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The Tucker Carlson Show: Sen. Eric Schmitt: FBI and DOJ Corruption, and how politicized judges are undermining America

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The Tucker Carlson Show transcript: Eric Schmitt

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Overview of Eric Schmitt on Tucker Carlson (link opens at 15:40 mark)

Washington Examiner: Schmitt doubts Democratic Party has hit ‘rock bottom’ following 2024

Warrensburg Star Journal, via Sedalia Democrat: Eric Schmitt visits Missouri State Fair, Whiteman Air Force Base

Rosenbaum: Missouri Republicans appear headed to congressional redistricting special session

P-D: Audit criticizes St. Louis area Postal Service; U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner calls for the immediate firings of “those in charge” here (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: St. Louis-area residents now can apply for radiation exposure compensation. Here’s how. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Boeing union calls on Hawley, Schmitt to intervene in contract talks (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says Trump’s anti-crime push targets black leaders

Sikeston Standard Democrat, via Southeast Missourian: Congressman Smith makes tour stop at Blodgett melon farm (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Even after funding loss, NPR’s Leila Fadel says public media still reports ‘without fear or favor’

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Southwest Missouri Young Republicans President Nate Coatney on national convention in Nashville, grassroots work in 2024 campaigns, upcoming events, more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Cass Bowen Anderson brings Seth Dillon to Springfield (link opens at 7:55 mark)

KC Star: Kansas City Chiefs continue streak of contributing to HRCC’s Summer Caucus event (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Kacen Bayless shows other journos how to write a decent campaign finance story (link opens at 7:45 mark)

Missouri Independent: House Republican Campaign Committee continues fundraising success; receipts from last month’s Summer Caucus include $30k from Missouri Soybean Association, $10k from Mo Medical PAC, $25k from Chiefs, $5,500 from state Rep. Dean Van Schoiack

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Jake Kroesen, John Lamping and others weigh in on Sam Page – and why John thinks Sam Page will bow out (link opens at 2:40 mark)

JCNT: Missouri looks to other states as it considers change to school funding

P-D: Math scores improve slightly, English flatlines for Missouri students on annual tests (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Business Alert, via Missouri Independent: Missouri educators await increase in starting teacher pay amid high turnover rates

Missourinet: State education officials say interest is growing in the Fast Track grant program

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Juvenile hoodlum “point system” and the #moleg fix for 2026 (link opens at 13:15 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio:: Activists slam Ameren for restarting disconnections in St. Louis tornado’s path

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on Francis Howell School District’s superintendent fiasco and recent questionable budgeting

P-D: Man infected with brain-eating amoeba after waterskiing in Lake of the Ozarks (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Patient contracts deadly amoeba after waterskiing in Lake of the Ozarks

Missourinet: Missouri DHSS confirms microscopic ameba has caused rare “brain-eating” infection in Missouri adult

JCNT: State confirms case of brain-eating infection in Missouri

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of brain-eating amoeba story (link opens at 2:10 mark)

KOMU, via Columbia Missourian: Highway patrol catches speeding drivers from the air in Interstate 70 work zone

KBIA: Running dry on data: Missouri drought hard to measure

JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation to host teacher workshop at Runge Nature Center

USA Today, via SNL: MoDOT gives advice on zipper merging

Columbia Missourian: Population increases in some mid-Missouri counties but decreases in others

St. Louis Public Radio: Demographer warns St. Louis could face early consequences of America’s falling birth rate

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