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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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Columbia Missourian: Show-Me (no) presidential campaign: Missouri Democrats want to be back on the map; Russ Carnahan says he is engineering a Missouri Democratic Party turnaround

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Wednesday: Recap: How Russ Carnahan will save the Missouri Democratic Party (link opens at 14:15 mark)

johncombest_com on Instagram: Lucas Kunce at the shooting range

P-D: Final overview: Ann Wagner (R) vs. Ray Hartmann (D) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking podcast: Bob Onder’s agenda in Congress: Border tightened, tax cuts

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: 90-second recap of Rosenbaum’s interview with Bob Onder (link opens at 9:20 mark)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: A heads-up on the 2025 Wesley Bell drama (link opens at 8:30 mark)

KQ2 (St. Joseph): Denny Hoskins, Vivek Malek visit Buchanan County GOP headquarters (link via Denny Hoskins on X)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Winning for Missouri Education’s Gregg Keller on Amendment 2 on where the sports betting money *must* go, holding politicians accountable, and how the Cardinals, Royals and Chiefs will also benefit

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: What the heck is Bovada, and which Missouri state legislator will be the first to go after Bovada in 2025? (link opens at 13:35 mark)

Brad & John Show: Tuesday show summary (via Instagram)

Missouri Independent: Missouri abortion campaign raises $9M in October, bringing overall tally to $31M

St. Louis Public Radio: Final overview: Amendment 3

KC Star: Missouri does not use ranked-choice voting. So why are Republicans pushing Amendment 7? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Brad & John Show: Tuesday show summary (via Instagram)

The Missouri Times: #F150CampaignTour in Saint Louis

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Rep. Jim Murphy

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Sen. Doug Beck

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: David Gregory

Columbia Missourian: NAACP forum draws “about 30” attendees in Columbia

Missouri Independent: ‘Increasing every day’: Voters line up across Missouri for chance to cast ballot early

P-D photo gallery: Early voting lines in St. Louis County and St. Charles County (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Pro-choice group boasts an average of 167 unwanted/inconvenient Missouri babies per month are terminated by telehealth-obtained abortion pills

KOMU: DESE will miss child care subsidy backlog goal, requests compliance waiver

JCNT: Gov. Parson announces new drought alert

P-D: Missouri court rejects appeal of Grain Belt Express power line (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

SNL: Missouri’s rape kit backlog trickles down into local agencies, despite millions in funding

P-D: Video shows final moments of restrained Missouri prison inmate before he died (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: AT&T moving ‘several hundred’ jobs out of St. Louis; comments from Greater St. Louis, Inc.’s Tony Wyche (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show: Let’s assess Tony Wyche’s comments and the Greater St. Louis Inc. role in Tishaura Jones’ re-election campaign (link opens at 2:40 mark)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is worried about liberal contempt? Let’s look at the source (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

Eric Schmitt on X: Response to Joel Mathis, plus a question for liberals re: Biden’s “garbage” insult

KC Star op-ed: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D): Politicians like Mike Kehoe are worsening Missouri’s child care crisis. I’d fix it

The Missouri Times op-ed: Dr. Kristy McCall: The truth about Amendment 3 and Missouri’s pro-life law

St. Louis Public Radio “race, identity and culture” content creator Andrea Henderson: Disenfranchisement rates have decreased, but still more than double for black Missourians

P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian disagrees with Ann Wagner on abortion, guns and more (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: Wildwood sexagenarian says Amendment 2 sports betting proposal won’t fund education (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis man explains link between Amendment 3 and transgender surgeries, using Planned Parenthood’s own definition (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

SNL’s Greta Cross: Weekly fangirl update: Chappell Roan will perform on Saturday Night Live this week

SNL (8/25/24): Event promo: How to support southwest Missouri LGBTQ+ organizations and bid on a Chappell Roan autograph

SNL’s Greta Cross (10/5/24): Chappell Roan’s supposed Springfield inspiration for ‘Pink Pony Club’ doesn’t quite add up, but that’s okay, it’s easy to get confused

SNL’s Greta Cross (9/27/24): LGBTQIA+ resource center on Commercial Street would be a prime spot for a Chappell Roan mural

SNL’s Greta Cross (9/18/24): Willard native/LGBTQIA+ champion Chappell Roan will perform on SNL. Here’s how to watch

SNL’s Greta Cross (9/14/24): Missouri native Chappell Roan a hero to “rural queers” but needs her space from some of you obsessed fans; no response from Chappell Roan when superfan content creator reaches out

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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