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KCUR: Activist group, local Dem criticize successful ICE raids of KC-area Mexican kitchens

KC Star: ICE arrests at least 11 workers at two KC area restaurants during lunch Wednesday

TonysKansasCity.com: ICE taco crackdown in KC area

SNL’s Claudette Riley: Owner of Springfield Mexican restaurant admits in court to hiring, housing illegal aliens

ABC News: Trump blasts Republican Sen. Hawley over stock trade ban: ‘pawn’

POLITICO: Hawley defends himself against pile-on from Trump over stock trading bill

AP: Trump calls GOP’s Hawley ‘second tier’ senator after bill to ban stock trades in government advances

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Hawley, others thread the needle and walk on eggshells re: Trump (link opens at 3:45 mark)

Missourinet: Hawley says he’s secured language to prevent Ft. Leonard Wood hospital from being downgraded to a clinic

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell hosts roundtable to criticize Trump budget

The Missouri Times: Profile: Strategic Capitol Consulting’s Chris Schoeman earns U.S. citizenship – and personifies the American Dream; comments from lobbyists Caleb Rowden and Steve Tilley

Missourinet: The Missouri State Fair invites you to “Step On In”; Missouri State Fair Director Jason Moore and Ag Director Chris Chinn preview special events, concerts and more

JCNT: Nearly 200,000 people removed from Missouri voter rolls

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Denny Hoskins’ purge of dead people from voter rolls (link opens at 8:35 mark)

KZRG (Joplin): Morning News Watch: Sen. Jill Carter (R-Granby) says she’s been “on the phone with the White House” regarding redistricting, says special session “is on the table” (4:15); thoughts on Grain Belt Express (5:55)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: AG Andrew Bailey on Planned Parenthood lawsuit and “the Door Dash of abortions”

P-D: Sam Page stole county money to campaign against Prop B, charges say (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Sam Page indicted on election and theft charges over St. Louis County proposition mailer

Missouri Independent: Grand jury indicts top Democrat in St. Louis County government on felony charges

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Sam Page Prop B indictment: Good advice and bad judgement (link opens at 13:10 mark)

JCNT: State Tax Commission orders more property assessment increases in Cole County

JCNT: MoDOT creating plan to realign U.S. 63 near Westphalia

Missouri Business Alert, via Missouri Independent: Thinning herd, heavier cattle reshape Missouri’s beef supply chain

Missouri Independent: ‘Whites-only’ group draws bipartisan rebuke over potential move to Missouri

KC Star op-ed: Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee’s Summit): Missourians didn’t really know what was in that sick leave petition they signed (link via TonysKansasCity.com) (avoid KC Star paywall by reading TonysKansasCity.com archived version here)

P-D letter: Septuagenarian Kirkwood man and sexagenarian Kirkwood woman team up to criticize Ann Wagner over Trump not releasing Epstein files (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-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

Barnes & Noble author page: John Combest books

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