Mike
@scotchandbooks.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Attorney. Bibliophile. Fan of hardcore music.
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
It is baffling to me that the Trump/Lake Michigan story from the Epstein files has gotten almost no media attention
January 4, 2026 at 6:12 AM
It is baffling to me that the Trump/Lake Michigan story from the Epstein files has gotten almost no media attention
The administration has made it harder for veterans to get SNAP benefits. Isn’t it bad enough that so many who served our country are living in poverty? Now they need to go hungry?
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The administration has made it harder for veterans to get SNAP benefits. Isn’t it bad enough that so many who served our country are living in poverty? Now they need to go hungry?
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Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)
Top 3 strongest things in the universe
1. Adamantium
2. Vibranium
3. The clasps on baby onesies
1. Adamantium
2. Vibranium
3. The clasps on baby onesies
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Top 3 strongest things in the universe
1. Adamantium
2. Vibranium
3. The clasps on baby onesies
1. Adamantium
2. Vibranium
3. The clasps on baby onesies
It is disturbing how much the current administration is pushing to divide our country. The refusal to address the American people as a whole is petty and serves only to exacerbate the tribalism that has steadily increased over the last decade.
September 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It is disturbing how much the current administration is pushing to divide our country. The refusal to address the American people as a whole is petty and serves only to exacerbate the tribalism that has steadily increased over the last decade.
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Yeah, I got plans later — gonna hit the club (sandwich), have some drinks (herbal tea), and end up in bed with a cutie (my cat).
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yeah, I got plans later — gonna hit the club (sandwich), have some drinks (herbal tea), and end up in bed with a cutie (my cat).
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The Cowboys trading Micah Parsons is the equivalent of The Giants trading Saquon Barkley
August 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Cowboys trading Micah Parsons is the equivalent of The Giants trading Saquon Barkley
“We’re lucky to be alive, but only if our lives make life itself worth dying for. We must be worthy of our luck or we are damned. Our lives were spared, but this is merely the silliest of accidents unless we put the gift of life to the hard employments of justice.”
- Orson Welles
- Orson Welles
August 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“We’re lucky to be alive, but only if our lives make life itself worth dying for. We must be worthy of our luck or we are damned. Our lives were spared, but this is merely the silliest of accidents unless we put the gift of life to the hard employments of justice.”
- Orson Welles
- Orson Welles
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The Republican Party has found its roots: throwing people off their health care and bombing the Middle East.
June 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Republican Party has found its roots: throwing people off their health care and bombing the Middle East.
Cutting Medicare while multiple states have banned abortion is monstrous. State governments force people to have children while the federal government makes it harder to afford them.
Poverty rates in anti-abortion states will continue to grow.
This country is still prioritizing fetuses over kids.
Poverty rates in anti-abortion states will continue to grow.
This country is still prioritizing fetuses over kids.
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Cutting Medicare while multiple states have banned abortion is monstrous. State governments force people to have children while the federal government makes it harder to afford them.
Poverty rates in anti-abortion states will continue to grow.
This country is still prioritizing fetuses over kids.
Poverty rates in anti-abortion states will continue to grow.
This country is still prioritizing fetuses over kids.
My heart has never been more full than when I get to hold my sleeping daughter while my wife naps next to us
May 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My heart has never been more full than when I get to hold my sleeping daughter while my wife naps next to us
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORES
I know it’s easy order a book on Amazon, but before you do, find a local bookstore and call them. If they don’t have it, they can order it from their distributor and let you know when it’s in. It’s a small gesture but makes a world of difference for small businesses
I know it’s easy order a book on Amazon, but before you do, find a local bookstore and call them. If they don’t have it, they can order it from their distributor and let you know when it’s in. It’s a small gesture but makes a world of difference for small businesses
March 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORES
I know it’s easy order a book on Amazon, but before you do, find a local bookstore and call them. If they don’t have it, they can order it from their distributor and let you know when it’s in. It’s a small gesture but makes a world of difference for small businesses
I know it’s easy order a book on Amazon, but before you do, find a local bookstore and call them. If they don’t have it, they can order it from their distributor and let you know when it’s in. It’s a small gesture but makes a world of difference for small businesses
Shoutout to @boredwalk.com for the new shirt!
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Shoutout to @boredwalk.com for the new shirt!
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Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000 by the World Health Organization due to the success of vaccination efforts.
It's back and now in 18 states? Why? Anti-vaxxers.
It's back and now in 18 states? Why? Anti-vaxxers.
March 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000 by the World Health Organization due to the success of vaccination efforts.
It's back and now in 18 states? Why? Anti-vaxxers.
It's back and now in 18 states? Why? Anti-vaxxers.
How do I tell people that this is, in fact, my first rodeo
March 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
How do I tell people that this is, in fact, my first rodeo
Does anyone know why we, as a society, wrap leftover pizza in tin foil? Or is that lost to time
March 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Does anyone know why we, as a society, wrap leftover pizza in tin foil? Or is that lost to time
How sad it must be—believing that scientists, scholars, historians, economists, and journalists have devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, while a reality TV star with decades of FRAUD and exhaustively documented lying is your only beacon of truth and honesty.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
March 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
How sad it must be—believing that scientists, scholars, historians, economists, and journalists have devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, while a reality TV star with decades of FRAUD and exhaustively documented lying is your only beacon of truth and honesty.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
This juvenile bravado accomplishes nothing and will create more hardship for everyday Americans
Breaking: President Trump says the U.S. will increase tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%.
Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum From Canada
The U.S. will increase its planned 25% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%, President Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform Tuesday, in a response to Ottawa’s retaliation to…
www.wsj.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This juvenile bravado accomplishes nothing and will create more hardship for everyday Americans
Criminally underrated album
February 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Criminally underrated album
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…