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AP: Senators took down one Trump Cabinet pick. But the fight over their authority is just beginning; comments from U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Monday: Recap of GOP superconsultant John Hancock’s best points about Missouri voters passing progressive ballot measures, plus Brad vs. John on “hired guns” (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Brad’s key takeaways from the St. Charles County GOP “candidate school” on Saturday, the messages Brad delivered as a featured speaker, and what Republican consultant speakers got wrong (full segment)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mike Elam talks with Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins (R-Bowling Green) on problems with term limits (26:00), never becoming a lobbyist (28:00), Mike’s shoutout to Brad Hildebrand (28:30), Legislature’s responsibility to address Amendment 3 (29:30), state income tax (31:00), another Second Amendment Preservation Act (32:40), incoming Rep. Bill Lucas (R-De Soto) legislation on sanctuary cities (33:00), specifics on Amendment 3 legislation (36:00), comparisons to Clean Missouri and Cleaner Missouri (37:40), why Scott Faughn is “generally spot-on” on elections (39:25)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of Chad Perkins on Amendment 3 fixes (link opens at 9:12 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Some Missouri black gals mad about Amendment 3 abortion campaign being too white (link opens at 11:25 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mike Elam talks with St. Charles County Elections Director Kurt Bahr on surge in early voting (59:05), MoDOT doing road construction on major arteries outside election office (1:00:55), more early voting locations in 2026 (1:02:25), more

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: LIVE on the air: Mike Elam announces his bid for St. Charles County Executive, setting up potential primary versus Bill Eigel (link opens at 12:00 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s law requiring a photo ID to vote upheld in court ruling

P-D: Judge rejects challenge to Missouri voter photo ID law (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

AP: Efforts fall short to allow felons to vote after serving time

Brownfield Ag News: Chris Chinn will continue to lead Missouri Department of Ag

JCNT; Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn to continue under Kehoe

P-D’s Jack Suntrup: Missouri judge upholds state’s restrictions on transgender health care for minors three (3) uses of “gender-affirming” euphemism (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

AP’s Summer Ballentine: A Missouri judge says a law banning surgery, medications for transgender minors is constitutional; seven (7) uses of “gender-affirming”

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors to continue after judge’s ruling; seven (7) uses of “gender-affirming” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Fentem: Missouri judge upholds state ban on transgender care for minors; nine (9) uses of “gender-affirming care”

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: Reject the opposition’s approved buzzwords: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

Missouri Independent’s Annelise Hanshaw: Judge upholds state ban on transgender health care for minors; fifteen (15) uses of “gender-affirming”

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Bad news for “gender-affirming care” (link opens at 12:20 mark)

Elon Musk on X: “Congratulations AG Bailey! Now we need this nationwide.”

Missouri Independent: Treasurer Vivek Malek asks pension systems to prohibit political giving

SNL: Missouri report card shows 86% of state’s districts meet expectations

P-D: Missouri releases latest school scores. Underperforming districts get reprieve. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri public schools made strides last year for the first time since COVID

P-D: Former St. Louis Public Schools superintendent starts new career as “consultant,” takes to LinkedIn to promote “entrepreneur” status (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Building out Keisha Scarlett’s business plan, and a tip for young professionals about job title and identity (link opens at 1:35 mark)

P-D: St. Louis Development Corporation’s top lawyer reassigned to job at airport (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Independence lawyer tied to utility contracts that drew FBI scrutiny pleads guilty to tax evasion

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