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POLITICO: Hawley balks at GOP’s failure to pass transgender legislation

Semafor: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver accepts reality of redrawn district: “I’m not, at this point, going to be a frontliner. I’m going to just run with the organizations I’ve had.”

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri librarians brace for possible Trump budget cuts

P-D: Nicaraguan alien to be deported this month (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Scott Faughn and panel of Jack Cardetti, Sharon Jones, Jonathan Ratliff and Bryce Beal on trial attorneys and MATA’s evolution (1:05); downtown Jefferson City (5:00); firefighters (6:20); August vs. November amendment timing (7:40); Amendment 5 income tax elimination (15:00); Amendment 1 parks, soils and water sales tax (23:15); Amendment 4 initiative petition changes (26:00); who won the week: “direct democracy,” Missouri Supreme Court, political consultants, Curtis Trent, Jeff Roe and Nick Maddux (26:50)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: TonysKansasCity’s Tony Botello on Quinton Lucas’ 2028 campaign, World Cup crime expectations, urban neighborhood homicide trends, KC conversion therapy ban, Manny Abarca drama, and how the Savannah Bananas can save Kauffman Stadium

SHOP: Amazon’s collection of Savannah Bananas merch: T-shirts, youth baseball equipment, owner Jesse Cole’s book on marketing, much more (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

KCUR: Cocaine seizures spike in Kansas City ahead of World Cup matches

St. Louis Public Radio: On Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking, state Rep. Richard West (R-Wentzville) explains why a bill to move St. Charles County school board races from April to November barely passed

The Beacon (Kansas City): These are Missouri’s newest education laws if Gov. Mike Kehoe approves

Missouri Independent: Herzog Tomorrow Foundation didn’t join defense of Vivek Malek’s oversight of Missouri scholarship program

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri hemp farmers respond to hemp product ban

JCNT: Kehoe appoints three Mid-Missourians to boards, councils

JCNT: After retirement, former Missouri Probation and Parole Director Julie Corrigan still embraces value of hard work

KC Star: Petition calls for Kansas City mayor, 6 council members to be banned from Pride

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star doubles down on progressive opinion amid decline (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D: Sam Page and Cara Spencer took a free trip to London. Here are the receipts. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Joplin Globe’s Geoff Caldwell: The downside, and upside, of our social media life (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Combest book: June 1, 2017: “My daughter is two days old and was just subjected to her first online attack. Collateral damage of a strike aimed at me. My kids will be okay without me, I tell myself. I can’t do this anymore. I’m done. He won.” (click “Read Sample” on Amazon.com link for more) (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Combest book: “Chris had already abandoned his own child, stole from his own mother, and was in deep debt to state officials.” What was keeping him from going on another deadbeat rampage? – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 49 (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Instagram: Free excerpt and photo: Dealing with harassers and trolls

Instagram: Free excerpt and photo: Releasing yourself from bottom-feeding barnacles

YouTube short: Stop political trolls, harassers and creepers from causing you angst on social media (60 seconds)

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