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The third Senator from Virginia

05 Tuesday Jan 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Antifa, candlelight vigil, Josh Hawley, missouri, sedition, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Last night there was a candlelight vigil outside the home of Josh Hawley (r) in suburban Virginia:

The fifty minute video documents the protest vigil – watch it from the beginning. It’s so typical of these types of demonstrations.

Meanwhile, in the comments:

Voter suppression?! More like voter multiplication

Get a job.

Shall not be infringed.. remember that.

What on Earth could that mean?

these people are mentally unstable

Imagine being so confident that your candidate won that you go out and attack the families of people investigating the legitimacy of your win.

Attack? A peaceful (albeit loosely organized) candlelight vigil with a dozen people passing around a bullhorn?

Don’t they know Christmas break is over.
Get to bed kids!

Thats it film your signs what a joke!!

Well considering that the senator lied about the interaction, it is probably a good thing they filmed it…

Well, apparently, an independent citizen journalist showed up to film it (watch the video from the beginning). One of the first rules of these types of protests is everybody film everything.

Sure enough:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel. They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence
10:13 PM · Jan 4, 2021

It was in Virginia. There’s substantial video of the vigil. Local police observed the vigil. If these participants are actual Antifa no one has anything to worry about.

Some of the comments on Twitter:

Disgusting these people walk among us. So sorry your wife was terrorized tonight. Stay strong, don’t back down.

He’s lying to you.

It was closer to a candle lit vigil, lol.

And that exchange sums up the entirety of life in America in the 21st Century.

Totally honest Josh Hawley is telling the totally honest truth here I am sure. Fascists never lie.

Turns out he’s lying.

Hey it seems you lied again.

I agree that he exaggerated, but a mass of people coming directly to anyone’s home with their family seems a bit much in any scenario. I imagine if there was a group of people in front of my home with my wife and kids. How isn’t that concerning as a husband and father?

Only if you consider a “mass” of 10 adults with candles frightening, concerning, thuggish or Antifa. I’ve had more people than that in front of my house at Halloween and they were definitely more worrisome.

This is violence??????

To these fascists it is. Peaceful demonstrations scare the shit out of them.

I dunno, Josh. You’re the one trying to overthrow democracy. This looks pretty tame:

Except the protestors filmed the entire thing start to finish. Do you find it at all concerning that Hawley needs to lie this badly? If he’s willing to lie about an event with video evidence, what else has he lied about?

Where is the DOJ, FBI? and the police.
why were they not arrested

Because it was a peaceful protest. Nothing to do with antifa.
If it was as he described they would have been arrested.

There’s video, and you’re wetting your pants over a candlelight vigil. Have some warm milk and pipe down.

has he tried not being a fascist?

in real life it was 9 people holding a candlelight vigil

You were actually in MO? I know you don’t live here. Josh, that was 2 dozen people on a sidewalk with a megaphone.

Liar. The police were there.

You’re doing great damage to our democracy and you know it. Protesting that damage is expected.

Stop being a snowflake and an asshat.

He’s lying. Take a look at the video evidence and decide for yourself.

Ummm…it wasn’t “Antifa” (it’s an idea..not a group)… and…how do I say this…he’s lying. So…there’s that.

No violence. The whole thing was taped

Guess what, you’re shamelessly lying. The entire event was captured on video and none of what you’re saying is true.

Look at the damn video before believing him. It’s a lie

Yeah, we saw the video. Outrageous! They had candles!

Ma’am, please file your report with the police, not Twitter, and provide evidence that these “scumbags” were “Antifa.”

Weird huh? It’s almost as if this story may not be completely true.

Pro tip: don’t lie when there is video evidence that shows you are lying.

The whole thing was recorded bro…they never went beyond the sidewalk. But they did have megaphones…Oh, My…a whole 10 of them. [….]

To be clear, the whole event was videotaped and there was no violence or harm to property. Purely peaceful. Your attack on a fair and free election is likely to drive more protests. That is their right.

And on and on…

Josh Hawley [2016 file photo].

Previously:

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – town hall in Warrensburg – Press Q and A – August 17, 2017 (August 17, 2017)

What passes for a flatbed truck at “…Yale, I think, or Harvard, one of those, one of those fancy ones…” (August 16, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): throwing shit against the wall to see if anything sticks (December 30, 2020)

Josh Hawley (r): ladders and rakes (December 30, 2020)

Ladder Climbing 101: by the book (December 31, 2020)

Burning bridges (December 31, 2020)

Sedition, sedition…sedition (January 2, 2021)

What it is, is sedition… (January 3, 2021)

If you can’t stand the heat, trample people on your way to a live mic (January 3, 2021)

Nothing much going on. Why do you ask? (January 3, 2021)

The entrepreneurial spirit still lives

01 Friday Jan 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Josh Hawley, missouri, right wingnut, sycophant, t-shirt, Virginia

What every well-dressed resident of Missouri needs:

“Hawley doesn’t even live here”

Does it come in a wine? Just asking.

Previously:

Probably should have kept that apartment in Jefferson City (November 19, 2020)

‘Trotskyite’ went out with high button shoes

20 Friday Nov 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Bretbart, Josh Hawley, Kansas City Star, missourri, social media, there's no place like home, Twitter, U.S. Senate, Virginia

More on Josh Hawley’s (r) place of residence.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Today, from Josh Hawley (r):

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
And then the Star, which used to be a Missouri newspaper, wonders why nobody takes their political “reporting” seriously
[….]
1:12 PM · Nov 20, 2020

He considers Breitbart an actual source.

There is much hilarity in the responses:

When all you can do is discredit the messenger because you can’t refute the message, you’re in a bad spot.

1) You don’t spend much time in Missouri.
2) Somehow after becoming a Senator you can now afford two very big homes.
3) You still haven’t passed rent and small biz relief.

@HawleyMO is a grifter

LOL at citing Breitbart as a “serious” source

He says while sharing “journalism” from Brierbart…

Breitbart? Really?

Really.

Breitbart huh? lol

An ad hominem attack on the media doesn’t invalidate the reporting…

Oh to dispute the @KCStar you cite, (checks notes) Breitbart. I thought you were smart.

Senator who used to be a Missouri resident has opinions on Missouri newspapers.

Breitbart…LOL.

Why so defensive?

You read and believe Brietbart? I feel sorry for you.

Sharing Breitbart articles, as if they have even a shred of credibility… well, I guess a lack of credibility is something you share with Breitbart.

What address did you use to vote Josh?

Well, that is a public record.

Lmao Breitbart.

Where is your home and where did you vote?

Oh you’d be surprised that some see through your naked greed and lies and deception. The Star is still as Missouri newspaper, you on the other hand, have an abandoned Missouri in a lust for power. We see you.

It’s funny as no one takes you seriously.

You used that photo? You look like an extra from Planet of the Apes that they didn’t spend much time on makeup because you’d be a background player, which is actually accurate of your political career.

Lol you trash a regional news paper in “your” state by pushing a blog post from a tabloid.

Breitbart reporting is your news source? Not sure you could even identify the state of MO on a map this days.

He also has difficulty identifying a flatbed truck.

You don’t live in Missouri anymore, so why do you care?

Shut up, grifter

He should be enjoying all the publicity.

“The most dangerous place to stand in Washington D.C. is any place between Senator Josh Hawley and a live microphone” – Charles P. Pierce

Previously:

Attorney General Josh Hawley (r): the pepul of Misoori our stoopit (January 23, 2017)

HB 797: no confidence in the legal opinion of Attorney General Josh Hawley (r) (January 31, 2017)

Josh Hawley (r): well, maybe (July 11, 2017)

Josh Hawley (r): looking to unload that apartment in Jefferson City (October 10, 2017)

Probably should have kept that apartment in Jefferson City (November 19, 2020)

Kansas City for Charlottesville, Virginia

13 Sunday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, Charlottesville, Kansas City, missouri, Virginia

For a few hours last night over seventy-five individuals gathered in the park at the corner of 47th and Broadway near the entrance to the Plaza in Kansas City to demonstrate against Nazis and racism and in support of the people of Charlottesville, Virginia.

“Make Racism Afraid Again”

Pro tip: if you’re driving in slow city traffic resist the urge to yell a challenge to a large protestor on the sidewalk carrying a sign at the exact moment the traffic light turns red.

Confrontation.

There were many more supportive passersby:

An expression of support.

After all, this is Kansas City.

“Resist Hate”

Solidarity.

Previously:

When people who aren’t Nazis march without tiki torches in broad daylight in Kansas City (August 12, 2017)

In 2017 (August 12, 2017)

In 2017

12 Saturday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist, social media

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#resist, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Jason Kander, missouri, Nazis, social media, Twitter, Virginia

Jason Kander (D) [2016 file photo].

This afternoon, via Twitter:

Jason Kander‏ @JasonKander
Despite what @realDonaldTrump says, there are not many sides to this. There’s good and evil, and he refused to take a stand against evil.
[….]
2:50 PM – 12 Aug 2017

If you’ve ever wondered what you would do when faced with evil, now is the time.

For the time being it’s still about people getting out and voting

11 Wednesday Jun 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Erica cantor, Primary, republicans, Virginia

In case you haven’t heard yet, Representative Eric Cantor (r), the number two republican in the House leadership, lost his primary to a teabagger:

State of Virginia Results

[….]

Unofficial Results – Primary Election – June 10, 2014

Precincts Reporting 242/243

Member House of Representatives – 7th District – Republican

David A. Brat 35,787 55.55%

Eric I. Cantor  28,631 45.45%

Total Votes 64,418

On Twitter:

Robert Costa ‏@costareports

it’s the biggest blow to the GOP establishment in years. Whole network of DC Rs have been wired into Cantor, prepping for when he got gavel 7:47 PM – 10 Jun 2014

That’s a feature, not a bug.

Taegan Goddard ‏@politicalwire

This is easily one of the most stunning primary losses in U.S. political history [….] 7:49 PM – 10 Jun 2014

Seth D. Michaels ‏@sethdmichaels

There is no length you can go to on your right to protect yourself, House Republicans, no show of opposition showy enough. So maybe govern? 7:51 PM – 10 Jun 2014

Heh.

Money, check. Polling, check. Voters, uh….

What Senator McCaskill Should Learn From Yesterday

04 Wednesday Nov 2009

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Claire McCaskill, Governor's Race, Senate, Virginia

As a former resident of VA, I still follow state politics there.  Being a political junkie adds to the interest.  As such, watching Creigh Deeds massively bungle a campaign, even in an off-year election, struck me as something we’re seeing develop in slow motion right here in Missouri.

Yes, that slow motion possible train wreck takes the form of Senator McCaskill.  Because in many ways, the states are similar in terms of red/blue voting patterns and the urban/rural divide and as such, we can learn much by what just happened.

By statewide Democratic standards, Claire’s victory over (no)Talent in 06 was a landslide but that in itself reflects how hard it is to get Dems elected to statewide, particularly Federal, office.  If you face a seriously untalented, party hack while heavily backed financially by the national Dem party and still manage only a 2% margin of victory, what does that tell you?  Other than the state is far redder than most commentators care to admit?

It’s clear that it told Claire to play to the right, never make a politically tough choice that might cost her votes from people outside the party and always try to couch much of what she does in some veneer of bipartanship.

What Claire should take from the VA race is that the Dem base in Missouri elected her.  Her campaign figured out that by getting enough rural Dems to the polls (like me), it would be enough, along with the urban strongholds, to put her over the top.

And yet, here she is, halfway into her first Senate term and she’s Creigh Deeds in slow motion. Only now, we have an actual record to point to showing how, step-by-legislative-vote-step, she’s pissing away base votes:

1) Bipartisanship at best or voting like a Repup at worst.  FISA is just one example.  Her waffling on health care reform is another.  Whatever Dem principles Claire might have had, I sure as hell haven’t seen em in the last three years in that on every core Democratic issue vote, she votes with the Republicans.

2) Look at the waffling on health care reform.  Sounds pretty Blue Doggy to me.  Golly, how…corporate.  Claire, rural Dems hate corporate.  They might turn the other way on something like your FISA vote since most people out here don’t see that as impacting on their daily lives.  But if they see you as a corporate tool?  Forget it.  

3) Do you remember why you were elected?  I know that some cynical Dems saw your campaign platform as nothing more than “I’m not Jim Talent”.  Those cynical Dems were right.  The base, yunno, those people that came out of the woodwork to work for you and give your campaign money, invested a crapload of hope in what you might accomplish in the Senate.  Your early hopping on the Obama bandwagon helped fuel that perception despite an already poor voting record on core Democratic issues.  In the year since Obama was elected, you’ve reverted to form.

So, what should Senator McCaskill have learned from the VA gubanatorial race?

Continue on the above course and SHE WILL LOSE VOTES.

To paraphrase Markos over at the Great Orange Satan:  we’re not coming out to vote for you simply because you’re a Democrat or if other state Dems or national figures tell us how important you are in moving forward a liberal agenda in Congress.  If you’re bold and decisive (not two adjectives one normally puts in the same sentence with Claire), not only will we turn out, we’ll do our damndest to get others out.  Plus, we’ll give money and time to ensure you get reelected.

The base got you elected, not Missouri’s Republiclans who, as a lot, would rather wake up one morning to find themselves turned into African-American Muslims rather than vote for any Democrat no matter how many times you vote the Republican party line on core Democratic issues.

Therefore, Madame Senator, ignore Creigh Deeds’ fate at your peril.

Other People’s Writing

24 Monday Dec 2007

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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CAFOs, Gone Mild, Grinch, Santa Claus, SCHIP, Virginia

Here are links to three items that might interest you:

There’s a thirty second ad called “The Grinch Who Stole SCHIP” that’s funny and that vividly makes the point about George W. Grinch.

The Monday Post-Dispatch pretended to ask a number of Missouri power players to answer Virginia’s question about whether Santa Claus is real, then the P-D writer put more truth into their mouths about their beliefs than they would ever dare speak. My favorite:

Virginia,

Of course there is a Santa Claus. But thanks to environmental policies I’ve supported, the North Pole is melting, and he’s got to learn to swim. Since I believe that waterboarding is really like training for a swim competition, I say we tie him up and find out what he knows.

Christopher “Kit” Bond

U.S. Senator

This last one isn’t Christmassy, but Gone Mild curls its lip eloquently at CAFOs and at Chris Koster for having sold himself out to Big Ag:

I’m no PETA member, but even I don’t like the idea of eating something that has spent its entire life jammed in a stinky stall like the most crowded and flatulent elevator you have ever imagined.

Setting aside any porcine pity or tenderness for tenderloins, though, CAFOs are huge canker sores on the environment. They pollute ground water with unimaginable quantities of pig feces and urine. Their smell can make your eyes water, or worse – airborne micro-particles of pig feces can pollute entire zones of beautiful Missouri countrysides.

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