0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro

0:30 Illinois' SAFE-T cash bail law

4:20 Valid and invalid redistricting petition signatures

6:35 John mocks Brad's redistricting trope

7:05 John's millionth reminder about the Voting Rights Act of 1965

7:45 John on Missouri signature gathering money machine

8:25 Brad re-re-re-re-re-retells signature story

9:40 Brad's school photography story

10:50  @minnesota-public-radio  staff listing

14:00 Make-work DEI jobs

Originally aired January 7, 2026.

Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen live on 104.5 FM in St. Charles County, west St. Louis County, Franklin County and Warren County Missouri from 7-8 a.m. Central.

Streaming at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cirruscontent/KSLQ

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Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

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John Combest’s daily Missouri political news website at https://johncombest.com

John's book on stalking, harassment, and internet/social media trolling is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Harassment-Internet-Trolling-Recovering/dp/B0BQ9JB3WR/

Listen to John's weekly show on agriculture on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM - and archived episodes at FARM Show Radio on YouTube.