14th Amendment
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Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned….
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Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].
This morning:
Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
It’s simple — you take the loan out, you pay the loan back.
Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Manhood keeps going strong – and the libs are having crying fits. Order your copy here
[….] 5:57 PM · May 21, 2023
A few of the reviews:
A seditous conspiratorial chicken
Josh Hawley should be writing about his current life as a seditious conspirator supporting the insurrection against our electoral form of governmentand, making him an enemy of our democracy, not attempting to preach about manhood, a topic that is beyond his scope of understanding. Watch Josh Hawley running through the corridors of our Capital after encouraging the seditious terrorists who violently attacked that building on Jan. 6, 2021, brutally assaulting police officers and causing the death of one, breaking doors and windows, defecating in halls and offices, carrying a Confederate flag through the hallowed chambers, and explicitly threatening and seeking to hang elected politicians including Mike Pence, our Vice President at the time, and setting up a gallows outside the building. Mr. Hawley has no business preaching about manhood, religious ideology or societal values.
47 people found this helpful
Will put hair on your chest hair.
This book is so manly that it’s hard to hold. Strangely, as soon as I opened it up I started craving nuts. Beer nuts, truck nuts, lug nuts, every kind of nut except zagnuts. Almost right away it got easier to suppress my emotions and grunt. I starting eating Manwiches for lunch every day. By chapter 4 my chest hair was growing it’s own hair. Speaking of hair, reading this book made me throw out all my hair care products and start buying aftershave at Rite-Aid. Thanks to Josh Hawley’s ghostwriter I’ve been freed from trying to out-groom my ex-wife’s lawyer. He’s such a Beta. Why is he always at our house?
Anyway by the middle of this amazing book you’ll be so manly you won’t even need to read the rest, you’ll just KNOW what it says. Of course I’m no quitter so I’m still planning on finishing it. In my new larger truck I Flex-taped a small gunrack to my dash bored to hold this book open while I drive. I’m on my way to pick up a George Foreman grill right now. Read this boo
59 people found this helpful
Hubris
Once again Josh Hawley demonstrates his unique brand of narcissism, opportunism, hubris, sexism, misogyny…and the list goes on. He is playing a substantial role in the continuing demise of the Republican Party, and of so-called Christian values.
48 people found this helpful
Life Altering Book!
A tree died for this. Sad.
24 people found this helpful
Ran Good
Josh don’t know much about manhood, but he sure run good.
46 people found this helpful
Come on
I don’t need a manhood lecture from the guy who’s claim to game is running like a girl from a crowd he just tried to act tough for
58 people found this helpful
Oh the Irony!
Next Up: Hawley’s book on quantum mechanics. This book is best compared to the adage “we teach what we need to learn most.”
265 people found this helpful
Bestseller?
Methinks some wealthy fan must have bought a few truckloads to elevate Master Hawley’s book to such a status. Not his Dad, who gets nary a mention.
279 people found this helpful
Awful
Don’t waste your money. Pure drivel.
314 people found this helpful
Masculinity Sponge
Somehow – and I can’t explain it scientifically – this book actually removed testosterone from me, gradually at first, but then at an increased pace until I had to stop reading it. Once I put the book down – all my testosterone seemed to return, though, so all is well, I suppose.
My warning – be careful – the man and his words seem to come from a place where there is an actual masculinity black hole, a vortex, if you will, so lacking in manliness that will remove it from the reader.
339 people found this helpful
Don’t bother
Even for a free copy it is overpriced. Hawley’s sanctimonious instruction of how to beat the most dangerous risk to America—not being manly like him—would be sad if it wasn’t so comical. Arrogance isn’t pretty at the best of times; some times it’s just cringe-worthy.
345 people found this helpful
This book gave me Diphtheria
Can we rate negative stats? Two minutes in not only did I feel like less of a man by being told by a lesser man what being a man is all about. It made want to look up caves on Zillow where I could store my wife-beating clubs and deer carcuses as I return to the neanderthalic hunter-gatherer the Running Man thinks we should be. He should have to pay us for the medical bills we, as males, are going to have to pay when women universally kick our asses for listening to this fake misogynistic coward tell us who we should be.
Zero stars, would burn in the fire pit again.
One person found this helpful
And, some of the responses to Josh Hawley’s (r) post:
No thanks. I only read 5 star books like the bible!
Run away and get a copy right now.
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Sales are that bad eh?
We’re not crying, we’re just rolling our eyes.
Decided to explore a career in fiction, Josh?
I’m not having a crying fit. I’m just not going to buy it.
No one is giving it any thought. We don’t care.
Hard pass, Scooter…
That’s your marketing ploy?..buy my book to make the libs mad?
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Easy marks.
Nobody wants this. Nobody. Not even as a gag gift, although I thought about it.
Oh please. Nobody cares.
Actually, liberals don’t care
Fleecing the Trumpers once again
Lots of laughter and ridicule. No crying that I can see.
It will be in the bargain bin next week.
Why do I care if you are selling books?
Josh Hawley’s primary motivation is to upset liberals.
Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
Just a reminder — Every House Democrat voted AGAINST a common sense way to raise the debt ceiling. 11:35 AM · May 21, 2023
Some of the responses:
Just a reminder this is a lie. There is nothing common sense about taking another bite out of the middle class, repel the Trump tax cuts.
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Just a reminder if the United States defaults on its debt the repercussions are all on the GOP
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Just a reminder, lying is STILL a sin. It’s just common sense!
Just a reminder–the last administration pushed for clean debt ceilings and had them passed.
Spending can be dealt with in appropriations. You don’t ignore obligations just because you don’t like who’s in charge.
Go back to newscasting. You were better at it.
Newsreading, actually.
Just a reminder, 25% of the debt is due to Republican tax reform of 2017 for which Rs are unwilling to roll back any of their fault of the debt.
Lying on a Sunday? Damn man you are a real sack of fecal matter.
Another day ending with a “Y”.
Just a reminder trump and his GOP cult added 25% to the debt in just 4 years.
AND APPROVED a debt ceiling increase all 3 times.
Watch what they do not what they say.
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“common sense” is usually an appeal to ignorance
Reagan: Tax cuts for the rich & big corporations. Blow up the National Deficit.
GW Bush: Tax cuts for the rich & big corporations. Blow up the National Deficit.
Trump: Tax cuts for the rich & big corporations. Blow up the National Deficit.
Where was GOP fiscal responsibility?
The Homegrown Radicalized Domestic Terrorist Organization MAGA tried to overthrow an election, lied about election fraud, attacked the US Capitol to install their LOSER leader who did NOTHING for 187 minutes and now refuse to raise the debt ceiling.
Putin is very proud of them.
No compromise. 14th amendment. F all you gop shills.
No, raising the debt ceiling should be and most often is SOP.
It is a crisis only because Leder McCarthy decided to make it a crisis.
Maybe he just doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.
Biden sent his budget to the speaker months ago. The speaker sat on it and did nothing while having no issue raising the debt ceiling multiple times under trump who is responsible for 25% of our current debt. Y’all are a joke.
What have you done for the working class…
Tell us we’ll wait
Republicans don’t want to do anything positive but hold the country hostage. You’re not the good guys on this.
Jason, almost all responses on this tweet are negative and unsympathetic.
Take the hint.
He doesn’t care.
This is a “crisis” because of YOU
The debt ceiling is an arbitrary line, the cuts you are making aren’t, and they will deeply harm Americans, our nation, and especially your 8th district constituents.
Congress sets the debt ceiling, not POTUS. Where were you? You barely passed your “make the poor pay for our tax cuts” plan only 3 weeks ago.
You know why the GOP will get the blame, just like always? Because you’re the only ones making threats.
You want to negotiate a responsible debt plan? REPEAL THE TRUMP TAX CUTS! You help drive the nation into debt with tax cuts and then complain about the result.
Oh, my word.
Your projection and delusion is truly shocking.
The #GOP has turned into an organization of knaves and fools.
After running up a $7.8T tab to our national debt, now you want a “responsible debt plan?”
🤣🤡
You first, 🤡.
You knew your cuts were a non-starter yet you foolishly stuck with them.
Trump will get his Helsinki knee pads out and take care of it for you!
LOLOLOL
Wow.. Must suck to be ostracized by your handlers huh? Anyways, you’re no “Rocky” so please sit down and stop embarrassing Missouri.
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
Keep trying.
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Trying to show Senator @HawleyMO you’re a manly man sir? All I know neither of my Senate representatives have done a single thing today to improve their constituents lives.
How do you like the Rural Electric Coops?
Or the Republican effort to regulate the sales of Missouri real estate between willing buyers and sellers?
Or the huge loan of State $$ to a private company?
The hammer and sickle is more of a Communist thing, you understand…
Can you please tell me what you mean by this? Can you share any specific examples?
How do you define it? Police, firemen, social security, Medicare? Bailouts for banks? Tax breaks for the wealthiest? Farm subsidies? What country does it right in your opinion? Russia? China? England? Japan?
Stay off our roads then and don’t bother calling the police or fire dept.
Exactly where is Socialism in Missouri? Roads? Police? Fire? Social Security? Medicare? FEMA? Disability? You need to be specific!
In Soviet Missurah, Liberty lies to you.
We see what you did there.
Who’s spreading it? How do I know what to look for.. like you mean more Medicaid coverage? Help me out.
How about fascism?
Define it for us, dingus.
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Bold anti-roads, parks, schools, police, fire and military stance you’ve taken – but you do you
Explain what socialism you’re referring to.
I see a lot of moronic groups, like yours, that are just using buzzwords to stir the base and you’re not using them correctly.
Do share with us all this socialism going down in MO. Is it corporate welfare, tax breaks, subsidies or?
Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
“America needs strong men, it needs good men, and we should call men to be those things.”
[….] 10:16 AM · May 19, 2023
Say what?
Some of the responses to Josh Hawley (r):
Less moisturizer, hairspray and makeup might make your message slightly more credible.
How bout starting with making truth telling great again
Sen. Karen McRunnypants has needs.
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Run Josh Run
Well, it sure as hell not you.
It’s hard to think of anything weaker than a man declaring that he’s strong, writing a book about how strong he is, and then tweeting incessantly about how strong he is and begging other men to join him.
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What a clown you are
Still hawking that book, huh traitor. “We need manly men. Strong men. Big men. Not wienies like me.”
How would you know??
Honestly, bro, the fixation is concerning. Why don’t you just do your fucking job which is represent your constituents. Shut up about masculinity and all this other bullshit. You’re a public servant get to f’ing Work it’s on our dime
JFC. WTF is wrong with you? You’re a member of Congress act like it. Stop the childish bullshit.
Yeah but you’re a pussy, and everyone is making fun of you.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey @AGAndrewBailey
First it was gas stoves, then dishwashers, and now it’s refrigerators.
The Biden Administration is moving yet again to exceed its authority and unlawfully interfere in Missourians’ rights to be free from government interference. My office isn’t standing for it. 11:58 AM · May 17, 2023
What a clown.
Some of the responses to Andrew Bailey (r):
Jess Piper @piper4missouri
First it was gay folks, then child-bearing women, and now it’s trans kids.
The Missouri AG is moving yet again to exceed his authority and unlawfully interfere in Missourians’ rights to be free from government interference.
[….] We don’t care Andy. We are tired of your performative lawsuits to try to further your political career instead of doing things that actually benefit Missourians. So far your focus has been harming the citizens of Missouri.
Speaking of exceeding authority and unlawfully interfering with the rights of Missourians, let me introduce you to our Attorney General, Andrew Bailey….who actually sent this tweet unironically. [….]
You’re one to whine about exceeding authority, you just got your face slapped. Wasting our money again on nothing, eh?
That’s coincidental since you were trying to tell people what they can and can’t do with their own bodies, banning trans healthcare… but you’re worried about government interference? You’re such a fraud. Maybe focus on the real issues instead of this non sense.
Now do women’s bodies
Bailey, when do you plan on doing something worthwhile for Missouri citizens & stop trying to create further division amongst its people for your own political gain?
Thank you! Keep fighting against his communist dictatorship.
Just stop!
Says the man who wants the government to have a hand in my reproductive health.
Talk about the government exceeding its authority. You want the state government to legislate women and transgenders’ bodies. I’d rather have the government involved with my appliances than my uterus. #Hypocrisy , #mogovSUCKS
No one came for my stove. No one came for my dishwasher. And no one is coming for my refrigerator.
YOU came for abortion rights. For books. Libraries. Public schools. Medical decisions.
And now you’re coming for my voice by trying to suppress my initiative petition rights.
Ok we will give you your “refrigerator freedom” if you give me back my reproductive freedom. Don’t you dare mention GOP fighting for “freedom” again.
You’re desperate for attention
What next? Uteruses?
Good grief, Andrew. Nobody came for any of those things. Quit trying to rile up your impressionable fans over absolutely nothing. Even if they HAD taken my appliances, I’d much prefer that to them taking away my actual rights as a female and as a human being. Try harder.
Honestly, the last person who should be talking to about someone else exceeding their authority.
Cool more theater from our AG to boost his personal career [….]
Seriously?
This is Missouri.
sounds like the same old crap eric schmitt used to pull.
Same circus, different clown.
The standards apply to NEW APPLIANCES ONLY! And it saves energy and electricity. Nobody is coming for your fridge. Why are you lying about everything [….]
please go back to the kids’ table, Andrew.
The last time I heard your name mentioned it was because you were interfering with people’s right to healthcare.
Wait, wait, I just thought of something, what’s your stance on toilets?
But you’re fine regulating women’s health care?
What are you smoking?
Thank you for standing against this blatant overreach by the #WorldEconomicForum .
Please grow up and find yourself an interest that doesn’t harm the masses.
Too late.
Yet you’re fine with government interference in healthcare and taking away rights from Americans you don’t agree with.
Can’t have it both ways, hypocrite.
They’re funny that way.
So, you don’t believe the government should regulate anything in our homes…
But, our bodies need massive regulations?
Is that about right?
Things > People.
Why do we not want to move forward? Do you remember regular gas? Asbestos? Come on. Let’s move forward instead of trying to recreate some strange notion the 50s were amazing.
Do you read what you type before you hit send?
Evidently not.
Seriously, does anyone believe this?
I don’t know anyone who has had the Appliance Police come to their home.
I do know people who no longer have bodily autonomy.
Which do you think most people care about Andrew?
You seem pretty cool with interfering with our healthcare and basic human rights. No one is worried about refrigerators. You sound ridiculous!
Thank you so much for doing this and helping Missourians! We can’t afford to just get up and buy a new refrigerator, freezor, dishwasher, dryer and washer, or A.C. Thank you @GovParsonMO for choosing Andrew Bailey. You made the right choice.
Yes, there are people on this planet who are that stupid.
Please get out of Missouri’s pants before you talk about government overreach.
There’s that.
So tired of Biden admin trying to lay the foundation for a better tomorrow for my kids. Things should always suck forever. Why is that so hard for libs to understand? Improvements are un-American! Appreciate you doing your part in the revolving door of worthless MO AGs.
You waste so much of our time and money. JFC.
[….] setting up new standards for appliances moving forward that are more cost efficient for their owners and better for the environment does not do anything to any of the shitty appliances you already own. Stop with the fake culture outrage. We are all tired of it.
Thank You please keep telling Biden to stay out of my life as a Missourian. And please continue to stand up for kids of Missouri born and unborn just as the bible says.
Interesting. Does the Bible say anything else?
Yes because clearly Missouri is the beacon of freedom…good lord. These republicans will do anything to distract you from their true agenda as they usher that state into fascism.
Missouri voters – either stop falling for this nonsense or embrace your future as a dystopian state.
Too late, we’re already there.
Another grifter using taxpayer dollars to fund his election campaigning.
Is this sarcasm? You interfere in individuals’ health decisions, ban books, and destroy reproductive rights — but reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lower consumer costs — that you’re against? Nobody is taking anyone’s appliances; this is fomenting conflict where none exists.
Complete horseshit.
it’s just amazing, seeing the sheer festering intellectual dishonesty from the man
My god you’re insane. You tried to unconstitutional take away adults access to life saving gender affirming care and you think pushing for greener appliances is “overreach” you are all projection aren’t you fascist?
It’s sad that you think your constituents are stupid enough to buy that pile of 💩 you just spewed.
Sadly, enough are.
You really think people are THAT stupid?!
Yes. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.
You do realize that the government has been regulating appliances for LITERALLY DECADES right? Decades, moron. Oh, that’s right. You’re only worried about harassing and abusing LGBTQIA+ folks and performative nonsense instead of doing your ACTUAL job.
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
The Durham report confirms what most Americans knew all along: the Trump-Russia investigation was nothing more than a political witch hunt. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
And he continued:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
Every American should be outraged that leaders at the FBI and DOJ – two incredibly powerful agencies – abused their authority by using the federal government as a weapon to try and take down a political opponent. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.
But wait, there’s more:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
While this report debunks yet another false narrative pushed by the Left and liberal media, the House will conduct vigorous oversight and do everything within its power to ensure this never happens again. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
Sure, Karen.
Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].
Some of the responses to Jason Smith (r):
Spin
Dude, did you read it?
Have you actually read anything about it, or are you just listening to Fox-not-news? Because whatever they are telling folks is a big lie, and the Durham Report shows what a waste of tax payer funds it was for 4 years! Read some real facts, & stop spreading Trumpian lies.
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“The FBI investigation proves conclusively that up is above your heads.”
Republicans: “We now have proof that up has been down all along, and that this administration has been lying to you!”
Durham failed miserably.
John Durham’s investigation lasted 3 1/2 years and cost taxpayers about $3.8 million.
If what Republican radicals are saying is true, why has he only been able to get one conviction of a low-level FBI lawyer who got probation?
Please quit lying to your constituents. It was worth investigating, he’s had significant cash investment from the Russians and tried to have the Ukraine surrender and falsify info about the Bidens. Be accountable.
John Durham is 0 for 2 in prosecutions and he delivered a big, fat, 300 page DUD in the form of an op-ed.
Where are the charges?
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
