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Mark Alford (r): drinking the national name brand artificially colored sugar beverage

09 Wednesday Apr 2025

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

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Yesterday:

Congressman Mark Alford
[April 8, 2025]
President Trump’s tariffs will usher in a New Golden Age for American workers.
Read our latest op-ed in @MissouriTimes [….]

Some of the responses:

Just yesterday, I rented a space from a now-closed coffee shop and will be manufacturing semiconductors within the next 2 weeks. #MAGA

Employing 100,000 workers, too. Sounds to good to be true.

yes, almost forgot about all the jobs I’m creating. Should see it on the next jobs report! [….]

hey I can sell you some lithium from the mine I opened this week out of an old Kmart.

done deal! (revises job creation number to 200,000 new jobs)

I’m sure there’s an opportunity to snatch up some Spirit Halloween stores and build some iPhones. Wanna partner? We can create 50,000 jobs – easy peasy.

Sarcasm can be a beautiful thing.

Don’t even have an original thought. That’s not surprising since all you know is how to read off a teleprompter.

He is gonna come at you for making “Teleprompter” comments haha But I Agree 100% Conformist – imagine the horror when the GOP realize King Dorito no longer needs them to rule his kingdom…

I think Alford is still gunning for an admin position. He’s never going to get one, and everything tariff is so tainted and so bad the Congressional Republicans are beginning to peel away from trump tariffs and are trying to mount a fight against them, LOL. It’s a tad too late to put the genie back in that bottle – they are openly admitting they abdicated their Constitutional powers and handed those powers to trump. That disqualifies them all from holding office.

They want us to believe that the fight is about the right vs the left. The REAL fight is between the powerful wealthy and the rest of us

Mr. Alford, when’s the next Mondays with Mark, where you meet with your real constituents to answer their real questions and get to see their real response to you regurgitating Republican talking points?

I disagree, while there are some trade imbalances that could have been addressed with targeted tariffs, I think the hatchet approach that is being implemented will have a long lasting effect on the economy causing a significant recession probably even a depression. I do not think that you will ever restore manufacturing in the US to the degree it once was because we have most definitely moved passed the manufacturing phase of capitalism and now in the midst of a service economy. to restore manufacturing, you would have to cut wages to a level that is competitive on a world stage. that would be stepping back in time. I think efforts are better spent on quality education and focusing on the service economy in areas of Tech especially where we are definately falling behind as a nation.

Yeah, all the small business owners disagree. Do you still think foreign countries pay tariffs? [….]

Gilded Age of America. Just like in McKinley’s playbook

Even McKinley came to realize tariffs were a bad idea.

The dicktator has wiped out our 401ks. It’s golden for him and his rich buddies.

the felon has lost the stock market 6 trillion dollars. He’s quite the business man.

Congressman Mark Alford You’re a college dropout, a former realtor and a former news anchor! Why would anyone listen to you about tariffs and how they relate to agricultural produce, electronics, automobiles, etc being sold in a the US? Trade deficits are not tariffs! You are a disgrace to the US House of Representatives! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

When the tariff deal goes down the toilet, at least you’ll still have all the usual suspects to blame. Biden, Harris, Soros, Hillary, Schumer, Obama, Carter, Pelosi, Bernie, and the lying liberal press. Did I leave anybody out? You will take no responsibility for your clown show when it ruins everything.
I’m so ashamed of what this country is becoming under our dopey, ridiculous president.

Traitors and fascists

Mark…u r either ignorant or oblivious of the damage the convicted felon is doing to Americans, especially the working class. You hide from ur constituents who would gladly educate you. Perhaps you will be courteous enough to respond on Facebook….Mark, I can’t hear you.

We are not stupid.
We know corporations would rather just increase prices than spend billions to re-create the manufacturing infrastructure that was destroyed in the Reagan and Bush eras.

Yep.

I’m hearing economic nuclear winter and Alford is just sitting there being complacent.

No reputable economists agree with you Mark. You’re bankrupting your constituents and creating a recession. Get your head out and do something for your people.

Not gonna happen.

Binder Barbie 2 admits that the Trump Administartion wants to deport US CITIZENS to prisons in El Salvador.
Hitler did that too. He sent Jews and his enemies to Poland [….]

Congressman Mark Alford, thanks for showing your Ignorance and Stupidity!
You do realize they the U.S. is a “consumer” country and not a large “producer” country.
Also, you do realize that even in the best circumstances, it will take at least 3-5 years to build the required factories.
And in case you missed it, even YOUR GOP Cabinet advisors have said those factories will be full of robots doing the work. SO, What New jobs will be created for humans and NOT robots?

You nazis should be ashamed for lying to your followers and destroying the USA. Hell is for deceivers. Look up that verse.

Will there be a new Golden Age of you kissing Der Fuhrers Ass?

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Your constituents are restless

03 Thursday Apr 2025

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

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It’s a mystery. Not.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

This afternoon:

Congressman Mark Alford
[April 3, 2025]
Things are escalating. The U.S. doesn’t need to be in the middle.
Zelensky needs to live up to the Mineral Rights Deal, and he must define what victory looks like. [….]

Anything else going on? Just asking.

Some of the responses:

Dude, I like you, but I think you’re off on this one, as well as Trump. That mineral deal is objectively not good for Ukraine, it would see the country stripped of its resources and still left vulnerable to future Russian attacks because it doesn’t include any kind of security guarantees. You can see why someone would be hesitant to sign on this, right?

Why do you support Putin? Because Traitor Trump does, and you blindly follow him?

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

extortion is not a good look either

Because it’s extortion?

It’s worse than extortion because Ukraine gets virtually nothing in return. They lose resources that are needed now by its people now more than ever and still gets no form of protection from Russia.

What Victory Looks Like! Russia leaves Ukraine! That’s what victory looks like!

right. Like he hasn’t said that a million fuckin times now. This war could end tomorrow, Russia doesn’t want peace it wants land.

And once Putin takes Ukraine, Moldova is next, then Poland, and then a boots on the ground European ground war, if not WWIII.

Wow comparing this to Vietnam is wild and proves how uneducated Congressman Mark Alford is on his social studies

If Russia invaded the United States what would victory look like?
I’ll give you a hint. It would start with every last one of their soldiers retreating off our soil.
Stand with our allies. Stand for democracy.

Alford does not stand with democracy, he has made that plain. He has shown again and again he stands with Putin.

Mr. Alford, when’s the next Mondays with Mark, where you meet with your real constituents to answer their real questions and get to see their real response to you regurgitating Republican talking points? Mr. Alford, when’s the next Mondays with Mark, where you meet with your real constituents to answer their real questions and get to see their real response to you regurgitating Republican talking points?

I just love when our country extorts our allies to get help that other allies have willfully granted us because….that’s what allies do and all.
But I guess when some on our ‘team’ actually want the bad guys to win, it makes more sense.

There is one that is a long time enemy of our country and other Democratic nations who was the aggressor.
I think it’s safe to call Putin a bad guy…and Trump has made himself known as Putin’s lap dog quite clearly.
You don’t like Zlenskyy, that’s fine – but he didn’t invade another country…and his country is still supposedly our ‘ally’. Russia is not.

And you need to live up to your promise to always kiss Der Fuhrers Ass!

We want Ukraine to be free. Do not blackmail Ukraine.

We also don’t want our economy wrecked with tariff taxes on us. Damage of DonOld’s own making

Measles and tariffs, what century is it?

do you blindly just regurgitate Russian propaganda? Russia started this when they invaded Crimea.

You are deflecting away from the stock market crash, you feckless coward.

Putin already rejected the Trump** surrender of Ukraine in its entirety.
Putin clearly wants it all, and is getting away with ZERO tariffs!
Why no tariffs?

Nothing like the republican party going full nazi mode. With little people like you throwing a hissy fit. We, the US, has ZERO right to extract minerals or anything else from another country in exchange for prote lion against another country bombing them into oblivion.

Why did Fox News remove the stock market ticker from the show?
Hmmmm…because it’s THAT bad & they are an ENTERTAINMENT source, not a “news” source!

Did you learn about how to deal with this before you dropped out of college or during one of the commercial breaks on a cooking segment at Fox 4? Shut up and stay out of the way, broadcaster caucus idiot.

Keeping Putin happy that’s the company Line

You should be more worried about our our 401ks and your seat in Congress.

He has clearly defined what victory looks like. Have you been tapped by Russia? Ffs, all he wants is Russia out of his country. Thats it.

401k today?

This is more your style Alford. Stick to your pathetic Almost Friday clown show crap. You are not qualified for anything more

Congressman Mark Alford The DOW closed near the low of the day today, losing 4% and down 1700 points. American’s holding retirement accounts lost hundreds of billions of dollars today. You and your orange Russian are responsbile for 100% of it. I know you don’t have a clue about trading, you know absolutely nothing about stocks or the stock markets, and the term “DOW theory” means zilch to you, but FYI: closing at or near the low of the day is not good at all. Look out below …
#Resign #UnfitToServe #RatfuckerPolitician

Congressman Mark Alford. STFU and sit down, trump clown. You are so vastly UNQUALIFIED to make any comments about Ukraine there are no words. Go home and press your cheap suit. You have no business being in DC, you are completely unfit to serve.

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Previously:

This year’s bad poetry contest winner (April 2, 2025)

“Liberation” (April 3, 2025)

−1,679.39 (- 3.98%) (April 3, 2025)

“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.”

19 Wednesday Feb 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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clown, Donald Trump, Fascist pig, felon, social media

Today, from the felon:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!

6.42k ReTruths 31.7k Likes Feb 19, 2025, 12:58 PM

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

There are a lot of reactions:

Jess Piper ‪@piperformissouri.bsky.social‬

I won’t serve a king…
February 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM

My family fought in the Revolutionary War, and I won’t stand for this.

Not even with fava beans?

No gods… no kings.

He’s not a king. He’s not a Duke. He’s just a dick.

That would be bad enough, but one that’s also a colossal asshole?

He’s going to serve us up on a platter to Putin & Musk.

“I do not call myself subject to much at all.”

–Hawkeye, “Last of the Mohicans”

Nope. Never.

If you’re American, you don’t serve ANY man.

Your duty as a citizen is the the CONSTITUTION.

or a fascist
or a dictator
or a felon
or a rapist
…

Medium rare, bearnaise sauce, with a nice Chianti.

His supporters are stupid and he’s THEIR king. Nobody else’s.

I am a citizen
not a subject.

I don’t think I can even abide one.

And I refuse to eat cake.

…or a robber baron

I wouldn’t serve a king either. Not unless he came with a side of something healthy like Broccoli or salad.

Me either or a Jester, Idiot or Billionaire.

Or his assistant king.

Oh, America what have you done?

“This is how America ends, not with a bang but with a Traitor.”

“Let them eat fries”

Eggs are another matter.

Or a felon, rapist, crook, con man…

Joyce White Vance ‪@joycewhitevance.bsky.social‬
American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.
[….]
February 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM

George Washington just did a somersault in his tomb

Such an ignorant person and a dangerous one at that, elected by people that had to be clueless running our country— we have become an embarrassment to the rest of the world.

It took him 30 days to declare himself King.

His idea of humor is yet another indication of his growing madness.

Your mistake is in thinking he’s joking.

Authoritarians are never “just joking”.

Only a dumb-ass would say this.

That explains it.

He isn’t kidding.

He is deliberately putting that out there, so that if 74 million MAGA supporters relentlessly repeat it on Social Media, he’ll say it’s the will of the people.

He’ll declare himself king.

Just watch. It will go viral on X.

What a fucking maniac!

It’s hideous because trump is not joking.

Canada is starting a war with the United States by not acquiescing to the idea of being the 51st state. Because, obviously, Ukraine started that war with Russia.

Logic.

Oh, I think we all know he’s not joking

He has no sense of humor so he’s serious.

Here’s a hint: Donald Trump has never been joking about anything.

WTAF

Petty? He’s batshit crazy.

and really, really stupid.

Pretty sure there’s NOTHING this man can do to make New Yorkers like him again

Yes. He is a clown with a flamethrower, but he still has a flamethrower.

He is way more dangerous than many people believe.
He has initiated the destruction of the U.S.
Everything he does is for a selfish reason.
Whatever is next on the menu will be worse than the last thing he does.

He got what he wanted already (staying out of jail). Everything being done now is not him, it’s the people behind him. He’s just signing papers.

A true looney-tune.

Trump does not make jokes. This is where he is mentally. In his mind, the fact that he’s gotten away with this much means he has carte blanche in his estimation. It’s going to get worse…

It never was a joke, he’s just trying to normalize the idea of him being a dictator so Americans are too apathetic to do anything about it.

He can fuck off

He is not joking. The man wants to be king

It’s going to get worse.

Sycophant regurgitates mindless drivel

02 Sunday Feb 2025

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

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circus, clown, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, immigration, missouri, right wingnut, sycophant, U.S. Senate

What else is new?

Eric Schmitt (r) [2024 file photo].

Have some self-respect, man.

Yesterday:

Eric Schmitt
[February 1, 2023]
Never forget the border crisis was a man-made crisis created by Biden and the Democrats.

“No human is illegal”

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

Eric Schmitt, you as much of a bigot as Orange Adolph. The border has been unsecured since the Mexican American War. You and your toadies had a Bipartisan Border Security Act ready to go and Republicans, like you, killed it on the orders of Orange Adolph, so he could campaign on the issue.

Well, yes.

pot calling the kettle black? You have no one to blame but yourself and your party. You created this by being so completely unbearable and so anti-American that the Amish came out to vote against you. Let that sink in, your party pissed the Amish off so bad that they showed up on November 5. Hell, people from ALL walks of life voted against you but we are the bigots and racists. Stay off of social media because this is going to continue to worse for you. DJT hasn’t even been in office a month and y’all are already melting down.

Eric Schmitt Are you all moral cowards w/ no spine? You preach honesty and integrity yet trump is a convicted felon, who paid off a pornstar, ran a fake Univ, had 6BKs, sexually abused a woman and you seem to have no thoughts on that and also seem to have no opinion on if Snowden was a traitor. You are an embarassment, I hope your kids know the role model you serve when it comes to the above!

Well, grifters, too.

There was a bipartisan bill on the cusp of passing until that orange dumpster fire killed it.

Bullshit the border has been a crisis the last 50 years. As usual your just throwing bullshit out to see if you can get any idiot to buy into it.

the price of gas is going up. You haven’t brought down grocery prices. When are you going to do something for the working people? Trump sent an email to all the air traffic controllers encouraging them to resign. That should make air travel really interesting.

That is false Senator Schmitt

You are doing nothing but stoking fear.

You are LYING. Lying your ass off. You KNOW Trump killed the bipartisan border deal. Don’t you feel any shame at all? You have no class or character.

Let’s be clear about Trump’s history with immigration … mass deportation did NOT work well his first time around.
Under Biden, American citizens weren’t being harassed and detained simply because of the color of their skin. Under Biden, Missouri representatives weren’t considering putting bounties on peoples’ heads and incentivizing citizens (with guns) financially to hunt down illegals.
In Trump’s first term, his immigration policies released criminals into the US. His first term focused on prosecuting migrant parents, separating families, and banning asylum. One of his first acts in office overrode an Obama policy to remove public safety threats. Trump actively released tens of thousands of noncitizens WITH criminal records into the United States.
Trump, in his first term, very specifically wanted MASS deportation over TARGETED deportation, taking emphasis OFF of the immigrants who posed a threat.
By the end of Trump’s first term, three times as many criminals were gaining access to the US than at the beginning of his term. Trumps actions, “reversed a decade of near-continuous progress in deterring criminals from attempting to enter the United States illegally”
Trump is not a hero cleaning up Biden’s mess. He had just as much time in office as Biden to address our immigration issues and he failed.

I am very concerned about the actions of private citizen Elon Musk, in particular as they threaten the integrity of our Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other crucial services. Is this something you can do anything about?
Per reputable sources, Elon Musk’s staff has been caught plugging in hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA). His staff encountered resistance when demanding that Treasury officials grant access to systems managing the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare. Tensions escalated when Musk’s aides were discovered at OPM accessing systems, including a vast database known as the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), which contains sensitive information such as dates of birth, Social Security numbers, performance appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, and length of service for government employees. In response to employees speaking out, Musk’s aides locked civil servants out of computer systems and offices, with reports of personal items being searched.
He is a private citizen who has no right to any of this information. He and his accomplices need to be brought up on charges under the CFAA.
Computer hacking criminal law violations under the CFAA include:
• Obtaining national security information (through a government computer system or website)
• Accessing computers or systems to obtain value or defraud a victim
• Accessing a computer to obtain information without permission
• Extortion that involves computers

Why don’t you care about OUR country and having a functioning government? Don’t you care about your children and grandchildren’s future? Your vile felon leader is out to destroy our democracy and every agency in the Federal Government. My father did not fight in WW11 so you can merely put our country into a dictatorship because you are TOO weak to save this country. Act to impeach Trump NOW, or everything in the country is lost. He is gutting all fast.
First rule of government is to keep the people safe above all else. ACT Now

Why would you say that? That is not a unifying strategy. Is sowing hate and division in your job description? You are supposed to be working for the benefit of ALL Missourians NOT encouraging us to distrust each other.

What are you doing about Musk, an unelected billionaire, taking over the OPM and the Treasury Dept? Sounds like you are an accomplice to our country becoming a dictatorship. Trump is following the Project 2025 playbook and you and other Republicans are sitting on your hands. Shame on you all. History will not be kind to you.

DEI isn’t responsible for any of our problems.
trump’s causing inflation and disruption of the economy and government. His owner/co-president, Musk, is trying to gain control of the Treasury Dept’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, a little-known but critical office that is responsible for getting money to Social Security recipients.
Stop listening to Fox and other Kremlin propaganda media sites and start paying attention to the truth and facts.

What a freakin’ joke. We got you and you have no credibility. Sound like a puppet!

We were thinking “clown”, but “puppet” works, too.

“Hey everyone….look at the border.
Don’t look over here. Elon isn’t doing anything shady. Don’t worry federal employees, we are going to give you a long vacation and a buyout. Then we will replace you with Musk created minions. Just relax, it will be painless…..Oh, look! More criminals trying to come across our border.”

I’m watching you on Meet the Press, and am so EMBARRASSED you are Missouri’s senator!! You are Trump’s little parrott! Can’t believe people voted you in!

You were a lousy A.G. and you’re a lousy Senator.

Yep.

Never forget at least some Missouri voters are educated and informed. Your twisted propaganda statistics are disingenuous at best. Why is President Musk accessing federal databases?

Don’t divert …do not confirm RFK. Do not fire/prosecute federal lawyers that upheld our constitution. Do not allow Elon access to our personal data. This is ridiculous

Dude your voicemail is full. Can you not even manage that to hear from your constituents?

That’s a feature, not a bug.

Explain to me how an unelected person appointed to an unofficial office is allowed access to US citizen’s private information and access to other information he shouldn’t have? Are you going to do anything about THAT?

I just saw you on Meet the Press. You really need to answer questions directly.You couldn’t answer one question clear and concise. Just walking 1m miles around the answer. I have no respect for you if you can’t be honest and direct.

You are misinformed

You are a damn filthy disgusting liar.

Saw this idiot on meet the press ths morning. He forgot to mention someone went to prison for fake information about Hunter Biden when he was using his typical idiot Republican “whataboutism”. Like a typical cowardly Republicans he referring to a tough question as a “gotcha question” inntypical Republican fashion. This guy, like all Republicans cannot think for himself. They are all pathetic cowards kneeling at trumps alter. We all see it.

Puppet

Hey Eric ol boy what’s your plan to help Missourians weather your orange master’s stupid-ass trade war?

You are a disgrace with your damning comments on Canada. Just another trump goon and you have convinced noone. You are a liar and a trump cult member. You have lost all your credibility. Nice side stepping can’t even answer the Snowden question. People are tired of the TRUMP GAMES and you are an ass

You’re a bootlicking clown.

Watched you this a.m. on MTP. You’re a bigger buffoon than I thought. Thanks for letting the American people hear you say out loud you want to see white straight males running everything. Maybe next time you’re asked to appear on television, wear the white sheet and pointy hat!

Saw you on Meet the Press with your racist comments. It is disgusting that we have someone who is spewing the felon’s alt right white message about dei. You are a disgrace to Missourians. THEN you LIED about fentanyl. Fentanyl precursors continue to be produced in China, then shipped to Mexico and countries in Central America; these countries are the leading suppliers of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogs sold in the United States. Why isn’t CHINA getting tarriffs? Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens. State the facts and not lies. I guess you think Missourians won’t fact check you and your racist comments.

How does your dumb fascist ass plan to shield us from the impact of your stupid boss’s tariffs, moron?

Elect clowns and the government becomes a circus.

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

I, for one, welcome our new oligarch overlords

08 Wednesday Jan 2025

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

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[January 8, 2025]
2025 will be historic.
This year, House Republicans will work with President Trump to reauthorize the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and deliver tax relief for American families, farmers, and small businesses! [….]

Yeah, bullshit.

The responses:

Why not work with the other side for the benefit of all people?
(And everyone else, spare us the empty claims of Democrats hate America, Democrats don’t care, etc.)

Bless your heart.

Republicans Don’t Care About The Working Class , The Elderly , or The Poor People ! [….] Republicans Just Care About The Wealthy ! [….] It’s a Very Sad Situation ! [….]

Alford already telling you the goal
Ensure tax cuts then claim we’re too broke to help the poor and sick or do anything for the middle class
Didn’t take him long to lay out the gameplan

Congressman Mark Alford Tax Cuts For The Wealthy ! ! ! Don’t You Even Ever Consider Cutting Social Security and Medicare , To Pay For Wreckless Tax Cuts For The Wealthy = Skyrocketing The Debt. ! We Paid For Social Security and Medicare and Earned Our Benefits ! That Trust Fund is Our Money/Benefits ! ! ! Not The Governments Slush Fund ! ! !

They have a plan. Those cuts are in it.

They are trying to do it again.
[….]

Tax cuts do not create jobs. Demand for products create jobs. No employer is going to hire extra people, unless he needs them.
Give those tax breaks to the middle class and they will spend that money buying widgets, so employers will need to expand. Otherwise, that extra money just goes into the pockets of those at the top.

Tax cuts for billionaires you mean.

100% correct. The poor feeding the rich

How do you plan to accomplish those goals without significantly increasing the annual federal deficit?

He doesn’t.

All that we really want is tax cuts for billionaires.

Heh. We’re assuming that’s sarcasm.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that simply extending the 2017 tax cuts would cost more than $4 trillion over a decade — a price tag that would grow if other tax cuts, like Mr. Trump’s proposal to not tax overtime pay, are included. (I have never understood how cutting the source of government income helps pay the debt.)

Magic beans!

So, when can we expect our groceries to go down?

That would be “never”.

And you will have nobody to blame when you fail.

You mean tax cuts for the rich!!! Fixed it for ya Marky Mark

Yep.

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

About last night

21 Saturday Dec 2024

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

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Congressman Mark Alford
[December 20, 2024]
5 days ’til Christmas, not a lawmaker was resting—not even their spouse.
A CR stalled, a shutdown looms.
Let’s fund defense, aid farms, and protect Americans.
This Christmas, give the people their due: a funded government. America first, & to all, a good night.
[….]

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

The vote:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 517
H R 10545 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 20-Dec-2024 5:59 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
BILL TITLE: American Relief Act, 2025
[….]
—- YEAS 366 —

Alford
Bush
Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 34 —

Burlison

—- ANSWERED “PRESENT” 1 —

—- NOT VOTING 29 —

Luetkemeyer

[emphasis added]

Some of the responses:

Hey, all you Alford voters here dependent on disaster relief, farm bill funding, Social Security checks, Medicare, Medicaid, and more. DEMOCRAT LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL SAVE THE DAY WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THE GOVERNMENT OPEN – AGAIN.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE HOUSE: WORKING FOR YOU!

We see what you did there.

[….] republicans just cut a measly $190 million for kids’ cancer research. You think they’re NOT going to cut SS? They’re coming for your or your granny’s social security next, PAL. Enjoy your beans and rice 7 days a week.

Wow, how desperate for attention can one man be? Let’s hope some of these paid representatives are actually earning their salaries and working on legislation instead of sound bites.

[….] made a fool of himself with this jingle on the House floor this afternoon.

We The People deserve to know what exactly is in this CR !! We demand transparency and if you voted it in we’re COMING FOR YOUR SEAT ! btw I live in your district

All bills are available online. He already did. You won’t. That doesn’t really matter to him.

A bipartisan agreement killed by an oligarch.
No cutesy rhyme needed.

An incoming president threating,his own party to do his bidding, does this sound like America, or Germany?

In the 1930s.

Talk to President Musk.

President Musk, everyone! [….]

And the DEMOCRATS came through for the PEOPLE again!
Republican infighting will be the ruin of the next Congress- par for the course.

In the end, the Democrats saved the day. The GOP could not have passed the bill on its own. Every member of the Democratic caucus (save one) voted in favor of the CR—which is the only reason the bill passed. (One Democrat voted “present.”)
In contrast, 34 Republicans voted against the bill—which means that Republicans needed Democrats to reach the two-thirds majority to pass the bill under “suspension of the rules.” Indeed, Republicans could not have passed the bill on a simple majority vote even though they hold the majority in the House!

Stop putting all the pork in these bills!

Go ahead, take this one.

Right .. 1)Paying people to DO THEIR JOBS is “pork”? 2)Sending a Rep to DC to represent this state’s “interests”, i.e. bring Fed $ HERE – but everyone ELSE is “pork”??? 3) This was a REPUBLICAN BILL… 4) WHAT “pork”?? – air traffic controllers? paying the troops?? kids with cancer?? — EXACTLY WHAT PORK are you whining about??

Is it A REPUBLICAN BILL OR A DEMOCRATIC BILL CONGRESSMAN!?? PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT IT IF IT’S NOT FOR US!!

So much confusion.

Funny? or Embarrassing.

Shut this down vote NO

Outstanding. What remarkable and lyrical eloquence supporting socialism.

Bah, humbug.

Alford votes to cut kid cancer research and told farmers in Missouri’s 4th to fuck off.
No farm assistance for farmers.
No Social Secuirty for granny.
No cancer treatments for kids.
Merry Christmas from mark alford and president musk.

What is wrong with you

So dum

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Previously:

“It’s a Christmas miracle.” (December 19, 2024)

Temper tantrum (December 19, 2024)

Cognitive Dissonance (December 17, 2024)

Tragedy, then quickly, to Farce

04 Wednesday Dec 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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autocracy, Billy Long, clown, Donald Trump, fascists, IRS, missouri, right wingnut

Billy Long (r) [2022 file photo].

News item:

Donald Trump picks Missouri’s Billy Long to lead the IRS
By: Jason Hancock – December 4, 2024 5:24 pm

Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long was tapped on Wednesday evening by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Internal Revenue Service.

Trump called Long — who served six terms representing a Southwest Missouri district — a “consummate people person,” adding “taxpayers and the wonderful employees of the IRS will love having Billy at the helm.”

The current IRS commissioner’s term doesn’t expire until 2027.

[….]

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

Congressman Billy Long, CTBA @auctnr1
I will not be issuing a blanket pardon, but I will be issuing a blanket thank you because I can’t keep up with all of you as fast as my phone is blowing up. Thank you. Let’s get to work! [….]
5:17 PM · Dec 4, 2024

Elect a clown, expect a circus.

Pointing fingers in the right direction

07 Thursday Nov 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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#resist, accountability, clown, clowns, disinformation, Fascism, gaslighting, meta, Obey our Fascist overlords, Resist, voters, voting

Old media, if not anything else, can turn on a dime.

The gaslighting hasn’t infiltrated everywhere just yet. This morning.

Mika Brezinski: “Was Joe Biden’s presidency a failure.”

Eugene Robinson: “No.”

The Democratic Party doesn’t have to figure out anything, nor change its core beliefs.

Look in the mirror. American voters faced an important test on Tuesday. Too many of them failed, by commission and omission.

They deserve what they’re going to get.

Far too many others, our most vulnerable, don’t.

#Resist

Donald Trump (r) is a maroon

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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

“…Now she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison…”

“…A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it…In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there….”

He’s a fucking idiot. If you’re voting for him, you are, too.

“I had a job once…but I was too busy climbing ladders to pay any attention to it”

03 Tuesday Sep 2024

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Josh Hawley (r) [2024 file photo].

Report shows Black drivers still pulled over at higher rate than white drivers in Mid-Missouri
By Mitchell Kaminski
May 31, 2024 7:54 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Black drivers in Missouri were once again pulled over at a higher rate, based on their percentage of the population in 2023, according to the state’s annual Vehicle Stops Report. [….]

For a period of time Josh Hawley (r) was the Missouri Attorney General. You’d think he knew what the office actually did.

Vehicle Stops Report

[….]

Concerns raised by the citizens of Missouri and the Missouri legislature regarding allegations of bias in traffic enforcement prompted the passage of SB 1053 (2000). SB 1053 created Section 590.650, RSMo. which became effective August 28, 2000. This statute created the Vehicle Stops Report and required that the Attorney General’s Office collect and report on traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers across the state of Missouri.

Under § 590.650, RSMo. all peace officers in the state must report specific information, including a driver’s race, for each vehicle stop made in the state. Law enforcement agencies must provide their vehicle stops data to the Attorney General by March 1, and the Attorney General must compile the data and report to the Governor, General Assembly, and each law enforcement agency no later than June 1 of each year. The law allows the Governor to withhold state funds from any agency that does not submit its vehicle stops data to the Attorney General by the statutory deadline.

[….]

These reports have been issued annually since 2000. Apparently, Josh Hawley (r) wasn’t paying attention. Today:

Senator Josh Hawley
[September 3, 2024]
Remember this Biden-Harris-backed judicial nominee?
Senator Hawley called her out for thinking that enforcing TRAFFIC LAWS is racist —
[….]

Some of the responses:

Here is the reason why, “Traffic stops, and pretext stops in particular, are riddled with racial disparities; so, too, are the harms that flow from them. Empirical analyses demonstrate two key findings: (1) Black drivers are consistently over-policed and disproportionately stopped, with rates of investigatory or pretext stops for Black drivers often more than double the rates for white drivers; and (2) Black motorists are more likely (once stopped) to be intrusively searched, arrested, and subjected to police violence. The harms from these interactions—the indignities of being stopped and searched; the state surveillance attendant to being charged with a misdemeanor; the carceral exposure that comes with being accused of a felony; and physical pain, injury, and death—are well documented. And of course, this disturbingly uneven treatment offers no corresponding benefit to public safety, as multiple studies show that Black motorists are, if anything, less likely than white drivers to be found with contraband. In the face of these continuing racial disparities, jurisdictions across the country have begun to step up and address these issues.”

Hawley? Would you Please just go away, disappear, leave us alone, and stop being such a jerk?

Another day, another hand picked selective clip of Hawley haranguing someone to make himself look important. Didn’t show the context, didn’t show her response. Can’t wait to vote for Lucas Kunce.

She states clearly in the clip that she isn’t saying not to enforce the violations, but that those type of tickets could be issued by mail and not by the police. Who could then “focus on more serious enforcement.” Josh here is showboating out of context. Again.

Hawley is a showboating joke of a punk who doesn’t belong on the room with serious people..
Josh Hawley will always be best known as the guy who pumped his fist at insurrectionists outside the Capitol on January 6th… then ran for his life just a few hours later.
Non-serious CLOWN…
[….]

The Senator lying to mislead. This is what the document says: ” Framing an ordinance precisely and intentionally. Many preemption concerns can be mitigated by making clear that an ordinance is not about total non-enforcement of state traffic laws. Instead, the ordinance might narrowly effect changes in local police departments’ stop authority, while leaving open other avenues of enforcing state laws and notifying drivers of violations. For instance, some secondary stops ordinances contemplate enforcement of secondary violations in connection with traffic stops based on primary violations. Alternatively, an ordinance could provide that officers may enforce certain violations by mailing tickets to motorists instead of stopping them. Moreover, many violations often designated as secondary (like expired registration tags) parallel other provisions that address the same conduct in other ways (e.g., parking with expired tags as opposed to driving with them). Cities with some measure of fiscal autonomy can couple this careful framing with an emphasis on the need to prioritize scarce municipal resources—again, through a less costly method of enforcing traffic violations, not non-enforcement.” Hee Hawley probably didn’t expect that.

W[h]at a clever way of twisting a paper on racist enforcement of traffic laws by a Hispanic nominee to include two other talking points for which you cited no proof or connection. I do not imagine any way you could have ever voted for any nominee offered by the President, in any case. Your well-acted confusion proved nothing but you already well-know prejudices.

I think being a Christian nationalist is just “nuts”

Context is everything.
Show the whole video you pandering simp.

Remember you’re a seditionist.

Is that his I’m an alpha masculine male pose?

Ignoring the systems that criminalize and disenfranchise minorities is #racist, Joshy boy. But that’s precisely what you and the MAGAt crowd embrace.

What I remember is Josh Hawley inciting the Trump sponsored mob to attack the Capitol with his raised fist in the air.
And then running away like a little coward.
A real creep.
That’s what I remember.
Vote him out of office. He has no respect for our democracy.

Senator Josh Hawley, noting that you’re not talking about the Trump Supreme Court justices who are looking likely to be accepted bribes, etc. Why is that?

Keep them distracted from project 2025 and agenda 47. Resign you complicit pandering lying seditious christofascist hack. Missouri deserves better.

your memory is skewed joshy. you remember the one dead ended and not even voted on and the one rushed through in 3 weeks…al because of party politics? isn’t it time we had people in power more concerned about our country rather than themselves?

There is anyone more racist than a Christian nationalist

What if a Black guy get stopped because a tail light is out, and then gets shot? Is that racist (run like a little girl) Hawley?

Repeat, regurgitate and repeat. Typical Hawley posting

All I remember is you running like a little girl away from the insurrectionists you had just fist pumped.

Josh Hawley (r) [2024 file photo].

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