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And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us. We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms
to one another. —AG

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midwesterner 🦬 @paradaxiom.bsky.social · Dec 19

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

—Carl Sagan

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

Dokoupil asking his zombie ant question and Trump dragging him to the top of the tree:

January 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

It's not "Trump's DOJ"

It's the Department of Justice by and for the people of the United States

fwiw

January 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM

midwesterner 🦬

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um, is he talking about Illinois

bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"

January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM

midwesterner 🦬

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so much for bipartisanship @budzinski.house.gov

January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

people are saying he's making fun of Biden here

the clip is too short to tell

January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

I think it's things like rubber bullets?

January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

This Rural Congresswoman Thinks Tim Walz Has Lost His Mind. She Has a Point.

January 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

And so, on January 12th, a new pitchbot meme was born.

We will call it "The Rural Congresswoman".

January 13, 2026 at 2:47 AM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

Vote no to funding DHS:

@budzinski.house.gov

January 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

Effective immediately Congress shall invoke the 25th amendment for the president who lost his marbles. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM

midwesterner 🦬

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It's only perfidy if it comes from the Perfidy region of France, otherwise it's just "sparkling war crime".

January 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM

midwesterner 🦬

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My representative @budzinski.house.gov voted for that Charlie Kirk thing

January 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM

midwesterner 🦬

@paradaxiom.bsky.social

The US government directly states to not travel to Venezuela:

travel.state.gov/content/trav...

Venezuela International Travel Information

Venezuela international travel information and Travel Advisory

travel.state.gov

January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM

midwesterner 🦬

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"Trump says" journalism

January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM

midwesterner 🦬

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In an alternative universe Al Gore became president and the United States is running on 100% renewable energy and all the oil states (Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela) have become unimportant regional backwaters

January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM