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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 · 20/05/2026
Fetterman needs to go. Honestly, he should never have been put in office to begin with. Same Manchin. Same with Sinema.
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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 · 15/05/2026
"Maher dismissed the outrage by calling the cost “couch money.” Fetterman rolled his eyes and reduced the backlash to “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Out of touch assholes, both, who will soon be in the rearview.
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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 · 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
Was he one of the "immigrants are eating dogs and cats" people? 🤔 Maybe the person has dogs and cats and was throwing that back at him. Just a guess on my part though. 🌞
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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 only represent less than 30% of voting age adults in the US. The primary reason he won in 2024 was that a huge swath of potential voters didn't bother to participate. We need those people to vote.
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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
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 · 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 · 07/05/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Dark Biden is at once feeble and at the same time the most powerful and clever entity the universe has ever known! 🙆
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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
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 · 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 · 04/05/2026
I'm watching all of the Star Treks sequentially from the original and am currently about halfway through Season 4 of Next Gen. And Data is SUCH a good character--so well written, and the actor is amazing.
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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
My wife and I are visiting the UP from Seattle. The prices here are always $1.50 less a gallon but we drove past a gas station that was nearly $5 a gallon now and my father-in-law (a traditional religious conservative) went *off* on the war and the price of gas and inflation. I just nodded.
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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
I was staggered to find out how many more points of contact Xbox controllers had vs PS controllers when I did the Bejeweled 3 port back in the day. It was revelatory.
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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
Agreed. 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 · 30/04/2026
Make SURE people know you did that. In MI my wife's parents got badass new internet in the UP from Biden but didn't know where it came from 🙆 until we explained it.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The MAGA movement, like most mass movements, thrives on intense emotion, in this case hate and the desire to destroy the opposition. Tragically, for us all, the "opposition" is the entire rest of the country and much of the world.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Some day an AI version of Lindsey is going to quietly replace him and not a single person is going to notice.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The NYTs lost their way decades ago and they're still better than most mainstream US media.
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michaeldomenic.bsky.social @michaeldomenic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I've been reading Krugman since the 2008 financial debacle ans have found him very insightful.
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