Erik
@eclwires.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Hunter, Fisherman, Electrician, Progressive. Refugee from Birdland. Here for a marketplace of ideas, not a red light district.
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Seems like an important detail
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Seems like an important detail
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
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Can we continue to follow up on this $130 million donation Trump says his anonymous friend donated to pay troops until we see actual proof of the money coming in and where it went?
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Can we continue to follow up on this $130 million donation Trump says his anonymous friend donated to pay troops until we see actual proof of the money coming in and where it went?
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This was meant to be a private direct message for ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI. Please disregard. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, ESPECIALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This was meant to be a private direct message for ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI. Please disregard. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, ESPECIALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has subpoenaed Deputy AG Todd Blanche to testify in his vindictive prosecution hearing, accusing the DOJ of retaliation over his deportation fight. A judge found “realistic” signs of bias, while the DOJ moves to quash the subpoena.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has subpoenaed Deputy AG Todd Blanche to testify in his vindictive prosecution hearing, accusing the DOJ of retaliation over his deportation fight. A judge found “realistic” signs of bias, while the DOJ moves to quash the subpoena.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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These guys get $50k signing bonuses.
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
These guys get $50k signing bonuses.
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
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Trump has fucked up the design of his ballroom. It has been delayed. 😏🙄🤷♂️
www.rawstory.com/white-house-...
www.rawstory.com/white-house-...
Trump’s ballroom design a ‘hurried process’ that includes stairs to nowhere: report
President Donald Trump’s plans to construct a 90,000 square-foot ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood appear to be ever-changing and done in “a hurried process,” with one design docum...
www.rawstory.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Trump has fucked up the design of his ballroom. It has been delayed. 😏🙄🤷♂️
www.rawstory.com/white-house-...
www.rawstory.com/white-house-...
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Senate rejects measure to stop military strikes against civilian boats in international waters, which many legal observers characterize as illegal. Senators Murkowski and Paul broke party ranks and supported the measure. Dem Fetterman voted with the GOP majority. 🤬🤬
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Republicans reject effort to curb Trump’s military strikes in international waters
GOP senators balked at the chance to limit the deadly military strikes the president has approved against civilian boats in the Caribbean.
www.msnbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Senate rejects measure to stop military strikes against civilian boats in international waters, which many legal observers characterize as illegal. Senators Murkowski and Paul broke party ranks and supported the measure. Dem Fetterman voted with the GOP majority. 🤬🤬
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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This is located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, close to Fullerton and Sheffield. It's a densely populated area near DePaul University. I'm pleased to see the community standing up against these despicable individuals.
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, close to Fullerton and Sheffield. It's a densely populated area near DePaul University. I'm pleased to see the community standing up against these despicable individuals.
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I had the pleasure of joining @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on @slate.com’s Amicus Podcast to discuss why I believe it’s up to us-the public-to save democracy. We are not quitters! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Demolition Man
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 10/25/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I had the pleasure of joining @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on @slate.com’s Amicus Podcast to discuss why I believe it’s up to us-the public-to save democracy. We are not quitters! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Conveniently, right before the midterms!
This isn’t going to go the way they think it is.
The National Guard isn’t going to allow themselves to be used as Trump’s voter suppression force.
This isn’t going to go the way they think it is.
The National Guard isn’t going to allow themselves to be used as Trump’s voter suppression force.
Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Conveniently, right before the midterms!
This isn’t going to go the way they think it is.
The National Guard isn’t going to allow themselves to be used as Trump’s voter suppression force.
This isn’t going to go the way they think it is.
The National Guard isn’t going to allow themselves to be used as Trump’s voter suppression force.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Illinois tells Bondi that its sanctuary status stands firm.
Illinois to Bondi: Sanctuary status stands firm
www.politico.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Illinois tells Bondi that its sanctuary status stands firm.
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Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that.
The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…
The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…
August 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that.
The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…
The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…
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Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.
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The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.
Federal Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To Be Shut Down Within 60 Days—No New Detainees
The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.
www.forbes.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.
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“Do you really want government officials getting involved in cultural institutions, determining the content?”
@GillianHTurner out here making actual sense on Fox News — better hope the whitewasher-in-chief wasn’t watching 😬
@GillianHTurner out here making actual sense on Fox News — better hope the whitewasher-in-chief wasn’t watching 😬
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Do you really want government officials getting involved in cultural institutions, determining the content?”
@GillianHTurner out here making actual sense on Fox News — better hope the whitewasher-in-chief wasn’t watching 😬
@GillianHTurner out here making actual sense on Fox News — better hope the whitewasher-in-chief wasn’t watching 😬