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Michael Samonek

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Former screenwriter currently working as an independent living advocate. I am a music enjoyer and post too much about it.

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 2h

This is part and parcel of why I do not accept the “findings” from SLED as legitimate - sorry

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 2h

Hard not to think conspiratorially when they’re openly conspiring!!

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2h

The ease with which officials lie in 2025 is honestly terrifying

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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 16h

Right wingers reflexively saying "blue hair" as a pejorative will never not be funny to me.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 16h

And very little of it even gets to mediocre.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 16h

why am I paying for netflix? What's the last thing that channel offered that wasn't mediocre at best?

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 19h

I’d like to see the Santa Cruz logo redone as antifa

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 20h

Why is this allowed?

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 21h

I've become low-trust. I admit it. I don't trust anything law enforcement says or does. If that makes me a conspiracy guy so be it but in my defense they lie A LOT. The president lies. The head of the FBI lies. The AG lies. They tell big lies daily. Why wouldn't that corrupt the entire system?

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 21h

I am sorry you had that incident.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 21h

LOL that's not what i said i literally ended with "im suspicious." You believe the official statement/findings/whatever that's fine. i remain suspicious due to the level of coincidence and my low-trust in law enforcement to tell the truth. We simply have different levels of trust.

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 22h

I think "we found no evidence of arson" in the first week of investigation doesn't guarantee there wasn't arson just they can't or haven't yet found the proof. And given the fact that I have no reason to trust any GOP-aligned LEO I will remain suspicious.

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 22h

They "found no evidence" that it was arson. In two days. How hard are these South Carolina republican aligned officials looking? Sorry Im not buying it. Too coincidental. State's too corrupt.

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile we just ignored a judge's house being burnt down after weeks of death threats.

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 22h

I guess "he's a socialist" was testing too popular so now they're going with "he's a plutocrat!"

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 23h

Do you realize by the flaming lips can still catch me off guard

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 23h

Is this Qatari Air Force
Base the sort of thing that sounds crazy and then someone says “actually there are middle eastern military bases all over the country!”

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

Dominion suing to protect their brand reputation and then selling to a guy who will monkey with the results anyway is so 2025. Good times

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

Never a bad day to listen to this

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

We have negative job growth and they're going with a de-stimulus approach. Fantastic.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

How much of this is his personal animus toward the dread Obama who is sorta-kinda from there.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

America Eventually.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

welcome to Trump's america where ordering an inflatable frog costume likely gets you on A List.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

I wish people wouldn't use Obama's NPP to taunt Trump/MAGA. even he doesn't think he deserved the thing and let's face it his foreign policy was not the stuff of peace prizes.

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

Which they didn't do in the far off distant year of 2020. But keep making shit up to make them sound ruthless (which they ain't)

Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 1d

How does she feel about Ivanpah? The few conservatives I know in Clark County swear it does nothing but cook birds and bilk tax payers.

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