Michael Kanick
mkanick.bsky.social
Michael Kanick
@mkanick.bsky.social
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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This is powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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And this is what I heard @mikiesherrill.bsky.social say:
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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BIG WIN: In a massive ruling, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of D.C. permanently barred Trump from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms.
Big Win for Voting Rights as Judge Blocks Trump EO
INSIDE: Jeanine Pirro ... Lindsey Halligan ... Pete Hegseth
morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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GREAT NEWS: The ruling found that Trump had usurped the power vested in Congress and the states to administer and oversee elections protocols 👇
Judge Permanently Bars Trump From Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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California is preparing to send its own state observers to watch over federal monitors from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. The move underscores a growing standoff between state election officials and a federal government many voting rights advocates say is weaponizing oversight.
California to Monitor Trump’s DOJ Poll Watchers Amid Concerns of Voter Intimidation, Election Interference
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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"Voting is not a privilege to be restricted or manipulated. It is a fundamental civil right. Protecting it is not optional. It is the only way to ensure that America’s future remains of, by and for the people."

Read more here: bit.ly/4oKcSJz
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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We know where this story goes next: “Asked if he heard about Trump’s comments eviscerating and demeaning him, Johnson said he had not heard about the comments because he’s so busy doing absolutely nothing while the House has been out of session also doing nothing.”
He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants.
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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For the record, this guy is worth between $500 million and $600 million.
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Gutting the civil rights law has been a long game, and its opponents have long found a champion in Chief Justice John Roberts 👇
Ali Velshi: The GOP’s decadeslong project to dismantle the Voting Rights Act is nearly realized
Gutting the civil rights law has been a long game, and its opponents have long found a champion in Chief Justice John Roberts.
www.msnbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.

Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Six decades later, the Voting Rights Act faces its greatest threat, with the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court looking poised to hollow out one key section after gutting a different one in 2013.
Voting Rights Act faces a near-death experience at US Supreme Court
The conservative justices signaled they could undercut the law's Section 2, which bars voting maps that would result in diluting the voting power of minorities, even without direct proof of racist intent.
www.reuters.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Ugly, dishonest, dangerous, divisive, and completely un-American. But a reminder that Christian Nationalism is a very real and growing threat to our nation.👇
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel, alongside a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, are calling on the Supreme Court to take up a case surrounding an individual’s right to sue to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act.
Nessel joins 22 other state attorney generals backing federal voting rights fight • Michigan Advance
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, alongside a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, are calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case surrounding an individual’s right to sue to ...
michiganadvance.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"People of all races died for that voting right privilege. I mean all races participated in that movement. So, to not be apart of that it hurts, right?" - Greg Singleton
Formerly incarcerated advocate shares journey to reclaim voting rights in North Carolina
Many are gearing up to vote, or already have. This election could be the first time some felons are casting their ballot.Over the years, there have been questio
wcti12.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A possible casualty of Trump's ridiculous Texas gerrymandering scheme 👇

Read more here:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.
September 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My desert island album.
On this day in 2003, DMB performed a historic concert at the Central Park in NYC. The show was later released as the now classic The Central Park Concert. Raise your 🖐 if you were you there! #DMBHistory
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Effective language access is essential for ensuring that every voter can fully participate in our democracy. Demos' new case study examines how the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA) has become a model for expanding language access beyond what federal law requires 👇
Language Access & State Voting Rights Acts | Demos
Our new case study examines how the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA) has become a model for expanding language access beyond what federal law requires.
www.demos.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Apparently the Athletic’s share button for Bluesky doesn’t pull the actual link… www.nytimes.com/athletic/664... Longtime Nationals broadcaster Bob Carpenter leaves legacy beyond D.C. baseball
September 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A long time ago, in a life before kids, I spent my nights and weekends as a blogger covering the Nats with some friends for a website we started. We had credentials and everything.

I was lucky enough to meet Bob once, for a podcast interview.
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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A solid majority (58%) favor allowing voters to cast their ballots by mail, but support remains much lower among Republicans than Democrats 👇
Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, Voter ID
President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to end mail-in voting comes as a 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail.
www.pewresearch.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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"Long hailed as one of the most important victories of the Civil Rights Movement, and American democracy itself, this achievement is in jeopardy, as Republicans levy attacks and work to dismantle the VRA through the courts."

Read more here:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM