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25 Friday Jul 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media

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Donald Trump, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, Jeffrey Epstein, missouri, right wingnut, Senate, social media, sycophant, Trump sycophant, U.S

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r), this afternoon:

Senator Eric Schmitt
[July 25, 2025]
Look at the current leaders of the Democrat Party—it’s like a Star Wars bar of radical leftists.

What a clown.

There was much hilarity in the responses:

I’ll take Star Wars characters over Dumb and Dumber characters any day.

Ooh, that one left a mark.

That’s what I was thinking! You mean a diverse group of people interacting in the same room? Speaking different languages and co-existing??? Sounds damn good to me!!

The Democratic Party isn’t in charge of what is occurring right now. Talk to me how you will be helping Missourian’s feed their children and pay their bills.

How come ya starting to worry about Democrats?

*Democratic Party. You know that, Senator Eric Schmitt, member of the Grand Old Pedophile President Protection Party.

lol you’re laughably outta touch if you actually believe anything you’re saying. Ah the ways you need to comfort yourself with these comments. Running scared. As a Missourian, the GOP has been in power here for 20+ years making this place more unbearable and unlivable by the day. Feeling worried you haven’t done your job well enough for this next election? GOOD. #hotcommiesummer

Could you and Hawley get any further up Trump’s arse. You grew up in Bridgeton- a middle class neighborhood- and now you’re taking things away from the middle class. How do you sleep at night knowing what you’re doing. You had neighbors that were struggling with their businesses back then but you apparently were the “chosen ” child in your family. You have a child yourself who has special needs (but he’s covered with OUR insurance). Stop being so uppity and get back to your roots, it’s not becoming on you. Your lies and stories against the left side so you can get “atta boy” from the pedophiles in the house is sickening.

Senator Eric Schmitt you guys are big scared of Mamdani, huh?

Yep.

Better than an insane bootlicking fascist evangelical neonazi death cult

Your daddy uses the term “shylocks” Eric Schmitt

Let’s talk about you protecting pedophiles first. Way more important than the NYC Mayor’s race to most of your consituents. How long will you protect them?

Your party is led by a senile pedophile, you shouldn’t be throwing stones while you’re living in that glass house.

Look at the current leader of our country … we all know that the more you focus on Biden and the left, it is strictly an attempt to distract from the shitstorm that is our current administration. And it makes you look weak and the least transparent of all.

GOP = GUARDIANS OF PEDOPHILES

Epstein. Epstein. Epstein.

Funny that you ridicule Mamdani, but you embrace a failed businessman, convicted felon and adjudicated rapist.

There’s that.

Performative bullshit, yet again

10 Thursday Apr 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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House, HR 1526, Hypocrisy, republicans, right wingnuts, sycophants, Trump sycophants, U.S

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

Yesterday, in the U.S. House of Representatives, controlled by right wingnuts:

Summary: H.R.1526 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) [….]

[….]
Introduced in House (02/24/2025)
No Rogue Rulings Act or NORRA

This bill limits the authority of federal district courts to issue injunctions.

Specifically, it prohibits a district court from issuing an injunction unless the injunction applies only to the parties of the particular case before the court.

Did somebody say DACA? But, but IOKIYAR*.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 98
H R 1526 YEA-AND-NAY 9-Apr-2025 8:03 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: No Rogue Rulings Act

—- YEAS 219 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves
Onder
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 213 —

Bell
Cleaver

Predictable republican sycophants. Typical hypocrisy.

* it’s okay if you’re a republican

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 (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.

Campaign Finance: In our town

08 Saturday Jun 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Josh Hawley, US Senate

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FEC, Federal Election Commission, Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce, missouri, Senate, U.S, Warrensburg

Individual contributions from Warrensburg, Missouri in the period from January 2023 through the end of the first quarter of 2024 to the U.S. Senate campaigns of Josh Hawley (r) and Lucas Kunce (D) – via the Federal Election Commission (FEC):

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 2/23/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/2/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 6/22/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/30/2023 0:00 $51
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BARNHART, MARY A. WARRENSBURG MO 5/1/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BARNHART, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 10/31/2023 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 BRANT, PAMELA JO WARRENSBURG MO 5/26/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BRANT, PAMELA WARRENSBURG MO 11/17/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE BRANT, PAMELA WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 BRANT, PAMELA JO WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 DICK, DELORES WARRENSBURG MO 3/15/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 DICK, DELORES MS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/12/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DICK, DELORES MS. WARRENSBURG MO 2/1/2024 0:00 $200
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DICK, DOLORES WARRENSBURG MO 1/11/2024 0:00 $1000

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE DIEHL, MARTHA WARRENSBURG MO 10/18/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE DIEHL, MARTHA WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DIEHL, MARTHA L. WARRENSBURG MO 2/1/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 DIEHL, MARTHA L. WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FIELDS, SHIRLEY WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/26/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 6/20/2023 0:00 $51
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 1/15/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FIELDS, SHIRLEY D. MRS. WARRENSBURG MO 1/5/2024 0:00 $50

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 7/24/2023 0:00 $30
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 2/21/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 8/10/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 7/20/2023 0:00 $115
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 2/7/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 3/23/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS WARRENSBURG MO 3/23/2023 0:00 $75
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 4/19/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 6/27/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 2/15/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 3/14/2024 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS F. LT. COL. USAF RET. WARRENSBURG MO 2/22/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 GLIDDEN, WILLIAM WARRENSBURG MO 8/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 GLIDDEN, WILLIAM G. WARRENSBURG MO 6/5/2023 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 JONES, DOROTHY D. WARRENSBURG MO 3/28/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 6/12/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 KERR, ROBERT CAPT. JR. USAF R WARRENSBURG MO 5/19/2023 0:00 $51

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 MANNERING, KEVIN W. WARRENSBURG MO 2/26/2024 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 MOORE, LONNIE WARRENSBURG MO 8/17/2023 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE MORRISON, PHILIP WARRENSBURG MO 10/23/2023 0:00 $500
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE MORRISON, PHILIP WARRENSBURG MO 10/23/2023 0:00 $10

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 PARKER, TODD WARRENSBURG MO 6/14/2023 0:00 $100

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 SACKMAN, TINA WARRENSBURG NY 5/23/2023 0:00 $1

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q3 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 7/25/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 12/4/2023 0:00 $100
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 3/18/2024 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 TEAFORD, DEANNA WARRENSBURG MO 2/5/2024 0:00 $200

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 6/27/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 5/8/2023 0:00 $3
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 12/18/2023 0:00 $3
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 12/18/2023 0:00 $25
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 3/11/2024 0:00 $24.75
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WHITE, PATTI WARRENSBURG MO 1/29/2024 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 WRIGHT, PHYLLIS MS. WARRENSBURG MO 5/23/2023 0:00 $6
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE WRIGHT, PHYLLIS WARRENSBURG MO 10/6/2023 0:00 $5
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 WRIGHT, PHYLLIS MS. WARRENSBURG MO 3/18/2024 0:00 $2

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 YINGER, ANDREW MR. WARRENSBURG MO 3/22/2024 0:00 $26
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 YINGER, ANDREW MR. WARRENSBURG MO 2/16/2024 0:00 $25

C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 Q2 ZWALLY, PETER WARRENSBURG MO 5/30/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2023 YE ZWALLY, PETER WARRENSBURG MO 11/3/2023 0:00 $50
C00652727 JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 2024 Q1 ZWALLY, PETER MR. WARRENSBURG MO 2/23/2024 0:00 $35

[emphasis added]

Lucas Kunce (D) [2023 file photo].

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 BERKLAND, TERRILL WARRENSBURG MO 3/31/2024 0:00 $50

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 10/31/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 11/30/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 12/31/2023 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 1/31/2024 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 3/31/2024 0:00 $30
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CROES, HENRY WARRENSBURG MO 2/29/2024 0:00 $30

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 11/22/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 12/28/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $200
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 9/21/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 CRUMP, G. B. WARRENSBURG MO 3/27/2024 0:00 $200

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 12/12/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 11/8/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 12/31/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 GOODWIN, BILL WARRENSBURG MO 2/7/2024 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 LOCH, JAMES D WARRENSBURG MO 3/15/2024 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 MILLER, JACLYN WARRENSBURG MO 8/8/2023 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 11/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 10/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 12/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 9/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 7/2/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 8/4/2023 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 3/4/2024 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 1/4/2024 0:00 $35
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 O’NEILL, LYNN WARRENSBURG MO 2/4/2024 0:00 $35

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 RHODES, B WARRENSBURG MO 1/4/2024 0:00 $50

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE SOMMER, ADAM WARRENSBURG MO 12/28/2023 0:00 $500

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 TAYLOR, JAMES H WARRENSBURG MO 3/27/2024 0:00 $100

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/6/2024 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/29/2024 0:00 $10
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 2/6/2024 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/29/2024 0:00 $15
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 1/16/2024 0:00 $10
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2024 Q1 WARD, MARY WARRENSBURG MO 3/4/2024 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 11/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 10/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 YE WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 12/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 9/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 7/17/2023 0:00 $25
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WATSON, SADIE WARRENSBURG MO 8/17/2023 0:00 $25

C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WILLIAMS, SARA WARRENSBURG MO 8/1/2023 0:00 $100
C00771972 LUCAS KUNCE FOR MISSOURI 2023 Q3 WILLIAMS, SARA WARRENSBURG MO 8/24/2023 0:00 $100

[emphasis added]

To put this in some perspective, there are just under 20,000 people (2022) in Warrensburg, Missouri.

What are you letting Tommy Tuberville (r) continue to do?

12 Sunday Nov 2023

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

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Eric Shmitt, Fascist pig, gaslighting, missouri, national security, Obstructionism, performative bullshit, right wingnut, Senate, social media, U.S, useful idiots

Do tell. Do explain.

Yesterday, from Eric Schmitt (r):

[image cropped]

Eric Schmitt
[November 11, 2023]
[….]
A big thank you to all the veterans out there on this #VeteransDay . Thanks for your sacrifice and your service to this great country. We appreciate you!

Some of the responses:

And yet you endorsed the orange turd.

Resign you pandering lying hack

Eric. You and your party have consistently left veterans out in the cold quite literally.
Go shove your flag waving and go do your job. [….]

Honor our veterans by strengthening our military. Actively work to stop tuberville’s blockade. It is easy to say thank you.

People are noticing.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Humble brag

12 Saturday Nov 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, missouri, right wingnut, Senate, U.S

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday on Facebook:

Eric Schmitt
This election wasn’t about me, it was about the future of this great country.
[….]

Some of the responses:

You won’t fight for me. You won’t fight for the 10 year old rape victim; you’ll fight for her rapist. You won’t fight for those who are impoverished. You’ll fight for the corporations. You won’t fight for eduction; you’ll fight to destroy it. You won’t fight for minorities or LGBTQ; you’ll fight to take away any hard won rights they have. So when you say Missouri, you’re saying white conservative males. [….]

Interestingly, he didn’t mention Missouri.

You’ll be a senator for yourself, just like you were an AG

I’ve heard him spread disinformation and prejudice for 2 years while pledging to be an obstacle to anything bipartisan in DC. He doesn’t deserve a chance, and should have been impeached from AG for abuse of office

Yea – that “hoodie-in-the-pizza-parlor” image sure went away fast! Now it’s power-suits and sucking up to Ted Cruz for “the boy-from-Bridgeton”…

Eric you will be a senator for the Lobbyists not Missouri……You have already got your eye on that NRA money that Roy Blunt got and China will be knocking on your door soon!!! LOL…….

So your social media team decided to stick with inanities? Got it.

Hey, Schitty…are ya gonna sue the schools that are closing as result of the RSV breakout???? Oh, wait…you’ve already “won,” so I guess you’re done using frivolous lawsuits to campaign now, aren’t ya?
You’re gonna do NOTHIN’ for Missouri; you’re gonna step on every one of us to work your way to the Oval Office. You’re nothin’ but an opportunist.

Just red in the paper how you intend to have Ted Cruz as your “Senatorial mentor”… Was there ever ANY DOUBT you would pick the most-hated person in America as your hero? [….]

Future vacations in Cancun with is new pal.

Bullshit.

Not for women.

I don’t believe you.

For future reference

08 Monday Aug 2022

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Last night:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Democrats think raising taxes will fix the inflation they created. The misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” will supercharge the price hikes wrecking our economy and force families to pay more in taxes. When I get to the Senate, I’ll be ready to stop to these socialist boondoggles.
7:45 PM · Aug 7, 2022

From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on August 5th:

Payroll employment rises by 528,000 in July; unemployment rate edges down to 3.5%
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 528,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent. Both total nonfarm employment and the unemployment rate have returned to their February 2020 pre-pandemic levels.

As usual, there was much hilarity in the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

Would have voted to prevent capping insulin at $35 a month?

DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES: Reduce inflation, make prescription drugs more affordable, protect the climate, more jobs, protect human rights

REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES: Defend Alex Jones, insurrection, higher insulin costs, break up marriages, force 10 year olds to have their rapists’ baby

Maybe you should sue somebody about it. That’s the only thing you do anyway you useless grifter.

Keep in mind that you weren’t the best Eric. You just weren’t (quite) the worst Eric. Raising the tax rate for those making over $400,000 per year will have negligible impact on Missouri families. Wasting our tax dollars on frivolous lawsuits against our school districts hurt.

Don’t you have to go waste our tax money trying to sue china or something? Get out of here

Boring and predictable. Let us know if you ever plan on fighting for anything worthwhile.

Don’t know how to break it to you Sparky but most Americans don’t make more than $400,000 a year, but then again they don’t have access to all that nice corporate cash or all that dark money you’ve got.

If you were to get to the Senate, you would be every bit the failure you are as AG.

Oh my gawd. What a load of crap.

Dude, you sue the school systems. Lol

Democrats created global inflation? If you think most families make 400k+ you are quite out of touch. Personally, I’m happy that billion dollar companies will have a minimum tax.

If you get to the Senate you’ll be to busy grandstanding to know what the hell is going on.

Cringeworthy that you are anywhere near a political office.

Inflation is a global thing. No one party did anything to start it,and the donors of the GQP are in profiteering off of it.

“Socialist” is an interesting way of describing getting rich people to pay SLIGHTLY more ! [….]

So the only way to keep inflation down is to let corporations not pay taxes, so they don’t increase their prices? How the fuck is that going so far?

As a Missourian Mr. Schmitt, let me say this…you are a freaking moron.

“If you’re not a tax cheat, hedge fund manager or a corporation making over $1 billion, you’re not affected.”

– Steven M. Rosenthal, senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center

19,355 Missourians can’t respond

12 Saturday Mar 2022

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Today:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
It’s almost as if all the fear mongering around COVID was just one big power play.
1:36 PM · Mar 12, 2022

Sociopath.

Some of the responses:

Jason Kander @JasonKander
Replying to @Eric_Schmitt
Are you vaccinated? Did you get the booster?
3:24 PM · Mar 12, 2022

It’s as if the claim about fear mongering around COVID is just another example of Schmitt’s stupidity.

950,000 US deaths; 19,500 MO deaths. Many with long haul COVID and our healthcare system almost breaking. No one should worry about that.

What a ghoul!

20k dead constituents could not be reached for comment.

Help me understand this. I’m not supposed to care about something factual, but whatever you’re selling is legit. Just how much is your snake oil and where can I purchase some?

What is wrong with you? [….]

Day drinking and tweeting again Eric? What’s this even about? See this is why you lose so many lawsuits; all accusation, no context.

It’s almost as if all the COVID-denialism (almost 1 million US deaths!) was just one big power play… (as you, for example, run for senate)

It’s hard for me to understand an elected politician being so openly dismissive of nearly a million dead Americans as @Eric_Schmitt seems to be.

Kinda like “build a wall” bullshit right???

My father died of Covid. You are a horrible person.

So the people who died from COVID were just part of a huge fear mongering power play? You are an idiot.

It’s almost as if you’re a #PoliticalHack.

People have tried to explain the science behind the measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID pandemic to you but obviously you cannot comprehend. So now we just have you spewing forth your vomit of lies and misinformation.

Do you LIKE playing the miserable SOB who people loathe with a passion?

Right, f*ck those petty people that buried family and friends.

So, everyone who has died from Covid don’t really exist? Brick shy of a load Schmitt.

You’re an idiot. Millions have died. What a pathetic existence you live.

Tell that to everyone who lost people. Asshole.

Or you’re just an idiot

My god. What the actual fck is wrong with you? Are you seriously so desperate for attention you sit there and make lists of the most vile things you could say? A lot of people died. A lot are suffering long term effects. This is disgusting and your family should feel shame.

How many of your constituents died from it last week, you monstrous shit?

115 years ago

07 Monday Dec 2020

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Stare decisis.

In the U.S. Supreme Court:

[….]
HENNING JACOBSON, Plff. in Err.,
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

No. 70.

Argued December 6, 1904.
Decided February 20, 1905.

This case involves the validity, under the Constitution of the United States, of certain provisions in the statutes of Massachusetts relating to vaccination.

[….]

….Looking at the propositions embodied in the defendant’s rejected offers of proof, it is clear that they are more formidable by their number than by their inherent value. Those offers in the main seem to have had no purpose except to state the general theory of those of the medical profession who attach little or no value to vaccination as a means of preventing the spread of smallpox, or who think that vaccination causes other diseases of the body. What everybody knows the court must know, and therefore the state court judicially knew, as this court knows, that an opposite theory accords with the common belief, and is maintained by high medical authority. We must assume that, when the statute in question was passed, the legislature of Massachusetts was not unaware of these opposing theories, and was compelled, of necessity, to choose between them. It was not compelled to commit a matter involving the public health and safety to the final decision of a court or jury. It is no part of the function of a court or a jury to determine which one of two modes was likely to be the most effective for the protection of the public against disease. That was for the legislative department to determine in the light of all the information it had or could obtain. It could not properly abdicate its function to guard the public health and safety. The state legislature proceeded upon the theory which recognized vaccination as at least an effective, if not the best-known, way in which to meet and suppress the evils of a smallpox epidemic that imperiled an entire population. Upon what sound principles as to the relations existing between the different departments of government can the court review this action of the legislature? If there is any such power in the judiciary to review legislative action in respect of a matter affecting the general welfare, it can only be when that which the legislature has done comes within the rule that, if a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, has no real or substantial relation to those objects, or is, beyond all question, a plain, palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of the courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution….

….The latest case upon the subject of which we are aware is Viemester v. White, decided very recently by the court of appeals of New York. That case involved the validity of a statute excluding from the public schools all children who had not been vacinated. One contention was that the statute and the regulation adopted in exercise of its provisions was inconsistent with the rights, privileges, and liberties of the citizen. The contention was overruled, the court saying, among other things: ‘Smallpox is known of all to be a dangerous and contagious disease. If vaccination strongly tends to prevent the transmission or spread of this disease, it logically follows that children may be refused admission to the public schools until they have been vaccinated. The appellant claims that vaccination does not tend to prevent smallpox, but tends to bring about other diseases, and that it does much harm, with no good. It must be conceded that some laymen, both learned and unlearned, and some physicians of great skill and repute, do not believe that vaccination is a preventive of smallpox. The common belief, however, is that it has a decided tendency to prevent the spread of this fearful disease, and to render it less dangerous to those who contract it. While not accepted by all, it is accepted by the mass of the people, as well as by most members of the medical profession. It has been general in our state, and in most civilized nations for generations. It is generally accepted in theory, and generally applied in practice, both by the voluntary action of the people, and in obedience to the command of law. Nearly every state in the Union has statutes to encourage, or directly or indirectly to require, vaccination; and this is true of most nations of Europe. . . . A common belief, like common knowledge, does not require evidence to establish its existence, but may be acted upon without proof by the legislature and the courts.. . . The fact that the belief is not universal is not controlling, for there is scarcely any belief that is accepted by everyone. The possibility that the belief may be wrong, and that science may yet show it to be wrong, is not conclusive; for the legislature has the right to pass laws which, according to the common belief of the people, are adapted to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. In a free country, where the government is by the people, through their chosen representatives, practical legislation admits of no other standard of action, for what the people believe is for the common welfare must be accepted as tending to promote the common welfare, whether it does in fact or not. Any other basis would conflict with the spirit of the Constitution, and would sanction measures opposed to a Republican form of government. While we do not decide, and cannot decide, that vaccination is a preventive of smallpox, we take judicial notice of the fact that this is the common belief of the people of the state, and, with this fact as a foundation, we hold that the statute in question is a health law, enacted in a reasonable and proper exercise of the police power….’

….We are not prepared to hold that a minority, residing or remaining in any city or town where smallpox is prevalent, and enjoying the general protection afforded by an organized local government, may thus defy the will of its constituted authorities, acting in good faith for all, under the legislative sanction of the state. If such be the privilege of a minority, then a like privilege would belong to each individual of the community, and the spectacle would be presented of the welfare and safety of an entire population being subordinated to the notions of a single individual who chooses to remain a part of that population. We are unwilling to hold it to be an element in the liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States that one person, or a minority of persons, residing in any community and enjoying the benefits of its local government, should have the power thus to dominate the majority when supported in their action by the authority of the state. While this court should guard with firmness every right appertaining to life, liberty, or property as secured to the individual by the supreme law of the land, it is of the last importance that it should not invade the domain of local authority except when it is plainly necessary to do so in order to enforce that law. The safety and the health of the people of Massachusetts are, in the first instance, for that commonwealth to guard and protect. They are matters that do not ordinarily concern the national government. So far as they can be reached by any government, they depend, primarily, upon such action as the state, in its wisdom, may take; and we do not perceive that this legislation has invaded any right secured by the Federal Constitution….

115 years ago.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Attorney General Josh Hawley (r) doesn’t read footnotes

26 Monday Jun 2017

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

In today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision [pdf] in TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF COLUMBIA, INC. v. COMER, DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES:

[….]
3. This case involves express discrimination based on religious identity with respect to playground resurfacing. We do not address religious uses of funding or other forms of discrimination.
[….]

A press release today from Attorney General Josh Hawley (r):

MO AG Josh Hawley: Religious Liberty Wins Today
Jun 26, 2017, 09:48 AM
Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley issued the following statement following today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court in favor of Missouri’s Trinity Lutheran Church. The Supreme Court ruled today in a 7-2 decision that Trinity Lutheran Church could not be denied state grant money simply because of its status as a religious organization.
“Today is a great day for Missouri’s Trinity Lutheran Church, and an even better day for religious freedom in America. With today’s ruling, the United States Supreme Court has made clear that the First Amendment does not permit government to discriminate against churches or religious organizations on the basis of faith. People of faith cannot be treated like second-class citizens. Governor Jay Nixon’s administration was wrong to interpret Missouri’s Constitution to require such unlawful discrimination. Today’s decision means discrimination of this kind will never be permitted again in the state of Missouri, or anywhere.”

“…Today’s decision means discrimination of this kind will never be permitted again in the state of Missouri, or anywhere.”

When it comes to playground resurfacing.

I’d be good with this if all religious institutions paid taxes.

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