Monday, April 7, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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KSDK (St. Louis): Mark Maxwell’s “On the Record”: Sen. Eric Schmitt on liberals’ “doom and gloom” on meteorology and other spending (0:00); tariffs, existing trade barriers and new phase of prosperity (1:20); correcting inaccurate immigrant victimhood tales (3:45), correcting inaccurate narrative about Senate parliamentary procedure (5:45)
SNL: USDA handout program cuts cause alarm among Springfield food banks, gardeners
Instagram reel: “Hands Off” Missouri protest anthem
TonysKansasCity.com: TKC Must See: Missouri Anti-Trump ‘Hands Off’ Protest Track Debuts
Rosenbaum: Trump news deluge sours some St. Louis-area residents on social media, gets others hooked
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)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) talks with Scott Faughn about capital gains tax cut (0:30), Senate functionality (3:00), state budget process (3:45), Second Amendment Preservation Act fix (5:30), utilities bill (8:30), St. Louis City crime (11:20); panel of Reps. Ray Reed (D-St. Louis City), Jeremy Dean (D-Springfield), Cecelie Williams (R-Dittmer) and Chad Perkins (R-Bowling Green) on SAPA fix (16:50), state budget and GOP tax cuts (21:10), who won the week: Rep. Dirk Deaton, Jefferson County leaders, Betsy Fogle and Dem Budget Committee members, Missouri Democrats, Missouri Senate and Cindy O’Laughlin (25:25)
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)
Instagram reel: “Ridin’ (Bingo) Spinners,” by Three 6 Mafia, featuring Reps. Scott Cupps and Keri Ingle
Brad & John Show, Monday: Recap of Scott Cupps Bingo schtick, Keri Ingle quote, more (link opens at 2:25 mark)
JCNT: Progressive “Respect Voters Coalition” holds policy summit in Jefferson City
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers set to pass capital gains tax cut with questions about its total cost
Missouri Independent op-ed: UMSL criminology professors Christopher Sullivan and Lee Sloan: After state takeover, St. Louis police should maintain community-based intervention efforts
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