Hour 3 opens with Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge reviewing national media commentary from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher regarding border security enforcement, law enforcement metrics, and international drug interdiction operations. Senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky of The Heritage Foundation joins the broadcast to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency stay order in People Not Politicians v. Onder, confirming that Missouri will conduct its November 2026 elections under the 2022 congressional map layout. Von Spakovsky also evaluates a concurrent Supreme Court order granting state access to the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to maintain voter rolls.
The hour continues with an analysis of interview excerpts broadcast on KSDK's Today in St. Louis featuring Democratic candidate Fred Wellman discussing healthcare funding policies, congressional oversight, and campaign positions in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Representative Ann Wagner. The segment closes on Kim on a Whim, sponsored by Missouri Brush Control, reviewing post-trial legal developments following the September 2026 mistrial declaration in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts.
For official voter registration resources, election district lookup tools, and sample ballots, consult the Missouri Secretary of State Elections Division.
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