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Wingnut Welfare

05 Tuesday Aug 2025

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

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book, clown, Eric Schmitt, fake populism, Fascist pig, Grifter, missouri, right wingnut, social media, U.S. Senate, wingnut welfare

“….There are, of course, many forms of wingnut welfare. Book publishing scams are just one of the oldest….”

Eric Schmitt (r) [2024 file photo]

He’s selling a book. Oh, goodie.

Last month:

Eric Schmitt
[July 11, 2025]
[….]
For too long, the Right played defense while the Left weaponized our legal system.

It’s time to fight to win.

THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE is the inside story of how we beat the Left in court before—and how we can do it again.

Available for preorder now: [….]

Under Biden, the Left used the executive branch to build a powerful lawfare machine.

Trump won. But the Left’s lawfare continues. Activist groups and far-left judges are wielding our courts like a political weapon, twisting the law to undermine the will of the American people.

As Attorney General of Missouri, I went on offense again Biden—and won.

We blocked his vax mandates, forced him to enforce the Remain in Mexico policy (for a while), killed his student loan bailout scheme, exposed his censorship regime, liberated a million people from forced masking and countless more examples.

We didn’t win these fights by playing by the old conservative playbook. We won by throwing it out and starting over.

THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE is all about the new blueprint we wrote—and how it can help us defeat the Left in the fights to come.

Left-wing lawfare remains one of the chief fights of our time. I wrote this book because our side needs a manual to beat it.

On shelves August 19.
[….]

“…We blocked his vax mandates…” “…liberated a million people from forced masking…”

Yeah, we remember:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

We get a response (December 14, 2021)

We’re still waiting… (December 31, 2021)

There’s much more to follow (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 1 (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 2 (January 7, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 3 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – clown (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 4 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Get In Good Trouble (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 5 (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – One Is The Loneliest Number (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Photo Evidence (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 6 (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 7 (January 11, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Generations (January 12, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 8 (January 13, 2022)

Elect a clown, expect a circus:

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) anti-mask public school complaint email address: illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov

Grifters gotta grift.

Campaign Finance: it sure looks like more teabagger astroturf money

28 Tuesday Apr 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Astroturf, fake populism, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, rght wingnuts, Teabaggers

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission, from one right wingnut PAC to another:

C190964 04/27/2020 Don’t Tread on MO PAC American Democracy Alliance 1100 Main Street Suite 2700 Kansas City MO 64105 4/25/2020 $120,000.00

[emphasis added]

“Don’t Tread on MO PAC” couldn’t be more obvious. Well, alrighty then.

In 2019 the Don’t Tread on MO PAC received a starter contribution:

C180122 Chouteau PAC October Quarterly Report Don’t Tread on MO PO Box 26777 Kansas City MO 64196 08/21/2019 $500.00 Monetary

The address for Chouteau PAC (filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission)?:

MECID: C180122
1100 Main St Ste 2700
Kansas City MO, 64105

[emphasis added]

Wait, that’s the same address.

And in 2019 Chouteau PAC received money from:

C180122 Chouteau PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC 1100 Main Street Suite 2700 Kansas City MO 64105 08/15/2019 $15,000.00

[emphasis added] [emphasis added]

Yep, it’s the same address.

And who funds the American Democracy Alliance PAC?:

C171141 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Herzog Contracting Corporation 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 65407 06/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171141 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. 700 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 06/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171141 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Herzog Technologies, Inc. 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 06/17/2019 $50,000.00

That’s just so…grassrootsie and…populist?

Funding astroturf is so easy, when you have a lot of money.

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