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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Annie Frey Show: Will Scharf says Trump is sending a clear message about what his government will look like

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Annie Frey Show YouTube short: Will Scharf on how Donald Trump is resetting the justice system

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Wednesday: Recap of Will Scharf on Annie Frey’s show (link opens at 15:25 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt says he won’t be U.S. attorney general

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Why is Josh Hawley supporting John Cornyn? (link opens at 15:25 mark)

USA Today’s Lauren Villagran, yesterday: A Missouri mother and daughter’s tearful question: Will a woman ever be president? (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: USA Today’s Temu version of Camellia Peterson writes a grrl-power victimhood story (link opens at 3:05 mark)

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless and Jonathan Shorman: Will Missouri Republicans resist voters on abortion, wages? Direct democracy remains a target; “Patterson’s simple promise to abide by the results of the November election has already led one Republican to publicly challenge him”

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Rep. Justin Sparks (R-Wildwood) on why he’s challenging Jon Patterson for Speaker

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Rep. Dane Diehl (R-Butler) on Justin Sparks vs. Jon Patterson

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: 60-second theory: Why the Freedom Caucus is lobbing salvos at Jon Patterson instead of Mike Kehoe (link opens at 14:05 mark)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Tuesday show summary

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) on Missouri GOP leaders and Amendment 3 (2:45), Justin Sparks vs. Jon Patterson (4:30), legacies of Mike Parson and Caleb Rowden (5:20), Justin Sparks losing his Capitol office (6:20), Cindy O’Laughlin (8:00), political future (9:00), praise for Ann Wagner and Bob Onder (10:30)

P-D: Missouri appeals court rejects extra pot tax imposed by counties (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Appeals court rules counties cannot stack Missouri marijuana taxes

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri counties can’t tax marijuana if a municipality is already collecting sales taxes

Springfield Daily Citizen: Williams apologizes directly to MSU students for making a vasectomy joke while at Utah Tech

SNL: After vasectomy joke revelation, MSU board calls a second emergency meeting

Brad & John Show, Monday: Quick recap of Missouri State University president’s vasectomy joke and resulting lawsuit from bossgirl lawyer and DEI lady (link opens at 10:00 mark)

P-D: Rejecting state pressure, St. Louis County insists Sam Page will pick next prosecutor (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

AP: Officer injured at Ferguson protest shows improvement, transferred to rehab

P-D: Ferguson officer regains consciousness, travels to rehab facility. ‘A big day’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson police officer Travis Brown transported to out-of-state rehabilitation clinic

P-D: Wesley Bell’s office declines to charge Nelly for drug possession after casino arrest (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday morning: Wesley Bell lets Nelly off the hook (link opens at 6:00 mark)

Brad & John Show, August 2024: Nelly’s arrest and the value of substance carriers

Springfield Daily Citizen: Men connected to Springfield game rooms charged with racketeering

Southeast Missourian editorial: Election season has come and gone (almost); congratulations are in order fo Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers and others (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: There’s no reason to believe a state takeover of city police would reduce crime (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star editorial: We contest Kehoe’s support of Eric DeValkenaere based on facts of the case, not wokeness (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star denounces clemency for DeValkenaere

The Missouri Times op-ed: Ron Calzone: The General Assembly’s duty with regard to the Amendment 3 vote

P-D letter: WashU school of social work’s “Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies” MA/JD candidate Emma English says Missouri House immigrational committee has “targeted a population” and are “targeting imaginary crime” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading 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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