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P-D’s Joe Holleman: How Missouri’s Eric Schmitt worked to land the Boeing megadeal (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Tuesday: Recap of Holleman’s Eric Schmitt behind-the-scenes story (link opens at 12:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Quick recap of Boeing F-47 story (link opens at 14:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Explanation of indictment of Cori Bush’s husband for alleged fraud (link opens at 9:25 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: Two Missourians named to USDA posts: Brooke Appleton as Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation and Andrew Fisher as the Chief of Staff for USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation

St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air”: LGBTQ community is preparing for the worst from Donald Trump

The Missouri Times’ Jake Kroesen on X, yesterday: Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman will not be seeking re-election

This Week in Missouri Politics on YouTube: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman on #TWMPdaily with Scott Faughn today at 11 a.m. Central

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Mary Elizabeth Coleman teaser and Brad’s literotic fan fiction (link opens at 8:00 mark)

KCTV: Gov. Kehoe attends ribbon-cutting in Platte City; Central Power Systems and Services will add 240 new jobs

P-D: Missouri lawmakers face budget battle over school funding

Missouri Independent: Support grows for homeschooled athletes bill in 12th year in Missouri legislature

Missouri Independent: School safety bill advances in Missouri House with restrictions on cell phone use

Missouri Independent: ‘Lifeline for women’: Missouri bill removes obstacles for pregnant women seeking divorce

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Cardinals reach major ad deal with English online sports betting company bet365

Brad & John Show (11/19/24): Brooke Foster, spokeswoman for the anti-sports betting campaign, wins quote of the year: “f*ck this backward state” (link opens at 14:30 mark)

P-D: Farm groups trying to close information spigot on Missouri’s large water users (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Brad vs. John on introverts surviving in politics (link opens at 12:40 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Shout out to Randy Tobler and Brian Hauswirth; Brad vs. John on attractive women using Botox (link opens at 1:55 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Brad details his experience with the Missouri Dept. of Revenue concierge service on Friday; Brad’s initiative petition legislation gambit

KC Star: COVID 5-year anniversary victimhood series: While others moved on, long COVID-19 changed ‘the trajectory’ of Kansas City women’s lives; woman using pronouns “they/them” says “long COVID” complications required her to get a hysterectomy

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Highlights of KC Star “long COVID” tales: obese black gal, non-binary hysterectomy, etc. (link opens at 1:25 mark)

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: “It’s been a hard couple of years for health reporters. As predicted, they’ve transitioned from COVID count histrionics to “long COVID” snipe hunts”

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (6/2/20): Debunking the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 came from a lab in Wuhan and other wild myths

P-D op-ed: Former circuit judge Robert Dierker: Federalist Society advances the proper role of the judiciary (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

SNL op-ed: Evansville Courier & Press’ Thomas Langhorne: In the Midwest, it’s a multi-front battleground over immigration – and in Missouri, lawmakers are talking about bounty hunters

Missouri Independent op-ed: SLU associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology: 2025 Missouri Legislature “most balanced the institution has ever been, in terms of gender”

P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian opposes school choice, attempts humblebrag involving Penn State engineering degree (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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