Hour 4: Maine's Political Circus, the Youth Sports Officiating Crisis, and Tricia Byrnes Exposes a Smear Campaign

The final hour delivers a mix of hard news and community heart. It opens with a stunned reaction to Maine's chaotic Senate debate and fresh detail on the 278,000 non-citizen voter registrations uncovered in Trump's document release, alongside Derek Schmidt's grilling of a DOJ official over commuting 40 death sentences. Pat Burns of PSB Officiating Services explains why youth sports across the region are struggling to find referees and umpires willing to face today's abuse from parents and coaches. Then Tricia Byrnes delivers the hour's biggest gut punch, revealing how her opponent's campaign twisted her real effort to fix a broken 988 crisis line into a fabricated criminal smear, complete with proof they knew the truth all along. The hour, and the week, wraps with the Queen of Hearts drawing for Backstoppers and warm family birthday shoutouts, closing out another week of faith, family, freedom, and accountability on The Marc Cox Morning Show.
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Guest List, Hour 4:
Pat Burns, PSB Officiating Services — youth sports officiating shortage and rising abuse of referees
Trisha Burns, MO House / Senate District 10 candidate — responding to fabricated attack ad over 988 hotline testing