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Michael Bersin

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Show Me Progress. blog.showmeprogress.com Since 2007 as part of the Fifty State Blog Project.

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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 8h
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Campaign Finance: offered without further comment
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C171236 10/03/2026 Missourians for a Responsible Budget Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 10/2/2026 $50,000.00 [emphasis added…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 11h
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Campaign Finance: “…and they shall sow the public right of way and all the empty lots across the land with their yard signs…”
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the anti-choice, anti-women’s health care PAC pushing Amendment 3 on the November ballot: C253648 10/03/2026 Her Health, Her Future PAC Her Health He…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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What color is the sky in Denny’s (r) world?
Denny Hoskins [October 3, 2026] I will always stand up to the East Coast liberals and their out-of-state Sugar Daddies to fight for our Missouri values! [….] Are those East Coast liberals in …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Burg Resist – Defend Democracy Rally and Voter Registration Drive – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 3, 2026
Today at noon around a hundred individual gathered on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg, Missouri for a demonstration, rally, speeches, and a voter registration drive. Octo…
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Campaign Finance: an emphatic “NO”
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the campaign to preserve access to women’s health care: 253512 10/02/2026 Stop the Ban The Fairness Project P.O. Box 21337 Washington DC 20009 9/30/2026 …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars" "Resist"
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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“Yes” on 6, “No” on the rest
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission in support of the initiative to preserve and expand Missouri voters’ voices: C264382 10/02/2026 Vote Yes on Amendment 6 Americans for Fairness 6170 Jol…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Joined at the hip
Today: Remember that in November.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Quick, look over there!
Today: Senator Eric Schmitt [October 1, 2026] Fraudsters are bleeding American taxpayers dry. President Trump and VP JD Vance are going after the criminals who got rich ripping you off. You earned …
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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 01/10/2026
We are at part of the cycle where Republicans are about to lose badly, and so they pivot to talking about the rhetoric temperature as if there is no pathology to it. Every dang time, hacking a real desire for dialogue but asking nothing meaningful of the most vicious voices in the right.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
righteous among the nations
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#HawkeyeSchmitt
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 30/09/2026
They did it because they claimed it promoted "left-wing causes" such as keeping poor people of color alive and free of life-threatening disease. It's part of their larger white supremacist project.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 30/09/2026
A U.S. Army psychologist Gustave M. Gilbert interviewed Nazi war criminals on trial at Nuremberg and famously wrote in his 1950 book, "Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy." It was the *lack* of empathy that made the Holocaust possible.
U.S. Army psychologist noting all the Nuremberg war criminals lacked empathy.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#HawkeyeSchmitt
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the only thing worse than a dumbass is an unrepentant one
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it's hard out there for a pimp
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so brilliant. Uncommon.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Campaign Finance: be under no illusion
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the anti-choice, anti-women’s health care PAC pushing Amendment 3 on the November ballot: C253648 09/30/2026 Her Health, Her Future PAC Her Health …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Aaaaaiiiirrrrr balllll!!!
Oh my. Yesterday: Eric Schmitt [September 29, 2026] 🚨Big news and a home state win—the Navy F/A XX will be built by Missourians St. Louis is Fighterland, USA I worked with President Trump to bring …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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#HawkeyeSchmitt
#HawkeyeSchmitt Heh. Previously: Eric Schmitt (r) gets pantsed by Eric Schmitt (r) on national television (September 29, 2026) On becoming a meme for epic stupidity (September 29, 2026)
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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On becoming a meme for epic stupidity
Today: Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid [….] 1:31 PM · Sep 29, 2026 Heh. Some of the responses: Scoop — I’ve ID&#…
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🦀🎃Fake Crab in a SPOOOKY Snail Suit @desmigeo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's always a backlash against progress for marginalized communities unless it's too small to matter So no MeToo didn't go too far BLM didn't go too far The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not go too far The Voting Rights Act did not go too far The backlash is against progress, not excess
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
[Senator Schmitt rooting for the Cardinals, but it's actuallly a papal conclave] [Schmitt rooting for George Brett, but it's actually George Brent] [Schmitt rooting for the Royals, but it's actually Succession] [Schmitt rooting for the Chiefs, but it's actually the Guardians]
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Things that Senator Eric Schmitt always confuses: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Atlanta Hawks. A John Deer Tractor vs. A Dear John Letter. Washington State vs. Washington DC. Gorrillas vs. Guerrillas. Duke University’s Blue Devils vs. Arizona State University’s Sun Devils.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Do you know why so many people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz when they first meet him." "It saves time."
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt (r) gets pantsed by Eric Schmitt (r) on national television
This morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with witness Jack Smith: emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social [….] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack …
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Mike Switzer (he/him) @kidornery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I believe a President should be impeached every time they commit an impeachable act
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolutely not.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Defend Democracy Rally – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 3rd
Be there. #resist Saturday, October 3, 2026, 12:00 Noon Defend Democracy Rally Johnson County Courthouse (Courthouse Square, Warrensburg, Missouri) Event by Burg Resist Johnson County Courthouse (C…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Still waiting for that drop
Gas and diesel today in west central Missouri: Still waiting for accountability.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Campaign Finance: even more
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the campaign to preserve access to women’s health care: C253512 09/28/2026 Stop the Ban Karen Handelman 4 N. Kingshighway, #8D St Louis MO 63108 501creat…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember, friends, he's capable of anything. Even *that*, you ask? Yes. Even that. Besides voting (if we're allowed to) there may be nothing almost any of us can do to stop it. But at a *minimum* we can ensure that nothing catches us off guard—because we're ready for anything.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Q: "You know why they call it golf?" A: "Shit was already taken." The (golf) President's Cup US team captain just gushed on TV that "President Trump deserves all the credit" for their victory. Tone deaf. Read the freakin' country. That culture is one of many reasons I don't golf. Fascist pigs.
WTF?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Being obtusely wrong still makes you wrong, Denny
“…The Eighth Circuit’s application of Purcell was incorrect. Even though “federal courts should not impose changes close to an election, States are free to decide for themselves whether last-…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt (r): “Squirrel!”
Yesterday: Senator Eric Schmitt [September 25, 2026] FACT: Congress is the only entity that can empower a governing body to establish clear, enforceable rules for college sports. College sports are…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Campaign Finance: …but it dies, inexorably, large check by large check
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C232449 09/26/2026 Freedom Is Bold PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 investor 9/26/2026 $15,000.00 [emphasis added] Sadly, large …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Rick Brattin (r) slept through his civics class
“…The Eighth Circuit’s application of Purcell was incorrect…” – People Not Politicians v. Onder, U.S. Supreme Court, September 25, 2026 This evening: Rick Brattin for …
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Heh. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (r).
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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A paragraph for Missouri history
Cutting it a little close, and well past the time it should have been settled, we will use the 2022 Congressional District map in Missouri for the 2026 general election. “…The Eighth Ci…
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Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Mark Alford (r): not so much to your health
Today: Congressman Mark Alford [September 25, 2026] Rural hospitals are lifelines. Nobody should have to drive more than an hour to get the care they need. That’s why House Republicans delivered th…
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026
I want tribunals.
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