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AP: Hawley, other lawmakers and activists call for action after AP reveals US tech role in China’s surveillance state

National Review: Meta turns over documents on AI risk standards for Hawley’s investigation of chatbot malfeasance

Fox News: Senate lawmakers clash over Trump administration’s approach to speech, censorship; comments from Eric Schmitt

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: ¡AYE ESE! Alleged illegal aliens captured in Chesterfield – where’s the mainstream news coverage? (link opens at 10:35 mark)

Chesterfield, Mo. police report: “Suspected immigration violations”: Latinas busted for speeding and expired plates

KCUR: Mexican Consulate of Kansas City tries to keep people informed amid deportation threats

St. Louis Public Radio: Event promo: ‘Carmela’ shows what deportation can take away, and the strength that remains

St. Louis Business Journals: WEG Transformers USA to invest $77M in Washington, Mo. expansion, adding 50 jobs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Eric Schmitt, Missouri DED, Ameren exec Mark Birk at WashMo groundbreaking (link opens at 4:50 mark)

Missourinet: Burlison downplays comments made during TV appearance about giant skeletal remains at the Smithsonian

KCUR: Rosh Hashanah protest urges Kansas City Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to break with Israel over Gaza war

KC Star: As Kansas City’s mayor eyes Congress, would he – and Democrats – have a shot? Thoughts from top GOP consultant Gregg Keller, Missouri Democratic Party Chair Russ Carnahan (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Redistricting prediction: John trusts Jack Cardetti more than Russ Carnahan (link opens at 9:40 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: What top Democrats say about Jonathan Boesch leaving the St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee executive director position, and Boesch’s decision to flake on scheduled radio interview; Can you treat disrespectful people with respect?

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Jonathan Boesch flakes on scheduled on-air interview

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMP Daily: F-150 Tour: Scott Faughn hosts Sen. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) on state budget challenges; not being allowed in consensus revenue estimate meeting; relationship with Dirk Deaton; Matt Choinka; Richard Fordyce; budget priorities; more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Unsolicited advice for Catherine Hanaway and new COS Maddie McMillian Green (link opens at 17:25 mark)

P-D: South St. Louis County man threatens Rep. Brad Christ (R-St. Louis County) in spate of phone calls; Michael Edward Reilly called Christ a “fascist” and called for Christ to die (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Old beanpole threatens Brad Christ; what Christ is doing correctly after the incident (link opens at 3:35 mark)

Combest book: “With each iteration of communication technology, cowards have found a way to use it anonymously. They have been hiding their identities as they sent snail-mail letters (1970s), made phone calls from pay phones (1980s), and dialed *67 to block caller ID (1990s). The Internet and social media have simply made it easier for anonymous CHRISes to cover their tracks.” (p.65)

JCNT: Local students gather to pray for community, schools, nation

Columbia Missourian: Property Tax Committee weighs options for tax relief

Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers aim to make addiction treatment more accessible; comments from Rep. John Black (R-Marshfield)

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri Supreme Court hears transgender case

Missouri Independent: Ruling upholding Missouri transgender care ban had ‘factual errors,’ attorneys argue

johncombest.com archives: Search tag: journalists defending transgender hormone therapy for children

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg: Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments on gender-affirming care ban for minors; five (5) uses of “gender-affirming care”

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: Reject the opposition’s approved buzzwords: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

Missouri Independent: Judge strikes down law giving Missouri AG special appeal power

JCNT: MoDOT needs part-time workers for winter weather work

JCNT: MO HealthNet launches beneficiary advisory council

ProPublica’s Jeremy Kohler, via Salon: How new FBI lead Andrew Bailey used his Missouri AG role to wage a culture war

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

Barnes & Noble author page: John Combest books

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