MidwestExCentrist
@midwestcentrist.bsky.social
Culture and politics, some science, some music, some humor. And whatever. Photos are generally mine and unmodified.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈ally #science
🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈ally #science
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Ok I give up on ‘Centrist’. I have my own definition but people see it as defending the status quo and compromising towards the right. Progressive policies focused on workers have the best chance of expanding our anti-oligarch and antifascist coalition.
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So the same “illegal aliens” getting SNAP benefits are buying houses? Next: Illegal aliens wrote Epstein emails.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "I want to get to the root: over 12 million illegal aliens came into our country, which has put a great strain on our housing supply and affordability."
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So the same “illegal aliens” getting SNAP benefits are buying houses? Next: Illegal aliens wrote Epstein emails.
Greenland won
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Greenland won
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Katie Johnson's full testimony of 2/11/16
YouTube video by Scott Dybiec
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For no reason I was just remembering that time JD snuck out to visit Murdoch just before WSJ dropped the Epstein birthday book. If trump goes down for ‘health reasons’ this could be a frenzy of backstabbing, with Rupert picking the next Prez like in Succession.
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
Vice President JD Vance has made a brief trip to Montana to meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his son Lachlan and a group of other Fox News executives.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For no reason I was just remembering that time JD snuck out to visit Murdoch just before WSJ dropped the Epstein birthday book. If trump goes down for ‘health reasons’ this could be a frenzy of backstabbing, with Rupert picking the next Prez like in Succession.
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Air traffic controllers should have remembered they have the power to end the shutdown. They wasted a few weeks.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Air traffic controllers should have remembered they have the power to end the shutdown. They wasted a few weeks.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
We need widespread jury nullification so protestors can be fearless. Humiliating for the fascists.
Seems like the guy who threw the sandwich at the federal agent is holding his own in the trial today.
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We need widespread jury nullification so protestors can be fearless. Humiliating for the fascists.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Usha vs Erika would be a great catfight. The winner is the real loser though.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Usha vs Erika would be a great catfight. The winner is the real loser though.
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The shiny stones are winning again
#tomtomorrow
#tomtomorrow
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The shiny stones are winning again
#tomtomorrow
#tomtomorrow
In case you missed the joys of nuclear testing. Don’t miss the fun trip to Vegas before getting nuked.
youtu.be/HSVwdFWU6z4?...
youtu.be/HSVwdFWU6z4?...
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
In case you missed the joys of nuclear testing. Don’t miss the fun trip to Vegas before getting nuked.
youtu.be/HSVwdFWU6z4?...
youtu.be/HSVwdFWU6z4?...
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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You mean to tell me all the Christians leading in government will go to mass today and pray for the poor they decided should go without food?
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You mean to tell me all the Christians leading in government will go to mass today and pray for the poor they decided should go without food?
I hope this holds up! I would have a much higher opinion of Indiana governance.
Politico is reporting that Indiana Republicans are signaling they don't have the votes for a middecade gerrymander: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Indiana Republicans don’t have votes to back Trump’s redistricting, Senate leader spox says
The news comes just days after President Donald Trump held a phone call with reluctant members.
www.politico.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I hope this holds up! I would have a much higher opinion of Indiana governance.
Of all the cruel and stupid and corrupt things this regime has done, kneecapping renewable energy may have the worst impact on our country and the world’s future.
Yes the CO2 rise 2023-2024 was faster than we predicted at Mauna Loa and was a record rise there - now the WMO confirm the global mean rise was also a record
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Of all the cruel and stupid and corrupt things this regime has done, kneecapping renewable energy may have the worst impact on our country and the world’s future.