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@michaeldomenic.bsky.social
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Half-human, all cat musician, theoretical humanist, Oxford comma fan boi, and flora lover. 🇺🇦

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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump went to China and got nothing concrete on Iran. Or AI. Or tariffs. China got the US president falling asleep in meetings and looking and sounding feeble when he was awake. The diminishment of the US and the rise of China could not have been more apparent. What a difference 9 years makes.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
1] Warsh will lower rates so the economy heats up prior to the election. 2] This will eventually result in inflation rising even faster than it is already (and it has been rising, especially after the start of the Iran War). 3] Warsh and Trump will blame Powell and the Democrats for all of it.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Got to go deep into this article for the real reason for this: SC is already gerrymandered 6-1 GOP and they're concerned they have more to lose than they do to gain if they gerrymander further. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day! ✨️🌺✨️ The history of Mother's Day is fascinating and goes waaay back to a point where mothers realized they had agency in the world and organized politically to use that power to try to make the world a better and less violent place. Cheers to that. 🥂
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The best bumper sticker I saw today in West Seattle. PS: I believe that's Texass politician Ted Cruz--but if I'm wrong, please don't tell me, because it makes me chuckle to think it is.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Trump's followers are a mass movement akin to a religious cult, and they allow Trump to dictate their reality. They only represent less than 30% of voting age adults in the US however. The primary reason he won in 2024 was that a huge swath of potential voters didn't bother to participate.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Project Freedom": 1] Was announced on social media; 2] Wasn't run past US allies; 3] Lasted less than 72 hours. I fail to see where there is much "freedom" involved, unless it's "freedom from serious consideration or oversight." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace
Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
When you resort to "This isn't the longest war in US history" you know you're stretching.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm not sure how the US resets the Justice Department. It likely needs to be completely reimagined so it can't ever be perverted the way it has been in the Trump era.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"Diplomacy" isn't a useful word for what he does. This is something new--enabled by the era of instant mass communication that we live in and magnified by his malignant narcissism and deteriorating mental state.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Trump and Company don't inhabit the same world as the rest of us, thus they believe we should feel fortunate that things aren't even more brutally expensive as a result of their incompetence, even as they ask for staggering sums to build monuments to immortalize them.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If you believe in such things, I suspect there's a special place in hell for people who lie about what the Pope says.
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Colorado Socialist ☭🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Now THIS is quite a quote. Right on the bullseye 🎯 "Conservatism is the rejection of empathy for others. Once an issue affects them personally, they adopt the progressive position." --Unknown
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Libraries are a haven ❤️ and some of my favorite people are librarians.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s disapproval rating hits record high, new poll shows
Disapproval rose to 62%, the worst of his two terms in office, amid economic issues since launching his war against Iran
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I will be disappointed in the human race if even one person buys the MAGA lies that Biden is responsible for Spirit Airlines going down instead of soaring fuel prices due to the Iran War--which is what Spirit stated.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Easy to see this incoming. www.npr.org/2026/05/01/n...
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Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Trump arose out of a broad disatisfaction with the US quality of life and disengagement from the political process, allowing a minority of zealots to capture the government. Democrats should be talking now about what concrete changes they will make. They should have done that in 2024.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Gift link. Great piece, remarkable embedded footage: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...
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Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
He hates comedy because it speaks truth to power & a malignant narcissist can't handle that. Period. End of story. With many thanks to: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We must be pretty close to the War with Iran officially being a war 🤔 ie, a conflict that Congress needs to weigh in on. Anyone want to guess at the chances that happens?
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If California were a country, it would have the 4th largest GDP in the world. Let that sink in. And then tell me if anyone is worried about billionaires leaving to go... where? To Texas? Please.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israel murders people working for Unicef and restricts the amount of clean water available to residents to levels far lower than what the UN deems a minimum basic right. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
When I heard Trump thought he heard a tray being dropped I thought immediately of this skit: youtu.be/xxX7QCll3oc?...
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Eddie Izzard "Death Star Canteen" Sketch From the Circle DVD (2002)
YouTube video by Eddie Izzard
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/04/2026
The solution isn't a ballroom. Here are some ideas: 1. Stop the MAGA propaganda machine that blurs the line between fact and fiction 2. Stop the right wing extremist violent rhetoric, including from the president 3. Common sense gun laws 4. Break up the corporate media conglomerates 1/
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Exhausted archaeologist-exhausteologist @hknorton.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A dozen small children are murdered: its too soon to talk gun control A room full of narcissists are protected by tax payer funded private security: do all the fascisms to protect my worthless ass
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 26/04/2026
We have to address the false equivalence being pushed right now. Criticizing an administration’s policy or warning against threats to democracy is the work of a healthy opposition. Calling political opponents evil or Satanic is the work of an accelerant. One is advocacy, the other is dehumanization.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump: I thought it was a tray... But seriously, this is why we need a new Ballroom. Me: Really? The Ballroom? At this exact moment?
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
At this rate there may be a dozen more "attempts" before then.
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brendonk1.bsky.social @brendonk1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
And this is why Kash Patel shouldn't be armed around an open bar.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
So this would be the, what... 3rd possible attempt (that we know of) on Trump's life in the past 2 years? Really? 🤔 What's the biggliest number of assasination attempts against a US president in a 2 year span?
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fact: Trump said recently "I would have won Vietnam very quickly" were he in charge at the time. Fact: What was he doing during the Vietnam War? Dodging the draft FIVE times: 4 for college and once for bone spurs.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It's typical authoritarian BS, and since the primary trait valued by dictators is loyalty and not competence--there is plenty of blame to cast about. Turnover rarely changes anything though. At best it wastes time that the administration could be using to do damage.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
April 22, 2026
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April 22, 2026
Virginia voters yesterday agreed to a constitutional amendment that would temporarily redistrict the state if any other state redistricted for partisan reasons: that is, in retaliation for the partisa...
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