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Denny Hoskins (r), are you an idiot?

26 Monday Jan 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Denny Hoskins (r) [2025 file photo].

Yes. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Yesterday:

Denny Hoskins
[January 25, 2026]

If the Missouri Communists are “big mad” at me, I must be doing something right. I’m definitely right over target 🎯.
I will continue to fight for our freedoms, follow state law & the Missouri constitution and will never bow down to the communist party!
[….]

Yes Denny, all three of them.

The thing is, there are a lot more people who aren’t Communists who think you’re a fascist stooge. But do go on.

Some of the responses:

I see you like to keep yourself relevant. 😂 You’re a cog in the wheel. You’re a nothing. A nobody. A Trump cuck. You will go down in history as an enemy of freedom. Nothing more.

So… if you support fair elections and want laws that passed with a solid majority to actually be recognized by elected officials… you’re a communist? 🤔
Did they change the definition since I was in school?
OR are you just a sad, name-calling partisan hack who would rather divide us with performative culture wars and lies than work for all of your constituents?

Can you explain what a Missouri Communist stands for vs a Missouri Fascist?

Heh.

Are the Missouri communists in the room with us now?

When you were in school, what were you doing when you were supposed to be learning about governmental systems?

I read, “I take no accountability for my actions even if it means hurting Missouri workers.”

All three Communists in Missouri?

Heh.

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You will bow down to “daddy” Trump though won’t you? Need some knee pads?
Such “alphas” taking orders from another grown man while shouting “alpha”. Does he tell you all when to wipe 💩 too? 🤣🤣

Denny Hoskins
[….] 🤮. Keep your own knee pads.

Im not the one bending over for Trump. I don’t need them. I can do my own critical thinking. I’m not a clueless white man chasing my own ego and pissed because of my skin color. 🤷

What’s the point in any of this besides ego?! Hatred, violence, left, right, black, white. Maybe if you “Christians” shared and lived more by the scripture you claim to follow instead of propaganda you would know none of these dumbass, punk ass labels matter.
You don’t take any of these labels with you in the grave, you don’t take the money, the houses, the cars, none of this crap goes along with us. Dont see any of you “leaders” spreading the word of God and living it.
I’m pretty sure a lot of us would rather live caring for this Earth without gatekeepers in suits chasing ego and wealth while throwing out all this rhetoric that they are “for the people”. White people won’t be around forever no matter how pissed you all get about it. Just like no skin color will. It’s evolution. Just as the dinosaurs evolved into the creatures we have now, “humans” will evolve into new forms and you all can’t stop evolution nobody can no matter what technology is created.

Denny Hoskins knees are calloused so he doesn’t need padding.

Denny Hoskins Very telling that the only thing you’ll respond to is a knee pad comment. You are not a serious person.

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Are the communists in the room with you right now?

🤣 right! That’s what I was wondering, too.

Red Scare lingo ain’t swinging.

Except when you ignore what Missouri voters actually voted for right?

You couldn’t define “communism.” 🙄 But it’s the party line, so you’ll pull it out every chance you get. 🤦

I don’t think the secretary of State should be calling constituents communists for exercising free speech. It is a right enshrined in the Constitution. I think the Missouri Supreme Court just told Hoskins and the legislature where to go.

Are you representing your constituents or your donors?

I think it would concern the GOP that it’s actions are so disliked by the majority of the people that most Missourians are in agreement with the communists. I’d like to think that, but the will of the people is no longer a Missouri GOP priority.

Spoken like a true Nazi.

Define communism, Denny.

So…still no original thoughts then?

Wasn’t that long ago you could be pro Union without being called a communist.

Throwing out votes of the people and gerrymandering is pretty fascist. Fighting for our rightful votes!

Who are you?

Heh.

If you even tried to follow the law, this protest, or even this issue would not be in front of you. You are not the elected works gummer intended to quash the citizen’s rights in Missouri.

Imagine being an elected official and calling your constituents names. I’m not so sure I’d be so quick to show everyone that I peaked in kindergarten, but do what you want.

You might want to spend some time talking to your constituents.

Do you get off on calling Missouri citizens names or is it in your job description?

You say you will never bow down to the communist party. But what about the fascist party? It seems like you do bow down to them.

There definitely is another explanation than you’re “doing something right.” It’s definitely not that.

Missouri communists 😂
I stopped reading after that 😂

Thinking you meant “constituents,” not communists. What a strange thing to call folks asking you to follow the US and Missouri Constitutions.

Nah. You’re just breaking the law.

Good God, what is wrong with you?

A list.

1. What Communists? I’ve known Missouri longer than you and at my leftiest, the most radical people I met voted Kucinich in a primary. 😆
2. In the United States, it’s legal to be a Communist. It’s legal to study any philosophy. Fascist forerunner Joe McCarthy found that out the hard way. 🎶

Dude. This is not the flex you think it is.

You’re a fucking fraud and coward. Afraid of the voters (us) and fraud for “representing” the people. You’re disgusting

What a wonderful persecution complex you enjoy, Denny!

I was there and I can assure you I’m not a communist. I am a MO voter who will always show up & speak out when our elected representatives overturn initiatives that voters have already passed, attack citizens’ ability to use the initiative process, and attempt to deceive voters with confusing ballot language! Shame on you for ignoring the will of the voters & suppressing our rights!

Define communist

Wow

About 60+% of your constituents agreed with these folks in abortion and minimum wage. Maybe #RespectMOVoters

The irony of walking in those doors that say
“Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto”. “The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law.” Then telling them they dont know what they voted for on abortion, right to work and more. How it says “not to be served but to serve” carved into the walls. Yet you guys are blind to doing any of it. Its astonishing.

I’m confused! So you ARE supportive of initiatives? You DO respect the will of the voters??? Or only when you agree with their votes????
P.s. Minneapolis does not have 1 A or 2 A freedoms right now. Are you planning the same for Missouri??

Weasel.

You’re sadly mistaken. It’s pity, not “big mad” and the only thing you fight for is the GOP machine that lines your pockets.
Salus populi suprema lex esto

lololol fkn idiot 🤡

A Missouri elected official demeaning voters? That tracks.

Also, the 1950s called and they want their rhetoric back.

How are you fighting for our freedoms by overturning the votes of the people? It is quite literally the opposite.

Republicans have beaten the Communist drum for over 100 years. Unbelievable constituents still fall for it.

You wouldn’t know a communist if he bit your ass and you certainly don’t understand that your president is a big old orange fascist.

You’re opposing the vote of the people. You’re not fighting for our freedom but to oppress it. You’re too stupid to even understand the difference I’m sure. Communists are not what you should fear. The people are taking back our right to decide for ourselves and that’s what scares you. Well get used to it as we have no intention of stopping!!!

Do you even know the definition of freedom, you bootlicker?

You’re one sick f*ck, Denny. 🖕🏼

So in fascist America, wanting a representative republic is a communist idea? What a sad and pathetic worm you’ve devolved into since deciding to lick the boot.

Oh fuck off, Denny.

Tens of thousands of Missourians are “big mad” at you because you’re nothing but a tool for fascism. What an embarrassment you are.

When we fight to stop them from overturning the vote of the people…. People actually having a say in how we’re governed, we’re communists? That’s actually pretty much the opposite of communism, which is authoritarian, centralized state control. You stupid boot licker!

A Missouri Communist? How dare the people of this state, actual citizens you are supposed to be working to represent, want their voices heard. You’re a clown.

You are a disgrace.

Idiot

22 year super majority in MO and your party keeps saying liberals are to blame. You all are the problem. Fuck off.

See, here’s the problem with your lack of good governance. You think your main purpose is to antagonize people you don’t like. Your actual job, though, is to represent ALL your constituents. Not just the affluent white christians.

Another shill. Disagreeing with your manipulative, dishonest actions does not make people communists. Get a grip.

Count the signatures, that’s your job. If you’re not going to do your job then resign sir.

Is this truly a post from an elected politician? You are calling the constituents you are charged with representing communists because they are “mad” at you? This must be a joke, or your page has been hacked. Why would a grown man behave in this way?

Oh, Denny. You spineless little insignificant boy. What a pathetic excuse of a representative of Missouri you are. You might wanna look up communist in the dictionary

Fuck you for not listening to the will of the voters.

You are bad for Missouri. We deserve so much better.

Hoskins is a fascist coward who wishes he was that relevant. At the end of the day, history will never remember his name.

Are you a sixth grader? That is some of the lamest name calling I’ve heard since I went to junior high.

You mean the citizens you were elected to represent. All of them. That used to be part of public service. Now you’re just a clown in a stupid red jacket.

You are here to serve your constituents, and you are flexing over them being mad at you? You really need to reevaluate what servant leadership is.

Communists? Really? and you define “freedom” by gerrymandering away democratic voices? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

It’s the dumb fuck who cried communism. The 1950’s called. They want their trope back.
Authoritarians like the Soviet Union ignored the will of the people just like you are, asshole.

Denny Hoskins (r) [2022 file photo].

Rick Brattin’s (r) favorite whine…

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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

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Rick Brattin (r) [2025 file photo].

Rick Brattin for Missouri
[January 21, 2026]

When you see all of these mass protests that the left is doing nationwide, just realize these yayhoos are being paid, their transportation provided in nice comfy expensive charter buses, and pallets of food miraculously arrive for them. Their signs are printed and distributed to them upon their arrival, and their organizer gives them their barking orders on what they are supposed to do.
This isn’t grassroots, they are like extras on a mass movie set and by law they should probably all have to register as lobbyists.
[….]

Democracy, meh.

Some of the responses:

That is a bold face lie. I’m not sure what is worse, that you are intentionally lying to your constituents or that you are stupid enough to believe the people that are feeding you that line of bull.

Rick, it’s ironic that you do not respond to phone calls, messages or mail when we need to talk with you about issues but you have chosen this issue to spout falsehoods. First communication from you!

Are you really so stupid you believe what you’re saying? Wait don’t answer that lol. Retired grandma here. Not paid. We drove, but know many of the people on those busses, not paid either. Please, continue to talk your bs. There really are this many people who are willing to stand up and speak out to save our democracy…and it’s growing every single day.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Hey Mr. Brattin! I am one of your constituents (not by choice), and I drove 2 hours to come have my voice (as well as 3 other constituents voices) heard today! I didn’t get paid. But what I did get was the satisfaction of getting to talk to other constituents who are just as unhappy as I am that you can’t seem to do your job without infringing on the Missourians rights who have plainly voted on measures they want.
You serve the people. I am sure you will be reminded of that once your term ends.

Local man baffled by the idea of “organizing”. More at 11

Lol if we’re being paid to protest where’s my check?

Gee, and here I am always protesting for free. You’re a ridiculous person Brattin.

Rick here is a liar. I do it all for free. My friends do it all for free.

I bought three new Mercedes with mine

Heh.

LOL. Bro posted a picture of buses and some snacks and somehow is convinced of some massive protestor conspiracy. Top notch work 🙄

all you idiots wear the same red hats

Heh.

And China makes them. 😂

yeah. We all go to the same places for our signs and organize in advance genius. Are you people really this stupid???

Yes. This has been another edition of “Short Answers to Simple Questions”.

Lol! I got paid for protesting the same day I got my Doge check 😂😂😂

Oh they got snacks!
I love snacks!

Do they pay more than ICE?

wow. and to think I’ve been doing it on my own time free of charge. Can you dig a little deeper and get some more info so I can sign up and get paid? Thanks bro

How much do they get paid?
Is it under the table?
Does it have benefits and 401k?

I’m looking for the one that provides healthcare coverage!

What is sad about your post Is that you really believe it?

he’s an idiot OR he thinks voters are idiots

exactly. What’s worse? That he’s a liar or just stupid? 🤦‍♀️

like for real…they just blindly believe whatever they see on Fox “news”. 🤦‍♀️

Is this a parody account?😆😆😆

Sadly, no.

Stop. I was there today. Drove myself, ate a lovely lunch at Arris Pizza and drove home.

No, we just know how to organize against fascism.

water cannons – every military base has at least one xtra — hose em down

Think about that one for just a second.

Such mature language to call them yahoos, Rick. There’s an awful lot of people protesting on their own dime. How about you do your job instead of creating posts like this.

I bet the guy in the bathrobe in the Minneapolis snow was being paid. You guys are ridiculous. 😆😆😆

Children shouldn’t have access to the internet. Please be quiet while adults are talking.

That’s a pretty brash statement. I am sure there are still some of us who feel strongly about exercising our first amendment rights without it being for monetary gain. Those of us from the 60’s and 70’s understand that.

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Keep calling this out, Senator Brattin

he’s not calling it out. He’s making it up. Don’t be fooled. The left isn’t paying fake protestors. We are terrified and our of at what this country is becoming and if you don’t see it, it’s because you are choosing not to see it. Facism is sneaky. This country is not great when our own citizens are scared of our own government. Do better

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And the moon is made of cheese.

You’re confusing this with J6. And the buses paid for by the wife of Clarence Thomas.

There’s that.

Hey so who do I call to get my check? And back pay since I’ve never gotten one for any of the protests I’ve attended? Oh and who reimburses me for the supplies I purchased to make my signs? Ya know since they provided printed ones… 🙄

Then it should be easy to go undercover and get proof and receipts yeah? Go on and do it. Show us clown.

Oh hell no, I protest for free!

Yeah, with all these trump tariff and doge checks, plus the protest checks, I’m shocked the economy isn’t doing better

Heh.

It’s always amusing to see that Republicans think liberals get paid to do things…mainly because the Republicans could never imagine having something so meaningful that you’d fight for it for free. Classic projection and sidestep. You think the libs do it because that’s the only way you’d do it. Some folks just believe in human rights and the sanctity of human life and liberty. Ask yourself which is more Christlike, you won’t be seeing it in the mirror.

The fact that so many people protesting this administration is inconceivable to you and others is mind boggling. Tells me that you are not in touch with the concerns of your constituents. (Also, those pictures do not “prove” a point.)

Is this a 1099 gig?

Heh.

So difficult for maga to imagine caring about others or something other than themselves 🤭🤔

Why is it so hard for people to understand that folks hate trump for free? And why has there never been proof of payments? And why hasn’t maga ever went undercover to blow up the whole deal??… you guys are hilarious…lmao

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There should be a law requiring identification of paid protesters. We can start with a general law that states all acts of protest with “x” number of people require a permit. If a permit is not provided then protesters are not allowed to inhibit public traffic or neighborhoods.

Keep trying to take away the 1st amendment. That will definitely win you cucks the midterms 🤣

Geez, almost like no one ever thought of that…oh wait, Russia and China beat you to it.

should that same law require a group of masked men with weapons shouting demands also identify who they are?

We see what you did there.

“Stop the ICEholes”

Good thing the 60s didn’t depend on you.

So you’re for small government, right?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Special kind of stupid aren’t you.

Are you okay? I’m seriously worried about your brain or your soul but either way you might want to get it checked 😬

Dude, are you dumb?

Dunning-Kruger. Stupid people don’t know that they’re stupid.

Is that what you really believe? If it is, I’m really sorry for you.

You are remarkably stupid.

Are you merely stupid? Or are you huffing spray paint? Either way, when idiocy goes to $50 a barrel, you’re Saudi Arabia.

Tell us you are an idiot without telling us you are an idiot.

Wow. You are clearly as ignorant as they come, a liar, or both. Which is it? People protest you and your cronies because you are…well, as stated in the previous sentence, both. We don’t get paid to stand up to your lies and bad policies.

Just say you’re a moron. Takes much fewer words.

Just a lot of people dont like Nazis.

It’s freaking awesome that Republicans have not once came up with the idea to “pose as an agitator, get paid big bucks with delicious snacks, expose all with Sean Hannity.” Like either (A) ya’ll are completely delusional and half the country suffering from what you call “TDS” really does hate the man that much to freely protest, or (B), you folks must be all tied as the absolute worst board game players in the history of mankind.

Arrest them all.

Never heard of the Constitution, slept through school.

Senator Rick Brattin for Missouri, your post is indicative of your inability to comprehend that there are things so important like our country and our form of government we don’t have to be paid to stand up for them.
In addition your post is indicative of the worry that you and your fellow unfit for office Republicans are feeling. You underestimated the resolve, integrity, ethics, and intelligence of “We the people”

There’s that.

You are some kind of stupid.

Same old tired lies. Nobody has to pay us to stand up for human rights. To fight for the rights of human beings, who are also citizens, to not be taken out in a Minnesota winter barely clothed at almost 60 years old. To not be shot in the face. To not have to do CPR on their 6-month-old because they were tear-gassed. Why is it beyond your comprehension that anyone would have to be paid to be a decent human being with empathy for others? We have been here before, and you’re on the wrong side of history.

Rick why didn’t you come out of your office and actually speak with us? We are Missouri voters who gladly attended for free. I spoke at the rally. But when a group of constituents went to speak to our senator after the rally he literally ran out of his office and hid from us. You might be more in tune with your constituents if you weren’t locked in your office taking creepy aerial photos of buses and lunches.

Does it make you sad that you’re just another Republican puking up lies? If you want people to listen to you, maybe you should try listening to the voters. It’s a 2 way street.
We have enough liars in the government. We need people who will tell the truth.
How do I know you’re lying? Because if there were any truth to this, you would sign up and have video of all of this happening, not a couple pictures that show nothing. Not only that, you’d have a check stub proving that these people are being paid.
Without any of that, you’re just a cog in the propaganda machine. I mean, I get why you have to believe those lies… because otherwise you’d have to accept the fact that so many people disagree with you and don’t like you… if you’re right, you can stay the course no matter what your voters think. Doesn’t make you right though, just bad at your job.

Batshit crazy

15 Thursday Jan 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2025 file photo].

Today:

Eric Schmitt
[January 15, 2026]

Territorial expansion is a time-honored American tradition—think Louisiana Purchase, Alaska. We’re a frontier people—it’s in our blood.
Acquiring Greenland isn’t a silly idea. It makes all the sense in the world.

[….]

Geography still matters at sea.

Greenland sits astride the GIUK Gap—the northern gate to the Atlantic.

If adversaries can move submarines and sensors freely through it, they can threaten transatlantic reinforcement, undersea cables, and U.S. war plans.

As the Arctic becomes more navigable, it also becomes more contested.

More traffic means more survey ships, dual-use activity, and gray-zone operations.

[….]

Some people never get out of junior high school.

If Denmark, Iceland, and the United Kingdom are no longer allies because Donald Trump takes Greenland than the GIUK North Atlantic gap doesn’t mean shit.

No NATO, no North Atlantic trade, dumbass. No NATO, no need for reinforcements, dumbass.

“…As the Arctic becomes more navigable, it also becomes more contested…”

Is that because of, gasp, global warming/climate change, dickweed?

“[Eric] Schmitt is a Fascist doosh”

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

It is a bat shit crazy idea. 75% of Americans oppose the idea. And the fact that you are even entertaining it should disqualify you from any public office in the United States of America.

What if Russia decided to expand and wants Alaska?

Trump (r) has set the precedent.

[….] We will lose NATO membership and every single base we have in Europe as well as the collaboration and goodwill of our longtime allies.

Sure…agree…it’s not a silly idea. It’s another idiotic idea concocted by our stable genius.

So, we need their resources?
We could call it operation lebensraum, that way the Germanic linguists in Greenland will feel heard.

Senator Eric Schmitt STFU, you Russian asset. Move already. Russia is calling MAGA to help fight their pathetic war where they’re being spanked by the Ukranians. Real patriots. Something you would know nothing about you fucking turncoat.

Mommy I want Greenland! Give me Greenland!!

I am speechless.😶 I am so ashamed of your statement, Senator. Maybe some reflection of what your duties of Senator entails and how you represent the state of Missouri – not the lawless regime.

We were surrounded by allies until the regime began threatening all of them.

You can help the current owners, who are NATO members and allies, secure it and prevent Russia or China getting a foothold. You would be welcomed and even celebrated.
But you can’t have it, it’s not for sale.
If you take it, you betray your allies and become just another China or Russia, a bully nation, and you weaken your own security rather than strengthen it.
This is a chance for the USA to show its quality. The world is watching.

“…This is a chance for the USA to show its quality…” Too late. That ship sailed in November 2016.

But, the Greenlanders have said, again and again and again, that they don’t want to be a part of the US. Why should we not respect that? Why do we need to be imperialist? Why do we need to threaten to take it by military force? Why are you all mouth-breathing morons?

No. We need to stay with NATO.

Bootlicking insanity

So are borders important or not?

This isn’t our territory. What is wrong with you?

This administration’s making us less safe. Not more.

Put the crackpipe down, Eric

Greenland is not a priority…at all. And it’s certainly not worth breaking our alliance in NATO. If you didn’t have your head so far up Trump’s ass, you’d see this.

We literally spent most of the 20th century pushing the world away from doing things that way, after it led to a pair of world wars that killed millions.
Even more ill advised to normalize wars of armed robbery in a world where nuclear weapons exist and are the most effective guarantors of territorial integrity. Nuclear proliferation will ramp up dramatically as smaller nations seek to protect their sovereignty.

It’s not a time honored anything. It’s Putin’s play book.

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

The logical conclusion of this argument is that the US must control all territories, everywhere, or Russia and China will. Greenland is our ally and will cooperate with our national security interests.
I believe this is about “critical minerals”, which are “critical” to investments made by the President’s wealthy supporters, including his son.

Grifters.

Greenland says NO. What part of that don’t you understand? Sit down!

Resign.

If it is so vital to US strategic interests why have you closed 30 out of 31 bases you had on Greenland since the 1950s?

Nice way to say invasion.

Hitler took over Europe. So it’s ok???

Take Greenland and the world will be against us. We will have no allies and it will be us against the rest. This administration is doing so much harm to the world, pitting us against ourselves, wrecking an already fragile environment, and foreign policy is take what we want whether they like it or not. Something is going to break and I’m afraid it will be us.

batshit fucking crazy

You’re a damn idiot if you think this makes us safer. This destroys NATO, exactly what Russia has been trying to do since 1945 or so.

Sovereign countries aren’t territory to expand into, asshole. And, maybe get your own house in order before ruining yet another part of the world.

Fuck you, fascist.

It’s not too late to delete this staggeringly stupid post.

It is now.

Sounds like something the nazis would do.

Eric Schmitt you are a clown. White men in suits nothing but, lap dogs for another grown man. You all are tyrants. Greenland is not ours to take.

The Triple Clown

11 Sunday Jan 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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A Fascist pig, a narcissist, and an asshole. In a single package.

Tonight:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
[….]
701 ReTruths 2.34k Likes Jan 11, 2026, 7:23 PM

“…Acting President of Venezuela…”

There is the small matter of those midterm elections in 2026

11 Thursday Dec 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, clown, former newsreader, gaslighting, impeachment, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, sycophant, that ridiculous hat, Trump sycophant

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[December 11, 2025]
🎪 Democrats tried another desperate impeachment circus today. It collapsed on impact. The American people are tired of political games, & so am I.
House Republicans are laser-focused on securing the border, rebuilding our economy, and restoring American strength, not fueling the Left’s obsession with President Donald J. Trump!!
[….]

Some of the responses (out of over 2000):

The king leads the sheep

or perhaps…. the lemmings.

the Emperor will pardon the ones who he thinks will do something for him in return. That’s why King Donald I was so upset with the Democrat he pardoned who then said he was going to run again as a Democrat.

I’m equally confused about which immigrants stay and which are hunted down and arrested?

the white ones stay

They pardon the ones that can pay for it. $$$ For a surcharge, the drug lord’s families get to come to the U.S. as well.

Kinda like the Letitia James fiasco, no?

The circus must go on! 😂

I gotta tell you the number of times I have seen Republicans getting ratioed on their own posts because nearly everyone hates them is bringing me great amounts of joy

“we’re blindly obsequious” isn’t the own you seem to think it is.

Midterms are coming.

Midterms anyone ?

How are you feeling about health care and affordability?

he doesn’t care

Laser focused? I had an Irish Setter once that had a longer attention span.

Did you wake him up to tell him yet?

Oh, no, Mark is practicing to be a “digital creator” or “influencer.”

The word is unaffordablity. Such a beautiful word. So awesome and wonderful. We love unaffordabilty, We love things to cost a lot. Another beautiful word is unaccountability. We love to be unaccountable for unaffordability.

Well there is always the midterms

🤣🤣what is your economic and healthcare plan? I’ll wait

Amen so am I. Indiana republicans respected their constituents today! And the grand jury did the right thing. Midterms are coming.

Midterms are coming!!!!!

Midterms, midterms, midterms…..

And how about your concepts of a plan on healthcare?

Tired of political games? Interesting.

Ironic.

Do you blame the dog whenever you fart? Nobody believes that either.

Circus? The only circus in town is maga

Ah yes the stable genius, most honest man in history stands tall again

Keep saying that to yourself.

Great job Mark. How’s the free lunch and free healthcare?

Doing a great job on the economy. Just ask your constituents. 🤮

the problem for people like Alford is that he’ll never get many Democrats’ votes, he’s too far gone for that, so he does what Kevin Yoder did when he realized that Sharice Davids–a Native American, lesbian, mixed martial arts fighter!–was likely to beat him in Kansas, he (Yoder) leaned harder into the MAGA constituency hoping there were enough of them motivated to come out and vote. He lost.

How are you rebuilding the economy if it is stronger than ever?

Laser focused on making these posts. Lol

See you in 2026 🌊

Midterms

I don’t think republicans are focused on those aspects either. Kinda hard to tell with your heads up Trumps backside.

And the law be damned, right? 🙄

Midterms, Mark.

Midterms are just around the corner

Yep midterms are coming

What is your plan to lower the cost of healthcare?

Where’s your health plan?

Shill.

Congressman Mark Alford 🖕

You were laser focus sitting at home for eight weeks when the government was shut down?

This clown said that he’s “sick of political games.” 😆 🤣 😂 😆 🤣 😂
Stop, bro, my side hurts! 😆 🤣 😂

Well you got one thing right: we are tired of the political games.

Where’s the health plan Mark?

What planet do you live on?

Have you been to the grocery store $$$$

A Republican says political games. Hilarious

Figured you liked games… it’s all you play.

What you mean to say is that you are “tired of political games” unless they serve your interest.

“Rebuilding our economy” destroying it first then “somewhat picking it back up” is like gambling with $100, loosing $100, buying back in with $300, loosing $300, buing back in with $500, loosing $500, buying back in with a $1000 and loosing $950. That’s not “fixing the economy”

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

“God has a plan for you.”

26 Friday Sep 2025

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

This evening:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 26, 2025

To all the 30,000 plus federal employees in the Kansas City area, many of you living in the current 4th congressional district and many living in the “new” fourth under the Missouri first map….

Please be advised that if a government shutdown happens on October 1, it will be a “Schumer Shutdown”.

@HouseGOP has done our job. We passed a continuing resolution to extend the current funding levels to November 21 to give us time to pass the remaining appropriation bills for 2026.

The Democrats want to shut down the government, to prove to the extreme side of its party that they are fighting @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and us. Republicans want to keep it open with a “clean” CR.

Stay safe and God Bless.

~Mark

Gaslighting clown.

Some of the responses:

Guess it’s different when it’s not doge firing everyone?

Perhaps Republicans could have worked with Democrats for once. They are only asking for concessions that are wanted and needed by “We the People”.

This isn’t going like you expected- and I LOVE that for you!

Republicans have the majority

Wrong…you’re so full of it. You know, God is watching you.

WWJD

You all are in power. It’s on you!

All that “listening” you said you were doing at those townhalls…. Apparently you don’t know how to HEAR!

Missouri First? I think you meant Trump First? Do you have to go to confession each time after you say that?

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

The Republicans are in control of every branch of our government. If the government shuts down. It’s. Your. Fault.

Seems like the GOP cannot do simple math or think their constituents are stupid. Which is it Mark? Can you explain if you don’t understand how the GOP has the majority of both houses or do you think we are too stupid to know how that works???

it takes 60 votes in the Senate

Then they need to roll up their sleeves and come up with a solution, eh? But that isn’t happening.

doesn’t matter to me. The GOP owns this. They can’t govern because they are too busy licking Trump’s boots rather than trying to serve the people who elected them. Every single one of us should be furious. If you’re not, then you aren’t paying attention.

Your party is in control across the board… stop blaming others for your inability to govern!!

You should go back to standup comedy or whatever you were doing.

Newsreader.

Wrong. GOP failure to lead since Republicans control both houses and the executive branch. People see through your lie. #ShowMeBetter

Please stop lying to your constituents. GOP has the majority in House and Senate. Trump cancelled the meeting with top Dems.
Hard to “stay safe” when your party is trying to strip so many of their healthcare. Do better and work across the aisle. The voters didn’t vote for your party to shut down the government.

GOP is responsible for not negotiating and demonizing those who didn’t vote for Trump. You have a responsibility for all your constituents.

Nice try. Republicans are in charge of the Executive branch, Senate, and House. Keep making excuses.

Seriously, do you not get how upset you are making your constituents? You are not representing.

Belton, Missouri.

Please, if you have to work this hard to place blame, we know it isn’t true. It just makes you look weak and pitiful.

You definitely are not doing your job.

If magat’s only knew how to balance a budget…. Somehow Democrats can but you folks can’t even talk about how to do it with them….

You really think people are stupid don’t you? Lol.

You have total control of the house, senate, and white house. Maybe if you had better policies you’d have more of your republican congress members on your side to vote this through, and you wouldnt have to illegally redistrict mid-decade. It’s kinda embarasing your policies are so weak and unlikeable that you have to play out of turn and rig your own map to win.
Stay safe. God bless.

More Alford propaganda

Sounds like a Trump shutdown
[….]

Stop! You own this shutdown!

You’re such an idiot.

Who in the fuck votes for this guy?

You’re lying again! Trump wouldn’t meet with the Democrats, and Republican House members are on vacation this week. So of course no negotiations can take place!

You’re not doing your job. You’re a boot licker for Trump, and that’s it.

Zero accountability. Republicans have been in charge. Republicans pulled the nuclear option even, to get their nominees through. Republicans can own this.
You, Mark Alford, can own this.

Nope- this is all MAGA bootlickers fault. You can’t gaslight the American people anymore.

You own three branches.
If things get shut down, it shows your inability to do your job.
Passing the buck isn’t going to cut it.
IIRC, your team pulled the same shit not long ago and you blamed the Dems then too.
Again…we are not all stupid and gullible, Marky Mark

Gaslight much? Wait until your constituents’ health care tax credits expire.

Previously:

Mark Alford (r) – coffee with constituents – Belton, Missouri – February 24, 2025 – hot water (February 24, 2025)

Mark Alford (r) – coffee with constituents – Belton, Missouri – February 24, 2025 – hot water – part 2 (February 24, 2025)

Self-important snowflake is apparently afraid of listening to his constituents. (February 25, 2025)

Mark Alford (r) – “Oh, the humanity!” (February 25, 2025)

Someone should tell him…

17 Wednesday Sep 2025

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Congressman Mark Alford
[September 17, 2024]
238 years ago, our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution and set in motion the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever known.
On Constitution Day, we remain committed to defending those rights and liberties that keep America strong. [….]

Some of the responses:

Yet you support a president that does not follow the constitution.
He issues ED’S and changes tariffs 4 times a day. Laws and regulations are at best suggestions.

Hypocrite.

Are you, though? Because…. *gestures widely* this ain’t it.

Glad to hear you support the Constitution. It doesn’t really align with your position on many things and you often apply it to folks you like but not those you don’t. I’ll believe you though if you’re changing your position. So I’ll be expecting you to condemn Pam Bondi’s recent statements on prosecuting folks for their speech. I also assume you’ll withdraw your post yesterday about firing teachers for posting their thoughts on Carlie Kirk! Thanks so much for pivoting from your previously communicated views that the Constitution is only for white, Christian conservatives. It gives me hope for the future!

Hey Mark, to commemorate the occasion would you mind taking a moment to actually read the Constitution?

You should celebrate by reading it

Then follow the Constitution…as previous leaders have.

Except the 1st Amendment, right? We can’t be out there letting people express opinions that disagree with the king.

“No King”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, acrylic. 22 x 28.
(Thank you, Tom Tomorrow)

Right. Like you follow the constitution.

Have you read it yet? 🤔

So do that…

You should read it some day.

My favorite is freedom of speech

Have you read it ? More importantly do you understand it ?

Defend the rights and liberties of Free Speech!

Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
– Zechariah 7:10 (ESV)

Except free speech, Due process, probably other things.

birthright citizenship, Emoluments clause, separation of powers, civil rights, voting rights.
The only part of the Constitution the GOP cares about is the 2nd amendment

Now that’s some.funny shit coming from you

Could you commit to actually upholding the Constitution? Because that would be great.

LOLOLOL defending rights and liberties where?

Well, except trump. And you. Trump has been very transparent that he wants the constitution to go away. And you and your colleagues facilitate that every day.

The document YOU ARE NO LONGER defending.

You sir mark know nothing of the constitution and what it even stands for you rather break the constitution Laws!

LIAR

Please read it…and actually do your job!

Better start defending it Mark.
The founding fathers would be kicking some ass if they were alive

You’re a joke

What a joke. The current administration has torn our Constitution to shreds. We no longer have freedom of speech. Our rights, as spelled out in the Constitution, are being stolen from us.

And you’re killing it. Fuck you mark

Be honest… You’d stop after the second amendment.

he would skip the first amendment too. They are already trying to criminalize free speech.

Congressman Mark Alford trashed and annihilated the 1st Amendment yesterday with his post about teachers.

Yes, he did.

They are rolling over in their graves because of the way Trump and Republicans are stomping all over the constitution.

Remember the maga response when Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer at his own house? Don Jr put out a meme of a “Paul Pelosi Halloween kit, complete with hammer and underwear”. Oh, how the magats thought that was so funny. And they laughed, and they laughed…Or how about Alex Jones, who mocked the murdered children from the Sandy Hook school shooting? The dead children’s parents had to sue him just to get him to stop. That is who is telling you how to be civil.

And now your party is destroying it

Thanks to you and your fellow ass kissers Mark, the experiment is dying.

Congressman Mark Alford. You lie. You trashed your oath of office in your undeniable and constant fealty to the Orange Russian, and you wiped your ass with the Constitution long ago. You’re a joke. You’re uneducated, and completely unqualified to serve in any office, particularly the position of House Rep. You’re a cheat. You’re a grifter, in this for what you can gain for your personal self and nothing else. You’re a murderer, putting in place legislation that has killed people and will continue to kill. If you had an ounce of self-worth, you would resign. #UnfitToServe

Your boy Trump is peeing on the Constitution, and you butt kissers aren’t doing anything to stop him. You’re a coward. Do your job!

A document that you and your fellow quislings ignore daily.

I’m not sure you know the constitution. You should be following it and upholding it, not being Trump’s boy.

I guess today is a great day to mark the death of our rights by having divisions of the federal government publicly pressure a private company into firing someone because he’s critical of them and their allies.
Pretty sad way to watch the last hopes of our once proud country descend into full on fascism.

“Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, acrylic. 22 x 28.

Seriously? What’s going on now in America goes against everything our constitution stands for and you know it!!

Well, they did.

Mark Alford (r) [2025 file photo]

Eric Schmitt (r): promoting Donald Trump’s (r) snuff film

08 Monday Sep 2025

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2025 file photo].

Yesterday:

Senator Eric Schmitt
[September 7, 2025]

Democrats can’t help but be on the wrong side of every single issue.
While they rush to defend violent crime and narcoterrorists, President Trump is busy making America safe again.
[….]

Some of the responses:

Attacking a civilian boat during peacetime is a crime.
You stop, search and arrest.

Declaring the US to be the ‘COPS of the Western Hemisphere’ as an excuse for committing an act of war / murder on the high seas with no actual evidence of any wrong doing is about as stupid as killing fishermen in someone else’s country because they were – uh – fishing. Didn’t have anything to do with Democrats, dumba$$.

I’d like one instance of anyone, who is not a criminal or a lawyer, defending, encouraging, or enjoying crime in any way.

I would like to hire a president that doesn’t break the law while trying to say they’re enforcing the law. Which is exactly what we see currently

absolutely correct. The irony of hypocrisy wrapped in delusional projection is real strong with this crew. My point is, “they” say the left defends criminals. This is absurd. Like the white Nationalists they are, they can’t help show their contradicting ideology.

none of them care about anything but allegiance to Donald trump. That’s it. He gave them a group of people to hate and they let their hate run wild. They don’t know anything about constitutional law nor care about it. All they want is him to attack the people they hate. And they only hate the people because he gave them someone to hate.
On a regular basis they use examples of previous administrations or presidents specifically from the Democrat Party who have done things that they want to see them hung for, and then as soon as Donald Trump does the exact same thing, which he does regularly, they use those people as an excuse to justify him doing it.
If they actually cared about any of it they would be equally as upset with him for doing the things he does as they do the other presidents they hate and want to see literally hung.
They’re the most subservient slave mentality group of people I’ve ever encountered in 52 years on this planet.

they are a group of people who are LED around by the nose.
They were told and believed that we now lived in a third world country by Donald Trump because prices went up during the global pandemic.
The very people who screamed third world country now will tell you that this is all just the price of progress because Donald Trump told them that’s what they have to believe now.

they have no goal other than power. And they’ll use whatever disingenuous nonsense they can come up with to justify that. Not an honest actor in the whole party. Including this guy.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2024 file photo].

What “crime” was committed by the people on the boat? We know only what tRump and his “Department of War” tell us.

we have no real idea, except that it is clearly a violation of international law. Unless we changed the prescription to alleged equals death penalty when I wasn’t looking. Though that might be on the table for this group.

I mean, a boat, thousands of miles away, that might have something on it, but who knows, is totally worth the ordinance expenditure. Laws for thee, not for me

MURDER WITHOUT TRIAL IS A WAR CRIME

Rand Paul is right:
Paul wrote in a post of his own later Saturday that “JD ‘I don’t give a s—’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’”
“Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??” the Kentucky senator added.
“What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial,” he continued.

Where were you January 6???

Was there any evidence of drugs on the boat?

Now, conveniently, no. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Make war crimes bad again.

Mr Schmit’s post is best discarded as it makes claims without presenting evidence.

He does that a lot.

Eric is projecting.

You dont get to be judge, jury and executioner. This is not how a civilized world works.

You’re serving a convicted felon who let over 1500 violent criminals go free. Not to mention the abhorrent acts he committed with Epstein. Don’t talk about crime. Just like the Confederates, Repubs are on the wrong side of history.

Please show us the evidence that they were gang members to start? Telling fishermen that they might be in danger! WTF!

By violating international law and exposing our citizens to the exact same treatment

You evidently can’t help but be on Trump’s side of every issue. Have you ever had an original thought in your life?

Evidently not.

Yet you come out as a white supremacist. How disgusting.

Like being on the racist side?

What BS. We’re at a 30 year low in the crime rate. Look up the facts.

Killed some poor fishermen …..

Senator it’s called murder. You are supporting a murderer.

So wait….you’re telling me this crappy boat was going to make it over 1000 miles to the US without refueling? It was an immediate threat? Come on. We aren’t stupid.

You mean like Trump pardoning all the J6er’s? But yeah, keep peddling your BS.

Bootlicker

Fuck you Eric

You’re an embarrassment to every sane person in Missouri. You’re nothing but a hypocrite and coward.

another false bs claim… only fools believe this crap…

You’re a outspoken white supremacist so your opinions are not particularly valued.

how about the War Dept show proof this 22’ skiff was traveling over 2,000 miles in open ocean to the US with drugs fully exposed with 11 people taking the majority of cargo space warranted being struck by a $225k guided missile.

Who’d the one who pardoned the criminals already convicted on Jan 6th?

Keep drinking the kool aid. Racist wanker

llegally killing people in international waters because the Secretary of Defense is a war monger with an oversized ego and a drinking problem.

Yeah shot up a fishing boat ffs

Vague hateful comments like this are what divides this country. Shame on you.
No one is cheering for crime. We are, however, concerned about the constitutionality of these policies. It’s a valid concern, and one shared by voters on both sides of the aisle.
Do your job.

That boat was incapable of getting anywhere near our shores. And with 11 people in an open hull? Not much room for a significant amount of drugs.
Keep blindly believing otherwise, senator.

So you’re on the side of killing people with no trials, no matter where they are or where they’re from?

So can you give Americans a list of the people on that boat and the crimes they were convicted of in American courts

How long have you been a war criminal, Eric?

History will show…..you fascist enabler….you are on the wrong side…….so we bomb a random boat now……will we be shooting down a passenger plane next?

Look at that boat where were the drugs? If you were smuggling drugs why would you have 11 people on the boat wouldn’t itmake since to have that extra weight in drugs. You clown

Are you and trump trying to start a war with Venezuela? He has bragged that when has never had a war started under his rule, but this sure looks like one to me. This is not making America safe, it is inviting violence by another who absolutely has the right to consider this an attack on them. Are you trying to start a war so you can declare martial law and close voting off indefinitely?

A boat 1000 miles away from the states that may or may not had drugs or coming to our country, is blown up. And we are okay with our government’s far reach? I don’t believe for one minute, that Trump and his cronies didn’t have another agenda. There is a cover up you can bet on it.

Pointing out that it’s a war crime to use the military to murder unidentified people in international water hundreds of miles from our coast isn’t defending violent crime or narcoterrorists. It’s telling of your lack of integrity that you’ve chosen to toss aside the rule of law in favor of placating an authoritarian who appears to be intent on grasping every strand of control with his own tiny hands.
On the other hand, we DO have a Senator who proudly stood up and publicly announced that the United States is supposed to be a white homeland. You’re a white supremacist who not only can’t be depended on to fairly represent ALL of your constituents, you’ve chosen to brag that you have no interest in representing them. You’re a disgrace to your party and your oath.

drug dealers don’t put 11 people on a boat. you have no idea who you killed.

Don’t be a Nazi Mr Senator.
Gaslighting is dangerous.

Send in the Clown…

06 Saturday Sep 2025

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“War [good god!] Is Good [what is it good for?] For Absolutely Nothing [say it again!]”
Circa 2001-2005.
28 x 22, posterboard, permanent marker.

RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR
Executive Orders
September 5, 2025

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law a bill establishing the United States Department of War to oversee the operation and maintenance of military and naval affairs. It was under this name that the Department of War, along with the later formed Department of the Navy, won the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II, inspiring awe and confidence in our Nation’s military, and ensuring freedom and prosperity for all Americans. The Founders chose this name to signal our strength and resolve to the world. The name “Department of War,” more than the current “Department of Defense,” ensures peace through strength, as it demonstrates our ability and willingness to fight and win wars on behalf of our Nation at a moment’s notice, not just to defend. This name sharpens the Department’s focus on our own national interest and our adversaries’ focus on our willingness and availability to wage war to secure what is ours. I have therefore determined that this Department should once again be known as the Department of War and the Secretary should be known as the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized the use of this additional secondary title — the Secretary of War — and may be recognized by that title in official correspondence, public communications, ceremonial contexts, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch.

(b) The Department of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of Defense may be referred to as the Department of War and the Office of the Secretary of War, respectively, in the contexts described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The provisions of this section shall also apply, as appropriate, to subordinate officials within the Department of Defense, who may use corresponding secondary titles such as Deputy Secretary of War or Under Secretary of War in the contexts described in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) All executive departments and agencies shall recognize and accommodate the use of such secondary titles in internal and external communications, provided that the use of such titles does not create confusion with respect to legal, statutory, or international obligations.

(e) Statutory references to the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense, and subordinate officers and components shall remain controlling until changed subsequently by the law.

(f) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a notification for transmittal to the Congress of any office, executive department or agency, component, or command that begins using a secondary Department of War designation.

(g) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a recommendation on the actions required to permanently change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. This recommendation shall include the proposed legislative and executive actions necessary to accomplish this renaming.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of War.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 5, 2025.

“Secondary title.” Performative bullshit. And expensive, too.

The reviews (and sarcasm) are in:

Captain Mark Kelly‬ ‪@captmarkkelly.bsky.social‬
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
[….]

Mehdi Hasan‬ ‪@mehdirhasan.bsky.social‬
The ‘antiwar’ president today tried to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.

Can’t make this stuff up.

‪Adam Kinzinger‬ ‪@adamkinzinger.substack.com‬

Department of war? More like Department of Distraction…. Epstein
[….]

‪Jeff Tiedrich‬ ‪@jefftiedrich.bsky.social‬

because nothing says ‘I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize’ more than renaming your Department of Defense to the Department of War

Chris Hayes‬ ‪@chrislhayes.bsky.social‬

If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?

Randi Mayem Singer‬ ‪@rmayemsinger.bsky.social‬

Bragging that you ended 7 wars… and then changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War seems incongruous.

Roberto Baldwin‬ ‪@strngwys.bsky.social‬

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

And that children, is why there are now Federal troops in Washington, D.C.

‪D. Earl Stephens‬ ‪@dearlstephens.bsky.social‬

A draft-dodger renaming the Defense Department the Department of War screams complete inadequacy.

Hoodlum ‪@nothoodlum.bsky.social‬

Pro tip: If you’ve spent the last decade begging for a Nobel Peace Prize, maybe don’t rebrand the Defense Department as the Department of War. Not exactly a winning strategy.

Joshua Erlich‬ ‪@joshuaerlich.bsky.social‬

so Department of War is more like a nickname. like, DOD’s teacher wouldn’t be allowed to call it Department of War in Florida.
[…]

Heh.

‪Governor Jay Inslee‬ ‪@govjayinslee.bsky.social‬

Also renaming the Department of Health and Human Services, the
“Department of War on Vaccines.”
[….]

Ouch.

‪Will Bunch‬ ‪@willbunch.bsky.social‬

You wouldn’t rename it the Department of War unless you were thinking of starting one soon

‪Adam Schwarz‬ ‪@adamjschwarz.bsky.social‬

Pete Hegseth says the Trump administration is restoring the name of Department of War because the US “hasn’t won a major war since” it was renamed the Department of Defence.

These people are breathtakingly stupid.
[….]

And so are their voters.

‪Ido Amir‬ ‪@idoamir.bsky.social‬

If you squint really hard you can see “Department of War” ACTUALLY reads “Lowering Egg Prices”.

A king’s ransom…

‪gwen howerton‬ ‪@kissphoria.bsky.social‬

Please do not deadname the Department of War

‪Bill Kristol‬ ‪@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social‬

Trump’s policies are leading us into recession, he’s kicking people off of health insurance and denying them vaccines, he’s destroying the rule of law, he’s being played for a fool by Putin..but he’s going to call the Department of Defense the Department of War! America is great again!

Pathetic.

Anthony Michael Kreis‬ ‪@anthonymkreis.bsky.social‬

I would be okay with a Department of War if we also had an Under-Secretary of Sea Shanties.

“Hic sunt dracones.”

‪Raffi Melkonian‬ ‪@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social‬

Department of War is the kind of thing I’d have thought was extremely cool when I was 10 and playing with little green army men.

Bingo!

‪Rocky Mountain Mike‬ ‪@rockymntnmike.bsky.social‬

Renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War! What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.

Elect a clown, expect a circus.

About January 6th….

12 Tuesday Aug 2025

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Yesterday:

Congressman Mark Alford
[August 11, 2025]

🚨 @POTUS IS SECURING THE SAFETY AND PEACEFUL FUNCTIONING OF OUR NATION’S CAPITAL:
[….]

There was much hilarity in the responses:

Starting to look a lot like CHINA – turning the troops on the CITIZENS. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Washington DC, District of Corruption with DjT is in office. Supporters of pedophiles are not right

Remember Jan 6? We do.

One must really wonder what’s in those files…
[….]

Is this why the White House removed the Habeas Corpus section of the Constitution on their website site last week?

How did he suddenly discover he can call out the national guard? Because he said he couldn’t on Jan 6. When there were actual terrorists trashing the capital and assaulting capital police. Curious.

One of the very first things he did was pardon the J6 rioters who assaulted police. Now he has one of them working in the Justice Dept. He himself has 34 felony convictions. I think I see a way to make a dramatic difference in reducing the influence of the criminal element in DC.

sounds like something Hitler would have done

Really, Mark. When are we gonna see the Epstein Files?

I wouldn’t believe any fact sheet issued out of this Whitehouse

Dictator move.

But it runs rampant in the white house.

Why didn’t he do that on Jan 6?

Fact: Violent crime in DC has fallen by 52% in the last 2 years and is currently at a 30 year low.
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Did you visit Epstein’s island?
We can not be sure who was involved until it is public.
Any officials who want to prove their innocence ought to push for the release of these files, otherwise, we shall always be suspicious that they might also be rapists.

The irony of a 34x felon claiming to restore law and order. This administration is a joke.

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

Following dear leader felon all the way.
The distractor-in-chief.

The amount of people giddy about the guard taking over our streets is alarming. Ever been to DC? Likely not. Ever been to a 3rd world country or communist country where their military walks the streets, airports, etc? Likely not either. Know history? Def not. My God.

DC’s crime rate is lower than it’s been in decades. What’s the real reason he’s calling out the National Guard?

To put this in real life isn’t this just like taking homeless people off the streets of KC and putting them in blue springs in tents and bragging how much this makes KC look better. Does nothing to handle our veterans with PTSD that are on the streets or kids thrown out when they turn 18 or the mental health problems,plus it pissed off magats in blue springs cuz you moved them there. A righteous man once said that that you do for the least of your brothers so you do for me,please sir dont pat yourself on the back to hard are you might knock yourself over.

This is about punishing political opponents, there is no world in which this is about law & order (January 6th, we will never forget, never forgive)

He’s militarizing against US citizens. He is creating a dictator state. This is not about “restoring” anything; this is about power and narcissism.

Crime in DC is down 26 percent from last year, but OK.

DICTATOR WANNABE POWER GRAB😡

What about all of the sex traffickers and pedophiles in the Epstein files? When is the safety of our underage girls and women going to be secured by locking up all those rich pedos that Trump is friends with??

Bullshit. You are are dumbass….or worse.

Law and order from a 34 time criminal FELON and sexual abuser???

MAGA are the criminals in DC. It’s abundantly clear.

This is AUTHORITARIANISM! Crime in Washington DC is at a 30 year low and You are supporting this illegal takeover of our nation’s capitol! What happened to supporting freedom, supporting the Constitution, and supporting the rule of law??? We did not vote you into office to do this!!

Mark, you’re on the wrong side of history. Fascist and pedophile protector.

GOP = guardians of pedophiles

Anything to take the Epstein stink off of Trump.

Release the Epstein files

So why not spend the $200,000,000 that is going towards a tacky White House ballroom and create housing for the homeless instead?

Do you ever get tired of lying? Or have you done it so long in your Fox years that you have just sold your soul to it?

Did Not-See this coming.
Those Epstein files must really implicate Trump as a pedophile.

Amazing that crime is down over 23% in DC. This is just Trump try to test dictatorial rule.

Fun fact: crime is down 24% in DC. Trump is just looking for an excuse to disperse armed military on every street like third world countries do. He wants to stop protesting and first amendment rights.

From car jackings?????
Isn’t that what cops are for?????
You’re a goddamned moron!

So, no national guard on January 6th, but definitely on August 11th. Makes total sense.
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It’s more nazi bullshit

How do you spin this one Alford? The felon says he is going to federalize the police and then the FBI comes in and says it is already on pace to be the lowest ever. Do you really think people are this stupid?
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Yes. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Do you have any real work to do besides posting lies about how great your cult leader is?
What have YOU done for Missouri??
And BTW, how about those Epstein files???

All-caps doesn’t make the rolling out of military personnel without, say, an insurrection any more valid.

Hmmm. This makes me curious. January 6th Trump supporters in the Capitol. 5 law enforcement officers DEAD and many more injured. And then Trump PARDONED the people who took part that day. 34 guilty verdicts, etc. And he’s the one who is going to end crime? Makes me wonder whose side you are really on. Back the blue and the law, Congressman Mark Alford.

Militarizing our nation’s capital is the behavior of dictators, not leaders in a democracy. Using armed force against your own people is an admission of failure, a betrayal of our values, and a threat to every American’s freedom.

Will US troops be ordered to shoot Americans? What city will be next?
This should scare the shit out of every American

Another distraction
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