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USA Today: Chiefs owner ‘not concerned’ with Harrison Butker PAC for ‘Christian voters’

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Thursday: Recap of John Danforth on Mark Bland’s show detailing breakup with Josh Hawley; tips for listening to Danforth and other agonizingly slow geriatrics (link opens at 12:10 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Top Cori Bush aide Danielle Spradley lands government job with Sam Page administration; Sen. Brian Williams (D-University City) vs, Sam Page 2026 strategery; whatever happened to the Rep. Gretchen Bangert payoff role? (link opens at 8:20 mark)

Missouri Independent: Opponents of Missouri sports betting amendment pull TV ads in campaign’s homestretch; comments from Missourians Against the Deceptive Online Gambling Amendment’s Brooke Foster, Winning for Missouri Education’s Jack Cardetti

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Is sports betting vote “margin of error type close?” (link opens at 10:20 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Show-Me Institute’s David Stokes on Proposition A and the consequences of a higher minimum wage

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) wants Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) and DESE Director Karla Eslinger to investigate Parkway School District’s “no whites allowed” DEI activities

Brad & John Show, Thursday: On Winston Calvert’s unique qualifications for taking Megan Green’s teaching spot at Wash U, plus the origin of Nimrod Chapel’s name (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Instagram: Brad & John Show – Thursday show summary

P-D: IV fluid shortage forces Missouri hospitals to conserve, delay surgeries (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Local public hearing scheduled in Ameren electric rate case

P-D: In wake of statewide rule, citizens challenged 8 books in St. Charles County libraries. 7 will stay. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Winter shelter, EV charging stations & more: How KC is spending its marijuana tax money (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D: Ferguson officer not hurt intentionally, lawyer for assailant says. ‘Tragic result is not tragic intent’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star endorsements: Yes on Amendment 5 (Bally’s casino at Lake of the Ozarks), No on Amendment 6 (sheriffs’ pension)

JCNT editorial: Solving Missouri State Penitentiary’s future one bite at a time

KC Star op-ed: Illinois native Tim Basler: I was always a conservative, but Josh Hawley’s absolutism ignores Missouri’s majority

P-D’s Jesse Bogan: Hero profile: Man who leaked Trump’s tax returns was taught to take a stand in St. Louis (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: If Missouri keeps electing the same politicians, voters will stay unhappy (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: Missouri doctors describe the horrors of working in an abortion-ban state (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Kaiser Family Foundation content creators Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, via Missouri Independent: Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooting victims pick up pieces, but gun violence haunts their lives

P-D’s Michelle Munz: COVID-19 and flu cases are down, making it the perfect time to get vaccinated (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: “It’s been a hard couple of years for health reporters. As predicted, they’ve transitioned from COVID count histrionics to “long COVID” snipe hunts to the crisis du jour, protecting “gender affirming care” … Michele Munz is the best of the bunch”

Brad & John Show, Friday: Highlights from Post-Dispatch COVID vaccine promo (link opens at 16:20 mark)

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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