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Fox News: The Ingraham Angle: Sen. Schmitt: “We can’t have blank checks for endless wars”

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley keeps courting ‘working-class’ voters in effort to reorient the GOP (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: Missouri U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison believes colleagues shouldn’t cower from paring Medicaid, says town halls can devolve into “an in-person version of the Twitter hellscape that sometimes exists”

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Tuesday: Highlights of Burlison’s comments on town halls (16:30); Brad vs. John on Burlison (19:05) (link opens at 16:30 mark)

The Missouri Times, August 2023: How conservative Republicans can structure public town hall forums: “Make the entitlement crowd waddle into the room (or roll in on their obesity scooters), wearing their face diapers … and speak their question into a microphone.”

P-D: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas makes stop in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

AP: Missouri plans to seize assets to make China pay a $24.5 billion judgment, but can it collect?

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Monday: How the Schmitt/Bailey anti-China lawsuit can actually pay off (link opens at 8:15 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: AG Andrew Bailey wants Trump’s DOGE to investigate $4.9 billion federal loan awarded to Grain Belt Express

P-D: One of Missouri’s few remaining Mississippi River ferries might be forced to close (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: NOAA cuts cast cloud over Missouri atmospheric science students’ careers

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Monday: Recap of anti-Trump protests in Poplar Bluff, Florissant, and St. Louis’ Central Rear End, plus the two (2!) major problems with Friday’s Jefferson City rally (link opens at 1:25)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Playing the race card against AG Andrew Bailey doesn’t pay off for thieving county coroner – plus the lesson for all conservatives regarding grifty black Republicans (link opens at 14:20 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Lt. Gov. David Wasinger on Missouri government spending, seniors and veterans, and his impromptu Lincoln Day musical ensemble with Denny Hoskins

Missouri Independent: As Bill Eigel sets his sights on a county office, his impact on Missouri politics endures

St. Louis Public Radio: Jason Rosenbaum’s “On the Trail” column: Missouri term limit change would allow 16 years of service in either the House or Senate

P-D: Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick reviewing federal grant tied to Rep. Jeff Vernetti (R-Camdenton) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: State takeover of St. Louis police department clears Missouri Senate with bipartisan support (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: State control of St. Louis police department likely one vote away

St. Louis Public Radio: A big utility bill is moving through the Missouri legislature. Critics say it will raise rates

Columbia Missourian: Utility rates bill passes House committee

Missouri Independent: Bill loosening rules for Missouri electric rates speeding toward passage

P-D: Missouri set to study whether marijuana industry should expand (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: After delay, Missouri Senate advances bill to help downtown St. Louis development (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri secretary of state suspends e-book service over sexual content for minors (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Hoskins withdraws state funding of digital library catalog

JCNT: State retirement plans’ progress, challenges outlined in annual report

St. Louis Public Radio: Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital in north St. Louis could soon lose its license; routine DHSS inspection found hospital didn’t have reliably blood supply

P-D: Staff who opposed cuts to immigrant program at St. Louis Public Schools face discipline (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent’s Rudi Keller: “Rudi ’splains it” history series: State control of St. Louis and Kansas City police

St. Louis Magazine’s Sarah Fenske: St. Louis Post-Dispatch office at City Hall sees attention from a former tenant; author Nick Pistor wonders why Post-Dispatch gets free space without reimbursing taxpayers

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Highlight of the Post-Dispatch free rent story and “mischief” gem (link opens at 1:45 mark)

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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