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17 Wednesday Sep 2025

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Donald Trump, Fascist pig, social media, WTF?

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

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Ron Filipkowski ‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬

Since Antifa is now designed as a terrorist organization it will be interesting to see how they determine who is a member and how they prove it is an organization.

September 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Do you need to be card carrying antifa to prove it?

Or does donating to the ACLU qualify you? What about volunteering at the local homeless shelter? Or buying Girl Scout cookies?

Helping little old ladies across the street? Does that qualify? (wait, I am a little old lady).

Might be hard to find something that doesn’t exist

Well, we’re probably all ANTIFA now, whether we knew it or not.

Salem rules I’d imagine.

We are the granddaughters of the witches you were never able to burn” [2020 file photo]

If you drop them in a tank of water and they float, they’re antifa!

Riiiiiggghhht. lol. He’s so dumb.

Are you fucking kidding? *ANYONE* they wish to target will be labeled as a member of ANTIFA.

I wonder if they’ll take away Antifa’s 501c3 status

Whoever they don’t like.

I was just wondering how many people are putting their non-existent membership cards through the paper shredder.

I’ve always wondered if it is a club you can just go & join?

This nation is afflicted with mass insanity – we are surrendering our freedoms to an imbecile

This nation is afflicted with mass insanity – we are surrendering our freedoms to an imbecile

They just have to show up at their meetings to find them.

I’m hiding my Antifa membership card and I’ll be paying dues in cash from now on

I’d better get rid of all my I AM ANTIFA hats, Tshirts, flags, bikinis, banners and repaint my trucks…

Oh, wait. There is no Antifa and I’m not in a cult.

We see what you did there.

Does this mean that all ww2 vets are now terrorists?

“are you now or have you ever been a member of…”

Make Antifa Geat Again

Someone should tell him…

17 Wednesday Sep 2025

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

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Congressman Mark Alford
[September 17, 2024]
238 years ago, our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution and set in motion the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever known.
On Constitution Day, we remain committed to defending those rights and liberties that keep America strong. [….]

Some of the responses:

Yet you support a president that does not follow the constitution.
He issues ED’S and changes tariffs 4 times a day. Laws and regulations are at best suggestions.

Hypocrite.

Are you, though? Because…. *gestures widely* this ain’t it.

Glad to hear you support the Constitution. It doesn’t really align with your position on many things and you often apply it to folks you like but not those you don’t. I’ll believe you though if you’re changing your position. So I’ll be expecting you to condemn Pam Bondi’s recent statements on prosecuting folks for their speech. I also assume you’ll withdraw your post yesterday about firing teachers for posting their thoughts on Carlie Kirk! Thanks so much for pivoting from your previously communicated views that the Constitution is only for white, Christian conservatives. It gives me hope for the future!

Hey Mark, to commemorate the occasion would you mind taking a moment to actually read the Constitution?

You should celebrate by reading it

Then follow the Constitution…as previous leaders have.

Except the 1st Amendment, right? We can’t be out there letting people express opinions that disagree with the king.

“No King”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, acrylic. 22 x 28.
(Thank you, Tom Tomorrow)

Right. Like you follow the constitution.

Have you read it yet? 🤔

So do that…

You should read it some day.

My favorite is freedom of speech

Have you read it ? More importantly do you understand it ?

Defend the rights and liberties of Free Speech!

Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
– Zechariah 7:10 (ESV)

Except free speech, Due process, probably other things.

birthright citizenship, Emoluments clause, separation of powers, civil rights, voting rights.
The only part of the Constitution the GOP cares about is the 2nd amendment

Now that’s some.funny shit coming from you

Could you commit to actually upholding the Constitution? Because that would be great.

LOLOLOL defending rights and liberties where?

Well, except trump. And you. Trump has been very transparent that he wants the constitution to go away. And you and your colleagues facilitate that every day.

The document YOU ARE NO LONGER defending.

You sir mark know nothing of the constitution and what it even stands for you rather break the constitution Laws!

LIAR

Please read it…and actually do your job!

Better start defending it Mark.
The founding fathers would be kicking some ass if they were alive

You’re a joke

What a joke. The current administration has torn our Constitution to shreds. We no longer have freedom of speech. Our rights, as spelled out in the Constitution, are being stolen from us.

And you’re killing it. Fuck you mark

Be honest… You’d stop after the second amendment.

he would skip the first amendment too. They are already trying to criminalize free speech.

Congressman Mark Alford trashed and annihilated the 1st Amendment yesterday with his post about teachers.

Yes, he did.

They are rolling over in their graves because of the way Trump and Republicans are stomping all over the constitution.

Remember the maga response when Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer at his own house? Don Jr put out a meme of a “Paul Pelosi Halloween kit, complete with hammer and underwear”. Oh, how the magats thought that was so funny. And they laughed, and they laughed…Or how about Alex Jones, who mocked the murdered children from the Sandy Hook school shooting? The dead children’s parents had to sue him just to get him to stop. That is who is telling you how to be civil.

And now your party is destroying it

Thanks to you and your fellow ass kissers Mark, the experiment is dying.

Congressman Mark Alford. You lie. You trashed your oath of office in your undeniable and constant fealty to the Orange Russian, and you wiped your ass with the Constitution long ago. You’re a joke. You’re uneducated, and completely unqualified to serve in any office, particularly the position of House Rep. You’re a cheat. You’re a grifter, in this for what you can gain for your personal self and nothing else. You’re a murderer, putting in place legislation that has killed people and will continue to kill. If you had an ounce of self-worth, you would resign. #UnfitToServe

Your boy Trump is peeing on the Constitution, and you butt kissers aren’t doing anything to stop him. You’re a coward. Do your job!

A document that you and your fellow quislings ignore daily.

I’m not sure you know the constitution. You should be following it and upholding it, not being Trump’s boy.

I guess today is a great day to mark the death of our rights by having divisions of the federal government publicly pressure a private company into firing someone because he’s critical of them and their allies.
Pretty sad way to watch the last hopes of our once proud country descend into full on fascism.

“Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, acrylic. 22 x 28.

Seriously? What’s going on now in America goes against everything our constitution stands for and you know it!!

Well, they did.

Mark Alford (r) [2025 file photo]

First Amendment? Never heard of it.

16 Tuesday Sep 2025

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

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Charlie Kirk, Fascist pig, First Amendment, gaslighting, hagiography, Hypocrisy, Mark Alford, pearl clutching, right wingnut, sycophant, Trump sycophant

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 16, 2025]

Accountability is non-negotiable.
Those who celebrate political violence do not belong anywhere near students or the classroom.
Paid leave is unacceptable. They should be fired.
[….]

Some of the responses:

Are you sure they celebrated or just commented?
Does trump get fired fir telling a crowd to beat up a man and throw him outside without a coat in minus 10 degree weather?
Let’s have some Grace.
Let’s everyone step back and tone it down. No calls for violence and no celebrations of school shootings.
The next political violence condem it.
FYI . Not too late to condemn 6 Jan, the attack on Pelosi, the Governor of Pennsylvania, the planned attack on the Michigan governor, the Muder of the Minnesota legislator or the violence that Kile Rettinor was involved in.
When you call out one but not everyone it sounds untrue.
And yes I condemned the attack on the congressional baseball teams and the attempts on trump.
Stop all school shootings and political violence.

MA stay in your lane, obviously you have not read all of his beliefs or you surely would not post that.

So should you, yet here we are 🤷🏽‍♀️

I thought republicans were against cancel culture?

it’s OK when they do it.

He was killed on camera. No one’s family deserves to have to witness that. It’s unthinkably cruel that people would then go on the internet and use their platform to say about an innocent man that “I don’t care that he’s dead.”
“He’s not a hero.” “He’s a scumbag.”
“He shouldn’t be celebrated.”
I’m talking about George Floyd. You thought I was talking about Charlie Kirk? No, those are actual quotes BY Charlie Kirk about George Floyd.
Outrageous that anyone would say that of the dead, right?

cancel culture and “f” your feelings crowd sure are going against their beliefs…

Nothing about this situation violates the school’s policies, and you publicly calling for their termination is unacceptable. These two staff members shared posts on their own time, on private pages. They were not public posts, not shared with students, and not brought into the classroom. Our district has systems in place, like classroom observations, performance evaluations, compliance checks, and other accountability measures to ensure staff professionalism. There is no evidence that any line was crossed in school, and certainly no “celebration” of someone’s death. Yet the pitchforks have already come out: first coming for the counselor, then the teacher, then the superintendent, board members, and now even another principal. This is dangerous behavior from people who don’t know these two incredible individuals, don’t understand our school policies, and do not understand our First Amendment rights.

I read what they wrote. No one was celebrating anything. They were stating their opinion.

They should be gone.

So, you’re in favor of cancel culture this week?

are you politely, as you clutch your pearls, choosing specific words, hoping your dog whistle calls up a mad dog? How cute.

Please continue to tell the truth and put the good word out on Jesus Christ 🙏 Unashamed in his glory. Stay safe Congressman Mark Alford and the good people who believe in rightousness. Pray for the world 🌎🙏

Did they use school resources?
Post on school time?
Attach their school issued credentials?
If so, fine. Fire them.
If not, then leave them the hell alone and start holding yourself, your staff, your party and your people to the same standard of behavior and accountabilities.
“First clean the inside of the cup,” if you will.

You are so right. If evil is celebrated we have lost all sense of humanity.
The left bashes us because we didn’t equally react to the Hortmans horrific murders. But it’s certainly not because it doesn’t affect us and you don’t see us celebrating it.
Both are equally horrible but Charlie was in our living rooms day after day and we KNEW him. We Saw His brutal assassination.
THE FACT THAT THE LEFT IS Celebrating OR MAKING EXCUSES IS SICKENING.

Where to begin?

Show us an example of the left “celebrating” his death. A REAL example.
NOBODY I know is celebrating his death. We are merely REPEATING his OWN WORDS back to you all and saying that he was indeed a hateful, bigoted, racist, misogynistic jerk…and, you all consider that to be “celebrating.”

he twisted the teachings of Jesus to suit his needs. And you welcomed him into your home. There are no “celebrations,” going on. Those that don’t believe the way You do are NOT evil.
Just look at the actual words of ck concerning the vicious attack on Paul Pelosi, the Hartman murder and his despicable comments concerning the slaughter of children, he suggests execution of LBGTQ and his vile words concerning POC.
And you worship him?! Thats the problem. Not a democrat wanting fully funded public education, food assistance to Everyone that needs food, Healthcare as a Right, strong infrastructure, affordable and safe housing, a living wage, support Unions, to protect and preserve the environment and wants Equal Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights for ALL. Last I knew, Jesus supported those things, actually TOLD his followers to help, welcome, feed, clothe, house, heal and Love others.

Probably not attributable to Gandhi.

You should be fired.

I researched every aspect of this issue, including going to the “So Informed” social media page to find and read EXACTLY the post that these teachers forwarded ( which, by the way, they later deleted). This post did not celebrate or advocate political violence even though it shared a point of view about the character (based on Charlie Kirk’s own words) of Charlie Kirk which many people also share. This post was quick to state empathy for Charlie Kirk’s wife and children and voiced the wish for all of our children to grow up to live in a country that values their lives enough to take gun violence seriously.
This is Freedom of Speech. The same Freedom of Speech that President Trump used when (without any evidence) immediately accused the so-called Democratic left for this despicable act of violence. In the days since then it has basically been proven that the murdere was influenced by a radical group that thinks the so-called Republican right is actually not radically “right wing” enough and not the “left” at all.
Stop this rhetoric. Stop creating more animosity than there already is!!!

I have yet to see anybody that celebrating his death. I see more people trying to make a martyr out of a bigot. The problem is if people speak out and point out that he really wasn’t as christ-like as the right is trying to make him then they’re being punished. It’s ridiculous

Careful clutching your pearls.

Cancel culture for me, but not for thee. What a hypocrite? How does his idiot keep getting elected?

Americans are busy hating each other when we could just tax the rich and solve 90% of our problems.

Shhhh.

The ‘fuck your feelings’ crowd sure is butthurt these days…

Cracker Barrel ruined their lives.

I didn’t realize we were in the midst of thought police, Marky Mark.

Once again, NICE JOB UNITING EVERYONE, ASSHOLE ALFORD.

You’re an embarrassment.

Our children deserve better than to fear being shot in schools. But that’s been a non-starter for decades (thanks, Alford).

[….] Speaking of celebrating political violence, didn’t Charlie suggest that somebody should bail out the man who beat Paul Pelosi on the head with a hammer? Mark, did you forget? Should Charlie have been near students?

Yes, yes he did. He also facilitated several busses for the J6 insurrectionists to travel to D.C. that day.

So you can’t even criticize someone without some snowflakes trying to get you fired? Neat.

Here’s Alford again stoking the fire after he goes on TV and pretends he wants to lower the temperatures

Im not celebrating, and I haven’t seen a single celebration being held.
What I do see are people like you Congressman Mark Alford, acting like ck was some national hero. He is, was not. He twisted the words in the Bible, the words of Jesus, to fit his needs. He used his twisted rhetoric to spread hate, division, racism, misogynistic views, and enriched himself off the pain he caused.
And I wont waste a drop of empathy on him, he wouldn’t want that afterall.

Freedom of speech is only free if you agree with it, right ?

??? Did they violate an existing school or district policy on politics ? If so, they should be reprimanded, if not they should be protected under the First Amendment as this was not done while in the school setting. Calm down, people who disagree with your opinion may open dialogue and insight if hostility is removed. Controversial subjects should not lead to violence. I read the full post I did not see where there was celebration of violence, lack of empathy, yes.

Repeating Kirk’s words are getting people in trouble? That should tell you something.

On their private pages no doubt?
So fascists, like Congressman Mark Alford, get to lie and gaslight every day on their pages—paid for by us taxpayers—while people who work in Missouri schools with our children get punished for telling the truth?

If his own words didn’t concern you, you got a problem.

Republicans are what they hate.
They represent Charlie Kirk’s version of free speech, also known as White privilege.

To take the side of a xenophobe, racist, sexist, bigot over the First Amendment is fascist to the core.

Weaponizing much…

Gestapo

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 – part 2 (September 14, 2025)

And exactly how does this help, Mark (r)? (September 15, 2025)

And exactly how does this help, Mark (r)?

15 Monday Sep 2025

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

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4th Congressional District, Charlie Kirk, gaslighting, hagiography, Mark Alford, religious war, right wingnut, social media

Mark Alford (r) [2025 file photo]

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 15, 2025]
We are in a spiritual battle for the soul of our nation.
Praying that we can all put on the full armor of God and come together to create something good following the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk.
[….]

Wait, what was MAGA all about?

Just asking.

Some of the responses to Mark Alford (r):

You want an army. I want universal healthcare and a living wage for all. We are not the same.

those are democrats socialist ideas. Government will take all of your paychecks and take care of your needs and desires

Well, that settles it. Corporations do that now. Oh, wait…

where do you want your tax dollars spent?
On healthcare in your community or on corporate subsidies and endless wars?
You already know where there being spent now and you’ll argue against helping your own community. Ludicrous.

I thought you were taking a break from social media to cool the temperature?

narcissists need the attention

the nation founded with no state religion?
read your American history Alford

How about you read your Bible.

How about you read your Bill of Rights.

Read your Constitution.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion….”

What is so shocking about this shooting? Is it because people thought this can’t happen to him? Or because he wasn’t a kid in a school?
Let’s be honest here: we aren’t about to do anything about guns, and we will only see more shootings. We all lose, but in the end, God wins. So I guess there’s that.
But MAN do I wonder what might happen if we has less guns, instead of more.
Don’t yell at me, I know that will never happen. 😪

It’s ridiculous that some of you think taking away gun rights will stop EVIL PEOPLE! It’s won’t, no law ever has!

Uh…

but guns are so much more efficient than other weapons. It happens so fast. I have two kids in school, and one who isn’t even in school yet, and I worry about this every day.
But again, don’t come at me, because I know nothing will change. It’s just the price we pay, for your “freedoms”.
I hate guns, and if I could, I would take them all away from everyone.

if there were only some evidence that a reasonable amount of gun control would curb mass shootings… oh wait, there is! The entire rest of the world!
Keep your head buried in the sand.

Same planet, different world:

oh bullshit look at Canada now they took away their guns and now the illegals are there with illegal guns shooting up the place cut me a break

“…The U.S. has the 28th-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 4.31 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. That was more than seven times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people — and about 340 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.013 deaths per 100,000….” How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world

Let’s look at UK girls and women are getting raped and abused and they can’t even protect himself not allowed to protect himself and if you dare you’re the one that goes to jail somewhere Common Sense went out the door will you people I have 14 grandchildren all of them but two in school so I care about the schools too there needs to be armed guard at schools just like Banks and a lot of other places

oh honey. Turn off FOX, please.

Turning point was Charlie Kirk’s personal ministry.

you mean where he made millions of dollars for himself that kind of ministry?

Grifters gotta grift.

God Bless you Congressman Mark Alford I’ve never seen such an awakening in my life 🕯️God is truly winning✝️Rest in Paradise Charlie Kirk👣

So … over 20 million stripped of health care which means 55,000 people will die every year that don’t have to; $1.3 trillion in SNAP stripped from the mouths of seniors, children, and the poor; 80,000 medical professionals elminated from the VA, which will kill and maim how many vets – all of this Mark Alford voted for and cheerleads on. How “Christian” of you to consider all of these things that will kill people as “God is truly winning”.

JDVance just recited Ephesians 6 and putting on the full armor of God 🙏🏻

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion….”

The Twilight Zone was so prophetic.

Idiocracy (2006) was not supposed to be a documentary.

If you have to keep telling everyone someone was a good man, here is something to ponder.
We know that he wasn’t.

Drop the religion. Religion divides more than it unifies. Even Christians can’t totally agree on one interpretation. No deity required.
Pray all you like, but yes, unity. Harmony.

Mark just doesn’t seem to get it.

Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation…What age should you start to see public executions?
– Charlie Kirk
Ask yourself how you feel about televised public executions. Would you show them to your children?

Why aren’t you THIS frustrated and sad when school children are gunned down?
Your adoration for this person is just really mental. Really, this is sickening.

You sure attract all the godless demonic trolls on your page Congressman Mark Alford

Does your Bible not contain the verses about loving thy neighbor?

Hey, Mark, as Trump says about murdered school children…”we have to get over it, we have to move forward.”
Don’t you always listen to and do what he says?

Maybe condemn Trump’s constant vile rhetoric?

Interesting to claim battle for the soul of the nation when your god in the White House has broken every single one of the Ten Commandments, from adultery, to lying, to coveting, to intentionally killing people needlessly. The idea that Charlie Kirk was a saint could only be believed by someone who holds open racist and sexist views. He literally said Black women like Ketanji Brown Jackson, the SCOTUS Justice with more credentials than any other Justice in history, “lack brain power” and that white men should have had those jobs. He said some gun deaths are “necessary” or “acceptable” in order to keep the 2nd Amendment. You are preying on religious fears and raising someone with MANY flaws to undeserved martyr status. This is unacceptable. Go ahead and mourn him, since you share his views, but he is NOT an example of acting like Christ would have wanted.

Mark maybe you should be spending your time working for your constituents instead of glorifying someone who spread hate. I believe you promised Republicans would lower prices but everything is higher than ever and you’re crickets on that subject. You claim you want to unite but post constantly about a divisive topic several times a day.

The message is definitely not getting through, that’s for sure.

You are acting like he was some sort of prophet. He was just a man who spouted opinions, usually hateful and bigoted. But, you’re ready to canonize him.
WHERE IS THE GRIEF WHEN LITTLE SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE MURDERED????
And, by the way…the HATRED AND VIOLENCE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE….YOUR HOUSE. MAGAs.

Kirk was filled with hate and divisiveness. Start with those that also hated others.

You nazis celebrating a hater that spews division and white supremacy isn’t getting any of you reelected.

The trick is to hide the armbands and modify the salutes. Usually.

Trumps job as President is to unite this country. He even said so after he won.
But he’s doing the opposite.
Trump is trying to do. january 6 against the left. He’s riling up the nut jobs to attack anyone he doesn’t like.
Trump wants a civil war and the cult will oblige

Alford’s last 6 posts have been regarding Charlie Kirk. Congressman, maybe you should spend a little time working for MO-4.

Alford will milk this all week. Wait and see.

And Kirks view that empathy is a made up woke word.
He never really read the Bible did he?

Read what Kirk the “Christian” said about people he did not agree with. The names he called. The implication that black women didn’t have the mental capacity to do the same job as a white man. The things he said about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
“Christians” do not call other people names or put them down.
“Christians” love thy neighbor and do not seek revenge.

yes they do then afterwards they pray……for forgiveness.

Sir, if I want a sermon I will go to my own pastor for guidance. You were not elected to be a spiritual leader, you were elected to uphold the constitution. Please stay in your lane.

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 – part 2 (September 14, 2025)

Campaign Finance: putting up the money

14 Sunday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, gerrymandering, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Redistricting

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C253606 09/13/2025 People Not Politicians United Food and Comercial Workers International Union 1775 K St NW Washington DC 20006 9/13/2025 $50,000.00

C253606 09/13/2025 People Not Politicians Global Impact Social Welfare Fund 2300 N St. NW, Suite 501 Washington DC 20037 9/13/2025 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Protect Missouri Districts
People Not Politicians

We all want elected leaders who put people first.

Politicians passed an illegal gerrymandering scheme that is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab.

We believe that Missouri voters—not politicians—should have the final say. We have filed a citizen’s referendum to gather signatures to put this unjust map before voters on an upcoming ballot.

Missourians deserve representation that focuses on our families and communities, not advancing a specific partisan political agenda. Politicians shouldn’t be slicing and dicing communities to pick their voters — voters should be picking their politicians. Gerrymanders take away voters’ power and cause real harm to Missouri communities.

KCUR: Missouri voters may get final say on gerrymandered map and constitution changes
News / September 12, 2025

….on Friday afternoon, a group called People Not Politicians announced they planned to gather the more than 100,000 signatures needed in six out of eight congressional districts to place the new map up for a statewide vote. If they turn in enough signatures 90 days after the special session ends, the map cannot go into effect unless Missourians approve it….

They’ll get the signatures.

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 – part 2

14 Sunday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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#resist, dissent, Johnson County Courthouse, missouri, protest, Warrensburg

There was a peaceful “Rally Against Truth Decay” at 12:30 p.m. today on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri. The temperature was in the 90s. There were about 75 individuals in attendance who listened to speakers, held protest signs (against the excesses of the Trump [r] Administration), and signed initiative petitions.

It’s been one hell of a week in America.

Johnson County Courthouse lawn, Warrensburg, Missouri.

Pastor Tim Whitmore.

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ProtestWbgMo091325PastorTim.mp3

“…easier than hiding a family in your attic later.”

Speakers and organizers:

“Veteran…”

“Trans Rights = Human Rights”

“Land of the Oligarchs, Hate & Violence Has Replaced Our Constitution”

“Wake Up!”

“Do Not Oppress…”

“I know you are asking today, how long will it take?….

I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to earth will rise again.

How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever.

How long? Not long, because you shall reap what you sow….

How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, March 25, 1965.

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025 (September 13, 2025)

Rally Against Truth Decay – Johnson County Courthouse – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 13, 2025

13 Saturday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist, Uncategorized

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#resist, dissent, Johnson County, missouri, protest, rally, Warrensburg

There was a peaceful “Rally Against Truth Decay” at 12:30 p.m. today on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri. The temperature was in the 90s. There were about 75 individuals in attendance who listened to speakers, held protest signs (against the excesses of the Trump [r] Administration), and signed initiative petitions.

It’s been one hell of a week in America.

“Hey MAGA, isn’t Karma a Bitch?”

Karma is indeed a bitch.

“Loving and Caring”

“Stop the Billionaire Coup”

At half staff on the courthouse lawn:

Charlie Kirk (r):

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?

Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us … You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.

We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.

I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.

America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.

The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.

The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.

America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.

We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.

Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.

There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.

“Culture War – a smokescreen for – Class War”

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty”

“Johnson County Democrats”

“Kindness is like glitter. It spreads.”

“MO-GOP hates voters”

“Republican power grab…”

“Melt ICE, Deport Trump”

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue

13 Saturday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

≈ 1 Comment

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#resist, Johnson County Courthouse, missouri, protest, Warrensburg

There was a peaceful “Rally Against Truth Decay” at 12:30 p.m. today on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri. The temperature was in the 90s. There were about 75 individuals in attendance who listened to speakers, held protest signs (against the excesses of the Trump [r] Administration), and signed initiative petitions.

A drive-by commenter:

“Killers…”

He turned the corner and kept shouting.

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ProtestWbgMo091325KillersDriveby.mp3

“Killers…”

“Killers…”

So much for civil discourse.

The First Amendment must really chap some people’s asses.

gaslighting & hagiography

12 Friday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in media criticism, meta

≈ 2 Comments

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

thoughts & prayers

10 Wednesday Sep 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

≈ 8 Comments

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