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They went to Jared

27 Tuesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, meta, social media

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4th Congressional District, clown, former newsreader, MAGA, Mark Alford, meta, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

$2,000,000,000.00 from who for which family?

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

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
We have a sitting United States President who has potentially taken bribes to further his family’s business deals.

Arguably the most serious accusations ever placed on a White House.

What is going to take for the mainstream media to actually cover this???
8:42 AM · Jun 26, 2023

Missed it by so much.

Some of the responses:

Just Janet @JanetMoses17
From someone who rails against the mainstream media Mark Alford sure spends a lot of time trying to get on their shows
[….]
12:03 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Uh.

Mark Alford @markalfordkc
Great photo thanks
5:14 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Well, okay, I guess. Heh.

More responses:

Probably some solid proof instead of all this “potential” crap you and your ilk keep spewing to try and divert attention from your Mango Messiah.

The problem isn’t the MSM.

It’s the Republicans lying about it.
[….]

Mark, you’re so incredibly tone deaf after all of the deals (bribes) Trump and his family made or took during his time in office. And while we’re on it, what’s it going to take for FOX or any of the other right wing media outlets to cover him accurately?

Of course you mean that twice impeached traitor trump.
Please try some research and it’s not hard to find all the treasonous things that he and his family have done.
If u can’t do that u r one of many we know as hypocritical uninformed people called trumpers

Congressman, Most serious accusations ever? Have you full on drank the koolaid. We’ve had backdoor deals for Iranian arms, watergate, Russian interference, cherry picked wmd info, political insurrections, quid pro quo’s and your saying unsubstantiated bribes is the most serious?

GQP MAGA clown show is why. It’s all LIES.

Attempting to overthrow our government comes in 1st place, Pal. You need to be more responsible with your accusations.

There’s that.

Mark Alford is, quite simply, a lying turd.

The mainstream media should cover him with the ridicule he deserves.

But they won’t, because the mainstream media is pro-Republican.

Mark, NEWS FLASH…trump is no longer president. He lost the 2020 election.

Heh.

Once again no proof or evidence. How much more BS do we need to come out of you?

Ok then, you know and I know this is worse than stupid, MarkAlford you really need better material, it is understood that you have no plans to actually help the folks of the 4th district, you take your mandate to entertain, but this is not even that, this is a snipe hunt

How the hell did get elected. Everybody hates you.

You’re confusing Biden with Trump.

Campaign Finance: the plate chatter in tee-ball can be brutal

26 Monday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, social media

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campaign finance, Jay Ashcroft, legacy, missouri, right wingnut, social media

Today:

Jay Ashcroft @JayAshcroftMO
Please click on the important message below and then visit [….]
3:06 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Two responses:

Hard pass.

Fuck no.

#RottenFruitFromADiseasedTree
#MOGov

Ouch.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: saying it all (September 8, 2021)

Campaign Finance: It ain’t free (March 30, 2022)

Campaign Finance: A very happy camper (April 1, 2022)

Isn’t there currently a ketchup shortage in West Palm Beach? (April 10, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Dad, is that you? (June 20, 2023)

Laugh out loud

26 Monday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Josh Hawley, wine

On so many levels.

You don’t say?

26 Monday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo]..

Yesterday:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

— President George Washington
12:39 PM · Jun 25, 2023

Some of the responses:

Can you introduce a bill for the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights to be read out loud annually in Congress for all able all Representatives to attend?

Because they can’t read, or what? You’d think they’d already done so before they got there.

“It is far better to be alone, than be in bad company” George Washington, MarkAlford you only associate with bad company, that is why District 4 is losing hospitals, shuttering schools, and has a dramatic increase in maternal death and death from gun violence

Mark your moral compass disqualifies you from quoting George Washington. Maybe you should be quoting Benedict Arnold instead

Good thing we changed that document 20 some times.

Way past time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

You shouldn’t be quoting anything.

How ironic you post this yet have pledged your full support to another president who basically tried to wipe his ass with the same constitution. Didn’t the Mango Tinted Moron even suggest we “suspend” constitution because it is interfering with his fascist take over?

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

Summer visitors

25 Sunday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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birds, Cardinalis cardinalis, Cardinals

Yesterday, more Cardinals:

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/250. ISO 400, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/250. ISO 400, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/250. ISO 400, 400 mm.

Previously:

Been around (June 24, 2023)

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a danger to our national security

25 Sunday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, Dunning-Kruger Effect, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
The Biden family’s business dealings are a threat to our national security. Anyone who tells you differently is lying.
12:09 PM · Jun 24, 2023

The $2,000,000,000.00 dollar deal with another country? That one? That’s a different family.

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

Some of the responses to Mark Alford (r):

Nothing like Republicans selling land to Communist China to beef up national security, right MarkAlford

Speaking of lying your guy said the FBI planted documents. Ya know the documents that he didn’t have years ago. You’re a clown Mark.

You misspelled Trump/Kushner family.
[….]

Or has a grip on reality.

Repeating a sentence over and over does not make it fact Mark. That requires evidence which your party (AKA cult) seems woefully lacking in.

Where all this concer when the twice impeached traitor did nothing g for this country and everything for him and his grifter family

You won’t know the truth if it was a snake and it bit you on the ass. You ran on truth matters. Now you lie for a party of hate daily. You’re a traitor and a liar.
[….]

Now do the Trumps family business you hypocrite
Trump made up to $160 million from foreign countries as president
[….]

Mark, you keep saying Biden family when all the evidence (actual, real, in hand evidence) says you should be saying trump family!

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

You are such a fraud. No one cares about your opinion. Especially since you support a twice impeached joke

Someone pull Mark’s booster seat so he can’t reach the keyboard.

54° 40′ or Fight

24 Saturday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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coup, Putin, Russia, social media

A coup in Russia? Huh.

“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.

Today:

Ben Collins @oneunderscore__
Best parallel I can think of is if we tried to invade Canada because we thought Vancouver was basically ours, the entire US military got tied up in the forest, then Blackwater turned on us and started heading towards DC overnight, except Blackwater was financed by Rachael Ray.
8:19 AM · Jun 24, 2023

Blame Canada? Nah.

Been around

24 Saturday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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birds, Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, missouri

This morning in west central Missouri:

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/200. ISO 400, 400 mm.

Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/200. ISO 400, 400 mm.

Let it go, let it go, let it go…

24 Saturday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, Department of Defense, drag, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, pearl clutching, right wingnut, that ridiculous hat

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday afternoon:

[image cropped]

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
As a country, as a military, as a people, we must get focused.

In what world is it right to use drag shows as a recruiting method to join the strongest fighting force in the world?
[….]
2:02 PM · Jun 23, 2023

Some of the responses:

Blah blah blah

But but but youre invisible sky friend told you that didnt they?

You need to focus and quit bitching about try to tell people how to live there lives

A world in which people have a First Amendment right to expression and can wear whatever the hell they want. If the entire force dressed in drag they’d still kick everyone else’s ass to the moon and back. Now shut up and do something to HELP our vets

And prosecution of Trump is priority. Your cir circle jerk with Greene shows you’re a little bitch

Who did Donald J Trump and the GOP sell out America’s Top Secret Classified Information too?

The GOP refuses to condemn Donald J Trump for stealing classified documents, obstruction and espionage.

Donald J Trump and the GOP have zero respect for America’s National Security.

Hey, look over there!

[2021 file photo]

“…In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas…”

Previously:

Hey sailor, have you ever crossed the equator? (May 11, 2023)

Campaign Finance: everyone has dreams

23 Friday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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American Dream PAC, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC

It’s just that for most of us those five figure ones are out of reach.

This week at the Missouri Ethics Commission

C180684 06/22/2023 American Dream PAC POL PAC 221 Bolivar Street Jefferson City MO 65101 6/22/2023 $10,000.00

C180684 06/22/2023 American Dream PAC Missouri Soybean Association 734 S Country Club Dr. Jefferson City MO 65109 6/21/2023 $50,000.00

C180684 06/23/2023 American Dream PAC D Kim Lingle 16405 Turnberry Village of Loch Lloyd MO 64012 MBL Development Owner 6/22/2023 $17,175.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: a dream (January 3, 2019)

Campaign Finance: Soybean dreams (September 29, 2022)

Campaign Finance: dreams can cost a lot (June 14, 2023)

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