouri ‘Illegal Immigrant Crimes’ Committee

JCNT: Utility companies, state preparing for future electric power needs

AP: December execution date set for man who killed a young Missouri girl

Southeast Missourian editorial: Thank you to all involved in primary election; “County clerks in this region – including Kara Clark Summers in Cape County, Jared Kutz in Perry County, Allen Seabaugh in Scott County and Brittany Howard in Bollinger County – run efficient, secure elections each time voters go to the polls” (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: Kansas City spent $2.3 million on legal fees in losing battle over police control (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star op-ed: St. Louis social studies teacher Robert Barnidge: Abortion rights amendment to Missouri Constitution could have unintended consequences (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D op-ed: Laura Friedman: A quarter-century later, Lisha’s family still awaits justice; enough with sensationalist media and “pretend scientists” making ridiculous arguments on behalf of murderer Marcellus Williams (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Murderpedia: Marcellus Williams broke into Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle’s home in University City, waited until she emerged from the shower, then stabbed her 43 times, “twisting the knife” inside her neck

KC Star’s Yvette Walker: Missouri rejected these ‘vulgar’ license plates. I’m not sure what to think about it (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Kaiser Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith and “investigative reporter” Peggy Lowe, via Missouri Independent: Kids who survived KC Super Bowl shooting are scared, suffering panic attacks and sleep problems

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