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KCUR summer intern Cassandra Isobelle Flores: ICE raid nabs Ecuadorian alien; Adrián Castro displeased by quantity and quality of detention center cuisine

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Springfield Daily Citizen: Activists track record ICE detention numbers in Greene County; jail held over 400 people for ICE on one day last week

Fox News: Hawley sends criminal referral of ‘left-wing dark-money’ group over mailed abortion drugs

WGEM (Hannibal): Republican candidates for Sam Graves’ open U.S. House seat participate in Palmyra forum

Roll Call: NRCC adds Cleaver’s seat, 6 more to 2026 target list

Washington Examiner: House GOP campaign arm expands 2026 map to target seven more Democrat-held districts

This Week in Missouri Politics: 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Taylor Burks talks with guest host Jake Kroesen; panel of state Rep. Will Jobe (D-Independence), attorney and political commentator Adam Sommer (D), House District 35 candidate Jacquie Stenger (R) and state Rep. Mike Steinmeyer (R-Sugar Creek) on Amendment 4 (17:00), who won the week: campaign profiteers, Jordan Walker, pediatric research stakeholders, University of Central Missouri (26:00)

KC Star: Overview: Amendment 4

Joplin Globe: Area Republicans to hold candidate forum, annual watermelon feed (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: PAC attack mailers bring backlash in GOP primary race for Missouri’s 28th state Senate District: Brad Pollitt vs. Sam Alexander

St. Jospeh News-Press: FIFA World Cup demonstrates safety readiness and business opportunities for Missouri

Amazon’s “Summer of Soccer” deals – World Cup jerseys, clothing, equipment and keepsakes (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri reports 216 cyclospora cases, a fivefold jump in one week

P-D: Cyclosporiasis cases spike in Missouri. Officials aren’t panicking. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: Cori Bush and Tishaura Jones show how the socialist sugar high ultimately crashes for Democrats (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Combest: How to collect debt after you loan someone money: The Case of the Vanishing $10k

P-D letter: Sunrise Beach septuagenarian says Amendment 5 could lead to “unlimited” taxes (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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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