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Eric Schmitt (r) gets pantsed by Eric Schmitt (r) on national television

29 Tuesday Sep 2026

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

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2025 file photo].

This morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with witness Jack Smith:

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social
[….]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

HAHAHAHAHAH.

Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk’s basketball game.

Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.

9:44 AM · Sep 29, 2026

“[Eric] Schmitt is a Fascist doosh”

Some of the responses:

🤔 Is that all they’ve got? lol

Thanks for the absolutely LOL I just had. Almost peed my pants I laughed so hard and long. 🤭😎😆

Incomplete staff work or deliberate misrepresentation of facts? I’ll take door number two.

That creep called Jack Smith a dirt bag. MAGA is slime.

I’m glad they’re wasting time on important discussions.

Fuck these people are beyond being embarrassed they’re so dumb. So far it looks like it’s blowing up in their fucking faces. Thank you for reminding us that the orange meat stick would’ve been convicted of serious crimes.

Is it the Mizzou Tigers or the Hamilton Tiger-Cats?

It’s a Missouri reference.

jesus

Maybe Natalie shouldn’t be in opposition research.

We see what you did there.

Is this all they have?

They never had anything.

Eric Schmitt is full of shit head clown in the Republican circus wasting time and tax payers money instead of fixing the economy and doing the jobs they were elected to do.Disgraceful.

Nothing to say but he has to fill his 5 minutes. Like Kennedy, they have nothing, they know Trump is guilty of all the stuff and Jack Smith had him dead to rights, and if it wasn’t for the machine covering up and excusing Satan, we would have a much better world.

Eric Schmitt is either a liar or a moron. Probably both.

Schmitt does not know ball.

Conspiracy peddling swatted down in real-time love to see it!

He was so certain of his “gotcha.” LMAO.

Schmitt’s “questioning” was embarrassing to him
and the State of Missouri.

Eric Schmitt’s big gotcha moment not only backfired on himself, but it also made him look like an ass.

Eric Schmitt (r) has always looked like an ass.

I just called his office and laughed for the whole message.

Now that’s funny.

right-wing morons are giving it their best

Schmitt is not a serious person.

it’s an instant SNL skit
[….]

Let’s call it was it is: #SchmittIsAnAssHat

Every single one of these repubs are complete morons

Douchebag extraordinaire

Heh. See image above.

Then he proceeds to call Smith a dirtbag. Schmitt was trying to play gotcha and it backfired on him! [Sen. Amy Klobuchar] (I don’t know you as they didn’t show her) chimed in with the correction, the score of the game and demanded Schmitt apologize to Smith!

Klobuchar just confirmed it was a University of Maryland/Iowa Hawkeyes game that Smith attended (in Maryland)
Smith testified that he went to the game, because he wanted to see Caitlin Clark play. That will make MAGAs implode.
and Eric Schmitt exposed again, as an incompetent dirtbag

Hawks, Hawkeyes, NBA team, womens college team. Who can tell the difference? So confusing!

His face was beet red.

“You can’t fix stupid”

An embarrassment to the Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Senate, Missouri, and the U.S.A.

Schmitt calling Mr. Smith a ‘dirtbag’ is rich. Schmitt is one of the purest examples of MAGA scum.

He used this as the basis to accuse Smith of being in Atlanta at that time to meet with Fani Willis as she was being dismissed. Ridiculous!! An ignorant fishing expedition.

more than ignorant–dishonest attempt to spread misinformation–which backfired in spectacular fashion–and reminded everyone that Schmitt is a dirtbag.

The voters of Missouri should be embarrassed that Sen. Schmitt is “representing” them.

That fool is repping my state. He’s getting a nasty phone call. 😜

Good. He should get a lot of negative phone calls from constituents about this. Missouri should vote Eric Schmitt out as soon as they can. What a shameless and embarrassing display. The GOP doesn’t bring their best, that’s for sure.

Eric Schmitt is thicker than a plank

Idiot!!! Schmitt is an imbecile

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Mark Alford (r) steps on a rake…again

20 Sunday Sep 2026

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

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Yesterday:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 19, 2026]

This week, House Republicans passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act — making a dedicated DOJ fraud team permanent.
Taxpayer dollars belong to you. Not to fraudsters.
❓ Should we have a team whose only job is going after fraud?
👍 YES — tell me why
👎 NO — tell me why
[….]

Uh, aren’t you supposed to ask your constituents before you vote on the bill, not after? Otherwise this is just performative bullshit. Just asking.

There is much hilarity in the responses:

Yes, they should start with the president, the cabinet and Congress.

Didn’t DOGE already have a go at that?

Yeah, no. It was all performative bullshit.

I’d love to have a doj that is independent from the presidency

Why did you decline a debate against the candidate running against you? Like to hear an answer!

Or just go to the White House and knock on the door.

Would collecting your paycheck and not doing any work count as fraud?

it is definitely a waste of tax dollars.

Maybe you should start at the White House.

Mark, why frame this as “House Republicans” when 352 members of Congress voted for it, including 139 Democrats? Fighting fraud isn’t particularly controversial or partisan. Giving your constituents the full story apparently is.

I thought that was the job of inspectors general???..

Oopsie.

President Trump’s firing of inspectors general threatens government accountability and efficiency
10/21/2025

[….]
President Donald Trump broke historic norms by firing 17 presidentially appointed inspectors general.
Trump’s firings, additional resignations and preexisting vacancies carried over from the Biden administration have resulted in over 75% of presidentially appointed inspector general positions sitting vacant.
The White House has unilaterally blocked funds appropriated by Congress to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, an umbrella office that supports the inspector general community. The office’s website, which housed inspector general reports, recommendations for how the government can save money, and a whistleblower hotline, has been made unavailable due to a lack of funding.
[….]

How about we figure out how Pete lost a ship full of weapons, and they wound up in Hong Kong?

There’s that.

Start with the president and his family that will be a good start.

We already have organizations responsible for detecting fraud. Inspector Generals and the Councils of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

If you don’t fire them all…

The should start at 1600 Pennsylvania

Start at the top.

Is there room for that team at the White House?

Here’s a tip ! ( look in the Whitehouse) ..

Mark,
If we did would they precipitate the indictment of Donald Trump? Asking for a friend.

Will Trump pardon them also?

Even better would be one that automatically disqualifies them from running for office or immediately removing them if the a currently in office…

Interestingly…

Yes. Let’s start with you and your friends.

I recommend purchasing a new mirror. It’s much less expensive.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Ouch. That one left a mark.

We had a fraud team. Musk and doge said we did not need it.

Isn’t that part of your job???

Let’s ask AI to find the the fraud among our politicians and government offices shall we?
We’d be left with, if lucky, 5 people.

I am In favor of a Justice Department that doesn’t kiss ass

Starting with You!

So Trump can pardon them for a simple bribe. Which then wipes out restitution…

Have you seen Trump’s pardon list?

Tip line, check 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

I thought was that was what DOGE was supposed to do. And failed badly.

We already have a permanent Justice Department. The problem is the corruption within that department.

Why don’t you start at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The president cut out the government watchdogs with the Doge cuts. Start with the White House.

Trump would just free them

Why, if they donate $ to Trump, he’ll just pardon them.

Grifters gotta grift.

Like Trump?

How about we start in the White House?

Only if they arrest Trump first

Legislating where NOT needed, NOT legislating where needed. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Trump university and trump foundation

Once again- the call is coming from inside the house.

Why so then they can pay trump and then get paroled?

Didn’t they have that? But as soon as the IGs inspecting such were fired, it all went away! Waiting on my $2000 promised check!

Let’s start with trump and work our way down. Mark, you should be on that list as well.

They should start at the White House.

In theory, of course it’s a great idea. But I think in practice, we all know trump will just use it to go after his adversaries. So until we have someone in office that has some morals, and a congress that does their job, it’s probably not a great idea.

A better idea would be to not allow the president to take bribes from convicted fraudsters for pardons.

Not sure it helps since the president keeps pardoning people found guilty of commiting fraud.

It would pay for itself by recovering all of the money taken by Trump.

Seriously Congressman how can you even write this post? Our President has pardoned dozens of fraudsters thus eliminating the monetary judgments against them that our court system had handed down. So all the consumers that were ripped off got nothing.
[….]

They should start in the Oval Office.

Sure and you can start with the current administration and the billionaires in this country.

How about a House of Representatives that actually does some work. 71 or so work days and you don’t complain.

Congressman Mark Alford, no, we don’t need a permanent justice team to root out fraudsters—-we need investigators in every Federal agency to investigate fraudsters inside and outside of the government. Like the ones Trump fired, including hundreds from the IRS. Those auditors need to focus in fraud within ICE, the Pentagon, the Kennedy Center,
the Freedom250 committee, and expenditures made by every
Congressional member.

We already have this. The Department of Justice has dedicated health-care fraud prosecutors and Medicare fraud strike forces, working with the FBI, HHS-OIG, CMS and IRS. Tax fraud already has dedicated federal enforcement too. Creating another ‘team’ to do a job the federal government already does isn’t a policy proposal I t’s ragebait.

Hey!!! What do you think of trump banning the press and violating the Constitution???

A journalist would be outraged. Alford, not so much.

Ouch. That left a mark.

Yes, but when all the GOP is arrested, what then?

No. We should have the checks and balances that Trump took away when he fired Inspector Generals on one of his first days in office.
Nothing says “I am gonna commit some big time fraud” like firing most of the Inspector Generals (like he did during Covid, too)

That’s never been more a true need since Trump’s second term.

It’s already part of their job. I’d rather have a team in the White House that wasn’t issuing pardons to the worst convicted fraudsters that have stolen billions.

On vacation again we see…

If you give POTUS and his family a free pass it doesn’t matter what you do… you have zero credibility

If you can’t stop the president from grifting in plain sight what makes you think we trust you to catch anyone else 😆😂🤣

Not if they answer to the top fraudster and his personal lawyer.

There’s a guy in Jefferson City I could point them towards. Bald guy, looks like a rodent, wearing a red valet jacket, sometimes carries a baseball bat.

Donald Trump has pardoned so many white-collar criminals that committed financial fraud that he has effectively wiped out an estimated $2 billion in restitution and fines owed to the victims of those crimes.

We had Inspectors General who did that but Trump fired all of them at the beginning of his presidential term so they wouldn’t catch him stealing billions from We the People.

Wouldn’t our president just pardon them, like all the other fraudsters. You just speak to the people like they are complete idiots. How low must your iq be to vote Republican in 2026? Pretty, pretty, pretty low.

We used to have that until your orangutan buddy disbanded it. Next let’s talk about the CFPB you dick.

Well, that would be a bit embarrassing for your Great Leader, wouldn’t it?

Holy shit. Yes. Start with the Trumps, Kushners and Musk.

Start in the White House. What a stupid F’ing question.

You must think we’re stupid, and you’d be 38% correct according to latest polls

Who is the biggest fraudster on planet earth?? You know the answer bozo.

Congressman Mark Alford I know for certain there is a 34 time criminal felon, sexual abuser, business fraud, tax fraud, charity fraud, university fraud, election fraud con man at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in DC. Lock him up!

Today’s propaganda drop. Fraud.

Fraud? Start with Trump, little puppet.

Yea- and the first list of arrests would be everyone in the cabinet. Oh, but wait… they’d just be pardoned like the long list of other convicted fraudsters.
Let’s hear your thoughts on all such individuals that have been pardoned and let off the hook for MILLIONS!

I’m pretty sure all of us were thinking that. How can we waste more money at a time where we’re broke and morons like you are in charge?

These Republicans posting this while working for the biggest fraudster in American history is wild. 🖕

You didn’t pass anything. Johnson sent everyone home so Hegsbeth wouldn’t get impeached.

Starting with the Trump family

Do you ever read the comments? The majority of our country and probably the world know trump is the most corrupt president in our history…Start there with waste, fraud and abuse.

It’s almost as if Trump didn’t fire 17 inspectors general his first week of this term whose job it was to do exactly that. 🤔🤷
We’re not nearly as delusional as you, Mark Alford.

Why aren’t you talking about fuel prices?

“$4.29 a gallon for gas, $6.29 a gallon for diesel”

It’s too bad your true supporters can’t read or write. You’ve been ratioed again.

Meta.

You should have not have cut the CFPB and SEC whose whole job was to fight fraud. This irresponsible administration keeps removing the experts and replacing them with weaponized partisan hacks who will do their bidding and attack the American people.

Why? Trump will only pardon the fraudsters.

Read the freakin’ room, Mark (r)

17 Thursday Sep 2026

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

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Otto West: ‘Don’t call me stupid.’
Wanda: ‘Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape?’
Otto West: ‘Apes don’t read philosophy.’
Wanda: ‘Yes they do, Otto. They just don’t understand it.’ [….]

– A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

This morning:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 17, 2026]

On this Constitution Day in the 250th year of our great nation, I encourage Americans to read the Constitution, study it, and talk about it with those in your circle.
One of the most important things I own is a pocket Constitution my father gave me. I had it with me when I was sworn in for my first term.
I want to hear what the Constitution means to you, what you learned after reading, or what you think every American should know.
Fill out the form below to share your thoughts.

[….]

He asked, they answered:

“An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against……Every new and successful example therefore of a PERFECT SEPARATION between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance……..religion and government will exist in greater purity, without (rather) than with the aid of government.”
James Madison

I think maybe you should read it👍

that’s not as much fun as waving it around though 🤷
Mark doesn’t actually want to do any work.

Hey Mark-what does the constitution say in the 14th amendment section 3? We read that one.

Maybe you should reread the part about how Congress oversees the executive branch.

You should ask Trump to read it too

You apparently don’t read it

I bet you read the constitution like you read the Bible. Probably never seen either one

Might want to chat with your Attorney General and Secretary of State about the constitution of your home state. Oh ya, the fat orange dude who’s boots you lick might need a refresher course as well

Hey, Skid Mark! MAGA doesn’t follow the Constitution, they follow what Trump wants to do! By the way, Gas prices when up 30 cents overnight to a record high of $4.29 a gallon. I know that you don’t care about gas prices or housing costs because you are living off your $175.000 government paycheck ((BTW)paid for by taxpayers) . So I see that Congress is on another 7 week vacation! So besides doing Photo ops, are you going to be doing any townhall meetings or debates with democrats?

You mean the piece of paper that contains your powers you’ve abdicated?

We see what you did there.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Meanwhile republicans can’t admit the president duped these morons into doing this, and then he pardoned them all. You are in team fascism. Try to scare us with the “socialists and communists” red scar rhetoric. You support a fascist.

Read it instead of us needing to tell you. Then take a responsible action to stop trump from destroying our nations monuments parks and buildings. Tell us how anyone else would not be in prison for even one of these items.

Read it and learn, asshole

Why does Trump say the Kennedy Memorial wont open until his name goes on it? Why does Trump have to have his image on a coin?

This is coming from someone that has turned their back on the US CONSTITUTION And the country by supporting a convicted felon and a Republican party that breaks the law and does everything to destroy the constitution with its lawless unconstitutional acts they do on a daily basis. We deserve so much better then this embarrassment. VOTE MARK ALFORD AND REPUBLICANS OUT IN NOVEMBER

Maybe you should read it again since you and your colleagues have ceded most of your authority to the executive branch.

MAGA Mark Alford & GOP fails. They fail on checks and balances. Alford is ok with cancelling house vote on impeachment of Pete Hogsbreth. Alford is serving trump, not citizens.

Do as I say, not as I do… Mark you clearly haven’t referenced the constitution in quite some time buddy

All of a sudden the constitution matters to MAGA Mark Alford. Fuel prices high, Alford says read the constitution. Trump keeps attempting to suppress the vote, Alford wants citizen to read the constitution. Trumps illegal war in Iran, Alford wants citizens to read the constitution. I think it’s time for MAGA Mark Alford to read the constitution. It’s time for MAGA Alford to understand separation of powers, checks

I encourage YOU to read it. And then read it again.
Then when your majority voters tell you what we want, you read the constitution a 3rd time, and then you come back to us and tell us what you learned.

Left a message with both DC and Raymore for you to host a town hall….yeah I dont anticipate that you will as you are afraid of your constituents because we want to hold you accountable for your actions/inactions while representing the great people of MO4.

Are you talking about the Constitution that Trump and 1000’s of his supporters attacked on 1/6 or is there a Maga Constitution I haven’t ever heard of?

Carrying a pocket constitution doesn’t make you a Constitution follower. 🙄🙄

Responsibility of serving “you” means “us” literally. Do you have any conscience of how your President is harming Americans in your district?
You can’t think for yourself, you follow the rest of the sheep.

Congressman Mark Alford Mark Alford, perhaps you should form study groups there on the Hill and especially in the WH. You all have made it abundantly clear that you have no respect for, nor understanding of, the principles and expectations put forth by our founding fathers in our constitution.
This has to be one of the least authentic campaign promos ever. 🤷

Maybe you should read it… And then read it again. If it’s too complicated know that it applies to EVERYONE HERE, even if you don’t like the color of their skin or the words that come out of their mouths. Loser!

Hey Mark’s people (because I know he isn’t writing or looking at this shit himself anymore)
Get out your ‘pocket Constitution’ that you claim means so much.
FUCKING READ IT AND LEARN WHAT YOUR JOB IS, because your part of Congress has very specific roles that you’ve been neglecting over and over and over in favor of made up bullshit issues to ‘tackle’.
Then do what it actually says to do, since you’re on our dime for your part time gig, which seems to mostly be going on TV shows and avoiding actual debates / public discussions with your constituents.
Or STFU, because nowhere in that does it say to rubber stamp a rapist, pedophile protecting, pathologically lying authroitarian who is constantly trying to undermine THE CONSTITUTION YOU SWORE AN OATH TO, but here we are.
You fucking hack piece of shit.

You may own a copy, but you neither understand nor follow it.

This is the epitome of a gaslighting cynical politician. His MAGA buds in DC doesn’t give a flying F about constitutional or civic norms. They are destroying the foundations of our country one brick at a time. It’s time folks to end this corrupt cynical leadership and it starts with your vote in November. Vote this guy back to being a TV guy.

I have read it, I am thinking sir that you need to read it. That document is very empowering to the citizens as it tells of a story of those frustrated with their leaders and how they resolved to self govern…. Maybe you should pick it up once in awhile and remind yourself who you actually work for.

You telling us to read the constitution. Thats funny on so many levels.

Many things you say have me questioning if you’ve read it. How about a little oversight from congress?

Cry more, snowflake

30 Tuesday Jun 2026

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

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Today:

Eric Schmitt
[June 30, 2026]

This decision is egregiously wrong. SCOTUS upheld UNLIMITED birthright citizenship.
A bad reading of the 14th Amendment stripped Americans of control over who joins our political community.
I fought this in Court. I’m fighting it in Congress. We must win.
So, if legislation cannot fix it, then we must amend the Constitution. Citizenship belongs to the American people.
I will be filing this soon. We must restore American citizenship and put We the People first. We must fight.

[We the People Amendment
Restores the Bond of citizenship by:
Only Americans and legal permanent residents receive birthright citizenship – not illegal aliens or tourists
Only Americans vote in federal and state elections
Only Americans count for apportionment
Only Americans may hold federal office, and dual citizens are barred
Only Americans receive federal benefits like welfare and Social Security]

Fascist pig.

“…Only Americans vote in federal and state elections
Only Americans count for apportionment
Only Americans may hold federal office, and dual citizens are barred…”

And stupid, too. Do tell us of any non-citizens who hold elected federal office. We’ll wait.

“…not illegal aliens…”

“No Human is Illegal”

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

Only US citizen’s can vote in federal and state elections already. To hold federal office, they must already be a US Citizen.
Birthright citizenship means if you are born in this country. A legal permanent resident cannot receive birthright citizenship because they were not born in the US. An unborn child cannot enter the country undocumented or as a tourist.

Well, If they get this changed, then according to Trump his 3 oldest children are Anchor Babies and should be the 1st to be Deported, Trump’s 1st wife did not become a US Citizen intill after Eric was born…So, Go for and then we can follow the law and start with the 3 oldest Trump’s and their children

People have come to this country for many many years with the hope of having a better life. We have always been called the, Land of Opportunity and that’s what makes us a great nation. This country was built on the backs of immigrants looking for something better. Leave the birth right citizenship as it is. We wouldn’t be here today otherwise.

not recover? From what? The last time the immigration laws were substantively changed was 1996. You are as ignorant af. Our population through birth has steadily declined since 1960. We are under the replacement rate. How do you propose we get more bodies into our workforce?
If you are intent on making “America Great Again” you should not forget what made America great in the first place—birthright citizenship was a big part of that—everybody on a level playing field—opportunity for all. Get educated.

Next we’re gonna start arguing about what Pythagoras REALLY meant when he said a² + b² = c² 🙄
It’s plainly written, clear as day. Anyone born in the United States is a United States citizen. Saying otherwise is just blatantly wrong.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Pretty clear what it says Eric. Maybe go back to law school.

Brother, you’re explicitly and objectively wrong about this. Even the drafters of the 14th Amendment acknowledged that it granted citizenship to all babies born in the US, except those born to foreign agents like diplomats.

Yeah, good luck amending the Constitution. It requires both parties to agree to change it. 2/3 of the House, 2/3 of the Senate, then 3/4 of the States Legislatures to ratify it before it becomes imbedded into the Constitution. It’s next to impossible and most Constitutional Amendments die in subcommittees. You are welcome to try but it’s not likely going to happen. 😂

I prefer the Constitution to your personal opinion.

Right decision. Good luck with an amendment before the mid-terms…or after. Focus on your constituents versus your ‘ideals’.

So…you’re *not* going to back Rubio for president?

Heh. He has someone else in mind.

They made the right decision. Just because you don’t like the fact that these citizens typically vote against you and your racist party doesn’t mean the system is broken. The wording in the US Constitution is very specific, and it was wonderful to see the Supreme Court protect this constitutional right!

Your opinion. 6 Justices had differing views.

Well, Five and a half.

they only way this works is if it applied retroactively to the Jamestown colony.

So…… how do you prove your citizenship?

Have your papers ready (January 14, 2025)

Tell me you’re racist without telling me you’re racist.

🤣😂 Here for all the dunces who have no idea what’s required to pass a constitutional amendment

Im a little worried about how you will be defining “only Americans”

come on. Only Americans is code for white only.

As any middle schooler knows, a change requires a constitutional amendment. Let us know how that works out for you.

Naturalized citizens should not hold office

Ah, the slippery slope. Definitely not an originalist.

The decision is constitutionally sound and frankly should have been 9-0. If you don’t like it, start the process to amend the constitution

Awww, sucks for you when the SCOTUS actually follows the Constitution.

[….] Lunacy! The US and Canada are the ONLY developed nations on the world who recognize birthright citizenship

“…Both U.S. neighbors, Canada and Mexico, allow unrestricted birthright citizenship, as do all but two countries in South America…” [the Western Hemisphere]

As someone that leans on the side of conservatives I am going to flat out tell you that you are wrong on this one. The very first line of the 14th Amendment clearly states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It doesn’t mention anything about parents being naturalized or natural born citizens.

If you want to make a constitutional amendment edit, then go through the process for it, but the current U.S. Constitution and the documented speech of the author of that amendment while introducing it absolutely makes it clear that if you are born within the boundaries of the U.S. and are subject to U.S. laws (i.e. are not part of the family of a diplomat who has immunity to U.S. laws) then you’re a citizen. The SCOTUS simply correctly interpreted what the current clearly lays out. I’m disappointed that you are the one supporting a bad reading.

You’re egregiously wrong sir

So much to unpack in those statements but a lot off bullshit and not well thought out

Eric,
You never fail to disappoint.

The supreme court just reminded Trump that he is not an omnipotent potentate and he cannot rule by fiat.

Before jumping on your bandwagon, you will have to convince me that “born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction, does not mean what it says. This is not the first time the Supreme Court has ruled on birthright citizenship, and in both cases, they upheld the language of the 14th amendment.

This will surely lower the cost of living!

Did your brain cells fight each other when you wrote this nonsense? 🤣🤣🤣

When SCOTUS says NO, you go low! Add a line to that: to hold office, you must prove a basic understanding of civics. A certificate of remedial education would need to be proof of eligibility to run for office

Birthright citizenship should apply if both parents were born in this country.

goodbye Barron. Goodbye Ivanka, Eric, Jr… And Goodbye Donald J Trump Sr.
None of them had both parents born in USA.

Can we add in something about convicted felons being ineligible for public office?

We see what you did there.

Only “Americans”. Schmitt gets to pick who can be classified as an “American.”

How are you a senator who doesn’t understand how the constitution works? Better yet, how are you a lawyer who doesn’t understand?

The U.S. Senate and law schools will take anybody…

Scared of those brown people I see Eric….

The decision upholds the Constitution sir. One would think someone with a law degree would have known what the President did via Executive Order was not legal.

You should leave the country out of protest. Hell, just shoot yourself in a rocket into fucking space

There’s a guy…

Wait wait wait… are you mad they UPHELD the constitution? I didn’t realize there could be a “bad reading” of an amendment. This is when you need to choose your language wisely because when everything flips blue maybe they will find a “bad reading” of something you agree with then you’ll just have to sit there silently with your clown mask on. 🤡

Fool

The Supreme Court already ruled on point one. Americans are already only allowed to vote in federal and state elections. The Constitution doesn’t say citizens so you’ll need an amendment for apportioning. Only Americans can hold federal office already. Only Americans receive welfare and SS already.
This is performative as hell. You’re finding problems where there is none because the Republicans are covering for Trump with the Epstein files and this godawful war.

No it is not egregious. What was egregious was you trying to take away citizenship and deport people who were born here and have never lived anywhere else.

The 5-4 vote in the birthright citizenship case is a warning that all of US law is in terrible danger.

Will this open the Strait of Hormuz? Will this make housing affordable? Will this lower insurance premiums? Will this help hungry families? Will this release the Epstein files?
No. Because Sen Schmitt’s idea is effing stupid.

Feels a little….Nazi Race Law like..

You are egregiously wrong. The Constitution is very clear about this. The Constitution is not a haphazardly thrown together document. Its language is very precise for a reason.

This has already been the law of the United States for 250 years, so it’s not a surprise and not a change. So, there is no such thing as an amendment to it “restoring” anything. What happened here is that Trump attempted an act of constitutional vandalism, and failed.

Eric, I know thinking is hard for you but let’s give it a try. You want “only Americans” to receive birthright citizenship. So how exactly does one go about becoming an “American”? In fact, how did you become an American? You didn’t pass any background check, test or take any citizenship oath. You became an American simply by being born here. Now, I’ll give you time to think about this.

Eric will need a lot of time. He has demonstrated often that thinking is not his stregth

Amazing how you seem to have this sado masochistic obsession with constantly being on the wrong side of history.

Congress can’t pass a spending bill and Eric Schmitt thinks, through the sheer weight of his fantastic personality, he is going to get a Constitutional amendment passed.

There’s that.

Cry about it little bitch

Look kids an asshole that talks

Eric Schmitt should be ashamed of himself. Insisting that the clear and unambiguous language of the 14th amendment could allow any other result is obviously baseless to even a first week law student. Someone whose oath is to the Constitution making such a frivolous claim undermines faith in the judicial system.

You’re not mad at the decision, you’re mad at the Constitution.
You UnAmerican imbecile.

Eric Schmitt – anyone ever tell you that you’re an idiot? You truly are. You claim that the Supreme Court didn’t follow the constitution in its ruling – when in fact it did! And now you want to continue to carve out exceptions. Look, we know that MAGAts like you want to overturn the 14th in its entirety so that you can then argue that there are no people of color allowed to vote and they one count for 3/5 for apportionment , but it ain’t gonna happen. In fact, the original constitution, without amendments, called for the counting EVEYONE – not just those that you deem worthy.
And for the record, states already have laws that say only citizens can vote in state and federal elections. And laws already exist limiting who can receive welfare and SSI benefits. If you feel that they people are getting it that aren’t entitled to it, give the SSA the funds for enforcement instead of cutting it to the bone every chance you get. Seriously, people like you are insufferable.

Yep.

Previously:

Joseph Alito (r) shits the bed, and then doesn’t leave (June 30, 2026)

Rick Brattin (r): performative bullshit

24 Wednesday Jun 2026

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On our dime.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” – Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 – 1755)

In today’s mail:

….This session, the Legislature took bold action to secure our borders, strengthen our laws and protect our communities…”

Oh, really?

What about affordability – food and gas, access to health care, and supporting public schools?

2026 Legislative Session
Delivering Results To
Combat Illegal Immigration

This session, I fought to:

Enforce Immigration Laws
Sponsored SB 1265, fining sanctuary cities and empowering local law enforcement to enforce Federal immigration law.

Ban Illegal Aliens Utilizing Welfare
Sponsored SB 1616, preventing ineligible aliens from receiving SNAP or MO Healthnet benefits.

Require Citizenship To Vote & Receive Welfare Benefits
Sponsored SB 1772 to ensure citizenship is verified when individuals register to vote or apply for welfare benefits, including SNAP and MO Healthnet.

Wait, “delivering results”?

SB 1265 – Brattin, Rick
Creates new provisions relating to illegal aliens

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
03/31/2026 Hearing Conducted S Insurance and Banking Committee
01/27/2026 Second Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee S240
01/07/2026 S First Read S75
12/01/2025 Prefiled

First, no human being is illegal.

Note the difference in the descriptions between the filed bill and the taxpayer funded mail piece.

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

Next:

SB 1616 – Brattin, Rick
Creates new provisions restricting the availability of public benefits to U.S. citizens

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
04/08/2026 Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee
03/25/2026 Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
02/12/2026 Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee S383
02/03/2026 S First Read S274

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

Next:

SB 1772 – Brattin, Rick
Modifies and creates new provisions relating to illegal immigrants

Complete legislative action history for this bill:

Date Action Journal
05/07/2026 Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee S1608
02/26/2026 S First Read S483

The bill didn’t didn’t pass in the Senate. That’s not a delivered result.

It’s performative bullshit. On our dime.

Rick Brattin (r) [2025 file photo].

Rick Brattin (r) is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, apparently in an attempt to fail upward.

Foul.

13 Friday Feb 2026

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Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

This morning:

Congressman Mark Alford
[February 13, 2026]

This Black History Month, we had a great visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum—the world’s only museum dedicated to recognizing the tremendous contributions of African Americans in professional baseball. ⚾️
[….]

Some of the responses:

Where is any of the staff? I have visited several times always a diverse crowd.

I was gonna say….

why are there four white guys in that picture

Taking a picture at NLBM with 4 white guys is peak irony. #magmdei 🤣

I was thinking the same thing. 😂 Laughable.

Performative. Everyone can see right through it.

Will the rump administration try to censure this museum’s exhibits like the numerous other ones it has deemed unacceptable??

You mean photo op of old white men

Not 1 Black man in sight..🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

Isn’t that a risky place for you to be. Team Klan … I mean Team Trump may think you’re going woke

Heh.

Did you learn ANYTHING??

Dayam.

Field trip #137, more tax dollars for Alford’s meals, gas allowance, etc.
Tell me how this helps the people of Missouri, your constituents. Just a group of white guys acting like they’re being supportive — kind of like when your silly ass posts a religious verse on Sundays (or Saturday, if you don’t want to post on Sunday).
P.S. Don’t forget to share a picture with your wife, some roses, and let us all know how much you love her, and that she’s your rock. Can’t wait……….

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We could have a black history day that we don’t need a whole month of black history or a whole month of gay pride. If you wanna have a whole month of something, let’s have a whole month for our Veterans

there is a whole month for veterans

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Congressman Mark Alford: Visited the museum twice within 30 days. Why? You support a racist President. Since you do, it makes you one.

As he votes to fund DHS and concentration camps. Bad enough being a racist and a Nazi Mark but a hypocrite too.

Ey bro… Respectfully, on behalf of the black Missourians who feel about u as i do (a vast majority) FUCK U! Respectfully, the bullshit u support harms the black community. Respectfully, u don’t get to use my whole community as a token. Respectfully, go find some self hating, KOONta Kinte (the opposite of the great Roots character Kunta Kinte), shuckin and jivin, double minstrel, oppression loving black person to be ur token.

Was this before or after you voted to pass the SAVE Act and hoped to disenfranchise working class voters?
Your hypocrisy is showing!

Great museum! Terrible representative!

You will exploit anything for votes.

Burn in hell alford

We cannot hear you over THE SOUND OF DONALD TRUMP’S GUILT.

Dayam.

How hypocritical of you. You stood by and did nothing while MO reps gerrymandered the maps duluting their representation. Funny how you go on a field trip to the Negro Baseball Musuem but only post photos of old white men. They should have never even let you in the doors. Counting the days till you are replaced.

4 white racists trying to show they aren’t racist.

Be careful your 🍊cult leader doesn’t approve

Mark Alford (r) [2025 file photo]

Eric Burlison (r): no voting for you, and you, and you….

10 Tuesday Feb 2026

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A right wingnut solution in search of a problem.

American Citizen. Got married? Took your spouse’s name? Got divorced? Got remarried? Be prepared to present documents for every event in your life from birth.

Eric Burlison (r) [2025 file photo].

Yesterday:

Eric Burlison
[February 9, 2026]

If we’re serious about saving the country, pass the SAVE Act.
Make Democrats defend why they oppose requiring citizenship to vote. Force that vote.
The American people deserve to know where everyone stands.
[….]

The reality:

Review of Allegations of Noncitizen Registrants and Voters
July 2025

[….]

…in the context of each state’s voting eligible population, claims of noncitizen registrations and voting allege vanishingly small numbers. Even the largest claims (which are the most likely to be severe overestimates) never allege numbers that are more than a few tenths of a percent of the number of eligible voters in the state. This indicates that existing safeguards are broadly effective, as even highly motivated efforts identify only a relatively small number of records for potential concern. Election officials and other authorities are able to thoroughly investigate these concerns and move swiftly to address any evidence of improper registration or voting that may be found. Instead of highlighting a systemic or pervasive problem, these small numbers underscore the overall integrity of the underlying system…

[….]

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” – Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 – 1755)

Some of the responses to Eric Burlison (r):

Is JD Vance going to be required to present 3 forms of ID for each name change?

Heh.

Citizenship is already required to vote.

It’s already a law that only US Citizens can vote in Federal elections, so no one is opposed to requiring citizenship to vote. In most places you also have to show ID such as a driver’s license as well – but that doesn’t prove citizenship, even REAL ID
We’re opposed to legislation that as written, will impose a “poll tax” on many married women because it has no provision for using marriage certificiates or court documents to show their birth certificate (in original name) and their current state ID (in another name) are both them.
If this isn’t the case, explain why AZ state law specifically mentions marriage certificates and court documents being acceptable along with birth certificates to prove citizenship, but the SAVES act does not?

Many eligible citizens don’t have documentary proof of citizenship
According to the U.S. Department of State, examples of primary citizenship evidence include a birth certificate, a U.S. passport, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, a Certificate of Citizenship, or a Naturalization Certificate. (While Real IDs are often assumed to be a reliable proxy for citizenship, they do not definitively establish citizenship.)
Although at least one of these documents are in theory available to most citizens, not all voters have them readily available. According to recent studies:
9% of all eligible voters do not have, or do not have easy access to, documentary proof of citizenship.
52% of registered voters do not have an unexpired passport with their current legal name.
11% of registered voters do not have access to their birth certificate.

You say you’re for traditional family values, then want to take voting rights away from women who take their husband’s surname so that they can start their own family unit.
Make Eric defend why he opposes women voting (as if we don’t already know why).

I have voted in every election since I turned 18. Every. Single. One. I was born in the US. My parents and grandparents (and their grandparents) were born in the US). Under the SAVE act, it would cost me hundreds of dollars and months of work to find a method to prove that I’m a citizen because when I got married, I took my husband’s name.Explain to me how that makes any logical sense. I’ve been a registered voter for more than 35 years. Aren’t the GOP supposed to be pro-marriage and pro-family? It’s actually easier for me to have my name changed back to my birth name and give up my married name than to prove I’m the same person. It’s nothing but a clear attempt to disenfranchise women.

Eric Burlison, tell us about the roadblocks this could cause for voting women of all political parties.

and anyone else who has had name changes, like adopted children.

Republicans can’t win without voter suppression. It’s not about illegal voting. If they had any policy they wouldn’t need voter suppression.

Burlison apparently doesn’t know we already show ID at the polling places. To add a requirement of also showing birth certificates and/or passports is overkill.
Or is it just that Republicans want to make it harder for married women and non-international travelers to
vote?
(Cost of passport – $165)

Isn’t this just more work for women he take their husbands name?

This has nothing to do with Democrats. We already have a voter I.D. card, show our identity validated photo I. D. and are on the registered voter list. Anything more than that is redundant, serves no purpose and will prevent Americans from voting which is their Constitutional right.

It has everything to do with MAGA Trump sycophants fearing the outcome of the 2026 election.

Cool making it tougher for married women to vote 👍🏽

Deceitful comments Eric.

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Nobody but USA born should be voting.

Wait for it.

not even naturalized citizens?! They worked hard for the honor… and probably know more about the nation than natural born citizens. They deserve voting rights.

Including the First Lady?

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Dude. It’s already in the constitution that only citizens can vote. Why waste time on this nonsense?

In a normal world the person who represents us should be able read these comments and see how unpopular their idea is. In a normal world the person who represents us would answer the phone and listen to their constituents with respect and thoughtfulness, not badger them and hang up the phone. But apparently Burlison is not up to either of those tasks.

I have voted in every election for more than 40 years and I showed my ID every single time. Stop trying to create problems to solve

It’s going to be much harder if you ever move and have to explain why your last name is different than your birth certificate. And prove it with documentation. Which means you have to track down every document, which costs time and money, and even then, you may have jurisdictions that have different requirements. You have jurisdictions that may require in-person registration, which disenfranchises those with mobility issues.
It is a poll tax, and the burden is overwhelmingly carried by married women. That’s the goal. Suppress the vote among the lower income voters and women. The reason is to disenfranchise democrats, since both of those demographics favor Dems.

This would create a difficulty for those of us who are married and chose to take our husbands last name- I am against this. My grandmother fought and gained the right to vote in 1920. She was an advocate for voters rights and the importance of voting in every election. You represent me and I do not want any restriction placed on my right to vote.

It is already a law that only US citizens can vote. There are already multiple safeguards in place to uphold that law. There is no significant evidence that illegal immigrants are casting great swaths of votes. The “SAVE America Act” is voter suppression, full stop. It’s a pay to play bill that largely affects women. Stop pretending you’re the good guy. You’re not.

Please stop embarassing our state.

The SAVE Act is nothing more than a gussied up voter suppression tactic to “save” an unpopular party in the midterms.

Call it what it is, the Save act is all about voter Suppression, not Security.

Our elections are already secure, stop trying to cheat! How about Affordability?

This is voter suppression—a wolf in the sheep’s clothing of patriotism. Why are you trying to disenfranchise my elderly mother, who is one of your constituents? She changed her name when she married. If she doesn’t have a RealID or passport, then under this proposed law, she couldn’t vote. But apparently that’s okay with you, and according to you there’s something wrong with Dems for opposing this misogynistic bill. Your straw man arguments are designed to stoke division and outrage to cover a nefarious purpose of this bill—to suppress the votes of women. You seem to think your voters are stupid or uninformed. I hope they demonstrate that they are neither of those by voting you out!

TELL THE TRUTH! The Save Act will prevent millions of US citizens from voting. Some in your own district. It will require identification that many don’t have (I don’t travel so I don’t have a passport and my birth certificate has a different last name since I got married). This is the GOPs way of disenfrantchiseing people from voting because they know they are going to lose in Nov.

Stop trying to disenfranchise voters.

Jim Crow and Poll Taxes all over again.

Solution without a problem that just makes it more difficult for women and minorities to access voting.

Eric, you want to block women’s right to vote! You say there is a problem and yet I don’t see it Greene County? That is your turf. Are you making accusations?

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. SAVE is another Project 2025 brainchild meant to hijack elections by centralizing control with the federal government. It is NOT meant to make elections safer but infinitely more corruptable.

They have a plan.

So, you are saying that all of the mostly Republican County Clerks that the citizens of Missouri have voted into office are worthless at their jobs? 🤨

Voter fraud is about .003% in this country. There is an OVER ABUNDANCE of words on this topic, but NO EVIDENCE of the kind of fraud Trump TALKS about. The SAVE ACT is a voter registration suppression attempt – half the people in the country don’t have passports, millions cannot put their hands on their birth certificates. My parents lost my birth certificate and I had to pay to acquire one. Is Burlison suggesting we are required to purchase something so we can vote? Of course, there is the extra burden for married women because their married name won’t match their birth certificate. The SAVE ACT promises to solve a problem we don’t have.

If Burlison is serious about saving the country, he should start by telling the truth: citizenship is already required to vote in federal elections. It’s been the law for decades. Every state already verifies eligibility. The SAVE Act isn’t about ‘saving the country’ – it’s about creating new barriers for millions of legal, already-registered voters – especially women.
If Burlison wants to “force a vote,” Democrats welcome it. Let’s put on the record who’s voting to make it harder for women – especially married, rural, and older women – to cast a ballot.

Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. That’s already the law. Democrats aren’t opposing “citizenship to vote,” they’re opposing performative legislation designed to solve a problem that doesn’t exist while making voting harder for people who are already eligible.
If this were really about election security, Republicans wouldn’t keep losing court cases for lack of evidence. And they wouldn’t block measures that actually protect elections, like funding poll workers, upgrading machines, or stopping partisan interference.
“Force the vote” isn’t about transparency. It’s about manufacturing suspicion, suppressing turnout, and then claiming victory when fewer people participate.
Saving democracy doesn’t start with pretending it’s under attack by imaginary voters. It starts with defending the right of real citizens to vote without obstacles invented for political gain.

Citizenship is already a requirement for voting. Maybe take a break from this and go attend a fourth grade civics lesson.

The only thing Eric Burlison is good at is looking for a problems where none exists.

This man is lying to you.

Why don’t you just admit you don’t want women to vote.?

What a nonsense post. Utter nonsense.

If you’re truly serious about saving the country, you’ll vote in November to replace this UFO-chasing nitwit with an actual grownup.

Heh.

If ICE has all that money, why do they need the Missouri National Guard?

30 Tuesday Sep 2025

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“Trump Out, ICE Out”

Big Budget Act Creates a “Deportation-Industrial Complex”
The result will be a lopsided, enforcement-only machine that will be hard to dismantle.

Margy O’Herron
August 13, 2025

[….]

The biggest piece of the pie for enforcement operations in the United States will go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest, detain, and deport immigrants. Congress gave ICE $75 billion over four years, approximately $18.7 billion each year. Added to the $10 billion Congress already appropriated ICE for fiscal year 2025 in March, ICE now has $28.7 billion at its disposal this year. That $28.7 billion figure is nearly triple ICE’s entire budget for FY24.

Two-thirds of ICE’s funding – $45 billion over four years – will be used to detain immigrants, potentially more than 100,000 people per year. The $11.25 billion added to ICE’s annual detention budget is a 400% increase from last year and exceeds the Department of Justice budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 for the entire federal prison system, which holds 155,000 people.

[….]

The $170 billion price tag for immigration enforcement eclipses other law enforcement expenditures at the federal, state, and local level. It is more than the annual expenditures on police by state and local governments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia combined.

Even the slice that goes just to ICE this year – nearly $29 billion – exceeds the budgets for all other non-immigration federal law enforcement functions put together, eclipsing funding to agencies whose law enforcement missions involve pursuing terrorists, violent criminals, sex offenders, fentanyl and other drug traffickers, and gun traffickers.

[….]

Mike Kehoe (r) [2025 file photo].

Today:

Governor Kehoe Authorizes Missouri National Guard to Support Immigration and Customs Enforcement
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

Jefferson City — Governor Mike Kehoe announced today that he has authorized the Missouri National Guard (MONG) to assist with administrative, clerical, and logistical duties at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facilities within the State of Missouri. This decision comes in response to a request for assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of War (DOW) to ensure the resources and personnel needed to effectively enforce immigration laws and maintain operational control of the border.

Missouri National Guard service members will provide support starting October 1, 2025, by assisting with tasks such as data entry, case management, and logistical support, enabling ICE personnel to focus on core enforcement and security functions. MONG personnel who have been assigned to this mission were selected on a volunteer basis.

“Public safety, keeping Missourians safe, and upholding the rule of law is our administration’s top priority,” said Governor Kehoe. “The Missouri National Guard is uniquely equipped to provide this essential administrative support, and we are confident their contributions will be invaluable to immigration enforcement efforts. Missouri is proud to join in the Trump administration’s efforts to keep our state and nation secure.”

On July 25, 2025, the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth approved the duty status of DOW military personnel providing support at ICE processing facilities allowing for Title 32 duty status, which is a federally funded status under authority of the Governor. The Missouri National Guard regularly works alongside local, state, and federal agencies in support roles to ensure the safety and security of communities.

Military personnel are authorized to be on duty for this mission through September 30, 2026.

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“…the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth…”

Have you ever seen so much performative bullshit in one place?

“…Military personnel are authorized to be on duty for this mission through September 30, 2026.”

A year.

“Fuck Ice”

“…Even the slice that goes just to ICE this year – nearly $29 billion – exceeds the budgets for all other non-immigration federal law enforcement functions put together…”

Wait, if ICE has all that money why do they need the Missouri National Guard? Just asking

“Mike Kehoe is Trump’s Bitch”

Yes. Yes, he is.

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

27 Saturday Sep 2025

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“Confederates and Nazis: Fucking Losers”

Yesterday:

Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth
Cool story, General

Ben Hodges @general_ben
Sep 26
July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.

6:07 AM · Sep 26, 2025

Earlier in the morning:

Ben Hodges @general_ben
July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.
4:35 AM · Sep 26, 2025

The day before:

Rachel Maddow ‪@maddow.msnbc.com‬
Imagine the response if a Dem Administration removed every top general and admiral from every US military post all around the world (including conflict zones), in order to force them to attend a big in-person meeting in DC (with a former cable news co-host).
[….]
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Before the meeting: “Is Leni Riefenstahl available?”

After the meeting: “This could have been covered in an email.”

Send in the Clown…

06 Saturday Sep 2025

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“War [good god!] Is Good [what is it good for?] For Absolutely Nothing [say it again!]”
Circa 2001-2005.
28 x 22, posterboard, permanent marker.

RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR
Executive Orders
September 5, 2025

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law a bill establishing the United States Department of War to oversee the operation and maintenance of military and naval affairs. It was under this name that the Department of War, along with the later formed Department of the Navy, won the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II, inspiring awe and confidence in our Nation’s military, and ensuring freedom and prosperity for all Americans. The Founders chose this name to signal our strength and resolve to the world. The name “Department of War,” more than the current “Department of Defense,” ensures peace through strength, as it demonstrates our ability and willingness to fight and win wars on behalf of our Nation at a moment’s notice, not just to defend. This name sharpens the Department’s focus on our own national interest and our adversaries’ focus on our willingness and availability to wage war to secure what is ours. I have therefore determined that this Department should once again be known as the Department of War and the Secretary should be known as the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized the use of this additional secondary title — the Secretary of War — and may be recognized by that title in official correspondence, public communications, ceremonial contexts, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch.

(b) The Department of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of Defense may be referred to as the Department of War and the Office of the Secretary of War, respectively, in the contexts described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The provisions of this section shall also apply, as appropriate, to subordinate officials within the Department of Defense, who may use corresponding secondary titles such as Deputy Secretary of War or Under Secretary of War in the contexts described in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) All executive departments and agencies shall recognize and accommodate the use of such secondary titles in internal and external communications, provided that the use of such titles does not create confusion with respect to legal, statutory, or international obligations.

(e) Statutory references to the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense, and subordinate officers and components shall remain controlling until changed subsequently by the law.

(f) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a notification for transmittal to the Congress of any office, executive department or agency, component, or command that begins using a secondary Department of War designation.

(g) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a recommendation on the actions required to permanently change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. This recommendation shall include the proposed legislative and executive actions necessary to accomplish this renaming.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of War.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 5, 2025.

“Secondary title.” Performative bullshit. And expensive, too.

The reviews (and sarcasm) are in:

Captain Mark Kelly‬ ‪@captmarkkelly.bsky.social‬
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
[….]

Mehdi Hasan‬ ‪@mehdirhasan.bsky.social‬
The ‘antiwar’ president today tried to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.

Can’t make this stuff up.

‪Adam Kinzinger‬ ‪@adamkinzinger.substack.com‬

Department of war? More like Department of Distraction…. Epstein
[….]

‪Jeff Tiedrich‬ ‪@jefftiedrich.bsky.social‬

because nothing says ‘I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize’ more than renaming your Department of Defense to the Department of War

Chris Hayes‬ ‪@chrislhayes.bsky.social‬

If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?

Randi Mayem Singer‬ ‪@rmayemsinger.bsky.social‬

Bragging that you ended 7 wars… and then changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War seems incongruous.

Roberto Baldwin‬ ‪@strngwys.bsky.social‬

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

And that children, is why there are now Federal troops in Washington, D.C.

‪D. Earl Stephens‬ ‪@dearlstephens.bsky.social‬

A draft-dodger renaming the Defense Department the Department of War screams complete inadequacy.

Hoodlum ‪@nothoodlum.bsky.social‬

Pro tip: If you’ve spent the last decade begging for a Nobel Peace Prize, maybe don’t rebrand the Defense Department as the Department of War. Not exactly a winning strategy.

Joshua Erlich‬ ‪@joshuaerlich.bsky.social‬

so Department of War is more like a nickname. like, DOD’s teacher wouldn’t be allowed to call it Department of War in Florida.
[…]

Heh.

‪Governor Jay Inslee‬ ‪@govjayinslee.bsky.social‬

Also renaming the Department of Health and Human Services, the
“Department of War on Vaccines.”
[….]

Ouch.

‪Will Bunch‬ ‪@willbunch.bsky.social‬

You wouldn’t rename it the Department of War unless you were thinking of starting one soon

‪Adam Schwarz‬ ‪@adamjschwarz.bsky.social‬

Pete Hegseth says the Trump administration is restoring the name of Department of War because the US “hasn’t won a major war since” it was renamed the Department of Defence.

These people are breathtakingly stupid.
[….]

And so are their voters.

‪Ido Amir‬ ‪@idoamir.bsky.social‬

If you squint really hard you can see “Department of War” ACTUALLY reads “Lowering Egg Prices”.

A king’s ransom…

‪gwen howerton‬ ‪@kissphoria.bsky.social‬

Please do not deadname the Department of War

‪Bill Kristol‬ ‪@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social‬

Trump’s policies are leading us into recession, he’s kicking people off of health insurance and denying them vaccines, he’s destroying the rule of law, he’s being played for a fool by Putin..but he’s going to call the Department of Defense the Department of War! America is great again!

Pathetic.

Anthony Michael Kreis‬ ‪@anthonymkreis.bsky.social‬

I would be okay with a Department of War if we also had an Under-Secretary of Sea Shanties.

“Hic sunt dracones.”

‪Raffi Melkonian‬ ‪@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social‬

Department of War is the kind of thing I’d have thought was extremely cool when I was 10 and playing with little green army men.

Bingo!

‪Rocky Mountain Mike‬ ‪@rockymntnmike.bsky.social‬

Renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War! What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.

Elect a clown, expect a circus.

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