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Maturity forged in the crucible of a junior high school lunch table

20 Saturday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, junior high school, missouri, right wingnut, Russia, social media, U.S. Senate

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

[Image cropped]

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Turns out Putin banned me from Russia today.

Time to change my work out routine.
[….]
3:52 PM · May 19, 2023

Now do Missouri.

Some of the responses:

Trump will get his Helsinki knee pads out and take care of it for you!
LOLOLOL

Wow.. Must suck to be ostracized by your handlers huh? Anyways, you’re no “Rocky” so please sit down and stop embarrassing Missouri.

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

Keep trying.
[….]

Trying to show Senator @HawleyMO you’re a manly man sir? All I know neither of my Senate representatives have done a single thing today to improve their constituents lives.

Pro trump = pro Russia = you

Clown keeps on clowning

16 Tuesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Jason Smith, social media

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8th Congressional District, Durham, insurrectionist, Jason Smith, missouri, right wingnut, Russia, seditionist, social media, sycophant, Trump

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.
[….]

“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)

Just another MAGA republican conspiracy theory dud

16 Tuesday May 2023

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

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4th Congressional District, Durham, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, Russia, that ridiculous hat, Trump

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

[image cropped]

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
This reaffirms what we already believed to be true. DOJ and FBI weaponized their powers to politically attack President Trump.

When are those involved going to be held accountable?
[….]
3:10 PM · May 15, 2023

Sure, Mark (r).

Just a few of the comments:

That’s not even close to what the article says. Did you read it?

This was a nothing burger with zero charges. Quit the lying

Sir, thank you so much for keeping us abreast on the news of the day. Please inform us on your stand on this issue. The selling of pardons. It’s on tape. It’s verifiable. No wriggle room. The Presidency for sale. What is your stand?
[….]

Nothing to see here, move along.

You hearing about the court cases involving Rudy Giuliani? Sounds like he is having a lot of tax issues being uncovered in his emails.

Nothing to see here, move along.

This is your party. When do you take the stage with this one? You can’t stop at MTG

Mueller, Hillary Clinton, and the FBI are fully EXONERATED in the Durham investigation: NO CHARGES brought for the opening of the Russia investigation.

NO COLLUSION!
NO OBSTRUCTION!

Donald J Trump LIED AGAIN!

Every day of the week ending with a “Y”.

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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Tags

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.

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