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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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CNN: President Trump signs Day 1 executive actions as he attempts to transform federal government; photo of Trump, JD Vance and Will Scharf

NY Times: Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters and signs order on TikTok; photo of Trump with JD Vance and Will Scharf

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), 11/18/24: Brad vs. John on significance of Will Scharf’s job with Trump (link opens at 10:35 mark)

KSHB: Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) anti-Trump protest draws nearly two dozen (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star: On Day One, President Trump pardons, commutes sentences of Jan. 6 defendants (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KCUR’s Celisa Calacal: Area illegal immigration and “gender-affirming care” activists cope with Trump victory; thoughts from man leading “trans women of color” group, others

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?”

KCUR: Event promo: Come support the new “Shark Tank”-style dating event for “queers”

KC Star: Activist uses MLK event to criticize Gov. Parson’s freeing of Eric DeValkenaere (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KSHB: Activist groups criticize Gov. Mike Parson for Eric DeValkenaere case

Kansas City Beacon: Housing, tax credits and unions: Missouri economic development bills to watch in 2025

JCNT: Missouri House bill aims to prevent tracking of gun purchases

KMIZ: Juvenile shots fired incident highlights ongoing issue of stolen guns in Missouri; former Boone County detective blames state lawmakers for gun thefts; delinquent arrested for “suspicion of illegal gun passion [sic]”

Missouri Independent: State lawmakers push for oversight panel to monitor conditions in state prisons

JCNT: MOSERS sets 2.3 percent COLA for 2025

Columbia Missourian: Local public hearing in Ameren rate case this week

Brad & John Show, Monday: MoDOT reveals its daily pothole-filling average (link opens at 3:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: CORRECTION! re: Tishaura Jones PAC filing deadline (link opens at 14:15 mark)

Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri lawmakers bring back bad idea of initiative petition changes (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: SLPS board president’s obfuscation explains a lot about what’s happening there (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – $7.99 on Kindle, $12.99 in paperback

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