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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

HEADLINES

• Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushback
  • MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/election-deniers-face-a-nationwide-wave-of-pushbacks/ar-AA17widQ
• Voices against Republican push to make it harder to amend the Missouri constitution gain conservative support
  • StL Today - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-bid-to-make-it-harder-to-amend-missouri-constitution-draws-conservative-opposition/article_0a88a4ee-3bf9-5fd4-a0f2-a186f774149a.html

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Alabama
  • Build a better catfish
    • Outdoor Life - https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/alligator-catfish-hybrid-alabama/?fbclid=IwAR3aRzF2ieI5BLrwpolXdPEQ1tYVXMPdQfVfxqLubGtRDxr-IKTHzvlucGE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
• Kentucky
  • Trigger ban on abortion to remain in effect.
    • Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article272525366.html
• Iowa
  • Asset limit for SNAP
    • Iowa Capital Dispatch - https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/02/15/bill-could-make-iowans-with-cars-savings-ineligible-for-snap-medicaid/
• Kansas
  • Legislators seek to erase trans peoples legally.
    • PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-push-to-define-sex-decried-as-erasing-transgender-people
• GOP disdain for small government
  • Kansas Reflector - https://kansasreflector.com/2023/02/15/kansas-cities-push-back-against-house-bill-nullifying-local-anti-discrimination-ordinances/
• Missouri
  • Rockwood fires back against racist parent.
    • KMOX - https://www.audacy.com/kmox/articles/news/school-responds-to-complaint-about-book-on-black-astronaut
  • Black leaders rally.
    • AP - https://apnews.com/article/politics-mississippi-st-louis-missouri-813d91d638a6822fdfbeb613ea523f53
  • Missouri's Don't Say Gay Law
    • ABC - https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-missouri-bill-takes-dont-gay-law/story?id=96977642
• Oklahoma
  • Parental Rights still at stake post Marriage Equality
    • The 19th - https://19thnews.org/2023/02/oklahoma-judge-parental-rights-lgbtq-same-sex-marriage/
• South Carolina
  • Nikki Haley shows love for neo-confederates.
    • Meidas Touch - https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1625639934999797760

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

• An Update on Agape- Springfield News-Leader & Kansas City Star
  • https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2022/11/16/new-evidence-outlines-abuse-suicide-attempts-at-agape-boarding-school/69653418007/
  • https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article268224517.html
• Wisconsin Climate Plans - Wisconsin Examiner
  • https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/reports-set-2050-goal-to-eliminate-principal-culprit-for-climate-change-in-wisconsin/
• Missouri judge rules AG’s office under Josh Hawley ‘knowingly’ violated transparency laws - Missouri Independent
  • https://missouriindependent.com/2022/11/15/missouri-judge-rules-ags-office-under-josh-hawley-knowingly-violated-transparency-laws/
• 12 Republican senators vote to break a filibuster on same-sex marriage bill - CNN
  • https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/senate-republicans-vote-same-sex-marriage/index.html
• Jay Ashcroft's Book Bans and Abortion Nanny State - St. Louis Post Dispatch & Springfield News Leader
  • https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/comment-period-opens-on-missouri-secretary-of-state-s-book-ban-proposal/article_113d0df9-eb9b-590c-b973-892bdfe5b06a.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_St._Louis_Post-Dispatch
  • https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2022/11/16/missouri-abortion-law-ban-proposal-require-medical-emergency/69650564007/
• Kansans Say No! To GOP Legislative Power Grab - Associated Press
  • https://apnews.com/article/legislature-executive-branch-constitutions-kansas-6d218f2135a8cd5ae3e749406e0a878a
• Election Impact: Farm Bill - Farm Journal & Brownfield
  • https://www.agfax.com/2022/11/16/impact-of-the-elections-on-farm-bill-2023/
  • https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/divided-congress-leaves-2023-farm-bill-picture-unclear/
• 10,000 Mink Are Running Loose in Northwest Ohio - NY Times
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/mink-farm-ohio-loose.html

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

• #MOLeg obsession with deregulating guns, and the fallout
• Right-wing misinformation effort goes local in Normal IL
• Ohio Issue 1
• Theft of frozen beef in Nebraska uncovers crime ring
• Arkansas struggles to vote
• TX goes permit-less on guns, and police face an armed public
• 2 conservatives accused in hoax robocall scheme plead guilty

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Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, Sean Diller

Adam's Opening Statement Talkin’ Politics

1. True or False: Parson Doesn’t Understand The Difference Between a Criminal and a Journalist - The Worm Has Turned
1. https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/23/claim-that-reporter-hacked-state-website-was-debunked-parson-still-says-hes-a-criminal/
2. Should be spending time continuing to push forward the appropriations that the state senate finally acted on, instead this shit

1. Yeah...NO: CPAC welcomes renowned conservative speaker Tulsi Gabbard
1. I’ve been saying Progressive isn’t only a Democratic thing, it didn't used to be and that would mean the same could be true that there could be progressive republicans and conservative democrats - not that long ago that was more common
2. Your pick for the “best” - could be funniest, or grosest, whatever, lineup of speakers that represents to you the true Mr. Rushmore of this 2022 CPAC group
3. https://cpac.conservative.org/speakers/

Sean

Matt Gaetz

Eric Greitens

Donald J. Trump

Kash Patel

Rachel

Nigel Farage

Jim Jordan

Kevin Sorbo

Mike Pompeo

Adam

Papa John

JD Vance

Lauren Boebert

Michele Tofoya

1. The Big One: (15) Texas Gov. Abbott escalates the culture war, direct attacks on parents and children - meanwhile it turns out he was intentionally price gouging Texans during last February’s ice storm
1. https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/texas-greg-abbott-trans-kids-reelection/
2. Abbot take money in Cali https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/02/24/texas-gov-greg-abbott-may-criticize-california-but-hes-happy-to-collect-checks-there/
3. Axios - Abbot energy prices https://news.yahoo.com/ex-texas-power-grid-chief-205148041.html

THE LAST CALL

Lucas Kunce - the shifting sands of rhetoric

Russia has invaded Ukraine and there are lots and lots of hot takes out there

1. https://theintercept.com/2022/02/22/ukraine-vladimir-putin-martin-kimani-speech/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
2. Kunce rhetoric https://twitter.com/LucasKunceMO?s=20&t=p3AKGifFkp853SjNjorYjQ

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