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JCNT: Sen. Schmitt hears concerns from disability advocates

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update from the State Fair: Eric Schmitt

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update from the State Fair: Ag Director Chris Chinn

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update from the State Fair: Department of Social Services Director Robert Knodell

Instagram reel: HAM Breakfast – Jay Z and Kanye West featuring cameos from Chris Chinn, Gov. Parson, Chris Koster, Lis Smith, Claire McCaskill, Govs Nixon and Blunt, Jon Hagler, other Missouri stars past and present

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Wednesday morning: How to play and win Scott Faughn’s Clue – DEI Edition game (link opens at 7:45 mark)

Instagram: Eric Schmitt and Mark Alford star in Arnold Schwarzenegger-Danny Devito reboot

Kansas City Beacon: Missouri Democrats, tired of seeing uncontested Republicans, recruit more legislative candidates for unwinnable races

The Missouri Times: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying), Part 1: A guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts (February 2022)

The Missouri Times: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying), Part 2: Lucas Kunce’s dirty-talk schtick, Eric Greitens and Josh Hawley tension, plus FREE late-summer campaign plan for quixotic vanity #moleg candidates (July 2022)

The Missouri Times: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying), Part 3: Season Finale: A guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts (October 2022)

Columbia Tribune: Abortion, other ballot questions certified for November ballot (avoid Columbia Tribune paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D: Judge rebuffs Missouri lawmakers, rewrites ballot language for sheriffs’ pension question (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)

P-D: Election night ‘glitch’ leads to calls for St. Charles elections director to resign (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Kurt Bahr “glitch” controversy; Brad vs. John on reasonable expectations for government employees (link opens at 16:20 mark)

JCNT: Missouri unemployment rate inches higher

SNL: As promised, Dolly Parton will visit Missouri to celebrate Imagination Library program

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: On Dolly Parton’s visit to KC, Dolly avoiding #girlboss victimhood tropes, and the state subsidizing the mailing of books (link opens at 3:55 mark)

Missouri Independent: Dean Plocher accused of trying to ‘mislead this court’ in whistleblower lawsuit

P-D: MoDOT hires social service agency to handle homeless encampments (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: New video: Ferguson police scramble to carry officer out of protest. ‘Officer down!’

P-D: 3 aldermen want Ferguson protester Keith Rose off St. Louis police oversight board (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

AP: Man arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws as alternate delegate to DNC

St. Louis Public Radio: Francis Howell School Board to vote on protecting girls’ spaces, keeping X-rated material out of school libraries

P-D: Summer COVID-19 wave arrives in St. Louis. The scale is tough to judge. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Gateway Journalism Review’s Paul Wagman, via St. Louis Public Radio: Despite bankruptcy dismissal, Gateway Pundit seeks to further delay defamation case

KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman and Kacen Bayless: ‘I’m BACK.’ How much power will hard-right Missouri Republican senators have next year? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D letter: St. Louis County man mocks “future wannabe governor” Mike Kehoe over state’s child care policies (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free 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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