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Fox News: Schmitt: Democrats are moving to ‘political oblivion’ with their call to release accused MS-13 gang member

KBIA, via St. Louis Public Radio: University of Missouri policy on ICE is ‘at the expense of the students,’ lawyer says

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Monday: Recap of weekend Ann Wagner Washington Missourian story, and Dems wasting their money in 2026 (link opens at 13:55)

KMBC: Emanuel Cleaver says Dems can work with Republicans on student visas, budget cuts

Brownfield Ag News: How will Missouri approach MAHA? Governor weighs in on SNAP junk food approach

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri library services at risk due to federal funding cuts

Brad & John Show, Monday: Absentee voting improvements; Denny Hoskins’ secretary of state office involvement; what every state lawmaker could learn by watching Sen. Tracy McCreery (link opens at 6:20 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: New meat lab creates more opportunities for Missouri agriculture

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson on efforts to retain and/or relocate the Royals and Chiefs; property tax legislation; more

SNL: In new Missouri State Teachers Association survey, 71% of Missouri teachers claim they “thought” about quitting last year

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of MSTA teacher survey story (link opens at 6:45 mark)

johncombest.com archives: Search tag: education professionals complaining about the profession they chose

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s cannabis industry booms despite recalls and revoked licenses

Brownfield Ag News: Kehoe says Dr. Dan Brown Building, home to Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory, is huge advancement

KC Star: Real ID Q&A with Missouri Department of Revenue’s JoDonn Chaney (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

JCNT: State offers free workforce courses to Missourians

Missouri Independent: Federal family planning funding freeze in Missouri impacts more than Planned Parenthood

KBIA: Ameren asks state regulators for increased gas rates

St. Joseph News-Press: League of Women Voters, NAACP to host “State Representative Bill Faulkner [sic],” other elected officials for community forum

Brad & John Show, Monday: Measles hysteria hits Missouri – what mainstream media leaves out of the headline (link opens at 1:30 mark)

KBIA (Columbia): “Alphabet Soup” LGBTQIA series, produced by Health & Wealth Desk’s Rebecca Smith: Area lesbian laments lack of queer bars in mid-Missouri, tells tale of straight man supposedly hitting on her then choking her in public, is “thinking about starting like a sapphic pickleball group”

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of taxpayer-funded LGBTQ+ asphyxiation storytelling (link opens at 14:10 mark)

Brad & John Show, 3/5/25: taxpayers funding progressive content through University of Missouri-sponsored “Health & Wealth Desk” (0:50), Brad titillated by Missouri Foundation for Health promotional décolletage (10:00)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: What’s behind Schmitt’s Easter push? Christian nationalism and “an attempt to assert right-wing dominance” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Progressive D.C. think tank “Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy” researcher Carl Davis: Missouri is sleepwalking into a half-billion dollar tax cut for the rich

P-D letter: Sullivan residents says Hawley and Schmitt are complicit in Trump’s bid to generate fear (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

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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