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AP: Trump urged Missouri and other GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering

Rosenbaum: Missouri Republicans learn that redrawing congressional lines isn’t so easy

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Are Missouri Republicans turning tepid on redistricting? PLUS: preserving in-depth long-form piece on Joyce Aboussie, Dick Gephardt and gerrymandering (link opens at 16:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Riverfront Times, May 2002: Joyce Aboussie profile, part 6 of 7: Missouri Democratic Party bankrolls effort to gerrymander black votes away from a black congressman

NEW on johncombest.com today: The late D.J. Wilson’s (RIP) 2002 Riverfront Times profile on Missouri Democratic fundraising powerhouse Joyce Aboussie

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: A certain story disappeared from the Riverfront Times’ early 2000s online archives. Will anyone step up to preserve and republish one of the most iconic pieces of long-form Missouri political journalism? (link opens at 5:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Morning Wire: Sen. Eric Schmitt on hearings regarding left-wing political violence

Axios: Republicans flirt with hardball offer on ending shutdown; quote from Schmitt (avoid Axios paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford: Social Security payments will continue during the federal government shutdown

Missourinet: Alford: Democrats “have dug themselves such a deep hole”

Missourinet: U.S. Reps. Wesley Bell, Eric Burlison weigh in on shutdown; Bell comments on North St. Louis battery plant grant

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Schmitt explains what really happened with the North St. Louis battery plant (link opens at 13:05 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Mark Reardon Show: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner on the “Schumer Shutdown”, how long she expects it to last and how it is affecting Missouri residents

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on his dog passing away, government shutdown and timeline, why Republicans tend to not protest, East Wing and Trump ballroom, narco-terrorist drug runners

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Kansas City preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown

St. Louis Public Radio: In reversal, Phelps County Jail resumes taking in ICE detainees

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of ICE story and local group encouraging love letters to aliens (link opens at 11:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Casenet research: William Howells’ lawyer employs a surprising move in the alleged Tesla vandalism case (link opens at 10:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri judge upholds ballot summary of amendment targeting school scholarships

The Missouri Times: Missouri launches first-ever cost-sharing child care program

Missouri Independent: THC beverage boom faces Missouri crackdown amid regulatory concerns, safety risks; WashMo farmer backs statewide measure to allow marijuana and intoxicating hemp products to be sold in the same stores as alcohol and tobacco

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of THC drink story – plus mapping out the four Missouri cannabis camps (link opens at 2:05 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties) (9/13/25): The FARM (Farm and Ranch Missouri) Show with John Combest: Missourians for a Single Market’s Eapen Thampy on 2026 statewide marijuana/hemp ballot initiative, how much it will cost to gather signatures and a Missouri company’s $1 million commitment

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (9/13/25): The FARM Show: Eapen Thampy on hurdles to hemp production in Missouri, the top lies/half-truths should voters expect to hear about the “single market” ballot initiative, and how many “homegrown” plants you can produce legally

Missourinet: Missouri DNR’s Kurt Schaefer on Missouri’s energy resources and power grid planning

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery’s office lawyer threatened a Post-Dispatch reporter (link opens at 15:35) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Case study: Managing through Boomer Facebook Telephone falsehoods, starring Phil Christofanelli’s mom and Brad Hildebrand, with cameos from Mike Carter and Steve Ehlmann (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

New York Times op-ed: Josh Hawley on SNAP: No American should go to bed hungry (avoid New York Times paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: American Diabetes Association’s Douglas Dunsavage: Missouri should empower patients with choice in glucose monitors

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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