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Fox Business: Sen. Eric Schmitt explains reason for declining Trump AG nomination: ‘My heart’s here, the fight’s here’

P-D: Missouri’s Andrew Bailey was on Trump’s short list for AG, but Matt Gaetz gets picked instead (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri’s Andrew Bailey was a finalist to be Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney general

P-D: Who did Missouri’s US senators support for majority leader? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Wednesday: Recap of Trump attorney Will Scharf on Annie Frey’s show discussing FEMA scandal and anti-Trump lawfare (link opens at 15:25 mark)

TonysKansasCity.com: Capitol riot pardons could be coming to Missouri

Missourinet: On Pete Mundo’s show, Quinton Lucas calls Lucas Kunce’s campaign “not authentic,” highlights Kunce’s meaningless money milestones and forgettable performance; KC mayor says Harris-Walz campaign decline invite to Chiefs game

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Recap of Quinton Lucas burying the Lucas Kunce and Harris-Walz campaigns (link opens at 14:35 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Crowdsourcing info request: Was Lucas Kunce statistically the worst Missouri Democrat U.S. Senate candidate this century? (link opens at 8:05 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Scott Faughn talks with GOP consultant David Barklage on Kehoe and Missouri Right to Life, Senate leadership, Ron Richard, Andrew Bailey’s future, more

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Details on Bill Eigel’s totally-not-a-campaign-event event tonight (link opens at 8:45 mark)

St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Amendment 6 failed, and sheriffs’ retirement fund is depleting

KBIA (Columbia): House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City), Senate Superminority Leader Doug Beck (D-St. Louis County) cope with 2025 legislative realities

KFRU: Columbia Today with Ted Farnen: Sen.-elect Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) on Veterans Day, election results and policy priorities

Columbia Missourian: Ed Hassinger promoted to MoDOT director

Missourinet: New MoDOT Director Ed Hassinger ready to ‘build team that builds great things’

JCNT: MoDOT deputy, interim director Ed Hassinger will be new leader after national search

Missouri Independent: Missouri transportation commission taps 40-year agency veteran to lead MoDOT

P-D: New Missouri state transportation chief has St. Louis ties (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Longtime Missouri Department of Transportation employee picked to lead the agency

JCNT: Local governments proceed with caution on marijuana taxes

JCNT: Medical marijuana funds transferred in Missouri for veteran care

KSDK: Amid nursing shortage, Missouri refuses to grant nursing license to recent college graduate over DACA immigration status

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri sees an uptick in emergency contraception requests following election day

KSDK: Hours long waits reported at St. Louis area drivers license offices

SNL: MSU board was ‘not aware’ of president’s vasectomy joke at last job

P-D: Attorney faces blowback after Hezbollah pager joke (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Interim superintendent for St. Louis Public Schools gets temporary state certification (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

P-D editorial: Missouri’s House speaker fight highlights two competing strains of Republicanism (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Joplin Globe op-ed: State Rep.-elect Cathy Jo Loy: Commitment to life goes well beyond outcome of Amendment 3 (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: Kehoe’s got ex-KC cop’s back. All friends of inmates who’ve killed feel that way (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: New round of Missouri flooding is a reminder that water always wins (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D op-ed: St. Charles resident Holly Snyder: Hospital mergers threaten the health of small-town Missouri (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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