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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on Trump’s tariffs, GOP victories in Florida, and bill to protect children from pediatric transgender surgery

SNL: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison joins state and local leaders to break ground for Interstate 44 expansion

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: Recap of Missouri’s congressional delegation – minus Wesley Bell and Emanuel Cleaver – pushing for USPS to fix St. Louis area incompetence (link opens at 17:35 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday (B block): First-hand examples of recent #stl USPS sloth and apathy (7:40); what mouthbreathers and macro tourists get wrong about the stock market and “the Dow, bro!,” shorting the consumer via $XLY (not financial advice), $TSLA fanboys and letting political bias get in the way of making money (13:50)

Brad & John show, Friday: Recap of Eric Burlison on Annie Frey’s show re: Anna Paulina Luna’s proxy voting distraction (link opens at 14:45 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: A bullish outlook for U.S. ethanol; insight from Missouri Corn Growers Association’s Bradley Schad

KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman and Kacen Bayless: Anti-DOGE series: Trump cuts KC vaccine funding as measles spreads in Kansas. ‘No rational reason’ (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Washington Missourian: Governor seeks disaster declaration for Franklin, other counties (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KZRG (Joplin): Gov. Mike Kehoe on storm relief, accomplishments, tax changes

Washington Missourian: Senate approves Dave Schatz as Franklin County presiding commissioner (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of Dave Schatz on #TWMPDaily explaining beef with Mike Moon, and responding to Franklin County GOP on skipping 2021 meeting (link opens at 9:10 mark)

Missouri Independent: Rep. Scott Cupps (R-Shell Knob) used a Bingo spinner to prove a point. His colleagues didn’t love it

House.mo.gov video: Cupps explains Bingo spinner at committee meeting (link via Camellia Peterson on X)

P-D: Missouri’s public health efforts left reeling after feds abruptly rescind funding (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Future of Missouri’s low-income utility assistance program uncertain after federal cuts

P-D: Opponents pounce on latest bid to stop Missouri cities from banning cat declawing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: As part of MoDOT’s I-70 plan, traffic pattern changes scheduled for U.S. 63

P-D: Kehoe names Armstrong Teasdale partner Jeffrey McPherson to St. Louis County circuit court (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show “Reardon Roundtable”: GOP superconsultant Gregg Keller, Democrat consultant Jane Dueker, and Democrat lobbyist John Gaskin III on Tishaura Jones’s disastrous campaign (20:40), what Gov. Kehoe and Jefferson City lawmakers can do to make St. Louis inhabitable (24:00), Keller on “carpetbagging communist Megan Green” (27:30), predictions for how Tishaura Jones will take Tuesday’s election loss (28:30)

P-D: Embattled St. Louis school board president fights to retain control; for second year in a row, SLPS will be docked on Missouri’s annual performance report for submitting a late audit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KBIA: Some Missouri communities are trying to end fluoridation in their water systems

P-D editorial: St. Charles County’s MAGA snipe hunt over 2020 ballots (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Health Care Association’s Meghan Travis Henderson: Missouri’s Medicaid lifeline

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

Amazon.com: Creepers and Copers: Ranking Your Male Admirers for Safety, Fun and (Maybe) Friendship by John Combest (paperback)

Amazon.com: Creepers and Copers: Ranking Your Male Admirers for Safety, Fun and (Maybe) Friendship by John Combest (Amazon Kindle)

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