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Ericka Kopp for VA-01

@erickakopp.com

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Healthcare lawyer. Biracial, bisexual, bilingual woman. Wife to a combat vet. Dog mom to two rescues. Grassroots Candidate for Congress in VA-01. I stand for access & accountability. Personal page: @erickaesquire.bsky.social Website: erickakopp.com

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · Aug 19

These two things—healthcare and veterans—are at the center of my life. I’m a healthcare attorney and a caregiver to a disabled vet.

Along with many other constituents, I demanded that Rob Wittman vote no.

He wouldn’t hear us.

So I’m trying to take his job to bring the voices of #VA01 back to DC.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Brown: In a state of 12 million people, half a million are going to lose their insurance.

People didn’t vote for that. They didn’t vote for higher grocery bills. They didn’t vote for veterans’ benefits being slashed. They didn’t vote for any of this.

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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 14h

RIFS during a shutdown are illegal.

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov is accepting whistleblower reports to ensure accountability.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov/contact/tip-line

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Rep. Morgan McGarvey @repmcgarvey.bsky.social · 19h

Kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance doesn't mean people won't get sick.

It makes health care more expensive for everyone.

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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 19h

OK, y'all. Who wants to tell Winsome how stuff still works after the sun goes down?

Anyone?

@50501virginia.bsky.social @indivisibleva.bsky.social @804thepeople.bsky.social @wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@neighbors4change.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 18h

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 43m

Dear Rob,

If you cared so much about the loss of SNAP and WIC benefits, you shouldn’t have voted for the Big BS Bill that indirectly cuts them both. Gaslighting will not change the truth.

Stop blaming Democrats for your party’s poor, wildly unpopular choices.

I’m not your friend,

Ericka

SNAP continues for about 30 days during a shutdown before facing disruption, while federal funding for WIC stops immediately under a shutdown, forcing the program to rely on limited local contingency funds. Without congressional action, Virginia’s SNAP and WIC recipients lose access to critical nutritional support within the first week of a prolonged shutdown. It is critical that the Senate act swiftly to ensure these benefits are not interrupted.

Virginians should not have to shoulder the burden of ineffective policymaking and political games. While House Republicans offered solutions to keep the government open and operating for the American people, Democrats in the Senate have since voted seven times against the Continuing Resolution (CR), which would fund the government. Now, our U.S. service members, air traffic controllers and many other federal employees will not receive a paycheck – this is unacceptable.

I urge Senators to come together to reopen the government and prevent more harm being done to Americans, and I am working every day to deliver solutions and provide predictability for the people of Virginia’s First District.

Sincerely,

/s/ Rob

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Rep. Emily Randall @repemilyrandall.bsky.social · 22h

Speaker Johnson won't swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva — who won her election two weeks ago — because she'd be the 218th vote to force the release of the Epstein files. Arizona’s 7th District deserves representation, particularly in the midst of a government shutdown. Swear her in. Release the files.

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for this post @rbreich.bsky.social. We need it louder for the folks in the way, way BACK please!

From your friendly group of illegally fired CDC staff and their allies.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 10h

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing this, @heathermassey.com!

Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 14h

Ericka Kopp

Likes: accountability for federal officials, breaking barriers, undoing the BBB, expanding voting rights, supporting veterans, universal healthcare

Dislikes: political gamesmanship, reps who gaslight constituents, government red tape, caving to the ruling class

erickakopp.com

Image is a pop art version of 2026 VA-01 Democratic primary candidate Ericka Kopp.

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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 1d

Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether the Voting Rights Act survives. Rally in front of the Supreme Court for fair maps! Can't make it? Tune in to hear oral arguments on SupremeCourt.gov
Learn more: www.lwv.org/legal-center...
@lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 13h

Rep. @JamesWalkinshaw (D-VA11), Ranking Member Garcia Call for GAO Investigation into Vought’s Illegal Layoff Directive During Shutdown bluevirginia.us/2025/10/virg...

Walkinshaw, Ranking Member Garcia Call for GAO Investigation into Vought’s Illegal Layoff Directive During Shutdown

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether President Trump and OMB Director Russ Vought’s directive ordering agencies to issue Reduction-in-Force (RIF) notices during the GOP government shutdown violates the Antideficiency Act.

In their letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, the lawmakers condemned OMB’s description of the shutdown as an “opportunity” to fire federal employees, calling the memo “legally unsupportable and unconstitutional.”

“Setting aside the abhorrent description of a GOP government shutdown as an ‘opportunity,’ this OMB memorandum rests on a legally unsupportable premise,” the Members wrote. “A lapse in appropriations suspends the availability of funds but does not repeal or nullify statutory mandates. Undefined ‘Presidential priorities’ cannot substitute for statutory direction.”

The Members urged GAO to determine whether agency compliance with OMB’s directive would constitute a violation of the Antideficiency Act, noting that the Act “does not authorize agencies to incur obligations for the purpose of planning or executing reductions in force during a shutdown.”

They emphasized that any agency implementing Trump and Vought’s directive would be breaking federal law and required to report that violation to Congress.

Their request follows reports that the Trump administration has used the shutdown to accelerate workforce reductions that have already weakened agency oversight and public service delivery.

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 11h

Seeing them side by side, the resemblance is uncanny.

Lincoln’s Kayak 🫘 @lincolnskayak.bsky.social · 13h

How many horcruxes do you think Stephen Miller has made so far?

Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 11h

Hands down, this is the best post I’ve seen all week.

Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 14h

Aye.

Salaam Bhatti @salaambhattiva.bsky.social · 14h

Seconded. All in favor?

Alex @alexcascio.bsky.social · 20h

Policies that are ACTUALLY pro-life:

Universal Healthcare
Free School Lunches
Universal Childcare
Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
Comprehensive Sex Ed
Affordable Housing
Food Assistance

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

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)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump is weaponizing the DOJ against his political opponents.

Meanwhile, he's gutting the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section which assists U.S. attorneys’ offices around the country with investigating crooked government officials.

"Drain the swamp."

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 14h

I am so sick of the faux outrage and idiotic blame-game from the GOP.

News flash, Rob, the GOP controls every lever of Congress and the WH. Y’all could reopen the government without support from Dems if y’all really wanted to, so spare us the garbage. We have enough trash, we need healthcare.

Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 14h

So, Rob, your party has had six months to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. You seem surprised that Senate Democrats stood up to try and save ACA premium support for tens of millions of Americans Are you aware that some members of Congress put everyday Americans over fealty to Trump?

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 14h

Republicans won special elections in Florida, and he swore them in.

James Walkinshaw, a Democrat from VA-11, won his special election, and Mike Johnson swore him in.

What’s the hold up, Mike?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 21h

Winsome Earle-Sears lied about it not being discrimination to fire someone simply because they’re gay.

In Bostock v. Clayton County (2019), SCOTUS ruled that firing someone for being gay violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

It IS discrimination to fire someone for being gay, period.

henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 1d

Sears last night:

❎Interrupted 60 times in an hour

❎Said it's "not discrimination" to fire gay people

❎Pretended not to know how batteries work

@804thepeople.bsky.social @indivisibleva.bsky.social @50501virginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, despite the awful right-wing moderators, etc., Spanberger clearly won tonight's debate...no mistakes, no gaffes, knew what she was talking about, and a much more even temperament than Earle-Sears, who just shouted the entire hour. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/live...

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

From Meidastouch: It's reported by the White House that the Convicted FElon is going to Walter Reed Military Hospital tomorrow, Friday, for an annual visit. The problem is he had an annual visit back in April. It has been shown that the Convicted FElon is having some serious health & mental concerns

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Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social · 1d

The indictment of Letitia James makes clear that calling it an attempted coup is no exaggeration.

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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · 1d

Bingo.

CIA level of Cool.

All in for Abigail.

American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's #VAGov debate in less than a minute — It's clear which candidate has the temperament to be governor.

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Ericka Kopp for VA-01 @erickakopp.com · 1d

Firing someone based on those characteristics IS discrimination. It IS a violation of your civil rights. It IS wrong.
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And Winsome Earle-Sears thinks she can be Governor?
@abigailspanberger.com
#abigailspanberger #vapolitics #virginia #va #debate

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