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MSNBC’s “Velshi” show: Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, calls Eric Schmitt’s speech at National Conservatism Conference “chilling”

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Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show, Friday: Chinaman busted for allegedly housing illegal aliens in Missouri (13:15); St. Peters area of infestation (15:30); why citizens are less likely to snitch on Chinamen than Mexicans (18:45) (link opens at 13:15 mark)

Rosenbaum: Tensions high ahead of Missouri House debate on redistricting and initiative petitions

KSHB (Kansas City): Area House Democrats hold forum to criticize redistricting; state Rep. Aaron Crossley (D-Independence) says process “is scary to me”

NEW search tag: legislators claiming to be scared by legislative processes

MSNBC: Dem Missouri lawmakers fight back against Trump redistricting; interview with state Reps. Ray Reed and Jeremy Dean

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: What stunts will #moleg Dems pull to raise money and get national media acclaim? (link opens at 8:05 mark)

The Missouri Times’ Capitol Calendar: Tonight’s Missouri Times Roast of President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin; dozens more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of Eapen Thampy on ibogaine; how ibogaine helped former Rep. Ron Hicks; mnemonic device to remember “ibogaine” pronunciation; Elijah Haahr the first influential media figure to bring ibogaine into public policy discussion; naive LinkedIn patsies (link opens at 5:40)

This Week in Missouri Politics College Tour: Scott Faughn talks with University of Central Missouri (UCM) President Roger Best; Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen hosts panel of Warrensburg Mayor Bruce Uhler, UCM Student Governor Hadley Oden, and state Reps. Brandon Phelps (R-Warrensburg) and Ray Reed (D-St. Louis County)

St. Louis Public Radio: Documents link secretive St. Charles data center to Google

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: LLC paperwork shows Google’s ties to St. Peters data center (link opens at 7:40 mark)

Missourinet: Fewer Missouri kids getting measles vaccine

Missouri Independent: New Missouri attorney general inherits more than 120 pending Sunshine Law requests

St. Louis Public Radio: Dorian Johnson – friend of cigarillo thief and police assailant Michael Brown, and author of ‘Hands up, don’t shoot” myth – killed in Ferguson

CNN: Friend of Michael Brown who concocted ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ lie dies after being shot in Ferguson

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: “Hands up, don’t shoot” fiction author Dorian Johnson dies in Ferguson (link opens at 4:00 mark)

Southeast Missourian editorial: Chamber luncheon showcases several areas of growth; Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) steps in for Gov. Kehoe

KC Star op-ed: Retired doctors Peter Bock and James Vacek: Hawley and Schmitt got us into this RFK Jr. mess. They can fix it (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star op-ed: Bailey D. Barnes: If Trump sends the National Guard to KC, Missourians’ rights are at risk; Hawley and Schmitt should oppose such a move

P-D’s Bill McClellan: On football games and trials, sometimes there are no winners; Tom Albus, Hal Godsmith, Jeff Jensen and the Pam Bondi connection (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: The Marshall Project’s Ivy Scott: What it’s like enduring a heat wave in a Missouri prison

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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