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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>A sane person to an insane world must appear insane.&#xA;- K.V.&#xA;&#xA;The MAD Centrist podcast https://www.themadcentrist.com&#xA;&#xA;The political podcast for everyone.&#xA;&#xA;Pro-Constitution, Pro-Democracy,&#xA;Pro 🇺🇦, Pro 🇬🇪, Pro-Education, pro equality. Pro 🤣. 100% (I) American.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com</link><title>@themadcentrist.com - The MAD Centrist</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvlhoi4mtc2f</link><description>At least we all know whatit looks like when all 3 branches of government fail at once.&#xA;&#xA;The only branch that can fix it is Congress.&#xA;&#xA;#MidTerms &#xA;&#xA;Fire them all.</description><pubDate>15 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlhoi4mtc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvitcsdj6k2n</link><description>Seriously, this is nota joke or flippant remark:&#xA;&#xA;Go register/re-register/or amend you registration to vote as a Republican. &#xA;&#xA;You don&#39;t have to vote that way, but when the cheating starts, your name won&#39;t be stropped from the voter roles.&#xA;&#xA;Also, if any militia looking guys ask, you&#39;re a Republican.</description><pubDate>14 Sep 2026 19:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvitcsdj6k2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvi5w3zxoc2v</link><description>If you want Russian oil (diesel) to stop being bombed, tell Russia to withdraw their invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦. &#xA;&#xA;Don&#39;t tell Ukraine to stop the most effective counter to the MUCH larger Russia who invaded them.&#xA;&#xA;Worst. President. Ever.</description><pubDate>14 Sep 2026 12:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi5w3zxoc2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvfzz7ds522b</link><description>Reports are that a Russian drone hit a train close to former England Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sweedish Premier Carl Bildt.&#xA;&#xA;The horrible thought of how close that could have been to WWIII was followed closely with &#34;I wonder what side we would be on.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Worst. President. Ever.</description><pubDate>13 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfzz7ds522b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvefdtrles2y</link><description>Depressingly true.&#xA;&#xA;One of my first few episodes:&#xA;&#xA;https://www.themadcentrist.com/2079783/episodes/14225698-tmc-episode-3-one-america-two-parties&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>13 Sep 2026 00:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvefdtrles2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvdlz4v4t22e</link><description>At a party where someone explained JD Vance will be the next President, because &#34;Trump still likes him.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Somehow I doubted this version of reality still existed.&#xA;&#xA;Inexplicably, it does. Weird.</description><pubDate>12 Sep 2026 17:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdlz4v4t22e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvbxzxuwbk2y</link><description>I remember.</description><pubDate>12 Sep 2026 01:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbxzxuwbk2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb73scyns2e</link><description>This is true.&#xA;&#xA;Politics as &#34;(un)usual&#34; needs to end.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 18:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb73scyns2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb66kxjzc2e</link><description>Apparently the only winner in the Trump-Mid-Term convention (dumpster fire?) was Grindr.&#xA;&#xA;🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 18:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb66kxjzc2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb5yca3ac2e</link><description>Did Donald J. Trump just tell his supporters if they don&#39;t commit a sin they will burn in hell?!?!&#xA;https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/7c/2f/g5m91Gwf.gif?hh=281&amp;ww=498&amp;mp4=WkSVZ2c5jH9u857&amp;webm=kDl9F4jqX7nwTi</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 18:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb5yca3ac2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb5f6nme223</link><description>Early morning on a Tuesday, our place of work on Long Island suddenly lost Internet connectivity. Being in IT, we looked at each other, like &#34;what happened?&#34;  &#xA;&#xA;Minutes later a co-worker walked in and said the phrase that would change my life.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;A plane just crashed into the twin towers!&#34;&#xA;&#xA;9-11-2001</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 17:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb5f6nme223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb54vh22223</link><description>As the F³OTUS sleeps.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 17:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb54vh22223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvb4ght6c223</link><description>How does one go about charging the President with election interference and bribery?&#xA;&#xA;Asking for the United States of America 🇺🇸</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 17:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb4ght6c223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvayovz5i223</link><description>Seems important.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 16:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvayovz5i223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvaydycfxk23</link><description>The markets have dropped quite a bit in the last week.&#xA;&#xA;Today&#39;s news has nothing (economically) good in it - in fact some of it is really bad.&#xA;&#xA;Yet the markets are rising.&#xA;&#xA;The markets are weird.</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 16:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaydycfxk23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mvavtwisr223</link><description>Diesel @ $6.55 in mid-Ohio.&#xA;&#xA;Wow.&#xA;&#xA;The one economic priciple of &#34;Trickle Down&#34; that works:&#xA;&#xA;High Diesel prices = higher inflation.&#xA;&#xA;Trumpenomics.&#xA;&#xA;Worst. President. Ever.&#xA;&#xA;How is the war of choice in Iran working? Are people forgetting the Epstein Files?&#xA;&#xA;I know I am not.</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 15:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvavtwisr223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv6zu55dxs24</link><description>Agreed.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 21:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6zu55dxs24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv6siybi7224</link><description>A prominent Democrat, preferably one who is NOT in Congress (@kamalaharris.com?) should respond in a sarcastic manner that the Democrats will give $6,000 to all adults it they win.&#xA;&#xA;Then explain the difference between kidding &amp; lying.&#xA;&#xA;$5k DOGE checks&#xA;$2k Tariff checks&#xA;$500 ACA checks&#xA;Its just lies.</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6siybi7224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv6mb34es224</link><description>Truth.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6mb34es224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv6ksec3jk24</link><description>Boom.  Mic drop.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 17:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ksec3jk24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv6knpa6sk24</link><description>The DOW has dropped over 1,300 points in 5 days.&#xA;&#xA;But, hey, the debt topped $40 TRILLION, and F³OTUS has a $5,000 voter bribery scheme to add another TRILLION.&#xA;&#xA;Or he is lying again.&#xA;&#xA;Either way, the DOW drop is real.</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 17:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6knpa6sk24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv62y7cct22a</link><description>An important thing to remember when F³OTUS offers $5,000 for votes.&#xA;&#xA;He lies.&#xA;&#xA;He has actually lied about this very thing before.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 Sep 2026 12:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv62y7cct22a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv4p5a7oek2e</link><description>When do we even have a small, tiny, start at becoming &#34;Great Again&#34;? Because all I see is:&#xA;&#xA;Higher gas prices&#xA;Inflation&#xA;Selling pardons&#xA;Tons of food recalls &amp; sickness&#xA;Measles&#xA;*NO* Epstein Files convictions &#xA;Friends becoming enemies&#xA;Mid East war, again&#xA;Misogyny &#xA;Racism&#xA;Concentration camps &#xA;Ect.</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2026 23:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4p5a7oek2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv4jib3fbk2n</link><description>GOP Mid-term convention tickets are selling about as well as MAGA merchandise in 2026.&#xA;&#xA;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-trump-merchandise-sales-b3047088.html&#xA;&#xA;https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/republicans-scramble-save-trump-major-141053631.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEWOONxWfhFxBwfTZh2Ph2V-ukV-L5PuuiRAMoNVNU0yFRDsAhSY6KCQlDKCLUcGF7sXiFWuqMSMOmS2CAYXZBzIh1RIECotkfmeI2PU1rz09QTMRKcpARoAKhEX5gKU-5RBI1og_AfDXCx8MlKAOIciTNbdpA9WkK-kCl0ORsXu</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2026 21:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4jib3fbk2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv4i467a2s2n</link><description>For the record:&#xA;&#xA;Trump is a building financer. A planner, or fraudster if you prefer.&#xA;&#xA;The Trump Organization employs no construction crews. He hires construction foreman, who hire crews  subcontractors (who usually have trouble getting paid).&#xA;&#xA;Trump didn&#39;t have 125 or &#34;hundreds&#34; of guys at 9-11.🧵1</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2026 21:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4i467a2s2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mv3jct2qek2n</link><description>Trump knew he lost in 2020.&#xA;&#xA;Episode 88.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2026 12:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3jct2qek2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3muzhba2s3k2b</link><description>Episode 88 dropped!&#xA;&#xA;When did Trump *KNOW* he lost the 2020 election?&#xA;&#xA;Why is it *STILL* Lake Ontario?&#xA;&#xA;and more fun stuff.&#xA;&#xA;https://www.themadcentrist.com/2079783/episodes/19766950-episode-88-election-lies-canandaigua</description><pubDate>08 Sep 2026 16:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzhba2s3k2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mushgo6ucs2r</link><description>&#34;Inventing new lows daily&#34;&#xA;&#xA;The Trump Administration motto</description><pubDate>05 Sep 2026 21:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ghrptav4bpyctziyada6hids/app.bsky.feed.post/3mushgo6ucs2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/themadcentrist.com/post/3mus5gico3k25</link><description>An accounting term that is important to know:&#xA;&#xA;Sunk Cost.&#xA;&#xA;It means thereis nothingyou can do about the iPhone/Android you bought before youknew they donate millions to Trump.&#xA;&#xA;Any new phone? 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