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Nuc-u-lar

29 Wednesday Oct 2025

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Jason Smith (r) [2025 file photo]

Reported this morning:

Aaron Rupar ‪@atrupar.com‬

Rep. Jason Smith: “I think that if this continues too long, the Senate should have a real conversation about in the time of the government shutdown, to look at making sure that you can pass a continuing of funding with just 51 votes.”

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October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM

Some of the responses:

Of course they can do it now but keeping it the way it is allows them to keep blaming Democrats for their own ineptitude. This is just gaslighting so the public will think they can’t do these things and still maintain both the power and the “poor me” attitude.

How long is too long?

We’re about to find out.

Or you could, follow me here, find middle of the road legislation that 60% can approve. 60% just doesn’t seem like a high bar. Isn’t that still an ‘F’ in the classroom?

Let them and take full responsibility for taking away people’s healthcare.

“Nucular” option. He pronounces it just like Geo W did. It didn’t help at all for the reporter to say it correctly. Also, who sits like that? A dude that’s posing for camera? 🤭🤦

THEY WON’T DO IT. The GOP doesn’t want the government open. Full stop.

Loathesome as that guy is can he at least pronounce nuclear properly?

This is the only way forward. Republicans want to continue their neo-confederate / nazi project and are torturing the other side to make us sign onto it. They either stop it or take ownership of it. Since we all know they wont stop… making them own it is all we’ve got.

No. No. No. It’s your job to negotiate. Do your job.

They can do that now, but would rather starve children instead.

New-kyuh-lerr. Not a word. Also, nothing opens until orange mafia says it should. Stealing not done, y’know.

Own it, Jason (r)

02 Wednesday Jul 2025

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Jason Smith (r) [2024 file photo].

We’re bookmarking this one for future reference:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Congressman Jason Smith: “We are gonna get the One, Big, Beautiful Bill passed and to your desk! This will be for the people who don’t have lobbyists in this town. The farmers, the welders, the waitresses, the nurses pulling double shifts, the truck drivers hauling goods across this country – the folks who work hard, play by the rules, and ask for nothing more than a fair shot and a government that works for them, not against them. The One Big Beautiful Bill is their bill! It’s about restoring sanity in a town that’s lost it. It cuts the waste. It reins in the reckless spending. It demands that if you’re able to work, you should. It delivers the largest tax cut in history, And it stops asking working families to foot the bill for Washington’s bad decisions. Thanks for your vision, leadership and determination! You are my favorite President! Let’s get this done.”

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How many billionaires live in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District?:

Congressional District 8, MO
Congressional District in: Missouri, United States

782,602
Population
18,315.3 square miles
42.7 people per square mile
Census data:ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Children (Under 18) (Table B17001)
Column Congressional District 8 Missouri United States
Poverty 17.1% ±1.6% 29,663 ±3,029.8 14.4% ±0.7% 193,269 ±9,053.9 16% ±0.1% 11,445,264 ±81,907.9

Seniors (65 and over) (Table B17001)
Column Congressional District 8 Missouri United States
Poverty 12.1%† ±1.3% 17,128 ±1,875.3 10.8% ±0.4% 119,123 ±4,758 11.3% ±0.1% 6,523,104 ±40,227.9

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Not many, if at all.

Remember.

Jason Smith (r) steps on a rake…yet again

20 Friday Jun 2025

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Jason Smith (r) [2024 file photo].

Rep. Jason Smith@RepJasonSmith

Governor, I suggest focusing on the lawlessness and crime in LA and San Francisco instead of auditioning for the 2028 Presidential primary with stale talking points.

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1:04 PM · Jun 16, 2025

California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) replied:

Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom

Your state’s homicide rate is 117% higher than California’s.
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1:23 PM · Jun 16, 2025 9.2M Views

Sure enough:

CDC National Center for Health Statistics Stats of the States (2022)

California
[….]
Teen Birth Rate 9.8 (births per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age)
Infant Mortality Rate 4.11 (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)²
Life Expectancy (at Birth) 78.3 years (2021)
[….]
Drug Overdose Death Rate 26.9 (per 100,000)¹
Firearm Injury Death Rate 8.6 (per 100,000)¹
Homicide Rate 5.9 (per 100,000)¹

Missouri
[….]
Teen Birth Rate 16.9 (births per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age)
Infant Mortality Rate 6.77 (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)²
Life Expectancy (at Birth) 74.6 years (2021)
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Drug Overdose Death Rate 36.9 (per 100,000)¹
Firearm Injury Death Rate 24.2 (per 100,000)¹
Homicide Rate 12.8 (per 100,000)¹

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Missouri Homicide Rate 12.8 per 100,000 > California Homicide Rate 5.9 per 100,000

Missouri Drug Overdose Rate 36.9 per 100,000 > California Drug Overdose Rate 26.9 per 100,000

Missouri Firearm Injury Death Rate 24.2 per 100,000 > California Firearm Injury Death Rate 8.6 per 100,000

And:

National Association of State of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors – Methamphetamine (2023)
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Geographic Trends in Methamphetamine Use

Methamphetamine treatment admission rates were higher in 2010 than in 2020 in five States. However, 20 States experienced greater than a 100% increase in admission rates between 2010 and 2020. The West North Central region (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) had the highest methamphetamine treatment admission rates in 2020 (211 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older), maintaining its position as the region of the U.S. with the highest methamphetamine treatment admission rates since it surpassed the Pacific region in 2014.
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“…The West North Central region (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) had the highest methamphetamine treatment admission rates in 2020 (211 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older)…”

Jason Smith ain’t exactly the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

Fascist pornography

16 Wednesday Apr 2025

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Jason Smith (r) [2024 file photo].

“What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.” – U.S. Holocaust Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia, “Concentration Camps”

“…nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” – 5th Amendment, United States Constitution

“Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” – Article 6, Universal Declaration of Human Rights – December 10, 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A)

“Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” – Article 16, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, General Assembly resolution 220A (XXI) of 16 December 1966, entry into force 23 March 1976, entered into force for the United States on September 8, 1992

“…On March 15, 2025, the United States removed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Salvador, where he is currently detained in the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT). The United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal. The United States represents that the removal to El Salvador was the result of an ‘administrative error.’…” – SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, April 10, 2025

Yesterday:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith

Thanks to President Trump, the CECOT prison in El Salvador, which is home to some of the country’s most vicious criminals, now includes illegal immigrants who broke into our country and committed violent acts against Americans.

It is unconscionable that Democrats in Congress are urging the release of more foreign criminals back into our country.
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9:04 PM · Apr 15, 2025

Why does Jason Smith (r) hate the United States Constitution and due process of law?

Interestingly, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) wasn’t allowed to visit the very same concentration camp.

Previously:

5th Amendment – requiescat in pace – (1791-2025) (April 14, 2025)

Resist everything, everywhere, all at once (April 15, 2025)

Late, very late

20 Saturday Apr 2024

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Слава Українi

This afternoon the House of Representatives finally voted (overwhelmingly) for sorely needed military aid to Ukraine:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 151
H R 8035 YEA-AND-NAY 20-Apr-2024 1:48 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

—- YEAS 311 —

Bush
Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 112 —

Alford
Burlison
Smith (MO)

—- NOT VOTING 7 —

Luetkemeyer

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The long delay, at the instigation of right wingnut republicans, served Vladimir Putin’s purposes.

Alford (r), Burlison (r), and Smith (r) are content to continue as useful idiots.

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

Meanwhile, from the White House:

APRIL 20, 2024
Statement from President Joe Biden on House Passage of the National Security Package

Today, members of both parties in the House voted to advance our national security interests and send a clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage. At this critical inflection point, they came together to answer history’s call, passing urgently-needed national security legislation that I have fought for months to secure.

This package will deliver critical support to Israel and Ukraine; provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, Sudan, Haiti, and other locations impacted by conflicts and natural disasters around the world; and bolster security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. It comes at a moment of grave urgency, with Israel facing unprecedented attacks from Iran, and Ukraine under continued bombardment from Russia. I want to thank Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, and the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in the House who voted to put our national security first. I urge the Senate to quickly send this package to my desk so that I can sign it into law and we can quickly send weapons and equipment to Ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs.

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Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Grifter Support Group

01 Friday Dec 2023

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George Santos (r) was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives today.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 691

H RES 878 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 1-Dec-2023 10:56 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives

—- YEAS 311 —

Bush
Cleaver
Wagner

—- NAYS 114 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)

— ANSWERED “PRESENT” 2 —

—- NOT VOTING 8 —

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Five republican representatives from Missouri voted to keep the grifter in Congress.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].

Blaine Luetkemeyer (r)[2021 file photo]

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

Professional courtesy, you think?

You voted for the rule, schmuck

06 Friday Oct 2023

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Restoration of the Motion to Vacate the Chair
The House may remove its Speaker via a motion to vacate the Chair, which is agreed to by a simple majority vote. Throughout most of the history of the House, any Member could force a vote on the Speakership since the question was privileged, meaning it takes precedence over other business. (However, the House has never removed a Speaker.) Under the previous Democratic majority, the House changed rules to afford the motion privilege only if a party caucus or conference voted for its leader to offer it. The rules package for the 118th Congress removed the provision conferring status on the motion only if offered by party leadership, meaning any Member may now offer a privileged motion to vacate the Chair.

‘…However, the House has never removed a Speaker…” Until Tuesday.

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

A whining press release from Jason Smith (r):

Smith: This action will stall and set back the conservative agenda and impede oversight of the Biden Administration
OCTOBER 3, 2023 — PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after a motion to vacate the Office of the Speaker was adopted in the House of Representatives:

“Today, House Democrats, in collusion with eight Republicans, pushed to oust a Republican Speaker of the House who won a conference election to be the Republican nominee for speaker and has overwhelming support among his Republican colleagues and a record of delivering for the American people. This decision is particularly abhorrent given the conservative victories that have been achieved this year under Speaker McCarthy – including the largest spending cut in the history of our nation alongside the biggest reforms to America’s welfare system in two decades signed into law.

“Make no mistake: this needless and selfish action will stall and setback efforts to hold President Biden accountable for his involvement in his family’s business dealings, to cut spending, or to deliver for working class Americans. In fact, today’s actions actually empower those who want to increase spending and those who want to give a blank check to Ukraine.

“It is irrational that any House Republican would vote to push out Speaker McCarthy, who has done more than any Speaker of the House – Republican or Democrat – to give each and every member a voice at the table. Speaker McCarthy has led the House in achieving critical victories on behalf of the American people by empowering committees to do the legislative and oversight work that is needed, and by listening to all members about their concerns and priorities.”

“I never thought leopards would eat my face, whines the member of the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.”

You did it to yourself. Has a Democratic Party member of the House ever voted for a republican Speaker?

Ukraine. Pay now, or really pay later.

Joe Biden (D) lives rent free inside their heads.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Previously:

Elect republican clowns to Congress, expect a clown show (October 3, 2023)

This. Exactly. This. (October 4, 2023)

When all you ever do is feed the beast it will never be enough (October 5, 2023)

Oooh, pass the popcorn…

31 Wednesday May 2023

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Missouri right wingnuts on the debt ceiling vote:

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

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Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
President Biden asked for a blank check.

Republicans negotiated a deal that delivers for the American people.

[….] Rescinding billions of COVID $
[….] Administrative PAYGO
[….] Work requirements
[….] Spending caps
[.. ..]Cutting IRS funding
3:10 PM · May 30, 2023

And:

Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison
After carefully reviewing the bill text and fielding phone calls from my constituents, I will not be supporting H.R. 3746.
4:47 PM · May 30, 2023

Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].

The smell of victory or defeat? Which is it? Just asking.

Pass the popcorn.

Hostage taker has demands

21 Sunday May 2023

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Jason Smith (r) [2021 file photo].

On Friday:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
President Biden wasted almost 100 days doing nothing to solve our debt ceiling crisis.

Now the clock is running out and he’s on the other side of the world.

President Biden needs to work with House Republicans and negotiate a responsible debt plan.
2:20 PM · May 19, 2023

Some of the responses:

Your Mo. district has been in debt crisis for 21 years

Uh, yep.

What you talkin’ about, Jason (r)? (February 1, 2023)

Food Research and Action Center

In case you were wondering, someone is winning the class war and it’s not you (August 23, 2022)

No, raising the debt ceiling should be and most often is SOP.
It is a crisis only because Leder McCarthy decided to make it a crisis.

Maybe he just doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.

Biden sent his budget to the speaker months ago. The speaker sat on it and did nothing while having no issue raising the debt ceiling multiple times under trump who is responsible for 25% of our current debt. Y’all are a joke.

What have you done for the working class…
Tell us we’ll wait

Republicans don’t want to do anything positive but hold the country hostage. You’re not the good guys on this.

Jason, almost all responses on this tweet are negative and unsympathetic.

Take the hint.

He doesn’t care.

This is a “crisis” because of YOU

The debt ceiling is an arbitrary line, the cuts you are making aren’t, and they will deeply harm Americans, our nation, and especially your 8th district constituents.

Congress sets the debt ceiling, not POTUS. Where were you? You barely passed your “make the poor pay for our tax cuts” plan only 3 weeks ago.

You know why the GOP will get the blame, just like always? Because you’re the only ones making threats.

You want to negotiate a responsible debt plan? REPEAL THE TRUMP TAX CUTS! You help drive the nation into debt with tax cuts and then complain about the result.

Oh, my word.

Your projection and delusion is truly shocking.

The #GOP has turned into an organization of knaves and fools.

After running up a $7.8T tab to our national debt, now you want a “responsible debt plan?”

🤣🤡

You first, 🤡.

You knew your cuts were a non-starter yet you foolishly stuck with them.

Clown keeps on clowning

16 Tuesday May 2023

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It’s in their nature.

This morning:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
The Durham report confirms what most Americans knew all along: the Trump-Russia investigation was nothing more than a political witch hunt.
9:30 AM · May 16, 2023

And he continued:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
Every American should be outraged that leaders at the FBI and DOJ – two incredibly powerful agencies – abused their authority by using the federal government as a weapon to try and take down a political opponent.
9:30 AM · May 16, 2023

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

But wait, there’s more:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
While this report debunks yet another false narrative pushed by the Left and liberal media, the House will conduct vigorous oversight and do everything within its power to ensure this never happens again.
9:30 AM · May 16, 2023

Sure, Karen.

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

Some of the responses to Jason Smith (r):

Spin

Dude, did you read it?

Have you actually read anything about it, or are you just listening to Fox-not-news? Because whatever they are telling folks is a big lie, and the Durham Report shows what a waste of tax payer funds it was for 4 years! Read some real facts, & stop spreading Trumpian lies.
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“The FBI investigation proves conclusively that up is above your heads.”

Republicans: “We now have proof that up has been down all along, and that this administration has been lying to you!”

Durham failed miserably.
John Durham’s investigation lasted 3 1/2 years and cost taxpayers about $3.8 million.
If what Republican radicals are saying is true, why has he only been able to get one conviction of a low-level FBI lawyer who got probation?

Please quit lying to your constituents. It was worth investigating, he’s had significant cash investment from the Russians and tried to have the Ukraine surrender and falsify info about the Bidens. Be accountable.

John Durham is 0 for 2 in prosecutions and he delivered a big, fat, 300 page DUD in the form of an op-ed.

Where are the charges?

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

Previously:

Just another MAGA republican conspiracy theory dud (May 16, 2023)