Dominic Arellano
@dominicarellano.bsky.social
Former arts admin, then UMich Ford School of Public Policy MPA, and then UMinn Humphrey School of Public Affairs Grad Certificate of Election Admin. Here: civics, music, policy, elections, me, food, Detroit, democracy, Lions/Pistons.
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My first attempt for new peeps and others like me just trying to find the light switch. Feel free to drop a note on changes/additions/subs. go.bsky.app/EoVTEo8
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These abuses of those who are *literally doing everything right & legally* was the breaking point for my wife
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
These abuses of those who are *literally doing everything right & legally* was the breaking point for my wife
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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In which a GOP pollster cautions Loomer that “digging in” on addressing the GOP’s “Nazi problem” will “alienate younger voters which Republicans need to win.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In which a GOP pollster cautions Loomer that “digging in” on addressing the GOP’s “Nazi problem” will “alienate younger voters which Republicans need to win.”
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Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New online tool for navigating state election laws electionlawblog.org?p=153047
New online tool for navigating state election laws #ELB
Announcement via email on an exciting new tool for election law researchers, election administrators, and others: Election statutes, regulations, and advisory opinions are now available in one place u...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New online tool for navigating state election laws electionlawblog.org?p=153047
Last ASC '25 non-contenders but should be, list @robinpr.bsky.social-@totalvibration.bsky.social:
Onda by Joao Selva
Siestas ahi by Juana Molina
Dimelo by Combo Chimbita
El Mundo Delante De Ti by By Teo Panell w/ TRISTAN!
Total euphoria by caroline
Stand by Blue Sky (Off fav current Sunday album)
Onda by Joao Selva
Siestas ahi by Juana Molina
Dimelo by Combo Chimbita
El Mundo Delante De Ti by By Teo Panell w/ TRISTAN!
Total euphoria by caroline
Stand by Blue Sky (Off fav current Sunday album)
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Last ASC '25 non-contenders but should be, list @robinpr.bsky.social-@totalvibration.bsky.social:
Onda by Joao Selva
Siestas ahi by Juana Molina
Dimelo by Combo Chimbita
El Mundo Delante De Ti by By Teo Panell w/ TRISTAN!
Total euphoria by caroline
Stand by Blue Sky (Off fav current Sunday album)
Onda by Joao Selva
Siestas ahi by Juana Molina
Dimelo by Combo Chimbita
El Mundo Delante De Ti by By Teo Panell w/ TRISTAN!
Total euphoria by caroline
Stand by Blue Sky (Off fav current Sunday album)
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New Yorkers responding to raids and bracing for more are taking a cue from activists there, passing out thousands of whistles in recent weeks as a low-tech way to alert people of ICE activity when they see it.
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New Yorkers responding to raids and bracing for more are taking a cue from activists there, passing out thousands of whistles in recent weeks as a low-tech way to alert people of ICE activity when they see it.
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
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November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
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Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
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The administration is “giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The administration is “giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls on UN to Probe U.S. Gov’t Over Immigration Crackdown
In related news, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed memb...
www.democracynow.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to US President Donald Trump, told leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany — classified as an extremist party by German authorities — that he sees them as “bold visionaries” shaping the country’s future.
Trump adviser to Germany’s AfD: ‘We are in this together’
MAGA social media guru Alex Bruesewitz visited Berlin to make common cause with the far-right Alternative for Germany at a time when the party is seeking allies in the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to US President Donald Trump, told leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany — classified as an extremist party by German authorities — that he sees them as “bold visionaries” shaping the country’s future.
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NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
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New Jersey municipalities that are 60%+ Hispanic where we currently have results:
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Jersey municipalities that are 60%+ Hispanic where we currently have results:
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Mainers will decide a ballot measure tomorrow that could restrict mail voting, with an outsize effect on older folks.
“We’re not even a voting rights advocacy organization, but we’ve had to become one,” says the director of the Maine Council on Aging.
“We’re not even a voting rights advocacy organization, but we’ve had to become one,” says the director of the Maine Council on Aging.
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots. This would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
boltsmag.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mainers will decide a ballot measure tomorrow that could restrict mail voting, with an outsize effect on older folks.
“We’re not even a voting rights advocacy organization, but we’ve had to become one,” says the director of the Maine Council on Aging.
“We’re not even a voting rights advocacy organization, but we’ve had to become one,” says the director of the Maine Council on Aging.
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One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
Real life @theonion.com, both trick and treat.
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Real life @theonion.com, both trick and treat.
My contribution to the Halloween music canon: open.spotify.com/track/01xtow...
Also, a new All Songs contender?: open.spotify.com/track/4CICiO...
CC: @robinpr.bsky.social
Also, a new All Songs contender?: open.spotify.com/track/4CICiO...
CC: @robinpr.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My contribution to the Halloween music canon: open.spotify.com/track/01xtow...
Also, a new All Songs contender?: open.spotify.com/track/4CICiO...
CC: @robinpr.bsky.social
Also, a new All Songs contender?: open.spotify.com/track/4CICiO...
CC: @robinpr.bsky.social
I do too. Holla!
Gary Bonds - I Wanna Holler [Rhythm & Blues, USA] (1987)
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https://youtu.be/6ZFOJprZwNY
Gary Bonds - I Wanna Holler [Rhythm & Blues, USA] (1987)
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October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I do too. Holla!
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WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."