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Monday, April 27, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines

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Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures: Missouri’s Jason Smith: Political violence is ‘unacceptable,’ should ‘never be tolerated’ in US

KC Star: Kehoe, Alford, Graves express relief after Trump unharmed in Washington shooting (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Columbia Missourian: Missourian reporters explain how their White House Correspondents’ Dinner came to an abrupt end

Jason Whitlock: Sen. Eric Schmitt on fixing college sports

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Monday: USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins visits Missouri, comments from Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins; PLUS: John’s quarterly tip re: making pals with new male acquaintances (link opens at 10:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Fox4 KC’s “4 the People”: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver says Satan has higher approval rating than Congress (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Breaking down the black lesbian rapper vs. Wesley Bell “dis song” battle, PLUS exlusive lyrics from Bell’s Soundcloud response (unconfirmed) (link opens at 11:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Fast cars filled with 23-year-old girls, sugar daddy breast implants and lots of drugs: Clayton chiro pill peddler follows legal advice from random black guy, hilarity ensues; colorful commentary from David Barklage, former Sam Page chief of staff Winston Calvert (via St. Louis Magazine) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Monday: Remembering Ray Hartmann; plus Bitter Brad’s cringe crashout, Part 1: Brad uses Ray Hartmann’s death to criticize John for relatively low number of lifetime 911 calls (link opens at 16:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

This Week in Missouri Politics: State Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) visits with Scott Faughn on budget (0:20), state income tax elimination plan (2:20), protecting Missouri agriculture (4:30), standing up for rural Missouri (6:10); panel of state Reps. Emily Weber (D-Kansas City), Aaron Crossley (D-Kansas City), Cameron Parker (R-Campbell) and Jeff Myers (R-Warrenton) on state budget (13:30), income tax elimination (18:30), Royals stadium (23:30), who won the week: Kansas City, Keri Ingle, NT Daily, Sen. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe), Quinton Lucas and Cara Spencer (25:15)

This Week in Missouri Politics #moleg Podcast (video): Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen and News Tribune Editor Rachael Dunn on this week’s legislative action, including state budget and income tax elimination, Kehoe’s various bill signings, executive branch happenings, legislative softball controversy, Royals stadium, more

Missourinet: With three weeks left in Missouri legislative session, what unfinished business is there?

Missouri Independent: Missouri private school scholarship data exposure sparks fight over MOScholars accountability

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri State High School Activities Association could add girls flag football as an official high school sport in 2027

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Monday: St. Charles County set to approve drones for emergencies and perhaps protest crowd monitoring; ACLU not happy (link opens at 1:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Monday: Nike’s layoffs in St. Charles County – the number of jobs cut, when exactly the jobs go away, and the “strategic stumble” that opened the door for HOKA and On Performance Running Shoes (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: “Our Republican Legacy” Missouri state chairwoman Lynn Schmidt: Principled conservatives are still here — and preparing for what comes after Trump

August 2025: Missouri Independent op-ed: John Danforth’s “Our Republican Legacy” state director Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but Josh Hawley’s newest populist economic proposal is downright irresponsible

October 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Standing for Ukraine and NATO means standing against Josh Hawley; plus, Democrat Lucas Kunce and Independent Jared Young talked to me (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

September 2024: Lynn Schmidt (audio): Lucas Kunce shares his vision for Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by accessing free Combest-archived version here)

March 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Missouri GOP caucuses not fair for “us RINOs”: “Haley supporters were not just made to feel unwelcome, but intimidated and fearful.” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

October 2023: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a “traditional conservative” Republican, but disagree with Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt on populism, the U.S. military and national security (get around stltoday paywall here)

January 2023: P-D editorial board profiles: Meet Lynn Schmidt, our conservative/libertarian columnist

August 2023: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but disagree with Missouri GOP’s efforts to strengthen voting laws (get around stltoday paywall here)

March 2023: Lynn Schmidt: Missouri Republicans illustrate why it’s too late to challenge Trump and his control of the party and base (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

December 2022: Lynn Schmidt: I’m not a Democrat, but I wish for a competitive Missouri Democratic Party, ranked-choice voting, and a man like Jon Hamm to run against Josh Hawley (get around stltoday paywall here)

April 2021: Lynn Schmidt: I used to be a Republican, but not anymore (get around stltoday paywall here)

December 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Donald Trump, Josh Hawley and GOP senators (get around stltoday paywall here)

October 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I support Jill Schupp over Ann Wagner

September 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Jay Ashcroft’s plan on mail-in ballots (get around stltoday paywall here)

July 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Gov. Parson and the White House (get around stltoday paywall here)

July 2018: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but support Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley

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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