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What’s faith got to do with it?

16 Thursday Nov 2023

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Yesterday on social media, from Mark Alford (r):

Congressman Mark Alford
[November 15, 2023]
As I’m sure most of you know, last night, the House of Representatives voted on a continuing resolution that would extend current levels of federal funding through January and February.
While I do support our new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, I could not in good faith support this legislation.
[….]

There was much hilarity in the responses:

Your Party initiated the mess long before this extension.
You can’t govern when the Party in Majority can’t get their act together and get their job done!
Quit making excuses for your failing Party .
Once again, the Democrats come through for their Constituents.

again, not thinking this through, but you’re a college dropout and a former Faux Spews local anchor! That says it all. Your no vote would have delayed funds for Israel, delayed salaries for border employees, delayed salaries for FAA employees during Thanksgiving and on and on! Here’s a tip Marky! Raise the corporate tax rate and wealthy tax brackets to get more revenue into the system? Don’t you think lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% permanently wasn’t a smart move Marky?

Hey…

May I ask which programs you recommended cutting and by how much as part of your committee assignments (defense, agriculture, and small business)? The salami slice percentage funding cuts discussed as part of the continuing resolution process are the least effective way to cut budgets.

You mean roll back the Bush and Trump tax cuts for the rich?
We dont have a spending problem. We have a rich dont pay their taxes problem.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! If the Republicans would quit giving tax breaks to the wealthy, paying for wars on a credit card, putting tariffs on imports, and then bailing out farmers because the tariff war hurt the farmers’ income,
the deficit would be considerably smaller if not erased altogether.
But hey, let’s shut the government because of your party’s failures.

The GOP has put into spending bills amendments to reduce pay of 3 Biden Admin officials to $1.
All 3 are LGBT.
What next LGBT people will have to wear pink stars?

“…Man, that’s just mean. That’s mean, man.,,,”

Some sent you to congress to use common sense and to do what is beneficial to the country. You can’t just shut down the country as the world leader with two main wars going on and so many needs of our country. Please compromise and not side with the ultra right wing of the Republican Party. They, along with Trump are trying to destroy our country by lies, deceit, and false narrative that Democrats are socialist
I could hardly believe what I saw happen on January 6,2021. This just doesn’t happen in USA, I thought.

Partisan Hack. Missouri deserves better.

So let me get this straight. The GOP got rid of their Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, because he dared push through a continuing resolution on the budget with the help of mostly Democrats. So after cycling through four possible other leaders, they pick a guy with zero experience and tons of skeletons, who then proposes and pushes through…a continuing resolution on the budget with the help of mostly Democrats. Genius.

the first thing that should be done is to pass the bill to tax the extremely wealthy so that they pay their fair share. Then vote against defunding the IRS so that they can continue to collect money from the tax cheats. The finding for the IRS pays for itself 3 fold!

So you favor unpaid border patrol agents?

just look at how your republican party is functioning together. They act like morons fighting each other.

Tell us you don’t understand math and honoring commitments without telling us.
How much debt was run up and remains due and payable from trump, tax cuts and losses incurred because of a poor response to a pandemic? How much time have republicans wasted by Not putting forth an Immigration policy overhaul? How much will continue to rack up at increased interests because of republicans infighting, kidney punching, go no where investigations, loss of Military advancements because of one wacko, and costly repairs to diplomatic relationships and busted trade agreements by trump and republicans?

Previously:

Mark Alford (r): continuing to vote for chaos (November 15, 2023)

Mark Alford (r): continuing to vote for chaos

15 Wednesday Nov 2023

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Eric Burlison (r), too.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Yesterday, in the House of Representatives – on actually doing their job before Friday:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 658
H R 6363 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 14-Nov-2023 5:46 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
BILL TITLE: Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024

—- YEAS 336 —

Bush
Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 95 —

Alford
Burlison

—- NOT VOTING 3 —

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On Monday, from Mark Alford (r):

Congressman Mark Alford
November 13 at 4:20 PM
We were so excited to be back in Raymore today for Mondays with Mark. We are always happy to discuss the things that matter most to you!
[….]

There was much hilarity in the responses:

How about talking about Trump’s Nazi rhetoric?

Rump doesn’t respect the military. Why do you support him Mark?

Congressman Mark Alford maybe next Monday you can talk about how Jenna Ellis just cooked your idol Don the Con’s goose? How about you getting spending bills passed? [….]

How bout you go back to work and pass a spending bill

Alford voted against it. [….]

Chalk one up for chaos.

Did any of your visitors have a budget proposal for you, perhaps? Someone needs to do the work and it doesn’t appear as though you’re the right person for the job.

maybe next time, y’all can elect someone who knows how to prepare an actual budget and not risk a government shut down?

Rescinding the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and clawing back PPP funds (or at least making them taxable) would be good first steps to balancing the budget.

So Alford demonstrates how he is working for 4th District constituents by waving around the letter he wrote to FEMA regarding hospital reimbursements and follows it up by voting against the CR that would fund the FEMA payroll for the FEMA workers who would process the reimbursements.
A real smart feller!

you were one of the 95 that would rather see the Government have a shutdown right before Thanksgiving? 336 voted to pass the stopgap bill, but you’d rather side with Boebert, Gaetz, Greene and other wackos? Even Scalise and your recent guest Scott voted in favor of the bill! You’re a disgrace to the US Congress! [….]

This shows just how incompetent our representative is. Encountered means the CBP is doing their job. Alford’s continual bashing of our CBP agents is unacceptable. These agents put their lives on the line every day while Mark Alford posts on Twitter and Facebook , does TV, radio, and his little YouTube shows. The Govt shuts down the 17th and this is what our tax dollars is doing. Notice his little repost of him getting thanked for doing more media BS.

You forgot to mention his letters.

of course. How could I forget the strongly worded letters!!

That paper is sharp! The way he waves it around with such fury and flourish, someone’s gonna get a paper cut from it!

Did you see any “Vermin” there? Are Vermin allowed to voice their opinion? How do you feel about the rhetoric spurting out if it’s mouth?

Trump is literally quoting Hitler and Mark Alford remains silent.

Maybe Alford could write a letter.

There you go.

Campaign Finance: “…if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”

13 Monday Nov 2023

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180599 11/13/2023 Nexus PAC Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 11/11/2023 $15,000.00

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Previously:

Campaign Finance: adding it up (November 3, 2023)

Campaign Finance: dropping a little bit of coin (November 6, 2023)

Campaign Finance: spreading the wealth (November 6, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Wait, what? (November 7, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Back in town? (November 8, 2023)

Campaign Finance: a little bit more (November 9, 2023)

Campaign Finance: well traveled (November 9, 2023)

In response

13 Monday Nov 2023

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Mark Alford (r) posted on social media on Sunday, people responded:

“The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity .…They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.”
Vice President Henry A. Wallace, April 9, 1944.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”….scholars aren’t sure who actually said this, but the words ring true.

And yet you have fealty to the most unChristlike individual in American political history.

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

Yep.

Matthew 6:1: “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them.”

Titus1:11 “They must be silenced , because they are distrusting whole households by things they ought not to teach- and that the sake for dishonest gain”….Mark quit your obvious exploitative actions of religion! Pathetic

Mark, you and the rest of the Christofascists don’t even follow the teachings of Christ.

Jesus would weep, or better yet, flip tables and toss you and all trumpers on your ears if he suddenly appeared. Your desire to cut SNAP in the stalled Farm Bill is not, “feeding the hungry.” Your words and actions towards those wanting a better life is not “welcoming the traveler.” Your desire to cut Social Security is not “caring for the least of these.” Your worship of trump is “idolatry.” In fact you and your fellow repubs are more like judas, selling your soul and our Country for few bits of coin.

“For 30 pieces of silver he cast his soul away.”

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Probably not attributable to Ghandi.

Pushing your religion, your TV shows, your radio, and your hate for anything or anyone that doesn’t line up with what personally believe or are told to believe is another disgusting example of what is wrong with the country. You were elected to do a job and you have failed miserably. The Govt is due to shut down again on the 17th and you are on twitter and Facebook with this mess, your empty airports, your blatant lies about our border, and of course, pushing your Mark Alford’s America podcast stupidity. Throw in your constant posts from you, reading some canned BS on some BS tv show and we have you all wrapped up. You know how to look into a camera and read. You know nothing else.

Pride the original sin

What are you letting Tommy Tuberville (r) continue to do?

12 Sunday Nov 2023

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Do tell. Do explain.

Yesterday, from Eric Schmitt (r):

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Eric Schmitt
[November 11, 2023]
[….]
A big thank you to all the veterans out there on this #VeteransDay . Thanks for your sacrifice and your service to this great country. We appreciate you!

Some of the responses:

And yet you endorsed the orange turd.

Resign you pandering lying hack

Eric. You and your party have consistently left veterans out in the cold quite literally.
Go shove your flag waving and go do your job. [….]

Honor our veterans by strengthening our military. Actively work to stop tuberville’s blockade. It is easy to say thank you.

People are noticing.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

“Awkward”

11 Saturday Nov 2023

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Today from Josh Hawley (r):

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Senator Josh Hawley
[November 11, 2023]
Happy #VeteransDay to the brave men and women who dedicated their lives to the service of this great nation.
Thank you for your sacrifice in defending America and preserving our freedom
[….]

Some of the responses:

If you cared about Veterans & Active Duty MILITARY you’d stop Tuberville’s hold!
I’m from Missouri! Don’t just post platitudes, DO SOMETHING!
SHOW ME!

Remember to honor Running Man Day on January 6th.

We see what you did there.

Empty words, you voted against burn pit legislation. Nice try.

Too bad republicans continue to vote against vets at every opportunity.

RUN JOSH RUN
I defended this country!
YOU RAN AWAY!

Josh voted against each and every bill brought to the floor that would have helped our service members and veterans. VOTE HIM OUT. Run Josh run only helps himself He just now bought a home in Missouri—so vote him out. Let him go back to Virginia

Runaway traitor Josh Hawley pretending to support veterans! Hypocrisy at its finest

You go against the constitution every chance you get. You could care less about veterans.

Fist pump them like you did the insurrectionists
[….]

Resign you complicit pandering lying hack

Or as your hero calls them, suckers and losers.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Three Day Weekend

11 Saturday Nov 2023

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Mark Alford apparently thinks he has nothing better to do. Yesterday:

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Congressman Mark Alford
[November 10, 2023]
Hey folks, welcome back! Our Capitol Recap is in full swing, and I want to update you on the important work happening in DC.
In DC, and in the district, we’ve been working hard for the people of Missouri’s fourth district.
[….]

Some of the responses:

So, we are one week from a government shutdown & you know where “Speaker” Mike Johnson is right now? PARIS, FRANCE. That’s right. He’s abroad to headline a far-right global conference, instead of working on a bill that would fund our government. The @GOP could not care less about this country and is incapable of governing.

[….] Just keep the misinformation stream coming, Mark.

One week from shutting down the government and you are tooting your horn? You should all be forced to sit in your seats until you put together a plan that will pass the Senate. How dare you do anything else until then. Active duty military will go without pay, federal workers will go without pay. Our Nation’s debts and commitments will go unpaid.
All while you continue to snag a paycheck, for doing nothing.

Well, he did make this video.

The new Speaker of the House isn’t even in the U.S. He’s off speaking at a convention in Paris. It’s apparent this group isn’t capable of doing the job they were elected to. Do they even understand what that job is?

no, they don’t.

Important work, like your 3-day weekend with government funding set to expire in 6 days? Just how many of those appropriations bills have passed Congress and been signed into law? We need results, not bombastic rhetoric.

actually it’s a 4 day weekend !

Have yet to see anything you’ve actually done for this state or this district. Except spew nonsense on faux “news” channrls.

Defund the FBI and the CIA

that would please the criminals and terrorists, and repubs.

Putin loves you

So I’ve listened to your most recent BS, and like others have asked, “what are you and your fellow Republicans actually doing? Your recent video is filled with empty double speak.
Instead of passing asinine bills that you know the Senate won’t approve, why not finishing the Budget Bill McCarthy had approved back in May? You and the House majority need to quit grandstanding, and do actual work for the People and the Country.
Also, why are the House Republicans so out of step with the Senate, and most Americans?
You have yet to give honest answers to my questions, here, in emails, and through your Aides in DC. I’m sure I am not alone.

MARK thank you for the information and we MUST stay out of ISRAEL business and let them finish the war without OBIDENS interference. No one ever pays and when no one pays what’s the point of it all

Same planet, different worlds.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

It took a while

10 Friday Nov 2023

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Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo § 610):

Phelps County judge rules Missouri city tried to ‘intimidate’ woman with ban on city hall visits
Edgar Springs ordered to pay $150 in fines, $44,000 in costs to Rebecca Varney, who criticized finances, police operations
BY: RUDI KELLER – NOVEMBER 8, 2023 11:14 AM

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Edgar Springs officials issued a “no trespass notice” to Varney in April 2018, notifying her she could not visit city hall except to attend board meetings. In November 2019, after she had questioned a gathering earlier in the month by the mayor, aldermen and the city maintenance employee, the order was expanded so she could not attend public meetings.

The order was enforced even when David Roland, the attorney who represented Varney, told the police chief that barring Varney was a violation of the Sunshine Law, Beger noted.

“The court wishes to emphasize again, the actions of defendants in this case, apparently seeking to intimidate and silence Varney from exercising her rights to examine and be knowledgeable about the workings of her city government are disturbing, especially when considered in the context of the free and open democratic society in which we are purported to live,” Beger wrote in his ruling.

[….]

Too long. It’s been over five years.

Campaign Finance: well traveled

09 Thursday Nov 2023

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151190 11/09/2023 Missouri Alliance PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St. Louis MO 63108 Retired 11/8/2023 $25,000.00

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Well, okay.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: adding it up (November 3, 2023)

Campaign Finance: dropping a little bit of coin (November 6, 2023)

Campaign Finance: spreading the wealth (November 6, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Wait, what? (November 7, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Back in town? (November 8, 2023)

Campaign Finance: a little bit more (November 9, 2023)