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Missourinet: Leaders praise Missouri B-2 bomber pilots steering ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’; comments from Eric Schmitt, Wesley Bell, Emanuel Cleaver, Ann Wagner, Gov. Kehoe

Fox 2 St. Louis: Party for Socialism and Liberation and “Eco-Socialist Green Party of Eastern Missouri” organizes Iran protest downtown

KMOV (St. Louis): Protest held in St. Louis against war in Iran

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Area socialists protest strikes against Iran (link opens at 10:40 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: “No Kings” organizers announce date and locations for next round of Missouri anti-Trump protests: “Good Trouble Lives On” (link opens at 16:40 mark) (listen to Apple Podcasts version here)

KC Star’s David Hudnall: KC teen allegedly lit Tesla cars on fire in a “small, isolated act of vandalism.” Feds want to imprison him for ‘decades’ (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Newsweek (5/1/25): Judge releases autistic man accused of Kansas City cybertruck fires to get gender-affirming care

KTRS (St. Louis): Hemp production in Missouri: Eapen Thampy on the challenges Missouri farmers and the hemp industry face (2 minutes)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: 2026 hemp initiative petition campaign and recap of Eapen Thampy on KTRS; Brad vs. John on Eapen’s pace of speech (link opens at 1:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

This Week in Missouri Politics: The Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen joined by panel of Kansas City activist Justice Horn (D), Rep. Kemp Strickler (D-Lee’s Summit), former Rep. Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg), and Rep. Rodger Reedy (R-Windsor) on special session legislation (0:30), potential for another special session on property taxes (8:30), income taxes and personal property taxes (16:30), charter schools and open enrollment (24:45), who won the week: Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, GOP Sen. Kurtis Gregory and Rep. Chris Brown, the First Amendment, KC Royals, University of Central Missouri (26:25)

JCNT: Property tax relief may bring lawmakers back to Jefferson City

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Lawmakers might tackle property taxes during September special session (link opens at 7:45) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KFRU (Columbia): Sen. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) on securing funding for Mizzou’s research reactor and why he didn’t vote for the Royals and Chiefs stadium deal (listen via Apple Podcasts here)

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: State Rep. Marty Joe Murray on why he voted against KC stadium plan (Politically Speaking episode archive on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of David Wasinger interview re: stadium vote, legislators making decisions at 2 a.m., state senators’ “buyer’s remorse” and more (link opens at 4:50 mark) (listen to Apple Podcasts version here)

Apple Podcasts: Follow the Brad & John Show to hear radio segments with timestamps AND transcripts

KC Star: While in Kansas, here’s what KC Mayor Lucas said about Royals’, Chiefs’ stadiums

Missouri Independent: Profile: Sara Smith, new Missouri child welfare leader, looks for a clean break from the past

Missouri Independent op-ed: Bridgette Dunlap: No one knows better than Josh Hawley that ‘work requirements’ are Medicaid cuts

KC Star op-ed: Stephen Davis: Huge cuts to SNAP mean Missouri faces an impossible challenge (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

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