Wes (is back) 👨🏻
@midwestache.bsky.social
Electoral Practitioner/Union Chair.
“Midwest nice & a Southern drawl.”
🍑 GA ➡️ MKE 🍻
Loves: Willie, Dolly, books (lot of Stephen King), sports (baseball is best), mustaches.
He/Him 🏳️🌈 *personal account, opinions my own, rarely but possibly nsfw*
“Midwest nice & a Southern drawl.”
🍑 GA ➡️ MKE 🍻
Loves: Willie, Dolly, books (lot of Stephen King), sports (baseball is best), mustaches.
He/Him 🏳️🌈 *personal account, opinions my own, rarely but possibly nsfw*
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@midwestache.bsky.social
· Dec 27
The concept that mythical sirens might’ve just been manatees that drunken sailors mistook for hot, husky ladies will never not be historically entertaining to me.
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
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Proud of you, Milwaukee 🫡
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Proud of you, Milwaukee 🫡
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Dems should demand a full ICE withdrawal from Minneapolis as a condition for any deal. Please, just give us this. Get them out
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Dems should demand a full ICE withdrawal from Minneapolis as a condition for any deal. Please, just give us this. Get them out
I think every day I’m one day closer to Irish goodbying this app, unfortunately.
January 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I think every day I’m one day closer to Irish goodbying this app, unfortunately.
1). There are SO many from which to choose.
2). But this one will always be my favorite.
3). It can also be a very useful reply meme for this place!
2). But this one will always be my favorite.
3). It can also be a very useful reply meme for this place!
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 PM
1). There are SO many from which to choose.
2). But this one will always be my favorite.
3). It can also be a very useful reply meme for this place!
2). But this one will always be my favorite.
3). It can also be a very useful reply meme for this place!
Y’all, I was literally in the middle of typing out a post about being obsessed with Darlene Mitchell & then I got CHOKED TF OUT BY MIA STARR. ☠️
January 31, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Y’all, I was literally in the middle of typing out a post about being obsessed with Darlene Mitchell & then I got CHOKED TF OUT BY MIA STARR. ☠️
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Whoa!
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Whoa!
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
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Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello play ‘Ghost of Tom Joad’ together at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: Jon Bream
🎥: Jon Bream
January 30, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello play ‘Ghost of Tom Joad’ together at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: Jon Bream
🎥: Jon Bream
Done with this week, completely.
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Done with this week, completely.
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To be precise, 3 in House + 20 Sen. Less than two dozen people. I don't want to hear "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance loser talk and lets them off the hook. They have agency. Refusing makes them cowards and traitors and they should feel every last bit of all the pressure that means.
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
To be precise, 3 in House + 20 Sen. Less than two dozen people. I don't want to hear "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance loser talk and lets them off the hook. They have agency. Refusing makes them cowards and traitors and they should feel every last bit of all the pressure that means.
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imagine if all the worst, most racist people from your high school got together and started a chat server with no rules and where bot networks mob and dox anyone who doesn‘t share the majority‘s opinions. that‘s the social network every member of Trump’s Admin thinks represents the median voter
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
imagine if all the worst, most racist people from your high school got together and started a chat server with no rules and where bot networks mob and dox anyone who doesn‘t share the majority‘s opinions. that‘s the social network every member of Trump’s Admin thinks represents the median voter
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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
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They have absolutely no case but are obsessed with the idea that they can "perp walk" regime enemies.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
They have absolutely no case but are obsessed with the idea that they can "perp walk" regime enemies.
Hell yeah, I trusted that mustache the moment he got to Atlanta. 👨🏻
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Hell yeah, I trusted that mustache the moment he got to Atlanta. 👨🏻
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Hey y’all! The French Hen in St. Paul is hoping to support 5 employees who have been impacted by the federal government. These funds will help their employees with rent and bills during these hard times.
Venmo: @ HENSOLIDARITYFUND
Venmo: @ HENSOLIDARITYFUND
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Hey y’all! The French Hen in St. Paul is hoping to support 5 employees who have been impacted by the federal government. These funds will help their employees with rent and bills during these hard times.
Venmo: @ HENSOLIDARITYFUND
Venmo: @ HENSOLIDARITYFUND
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Teaching the Revolutionary era is so wild rn because the founders knew this could happen, an anti-democratic tyrant could destroy the whole experiment, it was what they most hated about the king and what they most feared. This needs to be the lesson we sing the loudest as 250 approaches
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Teaching the Revolutionary era is so wild rn because the founders knew this could happen, an anti-democratic tyrant could destroy the whole experiment, it was what they most hated about the king and what they most feared. This needs to be the lesson we sing the loudest as 250 approaches
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Tina Smith: "There is real harm that is unfolding in Minnesota as we speak. Nothing has changed on the ground even though President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota."
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Tina Smith: "There is real harm that is unfolding in Minnesota as we speak. Nothing has changed on the ground even though President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota."
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Just hours after Alex Pretti was shot 10 times by federal agents, the Trump Administration – without knowing the facts – said that he was a “domestic terrorist.”
Wisconsinites who knew Alex know that’s simply not true.
www.wpr.org/news/green-b...
Wisconsinites who knew Alex know that’s simply not true.
www.wpr.org/news/green-b...
Green Bay community mourns the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
The Green Bay community is mourning the death of Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis over the weekend.
www.wpr.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just hours after Alex Pretti was shot 10 times by federal agents, the Trump Administration – without knowing the facts – said that he was a “domestic terrorist.”
Wisconsinites who knew Alex know that’s simply not true.
www.wpr.org/news/green-b...
Wisconsinites who knew Alex know that’s simply not true.
www.wpr.org/news/green-b...
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"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
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"I'm not a big soda person, but when they start to let you mix and match ... I got involved with that" 😂
— Ryan Coogler
(via Good Hang Pod)
— Ryan Coogler
(via Good Hang Pod)
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"I'm not a big soda person, but when they start to let you mix and match ... I got involved with that" 😂
— Ryan Coogler
(via Good Hang Pod)
— Ryan Coogler
(via Good Hang Pod)
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Boo fucking hoo.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Boo fucking hoo.
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Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died?