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Greitens RINO video spurred threats to family, lawyer says

The lawyer for the ex-wife of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens says the family has been subjected to “serious threats” in the days since Greitens released a violent campaign video in which he declares he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only

The Independent UK

Greitens says violent video about hunting people was meant to be humorous

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hit the conservative talk radio circuit Tuesday, arguing that a campaign video showing him storming a house with soldiers in search of “Republicans in name only” was intended to be a humorous metaphor.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As police condemn ad, Greitens says ‘normal’ people know RINO-hunting ad is metaphor

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Tuesday an ad released by his U.S. Senate campaign depicting him, shotgun in hand, hunting “RINOS” (Republicans in name only) was a metaphor that every “normal person” understood.

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Missouri Senate candidate Greitens puts out gun-toting video that depicts him hunting members of his own party

WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens put out a video Monday that showed him and a group of men in tactical gear with guns hunting Republicans who they do not deem adequately conservative, ramping up the war-like messaging of his campaign for U.S. Senate.

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Missouri Senate candidate Greitens puts out gun-toting video

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Missouri law undercuts domestic violence ‘boyfriend’ fix in US Senate deal on guns

The bipartisan gun deal in the U.S. Senate announced on Sunday — and supported by Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt — would close the “boyfriend loophole” in federal law that allows some individuals convicted of domestic violence to have guns if their victim is a dating partner instead of a…

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Democrats think they can win the Missouri Senate seat. It just depends on who can beat Greitens

WASHINGTON — There is a shadow looming over the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri.

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Missouri’s GOP Senate candidates want Trump’s endorsement. Its power is being tested

WASHINGTON — Rep. Billy Long thinks he has two paths to winning the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri.

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On immigration, advocates say a 'shadow Trump administration' is tying Biden's hands

A federal judge in Louisiana holds a hearing today about the future of Title 42. Immigrant advocates say it's the latest attempt by Republican-led states to block Biden's immigration agenda in court.

WEKU

Missouri Senate committee advances resolution to trigger abortion ban when Roe is overturned

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation to trigger Missouri’s near-total abortion ban if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft opinion indicates it will, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will soon after issue a legal opinion confirming the decision and triggering a near-total abortion ban in the state.

Tribune News Service

Draft Supreme Court decision would end nearly all abortion in MO, raise stakes of KS vote

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Abortions in Missouri will become illegal in all but the rarest of circumstances, under a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized the procedure nationwide.

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Why many Missouri Republicans fear Eric Greitens could win the state's Senate primary

Some Republicans worry that if the scandal-plagued former governor were to win the primary, it would place a Senate seat considered to be safely GOP in jeopardy.

WEKU

Editorial: Missouri GOP voters are finally starting to see Greitens' unfitness for office

The fever surrounding former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens might finally be starting to break. Greitens had been leading a crowded field for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination despite the credible allegations of physical and sexual violence that drove him from the governor’s office four years ago. But after recent, additional…

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At the Races: Spinning spending - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Independent UK

Perjury trial nears for investigator in Greitens case

Jury selection begins Thursday in St. Louis in the perjury and evidence tampering trial of the man whose investigation played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation in 2018

Ballotpedia

Checks and Balances: Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules blocks governor’s emergency rule

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Eric Greitens, accused of striking child and threatening ex-wife, pressured to drop out of Senate race

The ex-wife of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the U.S. Senate candidate was violent toward her and their children, accusing him in a sworn statement of "cuffing" their then 3-year-old across the face, yanking him by his hair and knocking her down.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Schmitt dismisses lawsuits against St. Louis, school districts where masks no longer required

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday dismissed his challenge to masking rules in the city of St. Louis, and his office also announced an end to dozens of lawsuits he filed against Missouri school districts this year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Republicans trade jabs as race for US Senate kicks off

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nearly four years after he resigned from office and retreated from the capital city, former Gov. Eric Greitens returned Tuesday to officially launch his bid for U.S. Senate.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: In defending Missouri's unconstitutional gun law, AG Schmitt aids the criminals

The Biden administration sued Missouri in federal court in Kansas City on Wednesday over the state’s bonkers attempt to nullify enforcement of federal gun laws here. The plainly unconstitutional state statute has already had the predictable result of hampering crime-fighting efforts. Yet state Attorney General Eric Schmitt is, in his…

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Biden administration sues Missouri to overturn act that declares federal gun laws ‘invalid’

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Missouri in federal court, seeking to overturn the state’s Second Amendment law that prohibits local police from helping enforce certain federal gun restrictions.

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Missouri AG has sued 45 school districts with mask rules. What about charter schools?

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed nine additional lawsuits against school districts with mask mandates this week, bringing the total number of systems targeted to 45.

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