Monday, July 21, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City grocery store FAIL – highlighted by The Washington Post – debunks socialist Democrat dreams
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Kentucky Dem to headline Missouri Democratic Party’s Truman Dinner (2:00); Dem communications director/strategist Chelsea Rodriguez vs. AWFLs and her 2026-28 career path (4:45) (link opens at 2:00 mark)
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: “Good Trouble” protest recap: Missouri liberals’ lovable gnome and oldsters lead heroic fight against Trump in Missouri (link opens at 2:40 mark)
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Wash U gets in line, removes anti-white/anti-Asian policies from websites (link opens at 9:05 mark)
SNL: Funeral Mass, visitation details announced for former state Sen. Roseann Bentley (R-Springfield)
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Remembering Bill Clay: When the congressman put 17-year-old punk John Combest in his place (link opens at 16:55)
KMBC: Missouri voters overruled again: Prop A rollbacks and budget cuts; panel of KCUR’s Brian Ellison and KMBC’s Mike Mahoney
Webster-Kirkwood Times: Webster parents join movement to delay smartphone use; Gov. Kehoe signed statewide public school cell phone ban into law
Missouri Independent: Missouri works to retroactively complete 16,000 cannabis employee fingerprint background checks
Missouri Business Alert, via KCUR: Missouri’s low tobacco tax and minimal cessation funding concern health advocates (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
The Marshall Project’s Jess Bogan, via Missouri Independent: Immigrant family hides for their lives in St. Louis as ICE crackdown intensifies
KCUR’s Nomin Ujiyediin: Hero profiles: St. Joseph school board duo – who “support LGBTQ+ rights and oppose book bans” – have “been targeted for harassment because of their political beliefs”; liberal gals claim the Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation is fueling a harassment campaign; AG Andrew Bailey’s office investigating duo’s conflicts of interest
KCUR’s Nomin Ujiyediin (7/11/25): A psychological war’: IRS workers union capo in Kansas City says Trump layoffs are illegal and inefficient
KCUR Nomin Ujiyediin (8/21/23): In St. Joseph, local GOP pressured lawmakers to block approval of gay library board member
Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle
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