“…I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension…”

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Senator Eric Schmitt (r) [2025 file photo].

“…Oh, a bullshit artist…”

On Friday:

Senator Eric Schmitt
[July 31, 2026]

The central plank of Democrat party is open borders and mass migration.
They want to import millions of illegal aliens, give them welfare benefits, and have them vote in our elections.
They’ve lost the case with the American people.
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There was much hilarity in the responses:

Oh horsepuckey 🥴you’re a delusional white supremacist liar. RESIGN.

Horseshit works, too.

You lie. But then what is new?

Please list in detail and with citations the evidence for your claims.

[….] It is the responsibility of the person posting this absurd 💩to prove what they have stated!! Otherwise, it is just pure 🐂💩!!

[….] from Senator Eric-“I was told to do so by fellow Carpet Bagger Josh and the Dear Leader, Felon in Chief himself.”

Please don’t confuse MAGA supporters by asking for facts.

The Kool-aid is strong with Eric. 💪

Don’t forget to call them commies, that always works!

Is this satire?

Sadly, no.

Where, WHERE is there any policy statement stating open borders?

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The paid demobots bombarding all republican posts. This is why you can’t cater to democrats. They are evil people. You have to step on their heads and force them to leave the state. More mega, more anti-democrat laws. These people only want to destroy the state and the country. We have to destroy their will to stay.

Bullshit Im fighting this the all way. And Im not a bot. Im a Democrat/Liberal who cares about people and my beloved Country. I’m not evil, but you are, wanting people to leave. Simply because they disagree w/your narrative. This is free Country so you can fuck off!!

MAGA leaders are the ones destroying America. Sadly the MAGA followers just keep drinking the koolaid. 🗽

We didn’t elect a convicted rapist for president.

We’re constituents, ass face.

Such a shrewd judge of character!
Sure ~ keep cheering a twice-divorced adulterer and convicted sexual predator, an OBVIOUS PEDOPHILE, who ran up the federal debt, sloppily imposed tariffs, embraced the anti-American autocrats leading Russia and North Korea and Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who incited a storming of the Capitol – a man devoid of serious thought and guiding policy principles, a self-fixated candidate who presented no intellectual framework for his presidency, overtly racist, a convicted FELON, a man who pays more in hush money to porn stars than in taxes, who mocks the dead and threatens our deepest allies…

It is curious how every Republican accusation is a confession. Note how FB and other social media are overrun with Russian/Republican bots again with the coming election. But you accuse Democrats.

I’m not paid. I criticize Sen. Schmitt out of the goodness of my heart.

Wow, the “it’s my state and anyone who doesn’t agree with me should be stepped on” narcissism in this post is over the top, you should seek mental health counseling. Fascism is not a good replacement for democracy as much as you want it to be.

I believe it is the Republicans and Trumps Fascist party that are destroying our country

Give us more messaging from Adolf, translated from the original German, please.

And this is what passes for rational debate?

“Stupid people love me” DJT “Smart people don’t like me” DJT …Thank you for confirming that.

Dude, try pouring the kool-aid over your head instead of drinking it. It might cool you off.😊

Read what you wrote and tell me who actually sounds evil here.

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What are the central planks of the Republican Party? How are those going?

What he means is.. hey daddy look at me, me!…lol

Running scared, are we?

“Central plank”? How about no stupid wars and affordability

The Ten Commandments address lying specifically in the ninth commandment, which is found in both Exodus 20:16 and Deuteronomy 5:20 of the Bible.Here is what the commandment states about lying and neighbors:The Text: The commandment instructs: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”.The Original Meaning: In ancient Israel, this primarily served as a prohibition against perjury or giving false testimony in a court of law. It was meant to ensure that justice was served and that innocent people were not condemned by lies.Lying About Your Neighbor: The wording specifically focuses on harm directed at a neighbor, which in this context means any fellow human being, friend, or community member. It outlaws malicious deception used to hurt someone else’s reputation, steal their property, or compromise their safety.Broad Application: While the commandment originated to prevent judicial fraud, it is universally interpreted by major religious traditions (including Judaism and Christianity) as a broader prohibition against all forms of lying, gossiping, slandering, and spreading rumors that damage another person’s character.

Explain to me Eric, like I’m a college graduate, how it’s not socialism, communism even that the Federal government is now owning stakes in companies?

Wow, given the Republican party is currently in charge, and the current economy, fuel prices, grocery prices, and stagnating wages, he’s whining about the other party?

We have a winner!

Not a Democrat, but I do know some, and not one of them feels this way soooo I’m beginning to think this is some distractive 🐂💩

January 6th.

There’s that.

“Import?” 🤦🏼‍♂️

Another bag of baloney…

Your last name is German. Assuming your ancestors came here in 19th century…via open borders.

As opposed to Republicans who want nobody to have healthcare.

If so, have a town hall open to all. That’ll go well for you.

No it isn’t. Try again

u gonna bail out farm$ again??🤡

Still riding that tired old horse?

Tell me you’re part of the cult, without telling me you’re part of the cult.

I’d pay good money to see walk the plank!

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.

Don’t you get tired of saying the same lines over and over?

You aren’t reading appropriate materials if that’s what you think is the central plank. If you need to shorten their plank into one simple sentence try affordability along with opportunities for all.

Actually it’s Medicare for all. Try to keep up.

You are delusional and need to listen to all people, not just spread hate.

Why is it we never hear an original thought from this guy?

Name one Democratic candidate or incumbent that has said they want open borders. Just one.

Amazing, people can say this stuff with a straight face.

No it’s not. You wouldn’t be focused on these lies if you had anything, ANYTHING, positive to offer.

Why would you say this? It’s just not true for most democrats and you know this.
There are things on their platform that you likely don’t agree with but why make up things?

Federal law has banned undocumented immigrants from SNAP, Medicaid, and SSI since 1996. (Thanks Bill Clinton) That’s almost 30 years of bipartisan law. Some some states cover limited things like emergency care with state money, but “millions on federal welfare” just isn’t real.
Non-citizen voting in federal elections is already a felony. A handful of cities let non-citizens vote in local school board races. That’s not a party platform, that’s like five city councils.
So this isn’t really “facts,” it’s three myths stacked on top of each other.
To be fair, there are real debates to have about asylum policy and enforcement levels. Just not this version of them.

I am a Democrat and I can tell you that everything you just said is not true.

Oh, BS. As a Democrat, I want a reasonable path to citizenship, for the US to honor its promises to folks following a prescribed path. I also want healthcare, housing, food and education to be affordable. I want the administration to follow the Constitution and legal precedent.

I’m sorry, but I don’t actually believe that you have ever actually asked any of us what we think about anything. I would’ve definitely shown up for that conversation.
Personally, I’m really tired of being “othered” by partisan political hacks. I am an American citizen, born and raised in Missouri. Forced into a party affiliation by Missouri closed primary voting laws.
I do not believe in wide open borders, I do not believe that we should be propping up anyone, citizen or not, that is capable of supporting themselves and I don’t believe or think that everyone that enters the country should be eligible to vote in our elections. Neither does any other progressive voter that I know.
STOP LYING! STOP DIVIDING!
DO YOUR JOB and represent all Missourians, even those of us that did not vote for you! You wanted the job, you won the job! And you have spent your time and our money demonizing half of your constituency as the enemy to the other half.
DO BETTER.

Spoken by a former Missouri AG. You know those guys that uses to believe in due process.

Not really.

You are so misinformed Eric. It’s laughable that a human would even say such nonsense, particularly one who thinks he is intelligent.
Really?😲🙄 is that what you think?
And do you even think Americans would believe that?

None of this is supported by evidence. You have no good qualities to run on, so you have resorted to name calling and scare tactics. Every metric is negative. You can not show one positive outcome from this administration. We have seen what you have to offer and it’s a no for us dawg!

Actually, we want cheaper groceries, gas, housing. We want universal healthcare, a living wage, free college, paid family leave, paid vacation and childcare.

How’s that lying about the reflecting pool vandalism going?

Do Republicans ever tell the truth? About anything? I’m beginning to think the answer might be NO.

blah blah blah

Actually it you and your fascist fellow Republicans who have lost your case with the American people .

No it is not. Do any of you ever fact check or do any research?

You’re so full of shit

You realize we didn’t have a border patrol until 1924 right? and we only even started patrolling officially off and on in 1904. Though there were informal “Chinese Inspectors” since the “Chinese exclusion act” in 1882
So I’m fairly certain, our history, says “your a fucking moron”.
Correct me if I’m wrong.

You can always tell when a Rapethuglican is lying because they’re breathing.

Stop with the hysteria. Your degree of spreading lies and disinformation is astounding! I can’t believe that sensible people have voted for you.

Is there even one Republican telling the truth and actually working for their constituents?

Keep a fire extinguisher near your pants at all times.

You’re so full of shit Eric, lie to the public just to save your ass and your half baked party’s ass. Stop gaslighting you POS.

Where’s your evidence?
When your party has only manufactured fear to offer. It’s telling 😉

Well, no it actually isn’t. Why lie about it?

Is Mitch McConnell available for comments?

Don’t drink the koolaid folks…unbelievable

Asshole!!!!

Say desperately out loud lies to say how desperately you need to lie

How’s your war going?

“War [good god!] Is Good [what is it good for?] For Absolutely Nothing [say it again!]”
Circa 2001-2005.
28 x 22, posterboard, permanent marker.

Lying fool. 🤡

Lazy recital of the latest scare tactics by an obvious toady.

You are makin’ stuff up; these are lies, and history will be brutal to you. Can’t wait.

No one with any sense believes you, asshole

Drinking the kool-aid again? You are a joke

You just demonstrated your lack of critical thinking ability.

You are a #1 grade A doofus. People are worried about food prices, healthcare, housing, things your party are cutting for the most vulnerable. Elections haven’t been a problem until 🍊🤡. And you are helping him destroy America!!

Hey there, Eric, remember Missouri. You know, where your constituents live and vote. Some of us are a bit more concerned with gas closing in on $4 a gallon, grocery prices through the roof, and an insane war waged by Trump, without consulting with Congress.

You know that is untrue. This shows you can’t be trusted to be honest. Shame on you

What a mud slinger you are. Tell us what you are for and quit lying about the Democrats. Find some integrity and decency. “Show Me” that you deserve to be a Senator. You are looking like a lost cause these days, undeserving of an office.

No it’s not but you sure as hell can’t run on this disastrous administration. You have no shame

Hate fills your heart dude.

That’s not what they want. Why do you deliberately lie? Do you not have your own policies to promote. Is your only stance attacking democrats with a false narrative. If that’s all you’re about you need to get the fuck out.

You are a joke …. And a bully.

Pretty presumptuous of you to tell me what I believe or don’t believe in.

Idiotspeak

Do people actually believe these lies?

Settle down, bubba. Take your meds.

Oh look. Making crap up. Why? Truth is a vote loser, I guess.

You do realize that the magat cult stupid enough to believe you is shrinking, right?

1. Obama was originally called the reporter in chief.
2. You can’t receive welfare without a valid SSN number.
3. Only Trump has put out a ” gold card” to fast track immigrant to citizenship.
So how are your claims true? Propaganda against democrats for something that is not true is called lying. On top of that demonizing a marginalized ethnic people is wrong. Separation of ethnic backgrounds is supposed to be against the law. No matter executive order or not equality has always been an American value. You sir are white that = immigrant at some point in your own family history. Since we are in Missouri I truly hope you understand pot calling kettle black doesn’t make it right.

Jesus Fucking Christ…Do these people actually believe this? I mean seriously, if they were in court and started spouting this nonsense, they would be referred for a competency hearing…this is literally insane…

No it isn’t, you lying, misrepresenting fuckwad.

Again, why would you make up this ‘crap’. From a person who supported gerrymandering to favor a political party in the upcoming midterm elections and is trying to pass the act that would impact far more legal votes than illegal votes. So, it’s also disgusting that you’re supporting these things that are trying to change things unfairly to gain election results.
While I think the moderate Republicans want rules to be enforced fairly, the Republicans & current President you support do not enforce rules fairly. The current administration is not concerned with the common working class Americans – the focus is on helping billionaires get richer.

What in the world are you blabbing about? You know that’s not true. Please worry about something of importance for your constituents.

Pssst….. lol, we don’t believe you.

This would be funny if it wasn’t so stupid.

Senator Schmitt, you are lying. Non-citizens do not qualify for federal aid and they do not vote. If this were true, Republicans would have brought cases to court– with proof– but they haven’t because there is no proof. You are hawking a bogus conspiracy theory to gullible constituents for political gain. I can’t think of anything more dishonorable. You’re a pandering con-man who has forgotten his oath to the Constitution. YOU are the disgusting one. Lies do not become truth no matter how many times they are repeated.
Grammar check: it’s the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party.
On a personal note, you may want to consider asking God for forgiveness.

Republicans like being laughed at.

The central plank of the Republican Party is thinking all Americans are stupid enough to believe their lies.

No election platform of substance, sow fear. Old strategy

More nonsense from the right. Lie and deny is all they know. Bunch of fascists

You are so full of it Schmitt. Open borders and mass migration? No, how about Medicare for all? How about free and fair elections? How about ending this senseless war in Iran? How about Senators that stand up against a pay to play corrupt government? Affordable housing, affordable education, affordable child care, affordable groceries for crying out loud?

Why do you think people would believe such ludicrous claims? It’s embarrassing.

No, it’s not. Not even close. But hey, while we’re on the subject, what’s the central plank of the republican party? Other than kissing the felon’s butt and trying to scare the stupid? Haven’t heard a thing about what you’re going to do to improve life for the American people. Not one word.

Fearmongering is for pols with no platform and voters incapable of thinking critically.

Shut the fuck already! This bullshit line is really getting old. What else do you guys have? Healthcare? Lower grocery prices? Lower gas prices? How about you talk about something real instead of made up 💩 like this. 🤷‍♂️

You know what your motto should be, Eric? “I love to hurt people who live in Missouri”. You have two years left in office and I cannot wait to start working to remove you and all the other pedophile loving people in your ass-backwards party.

The hell it is you asshole. Quit the fucking fear mongering all the damn time, you sycophantic piece of shit.

Somebody has overdosed on the Kool Ade. Every time a politician even hints that working people should get paid a fair wage the overlords panic and yell Communism. Are hospitals and roads communist? Are police and ambulance services Communist? Sometimes people just like to get together to have projects that benefit everyone. And sometimes that includes our immigrant neighbors. And a lot of workers are immigrants. They aren’t all on welfare. Statistics show they have a really short stay if they are allowed to work. This is just hate propaganda.

A fascist says, “what”. Fuck off, Nazi

You are a liar. Stop with the hate. One day you may need someone that doesn’t “belong” to your hate party. And they will help you. Because they aren’t you.

You are a lying fucking piece of shit. You are a despicable excuse for a human.

I couldn’t find any party “plank” that contained these things.
Eric, are you just another liar who is happy to sully our political process?
Shame

You know, you’re really making it hard for me to really figure out whether you or Hawley is a bigger asshole & who has more shit for brains…you’re a stale piece of bootlicking toast bud

It’s not. You fucking shithead!

You’re a U.S. senator. Why are you making this up?

Senator – i truly believe your fear mongering will be viewed for what it is. Please furnish the proof. We keep hearing these unsubstantiated claims but investigation has been going on for years by independent entities. Please quit insulting our intelligence.

“Open borders” are a lie made up by people who think that making people afraid of boogiemen passes for leadership. Immigrants are not our enemies. People scrounging to make a living mowing lawns and laying bricks are not the real criminals afflicting this nation. Pay attention to the man behind the curtain.

Republicans support an oligarchy and not the people. Every move you make proves it

“…There are many copies. And they have a plan.”

For people that are hellbent on plastering the 10 Commandments all over the place sure don’t seem to have problem lying.

Do your homework, Eric. Is the Republican platform so bankrupt that the only thing you can do is to misrepresent your opponents’ position and then attack the misrepresentation.

Apparently.

You’re an idiot. It’s the Repubs that keep get beaten in court and public opinion. You are a liar.

The central prank of the Republican Party is drumming up sympathy for billionaires so they don’t have to pay taxes

Yeah, yeah, yeah – The Democrats are all Communists who are possessed by demons. worship Satan and will use vaccines to control.your minds.
Now what the hell are Republicans going to do to clean up the mess that have made of our country?
Want to start with Trump’s war?

It must be a very lucrative gig to wake up and lie your ass off every day.

What has this administration and the Republicans touched that is going well? We are getting poorer. We have to give the farmers 12 billion to bail them out due to tariff wars. China is buying soybeans from Brazil now. People cannot afford basic necessities including healthcare. We have explosive diarrhea and poor air quality caused by climate change. Are we going to leave a world to our children and grandchildren where Canada and Europe are burning? You are spineless and feckless. Why are you voting to take healthcare away with tax cuts for the billionaires? Why are we sending tax dollars to Israel? I want Israeli citizens to be safe but I am not ok with starving and killing thousands of children. Israel has affordable healthcare for all but we do not.

I get it Senator, we are headed into the mid terms with the most corrupt president imaginable and You and Your party has facilitated the corruption all the way. You need a distractions. You need a scapegoats to cover up your parties failures. We know, all the Democrats are “commies”, they all want open borders, they want to fill the country will immigrants and sign them up to vote.
You don’t want us thinking about the 1.8 billion dollar slush fund for Trump’s friends. You want to for get the billions Trumps and his family are making off the presidency. You want us to forget about the people who have been shot or died in ICE custody.
You promised lower food prices But they went ever higher with the tariffs, You promised lower gas prices but the Trump got the Straits closed, You promised ‘No New Wars’ but now we are stuck in Iran, You betrayed your constituents by cutting medicaid and passing the biggest tax cut for millionaires and billionaires ever, You promised to deport “the worst of the worst” but you are shipping everyone you can find out of the country.
Why do I say you have done these things? Because you and the rest of the republican legislatures lack there courage to hold Trump responsible – you have abdicated your constitutionally mandated role as a representative of the people who elected you.

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I support euthanizing open borders proponents, euthanizing redistribution advocates, and all DSA members/supporters. It’s time to cleanse the parasites and morons from America

Welcome to early 21st-Century America.

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You do realize the only thing stupider than this statement… Are the imbeciles that support you

See above.

Do you really believe the shit you’re spewing?

*sigh*. You just look desperate. What are you afraid of?

Accountability.

The usual suspects

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“…Rick Brattin (r) and Denny Hoskins (r) are the pre-eminent legal scholars and final arbiters of the law in the State of Missouri, said no one ever…”

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Denny Hoskins (r) [2017 file photo].

Pearl clutchers gotta clutch pearls.

What Missouri officials didn’t explain about an LGBTQ+ library story time
Jason Hancock
July 30, 2026 5:45 am

Denny Hoskins wants to cut a library’s funding over two books he has not read.

He Googled them, saw excerpts and looked at some pictures. For Missouri’s secretary of state, that was enough.

The books are “Rainbowsaurus,” the tale of a family searching for a rainbow dinosaur, and “Big Wig,” about a child who wins a costume contest in drag. Staff at a Columbia library read them aloud to toddlers and preschoolers during a “rainbow story time” attended by families who chose to be there.

The additional cost to Daniel Boone Regional Library for the event was $26 — $18 for a prop wig and $8 for contact paper. Everything else came from resources the public already owns.

When Hoskins learned of the event, he warned the library that if the “inappropriate endeavor” went forward, he would use his authority over the Missouri State Library to block every dollar of state and federal funding he could from future events.

The library read the books anyway.

And thus, a press conference was quickly convened.

Hoskins stood beside Rick Brattin, a state senator running for Congress, with a warning letter from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway providing the legal backdrop. Together, they brought the machinery of state government to bear on a Saturday morning story time for preschoolers.

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“…Denny Hoskins wants to cut a library’s funding over two books he has not read…”

Next step, book burning for fun and profit.

Previously:

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 3 (May 9, 2023)

Some (former) constituents are more equal than others (June 4, 2023)

Josh Hawley (r): “Two years ago I couldn’t spell ‘constitutional scholar’, now I are one.”

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Josh Hawley (r) [2024 file photo].

Oh, FFS.

Hawley Exposes Fauci’s Self-Dealings, Fauci Pleads the Fifth
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing over his self-dealings, pursuit of awards and cash prizes, and illegal use of federal employees and resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci pled the Fifth each time, refusing to answer any of Senator Hawley’s questions. Fauci even pled the Fifth when Senator Hawley asked what day of the week it was, what color his tie was, and what color the carpet in front of him was, proving he had no intention to answer questions in good faith. [….]

“Silence is admission….

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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

“…Silence is admission….”

No, it is not, asshole.

Fascist pig.

Campaign Finance: Two PACs, passing in the night….

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

121477 07/28/2026 Missourians for Fair Taxation Missourians for Fair Governance 100 E High St Floor 1 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/27/2026 $162,035.00

C232522 07/28/2026 Missourians for Fair Governance Missourians for Fair Taxation 100 E High St Floor 1 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/27/2026 $518,705.00

[emphasis added]

In what order? Just asking.

Campaign Finance: defunding public education

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Vouchers.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091068 07/27/2026 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc American Federation for Children 5950 Berkshire Ln Dallas TX 75225 7/27/2026 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

From Dallas, Texas to Jefferson City, Missouri. A cheap buy.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: dismantle the public good, privatize everything (July 28, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Public education, eh? (September 15, 2019)

Campaign Finance: oxymoron (July 14, 2020)

Campaign Finance: of, by, and for the children (July 24, 2020)

Campaign Finance: in a name, sort of (October 6, 2020)

Campaign Finance: Who profits? (July 12, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Why not just name it ‘The Committee to Defund Public Education in Missouri’? (July 11, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the money behind the “school choice” voucher scam designed to defund public education (July 30, 2024)

What a friend we have in Donald (r), and Betsy, and…June 10, 2026)

Joined at the hip (June 11, 2026)

Campaign Finance: from Alabama to Dittmer (July 18, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Sadly, no

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

243110 07/27/2026 Missouri Prospers PAC Good Day Farm Missouri 425 West Capitol Ave Suite 1350 Little Rock AR 72201 7/27/2026 $150,000.00

[emphasis added]

Hasn’t felt like it for years.

Arkansas?

Lame-duck Missouri governor still raising campaign cash with the help of lobbyist
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September 17, 2024 1:15 pm

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Missouri Prospers is one of a constellation of political action committees connected to Tilley, a former Missouri House speaker who became a lobbyist after resigning from office in 2012.

For years, Tilley’s lobbying clients have spread donations among six PACs associated with him and his firm. The PACs then donate that money to candidates.

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“What does God need with a starship?”

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Read the Constitution, dumbass.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Congressman Mark Alford
[July 25, 2026]

If we are one nation under God… why should we keep watching prayer get kicked out of American classrooms?
COMMENT 👇
Should we return prayer to our schools?
👍 YES — Bring it back!
😟 NO — Explain why…

FFS.

Some of the responses:

Because it’s in the US Constitution! 😎

Absolutely not.

absolutely. along with the pledge of allegiance and only flag should be the american flag

Stupidity may be inherited, ignorance is a personal choice.

WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL. v. BARNETTE ET AL., 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

Absolutely not. Separation of church and state. Go to a private school, teach it at home, go to whatever location for the religion you want. Do NOT indoctornate or force anyone to attend.

Under which God?

Which prayers? Are we including all religions?

Who’s prayer tradition? Catholic, Methodist, Quaker, Reform Jew, Orthodox Jews, Greek Orthodox, Coptic Christian, Romanian? In Latin, English, Hebrew, Spanish, Greek Aramaic?

Separation of Church and State. End of discussion.

It is good to know you want a state-supported religion. Would you tell us what kind of prayers you would allow in a public school?

If you can’t read and comprehend the first of our constitutional amendments, you have no business being in congress.

No. When was it in school? I went to a parochial school so we prayed there. When I went to public school we did not. That’s okay.
But curious, I’m almost 60. I’m not aware any public schools had prayer in my lifetime, so who are you talking to when you say “bring it back”?.
Anyone under 70 remember prayer in public school?

So if you have Christian prayer, will you also give equal time to Muslim prayers?

Your initial premise is flawed. The Constitution does not establish “one nation under God.”

The under God part was not part of the original pledge of allegiance either. It was put into show those “commies” that we were a god-fearing nation.

“….It seems trite but necessary to say that the First Amendment to our Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings. There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority. We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that consent….” – WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL. v. BARNETTE ET AL., 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

*The Satanic Temple enters the chat*

Next, Pastafarians.

See, there’s this thing called the First Amendment… if someone CHOOSES to pray to the God of their understanding in the way their faith prays, that should be allowed. Insisting everyone pray to one God of a singular religion, it’s not. Everyone who says yes, would you want you child being forced to pray to The Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Called it.

Need to put prayer back in churches and education back in schools

No. There’s are many different religions of the citizens of this country. It’s one thing to teach the basics of all religions, it’s a whole other beast to require kids to pray when we have religious freedom in this country.

Did you have a particular deity in mind, or a particular manner in which to pray?

I’m 74, and I don’t remember ANY prayers in school.
I also don’t remember any math in Sunday school.

Just “Christian” prayer or everyone’s prayer?

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Should we bring back The Ten Commandments to the White House?

no. We can’t even get the constitution there.

first, we would have to have a president who can read.

The lightning strikes would be frequent and spectacular…

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All prayer or just republican prayer?
Not in public schools!

Send your children to a parochial school of your choice, if that is important to you. Let public schools teach education, not religion. Teaching common moral principles, is acceptable I think, such as honesty, respect, integrity, inclusion, etc.

Whose prayers? Everyone’s? Or just the ones you want?

Which prayers??? Which religion/faith???

I’m sorry but RETURN? What timeline is he from?

What does prayer have to do with education?

Do they teach you the first amendment in Congress school?

Apparently not.

No mandated prayer in public school because “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” You would hope the congressman would know better.

But we don’t have to explain “Yes”? 😂

He was hoping no one would notice.

Should we bring the constitution back to schools because the Congressman doesn’t know it.

Why is your church not enough for you?

Good question.

Glory to Thor!
See how it works, genius?

Lets teach the constitution cause the government seems to have misplaced their copy. Prayers belongs in churches and teaching belongs in schools.

We aren’t “one nation under god,” so of course we shouldn’t “bring prayer back to school.”

I started public school in the 50’s. we never had prayer in school back then. Alford doesn’t know what he is talking about or is hoping no one is old enough to remember we did not have “back in the day” so he can try and put it in now. We prayed in our home even though it wasn’t in our school. Seemed to work just fine.

I found it annoying being forced to go to church as a kid. I would’ve been even more annoyed to deal with it 6 days a week instead of just 1. I probabaly would’ve turned even more of an atheist if I was forced to engage in that.

No one ever stopped prayer in schools. The courts stopped MANDATED PRAYER in school. That is quite a different matter, friends. I don’t want to sound humorous but believers have always prayed – before a test, when a sitting in the principals office, before a big game. No one will stop a child. Students at Missouri school are allowed prayer time during Ramadan for example and the administration supports it. Students are allowed to have Christian Fellowship groups that pray together. Moments of silence occur in response to tragic events. However there are no times in a public school when teachers are required to lead a prayer while everyone prays along.

Bring back smoking in the bathroom

No. Next question.

Prayer is in schools, you can pray literally anywhere, but school isn’t the place to evangelize. Student led prayer like “see you at the pole” is already widely practiced in Missouri. Let’s keep organization-led prayer in the churches where it belongs and put education and academic rigor back in schools.

“….our Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings….”

Why does prayer have to be said aloud? God hears it even when it’s silent, right?

In his starship.

Nope. Anyone can say a silent prayer to whichever God they believe in at any time of the day in school. Lord knows I said plenty of them in my 30+ years in education. But organized, school sponsored prayer is not appropriate and violates the Constitution.

Pray for each child to have a meal during the school day, pray for a supportive, trained and fairly paid staff, pray for the resources needed to educate and train students, pray for secure and safe environments where students feel at ease, pray for common sense gun laws to ensure that it happens and pray for parents to have morals, be unselfish and practical when it comes to the needs of all students, not just theirs. How about that?

Let’s talk about it and everything else in an OPEN TOWN HALL!

Heh.

Is this the new non issue you will be ‘working for us’ again?

School is for academics. Church is for religion. This is the way.

Please read the Constitution and respect it. We don’t force religion on our fellow citizens.

No. Prayer is something that parents should be in control of, and instruction should be done on their time not classroom time.

Prayer has no place in public schools. If faith is a critical part of one’s life, take the private school route, consider home schooling or pray with your children before and after school. People of other faiths or have no religious beliefs should not be coerced into Christian prayer.

We were “one nation, indivisible” until Christians had to weasel into the pledge in the 1950s.
Same with paper money…

This should be qualified as Christian prayer since we were founded a Christian nation.

And this is the problem.

The Christian community needs to pray together and decide what one of the 39,000 versions of Christianity, is the right one.
Until they can agree, there is no reason for them to push it off onto others.
Also, The United States Constitution grants and protects our right to believe in any religion we want to. It also gives us the right to not believe in any type of religion. Most importantly it keeps the government from establishing any set religious beliefs as well as not making any laws to favor a religion.
So short answer. No!!! Keep your bs to yourself.

Interesting that you don’t ask one side to explain its position.

If you need a public place to pray and worship go to church. School is a place to learn. If people want to study mythology there is a place for that in higher education.

Are you sure that you want me to lead students in prayer?

If you want it in schools, keep it in your “Sunday Schools.” Religious freedom also means freedom FROM religion.

No. This is not a theocracy.

No, half the kids won’t take it seriously and will make fun of the half that do.

Yes, my children shall pray to Satan

You’re perfectly okay with teachers leading prayers to Baphomet?

“….our Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings….”

Would prayer be about Republican Jesus or Classic Jesus?

Diet?

This is what you choose to concern yourself with?

I remember student prayers over the intercom, often ending “in Jesus’s Name…” and I remember the Jewish classmate of mine sitting next to me with a pained look. Never said a word, but I thought then, and think now, this is wrong. Don’t tell me it’s “voluntary”. There’s no such thing in a peer environment of students. Organized prayers in public schools should not be brought back.

Hell no! Brain wash your kids in your church but not my kids!

Don’t you have more important things to do?

Since you’re using your church as a political tool, let’s start taxing them.

Stop being gross, Mark. This is not a Christian nation. Stop trying to ruin our country with your selfish fuckery.

Only if we can play dodgeball in your sanctuaries during services…

Pray to Zeus? To Odin? To a different “God” every day of each and every year throughout a public school education? That might be an element worth implementing in order to help people learn that a multitude of imaginary friends have existed over the timeline of recorded human history.

This is rage bait, right?

And you are…who???

Pray by yourself.
Good grief.

Church is for prayer, school is for education. Not everyone in public school practices Christianity or any religion for that matter. This is purely indoctrination. If you want your kids to be involved in religion, there’s a designated place for that. Leave the rest of them out of it.

Previously:

Yes, he really is that stupid (July 18, 2026)

Are the Communists hiding in your closet right now?

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[July 24, 2026]

Talking about the direction of the country, the policies impacting working families, and why so many Americans are concerned about where things are headed.
Take a look
[….]
Washington Reporter
INTERVIEW: House Republicans discuss the “Bolshevik takeover” of the Democratic Party

Oh, FFS.

Some of the responses:

What about the violent takeover on J6 MA?

Yeah, about that…

Ok McCarthy Jr.

Which president took a direct stake into US Steel? Hint: it wasn’t Biden.

Careful, young voters have figured out Communism is not the same as socialist support like VA, HUD, SNAP, SBA, Farm Bill etc.

Republicans are under orders to falsely claim we are communist because he is losing and needs a new crisis.
No surprise there…

Democrats are NOT communists! Know your history- McCarthyism!

You bet we are! We are tired of your bunch allowing T to keep adding to the national debt and leading our country into bankruptcy.
From whom much is given, much is expected. Our country’s taxes should be benefiting the American taxpayers and especially ‘the least of these’. Your policies are not doing that.

Look for a new job

Get ya bootlicking ass outta here ya scrub

Circus clowns give interview 🙌

Mr Alford, you’re throwing around those historical propaganda words again, without knowing what they mean (other than you want people to be scared of the “others”, even though the fear should be of you and your compadres).
[….]

Let’s talk about the fascist takeover of Republican Party. All this commie bullshit is just cynical distraction to get us to ignore the crimes of Trump and his accomplices. And you Alford are his useful idiot

Missouri has one tragedy after another on our insufficient highways and you are concerned with communism???

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 7,400 cases across 9 states.
The FDA just recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,300 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”

Squirrel!

The Pentagon removed four soldiers killed last weekend from its Iran war death toll because they died after Donald Trump’s April ceasefire.
The Pentagon’s official death tally stood at 18 American service members killed as of Wednesday. By Thursday, it was 14.
Scrubbing the names of four American heroes killed in Jordan and Iraq – simply because their deaths came after Trump’s so-called “cease-fire” – is a grotesque insult to their sacrifice and a deliberate attempt to whitewash the true cost of this endless war.

Bootlicking fascist scum

You are a lying ass goose stepping pos!

People need people
Not billionaires
Fuck face

Socialism is not communism you sentient potato 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

The CONCERN is where we’re headed under TRUMP.

You don’t even know what a Bolshevik was, clown.

More fear tactics. That’s all you have! Constantly trying to scare people with BS catch phrases. You don’t have any answers or solutions to help common people so you turn to fear and religious superstition to keep your sheep in line.

You’re sick and twisted, and the fact you’re an ELECTED person, is horrifying.

Stop lying! Do your job!

You are such a stooge. You’re embarrassing yourself.

Magas using fake communists distract from how they’ve screwed over the average American.

You’re a fuckin joke Congressman Mark Alford

You are pathetically embarrassing

“Bullsh!t” takeover of the Democratic party??? YOU ARE SO FULL OF CRAP!! WHY DO YOU THINK TRUMP HAS THE NICKNAME PUTINS PUPPET ???

Is the communism in the room with you now? How about you come to a few areas north of 50 Hwy and talk to a few of the people who got gerrymandered in to your district and we can discuss some of this BullS**t you keep pushing.

It’s time for you to go little Mark All-Lies.

Congressman Mark Alford try spending your time figuring out why 2/3rds of your state read and write at an elementary level.

He considers that a feature, not a bug.

How about all of you in Congress discuss the grifting and crime which you all turn a blind eye to that Trump and his family commit every day. Standing up to him and all the donors who control him and all of you could put you on the right side of history. How about running campaigns on issues that concern people and solving real problems instead of grandstanding about how loyal you are to Trump, who has said many times he doesn’t care about average Americans. There’s never been a platform from the MAGAts other than yelling about immigrants and transgender people who aren’t doing anything dipshit says they do. Just whatever whims he has.

Do something about the war that trump is losing. All he’s accomplished is making Iran stronger.

Congressman Mark Alford is a Fascist White Nationalist rage baiting POS. Mark Alford is a pathological liar, racist, bully, and proven abuser. Remind you of anyone? This man is unfit to serve. Vote this incompetent, ignorant POS out of office. #RememberInNovember

You MAGAs are scared shitless, aren’t ya…like Lettuce Diarrhea scared. 🙂

This is a flat out lie Mark!!

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Campaign Finance: do the math

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“…In the 2020–21 school year, there were 3.8 million full- and part-time public school teachers, including 1.9 million elementary teachers and 1.9 million secondary teachers….”

In 2024-2025 there were 72,700 [public education] K-12 teachers in Missouri.

“…The United States has 989 billionaires in 2026, more than any other country [….] American billionaires make up about 29% of the world’s billionaire count, while holding about 42% of billionaire wealth worldwide….”

“…the state of Missouri is home to eight billionaires. This group has a combined net worth of $49.2 billion….”

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, from the National Education Association [NEA], in opposition to Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 on the August 4th ballot:

C253757 07/23/2026 Protect Majority Rule Missouri National Education Association 1201 16th St NW Washington DC 20036 7/22/2026 $750,000.00

C264282 07/23/2026 No Everything Tax National Education Associaton 1201 16th Street NW Washingtong DC 20036 7/22/2026 $1,250,000.00

They royally pissed of teachers. Apparently.

Amendment 4 (HJR 3) would place restrictive requirements on initiative petitions by Missouri voters.

Previously:

About that ‘inconvenient’ redress of grievances thing… (June 5, 2026)

Campaign Finance: but wait, there’s even more (June 5, 2026)

Campaign Finance: way, way in (June 13, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Democracy (June 19, 2026)

Campaign Finance: fight the power (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: next, you need to vote (July 19, 2026)

Amendment 5 (HJR 173) would eliminate Missouri’s income tax and redistribute a regressive tax burden to non-wealthy Missourians.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: throw in dark money, stir… (July 16, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is an expensive suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 16, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Maryland, Virginia, whatever… (July 18, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Pennies from heaven? (July 23, 2026)

“Vote No on Amendments 4 & 5”

No on Amendments 4 and 5.