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@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social

Lifelong US Midwesterner. Proud citizen of Illinois. All humans deserve food, shelter, water, clean air, healthcare, dignity, and respect. Tree-hugger 🌳 and peacemaker 🕊️ GenX.

created February 1, 2025

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Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

First we throw bread, and then maybe some pudding?

3/9/2025, 9:31:30 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social)

Picking up the guitar again and this was my lesson for today.

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3/9/2025, 9:21:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Why did you not sign this letter @ericsorensen.bsky.social ?

2/9/2025, 11:18:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don’t forget the Saudis.

2/9/2025, 2:33:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

This is still a thing, right? International Court of Justice share.google/JeDJUVsICtoQ...

31/8/2025, 12:23:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

More walks through the woods. I love the smell of decay in the afternoon.

31/8/2025, 12:16:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Check out those gams on my granddaughter…said the creep in chief. 😒

31/8/2025, 12:00:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you think anyone gives a shit about your letter? Read the room, Senator.

28/8/2025, 2:56:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love this for her.

28/8/2025, 2:51:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is the best of us. 🕊️

28/8/2025, 2:33:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I know college educated people who will repeat this bs as gospel.

27/8/2025, 3:01:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t think any of them know WTF they are talking about.

26/8/2025, 11:02:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

RussV of the mob (sorry, dyslexia🤷🏻‍♀️) said he wanted to put civil servants “in trauma”. 15% of the workforce are (or were) in the public sector. The project catheter wants EVERYONE to be traumatized, demoralized, afraid, desperate, and easily manipulated.

26/8/2025, 12:14:57 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I am grateful to live in Illinois.

25/8/2025, 11:35:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Again?

25/8/2025, 5:30:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

That girl’s got game!

25/8/2025, 1:39:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

In the 1970’s and 80’s, all the fire hydrants were creatively painted in Peoria Heights, IL.

25/8/2025, 1:35:33 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

The ingredients don’t cost very much. If you have an oven, you can make your own bread. I hear it’s better than the stuff you buy at the big grocery stores.

25/8/2025, 1:30:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

That looks like an invasion. Does this performance make anyone feel safer?

25/8/2025, 1:17:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Go-go’s are actually punk rock. No Jack energy was needed. Hope that guy is ok.

24/8/2025, 10:49:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

What a bunch of losers… hiding behind masks and beating people for no reason.

24/8/2025, 9:50:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite local hiking spot

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24/8/2025, 6:21:36 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reminds me of that song… 16 tons Here is my favorite version youtu.be/4cE5n02tIFo?...

24/8/2025, 2:58:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Those deep purples…WOW! 💜

24/8/2025, 2:42:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Chicagoans are generally nice people, but I don’t think they will put up with this bullshit! Also…JB is a smart guy. I am sure he has a plan to protect Illinois.

24/8/2025, 1:01:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

If I retire at 58, I will be homeless.

24/8/2025, 12:44:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And I thought “clippy” was annoying.

23/8/2025, 6:28:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

So are we Communists now?

22/8/2025, 8:01:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

The people yelling on the street at his family are not actually crazy; they just hate fascists.

21/8/2025, 10:27:02 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

This is some old time gangster shit.

21/8/2025, 7:19:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Please tell me this is satire. 😅

20/8/2025, 6:02:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

What in the zeitgeist is going on here? I had a very similar thought this morning.

20/8/2025, 5:58:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Suspended and never going back there.

20/8/2025, 5:48:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

A sub sandwich would be best Vance! Come on, now.

20/8/2025, 5:40:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

She is!

20/8/2025, 5:22:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Comey helped Trump get elected in 2016.

20/8/2025, 2:47:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She has the look, but she’s almost 60. In 1995, she was 30…way too old for pedophiles.

19/8/2025, 11:02:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bootlicker

19/8/2025, 10:36:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow.

17/8/2025, 11:44:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

My favorite! Closely followed by the ginkgo tree!

17/8/2025, 11:36:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone else get the feeling Putin is blackmailing/extorting many of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world?

17/8/2025, 4:15:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

It seems obvious now, Putin owns him.

17/8/2025, 1:37:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

The Swedes are brilliant!

17/8/2025, 1:27:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin owns Trump.

17/8/2025, 1:21:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pick a meeting, Trump has no idea what is happening.

17/8/2025, 1:15:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Show the map of her district.

17/8/2025, 12:42:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Virginia repeatedly said that she would never die by suicide.

16/8/2025, 11:24:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hope the dude is ok.

16/8/2025, 11:18:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For an 80 year old obese man with swollen ankles, he did a really good job walking up those stairs!

16/8/2025, 10:12:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, that was weird.

16/8/2025, 10:05:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They will be kneeling for the rest of his life. Bend the knee once, and he owns you forever.

16/8/2025, 9:24:28 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Costco

16/8/2025, 9:22:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Aldi

16/8/2025, 9:21:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

It often appears to be that way.

16/8/2025, 9:13:18 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

The people have the power. Boycott the companies that bend the knee. Capitulation to an extortionist is never a good move. They will always come back for more. You are a fool if you think your captor will ever let you go.

16/8/2025, 4:08:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Why the boot-licking sycophancy? These dudes are trying to make a quick buck or are in self-preservation mode.

16/8/2025, 2:48:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

He looked tired. For a second, it looked like he was falling asleep at the podium while Vlad talked for several minutes.

16/8/2025, 12:37:20 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I recently received all vaccination updates…before they outlaw them or insurance stops covering them.

16/8/2025, 12:22:37 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Give it another month when more tariff costs are passed on to consumers. Come Christmas, things are going to be bleak if we stay on this trajectory.

16/8/2025, 12:07:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I want to know what Putin said to him while riding in the Beast. Also, they better check that thing for recording devices. Why would you let a former KGB agent ride with the President?

15/8/2025, 11:54:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

He left Appalachia and went to Harvard where he was led toward his new life among the elites. He does not seem to truly know himself. And those things probably make it easier to sell your soul. 🤷🏻‍♀️

15/8/2025, 11:47:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

You are not the first to make that recommendation!

15/8/2025, 2:21:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tim Onion 🤣🤣🤣

14/8/2025, 4:49:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Are the walls crumbling down now?

14/8/2025, 4:47:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

My family spent a week in DC in 2022. We never felt unsafe. It was a wonderful family vacation.

14/8/2025, 4:31:51 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is lovely. I plan to use this photo for a study in drawing.

14/8/2025, 3:18:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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and sells plants!

14/8/2025, 3:00:58 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think I need a kitten.

14/8/2025, 1:59:59 AM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Weak and petty

10/8/2025, 11:52:37 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

or Kamala’s laugh was annoying - or Al Gore was boring - I would take joy or a regular boring day over whatever this shit is!

19/7/2025, 8:57:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Umm…can we please not do this?

19/7/2025, 5:13:04 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have no respect for him.

18/7/2025, 11:40:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Or that.

18/7/2025, 11:28:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Where can I read this report?

18/7/2025, 11:00:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyone in this sex trafficking ring should be exposed and prosecuted regardless of political party or social status.

18/7/2025, 2:55:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t that the Titanic staircase?

18/7/2025, 1:46:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are the walls crumbling down?

18/7/2025, 1:24:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mel has fear in her eyes.

18/7/2025, 1:03:09 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

“You are nothing!” is exactly what these bounty hunters need to hear…all day, every day.

18/7/2025, 1:01:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

Letterman too!

18/7/2025, 12:39:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder if The Take was reward for turning a blind eye or something more nefarious…

17/7/2025, 12:19:49 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture leftinthemidwest.bsky.social (@leftinthemidwest.bsky.social) reply parent

You mean like diet sodas, sweetened with aspartame?

14/7/2025, 10:48:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just a reminder, they were not all “young women” - some were middle-school aged children.

14/7/2025, 10:45:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view