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The choice in Roevember

11 Tuesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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abortion, Eric Schmitt, missouri, Roe v Wade, Roevember, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

This evening:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine

The freedom to make your own medical decision about getting an abortion should be between you and your doctor. Eric Schmitt wants to go into every doctor’s office across Missouri and take that freedom away from you. Your choice this November couldn’t be more clear.
6:28 PM · Oct 11, 2022

That’s it.

There is a difference:

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Pre 1973 2022 medical equipment.

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)

Here for the ratio

11 Tuesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, missouri, right wingnut, seditionist, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Yesterday:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt

The Heiress Valentine is the least vetted US Senate candidate in modern Missouri political history and the liberal corporate media likes it that way.
3:55 PM · Oct 10, 2022

Some of the responses

You could have showed up for the debate. Busch was there.

You keep saying heiress, which tells me she doesn’t necessarily need the money, yet someone from “humble” beginnings sounds like an easy mark for lobbyists. Well played.

Then why didn’t you vet her by debating her?

Feel free to join her on a debate stage, weirdo.

We can understand why Schmitt isn’t running on his record.

You only ever speak to the echo chamber.

You couldn’t even make it to a debate held by the non-partisan Missouri press corp that all other Senate candidates showed up for.

TBV has met with Missourians all over the state to listen to their concerns. She will protect social security and Medicare. What’s your plan?

Yep.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

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)

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

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)

Definitely not for Social security or Medicare because his donors say NO

Unless she refused to close a school that is assaulting children, attacking our educators and public school systems or refusing to free wrongfully convicted black men like you I don’t want to hear it. It would be really hard for her to be a more terrible person than you are.

Liar says what?

You don’t believe in free and fair elections. That disqualifies you in my book.

Seditionist Eric is trying to subvert democracy. He signed the amicus brief to overturn a democratically decided Presidential election. He supported the Jan 6th coup of the Capital. He supports fascism. He banned abortion. How can we send someone like this to the Senate?

All you do is file frivolous lawsuits and she’s out there helping the community by being a nurse. i’m gonna trust a nurse over you any day.

You on the other hand are vetted well enough that we know we want nothing to do with you

Trudy seems to be a well-rounded person. She is the kind of senator that Missouri needs. She cares about people and will take good care of us.

At least she’s not a traitor, like you.

She’s not a fascist seditionist.

That’s it. That’s the criteria.

There is a long and glorious list of policy reasons to support @buschvalentine, but “not a fascist seditionist” is the only one I need.

Unlike you… She actually has the medical background that I would be more likely to trust during pandemic and women’s health issues…. You cannot event keep a kid safe past the birth canal

Gettin scared, you fascist?

You won’t even show up to a debate. Sit down!

Based on the comments, I’d say nobody likes you!

Get some new schtick.

Your opinion means nothing when Missouri women remember YOU are the one who took their Right to Choose away!

This is from someone who supported an ex-president trying to overthrow the US government, and who touted the big lie of voter fraud. I guess we can call you a hypocrite.

Would you like to reveal to the public who your puppet masters are? OR will it take a news article?

Sure, but she has policy positions and that beats your hog squealing every day of the week, hamhock.

She respects women, unlike you. You keep running your mouth about all the “tough stuff” you learned from your Dad and Grandpa. Yet not one word about what you learned from your mother. Eric, are you a woman hater? Is that why you want to control us?

If she sold MO land to China, we’d have heard. She doesn’t have an extreme agenda, didn’t incite the 1/6 attack, has the courage to say the 2020 election wasn’t fraudulent (you don’t), defends democracy instead of fascists & she is trustworthy. #NoSchmitt isn’t fit for any office
[….]

Every word out of this person’s mouth is a vile attack. He is incapable of civil discourse, and unfit for any public office.

Is this what you call being a fighter? Whine, complain, name-call, race-bait, gaslight, cry, bully, cry, whine. We know nurses are tough as nails. You should stick to filing and losing empty lawsuits – this fight is above your pay grade [….]

You’re literally the worst sack of excrement to ever serve this state next to Machine Gun Greitens and Run Josh Run Hawley.

We get it. You’re jealous of her family’s money. Rich or not, she has performed infinitely more acts of service to this state than you could ever dream of. Keep it about policy, Eric. Your policies suck. All you do is waste tax payer resources on frivolous BS. You are the worst.

That’s it, that’s everything

10 Monday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, missouri, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Trudy Bush Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine

Eric Schmitt is coming for your freedom.

If you’re a woman, he is coming for your right to choose.

If you’re a worker, he is coming for your right to organize.

If you’re LGBTQ+, he is coming for your right to marry.

Your vote is how we stop him.
8:20 PM · Oct 10, 2022

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)

Tool!

10 Monday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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Tags

Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, missouri, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Is somebody going to tell him?

Eric Schmitt (r) {August 2022 file photo].

Today:

Team Schmitt for US Senate @Schmitt4Senate
It was a great afternoon in Farmington, MO at US Tool!
[…]
@Eric_Schmitt supports Missouri’s businesses and will fight Biden’s out of control inflation. #MOSen
2:51 PM · Oct 10, 2022

BIG crowd, dude. Was it open to the public? Just asking.

A couple of responses:

Appropriate place for you.

And they say irony is dead.. US Tool [….]

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That’s the matter with Missouri

05 Wednesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Governor, social media

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

governor, Mike Parson, missouri, revenue cuts, right wingnut, social media, Twitter

Mike Parson (r) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Governor Mike Parson @GovParsonMO
Today, we signed into law the largest income tax cut in state history, returning more than $760 million to taxpayers every year.

This means more money for Missourians to spend, invest, and save. Allowing economic growth and business expansion with good-paying jobs in return.
[….]
3:28 PM · Oct 5, 2022

Some of the responses:

Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
Replying to @GovParsonMO
The Kansas experiment all over again. I’m curious, how’d it work out for our neighbors?
7:31 PM · Oct 5, 2022

And nearly all of it goes to the wealthy.

Mike is our Brownback.

We would have preferred our schools be fully funded, our roads fixed, lower grocery taxes but nah that $11 is life changing

Tax cuts while our public education system is chronically underfunded.

They consider that a feature, not a bug.

I’m going to save my tax cut for 77 years and buy a new set of tires!

I’m going to use my $11 to pay a coyote to smuggle victims of rape & incest into Illinois for abortion services. [….]

We see what you did there.

What will I do with all of those TENS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR??

We know these “tax cuts” are intended for your donors and big corporations. The average Missourian won’t see very much, just as you intended, right pappy?

I wish you would just keep my $10 and fill a pothole on Hwy 63 South. Just drove to Columbia and back. The roads could use some work. Will any of those big corporate farms who are getting the REAL money use it on the roads their huge trucks tear up?

Thank you so much for that extra McDonalds value meal every month. It means so much to me! [….]

I’ll only be getting $1.26 per month. I can’t even go to Dollar Tree [….]

What will we do with the $11?

You should’ve said that truthfully, the largest scam on taxpayers in Missouri history.

Thanks for nothing. You are defunding education and support for families. Helpful for the wealthy not the average citizen. [….]

Good to know the little bit of money I get back can go to increased local taxes and car repairs due to crumbling roads

This means even fewer dollars spent to care for and serve the public.

This is like going on a huge vacation but not paying the mortgage, electricity, water and insurance bills or buying clothes for your children. It was totally irresponsible and morally corrupt. Mo. is nearly at the bottom of everything valuable, like educating children.

Totally irresponsible! Four day weeks for 25% of Missouri school districts. Hundreds of positions vacant in child welfare agencies and the Dept of Mental Health because pay is so low. That $11/yr isn’t going to stretch very far for parents who need full day care 1 day/week.

It would sure be nice if our schools could stay open 5 days a week.

This isn’t the great campaign tool you think it is. Every time someone in my neighborhood mentions it, the reaction is a big eye roll.

Neglecting public schools and teachers is all I see.

Unless you’re rich, this is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tax cut.

Shameful. Absolutely shameful.

Of course that 5% will be a big dollar amount for your wealthy friends and not very much for the average Missourian. You could have invested in our state, our children and our communities but you just threw that money away.

You’re a disingenuous hack.

Why did you give the majority of #ParsonsTaxScam to all your wealthy friends and donors? They don’t need the help.

Another hand out for the one percent.

That’s a lot of fancy words just to say you’re going to bankrupt the state.

They consider that a feature, not a bug.

Yeah that $10 is really going t make a huge difference to me this year. Meanwhile schools are disintegrating, teachers are poor, and our roads are destroying my car. But hey I can buy one-eighth of a tire with my $10. Thank god for the GOP.

It’s $100 I’m getting back. What the hell are you talking about?

Show Me… a state that can’t provide basic services.

They have a plan.

You cannot tax cut your state to prosperity.
You will, however, have crumbling schools, roads, bridges and hospitals.
Services to the poor will be cut.
But your rich buddies will be rewarded.
And that’s what really counts, right?

What programs did you cut? What help did the less fortunate lose?

Returning the majority of the money to the rich. Is that what you meant to say?

By “taxpayers” you mean your rich donors.

But when those temporary revenues are drained away he’ll cut services even more to the bone so his rich friends won’t have to lose their tax cut. It’s a Republican dream scenario.

Tax cuts for the wealthy while our rural schools go to 4 days a week, children in foster care are abused and go missing, and our roads are crumbling. You care for the rich and neglect those in poverty. Shame on you Mike Parson. You are an evil pestilence.

What you’re not getting:

Remember on Tuesday, November 8th

05 Wednesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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abortion, election, Kansas City, missouri, Roe v Wade, sign, Twitter, women's health care

Today in Kansas City:

B Yates, Cycologist @OldDrum
This was on 63rd St. in Kansas City, Missouri a half a block from the Kansas–Missouri state line.
[….]
4:21 PM · Oct 5, 2022

Roevember.

Something up?

04 Tuesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media

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1st Legislative District, abortion, GOP hypocrisy, House, Jess Piper, missouri, Roevember, social media, Twitter

Jess Piper (D) [2022 file photo].

This morning:

Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
The fact that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion surprises no one. Folks with money and means will always have the right to an abortion. When they pass abortion bans, they aren’t meant for powerful folks.

Bans are for the rest of us.
7:38 AM · Oct 4, 2022

Well, yes.

“Keep abortion safe & legal”

Roevember.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is

30 Friday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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abortion, Eric Schmitt, missouri, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

Today:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
Eric Schmitt triggered the country’s first government mandate banning abortion after the repeal of Roe, restricting the freedom to access abortion even in cases of rape or incest.

Vote accordingly.
4:35 PM · Sep 30, 2022

Yes, we will.

“Girls just wanna have fundamental rights”

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people

29 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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beer, Eric Schmitt, missouri, organized labor, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

Last night:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
Tonight, I enjoyed sharing a beer with members of @LIUNA42. I’m so proud that our campaign is powered by a strong commitment to union workers. I’ll always have your back and defend your right to fight for better wages and working conditions, because when unions fight workers win.
[….]
Laborers’ Local 42
9:15 PM · Sep 28, 2022

Yep.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

Previously:

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 23, 2022)

So, Fascism is considered a “family value”, too?

27 Tuesday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate, social media

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22nd Senate District, Fascist pigs, Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnuts, social media, Twitter

Brown Shirts, goose stepping in a family friendly parade near you.

Yesterday:

MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
nothing is more terrifying to the left than a conservative woman.
[….]

The new Prime Minister of Italy.

Wow.

[….]
8:42 AM · Sep 26, 2022

Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Previously:

“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)

On any given day (July 31, 2022)

Uh… (August 1, 2022)

The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)

Are you certain it’s that many? (September 26, 2022)

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