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If you have $130,000.00 to pay off a porn star you get to join the club

19 Sunday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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cult of the lost cause, Donald Trump, gaslighting, indictment, right wingnut, sanctimonious, the rightwing cult of victimization

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Some people are getting a might bit touchy these days. Yet another attempted comment submitted in response to Remember those hearings on Bengha….oh, wait (February 19, 2023):

Amazing the amount of clueless people still backing democrats. You are the problem and the demise of our country. Neither side is perfect but only one still has at least a few morals and a little sanity left. Democrats are disgusting, perverted, and stand for nothing beneficial to any of us. Truly evil and supported, which just baffles me.

$130,000.00 goes a long way to erasing any whiff of perversion or immorality in some hypocritical circles, eh?

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Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

An orange jumpsuit would fit.

Previously:

Remember those hearings on Bengha….oh, wait (March 19, 2023)

“…Brush off the clouds and cheer up, put on a happy face…” (March 19, 2023)

“…Brush off the clouds and cheer up, put on a happy face…”

19 Sunday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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cult of the lost cause, Donald Trump, indictment, meta, right wingnuts, the rightwing cult of victimization

Hillary Clinton [2016 file photo].

You just have to smile.

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Some people are getting a might bit touchy these days. An attempted comment submitted in response to Remember those hearings on Bengha….oh, wait (February 19, 2023):

You dumbassocrats talking about trump’s criminal doings what about your party eps that beast Hillary Clinton have you forgotten Benghazi? That cost innocent people their lives, why are you not crying fowl over that, damn stupid hypocrits

“…eps…” What?

So fowl and fair a day I have not seen. [Bockgockgock]

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Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

An orange jumpsuit would fit.

Remember those hearings on Bengha….oh, wait

19 Sunday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Fascist pig, fist pumper, gaslighting, Josh Hawley, seditionist, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Virginia seditionist (r) says something on social media:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
The Democrats used the FBI against parents, they used the FBI against Catholics, they used Big Tech against vaccine critics & anyone who questioned them. Now they want to arrest Trump, their leading political opponent. They are the banana republic party
1:29 PM · Mar 18, 2023

“…leading political opponent…” Heh.

Run along, Josh (r).

Some of the responses:

How are you guys deciding who gets to kiss Trump’s fat ass next?
Is it first-come, first-smooch? Is there a lottery? Do you line up like Southwest Airlines passengers?
[….]

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Show some respect, Josh: Banana Republican Party.

That’s right, arrest Trump, he richly deserves it.

Hopefully they’ll arrest you next, for your part in 1/6.

Sounding a wee bit NERVOUS right now?
[….]

Josh Hitler says what?

The NY district attorney doesn’t use the FBI.

The Lock Her Up crowd is having a big case of feels today.

I’m ashamed you are my senator.

Listen, Senator Fist Pump, I would’ve already been arrested and sitting in jail if I did a fraction of the stuff he’s being investigated for. If he gets charged, the state will have to prove its case.

If he did nothing wrong, he’s got nothing to worry about.

That’s it Senator, keep going “all in” on defending Donald Trump. It worked so well for your party in 2018, 2020, and 2022. I’m sure it will be different in 2024 tho.

Donald Trump is a private citizen who has committed multiple crimes. As such he is afforded the normal protections of the law but he has no special privileges despite your attempt to make him a god.

Although you are, unfortunately, one of my Senators, you represent neither my interests nor my values. When do you plan a town hall in Missouri?

So, to be clear, you believe that no matter what crimes Trump has committed that nobody should ever investigate, and he should just never be charged?

Marathon Boy, Democrats aren’t the ones who perverted the Justice system, and now it’s back on track. Be prepared. We understand why you would be nervous, traitor.

I still laugh out loud watching you run like a scared rabbit from a group of “friendly tourists”

Heh.

You’re so full of shit. The FBI head was appointed by Trump.

On the other hand, open public town halls in Missouri are another matter

18 Saturday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Fascist pig, fist pumper, Josh Hawley, never a town hall, right wingnut, seditionist, social media, Virginia

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday from Josh Hawley (r):

[image cropped]

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
I love interviews
[….]
9:33 AM · Mar 17, 2023

Some of the responses:

You also love running
[….]

As long as the questions are soft.
[….]

On a network that admits it lies to their viewers?

“Faux News channel, fascist groupies” – protest sign, circa 2003- 2004.

But do you know what Fox News hosts say about you behind your back?

Do tell.

*friendly venues only

You challenged him? LOL Dude, have you listened to yourself interview? It’s pathetic. You asked him questions. There was no challenging going on. At the end, he asked you if you could start the interview. He didn’t even take you seriously.

You love running out of the Capitol too don’t you?

We bet you do, anything besides doing actual work.
#losers

I love Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. #Resign #Jan6thInsurrection

I bet you get tough questions on Fox News. How did you handle it Josh? We’re so impressed.

#FoxNewsIsAThreatToDemocracy
#FoxNewsLies
#GOPClownShow

You love attention.

Why? You look ridiculous in all of them.

We know. Believe me, we know.

I think you mostly love yourself. [….]

I don’t love election deniers.

so you are calling out a guy for going after people who like free speech….by calling out the guy for exercising his free speech. the irony is just, too much.

Just curious, is there another state in the country that has TWO ass-clowns in the US Senate? Or are we just the lucky one.

Attempting to inspire greatness in the sun among the palms

16 Thursday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, Town Hall

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4th Congressional District, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat, town hall

Are you in the district, Mark? Florida? Just asking.

Mark Alford @markalfordkc
Replying to @angiewong
Thanks so much for attending we attempt to inspire people to greatness and make Americans great again!!!
11:06 AM · Mar 16, 2023

Any open public town halls in the district? Where? When?

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Campaign Finance: Sisyphean toil

16 Thursday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180610 03/15/2023 Missourians for Effective Leadership PAC Burns & McDonnell Corporate Services, Inc. 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City MO 64114 3/13/2023 $17,000.00

[emphasis added]

In a more perfect world? Roll on Missouri.

Consistency

15 Wednesday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, missouri, right wingnut, social media, U.S. Senate

Add shit. Stir. Repeat.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Monday:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Too Woke To Fail
1:44 PM · Mar 13, 2023

Now, if only Eric (r) could ever define it.

Some of the responses:

Insightful.

I’d love to see some suggestions or ideas.

Insulting fellow Americans ≠ Solutions

Failure happens when you allow lobbyists to make the regulations.

There’s that.

Failure happens when you sell Missouri out…

You’re a failure you never did your job in Missouri.

Everyone in my bank was awake today. Should I be concerned?

Define woke.
It is not a word to be used in every situation.
Hypocrisy is alive and thriving in your MAGA world.

What’s woke?

Republicans come up with slogans but never offer solutions!
#StayWoke

Oh honey get some new words —

I’m seeking original thoughts. So far all I see from you is nazi propaganda

Eric thinks every time he types “woke” he gets a peanut.

We are all tired of hearing you and the GOP use the word woke. You don’t even know what it means when you use it. If woke is educated, informed, considerate of others and our environment then count me in as being proudly woke.

I’m embarrassed for you.

Define woke.
I’ll do it for you: EVERY SINGLE THING THE GOP DISAGREES WITH OR DOESNT LIKE IS NOW CALLED WOKE.

#MAGAMORON.

Lazy but authentic frontier gibberish.
[….]

What does this even mean?

He doesn’t know either.

You’re such a schmuck. Do you ever have anything useful to add to the conversation??

No. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Too busy Shit Tweeting to Work.
[….]

What the actual fuck do you mean?

Other than making lame ass statements such as “too woke to fail” what are your plans and policies to help the American people?

First rule when you’re full of MAGA bull shit is throw the word “woke” in every sentence

Youre an abject imbecile. Had nothing to do with wokeness. Has everything to do with your orange diety and you nazis screwing the economy. China Eric.

How did dip shits like this guy get elected? Worthless. Just spout buzz words without having any clue what they mean but hoping his voters won’t realize just how stupid he is.

You sound like an idiot.

Nikki (r) is running for President, Josh (r) lives in Virginia

14 Tuesday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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cult, cult of the lost cause, cult of the victim, dumbass, meta, right wingnut, Show Me Progress, troll

Trump tin foil hat – from somewhere on the Internets

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An attempted comment to Spitting into the wind (March 14, 2023):

Do any of you left wingers know that all of the SVB executives got big bonuses before they closed? Also this is all planned. Biden sold us out to the WEF so that they could further their One World digital currency to give them complete control of all of us. Josh Haley is looking out for the American People but the Democrats would rather stick behind a President that can’t even finish a sentence without shuddering or talking complete nonsense. Tell me exactly what has he done that is good for this country?

A libertarian is just a republican who wants to blow dope.

For starters – Joe Biden (D) doesn’t pay porn stars $130,000.00.

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Previously:

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? (October 8, 2022)

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? Part the infinity… (November 21, 2022)

Because, like, you know, Missouri is a fucking libertarian paradise (March 4, 2023)

You had to come here to read it (March 5, 2023)

And ye shall know them by their misspellings, bad grammar, and malapropisms (March 13, 2023)

Spitting into the wind

14 Tuesday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Fascist pig, Josh Hawley, right wingnut, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Throwing your shit against the wall just to see if it sticks came in a close second.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday, from Josh Hawley (r):

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Joe Biden will probably visit Silicon Valley Bank before he visits East Palestine
8:29 AM · Mar 13, 2023

Some of the responses:

Which one will you visit??

Why would Sen. from Missouri visit Ohio?

He lives in Virginia. Already been to Ohio:

Virginia. Ohio. Same difference. (April 28, 2022)

And Sen. Karen McRunnypants, who helped create both catastrophes, of course, would run away from both.

You don’t even live in the state you are an elected senator. What hypocrisy.

Josh rarely leaves his comfort zone

How’s the weather in Virgina?

Doubt that he will visit the bank..

The bank situation is the greater threat to the country.

Josh, shut up. Seriously your lame retorts are just that…lame. keep runnin buddy
[….]

Don’t you have work to do for our country? Please do something for your constituents other than spending time tweeting judgement. Do something which makes me feel good about my tax dollars paying for your amazing healthcare and other benefits. Jesus.

Hmm train regulations rolled back, bank regulations rolled back. Wonder who did that?!

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Is this the part where Republicans pretend like they didn’t roll back Dodd-Frank provisions for smaller banks like SVB, and their supporters didn’t cause the run on SVB? The cycle of Democrats cleaning up Republican messes continues.

Both are disasters caused by reckless dismantling of regulations by you and your ilk.

Any legislation planned? Didn’t think so.

How many times have you been there? How many times have you visited the border? Has being photographed standing in either place solved anything?

Havent seen you at either place. Such concern.

Maybe worry more about doing a good job for the people of Missouri and spend less time being a mouthpiece for the party line.

Virginia. Ohio, last April.

Where are you running off to, today, Hawley?

Still running away from tourists?

#treasonweasel let the Ohio electeds worry about Ohio; why don’t you run on back here and listen to YOUR constituents? We’ve got things to say to you.

Will you visit Missouri anytime soon like ever. I live in the state that somehow elected a Virginian to represent Missouri. Tip of the cap to you for getting over on the rubes.

Risky and Reckless.

Republicans deregulated both industries and now pretend to complain when bad stuff happens

Josh Hawley will probably hold a town hall in Virg….. wait what state do you pretend to live in? Oh Missouri.

Trump visited to cause chaos and get attention.
How did that help?
He’s already forgotten his visit, along with the names of his wives and kids.

What do you want him to do? Pass out expired food and water? Sign Biden hats? Buy McDonald’s?

Btw trump never visited a single train derailment in 4 years. Neither did his transportation secretary.

But do tell me how Trump’s rollbacks on trains and banks have left us.

Where are you from, MO? Keep your nose in your own state. [….]

Virginia.

Maybe Trump should visit SVB, and explain how wonderful it was that he rolled back Dodd-Frank?

Campaign Finance: From what?

13 Monday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, school vouchers

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232374 03/13/2023 Defend Missouri Roger Hertog 399 Park Avenue RM 2502 New York NY 11225 HERTOG FOUNDATION PRESIDENT 3/13/2023 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

At first reading I thought it was Defund Missouri. Probably the same endgame, though.

It’s a brand new PAC:

Why would someone from New York drop $50,000.00 on a brand new PAC in Missouri? Because they can?

From 2015:

Walker Has Received $2.4 Million in Contributions, Help From School Voucher Supporters

February 5, 2015

Wealthy individuals throughout the country who support an expansion of school vouchers in Wisconsin have contributed nearly $1.3 million since 2009 to Republican Governor Scott Walker and dropped another $1.1 million to help him win his contentious 2012 recall election.

[….]

The largest contributions between 2009 and July 2014 to Walker from voucher supporters came from Robert and Patricia Kern of Waukesha, founders of Generac Corp., $220,000; investor Foster Friess and his wife, Lynnette, of Jackson, Wyo., $130,700; hedge fund founder Bruce Kovner and his wife, Suzie, of New York City, $120,000; and retired New York City financier Roger Hertog, $120,000.

[….]

Roger Hertog
National Humanities Medal
2007

[….]

….He is on the board of Commentary magazine, and is a current board member of the American Enterprise Institute…

[….]

You think he plays chess, too?

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