The Center Holds
@mornba.bsky.social
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Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
"Oh, thats just Trump being Trump! Every guy I know rapes little girls, so why are they targeting him?!"
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Oh, thats just Trump being Trump! Every guy I know rapes little girls, so why are they targeting him?!"
MAGA-cult collectively says: "Oh, he didn't mean to have his name in those emails. His name just appears in emails sometimes but thats just Trump being Trump. I'm pretty sure I don't want him to have sex with, and then beat up, my 13 year old daughter, but no, it doesn't bother me."
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
MAGA-cult collectively says: "Oh, he didn't mean to have his name in those emails. His name just appears in emails sometimes but thats just Trump being Trump. I'm pretty sure I don't want him to have sex with, and then beat up, my 13 year old daughter, but no, it doesn't bother me."
Those are our cards. He was trusted to play them well. He didn't. At all. The only explanation is that he really isn't playing for us, but someone else.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Those are our cards. He was trusted to play them well. He didn't. At all. The only explanation is that he really isn't playing for us, but someone else.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
From an official IRS webpage.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
From an official IRS webpage.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
"In danger of..." That's a pretty funny joke. The NYT still has a sense of humor.
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"In danger of..." That's a pretty funny joke. The NYT still has a sense of humor.
We all know Jesus couldn't shut up about people's sexual expression...oh wait, he only said that divorce potentially, and only potentially, led to adultery. That's it.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We all know Jesus couldn't shut up about people's sexual expression...oh wait, he only said that divorce potentially, and only potentially, led to adultery. That's it.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
This. Prior to the Child Rapist sweeping through the GOP, I underestimated the number of crap-people there were. We all did. They used to hide behind manners and social norms that pulled them towards betterment. Trump stripped all that away and the cultural rot was revealed.
Sickos galore.
Sickos galore.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This. Prior to the Child Rapist sweeping through the GOP, I underestimated the number of crap-people there were. We all did. They used to hide behind manners and social norms that pulled them towards betterment. Trump stripped all that away and the cultural rot was revealed.
Sickos galore.
Sickos galore.
NYT article title: "Trump suggests..."
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NYT article title: "Trump suggests..."
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
Jimmy Savile. An absurd television personality. Strange cultural icon. Serial sexual predator.
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jimmy Savile. An absurd television personality. Strange cultural icon. Serial sexual predator.
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
An unabridged chart of the current U.S. president's decision-making process. Very useful. Highly predictive.
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
An unabridged chart of the current U.S. president's decision-making process. Very useful. Highly predictive.
I'm old enough to remember when people like this were widely considered deranged, abject losers. Now, they are the same type of people in charge of major media organizations and the Federal government. Still deranged. Still losers. But in charge. WTF?
October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm old enough to remember when people like this were widely considered deranged, abject losers. Now, they are the same type of people in charge of major media organizations and the Federal government. Still deranged. Still losers. But in charge. WTF?
A quick peek into the mystical, stroke-addled mind of the child raping sleezebag currently doddering around the White House.
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A quick peek into the mystical, stroke-addled mind of the child raping sleezebag currently doddering around the White House.
When the media characterizes 'not answering' and 'evading' as 'fending off', we have a real problem because there is no concern that 'not answering' will be called out for what it is. It encourages dishonesty. 'Fending off' suggests reasonable answers rather than logical fallacies were provided.
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When the media characterizes 'not answering' and 'evading' as 'fending off', we have a real problem because there is no concern that 'not answering' will be called out for what it is. It encourages dishonesty. 'Fending off' suggests reasonable answers rather than logical fallacies were provided.
The Child Rapist we made president is pretty good, sure, but I'm kind of wanting someone a bit more...oh,I don't know...cannibalistic maybe?
This guy might have what America needs in 2028. Who's on board!!
This guy might have what America needs in 2028. Who's on board!!
October 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Child Rapist we made president is pretty good, sure, but I'm kind of wanting someone a bit more...oh,I don't know...cannibalistic maybe?
This guy might have what America needs in 2028. Who's on board!!
This guy might have what America needs in 2028. Who's on board!!
Blame game:
Authoritarians seek to take away health care to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy
vs.
Non-authoritarian party seeks a compromise where health care is not taken away to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Oh...lets just call it the 'Blame Game' so our readers can not bother with it.
Authoritarians seek to take away health care to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy
vs.
Non-authoritarian party seeks a compromise where health care is not taken away to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Oh...lets just call it the 'Blame Game' so our readers can not bother with it.
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Blame game:
Authoritarians seek to take away health care to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy
vs.
Non-authoritarian party seeks a compromise where health care is not taken away to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Oh...lets just call it the 'Blame Game' so our readers can not bother with it.
Authoritarians seek to take away health care to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy
vs.
Non-authoritarian party seeks a compromise where health care is not taken away to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Oh...lets just call it the 'Blame Game' so our readers can not bother with it.
Gallup poll: Sept. 2-16, 40% approved of Trump's job performance"
I don't know what to make of a country that holds a child rapist/traitor/abject idiot well above a single digit approval rating. The amount of ignorance, apathy, and/or ethical rot required for this grotesque feat is astonishing.
I don't know what to make of a country that holds a child rapist/traitor/abject idiot well above a single digit approval rating. The amount of ignorance, apathy, and/or ethical rot required for this grotesque feat is astonishing.
September 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Gallup poll: Sept. 2-16, 40% approved of Trump's job performance"
I don't know what to make of a country that holds a child rapist/traitor/abject idiot well above a single digit approval rating. The amount of ignorance, apathy, and/or ethical rot required for this grotesque feat is astonishing.
I don't know what to make of a country that holds a child rapist/traitor/abject idiot well above a single digit approval rating. The amount of ignorance, apathy, and/or ethical rot required for this grotesque feat is astonishing.
The thing is, these quotes are not 'gotcha' quotes. They reflect the fundamental positions of the guy. There are many others.
I don't think he deserved to be shot. Yet I'm not mourning, and don't feel humanity lost an enlightened soul either.
Release the Epstien files.
I don't think he deserved to be shot. Yet I'm not mourning, and don't feel humanity lost an enlightened soul either.
Release the Epstien files.
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The thing is, these quotes are not 'gotcha' quotes. They reflect the fundamental positions of the guy. There are many others.
I don't think he deserved to be shot. Yet I'm not mourning, and don't feel humanity lost an enlightened soul either.
Release the Epstien files.
I don't think he deserved to be shot. Yet I'm not mourning, and don't feel humanity lost an enlightened soul either.
Release the Epstien files.
Oh, I'm sorry, was this the guy people considered a Christian evangelical? I forgot he was a devout follower of Jesus Christ.
Release the Epstien files.
Release the Epstien files.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh, I'm sorry, was this the guy people considered a Christian evangelical? I forgot he was a devout follower of Jesus Christ.
Release the Epstien files.
Release the Epstien files.
A candle in the darkness. A warm soul. A beacon for humanity.
Release the Epstien files.
Release the Epstien files.
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A candle in the darkness. A warm soul. A beacon for humanity.
Release the Epstien files.
Release the Epstien files.
"...Trumps Claims of a Booming Economy."
I swear to all I know in this world, I don't understand how or why anything this guy says is ever taken as 'information'. An honest media would note that any claim he makes is 'unreliable' or 'potentially false or misleading'. It needs to become standard.
I swear to all I know in this world, I don't understand how or why anything this guy says is ever taken as 'information'. An honest media would note that any claim he makes is 'unreliable' or 'potentially false or misleading'. It needs to become standard.
September 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"...Trumps Claims of a Booming Economy."
I swear to all I know in this world, I don't understand how or why anything this guy says is ever taken as 'information'. An honest media would note that any claim he makes is 'unreliable' or 'potentially false or misleading'. It needs to become standard.
I swear to all I know in this world, I don't understand how or why anything this guy says is ever taken as 'information'. An honest media would note that any claim he makes is 'unreliable' or 'potentially false or misleading'. It needs to become standard.
CNN Headline. Amplifying the cheap words of a Child Rapist for mass consumption. It is like the mainstream news media must be ignorant and gullible to avoid seeming 'biased'. Being stupid is viewed as being 'fair'. Child Rapist lies for effect. Child Rapist has deep connections to Putin.
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
CNN Headline. Amplifying the cheap words of a Child Rapist for mass consumption. It is like the mainstream news media must be ignorant and gullible to avoid seeming 'biased'. Being stupid is viewed as being 'fair'. Child Rapist lies for effect. Child Rapist has deep connections to Putin.
Truth. I don't like it. But it's the truth all the 'America-First' MAGA howlers can't quite comprehend. 70+ Million Americans have been totally played by a Child Rapist and a Russian that has been in a one sided war against the USA for years. Deal with it.
August 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Truth. I don't like it. But it's the truth all the 'America-First' MAGA howlers can't quite comprehend. 70+ Million Americans have been totally played by a Child Rapist and a Russian that has been in a one sided war against the USA for years. Deal with it.
Ya know, fighting back against ICE with slices of bread, (in homage to the sandwich guy), might be a good troll. And then we might be able to recruit the pigeon brigade against them too.
August 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ya know, fighting back against ICE with slices of bread, (in homage to the sandwich guy), might be a good troll. And then we might be able to recruit the pigeon brigade against them too.
The U.S. media acts like Child Rapist has some kind of authority to negotiate with Putin on Ukraine's behalf.
What fantasy world is being written here?
Everyone knows that Child Rapist and Putin are on the same side of the table, with Child Rapist acting as Putin's footstool.
What fantasy world is being written here?
Everyone knows that Child Rapist and Putin are on the same side of the table, with Child Rapist acting as Putin's footstool.
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The U.S. media acts like Child Rapist has some kind of authority to negotiate with Putin on Ukraine's behalf.
What fantasy world is being written here?
Everyone knows that Child Rapist and Putin are on the same side of the table, with Child Rapist acting as Putin's footstool.
What fantasy world is being written here?
Everyone knows that Child Rapist and Putin are on the same side of the table, with Child Rapist acting as Putin's footstool.