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Book burning is not a family value

18 Monday Sep 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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book burning, Fascist pigs, missouri

In case anyone was wondering.

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 3

09 Tuesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate

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Bigotry, bigots, Denny Hoskins, drag show, Fascist pigs, Missouri Senate, pearl clutchers, Rick Brattin, right wingnuts, Warrensburg, WTF?

Rick Brattin (r) and Denny Hoskins (r) are the pre-eminent legal scholars and final arbiters of the law in the State of Missouri, said no one ever.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

Denny Hoskins (r) [2017 file photo].

A group billing themselves as Johnson County Citizens for the Protection of Children is still up in arms about the Warrensburg Pride Festival scheduled for June 3, 2023. There will be drag shows on the program. You know, fancy costumes, theatrical makeup, show tunes. This is nothing new. There were Pride Festivals in Warrensburg in 2021 and 2022.

These right wingnut busybodies had organized on-line to present a petition to the Warrensburg City Council during the public comment portion of the City Council’s evening meeting on April 24th to limit or cancel the Pride Festival. A loosely organized group of LGBTQIA+ allies organized on-line to speak in support of the Pride Festival.

The pearl clutching busybodies returned to last night’s City Council to demand an ordinance banning drag shows in Warrensburg, this time with photos on posterboard. In the period between the two council meetings the producers of the Pride Festival had already changed the festival format to 18 years of age and older due to reported threats against the festival and the venue. A similar group of LGBTQIA+ allies attended and signed in to speak in support of the Pride Festival and against a city ordinance.

At last night’s meeting several of the busybodies made reference to a letter from Rick Brattin (r) addressed to the Warrensburg Police Department dated April 21, 2023. At the end of the meeting we requested a copy of the letter from the city. Denny Hoskins (r) also signed the letter.

…It has recently come to my attention that the “Warrensburg Pride Festival” program is scheduled for Saturday, June 3…in Warrensburg, Missouri. This is troubling for several reasons. First, the show is advertised as “family-friendly” and for guests “of all ages.” The event promotion includes no warning for “adult content” whatsoever for these drag shows that event organizers deem “family friendly.” A simple internet [sic] of similar shows reveals the content of such events is, at best, inappropriate for all ages and, at worst, highly sexualized and wholly unsuitable for children.

In fact, reports of these shows are so obscene and indecent that listing them in this letter would be unsuitable as it may be read minors. There can be no reasonable doubt that the good people of Warrensburg would be appalled by the behavior on display at these types of events, especially considering this behavior is being actively marketed to their children in apparent hopes they would become desensitized to such tasteless activities, and as a result, become sexualized at a young age. Not only are these shows immoral, but they are also illegal under Missouri State statute…

…It is abundantly clear that drag shows violate the existing Missouri State Statute, and it is time for them to be dealt accordingly. When I became a Marine, I swore an oath to the Constitution, and that oath never expires. Our Federal and State Constitutions share a common thread: all of us, whether elected officials or law enforcement officers, have a duty to protect the most vulnerable in our community. Our most precious resource, our children, is under attack, and it is time that we engage with those who harm them by destroying their hearts and minds.

I call on my fellow patriots with the Warrensburg Police Department to put a stop to this behavior and enforce Missouri’s existing laws. These types of events must be stopped, and the businesses that facilitate these events must be punished. We must also deal with these “drag queens” who are just men with perverted intentions, in accordance with exiting state law. I know these battles are not easy, but I want Chief Munsterman, and every member of the Warrensburg Police Department to know that I will…

…have your back. Not only will I have your back, but I am willing to stand alongside you as you protect our community.

I want to close out this letter by thanking the Warrensburg Police Department for all that you do. You deal with the madness of society so the rest of us can go home each night and enjoy our families in peace. Thank you, and God bless you.

Respectfully,
s/
Rick Brattin
[….]

s/
Denny Hoskins
[….]

Letter from Rick Brattin (r) and Denny Hoskins (r) to the Warrensburg Police

The only thing that’s actually obscene in this entire episode is this letter.

Previously:

Warrensburg Pride Festival – June 26, 2021 (June 26, 2021)

Local busybodies engage in pearl clutching (June 3, 2022)

“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ.” (June 4, 2022)

Pride Festival – Warrensburg, Missouri – June 4, 2022 (June 4, 2022)

The pearl clutching right wingnut bigots among us (April 19, 2023)

Always the other (April 21, 2023)

Meta – The pearl clutching right wingnut bigots among us (April 22, 2023)

Unified Field Theory of Right Wingnut Pearl Clutching, Self-Righteousness, and Victimhood (April 22, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council – April 24, 2023 (April 25, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council – April 24, 2023 – part 2 (April 26, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 (May 9, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 2 (May 9, 2023)

Eric Schmitt (r)…the Josh Hawley (r) of Missouri

05 Sunday Feb 2023

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

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balloon, China, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pigs, Josh Hawley, ladder climbers, missouri, right wingnuts, U.S. Senate, Virginia

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

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

This morning, late to the party:

[image cropped]

Eric Schmitt@Eric_Schmitt
A Chinese spy balloon was also a trial balloon testing Joe Biden. He failed miserably.

The incompetence of the Biden Admin is on full display to friend & foe alike.

The American people deserve answers which is why I’ve called for a full investigation.
[….]
9:28 AM · Feb 5, 2023

Some of the responses:

If this is a real spy balloon, so our invincible airforce just let it float and pass through the whole country and let it camera along our military base below? Nice [….]

JFC. Too stupid to remember to breathe. They can just look it up, you know, on the Internets:

I was expecting your response to the Chinese Balloon was to sue the Pattonville School District..

We see what you did there.

cool. i’d like to know what other spy balloons trump allowed to fly over the country.

You’re an embarrassment to Missouri.

What do you call Trump hiding the fact this occurred 3 times during his administration?

Oh Eric, always a day behind on your performative political outrage.
It’s no wonder that your own party in the senate are already keeping their distance from you.
You’re like Missouris version of Santos.

Or, Missouri’s version of…Josh Hawley (r). Heh.

I’m a constituent and would like to know your response when three similar balloons flew over the US when Trump was president.

Joe shot it down. [….]

Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Where is your rage tweet about trumpy saying and doing nothing when they were overhead during his term?

To be fair, Eric Schmitt (r) was busy soliciting snitches and trying to sue school districts.

Will that investigation also look into the three times Chinese spy balloons invaded our airspace under Trump? And the coverup?

He followed the advice of the military regarding a military operation.

Who the f*** are you?

How long are you going to flail this dead horse?

Be sure to ask for an investigation of the three balloons over out territory during the Trump years, where he sat around watching tv and did nothing about them.

Doubling down on ignorance doesn’t play well when your audience is national, Senator. If you want to investigate, start with why the American people were not advised by the previous administration of 3 prior incidents of this nature.

Previously:

Are you certain it wasn’t Rick Brattin (r)? (February 3, 2023)

Maybe they’re just checking on all of their Missouri farm landholdings (February 3, 2023)

Apparently Jason Smith (r) believes China is unaware of any easily accessible map applications (February 3, 2023)

Marked “Safe” in Virginia from the Balloon (February 4, 2023)

They were searching in vain for any of the locations of your open public town halls in the district (February 4, 2023)

The adult in the room (February 4, 2023)

Anxiously trying to elbow his way to the front row (February 5, 2023)

Engaging in a battle of wits with an unarmed Ohio senator (February 5, 2023)

Former Missouri Attorneys General say what? *IOKIYAR?

26 Thursday Jan 2023

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

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Bill Barr, Donald Trump, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pigs, financial crimes, IOKIYAR, Italy, Josh Hawley, missouri, right wingnuts, special counsel, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Nothing.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers
NYT reporting Bill Barr & John Durham got an inconvenient surprise in Italy.

BARR & DURHAM: “Did you have any role in starting the Trump/Russia investigation?”

ITALIAN OFFICIALS: “No, but we do have credible evidence of Trump’s financial crimes.”

Those crimes are still secret.
[….]

3:24 PM · Jan 26, 2023

“No, but we do have credible evidence of Trump’s financial crimes.”

Silence:

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Silence:

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

* it’s okay if you’re a republican

Getting to spend your U.S. Senate career naming Post Offices and shit posting on social media

12 Saturday Nov 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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election, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pigs, Josh Hawley, missouri, Nevada, right wingnuts, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Priceless.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Nevada comes through.

Sloppy

27 Thursday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pigs, FEC, Federal Election Commission, Josh Hawley, missouri, right wingnuts, U.S. Senate

You can tell a lot about a candidate and their campaign by their paper trail.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

At the Federal Election Commission:

FEC FORM 6
48 HOUR NOTICE OF
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
FILING FEC-1650645
1. Schmitt for Senate
101 W ARGONNE DR, #24
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63122
2. Candidate Info
Candidate ID #: S2MO00544
Candidate Name: ERIC SCHMITT
3. Office Sought: President
4. FEC Committee ID #: C00775015
CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
ROBERT PHILLIPS, III
Date Signed: 10/26/2022
(End FEC FORM 6)

Generated Thu Oct 27 07:32:26 2022

[emphasis added]

Josh Hawley (r) just peed his pants.

The Venn Diagram is a circle

26 Wednesday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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anti-semitism, Fascist pigs, Jason Kander, missouri, Twitter

Venn Diagram.

Today:

Jason Kander @JasonKander
When I tweet about #antisemitism the replies are almost as vile as when I tweet about #gunsense

Courtneyfleming @WIhomereno
[….]
Maybe they should start keeping your foreskins on. Man you guys are pu$$ies. Why can’t you take any criticism? You do realize there are scumbags, liars, thieves and and all around shitty people in the tribe, too, right?

3:56 PM · Oct 26, 2022

Poifect.

Jason Kander (D) [2016 file photo]

Previously:

That’s funny, you don’t look Jewish (October 26, 2022)

So, Fascism is considered a “family value”, too?

27 Tuesday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate, social media

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22nd Senate District, Fascist pigs, Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, right wingnuts, social media, Twitter

Brown Shirts, goose stepping in a family friendly parade near you.

Yesterday:

MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
nothing is more terrifying to the left than a conservative woman.
[….]

The new Prime Minister of Italy.

Wow.

[….]
8:42 AM · Sep 26, 2022

Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Previously:

“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…” (July 23, 2022)

On any given day (July 31, 2022)

Uh… (August 1, 2022)

The memes are going to continue (August 3, 2022)

Are you certain it’s that many? (September 26, 2022)

Now what, Josh (r)?

12 Friday Aug 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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18 U.S.C. §§ 2071, 18 U.S.C. §§ 793, 18 U.S.C. §§1519, Donald Trump, dumbass, Espionage Act, Fascist pigs, FBI, right wingnuts, search warrant, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate, Virgina

“Biden and Garland want to have this FBI raid swept under the rug. There needs to be real accountability here.”

18 U.S. Code § 793 – Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

….(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both…..

18 U.S. Code § 2071 – Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

18 U.S. Code § 1519 – Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy

Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

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

From the federal search warrant of Donald Trump’s (r) residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, released by the court today:

ATTACHMENT A
Property to be searched

The premises to be searched, 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480, is further described as a resort, club, and residence located near the intersection of Southern Blvd and S Ocean Blvd. It is described as a mansion with approximately 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, on a 17-acre estate. The locations to be searched include the “45 Office,” all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate. It does not include areas currently (i.e., at the time of the search) being occupied, rented, or used by third parties (such as Mar-a-Largo Members) and not otherwise used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff, such as private guest suites.

ATTACHMENT B
Property to be seized

All physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 793, 2071, or 1519, including the following:

a. Any physical documents with classification markings, along with any containers/boxes (including any other contents) in which such documents are located, as well as any other containers/boxes that are collectively stored or found together with the aforementioned documents and containers/boxes;

b. Information, including communications in any form, regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material;

c. Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021; or

d. Any evidence of the knowing alteration, destruction, or concealment of any government and/or Presidential Records, or of any documents with lassification
markings.

From the “Receipt For Property” – materials removed by the FBI:

Classified material.

Someone’s in deep shit.

Well, Josh?

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Dumbass.

Previously:

Schadenfreude-a-Lago (August 8, 2022)

Barking out approved talking points with the rest of the MAGA seals (August 9, 2022)

Tell us you don’t know how search warrants actually work without telling us you don’t know how they work (August 10, 2022)

Former County Sheriff Publicly Denounces “No one is above the law” (August 10, 2022)

He was framed! (August 11, 2022)

And your point is? (August 11, 2022)

Proliferation (August 12, 2022)

You say “Tomato,” we say “Seditious conspiracy.”

21 Thursday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Fascist pigs, hearing, House GOP, ignoranimus, maroon, right wingnuts, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, social media, Twitter

This evening:

House Republicans @HouseGOP
This is all heresy.
7:45 PM · Jul 21, 2022

There’s a whole lot to unwrap there.

Update: They deleted it. Heh.

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