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They’re Fascist assholes, but we already knew that

06 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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assholes, Escalatory rhetoric, Fascist pigs, gerrymandering, Missouri GOP, Missouri Republican Party, Redistricting, text, Trump sycophants

A text from the Missouri GOP, received today:

12:35 PM

Texting with (314) 926-9864 (SMS/MMS)

[MISSOURI ALERT]
[Paid for by the Republican National Committee. Not Authorized
By Any Candidate or Candidate’s Committee. http://www.gop.com]

Communist Richard Von Glahn and out of state groups are making a final push this weekend to STEAL a GOP House Seat.

DON’T GIVE THEM YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION! These groups are under investigation by the MO Attorney General.

They’re even patrolling neighborhoods and soliciting door to door now!

If you think you may have signed by accident contact us at 417-612-9044 and we’ll help you withdraw your signature.

Stop to End.

12:35 PM

They think we’re all stupid.

Steal a GOP House seat? Every accusation is a confession.

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

[….]

Total Congressional Vote in Missouri: 2,924,863

With a range of total votes among the 8 Congressional Districts (lowest/highest): 307,265/428,392

Total Republican votes: 1,711,050 Percentage of total vote: 58.50%

Total Democratic votes: 1,095,671 Percentage of total vote: 37.46%

Current Party Distribution of Congressional Seats in Missouri (8 total):

Republican (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8): 6 seats 75%
Democratic: (1, 5): 2 seats 25%

What Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) and the other Trump (r) enablers and sycophants in the Missouri General Assembly want from this special session:

Republican (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8): 7 seats 87.5%
Democrats: (1): 1 seat 12.5%

What would actually reflect and represent the population of Missouri?:

Republican: 5 seats 62.5%
Democratic: 3 seats 37.5%

That’s pretty darn close to 58.50% and 37.46%, don’t you think?

[….]

GOP seat? Yeah, no.

“….Communist Richard Von Glahn and out of state groups….”

That type of accusation went out with Joe McCarthy (r), Richard Nixon (r), and button down shoes.

Trump Jr. Targets Missouri Activist in Latest Attack on Gerrymander Opponents
By Jen Rice

December 3, 2025

[….]

In comments to Democracy Docket, Von Glahn said that Trump Jr.’s focus on him misses the point of the referendum: Missouri voters oppose the gerrymander and are angry.

“I am irrelevant to this campaign,” von Glahn said. “There are thousands of Missourians volunteering, talking to one another. My signature is going to be one of nearly 300,000 that get turned in next week.”

The organizer also blasted Trump for claiming the referendum aims to “steal” a congressional seat from Republicans.

“Missouri’s congressional seats belong to the people of Missouri,” Von Glahn said. “That is the point. Our democracy is ours. It isn’t theirs. We’re not taking anything. We are protecting our voice and our power.”

[….]

“…DON’T GIVE THEM YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION!…”

Uh, your voter information is a public record. You have to print and sign your name, provide your address if you sign any initative petition or referendum petition. They really think we’re all that stupid.

“….These groups are under investigation by the MO Attorney General….”

Catherine Hanaway (r) [2014 file photo].

Hack.

“….They’re even patrolling neighborhoods and soliciting door to door now!….”

No shit, sherlocks. People soliciting petitions can and do go door to door to ask residents who are registered to vote if they’ll sign a petition. Sign or don’t sign, it’s up to you.

Patrolling?

Escalatory rhetoric much, Missouri GOP?

“Gerrymander This”

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)

HB 1: Gerrymander this (September 9, 2025)

Campaign Finance: putting up the money (September 14, 2025)

Gaslighting and Gerrymandering (September 28, 2025)

Campaign Finance: getting the signatures (October 4, 2025)

Campaign Finance: indeed (October 22, 2025)

Campaign Finance: working people, for the people (October 27, 2025)

Put Donald Trump (r), the Republican National Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee First (November 6, 2025)

Campaign Finance: for all the marbles (November 9, 2025)

Campaign Finance: But wait, there’s more… (November 15, 2025)

Campaign Finance: Putting Donald Trump (r) First (November 16, 2025)

Campaign Finance: trying to keep up (November 17, 2025)

Campaign Finance: next level (November 21, 2025)

MO-GOP’s Orange Crush

17 Sunday Aug 2025

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Uncategorized

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Donald Trump, MAGA, Missouri 2026 Congressional Race, Missouri 5th District, missouri congressional map, Missouri Gerrymandering, Missouri GOP, Missouri Redistricting, Missouri Republican Party, Republican Gerrymandering, Republican Voter Suppression, Trump Gerrymandering

Ashcroft’s Book Ban

18 Friday Nov 2022

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Uncategorized

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2024 Missouri Governor's Race, 2024 Missouri Republican Governor's Race, book banning, Jay Ashcroft, libraries, Missouri Book Ban, Missouri GOP, Missouri Secretary of State, Republican Book Bans

Ol’ Doc Parson

18 Saturday Sep 2021

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Missouri Governor

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Biden Vaccine Mandate, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Governor Parson, Ivermectin, Ivermectin and COVID, Mike Parson, Missouri GOP, Missouri Governor, Missouri Political Cartoons, Missouri politics, Missouri Republican Party, Parasite Control

Your unsupervised entitled paid interns are playing with the computers in the basement of your party headquarters again

26 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Missouri GOP, social media, Twitter

Meanness, just to be mean.

This evening:

Missouri GOP @MissouriGOP
Since PPMO has endorsed both @nicolergalloway and @TrishForMO, do the candidates agree that “gender and anatomy are not the same”? Voters want to know.
[….]
6:35 PM · Oct 26, 2019

Don’t you all have a record budget deficit you can criticize instead? Oh, wait…

Some of the responses:

What are you talking about?

Really? You think voters are concerned about this? As a voter in Missouri, I can tell you I’m *much* more concerned about gun violence, education and healthcare for everyone than I am about body parts.

Since @missourigop removed almost 100,000 lower income children from Medicare, do the candidates agree that caring about the children of Missouri and being #prolife are definitely not the same thing?

Nothing says pro-life like ridiculing people who are different and are just trying to live their lives. “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.”

Unless this is more deflection from various, uh, storms brewing for various Republicans? Sigh. I remember when being a Republican meant having some class.

I’m sorry, but what gives any legislation to know…much less create laws about their constituents bodies, body parts, or identity. Mind your own business. if you’re too dumb to understand that gender, anatomy, and identity are up to each individual then you need to be voted out

And:

It’s honestly sad that someone on your staff made the judgment call to trash people’s bodies and further stigmatize intersex Missourians. You don’t have to be like this. Do better.

Pearls don’t work with Chutzpah

05 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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chutzpah, Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, impeachment, missouri, Missouri GOP, pearl clutching, pearls, Representative Rashida Tlaib

“I moved on her, and I failed. I’ll admit it.
I did try and fuck her. She was married.
And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, “I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.” I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”
“I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
– Donald Trump (r)

“…the classic “legal” definition of chutzpah…a person who kills his parents and pleads for the court’s mercy on the ground of being an orphan…”

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

From the pearl clutchers at the Missouri GOP:

MOGOP Statement on Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Vile Comment
Immediately after being sworn in, Michigan Democrat and member of the Democrat Socialists of America Rep. Rashida Tlaib told a group that “we’re going to impeach the motherf****r”. The comment was made in reference to President Trump. Today, Tlaib doubled down by insisting she showed no remorse via her Twitter account. In response, MOGOP Executive Director Ray Bozarth released the following statement calling on Missouri Democrat Party Chair Jean Peters Baker to denounce Tlaib’s comment:

“If the Missouri Democrat Party and their Chair Jean Peters Baker don’t want another shellacking at the polls in 2020, the math says they have to court Trump voters. Which means Baker needs to find the courage to start pushing back on these attacks on President Trump. That starts with her denouncing Rep. Tlaib’s comments about impeaching “the motherf****r.” said Bozarth. He added “Baker needs to denounce this attack now, or risk alienating more Missouri voters.”
###

Some of the responses to the Missouri GOP Twitter announcement of their press release:

Oh please. I guess she learned it from the “president.”

Hypocrisy and Republican seem to be interchangeable nouns these days. A three second internet search is all that’s needed to provide ample samples of similar or much worse coming from our fearful leader.

So, you’re saying that Dems shouldn’t take cues on decorum from the @GOP president? How many times have you moved to denounce Trump’s reprehensible remarks? There are plenty to choose from.

MOGOP has nothing better to do? I would disband if i were MOGOP.

U literally invited racist/bigot Arpaio to your event. Take a hike MO GOP.

Well, yes they did.

Your boy is threatening to declare a national emergency to build a wall that intelligent people know is rooted in racism and fear-mongering.

Take your #FakeOutrage and shove it.

The GOP put a man accused of sexual assault on the Supreme Court and are referring to a video of a college-aged AOC as “scandalous.” They don’t get to be upset about the use of the word “motherfucker.”

Didn’t know you were such a bunch of snowflakes

Oh, please.
You voted for and continue to support a lying, racist, sexual predator who cheats on his wives.
Spare us the #FakeOutrage

Previously:

Dispatches from the Civility Scolds’ Overstuffed Fainting Couch and Pearl Clutching Society (January 4, 2019)

Pearl clutching, for the 47% (January 5, 2019)

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Where’s the Ethics?

05 Wednesday Mar 2014

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campaign ethics, Gun Legislation, impeachment, medical malpractice cap, Missouri GOP, Missouri Legislative Session, Missouri Legislature, Missouri Republican Party, Right to work, school transfer, voter identification, voter suppression

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Hanaway’s Heavy Load

21 Friday Feb 2014

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Catherine Hanaway, G.O.P., Hanaway for Governor, Missouri GOP, Missouri Governor's Race, Missouri Legislature, Missouri politics, Missouri Republican Governor's Race, Missouri Republican Party, Republican Super-Majority

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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#badforMO

23 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Missouri GOP, Obama, Warrensburg

On Wednesday, President Obama will be on the University of Central Missouri to talk about the initiative to get students through their college program in three years.  

Today, the Missouri GOP tweeted the following with #BadforMO

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We look forward to welcoming @BarackObama to #MO with pal @GovJayNixon in tow. #BadforMO #BadforUS

— Missouri GOP (@missourigop) July 23, 2013

It sure is good to know the Missouri GOP thinks it is bad for Missouri that the President of the United States comes to a regional university in the state to praise on innovative program.

If that is bad for Missouri, why did the GOP controlled General Assembly support this initiative?

Oh wait….I think I know the answer to that.

Actually we really know what is bad for Missouri. We can begin by talking about passing a tax cut bill that will severely cut support to public education at all levels and put a sales tax on prescription drugs.

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Missouri’s Gun Capital

17 Friday May 2013

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gun control, Gun Laws, Gun Legislation, guns, Missouri Capital, Missouri Capitol, Missouri GOP, Missouri Legislative Session, Missouri Legislature, missouri political cartoon, Missouri Republicans, Second Amendment

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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