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Tears in the rain

04 Friday Sep 2026

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Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Yesterday, after the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the right wingnut controlled General Assembly’s and right wingnut Governor Mike Kehoe’s hyper-partisan gerrymander of congressional districts for the 2026 general election:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 3, 2026

Rick Brattin Releases Statement on Missouri Supreme Court Decision in von Glahn v. Hoskins

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – State Senator Rick Brattin has released the following statement regarding the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in von Glahn v. Hoskins:

“I’m not surprised that a liberal activist majority on the Missouri Supreme Court has handed Democrats a decision they desperately needed in their effort to help national Democrats retake the US House of Representatives, while also effectively invalidating a primary election that was held in accordance with a legal decision these same judges handed down. With the stroke of a pen, the Missouri Supreme Court has disenfranchised tens of thousands of voters who cast their ballot in the 5th District in the primary, only to be thrown into another district entirely – and with candidates they did not have a chance to vote on – for the General Election. This is blatantly unconstitutional. No court has ever reversed a Congressional map in the middle of an election because it is a complete show of disrespect for voters and for the sanctity of the electoral process. It is my hope that this rogue decision is immediately appealed to the United State Supreme Court.”
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“…liberal activist majority on the Missouri Supreme Court…” Is somebody going to tell him?

You think he’s pissed because he’s going to have to collect and replant a shitload of 4 x 8 campaign signs? Just asking.

Some of the responses:

Sometimes the best thing to say is: Nothing.

Why wasn’t the citizen initiative certified for the primary? The justices addressed this. You should address your anger to Hoskins.

Rick, like I wrote on Mark’s page. The folks that plan on voting for you will vote for you. Go out and campaign. Leave this behind. All seven judges weighed in. The executive and legislative branch got checked by the judicial branch. I think I recall that’s how it supposed to work. Whining will make you look weak. Adult up and move on.

he should keep on whining and give the voters further proof of how he is either THAT ignorant, or THAT willing to lie to get into office.

have to be dumb af to vote for someone literally telling you he wishes our voices were not heard

Lol. Liberal activists judges…. the court said no so many times. You and your boy denny did this. Cheaters suck Rick. You suck. Can’t wait to defeat you.

So which of the 5 Republican appointed are part of the liberal activist majority?

There, somebody told him.

This is not a Republican victory or a Democratic victory. It is a victory for the people of Missouri.
Our Constitution declares that all political power is vested in and derived from the people. Political parties are factions; they are not the source of government’s authority. The Legislature may pass laws, but the Constitution reserves to the people the power to approve or reject those laws through referendum.
Seven judges unanimously affirmed that principle. Anyone attempting to reduce these decisions to “our party versus their party” is missing—or avoiding—the central issue:
The Constitution belongs to the people, and public officials of both parties are bound by it.

It was not “a liberal majority” – the decision was unanimous.

An Independent Commission screens judges that are appointed by the Governor. 5 by Republicans and 2 by Democrats. Politicians like Rick cry about a liberal court every time they lose a case. His opinion isn’t based on the legal facts.

Rick, why do you have to call names? Isn’t it possible that they simply followed the law?

Lol, your so call “liberal majority” on the MO supreme court is made up of 7 judges, 5 appointed by Republican governors. The ruling today was unanimous.

Talk about blatantly unconstitutional? How about changing the voting districts between census dates at the request of Trump who shouldn’t have made the request in the first place. The president of the United States should never involve himself with voting districts of any state. My interpretation of the Missouri Constitution regarding voting districts is that they are changed after a U.S. census which happens every ten years and the voting districts were just in 2022 following the 2020 census.

Allow me to translate:
“I have big feelings, bc my buddies Hoskins and Hanaway got slapped back UNANIMOUSLY by the MO Supreme Court. Their plot to gerrymander my weak campaign to a narrow lead has ended, and now I’m going to lose bigly.” 😭

Rick challenge you actually reply to this. Explain how 5 republicans and 2 democrats on a unanimous decision yesterday represents a “liberal activist majority?” I’ll wait.

What’s the matter? Afraid you won’t win if the people of the State, including the ones you’re supposed to represent, get to decide?

If Hoskins hadn’t waited until the 11th hour to act on the referendum, those votes wouldn’t have been affected. Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

“….The secretary [of State – Denny Hoskins] devotes a significant portion of his briefing to discussing the confusion, expense, and practical difficulties that may result from not utilizing the congressional redistricting in HB 1 for the November 2026 election. Besides being irrelevant to the secretary’s sole basis for declaring the referendum petition insufficient, these arguments are particularly misplaced given the secretary’s delay created the confusion, expense, and practical difficulties of which he complains….”

5 of the 7 MO Supreme Court judges were appointed by Republican governors.
The current seven judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri were appointed by the following governors Wesley Brent Powell (Chief Justice): Appointed by Governor Eric Greitens (R) in April 2017.
Zel Fischer: Appointed by Governor Matt Blunt (R) in October 2008.
Mary Rhodes Russell: Appointed by Governor Bob Holden (D) in September 2004.
Paul C. Wilson: Appointed by Governor Jay Nixon (D) in December 2012.
Robin Ransom: Appointed by Governor Mike Parson (R) in May 2021.
Kelly C. Broniec: Appointed by Governor Mike Parson (R) in September 2023.
Ginger Gooch: Appointed by Governor Mike Parson (R) in October 2023

He is saying the decision disenfranchises voters by letting voters vote on something.

Voting on matters that impact all voters should be voted on. What’s the problem?

More like conservative leaning unanimous decision

It is interesting that a unanimous ruling by seven judges including five appointed by Republican governors is a “liberal majority”. Please explain.

Hey Ricky, how about you do some research on how many judges were appointed by your party. Let me know if you need help doing the math

You knew darn well this was a risk if not a probability through the whole election. This is the f o part of fa

They got greedy.

Sorry Mr. Brattin, but Denny Hoskins done that all by himself, had he done his job, it would all been settled Aug. 4th.

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As said to the Governor; If this Representative Republic was meant to be run by NINE UNELECTED JUDGES, then it would not have an Executive and Legislative Branch. This is an unconstitutional ruling and should be ignored.

Actually, it’s seven judges. They are appointed by the sitting governor (chosen from among three put forward by an independent commission) and then face a statewide retention vote by Missouri voters in a general election. All seven sitting Missouri Supreme Court judges have been retained by the voters, two have been retained twice.

Don’t fall asleep in school, kids.

did you skip high school civics?

Good News! There’s not nine.

So you think court rulings can be ignored? These are not useless executive orders but conclusions reached by education, experienced judges.

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Why won’t you just listen to your constituents? That is the bottom line in all of this. The current administration has been trying to take away our right to rule out state since they were elected (remember amendments 4 and 5 last month) – they have forgotten that they work for us.
We just have to keep reminding them, is all.

At what point do you decide to stop embarrassing yourself?

The decision by the supreme court was UNANIMOUS. This means that ALL the judges agreed on the decision. If voters were disenfranchised with the use of the new map in the primary it is entirely the fault of the Secretary of State and the Attorney general who decided to go ahead with the new maps even in the face of the referendum petition. They are responsible for the fiasco.

In 1942, a constitutional amendment bearing the title “Nonpartisan Selection of Judges” was placed on the ballot and approved by a majority of the voters. The amendment applied only to judges of the Supreme Court, the three regional courts of appeal, and the circuit courts in the City of St. Louis and Jackson County. In later years, the voters of St. Louis County, Clay County, and Platte County have chosen to select their circuit and associate circuit judges in the same manner. The method of selection provided for in the 1940 amendment has been known as the “Missouri Plan.” It has been copied in whole and in part by quite a few states.
The selection is non partisan…
So, once again you think you are smarter than we, the people?

Your political advertising is laughable 🤡

Senator Brattin should read the opinion before attacking the Court.
The Missouri Supreme Court did not redraw a single district. It unanimously held that politicians cannot simply erase Missourians’ constitutional right to referendum. Five of the seven judges Brattin calls a “liberal activist majority” were appointed by Republican governors.
And his claim that judicial intervention in congressional maps is unprecedented is simply false.
The Court did not create this mess. Denny Hoskins sat on the petitions for nearly eight months and waited until the final deadline to reject them.
The Constitution belongs to the people, Senator. Not the Legislature. Not the Republican Party. The people.

So your pissed that the election in Missouri can’t be rigged?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but when the courts initially upheld the maps, they also said that the referendum could go forward. The fact that this had it’s day in court now is because Hoskins played games and waited until the primaries to refuse to certify. The MO Supreme Court even cautioned him against running down the clock on the hearings. This is Hoskin’s fault.
Also, what do you call ignoring 300,000 signatures saying we want our say first? Because that sounds a lot more like disenfranchising voters than people who lost out on a primary vote. Especially one that ran out of Democratic ballots in multiple locations. If Republicans had any confidence in their own party, they wouldn’t need these maps, these stupid certifying games, or to try and plant drugs on their opponents. Worry about that first, Bratin.

The Republicans have a supermajority on the State Supreme Court, you absolute clown.
Please show us where the liberal activist majority is on the Republican supermajority doll.

Maybe your friend the secretary of state shouldnt have dragged his feet doing his job processing the petitions if he didnt want this to be getting litigated in the middle of the election. But ofc he didnt, because he was hoping if he slacked long enough that there wouldnt be time and the voters of missouri could be effectively silenced. Its so fun to watch yall make up reasons to be outraged when you finally get called on your bs

Denny Hoskins is responsible for “invalidating a primary election”. He should not have used the map in the primary until this played out in court. He knew this would happen. He planned on this chaos. This is his doing. If you’re upset about a primary being “invalidated” then you need to impeach Hoskins. 👍

Oxygen thief.

‘a liberal activist majority on the Missouri Supreme Court” BRATTIN ARE YOU ON ACID? OR JUST EFFIN STUPID?

Something something snowflakes

There is absolutely nothing about any of the branches of our state government that is “liberal”.
You’re just a crybaby

You started this clown show, Buddy!

Chaser:

In 2022 Rick Brattin (r) ran in the republican primary in the 4th Congressional District. “Missourians for Truth”, a PAC, spent money on mailings opposed to Rick Brattin and supporting Mark Alford (r). Mark Alford won the primary. The images from the mailings were priceless:

Our favorite image from those mailings:

Rick Brattin could have filed in the 4th Congressional District republican primary, facing Mark Alford again. But he didn’t.

Previously:

HB 1: Gerrymander this (September 9, 2025)

Can play with AI, can’t be bothered to certify petition signatures (June 7, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) is a pre-eminent legal scholar and final arbiter of the Missouri Constitution, said no one ever… (August 4, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Favorite whine (September 3, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) thinks we’re all ignorant and stupid (September 3, 2026)

What the Missouri Supreme Court said (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court slaps down Denny Hoskins (r)….again (September 4, 2026)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Leeton, Missouri – August 29, 2026

30 Sunday Aug 2026

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Johnson County Democrats hosted one of their regular “Blue Dogs on the Farm” events on a multi-generation farmstead in Leeton early yesterday evening. Approximately 100 Democrats from the local area, Johnson County, and surrounding counties were in attendance. It was sunny and hot, with a temperature in the high 90s.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) attended, spoke, and conversed with attendees – and posed for selfies and photos.

Representative Cleaver addressed the upcoming midterm election, accountability, the corruption and grift in the Trump Administration, on access to health care, on infrastructure, on the economy, on working for the needs of people in the district, and much more. The response from the crowd was determined and enthusiastic.

“When our country is at its darkest, Democrats must be at their best.”

Roberta “RB” Burford, Chair of the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee.

“Resist”

Representative Emanuel Cleaver and Leeton resident Raymond James.

The infrastructure bill that Congressman Cleaver voted for during the Biden Administration paid to repave 2 and 13 Highways in Johnson County and replace the bridge on 2 Hwy near Leeton.

Our Rural Electric CoOps in Johnson County brought affordable high speed internet to farms, thanks to that vote.

Did the Republican Congressman Mark Alford from the 4th District vote to repave our roads, build new bridges or bring us highspeed internet? No he did not.

He did vote for the Big Beautiful Bill under the current Trump Administration, as did every other Republican in congress, that defunds our rural hospitals and gives even bigger tax cuts to billionaires.

Senator Roy Blunt was the only Republican member of congress from Missouri to vote along with Congressman Cleaver on the infrastructure bill that President Biden signed.

My oldest is able to use the high speed internet to work from our farm enabling her to move back home.

I will gladly vote for Congressman Cleaver, a congressman who did more for me than the Republican who was my actual representative at the time.

Raymond James, MSG US Army Retired and
Rural Johnson County Voter

Newly paved MO Highway 13, heading south toward Highway 2 and Leeton.

Previously:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – Sedalia – August 20, 2026 (August 22, 2026)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – Sedalia – August 20, 2026

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) attended the Governor’s Ham Breakfast (a fundraiser) on the fairgrounds of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on Thursday morning. He took a few moments to speak with media:


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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ….So, uh, make no mistake, I am here now because, uh, the district was, uh, mean-spiritedly redrawn, uh, and I, I’m going to do, uh, you know, what I would do normally and it’s go out and be with the people where I, that I’m representing. I’ve done it for all my career whether it’s, you know, pastoring the same church for thirty-seven years, or being city council, mayor [of Kansas City], and a member of Congress. So, you know, I’m, uh, kind of obsessed with human beings. All kinds.

Question: [laughter] Just a reaction from yesterday’s [Cole County Circuit Court] ruling.

Rep. Cleaver: Well, obviously I’m disappointed in the, in the ruling. I think they’re wrong. And the law is, I think, clear. I’m not a lawyer. But almost every lawyer that I’ve spoken with has said, uh, that it’s clear. That, uh, when the signatures are certified it stops everything, uh, until the people of Missouri who took their time to, uh, to do the signature and, uh, petition a referendum, uh, a chance to, to have their say and a vote.

So, had they worked the way they should, should work and the way they have worked in the past, uh, everything would have stopped yesterday, uh, and, uh, we would be now getting ready for, uh, a election in November with the old, uh, lines. And then of course, uh, after their, we reached the end of that term, uh, that would be an, an election [inaudible] take place. But all that was pushed aside. And, we, you know, I don’t, I can control only that which I control. And I can control, you know, being out, being available, uh, meeting with and, and, uh, listening to people across the state. And I have done that….

Question: ….How much faith do you have that the [Missouri] Supreme Court will rule in favor of the referendum?

Rep. Cleaver: Uh, I have not, uh, uh, organized a party to celebrate, uh, the Supreme Court decision. Uh, I, I can only hope that, uh, they will, uh, you know, do their job as they understand it. That’s all I can do.

Question: Secretary Hoskins was saying that this isn’t a ‘smear Representative Cleaver campaign’ to get you out of office. Says he’s friends with Rick Brattin [the Republican candidate in the 5th Congressional District] but it has nothing to do with it.

Rep. Cleaver:: What’s that name?

Question: Uh, Secretary [of State] Hoskins. Denny Hoskins. Denny Hoskins. Any reaction to these words? Has he spoken to you as well?

Rep. Cleaver:: No.

Question: No. And your reaction to what he said that this wasn’t out to get you specifically?

Rep. Cleaver:: You know, if we go squirrel hunting the squirrel that’s targeted, they’re gonna feel like it was taken personally.

You know, I, I don’t know how else to take it. I think, uh, the only other way, you know, that you’re doing something to the, to the people. Based on the polling data I’ve seen on, uh, mid-decade redistricting the people of Missouri don’t like it. Uh, black, white, rural, urban, old, young. I was at a, a senior citizen’s facility yesterday and I couldn’t hardly even finish my speech because people wanted to express their anger and hostility [to redistricting]. And, uh many of them, uh, were not in the party of which I, uh, sit now.

But, you know, I, I don’t know what the Supreme Court is gonna do. I don’t know a single member of the Supreme Court. I couldn’t call a single name. I, I, I, you know, I’m not gonna spend a lot of time sitting around saying, ‘woe is me.’ I’m gonna go out here, run a clean campaign as a group of ministers asked me to do yesterday. They said, look, we, we don’t care about all that [inaudible] stuff. We want you to run a straight campaign, the way you’ve always done and, uh, don’t get in the gutter. But I’m not. I’m gonna run a campaign based on what I’ve been able to do in Congress….

Rep. Cleaver:: ….I am convinced, and a lot of people don’t like this, that, that the overwhelming majority of people in this country are good and decent people. There’s a group, make no mistake, uh, you know, of haters and, and they like chaos so forth. But the majority of the people are, are just, just good. And, and they want to see things done in, in the right way….

Question: What were your takeaways on the historic defeats of Amendments 4 [restricting initiatives] and 5 [implementing regressive taxation on working people] here in Missouri. Do you think that large margin might carry over to some momentum, uh, for November for Missouri Democrats?

Rep. Cleaver:: Yes, I, I. I’m. Look, people don’t like to be ignored. And if people go out and get, uh, signatures knocking on doors, they, they want the process to work. Uh, and it means that they disagreed with something. Uh, Rachel Maddow [MSNOW] did something, and I missed most of it, uh, a week or so ago, about all of the times that the Missouri General Assembly passed things that the people didn’t like in recent times, you know, whether it was minimum wage or whether it was a woman’s right to choose, and the people went out and collected the signatures to put it on the ballot and won. Uh, you know, and, and she was expressing some shock that Missouri would, would do that. And, and I’ve said in interviews I’m, I’m not. People want to believe, uh, that their voice means something.

And, uh, I think the law, uh, was clear. And that is that once the signatures are certified everything is supposed to stop and revert back to the, uh, previous lines. And, uh, that’s, every time a court gets ready to go over this that’s what I expect them to do. They may not do it. But, uh, that’s my expectation….

Previously:

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – Sedalia – August 20, 2026 (August 21, 2026)

Rick Brattin (r): performative bullshit

24 Wednesday Jun 2026

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On our dime.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” – Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 – 1755)

In today’s mail:

….This session, the Legislature took bold action to secure our borders, strengthen our laws and protect our communities…”

Oh, really?

What about affordability – food and gas, access to health care, and supporting public schools?

2026 Legislative Session
Delivering Results To
Combat Illegal Immigration

This session, I fought to:

Enforce Immigration Laws
Sponsored SB 1265, fining sanctuary cities and empowering local law enforcement to enforce Federal immigration law.

Ban Illegal Aliens Utilizing Welfare
Sponsored SB 1616, preventing ineligible aliens from receiving SNAP or MO Healthnet benefits.

Require Citizenship To Vote & Receive Welfare Benefits
Sponsored SB 1772 to ensure citizenship is verified when individuals register to vote or apply for welfare benefits, including SNAP and MO Healthnet.

Wait, “delivering results”?

SB 1265 – Brattin, Rick
Creates new provisions relating to illegal aliens

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
03/31/2026 Hearing Conducted S Insurance and Banking Committee
01/27/2026 Second Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee S240
01/07/2026 S First Read S75
12/01/2025 Prefiled

First, no human being is illegal.

Note the difference in the descriptions between the filed bill and the taxpayer funded mail piece.

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

Next:

SB 1616 – Brattin, Rick
Creates new provisions restricting the availability of public benefits to U.S. citizens

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
04/08/2026 Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee
03/25/2026 Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
02/12/2026 Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee S383
02/03/2026 S First Read S274

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

Next:

SB 1772 – Brattin, Rick
Modifies and creates new provisions relating to illegal immigrants

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
05/07/2026 Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee S1608
02/26/2026 S First Read S483

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

It’s performative bullshit. On our dime.

Rick Brattin (r) [2025 file photo].

Rick Brattin (r) is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, apparently in an attempt to fail upward.

About that ratio

23 Thursday Apr 2026

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Rick Brattin (r) [2025 file photo].

Today, from Rick Brattin (r)

Rick Brattin for Congress
[April 23, 2026]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 23 2026
Conservative Rick Brattin Announces Endorsement from Mark and Patricia McCloskey

“We are proud to endorse Rick Brattin for Congress. We have worked with him on efforts to protect the Second Amendment, and we know he is the type of conservative fighter that President Donald J. Trump needs in Congress.” -Mark and Patricia McCloskey

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Conservative Rick Brattin announced that he has received the endorsement of conservative attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey.

“We are proud to endorse Rick Brattin for Congress. We have worked with him on efforts to protect the Second Amendment, and we know he is the type of conservative fighter that President Donald J. Trump needs in Congress,” said Mark and Patricia.

“Mark and Patricia are freedom fighters who have helped defend patriots who were targeted by Joe Biden’s weaponized Department of Justice, and I am honored to have their support,” said Rick Brattin.

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There was much hilarity in the responses:

Endorsed by gun toting criminals who were convicted of assault and harassment. Fixed it for you.

Is this satire?

Sadly, no.

Is this an Onion Post?

Sadly, no.

Not sure this endorsement will be the win you hope it will be.

Is this The Onion?

See above.

It is just hilarious that you think this is a “flex.”

Ah, yes. Mark McCloskey. The 7th place candidate for governor. What a win for you.

Congress is supposed to hold check presidential powers. Are we worried that hitching yourself to the president so hard is not what our founding fathers intended?

This is a joke, right??

This gotta be satire.

Cringeworthy trigger discipline……

Is this a joke or real?

Is this from The Onion?

I would rethink your campaign strategy

The funny thing is, you’re serious about this endorsement – like it’s a good thing. Wow.

Not impressive.

That endorsement speaks loudly about your character.

OMG – I thought this was an ad paid for the Democrats! What the heck??

Being endorsed by Karen 1 and Karen 2 isn’t really a flex.

…this isn’t the flex you think it is. Aren’t you embarrassed?

I always say you people couldn’t be any bigger of a joke but then you prove me wrong.

OMG….PLEASE tell me this is satire…..

Imagine thinking this was a good idea. 🤣

Is this a joke? You’re joking right? Nobody wants their endorsement.

Is this serious? From the gun waving duo?

Ohhhh I had forgot about these losers!

You are as stupid as they look….

Endorsed by the lunatic fringe…

You’ve made it all the way to the bottom of the barrel.

You’ve made it all the way to the bottom of the barrel.

You think this is a positive? And with that image? Woow. I hope your voters send you packing.

It’s like you’re auditioning for SNL not running for Congress…what a mess.

This has to be a parody! I guess you want to lose? Really? These two idiots were the best you could do? 🤣🤣🤣

Never seen so many idiots cling to the titanic intentionally.

Congrats on your endorsement from Karens With Guns 🤡

Those two couldn’t shoot themselves out of a paper bag. Actually, they are most likely going to shoot themselves trying to get out of a paper bag. How embarrassing that these are your endorsements.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Uh, in case you were wondering, land doesn’t vote

17 Friday Apr 2026

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Today, from Rick Brattin (r):

Rick Brattin for Congress
[April 17, 2026]

This is why it’s important to elect the right Republican to represent you! Every other person in this CD-5 race is a giant question mark ❓ ❓ where they will be on ANY issue.
I have championed ending illegal immigration in Missouri and you can take it to the bank that I will support our President to deport every illegal immigrant in the USA, not reward them!!!
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There was much hilarity in the responses:

Hi. Land doesn’t vote. Hope this helps.

he’s not too bright

Its interesting that the pockets of actual PEOPLE (not land) are blue….almost like the majority of America didn’t vote for that.

Trees and cows don’t vote.

Interesting, there are THREE pocket of blue and yet republicans are demanding to take away one of only two democratic house seats
The presidential election split 59% republican, 40% democrat, and 1% other. Yet republicans have gerrymandered districts to claim 7 out of 8 seats.
I hope all three of these gerrymandered seats go blue. Not because I support the Democrats necessarily, but because these out of control republicans should be taught a lesson about democracy.

Be honest instead of showing the land mass show the population

Land doesn’t vote.

I like Congress people who know geography and population density.

Heh. We see what you did there.

There’s this thing called population density. I thought we learned about this as children, but maybe you should look it up.

Land doesn’t vote. The blue areas are the highest populated areas in the country. Most of this red is sparsely populated.

I didn’t realize land voted.

Do we think land rather than people vote?

Land doesn’t vote

The President’s stand on illegal immigration during his campaign was deport the “worst of the worst”, the criminals. That is not what you are advocating here and not what the President has done. The tide has turned on the popularity of the immigration issue due to the lack of due process and violence used by ICE. You should probably rethink your cold-hearted stance on it.

Every day I read a story about someone who has been detained who shouldn’t have been. Today it was an engineer from South America who was working in Portland and was legal. His car window was smashed in, he was dragged onto the street, shipped to the east coast and put in detention. He was released into the street days later with no phone and no way to get back. Until this BS stops, people are going to protest against ICE. The system needs to be fixed because it is broken. Brutalizing a vulnerable community is NOT a solution.

Good. Lord. The dullness is staggering. Have you ever considered putting a population density map on top of that one? Land doesn’t vote. Nor do cattle n corn.
We love seeing our leading politicians be either so stupid or ignorant that they cant grasp that concept. They just look at a map with lots of pretty red squares and go “LOOK. MURICA ALL RED WE’RE ACTUALLY OPPRESSED”. Lordy lord…

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Oh look another one who doesn’t understand geography and population density

Land doesn’t vote idiots, people do. You won by 1.4%

You seriously think backing a lunatic will get you elected

I genuinely do not like you, buddy

Land don’t vote, peachfuzz. Shave your dome.

Nothing quite like putting a fake political map up to try to convince people that red rules all! Land doesn’t vote.

The east is red, apparently.

Is someone going to tell him?

25 Wednesday Mar 2026

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No ICE at Kansas City Int’l Airport TSA. Here’s why
BY Spectrum News Staff Kansas City
PUBLISHED 4:11 PM CT Mar. 23, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— ICE agents will not be at Kansas City International Airport since it is one of 20 airports nationwide that uses private screening contractors. [….]

From the Transportation Security Administration [TSA]:

Screening Partnership Program

The Screening Partnership Program contracts security screening services at commercial airports to qualified private companies. These companies run screening operations under federal oversight and must comply with all TSA security screening procedures. [….]

SPP Airports

[….]

Kansas City International Airport

[….]

All IDIQ Holders

[….]

VMD Systems Integrators, Inc.

[….]

From Kansas City International Airport:

Security

Security screening at Kansas City International Airport is conducted by a subcontractor of the Transportation Security Administration called VMD Corp. [….]

Heh.

Rick Brattin for Congress
[March 22, 2026]

I fully support President Trump’s decision to send ICE agents to Kansas City International Airport (KCI) or any other airport across the nation.
While Democrats in Congress — including Sen. Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi & Rep. Emanuel Cleaver — continue to play political games and refuse to properly fund the Department of Homeland Security and TSA, American travelers are facing longer lines, delays, and real security risks.
President Trump is taking action to keep our skies safe and our country secure. It’s time to stop the partisan obstruction and put America First.
[….]

“…I fully support President Trump’s decision to send ICE agents to Kansas City International Airport (KCI)…” To do what? Lean against the wall and get paid?

Uh, it’s MCI.

From the FAA:

Kansas City International Airport (MCI)

Kansas City International Airport (MCI) located 15 miles northwest of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, predominantly hosts commercial air carrier operations. [….]

From the Kansas City [Missouri] Aviation Department:

[…..] The Kansas City Aviation Department owns and operates Kansas City International Airport (MCI) […..]

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Rick Brattin (r) wants to be in Congress. Go figure.

“ICE is Trump’s Gestapo!”

Johnson County Democrats – James C. Kirkpatrick Heritage Luncheon – Warrensburg, Missouri – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – March 14, 2026

15 Sunday Mar 2026

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Yesterday in Warrensburg the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee hosted its 19th annual James C. Kirkpatrick celebration. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) was the keynote speaker.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D).


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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): ….It was one of the tur, turbulent moments in the history of our nation. In fact, it was the time of the birth of our nation. And General George Washington, uh, had committed himself to lead the Continental Army. There was no turning back. And that was, uh, they’d gone too far in their fight against, uh, the Brits.

But in 1782, uh, one of the colonels in the army, a guy by the name of Lewis Nicola, uh, wrote a famous letter to General George Washington. And in that letter he asked that the general consider becoming the first king of the United State of America. In May, May twenty-first, 1782 General Washington responded to the colonel and said, that no graver disease can befall me as a general in this army than to even remotely consider being the king. After all, we’ve just been fighting the king. [applause] And so, um, that hushed the talk of making him a king although it, it was very, very popular among the soldiers. Uh, many of them, uh, saw themselves, you know, the soldiers protecting the, the king. And so he put it to a standstill and then, uh, everything was fine until the Don [laughter], King Don [laughter], uh, came to the throne. Uh, who is a, uh, a dictator [voices: “Yeah.” “Yes.”], uh, and I have seen it first hand….

….I have never seen anybody who could lie, uh, repeatedly, and actually believe themselves [laughter]. The hoodlums that I was around, they, they knew they were lying [laughter]. And they would confess if you got around the corner. ‘Oh, yeah, I was making it up.’ This man lies, I say he lies on the lie….

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): …Ladies and gentlemen, this is a crisis that even those early soldiers could not have anticipated. And all of a sudden it becomes a requirement if you are a Republican – you have…the first place you have to respond to is that you have to lie and say that, uh, Donald Trump won the election. First thing, you gotta lie. And the second thing you have to do is become politically subservient to a man who knows nothing about government, or frankly…[laughter], doesn’t know anything about government. And, uh, is just making up stuff. His chief of staff, one of the top generals in the United States Army, said after he resigned, Donald Trump, he said, I’m quoting him, is the most flawed human being he had ever been around in his life. And when people come out, when they retire or quit, and then finally it’s okay to tell the truth. Then, some of them, by now publicly saying, yeah, this happened and this happened, and he said this, he lied about that. It goes on and on and on….

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): …So, I think that, uh, we’re in a, a troublesome spot. Uh, but, we have had dark days before. And if you look at the history of the United States there, there was a moment of darkness before we became a nation. Then we became a nation and then there was a great light. And then, uh, periodically there have been dark, dark, dark moments for us.

But we’re the light. We’re Democrats. What I’d like all Americans to know is that there is no such color of dark or black. It’s not a color. We’re thinking, we have dark days, we’re trembling. Black is not even a color. Black is the absence of color….

….And the way that you defeat darkness is with light [voice: “Yeah.”]. And you are the lamplighters for America. [applause] The lamplighters for America. We, we are going to defeat darkness. [applause]…

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): …I want to make sure that all of us understand right now that we’re gonna vote. What do we want to win, t’ain’t enough. We right now are willing to do whatever we can to make sure that this nightmare ends. T’aint enough. We are the men and women who will save this country. Our children and our grandchildren will talk about the fight we put up and how we won. And brought back the light into the United States. And make it the citadel of justice and peace….

Previously:

Johnson County Democrats – James C. Kirkpatrick Heritage Luncheon – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 14, 2026 (March 15, 2026)

The mail pieces have already been created

26 Thursday Feb 2026

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Filing for the primary in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District:

UNOFFICIAL Candidate Filing List
2026 Primary Election

U.S. Representative – District 5

Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Sean Smith 705-B SE MELODY LANE, UNIT 263 LEE’S SUMMIT MO 64063 117 2/24/2026 10:13 a.m.

Brad Patty 1006 W DAVIS STREET FAYETTE MO 65248 202 2/24/2026 9:18 a.m.

Brett Hueffmeier 905 MCGEE ST #127 KANSAS CITY MO 64106 336 2/24/2026 10:31 a.m.

Taylor Burks PO BOX 65110 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65110 665 2/24/2026 11:24 a.m.

Rick Brattin 22405 S EXCELSIOR RD HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 2/26/2026 12:31 p.m.

Democratic

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Emanuel Cleaver, II PO BOX 411872 KANSAS CITY MO 64141 147 2/24/2026 8:03 a.m.

[emphasis added]

In 2022:

The results in 2022:

Election Results
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri – 08/02/2022 2022 Primary Election, Tuesday, August 02, 2022
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on Friday, August 26, 2022

Office/Candidate Name/Ballot Issue Votes % of Votes

U.S. Representative – District 4 (353 of 353 Precincts Reported)

Republican Jim (Soupy) Campbell 4,642 4.4%
Republican Rick Brattin 22,509 21.4%
Republican William (Bill) Irwin 9,648 9.2%
Republican Mark Alford 36,981 35.2%
Republican Kalena Bruce 16,677 15.9%
Republican Taylor Burks 10,624 10.1%
Republican Kyle Stonner LaBrue 4,026 3.8%

Party Total 105,107

Democratic Jack Truman 25,641 100.0%

Party Total 25,641

Libertarian Randy Langkraehr 426 100.0%

Party Total 426

Total Votes 131,174

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We’re looking forward to the mail in July.

Previously:

Are you certain it wasn’t Rick Brattin (r)? (February 3, 2023)

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r) (July 25, 2022)

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.