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Opening his mouth and removing all doubt

22 Monday Jul 2024

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

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4th Congressional District, Fascist pig, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media

Fool.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Congressman Mark Alford
[July 22, 2024]
Kamala Harris gave public remarks today.
We heard from Kamala before the President of the United States, who has dropped out of the race and hasn’t been seen in five days.
This is unusual. Where’s Joe?

Dumbass.

Some of the responses:

He has covid. You want he should come over and visit you in your office.
When you have covid you stay away from people so they stay well.

[….] Do you believe he has covid? Really??

[….] yes unlike Trump his doctor has released a statement.

Did the felon make any comments today?

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

Recovering from covid.
So unlike Trump** when he had covid, is not going for car rides full of staff.

Covid. But you already knew that. What are you doing for the people in your district?

Where was Trump for 187 minutes while his mob of supporters broke into the Capitol and ransacked the halls? Didn’t hear a word from him the entire 187 minutes

He’s at home recovering from Covid…like people are supposed to do.
Did he disappear for 9-10 days when the Epstein papers come out?

He has COVID. He’s isolated. He’s working remotely. But why let facts get in your way?
And you of all people should know that Kamala is now in the spotlight as the presumed presidential candidate.

He’s not at maralago playing golf for the 600th time, so that’s nice.

Why do you care? If he were in public you would just be bad-mouthing him like the unproductive politician you are.

Better question, mark:
Are you even in Washington?
You seem to love taking tax-payer funded trips everywhere EXCEPT WHERE YOUR FUCKING JOB IS.
You seem to think that your job is doing a radio show instead of working to pass legislation.
You have to be one one of the biggest brownthumbers in D.C.
The rubes love you though.
Not sure how much it means when a con artist gets over on stump jumpers.

Congressman Mark Alford Get rid of the trolls on here please.

[….] if we live in MO 04 we are constituents. Are you?

Previously:

Don’t be such a dick, Mark (r) (July 21, 2024)

Don’t be such a dick, Mark (r)

21 Sunday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Mark Alford, social media

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[July 21, 2024]
Joe Biden isn’t fit to run a campaign, and he isn’t fit to be president.
For once, President Biden, do the right thing and resign.
[….]

Some of the responses:

He may do so. In which case President Harris will be running for reelection .
I think that is the course of action that we should take. I support VP Harris .

President Joe Biden has been an excellent President, unlike the 34x FELON, serial sexual assaulter, liar, thief, cheater, coup instigator and general waste of human skin you support.
And you, Alford, really don’t want me to get into Your qualifications. Got Horses [….]?

You worship a convicted felon.

Yet you support Trump? The irony is delicious!

President Biden did something your felon canidate isn’t remotely possible of doing; he put country over himself. So stick that up your orange stained arse.

[….] guess what he doesn’t have . He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions and he never slept with a porn star. Trump is deranged and evil, just look a his Vice President picks statements.

[….] What has she done? Other than she is a black female, what else does she have going for her? I honestly want to know why you believe she is so good.

[….] she was attorney General for the largest state in the nation. She also established the office’s environmental justice unit and created a ground-breaking program to provide first-time drug offenders with the opportunity to earn a high school degree and find employment, which the U.S. Department of Justice designated as a national model of innovation for law enforcement.

[….]
-BA from Howard University
-JD from University of California
-Former District Attorney
-Former U.S. Senator
-Current Vice President
Has not been
-bankrupt 6 times
-impeached twice
-been found guilty of stealing from her own charity
-told she can’t be involved in a charity
-convicted 34 times
-made to post bail
-didn’t crash a “college” under her own name
-didn’t hire 8 people into an administration that ended up going to jail
-didn’t pay off a porn star
-has not been found guilty of defamation and sexual assault
-hasn’t kept top secret documents in her spare bathroom nor fought for the right to key them there

He’s the best Potus in a longtime Congressman Mark Alford
You’re not fit because of 1/6 and your support of all that crap.
You’d sell your country out and Trump still can’t win

More division and hatefulness from you. Meanwhile you now have the old hateful candidate who gropes women.

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

Another example of Mark Alford’s radical trash. You cry to resign and then come back and spew this. In between, you go on a little trump train dance. Feckless doesn’t even begin to cover you.

You aren’t fit to be a member of Congress. Do the right thing and resign.

Donald Trump’s old age and diminished mental capacity just became one of the top issues of the election.

You are not fit to be our Congressman. You support a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and an insurrectionist.

Your words are hollow. You would say the exact same thing about any Democratic president. Joe Biden chose America. When will you, Mark?

Trump should also do the right thing and end his campaign and denounce Project 2025

What does it say about integrity when a poor debate showing disqualifies a Democrat while 34 felonies doesn’t disqualify a Republican?

Joe Biden is a man of class and integrity.
Meanwhile Trump wrote this:
“Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement. All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn’t capable of being President, and he wasn’t – And now, look what he’s done to our Country, with millions of people coming across our Border, totally unchecked and unvetted, many from prisons, mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists. We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly. “

Calm down radical. It is Sunday. The President has said he is not running in November. You carry on as if you are qualified. Radio shows, tv interviews and constant social media finger pointing do not qualify you for anything. Are you freaking out a little bit? You can’t use your old and washed up excuses anymore. You all but called him a felon. Now, you only have one felon in the race.

Your disrespect and inhumanity makes me regret having ever supported you. Kick ’em while they’re down, right?

Coming from a jackass college dropout like you–that’s rich.
You’re not even fit to wipe Joe’s rear.
Go FY, Brownthumb.

Ummmmmmm , he did not resign Mr Assfird , he stepped out of the running for President…….. like your boy should do

Your party now has the old feeble man and he is bat shit crazy on top of old.

Kamala Harris (D) for President

21 Sunday Jul 2024

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Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

This afternoon:

Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country.

I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.
3:31 PM · Jul 21, 2024

Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. If you’re with me, add a donation right now.
[….]
3:31 PM · Jul 21, 2024

Previously:

Joe Biden (D) (July 21, 2024)

Joe Biden (D)

21 Sunday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in media criticism, social media

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, social media

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Today, from Joe Biden (D):

Joe Biden
[July 21, 2024]
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
[….]

Campaign Finance: testing the water

20 Saturday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232370 07/19/2024 Malek for Missouri Vivek Malek 800 Stone Bridge Springs Dr Wildwood MO 63005 State of Missouri Treasurer 7/18/2024 $550,000.00

[emphasis added]

Just one voter, right?

The primary:

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election

State Treasurer

Republican
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Cody Smith 1012 EUCLID BLVD CARTHAGE MO 64836 80 2/27/2024

Andrew Koenig 741 SHERWICK TERRACE MANCHESTER MO 63021 213 2/27/2024

Lori Rook 2832 S. INGRAM MILL RD. SUITE 100 SPRINGFIELD MO 65804 242 2/27/2024

Vivek Malek PO BOX 144 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 3/26/2024

Tina Goodrick 5102 MOCKINGBIRD LANE ST. JOSEPH MO 64506 3/26/2024

Karan Pujji 4441 BROWN RD BERKELEY MO 63134 3/26/2024

[emphasis added]

So, the sitting State Treasurer waited until the last day to file, but had already contributed $700,000.00 to his own campaign at that point. How does that work? Drama? Will he, won’t he? He almost forgot? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: a groundswell of grassroots support (April 2, 2023)

Campaign Finance: should be good enough for a million votes, minimum (September 30, 2023)

Campaign Finance: a drop in the bucket (January 4, 2024)

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (1950 – 2024)

19 Friday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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Houston, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) [2010 file photo]

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is dead at 74
The Houston Democrat announced earlier this year that she had cancer.

BY MATTHEW CHOI AND SEJAL GOVINDARAO
JULY 19, 2024
10:04 PM CENTRAL

WASHINGTON — Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texas’ Congressional delegation and a longtime advocate for progressive causes, died on Friday amid her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 74.

[….]

Jackson Lee was a progressive fixture on Capitol Hill for decades. She was an early opponent of the Iraq War and advocate for gay rights. In 2021, Jackson Lee was arrested for engaging in civil disobedience over a federal voting rights bill. [….] She never shied from speaking on the House floor or before the cameras on causes she cared about.

[….]

Fourteen years ago, in Kansas City:

….All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing [applause], uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the tea party. Don’t you be fooled. [voices: “That’s right.”][applause] Those who used to wear sheets are now being able to walk down the aisle and speak as a patriot because you will not speak loudly about the lack of integrity of this movement. Don’t let anybody tell you that those who spit on us as we were walking to vote on a health care bill for all of America or those who said Congresswoman Jackson-Lee’s braids were too tight in her hair had anything to do with justice and equality and empowerment of the American people. Don’t let them fool you on that [applause]….

Previously:

NAACP in Kansas City: Representative Sheila Jackson Lee on the tea party and human rights (July 13, 2010)

Campaign Finance: still just one voter

19 Friday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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campaign finance, governor, Mike Hamra, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232590 07/19/2024 Hamra for Missouri Michael Hamra 1855 S Ingram Mill Rd Springfield MO 65804 Hamra Enterprises CEO 7/18/2024 $350,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: we’re talking serious money (Jul 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: one voter at a time (July 13, 2024)

There’s that

19 Friday Jul 2024

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34 felonies, Brian Guest, Donald Trump, social media

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

Brian Guest @brguest20
Former President Trump has tested positive for Convict.
5:17 PM · Jul 17, 2024

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

Eric Stevens (D) – 54th Legislative District – Johnson County Democrats

18 Thursday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Eric Stevens (D) [2024 file photo].

Eric Stevens, the Democratic Party candidate in the 54th Legislative District, spoke this evening at the regular monthly meeting the of Johnson County Democratic Club in Warrensburg.

He spoke about his campaign, issues of importance to voters, and his experience at a candidate forum the previous evening sponsored by a local organization. You can read about Eric Stevens at his campaign web site and access his answers to the forum questionnaire.

There are two republican candidates involved in the August primary, one of who has been spending inordinate amounts of money spamming mail pieces on right wingnut orthodoxy to registered voters in the district. And, of course, their signs are all over the place. Because signs.

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election
[….]

State Representative – District 54

Republican
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Brandon Phelps 19 SW 260TH RD WARRENSBURG MO 64093 474 2/27/2024

Matthew Sergent 423 NE 500TH RD. WARRENSBURG MO 64093 961 2/27/2024

Democratic
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Eric Stevens 8 LOCUST LN WARRENSBURG MO 64093 3/12/2024

[emphasis added]

Previously:

In the 54th Legislative District (March 24, 2024)

He’ll make the trains run on time

18 Thursday Jul 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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anti-choice, clown, Election Denier, isolationist, J.D. Vance, propped up by billionaires, right wingnut, useful idiot

J.D. Vance (r) is the republican nominee for Vice-President.

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

That’s not an endorsement.

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