MIKE FERGUSON IN THE MORNING

0:00 SEG 1 

• PROMOTE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTMAS
• Federal judge slaps three former St. Louis City aldermen with significant sentences.
• Details of each sentence.
• Former St. Louis Aldermen Reed, Boyd and Collins-Muhammad sentenced in pay-to-play scheme (kmov.com)

Prison time recommended for former St. Louis Board of Aldermen who pleaded guilty in bribery scheme - kmov.com

The United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Missouri are asking the court to sentence three former St. Louis City elected officials to prison.

www.kmov.com

• Reaction: surprised? Not surprised?
• Will this have an impact on St. Louis politics?
• Interesting note: one of the federal prosecutors in the case refused to answer the question of whether the investigation is closed. Don't necessarily read into that, but it's an interesting note.

10:02 SEG 2 

• TEASE: While we keep learning more about the depth of the social media censorship in the news, there's actual legal action being taken against the Biden Administration. We'll talk about that at 6:35.
• The Democrats hold on to the US Senate seat in Georgia - meaning that they actually pick up one seat overall from the midterms.
• New Senate makeup favors the Democrats 51-49.
• FOX News' Brett Baier explains why 51 seats is significant, compared to a 50-50 tie with the Vice President on your side:
• FOX AUDIO: Brett Baier What GA Election Means (35 secs)
• Is stalling/stopping the Biden/hard Left in the House the best conservatives can hope for?
• How much confidence do you have in the US House GOP to hold firm in 2023 & 2024?

19:03 SEG 3  

• TEASE: Former St. Louis Police Officers Association President Gary Weigert at 7:05.
• The Twitter censorship story is not stopping with the Biden campaign​'s pressure to suppress news and opinions - there's now legal action being taken over the Biden Administration's​ actions to do that during the COVID fearmongering era.
• Let's start with the latest action by Elon Musk in response to the highest-profile censorship that happened.
• FOX AUDIO: Brooke Singman Twitter Fires Executive (43 secs)
• Reaction/Discussion
• There's already legal action being taken against the Administration as well.
• FOX Jesse Waters Primetime Audio: Eric Schmitt Fauci Deposition (11 secs)
• Reaction/Discussion

29:18 SEG 4 

• Quick note: congratulations to the southern part of the NewsTalk STL listening area - if you weren't already, you're now earthquake survivors.
• Basic details of 1.6 quiver that, uh, struck(?) the area last night.
• It's the most...dangerous...time of the year (not really, but it seems a lot of people get hurt via holiday injuries.
• Survey results
• Have you ever been hurt by a holiday injury?