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Donald Trump (r) – wagging the dog

23 Monday Feb 2026

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2025 file photo]

This afternoon:

Emanuel Cleaver II
[February 23, 2026]

In light of the U.S. military buildup within striking distance of Iran, it is imperative that the War Powers Act be honored.
No president has the authority to unilaterally use military force without the approval of Congress.
The last thing this country needs right now is another war in the Middle East that would add trillions to the national debt while putting countless lives at risk. That’s why I proudly co-sponsored H.Con.Res. 38, an Iran War Powers Resolution to prevent U.S. military action.

A few of the responses:

Unfortunately, the Mango Menace has no honor and thinks he is some weirdo one-man-show-by-divine-right who can ‘do anything **I WANT**’ – y’all need to prepare for that.

and its a great distraction from the files and his non stop failures

Thanks for standing up for sanity.

Trump is trying to “wag the dog.” This is going to be a huge mistake.

“No war with Iran” [2020 file photo]

Please I am a Navy mom we do not need another senseless war, but he does so he can pull some crap and not allow mid terms to happen. Thank You

He needs the war to cancel the midterms. Don’t think he won’t do it!!!

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So to make sure everyone knows how smart cleaver is he’d rather let Iran have nuclear capability just saying 🤷🚛🇺🇸

So, calling Donald Trump (r) a liar, eh?

“Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!” (June 25, 2025)

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Most of the other responses are from right wingnut MAGA cultists.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): on Venezuela

05 Monday Jan 2026

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“…the use of military force to enact regime change in a foreign nation has proven disastrous to our national security and economic interests in recent history…”

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2025 file photo]

Saturday:

Rep. Cleaver’s Statement on Unconstitutional Military Action in Venezuela
January 3, 2026
Press Release

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the administration’s unconstitutional military action in Venezuela.

“The president’s reckless decision to put our servicemembers in harm’s way by attacking a sovereign nation without a coherent rationale or approval from Congress is unconstitutional, destabilizing to the region, and deeply damaging to America’s reputation around the world.

“While there is not a single individual who will defend the actions of a murderous and illegitimate dictator in Nicolas Maduro, the use of military force to enact regime change in a foreign nation has proven disastrous to our national security and economic interests in recent history. Moreover, such shortsighted decision-making will only embolden despots around the world, giving tyrants in Russia and China an excuse to utilize their own military forces to depose leaders with whom they disagree.

“Whether it was the illegal strikes in Iran, Nigeria, or off the coast of South America, there is no question that this careless decision is the culmination of Congressional Republican refusal to hold the Executive Branch accountable and maintain the checks and balances that are essential to strategic and well-informed foreign policy. Now, because of this dereliction of duty, the president claims our troops and tax dollars will ‘run’ Venezuela ‘until such time as a proper transition can take place’.

“As Congress returns to Washington, the administration must immediately brief the people’s elected representatives about the legal justifications of this attack, the short-term risks to our troops and civilians, and the long-term strategy to ensure the situation in Venezuela does not result in another quagmire that the American people do not support and cannot afford.”

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): the way it is

06 Monday Oct 2025

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Today:

Emanuel Cleaver II
[October 6, 2025]
It says everything that, in the middle of a government shut down, House Republicans decided to take another week off.

Working families are paying for their dysfunction and inability to compromise.

Democrats will keep showing up to work, fighting to lower costs, and protecting the health care of American families – because someone has to do the people’s work.

[….]

[Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D):] ‘Hello. I’m Emanuel Cleaver and I’m irritated. I’m irritated because I was in Washington all last week – We have a problem. We needed to figure out how to get a continuing resolution to pay the bills of the United States, but there were people who did not show up, who were not concerned, as am I, about you.

The only thing I’m supposed to do in Washington is think about and serve you.

There are people who don’t understand or don’t care that if we don’t do something right now, quickly, many of you in the State of Missouri, the Fifth Congressional District, will lose your insurance or you won’t be able to afford it.

Now this is not some talking point. This is a straight out truth, and I’m willing to stand face to face with anybody on planet Earth and say what I just said and dare them to question the authenticity of what I said.

I’ve lost my temper. I’m cooling down now, but understand there are people who don’t care about you or me.’

Same Planet, Different Worlds

19 Friday Sep 2025

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Today:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2025 file photo]

Rep. Cleaver’s Statement on Charlie Kirk Resolution
September 19, 2025
Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement on the Charlie Kirk Resolution.

“As John Donne said in his famous poem, ‘any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.’

“I reject and resent the savagery of the man who killed Charlie Kirk. When we resort to violence as a means of expressing opposition to another’s politics, we are actually downgrading our own. I condemn political violence in all forms and from all perpetrators, including the heinous murder of Mr. Kirk.

“Mr. Kirk’s statements about African American women and other Black people demands me to reject his racial insensitivity. Therefore, because I fundamentally disagreed with many of Mr. Kirk’s views, I voted against today’s resolution on the grounds that it lionized a legacy I cannot support.”

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Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Greenwood, Blue Springs, North Kansas City, Gladstone, and Claycomo. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

The vote:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 282

H RES 719 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Sep-2025 10:53 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk

—- YEAS 310 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves
Onder
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 58 —

Bell
Cleaver

Performative:

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Eric Burlison (r) [2025 file photo].

Eric Burlison
[September 19, 2025]
96 Democrats refused to honor Charlie Kirk after his brutal murder.
58 voted NO.
38 hid with “present”.
96 DISGRACEFUL votes.
They spit on the grave of a patriot because they hate what he stood for.
This is who the Radical Left is. Never forget it.

What Eric Burlison’s (r) “patriot” said:

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.

Not a civil tongue there.

Bob Onder (r) [2025 file photo].

Jason Smith (r) [2025 file photo]

Gee, I wonder….

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

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

First Amendment? Never heard of it. (September 16, 2025)

Union Proud (September 17, 2025)

Keep a civil tongue (September 19, 2025)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Labor Day Rally – 47th and Main – Mill Creek Park – Kansas City, Missouri – September 1, 2025

01 Monday Sep 2025

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Today at noon close to 2000 individuals gathered at Mill Creek Park, 47th and Main, in Kansas City Missouri to protest the continuing shitshow of Donald Trump (r), his administration, and his sycophants and enablers.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D), who represents Kansas City as part of the 5th Congressional District, stopped by the demonstration to visit with and encourage his constituents.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Representative Cleaver also spoke with media covering the demonstration.

….Question: ‘We’ve heard a lot of fear coming from voters, a lot of concern, that their vote is being disenfranchised because of this. Do you share in that fear? You know, what’s your message?’ [crosstalk]

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ‘Oh, absolutely. Uh, absolute. Just think about all of the business organizations, from the Chamber on up, or around, are denouncing this. And the reason is they believe that they will be disenfranchised because, uh, they don’t have a chance to elect, uh, someone whose views reflect theirs in terms of, of the economics of this community. So, the Chamber, the City Council have all come out strongly, saying this is wrong and it’s not helpful….’

….Question: Representative, are you confident you can hold on to a seat if this map is redrawn, or, what are you thinking?’

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ‘Well, I don’t know. Uh, but, what I do know is that, uh, they messed with the wrong person. If they thought I was going to lay down, uh, and just let it go….’

Question: ‘What do you think is the real reason they’re doing this?’

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ‘It’s pure, uh, politics because there is no rationale. You know, they can’t say, well, we wanted the Kansas City School District to be in one congressional district, or, I mean there’s nothing logical about it except what the president said. He needed, uh, some more seats because of his fear of losing the House in the, in next year’s election….’

….Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ….We were in, uh, Austria, uh, and I was in the hotel lobby and a woman walked up to me, she looked around to see if anyone was, uh, listening and she said, are you guys going to be all right? And I think that’s where the world is right now. They’re concerned about what’s happening in the United States.

Question: ‘Are we going to be all right?’

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Uh, I, I think the lights are flashing red right now. Uh, and it all depends on how we react, how we respond to this crisis….’

Previously:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – on Donald Trump’s (r) early redistricting scam (August 29, 2025)

Hey, Brandon Phelps (r), are you going to vote for this gerrymandered bullshit? (August 30, 2025)

Democracy dies, strangled by a cult of sycophants in a legislative special session (August 30, 2025)

Anti-Trump Labor Day Rally – 47th and Main – Mill Creek Park – Kansas City, Missouri – September 1, 2025 (September 1, 2025)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – on Donald Trump’s (r) early redistricting scam

29 Friday Aug 2025

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Cleaver’s Statement Condemning Special Session to Begin Mid-Decade Redistricting Without a New Census
August 29, 2025
Press Release

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after Governor Mike Kehoe announced a special session to redraw Missouri’s congressional map mid-decade, an unprecedented step taken at the direction of the president.

“I have had the privilege and distinct honor of serving the people of Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District. I have always understood one truth: this seat does not belong to me. It belongs to the people. And today, that truth is under assault.

“President Trump’s unprecedented directive to redraw our maps in the middle of the decade and without an updated census is not an act of democracy – it is an unconstitutional attack against it. This attempt to gerrymander Missouri will not simply change district lines, it will silence voices. It will deny representation. It will tell the people of Missouri that their lawmakers no longer wish to earn their vote, that elections are predetermined by the power brokers in Washington, and that politicians – not the people – will decide the outcome.

“Roughly 40% of Missourians cast their ballots for Democratic candidates last year, and they deserve representation in the People’s House just as much as our Republican neighbors. Yet, in attempting to dismantle the Fifth District, state lawmakers would be working to drown out Missouri voices in favor of a single man a thousand miles away. It is my sincere hope that they will not give in to this short-sighted and irresponsible demand.

“But let us be clear: Should this effort move forward, we will not concede.

“I will not surrender the voices of the people who entrusted me to fight for them. The people of the Fifth District and I will fight relentlessly to ensure Missouri never becomes an antidemocratic state, where politicians choose their voters instead of voters choosing their representatives. In the courts and at the ballot box, we will demand that the rule of law is upheld, our voices are heard, and democracy prevails.

“Our nation has endured wars, depressions, and great struggles for civil rights. And through it all, the principle that every vote counts has carried us forward. That principle is bigger than me, this seat, or any president looking to rig the rules for personal gain.

“This is the line we must not let them cross. This is the continuation of our unrelenting struggle for justice. I will fight with every ounce of strength I have to defend democracy – and practice prudence in the best interest of my constituents, Missouri, and the country we love.”

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Because:

Mike Kehoe (r) [2025 file photo].

Governor Kehoe Announces Special Session on Congressional Redistricting and Initiative Petition Reform
AUGUST 29, 2025

Jefferson City — Today, Governor Mike Kehoe announced that he has issued a proclamation to convene the General Assembly for a special session to enact legislation establishing updated congressional districts for the State of Missouri and amending the state’s initiative petition process.

The One Hundred Third General Assembly will convene for the Second Extraordinary Session of the First Regular Session in Jefferson City on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.

“Today, I am calling on the General Assembly to take action on congressional redistricting and initiative petition reform to ensure our districts and Constitution truly put Missouri values first,” said Governor Kehoe. “This is about clarity for voters and ownership of our future, and I hope the legislature will work together to pass our Missouri First Map and critically needed IP reform.”

To establish updated congressional districts for the State of Missouri, Governor Kehoe unveiled the Missouri First Map, a more compact, contiguous proposed map that was drawn and created by his team in Missouri to be considered by the General Assembly.
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The republican way – they choose their voters, the voters don’t choose their representatives.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – “unconstitutional”

28 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Cleaver Condemns President Trump’s Unconstitutional Order to Pause Federal Grants, Loans, and Assistance
January 28, 2025
Press Release

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to pause all federal grants, loans, and assistance nationwide.

“President Trump’s unconstitutional order to pause all federal grants, loans, and financial assistance is causing mass confusion and chaos in communities nationwide, including right here in Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District. This blatantly unlawful action threatens to freeze federal loans to local small businesses, prevent nonprofits from receiving federal investments that enable critical services for our communities, pause disaster relief funding, and so much more.

“If allowed to go forward, it will increase costs on Missouri families on everything from energy, groceries, housing, school lunch programs, childcare, and healthcare—all while undermining the rule of law and attempting to usurp Congress’s power of the purse.

“This is an extraordinarily dangerous moment for our democracy and the Constitution, and it is imperative that the courts immediately reject these illegal and costly actions.”

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Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Greenwood, Blue Springs, North Kansas City, Gladstone, and Claycomo. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

Direct. That’s how you do it.

An ally

08 Thursday Jun 2023

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This afternoon:

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
With over a dozen states enacting anti-LGBTQI+ laws that violate our most basic values and freedoms as Americans, I’m thankful to have a @POTUS that is fighting to protect EVERY community across the country.

We must continue working to advance equality for ALL!
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1:09 PM · Jun 8, 2023

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2022 file photo].

“Side With Love” [2023 file photo].

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): on the U.S. Supreme Court

08 Saturday Apr 2023

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Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2022 file photo].

On Thursday:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
We need a SCOTUS that the American people know will make decisions based on the rule of law, not luxury trips & gifts provided by GOP billionaires.

This kind of brazenly unethical behavior diminishes Americans’ faith in our justice system—and is why we need court reform.
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11:31 AM · Apr 6, 2023

Amen.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Gladstone, Missouri – GOTV Rally – October 29, 2022

30 Sunday Oct 2022

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On Saturday afternoon Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) spoke at a get out the vote rally outdoors at the Clay County Democratic Party headquarters in Gladstone, Missouri. This was the third or fourth campaign appearance of the day for Trudy Busch Valentine in the Kansas City metro area

Teamsters!

Yes, it was a union crowd.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

The elephant in the womb:

A significant number of women in attendance were wearing progressive and pro-choice tee shirts.

This candidate is enjoying the experience:

Both Representative Cleaver and Busch Valentine spoke at the rally.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D).

As in all of her campaign events, people in the crowd waited after its conclusion to speak with and personally greet Trudy Busch Valentine.

A number of women hugged her.

It’s retail politics. This grassroots politicking clearly energizes the candidate and her campaign.

Somebody should give Eric Schmitt (r) a hug.

…This election is about an individual’s access to health care and their bodily autonomy. Yes, abortion is a personal choice. It’s about access to public education. It’s about access to good jobs and a living wage. It’s about access to affordable housing. It’s about the future of Social Security and Medicare and the ability of our citizens to spend their later years living with some measure of dignity and comfort… And it’s about cutting the cost of essential medication for those who need it to survive. It’s about the survival of Democracy and the ability of people to participate with their vote. It’s for the future.

Previously:

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) in Jackson County, Missouri – August 13, 2022 (August 13, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022 (August 18, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Campaign Office Opening – Kansas City, Missouri – August 28, 2022 (August 28, 2022)

Definitely left a mark (September 22, 2022)

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 22, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – September 22, 2022 (September 24, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (October 7, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Raytown, Missouri – October 7, 2022 (Ocrober 8, 2022)

Schmitt’s Twitter Cry (October 9, 2022)

Tool! (October 10, 2022)

That’s it, that’s everything (October 10, 1011)

Here for the ratio (October 11, 2022)

The choice in Roevember (October 11, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Raymore, Missouri – October 14, 2022 (October 14, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Butler, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 15, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Nevada, Missouri – October 15, 2022 (October 16, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Gregg/Klice Community Center – October 27, 2022 (October 27, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – Southwest Boulevard – October 27, 2022 (October 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – Door-to-Door – October 29, 2022 (October 29, 2022)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) and Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City – GOTV Rally – Morning Star Community Center – October 29, 2022 (October 30, 2022)