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16 Monday Feb 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford

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4th Amendment, 4th Congressional District, dumbass, Fascist pig, former newsreader, ignoranimus, Mark Alford, maroon, missouri, right wingnut, that ridiculous hat

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

“….If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen….”

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Today:

Aaron Rupar ‪@atrupar.com‬

Rep. Mark Alford: “If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen”
[….]

1:40 PM · Feb 16, 2026

Some of the responses:

Representative Alford has become an accessory after the fact.

That darn pesky Constitution. It’s almost like it was designed and amended to protect rights and freedoms.

This is like OpenAI saying they can’t make money if they can’t steal.

Another “constitutional conservative” who stopped reading after the Second Amendment

And yet somehow the Obama and Biden administrations were able to make it work. 🤔

Literally making the point he’s missing. That’s pretty talented.

It still staggers me that an American legislator — you know, one of the dudes and dudettes who take the oath to protect and defend the Constitution — just say this sort of heresy on air. ICE’s mission is incompatible with the Constitution. Huh, what’s the “Supreme law of the land “?

Somebody needs to give this guy a copy of the Constitution, with the 4th amendment highlighted.

Hey Alford! Don’t like the need for judicially-authorized warrants based on probable cause for searches & seizures? Take it up with the drafters of the 4th Amendment. Or try to repeal it & see where THAT gets you. What a f’ing moron. Seriously, this comment is disqualifying.

Exhibit #5,464,356, your Honor. In the People vs. The Fascist Regime

So, in plain English, your goal is to break the law.

He is SO CLOSE to figuring this out.

If you tie the Constitution to it, it will be unconstitutional

They seem utterly incapable of grasping the implications of what they’re saying.

“Yeah, that old Bill of Rights just keeps getting in the way of our authoritarianism.”

Then it shouldn’t happen.

This is only complicated because people like this dickbag insist on being fascist fucks.

Maybe Mark Alford should tell us how he’d feel if federal officers kicked down his front door on their own volition just because someone said he was harboring in his house anyone the govt. wanted…even citizens who committed crimes, He disagrees with the 4th amendment? (freedom from illegal searches)

“allegations of abuse of these warrants”? We watched them kick in the door of an elderly man and drag him out in his underwear. They didn’t even have a warrant. These passive voiced questions are bs.

How he qualified, “lied about, an American citizen…”
“Different quarterback”? So it is a game

Once they’ve accustomed us to “no judicial warrants cuz they’s furriners,” it’ll be easier for them to get us to accept no judicial warrants cuz they’s, oh, whatever group is out of favor today, furrin or not.

They’ve talked themselves into this. Now their focus is talking US into it.

One might argue that it should not be happening if it cannot happen within the rule of law.

If it cannot comply with the rule of law, it is an illegal action.

The ‘duh’ is silent by heavily implied.

It’s literally in the fucking constitution.

That means it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

This isn’t difficult to understand, even for this lil guy.

“It” here means: breaking the law and violating the constitution, so yeah…. Sounds good.

The Founders are rolling over in their graves.

So he’s saying their cases are such BS they couldn’t meet the requirements to get a real warrant? And instead of requiring them to meet the minimal Constitutional standard, he just wants to let them have at it, Constitution be damned? Huh.

He isn’t making the statement that he thinks he is.

How very fascist.

“If we can’t do illegal shit we won’t be able to do the shit we’re doing” is a really weird defense.

So judicial warrants (which have been required for a long time and I’m fairly certain follow the laws of the Constitution) are too much trouble to get???

WTF???

In the clip, Alford says that no ICE agents lied about a shooting involving an American citizen, just about a Venezuelan. That is completely false as ICE agents lied about the situation around the shooting of American citizen Marimar Martinez.
[….]

When your best argument is “judges wouldn’t allow us to violate people’s rights” and “they reached a (nonexistent) agreement”, you’re losing.

Alford is full of shit

Funny, I don’t recall the Fourth Amendment saying “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…unless we feel like it.”

That’s pretty the goal when you make something unconstitutional, you ignorant dipstick

Thats how the law works, fuckface.

I’ve heard better arguments from a 4 year old.

You’ll do as you’re told or Tom Homan will eat your cats and dogs

We see what you did there.

It’s amazing how quickly the media has accepted violations of multiple amendments as normal. The entire GOP state media apparatus is pushing this absurdity.

They can be putting immigrants in ovens and the media would still refuse to push back.

Fuck them all. Burn them all to the fucking ground.

Yeah, that’s the point of the fucking constitution! Ever heard of it?

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Article 16
Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

International covenant on civil and political rights.
Done at New York December 16, 1966.
Entered into force March 23, 1976; for the United States
September 8, 1992.

“No Human Being Is Illegal”

When Fascism comes to America it will be in the form of bigotry, ignorance, and mendacity wrapped in the flag

26 Thursday Jun 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, social media

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Andy Ogles, Asshole, bigot, Fascist pig, ignoranimus, maroon, New York, Tennessee, Zohran Mamdani

Too late. We’re already here.

Today:

Rep. Andy Ogles @RepOgles

Zohran “little muhammad” Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York. He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.

Attached is my letter to @AGPamBondi
[….]
1:20 PM · Jun 26, 2025

What an asshole.

The republican party in 21st Century America. Only the best, eh?

“…That was somewhat pre-nuclear. It was the nuclear age but nothing like it is today…”

20 Friday Jun 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Donald Trump, ignoranimus, Iran, Iraq, maroon

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

Donald Trump (r) actually said that today. We’re doomed.

Fascist maroon

20 Friday Jun 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Donald Trump, Fascist pig, Harvard, higher education, ignoranimus, maroon, social media

A warning for our time:

“Do Not Obey in Advance.” (2024)
Posterboard. Permanent marker. 22 x 28.

Otherwise, what you get:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Many people have been asking what is going on with Harvard University and their largescale improprieties that we have been addressing, looking for a solution. We have been working closely with Harvard, and it is very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so. They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right. If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be “mindbogglingly” HISTORIC, and very good for our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

540 ReTruths 2.1k Likes Jun 20, 2025, 2:40 PM

He has the attention span of a gnat and the intellectual heft of a rotten banana.

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

It’s a fucking cult

22 Sunday Sep 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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cult, Donald Trump, ignoranimus, MAGA, maroon, missouri, right wingnuts, signs

We’ve noticed fewer campaign signs supporting the convicted felon in out-state Missouri this cycle. That doesn’t mean they’re not going to vote for him. It’s just that there might now be a social cost to expressing public support for the incoherent grifter and that they are increasingly aware of that cost.

Still, the true believers have got to sign.

Today, on the drive from Springfield to Warrensburg:

Another great moment in sign placement.

Own goal.

“Make Missouri Great Again!”

Aside from the fact that republicans have controlled the General Assembly and statewide offices for two decades this would make complete sense to an ignorant idiot.

4202 pmurt

Donald Trump (r) is a maroon

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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clown, debate, Donald Trump, Fascist pig, ignoranimus, maroon, right wingnut

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.

Eric Schmitt (r) panics

23 Tuesday Jul 2024

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

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, ignoranimus, maroon, missouri, right wingnut, Senate, social media, U.S

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

Eric Schmitt
[July 22, 2024]
[….]Today I’m demanding the Biden Harris cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment.
If Biden isn’t capable of being a candidate, he’s not capable of being President.
My letter to VP Harris and the Biden Harris cabinet members.
[….]

JULY 22, 2024
SENATOR SCHMITT SENDS LETTER TO BIDEN CABINET SECRETARIES CALLING FOR INVOCATION OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT
[….]
“Joe Biden has decided he is not capable of being a candidate; in doing so, his admission also means he cannot serve as President….”
[….]

No genius, Joe Biden has decided he’s not going to run for reelection. That’s it.

What a maroon.

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

[….] you are right. Trump was and is not fit for office.

Biden on his worst day is better than all you Trumpers put together. Trump needs to step aside too. He’s way too old and his mental competency is also questionable. This country needs fresh younger people to lead it

Maybe Joe should bring an angry crowd to the Capitol on Jan 6th and LIKE A PSYCHOPATH attempt to stay in office. Lol

Bro you support a felon who has been impeached twice. Like maybe don’t though.

Of course you are!! Lol. I expect nothing less from you other than wasting money. Fantastic job.

You “demanding” anything is laughable. You and MARGE flip for it??

We’re voting for the YOUNGER candidate who isn’t a convict!

It takes more guts and concern for our country to decide to do what was best for the country and not to run than anything you have done in your short ineffective term. You just can’t stop with the hate and demonization for a man who did an honorable thing.

People are laughing at you

You are pissing into the wind Eric

On the floor. Probably.

You know, perhaps Joe should just go ahead and cancel the election, since Presidents have immunity and all. He can appoint VP Harris to four more years.

Let’s see the speaker thinks states should sue to keep him on the ballot and you want to invoke the 25th amendment to get him out. Which is it?

[….] They never think things through. Mad he was running, now mad he isn’t.

Eric, your demands are meaningless. Spare us the pretend pearl-clutching and posturing. Grow up and concentrate on your job.

That’ll never happen.

Today? You mean, you have had ample opportunity to interact with Joe Biden, but for some reason you suddenly became concerned about his competency? Very interesting.

Trump isn’t THAT much younger than Biden and is on record lookin pretty senile himself. Maybe you should look at your own candidate.

You are incapable of being a decent human. Retiring from a job doesn’t mean you can’t do the job. Gaslighting fascist traitor. Forever.

What a joke. Sit TF down…you look like a idiot.

Ignorant nasty Eric .. just nasty . Dehumanizing for power only .. pretty consistent . Magas don’t govern , they just do nasty while our state gets nothing from this guy .

Corrupt Eric Schmitt didn’t want any amendments invoked when Trump started an insurrection and committed National Security crimes.

You are an asshat.
Biden is not incompetent and your demands are empty and mean nothing.
Kamala will still be what the Republicans are facing. And you have no idea how to handle her. And no way to run anyone but your demented “leader” against her.
Hahaha! I love it!

Demand on, dipshit

Senator, there is a significant difference between finishing 5 months of your term and running for another 4 years. Joe Biden is capable of completing his presidency. Why not honor President Biden for his decades of service instead of making pointless demands.

You are full of it. Low unemployment, high stock market, crime down. Quit telling lies and do something good.

STFU tool bag.

Will you STFU with your utter stupidity! You are disgrace to the state, a disgrace to this country, and just am over all disgusting human being.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

21 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, meta

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clown, Eric Schmitt, ignoranimus, maroon, meta, right wingnut, sycophant, troll

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

An attempted trolling comment submitted today in response to Eric Schmitt (r) believes he’s a witness or something, apparently (June 20, 2023):

This article and the comments are all BS. You are a bunch of liberal trolls who know nothing, care nothing for our country, and are worthless.

Show your work.

“…You are a bunch of liberal trolls who know nothing, care nothing for our country, and are worthless.”

Every right wingnut accusation is a confession.

Maroon.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Mark Alford (r): WTF? Again.

07 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford

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4th Congressional District, CDC, Corona virus, COVID-19, dumbass, former newsreader, gaslighting, ignoranimus, Mark Alford, maroon, pandemic, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
Life expectancy in the US has fallen for 2 consecutive years. Incentivizing healthier lifestyles should not be controversial, but Democrats are making it such.

The “N” in SNAP stands for nutrition. It is time to put nutrition back in the program.
11:13 AM · Jun 7, 2023

“…Life expectancy in the US has fallen for 2 consecutive years…”

Why would that be? Has something been going on for the last two or three years?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19
Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

…Estimates of excess deaths can provide information about the burden of mortality potentially related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are directly or indirectly attributed to COVID-19. Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods. This visualization provides weekly estimates of excess deaths by the jurisdiction in which the death occurred. Weekly counts of deaths are compared with historical trends to determine whether the number of deaths is significantly higher than expected.

Counts of deaths from all causes of death, including COVID-19, are presented. As some deaths due to COVID-19 may be assigned to other causes of deaths (for example, if COVID-19 was not diagnosed or not mentioned on the death certificate), tracking all-cause mortality can provide information about whether an excess number of deaths is observed, even when COVID-19 mortality may be undercounted. Additionally, deaths from all causes excluding COVID-19 were also estimated. Comparing these two sets of estimates — excess deaths with and without COVID-19 — can provide insight about how many excess deaths are identified as due to COVID-19, and how many excess deaths are reported as due to other causes of death. These deaths could represent misclassified COVID-19 deaths, or potentially could be indirectly related to the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., deaths from other causes occurring in the context of health care shortages or overburdened health care systems)…

[click to enlarge]

Some of the responses to Mark Alford (r):

Hmm….what happened in the last two years that your party likes to pretend was just a cold but we lost 1.1 million Americans that could have been lessened by following preventative protocols??

Covid, Mark, it was Covid.

Wonder why ppl died last few years?

So you’re saying our healthcare is bad Mark?

Uh…HEY uh Mark…uh…nutrition is important…uh but the 2 year decline in life expectancy wasn’t because of poor nutrition. My gawd you are really bad at his leading stuff. This tweet of yours makes me think you might be a parody account. Tell me about the championship rings.

You should be promoting access to health care then instead of voting to defund Medicare and Medicaid. You know SNAP recipients can’t afford to eat healthy.

The “A” in SNAP stands for assistance. It is time to put assistance back in the program and stop placing roadblocks that prevent Americans from getting the help they need.

Give it a rest, Mark (r).

05 Sunday Feb 2023

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

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4th Congressional District, balloon, China, former newsreader, ignoranimus, Mark Alford, maroon, missouri, right wingnut, social media, stick to post offices, that ridiculous hat

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
It was a busy week in Washington and we accomplished a great deal.

This coming week we’ll address the CCP spy balloon that was allowed to fly over Whiteman AFB, and hold Biden accountable during his #SOTU.

Until then, here’s our Capitol Recap
[….]
1:14 PM · Feb 5, 2023

“…hold Biden accountable during his #SOTU…”

What are you going to do, fart loudly? Just asking.

“…we’ll address the CCP spy balloon that was allowed to fly over Whiteman AFB…”

JFC. Give your faux outrage a rest. They can just look it up, you know, on the Internets:

Counterintelligence, anyone, anyone?

What an ignoranimus.

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)

Eric Schmitt (r)…the Josh Hawley (r) of Missouri (February 5, 2023)

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