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Michael Kanick

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Dad, Digital Guy, Advocate, Gamer, Native Upstate NYer, Oswego & GW alum, NY sports fan, Nerd. My teams wear blue. Exec. Dir. @voteractionproject.org

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Sen. Thom Tillis says he expects there will be pressure on Mike Johnson to not seat the new Congress if Democrats win
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The headline and lede for this story have been updated and fixed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to regulate voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Trump says “in two weeks” or “in a few weeks,” that does not mean he has a secret brilliant plan he’s about to execute. It means he has no idea, but wants to sound like he does, while keeping attention like a TV show going “all this excitement same time next week.” We’re a decade into this.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the Roadless Rule, opening 45 million acres of national forests to road construction, destructive timber harvest and energy development." Today is the last day for public comment. Weigh in: defenders.org/roadless-rule
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The Roadless Rule
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 06/10/2026
Many states require that mail ballots be postmarked by a specific day. But due to a USPS rule announced late last year, voters may need to put their ballot in a mailbox days in advance.
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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whether it's Obama telling farmers to plant arugula in Iowa or Donald Trump telling Iranians to take out Los Angeles, both presidents made deeply insensitive statements about regions of the country.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Polarization Is Not the Problem." The paragraph below says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social It's starting to get attaction. So read the rest, and let me know what you think. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Excellent to see this case made in another outlet policymakers and campaigners read. I’d add that I think a lot of the NYT’s influence among Dems comes from donors, not necessarily rank and file supporters.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 02/10/2026
Heads up, Mainers: Filling out the voter registration status-check form on maine dot vote gives your data to a conservative Maine PAC campaigning for Senator Collins and the form on vote safe dot org goes to a database owned by Elon Musk's PAC. Use www.Vote.org instead to be safe.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
More than 50 people gathered to stop the arrest in Oswego, NY—an upstate New York city in a county that Trump won by more than 60 percent in 2024. trib.al/ZfcfVZn
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Two Men Spared From Border Patrol Arrest By Upstate NY Protesters
More than 50 people gathered to stop the arrest in Oswego, NY—an upstate New York city in a county that Trump won by more than 60 percent in 2024.
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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THREE DAYS INTO THE SEASON AND WE ALREADY HAVE A GOALIE GOAL!!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Communies @communiess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this date in 2010, Accounting for Lawyers aired! Written by Emily Cutler and directed by Joe Russo, and this is eternal. #OriginalAiring
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Sean's News Network @seanchai313.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So customs and border patrol is spending $20,000,000 of your money on running old trump campaign ads on NFL games
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 29/09/2026
After Trump's right-wing, hand-picked Supreme Court ruling weakened key Voting Rights Act protections, Black organizers in Louisiana are building a turnout movement they hope will reshape elections across the South. Read more here: bit.ly/4deMx2V #ProtectOurVote
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@aaup.org is pushing for this.
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A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education
The AAUP and AFT jointly launched a new comprehensive policy platform ahead of the 2026 midterms aimed to counter the Trump administration’s far right extremist attacks on American higher education an...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/09/2026
As global birthrates hit historic lows, researchers looked back at the baby-boom era and found federal mortgage programs played a part in the U.S. population upswing after World War II. nyti.ms/4dWY1bp
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Michael Kanick @mkanick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A sitting US Senator from Ohio has no comment on hiring nazi sympathizers.
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Michael Kanick @mkanick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Grossssssssssssss give me my autumn back
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy told Catholics to “fight every dimension” of the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and to replace politicians who tolerate it. “In abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and of the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.”
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
In April 2026, the Supreme Court effectively ended the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to an all-white Congressional delegation from the South. The decision has startling parallels with Plessy v Ferguson, the decision that established “separate but equal.”
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Only in America do they deny children free lunch while forcing them to read about Jesus feeding the hungry.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A searing editorial from @pressherald.com: It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins www.pressherald.com/2026/09/27/i...
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It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins | Editorial
The senator's complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
Talarico: "Corrupt politicians are profiting off a corrupt war and Texans are literally paying the price ... this war in Iran is a disaster. It is killing Americans, driving up the price of gas and diesel, it is wrecking our moral standing around the world. And it must end."
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 25/09/2026
"Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud, but a group of outsiders is making that difficult," Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Michael Scherer report 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/4hrJ4z8 #ResistTrump
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My career in one skeet.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This news out of California is another troubling example of how the “rigged election” conspiracy theories have been mobilized into policy, including (illegal) ballots seizures. But it’s REALLY IMPORTANT to stress that the seized ballots are from a 2025 special election, not the current election.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/09/2026
Having déjà vu to “Roe v. Wade is settled precedent” coming from the mouths of Supreme Court nominees
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins took credit for an $8 million Navy contract. Four months later, that contractor's CEO illegally sent $150,000 to a super PAC backing her. What he later told the FBI about her: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-fbi...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These allegations are a bombshell: the FBI informant claims Collins was in a pay-to-play scheme where donors to her Super-PAC were rewarded with government contracts. Trump stopped the investigation when he came into his office second term. As Collins would say, "concerning"
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#earlyvote afternoon update 9/21: at least 62,994 people have voted in the 2026 general election Welcome new states added to the tracker: Indiana and North Dakota 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...
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» 2026 Early Voting UF Election Lab
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Chairman Wow @chairmanwow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The deadline to register in Texas is October 5th.
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Michael Kanick @mkanick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I run a niche voting rights organization. I wasn’t interviewed for this story. Every word is true.
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Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well, well, welp
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Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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