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Law and Order is supposed to be a thing, just never applied to republican apparatchiks

21 Thursday Oct 2021

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Capitol breach, Congress, Contempt of Congress, Grifter, House of Representatives, Insurrection, Stephen Bannon

“Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (On Agreeing to the Resolution)”

A yea:

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2019 file photo].

This afternoon:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 329
[….]
H RES 730 YEA-AND-NAY 21-Oct-2021 4:09 PM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
[….]
DEMOCRATIC 220
REPUBLICAN 9 202 1
INDEPENDENT
TOTALS 229 202 1
[….]
— YEAS 229 —

Bush
Cheney
Cleaver
Fitzpatrick
Gonzalez (OH)
Herrera Beutler
Katko
Kinzinger
Mace
Meijer
Upton

—- NAYS 202 —

Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Long
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NOT VOTING 1 —

That’s definitely bipartisan.

Nays:

Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].

Billy Long (r) [2021 file photo]

Blaine Luetkemeyer (r)[2021 file photo]

Jason Smith (r) [2021 file photo]

Go figure.

“It read better in the original German.”

14 Friday May 2021

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

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Fascist pig, Grifter, insurrectionist, Josh Hawley, missouri, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

If Molly Ivins…

Yesterday:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
The Tyranny of Big Tech is officially a Wall Street Journal and New York Times Best Seller – thanks to everyone who has supported and read the book!
6:49 PM · May 13, 2021

About those bulk sales, via the Federal Election Commission:

Amount $64,750.00
Expenditure date February 5, 2021
Dissemination date May 3, 2021
Candidate HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID (Support)
Description IE-HAWLEY-DONOR BOOKS, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 2/5/21
Payee REGNERY PUBLISHING
ARLINGTON, VA

[emphasis added]

Heh. “Best Seller”.

As always, the responses on Twitter are priceless:

You do seem to know a lot about tyranny.

Glad you have this big tech platform to say that on

Having your supporters buy cartons of copies you give away free doesn’t make you a best selling author-it makes you a grifter & a literary flop.

Anybody with an iota of credibility have anything positive to say of this? What does this book add to society?

A reason for the existence of remainder bins?

Do you do ANYTHING beneficial for your constituents?

How many copies did the RNC buy?

Hawley thanking the GOP for buying up copies of his comic book to make it look like a best seller. He went on to thank big tech for helping him on his snake oil salesmen tour.

I bet the German edition will sell even better! Sieg Hawley!

Hey…

No thanks, I’ll have my wisdom teeth put back in and removed instead

“officially” with a nice bulk buy dagger…

Just not true really, but “truth” has never been your strong point

So your book about Big Tech, which you sold on Amazon, is a success by the standards of the mainstream media.

Your shamelessness is awestriking even for a senator.

Congrats on writing books for people who can’t read. Also congrats to your constituents for ponnying up your $174.000 salary while you’re doing promotions tours.

Virginia?

Promoting book on Twitter. Sells books on Amazon. Tyranny just ain’t the same.

Thanks to the Senate Conservative Fund. $65,000 buys a lot of books.

How did you sell the book when you’re being “censored” and “silenced”

Isn’t the NYT fake news anymore? I can’t keep up with you guys.

Oh good lord, who wants to clue him in.

Coming soon to a remainder bin near you.

Hey…

Bulk buying again?

You have the gift of the grift!

GFYS nazi pig.

What organization paid up to purchase those books?

A Pat Buchanan wannabe

Molly Ivins…

Is this book your kampf?

Participation trophy

07 Friday May 2021

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

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Donald Trump, Fascist pig, Grifter, Josh Hawley, participation trophy, right wingnut, seditionist, social media, Twitter

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Today:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Great endorsement for The Tyranny of Big Tech – thank you, President Trump!
[….]
12:58 PM · May 7, 2021

Bless your heart.

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

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 third Senator from Virginia (January 5, 2021)

Fascist pig (January 6, 2021)

What hath Josh Hawley (r) wrought? (January 6, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Dumbass (January 7, 2021)

Sedition is bad for business (January 11, 2021)

HCR 10 and HCR 11 (January 12, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “I no mye misoori constitutents our reely stoopit.” (January 14, 2021)

Ignite (January 15, 2021)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (January 16, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Taps Closed to Insurrectionists (January 17, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Why not add “obstructionist asshole” to the list, it’s just one more thing, right? (January 21, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Hawley’s Hallmark Moment (January 23, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): looking ahead to 2024 (January 23, 2021)

After 17 days of silence (January 24, 2021)

Yeah, but those seven Senators didn’t pump their fists at insurrectionists immediately before the breach of the Capitol (January 25, 2021)

A shooting star elbow drop from the ropes (January 28, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): you got your wish (January 31, 2021)

If Josh Hawley (r) steps in front of a microphone today we get six more weeks of sedition. (February 2, 2021)

On the wrong side of everything (February 3, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Crybaby Tour (February 6, 2021)

You got that one right (February 8, 2021)

Senator “Raise My Fist in Sedition” (r) has an opinion (February 10, 2021)

Working on the galley proofs for that right wingnut welfare vanity press book? (February 10, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Indifference (February 13, 2021)

Eric Greitens (r) is on line one… (February 13, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Mail (February 20, 2021)

What is Josh Hawley’s (r) favorite whine? (February 23, 2021)

Again, we already knew that (February 26, 2021)

Offered without comment (March 2, 2021)

The people you pay $174,000.00 a year believe that all billionaires are in desperate need of their help and that you haven’t suffered enough (March 6, 2021)

Home every night (March 7, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Huckster Hawley (March 13, 2021)

“They could never do more damage than you have already done.” (March 17, 2021)

Anybody see Josh Hawley (r)? (March 17, 2021)

SB 528: Wolverines! (March 24, 2021)

Long term memory loss (March 30, 2021)

A voice in the wilderness (March 31, 2021)

Secretly wants to join the “minutemen of the state” so he can wear a brown shirt (April 8, 2021)

Calling out ALEC? (April 12, 2021)

Slam dunk (April 13, 2021)

He forgot to raise a fist (April 15, 2021)

Offered without comment (April 15, 2021)

Uh… (April 20, 2021)

A low Bar (April 22, 2021)

Just because (April 22, 2021)

One of those fancy prosecutors (April 23, 2021)

The Gallagher of American politics, only without any of the humor, intelligence, or sophistication (April 26, 2021)

A grifter is only interested in taking your money, not at all in making any sense (May 1, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “As seen on TV!” (May 6, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “As seen on TV!”

06 Thursday May 2021

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

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Fascist pig, Grifter, Josh Hawley, missouri, social media, The faux news Channel, Twitter

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

This evening:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
I’ll be joining Pete Hegseth for #FoxNews Prime Time in a few minutes to talk about The Tyranny of Big Tech! Tune in
5:54 PM · May 6, 2021

No open public town halls in Missouri? How about in Virginia?

“Faux News channel, fascist groupies” – protest sign, circa 2003- 2004.

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 third Senator from Virginia (January 5, 2021)

Fascist pig (January 6, 2021)

What hath Josh Hawley (r) wrought? (January 6, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Dumbass (January 7, 2021)

Sedition is bad for business (January 11, 2021)

HCR 10 and HCR 11 (January 12, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “I no mye misoori constitutents our reely stoopit.” (January 14, 2021)

Ignite (January 15, 2021)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (January 16, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Taps Closed to Insurrectionists (January 17, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Why not add “obstructionist asshole” to the list, it’s just one more thing, right? (January 21, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Hawley’s Hallmark Moment (January 23, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): looking ahead to 2024 (January 23, 2021)

After 17 days of silence (January 24, 2021)

Yeah, but those seven Senators didn’t pump their fists at insurrectionists immediately before the breach of the Capitol (January 25, 2021)

A shooting star elbow drop from the ropes (January 28, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): you got your wish (January 31, 2021)

If Josh Hawley (r) steps in front of a microphone today we get six more weeks of sedition. (February 2, 2021)

On the wrong side of everything (February 3, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Crybaby Tour (February 6, 2021)

You got that one right (February 8, 2021)

Senator “Raise My Fist in Sedition” (r) has an opinion (February 10, 2021)

Working on the galley proofs for that right wingnut welfare vanity press book? (February 10, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Indifference (February 13, 2021)

Eric Greitens (r) is on line one… (February 13, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Mail (February 20, 2021)

What is Josh Hawley’s (r) favorite whine? (February 23, 2021)

Again, we already knew that (February 26, 2021)

Offered without comment (March 2, 2021)

The people you pay $174,000.00 a year believe that all billionaires are in desperate need of their help and that you haven’t suffered enough (March 6, 2021)

Home every night (March 7, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Huckster Hawley (March 13, 2021)

“They could never do more damage than you have already done.” (March 17, 2021)

Anybody see Josh Hawley (r)? (March 17, 2021)

SB 528: Wolverines! (March 24, 2021)

Long term memory loss (March 30, 2021)

A voice in the wilderness (March 31, 2021)

Secretly wants to join the “minutemen of the state” so he can wear a brown shirt (April 8, 2021)

Calling out ALEC? (April 12, 2021)

Slam dunk (April 13, 2021)

He forgot to raise a fist (April 15, 2021)

Offered without comment (April 15, 2021)

Uh… (April 20, 2021)

A low Bar (April 22, 2021)

Just because (April 22, 2021)

One of those fancy prosecutors (April 23, 2021)

The Gallagher of American politics, only without any of the humor, intelligence, or sophistication (April 26, 2021)

A grifter is only interested in taking your money, not at all in making any sense (May 1, 2021)

A grifter is only interested in taking your money, not at all in making any sense

01 Saturday May 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Fascist pig, Gaslighter, Grifter, Josh Hawley, missouri, seditionist, U.S. Senate

Yesterday, for the eighth time since April 20th:

Previously:

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 third Senator from Virginia (January 5, 2021)

Fascist pig (January 6, 2021)

What hath Josh Hawley (r) wrought? (January 6, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Dumbass (January 7, 2021)

Sedition is bad for business (January 11, 2021)

HCR 10 and HCR 11 (January 12, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “I no mye misoori constitutents our reely stoopit.” (January 14, 2021)

Ignite (January 15, 2021)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (January 16, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Taps Closed to Insurrectionists (January 17, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Why not add “obstructionist asshole” to the list, it’s just one more thing, right? (January 21, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Hawley’s Hallmark Moment (January 23, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): looking ahead to 2024 (January 23, 2021)

After 17 days of silence (January 24, 2021)

Yeah, but those seven Senators didn’t pump their fists at insurrectionists immediately before the breach of the Capitol (January 25, 2021)

A shooting star elbow drop from the ropes (January 28, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): you got your wish (January 31, 2021)

If Josh Hawley (r) steps in front of a microphone today we get six more weeks of sedition. (February 2, 2021)

On the wrong side of everything (February 3, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Crybaby Tour (February 6, 2021)

You got that one right (February 8, 2021)

Senator “Raise My Fist in Sedition” (r) has an opinion (February 10, 2021)

Working on the galley proofs for that right wingnut welfare vanity press book? (February 10, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Indifference (February 13, 2021)

Eric Greitens (r) is on line one… (February 13, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Mail (February 20, 2021)

What is Josh Hawley’s (r) favorite whine? (February 23, 2021)

Again, we already knew that (February 26, 2021)

Offered without comment (March 2, 2021)

The people you pay $174,000.00 a year believe that all billionaires are in desperate need of their help and that you haven’t suffered enough (March 6, 2021)

Home every night (March 7, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Huckster Hawley (March 13, 2021)

“They could never do more damage than you have already done.” (March 17, 2021)

Anybody see Josh Hawley (r)? (March 17, 2021)

SB 528: Wolverines! (March 24, 2021)

Long term memory loss (March 30, 2021)

A voice in the wilderness (March 31, 2021)

Secretly wants to join the “minutemen of the state” so he can wear a brown shirt (April 8, 2021)

Calling out ALEC? (April 12, 2021)

Slam dunk (April 13, 2021)

He forgot to raise a fist (April 15, 2021)

Offered without comment (April 15, 2021)

Uh… (April 20, 2021)

A low Bar (April 22, 2021)

Just because (April 22, 2021)

One of those fancy prosecutors (April 23, 2021)

The Gallagher of American politics, only without any of the humor, intelligence, or sophistication (April 26, 2021)

Josh Hawley [2016 file photo].

The Gallagher of American politics, only without any of the humor, intelligence, or sophistication

26 Monday Apr 2021

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

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Today from the book hawker, also known as the third Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Just 8 days until the launch of the book the Left tried to cancel and suppress! It’s all about #BigTech’s attempt to run our government and our lives – with big help from the Left. Order now!
[….]
9:35 AM · Apr 26, 2021

You think there’s a chapter titled: “Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit”? Just asking.

Some of the responses:

“The Left” did not try to “cancel and suppress” this awful book, the sole purpose of which is to make $$$ for Josh Hawley.
The publishing co declined to publish it after Hawley promoted & supported insurrection Jan. 6.
He’s still promoting & supporting insurrection.
Vote him out.

Any book signing events in the KC area? Any idea who might be reviewing it?
Late night TV appearances to promote? Fallon, Colbert, Daily Show?
Fun podcast hits?
Or are you just going to depend on your rich friends to buy these babies by the pound.

Heh. Wingnut welfare.

From the description: “Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple—once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom—have become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power.” *Sells book ON AMAZON!*

You think the book comes with a tracking chip? Just asking.

Way to stick it to “big tech” by selling your book through an independent, small business, brick & mortar bookstore like… *checks notes* …Amazon.com.

They don’t do wingnut welfare.

“Big tech is running our lives!” He tweets, with an Amazon link, from his iPhone

Come on, man. This has to be a satire account, right?

Imagine that.. “This item is not eligible to be reviewed”

please tell the Senator that his constituents hate him and he has no credibility. Also, using Twitter to hype and Amazon to sell a book about the evils of Big Tech is hypocritical.

I don’t know how big of a sucker you have to be to click on a Twitter link leading to Amazon to buy a “cancelled” book about the tyranny of big tech, but I would imagine it has to be pretty big.

Subtitled “I hate Bezos but hey, he has the biggest selling platform and what I’m really all about is money, not actual ideas.”

On brand, Senator.

I hope the pages are three ply, we don’t want anyone getting a rash.

Hawking your book via Twitter and Amazon. You’ve officially skipped the audio track of your life. It’s like when the words don’t sync up in a movie.

Local man uses Big Tech social media site to post link to Big Tech shopping site to advertise book about how Big Tech is trying to silence him.

Not everyone should write a book. Especially you.

And on and on…

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 third Senator from Virginia (January 5, 2021)

Fascist pig (January 6, 2021)

What hath Josh Hawley (r) wrought? (January 6, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Dumbass (January 7, 2021)

Sedition is bad for business (January 11, 2021)

HCR 10 and HCR 11 (January 12, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): “I no mye misoori constitutents our reely stoopit.” (January 14, 2021)

Ignite (January 15, 2021)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (January 16, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Taps Closed to Insurrectionists (January 17, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): Why not add “obstructionist asshole” to the list, it’s just one more thing, right? (January 21, 2021)

Penrose on Politics: Hawley’s Hallmark Moment (January 23, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): looking ahead to 2024 (January 23, 2021)

After 17 days of silence (January 24, 2021)

Yeah, but those seven Senators didn’t pump their fists at insurrectionists immediately before the breach of the Capitol (January 25, 2021)

A shooting star elbow drop from the ropes (January 28, 2021)

Josh Hawley (r): you got your wish (January 31, 2021)

If Josh Hawley (r) steps in front of a microphone today we get six more weeks of sedition. (February 2, 2021)

On the wrong side of everything (February 3, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Crybaby Tour (February 6, 2021)

You got that one right (February 8, 2021)

Senator “Raise My Fist in Sedition” (r) has an opinion (February 10, 2021)

Working on the galley proofs for that right wingnut welfare vanity press book? (February 10, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Indifference (February 13, 2021)

Eric Greitens (r) is on line one… (February 13, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Hawley’s Mail (February 20, 2021)

What is Josh Hawley’s (r) favorite whine? (February 23, 2021)

Again, we already knew that (February 26, 2021)

Offered without comment (March 2, 2021)

The people you pay $174,000.00 a year believe that all billionaires are in desperate need of their help and that you haven’t suffered enough (March 6, 2021)

Home every night (March 7, 2021)

Penrose On Politics: Huckster Hawley (March 13, 2021)

“They could never do more damage than you have already done.” (March 17, 2021)

Anybody see Josh Hawley (r)? (March 17, 2021)

SB 528: Wolverines! (March 24, 2021)

Long term memory loss (March 30, 2021)

A voice in the wilderness (March 31, 2021)

Secretly wants to join the “minutemen of the state” so he can wear a brown shirt (April 8, 2021)

Calling out ALEC? (April 12, 2021)

Slam dunk (April 13, 2021)

He forgot to raise a fist (April 15, 2021)

Offered without comment (April 15, 2021)

Uh… (April 20, 2021)

A low Bar (April 22, 2021)

Just because (April 22, 2021)

One of those fancy prosecutors (April 23, 2021)

Burning bridges

31 Thursday Dec 2020

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

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Donald Trump, grift, Grifter, Josh Hawley, missouri, Mitch McConnell, right wingnut, social media, sycophant, toady, Twitter, U.S. Senate

If you come for the turtle you best not miss.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Today, as Josh Hawley (r) plays with matches:

Alex Isenstadt @politicoalex
McConnell held a conference call with Senate Republicans this morning in which he pressed Hawley multiple times to explain his plans to object to the Electoral College. McConnell was met with silence, per multiple people familiar with the call. Turns out Hawley wasn’t present
1:30 PM · Dec 31, 2020

McConnell has expressed concern that GOP senators up for re-election in ‘22 will be forced to take a vote on a seemingly pointless endeavor that will imperil them either in a general or primary election

Hawley has launched a small dollar fundraising push around his move. He sent out an email this afternoon asking donors to “stand” with him. Contributions go to Hawley’s campaign account

Why is it always about the grift?

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

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)

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

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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brown nosing, Grifter, Josh Hawley, missouri, paranoia, right wingnut, seditious prick, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

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

Today:

Sen. Hawley Will Object During Electoral College Certification Process On Jan 6
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will object during the Electoral College certification process on January 6, 2021. Senator Hawley will object to highlight the failure of some states, including notably Pennsylvania, to follow their own election laws as well as the unprecedented interference of Big Tech monopolies in the election. He will call for Congress to launch a full investigation of potential fraud and election irregularities and enact election integrity measures.

Democrats have previously objected during the certification process for the 2004 and 2016 Presidential elections.

Senator Hawley said, “Following both the 2004 and 2016 elections, Democrats in Congress objected during the certification of electoral votes in order to raise concerns about election integrity. They were praised by Democratic leadership and the media when they did. And they were entitled to do so. But now those of us concerned about the integrity of this election are entitled to do the same.

“I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws. And I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden. At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has so far failed to act.

“For these reasons, I will follow the same practice Democrat members of Congress have in years past and object during the certification process on January 6 to raise these critical issues.”

[….]

Heh. Apparently he’s a “constitutional lawyer”.

Some of the responses on Twitter:

There was no fraud. Just because millions of voters believe the lies of the president about fraud does not mean those voters deserve to be heard. This argument makes no sense.

Russia thanks you for your continued attacks on America.

“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.

Millions of voters are concerned that corrupt prosecutor Hosh Jawline is a massive phoney who should resign immediately. You should resign on their behalf.

Step 1: Spread lies about election fraud, thereby convincing millions of voters that the election was stolen.

Step 2. Block certification of the election, on the grounds that millions of voters think it was stolen.

You’re trash. You deserve to be tried for sedition.

Why are you trying to erase my vote and the vote of 80 million Americans?

There was no election fraud, and you know it.

You are doing damage to our democracy that cannot be undone.

The ladder climber doesn’t give a shit.

Because @HawleyMO is a seditious prick. I hope we start taking sedition by US Senators and House Members more seriously. They should held to a higher standard with either a prison term or they dismissal from this country immediately.

There is no evidentiary basis for your effort to overturn the 2020 election results. That people have been lied to & their confusion weaponized does not make that weaponization any less of an attack on the Constitution of the United States. This is a criminal abuse of office.

“A minority of citizens has been convinced by a propaganda machine that they couldn’t possibly have lost and I have no choice but to indulge their delusional entitled white privilege!”

I speak for 80 million plus Americans when I say you can eat a pile of shit and then go fuck yourself.

Remember to dress like a clown on January 6.

Object to what based upon what? There’s been over 60 court cases which have found zero evidence of election integrity issues or fraud.

You’re never going to be president, josh. No matter how much you debase yourself, no matter how many boots you lick. Never

And on and on…

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Asshole.

Previously:

Amicus this (December 11, 2020)

Grifters keep on grifting

09 Monday Nov 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Brownshirts, Donald Trump, fascists, Grifter, grifting, phone, text

I received the following text on my phone from Donald Trump’s (r) campaign [1-660-243-9318]:

Vote
#StopTheSteal
I’d never thought I’d see this in America. The Democrats are STEALING THIS ELECTION in real time.
* ‘Clerical errors’ added 100K votes overnight!
* Widespread ballot harvesting in MINNESOTA,
* Poll workers bragging about throwing away Trump votes in PENNSYLVANIA,
* Democratic operatives secretly counting ballots in GEORGIA…after sending poll watchers home
#StopTheSteal
Democrtas will get away with it…unless you and I lead the charge to fight back, hold them accountable, and FAIRLY WIN THIS RACE for President Trump. We are on the ground with legal resources ready to help! Will you make a donation today of $25 to help? [….]

The “properties” on this message:

Subject:
NoSubject
Date:
Mon, Nov 9
12:10PM

No, I did not sign up to receive texts from Donald Trump’s (r) Brownshirts.

I immediately replied:

Fuck of[f] you Fascist pigs.

And, as you can probably tell, I rarely text.

Why are we not surprised?

20 Thursday Aug 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Border Wall, Donald Trump, Grifter, indictment, Steve Bannon, USPS

This morning:

Tom Winter @Tom_Winter
BREAKING / NBC News: Former advisor to President Trump, Steve Bannon, and four others have been indicted for illegally funneling money from the “We Build The Wall” fund.
8:36 AM · Aug 20, 2020

Grifters gotta grift.

Apparently he was arrested on a yacht by agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service.

Karma and irony, wrapped around, on so many levels.

One of the best responses:

Shari Lynn @LynnSharig8
USPS took Steve Bannon into custody, but because of delays he won’t be delivered to prison for another 6-10 weeks.
3:25 PM · Aug 20, 2020

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

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