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Hey, Mark Alford (r), why don’t you ask the survivors of Bucha, Ukraine about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (r) grotesque false equivalence?

18 Friday Nov 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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4th Congressional District, Bucha, crimes against humanity, former newsreader, MAGA, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnuts, Russia, that ridiculous hat, Ukraine

Or, do you agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene (r)?

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

[….]

April 21, 2022 12:00AM EDT

Ukraine: Russian Forces’ Trail of Death in Bucha
Preserving Evidence Critical for War Crimes Prosecutions

The chief regional prosecutor in Bucha, Ruslan Kravchenko, told Human Rights Watch on April 15 that 278 bodies had been found in the town since Russian forces withdrew, the vast majority of them civilians, and that the number was expected to rise as more bodies are discovered. Prior to the conflict, Bucha had a population of about 36,000.

[….]

Last night:

Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Invading Russians to U.S. Migrants
BY AILA SLISCO ON 11/17/22 AT 7:59 PM EST

[….]

“We had 5 million people cross our border illegally since Joe Biden took office,” Greene said on Thursday, while flanked by GOP colleagues. “Let’s compare that to how many Russians have invaded Ukraine. 82,000 Russians have invaded Ukraine.”

[….]

Well, to start, the Russians used to have a lot of tanks.

She is that stupid.

Right now you’re showing us who you really are, Mark. Parse that.

Russian Asset

03 Wednesday Aug 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Accession, Finland, Josh Hawley, NATO, Putin, Russia, Sweden, treaty, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Today, in the United States Senate, there was only one negative vote on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO membership:

Question: On the Resolution of Ratification (Resolution of Ratification for Treaty Document No. 117-3, as Amended )
Vote Number: 282
Vote Date: August 3, 2022, 05:42 PM
Required For Majority: 2/3Vote
Result: Resolution of Ratification Agreed to
Treaty Number: Treaty Doc. 117-3
Treaty Title: Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden
Vote Counts:
YEAs95
NAYs1
[….]
NAYs —1
Hawley (R-MO)

[….]

[emphasis added]

Clown.

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

What Putin wants, Putin Gaetz

05 Tuesday Apr 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Billy Long, HR 831, Jason Smith, NATO, Putin, Russia, Ukraine

This should have been as easy as voting for mom and apple pie.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 115
H RES 831
2/3 YEA-AND-NAY
5-Apr-2022 4:10 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
BILL TITLE: Calling on the United States Government to uphold the founding democratic principles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and establish a Center for Democratic Resilience within the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

[….]

— YEAS 362 —

Bush
Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Luetkemeyer
Wagner

—- NAYS 63 —

Biggs
Boebert
Gaetz
Gohmert
Greene (GA)
Long
Smith (MO)

—- NOT VOTING 4 —

[….]

Billy Long (r) [2021 file photo]

Jason Smith (r) [2021 file photo]

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

Gilbert & Sullivan do current events

12 Saturday Mar 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Gilbert & Sullivan, invasion, opera, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, War, war crimes

Gathered from the internets:

I am the very model of a Russian Major-General,
I’ve been shot by snipers, Javelins, and rockets fired aerial,
I lose the tanks of Moscow, as farmers laugh hysterical,
From Donetsk to Odessa, we are fighting terrible.

I am the very model of a dead Major-General,
I’ve war-crimed, bombed, and pillaged like a goddamn savage animal,
My body blown to bits, you’d be surprised how very flammable,
History will judge me and condemn me categorical.

I tried to throw a punch with VDV and choppers aerial,
Objectives – making vassal state, a Russian periferia,
Turned to shelling cities – tactics simply catastrophical,
I am the very model of a Russian Major-General.

I am the very model of a Russian Major-General,
In tanks and men and ammo we are overwhelming numerical,
Still defeated by a woman throwing jars of pickled tomatoes,
All across Ukraine our logistics are so terrible.

I am the very model of a Russian major-general,
To murder of civilians and their kids I am amenable,
But Ukrainian resistance is so strong this is untenable,
Now only Comrade Putin thinks this cluster fuck is winnable.

The Hague will have a verdict, they’ll say I am a criminal.
A rope around my neck until I’m cold just like a popsicle,
If only our procurement bought us more tanks, trucks, and vehicles,
I am the very model of a Russian Major General.

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

Previously:

поле́зный идио́т (March 5, 2022)

Do they accept abandoned Russian armor as a trade-in? (March 8, 2022)

Putin the Pariah (March 10, 2022)

Russian asset (March 11, 2022)

Russian asset

11 Friday Mar 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Asshole, gas, Kevin McCarthy, Republican, Russia, Russian asset, social media, Twitter

The now minority leader of the United States House of Representatives.

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump
By Adam Entous
May 17, 2017

[….] A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.
[….]

Projection.

This afternoon:

Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader
These are not Putin gas prices. They are President Biden gas prices.
1:39 PM · Mar 11, 2022

поле́зный идио́т.

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

Some of the responses:

How much did the Kremlin pay you to tweet this? [….]

You don’t like real Presidents.
You prefer coup plotting Putin puppets, don’t ya Kev? [….]

The blame America first movement [….]

Siding with the brutal dictator who’s currently slaughtering the innocent civilians of a sovereign nation over your own President certainly is a take, Kev.

Fuck off, traitor.

I’m so old, I remember when the price of oil DOUBLED after Saddam invaded Kuwait and Democrats did not respond by trying to score cheap political points. try being a patriot for five minutes, Kev

A true Leader would pull the country together

Not sow division, dishonesty and disinformation. [….]

Kevin McCarthy is not an American representative. Kevin McCarthy is Putin’s representative.

Once upon a time you said that there were two people who Putin paid- Rohrabacher and trump. Then you said “swear to God”.
Well I guess we all know at least one other person Putin now pays, don’t we Kev? [….]

Defending Putin again

How much was your price ?

Your tweets should carry this disclaimer:

“SPONSORED BY THE KREMLIN”

What specific measures would you take that would actually reduce gas prices here?

Not things that sound plausible. Things that are actually in our control and that would actually work.

Does Putin like you to tickle his balls when you’re blowing him like this?

Kevin McCarthy is a Putin apologist.

Whatever you say, comrade. Putin thanks you for your service.

I’m not Putin anything you say as true

Defending Putin again. Today’s GOP, everybody.

You’re defending Putin?

So…. you are now defending Putin?
Who do you represent again?

How’s that Kevin? Give examples please. Oh wait, you can’t.

Hey, hi, you’re a traitor to the United States, have a nice afternoon. [….]

You’re a moron, Kevin.

Says the Putin asset

I see US sanctions on Russia hasn’t stopped you from getting your rubles.

Bummed your rubles are worthless?

Oh cupcake, we know exactly whose these gas prices belong to.

We see you.

Putin the Pariah

10 Thursday Mar 2022

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Uncategorized

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Moscow Mitch, Putin and Republican Party, Putin's War, Russia, Russia Gate, Trump and Putin, Trump Impeachment, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Do they accept abandoned Russian armor as a trade-in?

08 Tuesday Mar 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, Russia, sarcasm, satire, tractors, Ukraine, War

Just asking.

поле́зный идио́т

05 Saturday Mar 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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invasion, missouri, oil, right wingnut, Russia, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate, Ukraine, useful idiot, Vicky Hartzler

Vicky Hartzler (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Russia has America over a barrel — literally.

President Biden’s failed energy policies caused the United States to purchase 595,000 barrels of Russian oil per day.

This vulnerability needs to be addressed by producing energy here at home and becoming energy independent again.
[….]
10:18 AM · Mar 4, 2022

Let’s go to some of the responses:

Time to follow Germany’s lead and focus on renewables instead of fossil fuels… which is what Biden’s infrastructure plan is about. So, which policies that you will vote for are to succeed?

Ms. Hartzler- what is your opinion on what the USA should be doing now in Ukraine? Do a no fly zone? Send troops? Stay completely out of it? Something else?

You’re another loyal servant of Big Oil.

Russian oil is not being imported by the US government but by private companies. Why aren’t you telling them to stop, telling them to stop exporting US energy resources and supporting expanded renewable energy development in the US?

Weird! and here I thought it was when the Covid economic crisis drove oil prices down to $25 dollars a barrel American producers closed up shop because they lost money at those prices. You are SO SMART Vicky! [….]

Your wishful thinking comrade

You have no idea what you are talking about Miss Home Economics teacher, so quit spreading misinformation. Be a real leader.

Fake outrage, Vicky. TFG sword-danced with the Saudi’s while they bombed Yemen to dust. Where was your outrage then? Where was your outrage when the U.S. invaded Iraq based on fake claims of WMD?
Russian oil is part of the same game you all have been playing for decades.

9,000 oil leases that are not being used right now. Why are you not questioning them???

Give it a rest “hateful Hartzler” you just want us to nix the paltry 10% of imports so it will raise gas prices and you can then vilify and turn it against
@POTUS later. If you really cared you’d be asking why the oil companies in the US limit their production instead!

Maybe Donald Trump should stop licking this dictator’s boots. He weakened our democracy & our standing in the world; opening the door for the vampires.

Thank you, @POTUS, for standing up to authoritarians.

678,000 jobs were added, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in February.
Under President Biden, the economy has averaged a monthly gain of 582,000 jobs over the past 3 months. – U.S. Department of Labor, 3/4/2022
Why won’t you admit this is good news for America?
Politics?

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

Doing someone’s work for them, eh?

Useful.

Stand With Ukraine – Kansas City, Missouri – February 26, 2022

26 Saturday Feb 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, invasion, Kansas City, protest, Putin, Russia, Ukraine

This afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri several hundred individuals rallied in support of Ukraine.

“I Stand With Ukraine”

Sunflower.

“We’re all Ukrainians today”

Peace.

KC – Ukraine

“Putin Sucks”

“Ass Hat”

“Stand with Ukraine”

“Putin is a War Criminal”

Hey, Josh

25 Friday Feb 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Capitol breach, Josh Hawley, right wingnut, Russia, seditionist, Ukraine, useful idiot, Virginia

Today:

John Collins @Logically_JC
I like how patriots in Ukraine defend their Capitol, instead of attacking it.
3:09 PM · Feb 25, 2022

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

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