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19 Friday Sep 2025

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Today:

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

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

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

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

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

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

The vote:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 282

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

—- YEAS 310 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves
Onder
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 58 —

Bell
Cleaver

Performative:

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Eric Burlison (r) [2025 file photo].

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

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

Charlie Kirk (r):

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?

Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us … You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.

We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.

I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.

America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.

The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.

The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.

America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.

We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.

Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.

There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.

Not a civil tongue there.

Bob Onder (r) [2025 file photo].

Jason Smith (r) [2025 file photo]

Gee, I wonder….

Previously:

thoughts & prayers (September 10, 2025)

gaslighting & hagiography (September 12, 2025)

Keeping a civil tongue (September 13, 2025)

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

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

Union Proud (September 17, 2025)

Keep a civil tongue (September 19, 2025)

What you see is what you…

23 Monday Dec 2024

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“Family Values”

IOKIYAR*

The report, released today:

IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS

RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE

MATT GAETZ

R E P O R T [pdf]

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

December 23, 2024.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered
to be printed

[….]
In sum, the Committee found substantial evidence of the following:
• From at least 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz regularly paid women for engaging in sexual activity with him.
• In 2017, Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.
• During the period 2017 to 2019, Representative Gaetz used or possessed illegal drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, on multiple occasions.
• Representative Gaetz accepted gifts, including transportation and lodging in connection with a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, in excess of permissible amounts.
• In 2018, Representative Gaetz arranged for his Chief of Staff to assist a woman with whom he engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicating
to the U.S. Department of State that she was a constituent.
• Representative Gaetz knowingly and willfully sought to impede and obstruct the Committee’s investigation of his conduct.
• Representative Gaetz has acted in a manner that reflects discreditably upon the House.

Based on the above, the Committee concluded there was substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules, state and federal laws, and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, acceptance of impermissible gifts, the provision of special favors and privileges, and obstruction of Congress.
[….]

Donald Trump (r) nominated Matt Gaetz (r) to be the Attorney General of the United States. Think about that for a second.

* it’s okay if you’re a republican

Fiddling while the world burns

13 Wednesday Dec 2023

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Today in the right wingnut controlled U.S. House of Representatives:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 720
H RES 918 RECORDED VOTE 13-Dec-2023 5:46 PM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America

—- AYES 221 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NOES 212 —

Bush
Cleaver

—- NOT VOTING 1 —

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican.

Previously:

Dancing like a child desperately searching for a restroom after chugging a 2 liter bottle of caffeinated soda (December 13, 2023)

Grifter Support Group

01 Friday Dec 2023

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George Santos (r) was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives today.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 691

H RES 878 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 1-Dec-2023 10:56 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives

—- YEAS 311 —

Bush
Cleaver
Wagner

—- NAYS 114 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)

— ANSWERED “PRESENT” 2 —

—- NOT VOTING 8 —

[emphasis added]

Five republican representatives from Missouri voted to keep the grifter in Congress.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].

Blaine Luetkemeyer (r)[2021 file photo]

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

Professional courtesy, you think?

The insurrectionist clown in a yellow tie

19 Thursday Oct 2023

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Not quite yet, Jim Jordan (r).

Not quite yet.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 521

YEA-AND-NAY 17-Oct-2023 1:49 PM
QUESTION: Election of the Speaker

Votes
JEFFRIES 212
JORDAN 200
SCALISE 7
MCCARTHY 6
ZELDIN 3
GARCIA, MIKE 1
EMMER 1
COLE 1
MASSIE 1
ANSWERED “PRESENT” 0
NOT VOTING 1

—- JEFFRIES 212 —

Bush
Cleaver

—- JORDAN 200 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves {MO}
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

And again, yesterday:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 523

YEA-AND-NAY 18-Oct-2023 1:12 PM
QUESTION: Election of the Speaker

Votes
JEFFRIES 212
JORDAN 199
SCALISE 7
MCCARTHY 5
ZELDIN 3
DONALDS 1
EMMER 1
GARCIA, MIKE 1
BOEHNER 1
GRANGER 1
WESTERMAN 1
MILLER, CANDICE 1
ANSWERED “PRESENT” 0
NOT VOTING 0

—- JEFFRIES 212 —

Bush
Cleaver

—- JORDAN 199 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves {MO}
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

What’s the over/under on going beyond fifteen ballots? Just asking.

Previously:

Elect republican clowns to Congress, expect a clown show (October 3, 2023)

This. Exactly. This. (October 4, 2023)

When all you ever do is feed the beast it will never be enough (October 5, 2023)

You voted for the rule, schmuck (October 6, 2023)

Maybe you should elect a Speaker at some point? (October 12, 2023)

This hasn’t aged well (October 13, 2023)

What else would you expect, Ann (r)? (October 14, 2023)

You asked (October 15, 2023)

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican – part the infinity (October 16, 2023)

You are the choices you make (October 16, 2023)

15 ballots, 5 days. What else ya got?

07 Saturday Jan 2023

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By one vote.

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

Early this morning:

[image cropped]

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
I was proud to support the election of @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

House Republicans are united and ready to fight to deliver a stronger economy, a more accountable government, a safer nation, and a future built on freedom
[….]
12:03 AM · Jan 7, 2023

Some of the responses:

you didn’t even put up a fight. you didn’t work to help get concessions..you just blindly voted for mccarthy despite his track record despite what your constituents wanted.

They seem upset.

I wouldn’t brag.

Gaetz represented us far better than you and we aren’t his constituents! Very disappointed in you

That is a low bar.

I think I’ll vote against you next time

In a primary. But you’ll forget anyway because you’ve always voted for chaos and you always will.

You’ve embarrassed Missouri once again Jason !

His record of caving to the democrats, in selling out Conservatives. An you just give him the farm. Remember that when he stabs us in the back.

Dolchstoßlegende. Not subtle.

Your support of McCarthy is nothing to be proud of. It is clear you do not represent the will of your constituency.

If one counts the Democrats in the 8th Congressional District this is probably true.

As one of your constituents, I can unequivocally state that your actions were/are completely embarrassing. @mattgaetz @RepAndyBiggsAZ @laurenboebert and others represented us far better than you. You represent a *CONSERVATIVE* Republican district, sir.

VOTE like it.

Well, technically they’re political nihilists.

Lol. If your replies to this are from actual constituents, they already hate you. And not just because you flat out lie in your statement. They’re not even smart enough to hate you for that. [….]

I am proud to stop voting for you. against the will of the people 15 times. a rino. part of the problem. who’s side are you on?

“…who’s side are you on?”

That’s easy. Not yours.

You are a lying sellout like the rest.

Previously:

That was then (January 4, 2023)

Says the fool who has been sitting on a bench doing nothing for three straight days (January 5, 2023)

Doing nothing much on a Thursday evening (January 6, 2023)

Your clowns, your circus (January 6, 2023)

Your clowns, your circus

06 Friday Jan 2023

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Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

This morning:

Mark Alford @markalfordkc
The American people deserve a Speaker of the House. It’s time to get this done and get to work!
8:38 AM · Jan 6, 2023

Some of the responses:

Let them know we want someone else for speaker please

A big Hell NO to McCarthy!!!!!

Heh.

Big NO for Kevin he is the swamp.

We would love a speaker but we will wait until you all get it right. No to McCarthy and the swamp.

Circus fan.

Was really disappointed in your vote Mark.

Eleven times. So far.

Just vote Jeffries.

Heh.

Why do you support the liberal @GOPLeader? If he lived in Cass county he’d be a Democrat…

We don’t want him either. Unity!

Big opportunity to get some to get some national recognition and support if you would vote against McCarthy. Take the stand and get verbal!

Right…

You might want to read the room. The majority of your constituents do NOT support @GOPLeader.

If you count Democrats that’s probably close to being true.

#AnyRButMcCarthy

Please be a hero and be one of 6 Republicans to vote for Jeffries!

A tweet is the best you can do?

Well, he is a former newsreader so you could probably cut him some slack.

Then don’t vote for McCarthy. He is bought and paid by the Swamp lobbyists. We don’t want business as usual, in D.C.. He promised you seats on the Ag and Defense committees so you can buy votes w/ the Farm and Defense spending money, just like Hartzler. Be different.

And yet you keep voting for them. Or did you?

Stop voting for Mcarthy!!!!!! We don’t want him!

Eleven times. So far.

Missouri’s 4th district deserves more than you

Low bar, but true.

Why not get it done and vote for the leading vote getter?

Heh.

I question your choice of words. “Deserve” is out of place:

The American people “deserve” a government that looks out for them, not just a certain subset or corporations.

The House “needs” a Speaker in order to operate, though.

Oh no, not you too.

Eleven times.

Then you should stop voting for Kevin. You PROMISED YOU WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE SWAMP.

It’s you clowns 🤡 holding it up. Why don’t you do something worthwhile.

Time to work for the people who voted for you or don’t sign any long term leases. Brattin would have the balls to stand up to McCarthy and the Swamp.

Rick Brattin (r). Heh.

It’s pretty clear Alford is determined to be a loyal back bencher (like Hartzler) with the sole goal to funnel as much money as he can from Agriculture & Defense spending to buy a House sinecure. We will have to Primary him in 2024 if he doesn’t step up and do the right thing.

That’s so cute.

Tells us then, who have you voted for each and every time so far????

You’ve been so quiet towards faithful followers ever since WE elected YOU

You know, you can easily look it up. Eleven times.

From TV hack to cult puppet. Thanks for everything

You need to pay attention to the people that VOTED for you, you are suppose to be representing us and be our voice- you aren’t hearing us loud enough- NO MCCARTHY! You aren’t there for yourself- you are there for us- prove it.

Then quit voting for the establishment swamp. You are doing a horrible job your first day in office. You are falling to the cartel. Be brave like the 20 heroes. Make Missouri proud. So far you’re just another one of the swamp I will never vote for you again.

They seem upset.

Amazed that the majority of these tweets are against MCCarthy and yet you KEEP VOTING for him. I guess you went to Washington not to stand up for the people of MO, but to join the millionaire swamp club. Way to go. Can’t wait till you start voting with Cleaver…

I believe that this is how the next 2 years of republicans in charge of the house will proceed. Nothing MEANINGFUL will be accomplished. Not a single bill moved forward. You and the GOP are a complete and utter joke !

NO for McCarthy a yes vote for McCarthy means it’s your only term . NO FOR McCarthy ! We The People DO NOT want McCarthy . I live in your district and I will never vote for you again if you vote yes to McCarthy . We will make sure you never get re-elected if you vote for him.

You have betrayed every American of MO. You lied to all of our faces and are a RINO. VOTE NO TO MCCARTHY.

The Canadians are probably okay with it, though.

Previously:

That was then (January 4, 2023)

Says the fool who has been sitting on a bench doing nothing for three straight days (January 5, 2023)

Doing nothing much on a Thursday evening (January 6, 2023)

That was then

04 Wednesday Jan 2023

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Everyone is still waiting.

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday morning:

Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
House Republicans will chart a path for a stronger economy, greater financial security for American families, and a Congress that is responsible and accountable to American taxpayers.
7:52 AM · Jan 3, 2023

High hopes.

Some of the responses:

This is a joke, right? [….]

Lol. Zero chance they do any of that at all.

House Republicans will take a sledgehammer to American families. The best thing we can say about you is that you’re dysfunctional criminals.

Is it Infrastructure Week again already?

My dude, you’re being overrun by grifters, frauds, and cons. Your responsibility and accountability needs to start by cleaning your own House.

You’re funny
[….]

Responsible and accountable. You are joking .

House republicans literally voted against all of this and more in the past year

Jason, you took a loan and then stood by while it was forgiven, essentially taking $50,742 from hardworking Americans. Is this what you mean by responsible and accountable?
[….]

Is this a parody account?

Yea. All folks need to do is look at District 8 and see how well Republican economic plans work. Sit down.

There is that.

If only this were true. #MOdeservesbetter than empty words.

Bullshit alert [….]

The GOP can’t even decide who is going to be speaker. What makes you think you can fix anything?

They consider that a feature, not a bug.

Sure, Jan.

But to travel that path, you need the cooperation of the White House and Senate. Are you prepared to work with Democrats?

Must be new around these here parts.

That’s funny.

Responsible and accountable? You are an embarrassment.
[….]

Do you ever listen to what they are telling you to type?
[….]

Y’all can’t even chart a path to electing a #Speaker when you gain the majority. [….]

The @GOP is a #FailedParty.

No you won’t

Liar

Why aren’t you voting against Kevin McCarthy?! We need to get rid of the RINOs and you’re not helping.

Then don’t vote for @GOPLeader for speaker

Seriously? They can’t even come together to elect a Speaker. Pathetic.

Who are you voting for Speaker?

So far, six times for Kevin McCarthy (r). Heh.

That’s not what your pal McCarthy said. He only wants to do things to get back at Dems for showing up Repubs this past year.

Lots of talk but no well thought out plan that can be found. The supposed Commitment to America is at best, a rough middle school outline. Please provide a link here so we Missourians understand your goals this session.

You think?

Are you going into comedy now?

Chart a path to electing a speaker first. You’re not even sworn in yet. Representative-Elect

Heh. There’s that.

Jim Gordon for speaker

Heh.

House Republicans can’t even “chart a path” to elect a Speaker, how do you expect American taxpayers to believe you’ll accomplish anything?

You haven’t been able to do that in your district in Missouri. Your district has struggling, underfunded schools, poverty, drugs, and limited healthcare. But you can do better on a federal level?

Bullshit!

You had 4 fucking years with a Republican president and congress and didn’t do any of that. So why do you expect the American people to believe you this time?

What a crock! This guy has one of the most anti-worker voting records in congress.

Liar. Fucking Liar.

That sounds really nice Jason. Being from Missouri, I’d like you to Show Me. Because I haven’t seen shit from you except tweets.

Are you voting for McCarthy for Speaker?

Seriously? Six times so far. See above.

Do not vote for McCarthy or you will not be voted for in my district ever again!!

Heh.

That’s cute, Jason.
Ya’ll can’t even get your sh*t together to elect a Speaker.

Stop voting for Kevin McCarthy!! He is a rino!!

Heh.

Don’t vote McCarthy! Listen to your constituents and vote a truly American first speaker. No more swamp

That is a joke right?! Republicans are now owned by the far right nuts who could care less about legislating. They want to burn it all down to appease their feral base. The next two years will be a dumpster fire.

For fuc sake …they cant even pick a speaker.
They are fucking hopeless