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Jason Smith (r) once again shows the nation what Missouri is all about

30 Saturday Sep 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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8th Congressional District, impeachment, Jason Smith, Joe Biden, missouri, right wingnut

Sadly.

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

On the republican impeachment farce:

The impeachment clown show begins
Published by digby on September 29, 2023

[….]

The House Republicans have been promising that the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden was going to be filled with fireworks from the word go. We would see evidence of bribery and extortion and payoffs from foreign companies in the tens of millions of dollars, the “Biden Crime Family” would finally be exposed as the international gangsters they are Donald Trump would be exonerated. Or something. They held their first hearing yesterday and all those fireworks blew up in their faces.

[….]

It would be one thing if they had even bothered to prepare for this silly hearing. But clearly they did not. The day before the hearing we caught a glimpse of just how bad it was going to be when Jason Smith, R-Mo., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, one of the committees tasked with pursuing the “inquiry,” was asked a question by NBC reporter Ryan Nobles during a press conference.

[….]

Go. Read the whole thing.

Joe Biden lives rent free inside Jason Smith’s (r) head.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Ron (r) trips on those really short coattails

28 Thursday Sep 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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debate, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, rnc, Ron Desantis, social media

Last night.

[image cropped]

Joe Biden @JoeBiden
Couldn’t agree more.

Biden-Harris HQ @BidenHQ

DeSantis: “[Donald Trump] owes it to you to defend his record where they added 7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation that we have now”

8:28 PM · Sep 27, 2023

Heh.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Shades

21 Thursday Sep 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, social media

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Congress, House of Represenatives, Joe Biden, president, social media, weekend

Today:

President Biden @POTUS
Last time there was a government shutdown, 800,000 Americans were furloughed or worked without pay.

But enjoy your weekend.

Axios @axios
[….]
NEW: Congress is officially heading home for the weekend after House GOP hardliners once again tanked plans to fund the government by the Oct. 1 deadline. [….]

5:51 PM · Sep 21, 2023

Are you in town this weekend, Mark Alford (r)?

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Jordan’s Dog Don’t Hunt

16 Saturday Sep 2023

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Congress

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House Judiciary Committee, Hunter Biden, Hunter Biden Laptop, Jarod Kushner, Jim Jordan, Joe Biden, Kushner $200 Billion, Kushner Saudi Deal, Ohio Congressman Jordan, Representative Jim Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Trump Son-in-Law

Hillary Clinton’s Deep State Ate All of My Homework

16 Friday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, social media

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4th Congressional District, 7th Congressional District, Donald Trump, Eric Burlison, former newsreader, indictment. sycophants, Joe Biden, lunatic fringe, Mark Alford, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Sycophants gotta sycophant.

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Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
America deserves to hear these tapes immediately.
[….]
6:07 PM · Jun 12, 2023

Some of the responses:

I’m excited to hear what the next turn in the Republicans weaponizing government against a private citizen to hurt his dad politically is after these tapes turn out not to exist or resemble Grassley’s description of them.

Allegedly doing so much heavy lifting, my grandpa’s mule team would be impressed. Please have some respect for your constituents who don’t fall for every Faux News link.

Do you get tired of falling on your face and sounding like a fool? Missouri residents want to know.

You all need to start being sued for libel at this point. Using your office to continually defame not only Biden but his family. I mean, if you acted like you gave a shit about Kushner getting 2 billion in foreign cash I might listen to you but you’re just partisan schills

Missouri deserves someone who will work to help people not a partisan hack who soul purpose is to spread lies to gullible MAGA rubes

You can’t because they don’t exist. Unlike the smoking gun tapes of Trump admitting that he knew what he did was wrong. He is guilty of violating the classified records legislation he supported and signed into law. Hypocrites, every one of you.

And again, you do nothing but tweet. Pandering to your base is getting really pathetic. You prove every day that you are useless to this state

Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison
15 audio recordings with Hunter.

2 recordings with then-VP Joe Biden.

My colleagues and I on @GOPoversight will leave no stone unturned in our investigation into the Biden family’s influence-peddling schemes.
9:29 AM · Jun 13, 2023

Some of the responses:

Anti-American extremist Eric Burlison has unsubstantiated gossip he got thirdhand via notorious liars.

[….]
you just keeping throwing crap

No surprise with this Tweet. Deflection from today’s arraignment of DJT facing 37 charges related to mishandling classified material.

Shorter Eric: hasn’t heard a second of these. But yeah, keep fishing without a license little buddy.

How ’bout taking a look at the $$$ the Saudis gave Kushner?

Damn, never thought I’d miss Billy Long

Are you all just going to say you have these “recordings” or are we going to hear them? You all said you’d release them then nothing. Silence. This smells like bullshit

In 3, 2, 1…

Tonight

24 Wednesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Ron Desantis, social media

Tonight:

DeSantis’s Twitter campaign launch suffers rapid unscheduled disassembly

Heh.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Also tonight:

[image cropped]

Joe Biden @JoeBiden
This link works:
[….]
5:16 PM · May 24, 2023

Heh.

Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

Joe Biden (D) is living rent free inside Eric Schmitt’s (r) head

27 Thursday Apr 2023

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

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, Joe Biden, missouri, right wingnut, social media

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Lunch must have been late on Tuesday, or something:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Joe Biden has declared war on merit in America.
12:29 PM · Apr 25, 2023

Some of the responses:

It’s way too early to be this drunk Eric.

Republicans have called a war on truth.

Wanker.

Another Missouri embarrassment

Before Biden can wage war on merit, he has to find merit to begin with. Take Eric Schmitt, for example; he never did his job as AG, yet he gets promoted to the Senate. Where’s the merit in that?

We were wondering about that.

Shut up.

[….] Trump appointed his kids to high level positions and you’re talking about merit?![….]

What merit have you achieved?

You’ve declared war on basic decency.

Clown says what
[….]

You’re so bad at this Senator thing

His party considers that a feature, not a bug.

You were a terrible AG and are a deplorable Senator.

“I am a deplorable” [2017 file photo]

“War on Merit”
Another con from #SilverSpoonSchmitt.

My lawd, you are precious, Eric.

You’ve declared war on truth and family farms so…..

You have declared war on decency

Patience as the senator reboots.
His anti-mask server is no longer functioning.
He’ll need to cycle through other perceived grievances until something clicks.

Two words, Eric. Jared. Kushner.
[….]

What in the Hell, would you know about “merit”?

Eric Schmitt has declared war on democracy in the US.

Give it a rest you divisive douche

Eric Schmitt has declared war on truth and bipartisanship.

Trump ass-kisser says what?

Eric, you’re a desperate fool

Eric Schmitt is a lunatic extremist.

Fire your staffers. Your tweets are fucking lame.

Fuck off, Eric.

Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Abortion care is healthcare.

08 Saturday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Healthcare

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abortion, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, president, reproductive rights, Vice President, White House

“…basic healthcare”

Yesterday:

The White House
Washington

April 7, 2023

Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

Today a single federal district judge in Texas ruled that a prescription medication that has been available for more than 22 years, approved by the FDA and used safely and effectively by millions of women here and around the world, should no longer be approved in the United States. The Court in this case has substituted its judgment for FDA, the expert agency that approves drugs. If this ruling were to stand, then there will be virtually no prescription, approved by the FDA, that would be safe from these kinds of political, ideological attacks.

The prescription medication in question in this case is used for medication abortion, and medication abortion accounts for over half the abortions in America. The lawsuit, and this ruling, is another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. This does not just affect women in Texas – if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. It is the next big step toward the national ban on abortion that Republican elected officials have vowed to make law in America.

My Administration will fight this ruling. The Department of Justice has already filed an appeal and will seek an immediate stay of the decision. But let’s be clear – the only way to stop those who are committed to taking away women’s rights and freedoms in every state is to elect a Congress who will pass a law restoring Roe versus Wade. Vice President Harris and I will continue to lead the fight to protect a woman’s right to an abortion, and to make her own decisions about her own health. That is our commitment.

###

Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Office of
The Vice President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2023

Statement from Vice President Harris on Decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

Today’s unprecedented decision threatens the rights of women nationwide to make decisions about their health care and the ability to access medication prescribed to them by their doctors. Simply put: this decision undermines the FDA’s ability to approve safe and effective medications—from chemotherapy drugs, to asthma medicine, to blood pressure pills, to insulin—based on science, not politics. This decision threatens the rights of Americans across the country, who can look in their medicine cabinets and find medication prescribed by a doctor because the FDA engaged in a process to determine the efficacy and safety of that medication.

At the same time as the court in Texas issued the decision to try to restrict access to FDA-approved medication, a court in Washington state reached a different conclusion.

Each person in our nation should have the right to access safe and effective medication which has been approved by the FDA. In the face of attacks on a woman’s right to access an abortion, our Administration will continue to fight to protect reproductive freedom and the ability of all Americans to make health care decisions with their doctors free from political interference.

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Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

Previously:

Rep. Cori Bush (D): Abortion care is healthcare (April 8, 2023)

Слава Україні

20 Monday Feb 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Joe Biden, president, Ukraine, White House

“I Stand With Ukraine” [2022 file photo].

From the White House:

FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine

As the world prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, I am in Kyiv today to meet with President Zelenskyy and reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

When Putin launched his invasion nearly one year ago, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could outlast us. But he was dead wrong.

Today, in Kyiv, I am meeting with President Zelenskyy and his team for an extended discussion on our support for Ukraine. I will announce another delivery of critical equipment, including artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems, and air surveillance radars to help protect the Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments. And I will share that later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that are trying to evade or backfill Russia’s war machine. Over the last year, the United States has built a coalition of nations from the Atlantic to the Pacific to help defend Ukraine with unprecedented military, economic, and humanitarian support – and that support will endure.

I also look forward to traveling on to Poland to meet President Duda and the leaders of our Eastern Flank Allies, as well as deliver remarks on how the United States will continue to rally the world to support the people of Ukraine and the core values of human rights and dignity in the UN Charter that unite us worldwide.

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Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Sunsetting Social Security and Medicare is off the table

08 Wednesday Feb 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Eric Schmitt, US Senate

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Congress, Eric Schmitt, Joe Biden, missouri, social media, State of the Union, Virginia

That’s good to know.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

FEBRUARY 07, 2023
Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery
The United States Capitol

[….]Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years.

That means if Congress doesn’t vote to keep them, those programs will go away.

Other Republicans say if we don’t cut Social Security and Medicare, they’ll let America default on its debt for the first time in our history.

I won’t let that happen.

Social Security and Medicare are a lifeline for millions of seniors.

Americans have been paying into them with every single paycheck since they started working.

So tonight, let’s all agree to stand up for seniors. Stand up and show them we will not cut Social Security. We will not cut Medicare.

Those benefits belong to the American people. They earned them.

If anyone tries to cut Social Security, I will stop them. And if anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.

I will not allow them to be taken away.

Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever. [….]

Eric Schmitt (r) appears to have missed the exchanges during that portion of the address:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Biden’s dispatch from fantasy land tonight will fall on deaf ears in middle America, where Missourians are facing the real impact of Biden’s disastrous policies.
9:42 PM · Feb 7, 2023

Right wingnut says what?

The responses are priceless:

Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
You’ve done nothing for my state except pick on kids and teachers. Have a seat, friend.
9:49 PM · Feb 7, 2023

What have you done about it

Nothing
Zero
Zilch
Nil

Great track record Eric you’ve literally got a clean slate

You’re a Joke

You sold Missouri land to China.

Damn, you are working so hard to be a mini-me Josh.

Heh.

LMFAO your lies are crumbling

What have y’all done to help? What jobs or infrastructure have you brought to the state of Missouri.

See that you are Ted Cruz’ personal assistant. Good luck with that.

My state where you sold farmland to China? My ears heard everything, Blowtorch

I give him an A+ for that speech. wow.

Oops. You got huckabee to refute Biden’s knock ‘em out of the park SOTU speech. Good luck w that! Americas see the good Biden is summing for and all the good he has done. Gop has nothing. Literally nothing

Ummmm excuse me … who runs your disastrous state?

Protecting Social Security and Medicare, capping the price of insulin, all infrastructure supplies manufactured in America, putting people back to work … Yeah, I’m sure everyone will sleep right through it [….]

From Missouri Eric…he owned you tonight. Go about your lies however.

President Biden was on fire tonight! He fights for those of us in middle America unlike you! He wants to work with you/republicans for the better of all Americans. Why are you so defiant & opposed to working together to help Missourians & all Americans?

You’re running scared.

The third Senator from Virginia, too, probably.

The only people with deaf ears tonight were Congressional Republucans who couldn’t be bothered to applaud for lower drug costs, higher wages, or even democracy itself.

The only wagon you’re not ashamed is because you have no shame.

You are so out of touch with actual voters.

You got issues

so Midwesterners cant understand fighting for democracy, made in America, saving social security and lowering prescription drug prices? oh I think they do…

Dude, this is the best job market in a generation. We are getting infrastructure replaced because of Federal Funds, although it still will be subpar. State govt in MO could care less about it’s citizens.

Yeah. Doesn’t he know you can just sue China and MO school districts to solve all the nation’s problems?

He’s actually the one trying to help real, actual people. All you’ve ever done for us Missourians is political theatre. And bad theatre at that.

And on and on.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

The third Senator from Virginia:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Biden says he will fight for blue-collar workers … and then shuts down our pipelines, regulates our farms out of existence and tells everybody to buy electric cars
10:12 PM · Feb 7, 2023

Some of the responses:

Your colleague @Eric_Schmitt sold Missouri farmland to China. And we don’t need more pipelines. We need investment into the energy of the future which will produce millions of good paying blue-collar jobs.

ok insurrectionist

We don’t have farms anymore?!?!?!

12m new jobs bud

Republicans will cut Social Security and Medicare!!

517,000 jobs in January
11 million jobs in 2 years
unemployment at lowest level since 1969

The State of Our Union is STRONG

I’m confused Americans can’t make electric cars? Eric sold all the farmland to the Chinese. I know you’re young, but Reagan killed the family farm.

And you ran thr fastest sprint on Capitol grounds.
Be quiet coward

What’s the unemployment rate?

Shhhh.

Keep running Josh…..

Biden achievements..more than Trumps in two years.
Lowest unemployment since 1969
Infrastructure act
Chips and science act
etc
500000 jobs added.

Who exactly do you think makes electric cars?

Remind me – who sold Missouri’s farms to China? [….]

Who builds electric cars? Volunteers?

Dude. Pipelines are still being built. Crude is still being drilled. Corn is $7 a bushel and soybeans are $15 a bushel. This is the most profitable time of my career. Electric cars are the future for a significant portion. Get on board.

What regulations did Biden sign into law that l caused farms to cease to exist?

3.4% unemployment.

Oh is that why unemployment is at its lowest point?

Dude, you don’t even care about your constituents.

Are you saying those new manufacturing jobs are fake?

Because electric cars are built by Yale and Stanford grads?

We see what you did there.

Run away from facts, as usual.

And on and on…

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

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