Erica Shekell (she/her)
@eshekell.bsky.social
Comms for changemakers, movements and mission-driven orgs. Past: Comms Director @PPofMI, digital @MISenDems, comms @ByrumFisk, social @AlmaCollege, comms @mblgtacc. 🏳️🌈 Lansing, MI. #IStandWithPP #ProtectTransKids #EndICE #CeasefireNow
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I have no idea why the states like California are implementing the trans ban. They maintain control of their national guards and Gavin Newsom is in charge. He's done nothing while his command is purging trans people. It plainly violates the California constitution.
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I have no idea why the states like California are implementing the trans ban. They maintain control of their national guards and Gavin Newsom is in charge. He's done nothing while his command is purging trans people. It plainly violates the California constitution.
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Must be as incriminating against Trump as the Epstein Files
October jobs data may never be released, White House says
October jobs data may never be released, White House says
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been unable to collect price data and employment information during the record-breaking government shutdown.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Must be as incriminating against Trump as the Epstein Files
Felines Against Fascism!
Juniper and Maple were very popular at today's massive No Kings rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing! #LoveLansing #FreedomOverFascism #NoKings
Juniper and Maple were very popular at today's massive No Kings rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing! #LoveLansing #FreedomOverFascism #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Felines Against Fascism!
Juniper and Maple were very popular at today's massive No Kings rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing! #LoveLansing #FreedomOverFascism #NoKings
Juniper and Maple were very popular at today's massive No Kings rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing! #LoveLansing #FreedomOverFascism #NoKings
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After Trump's lying speech last night, Democrats should be flooding the social media zone with short video, memes, photo-posts & more. Get the grassroots & influencers to amplify. We have to start treating this moment as a nonstop campaign.
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Democrats Should Be Flooding Social Media after Last Night's Speech
Don't cede today's communications ground to the right wing
epolitics.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
After Trump's lying speech last night, Democrats should be flooding the social media zone with short video, memes, photo-posts & more. Get the grassroots & influencers to amplify. We have to start treating this moment as a nonstop campaign.
epolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
epolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) in Detroit for our annual Sex, Politics & Cocktails fundraiser! Gather with fellow supporters for a cocktail hour of drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Register at PPMI.org/spc.
January 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) in Detroit for our annual Sex, Politics & Cocktails fundraiser! Gather with fellow supporters for a cocktail hour of drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Register at PPMI.org/spc.
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Over 287,000 women die each year from preventable, pregnancy-related causes. President Trump’s decision to reinstate the global gag rule risks the lives of even more women, girls, young people and LGBTQ+ communities over the world, especially in areas that need lifesaving health services the most.
January 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Over 287,000 women die each year from preventable, pregnancy-related causes. President Trump’s decision to reinstate the global gag rule risks the lives of even more women, girls, young people and LGBTQ+ communities over the world, especially in areas that need lifesaving health services the most.
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ICYMI: Last night Trump reinstated an expanded version of the global gag rule, which bans foreign NGOs that receive U.S. aid funds from providing abortion referrals or counseling. Experts told me they’re worried Trump will extend such a policy to U.S.-based orgs: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/01/24/t...
Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake.
In his first term, Trump oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the gag rule. Its reinstatement could decimate global reproductive and sexual health.
rewirenewsgroup.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICYMI: Last night Trump reinstated an expanded version of the global gag rule, which bans foreign NGOs that receive U.S. aid funds from providing abortion referrals or counseling. Experts told me they’re worried Trump will extend such a policy to U.S.-based orgs: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/01/24/t...
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The same lawmakers & orgs behind abortion bans are now driving attacks on gender-affirming care—with a familiar framework. Our new report exposes how decades-old anti-abortion strategies are being weaponized to strip trans people of essential health care.
New Targets, Old Tactics: How Attacks on Health Care for Transgender People Are Repurposing the Anti-Abortion Playbook - National Women's Law Center
Bans on health care for transgender people have surged all over the country, and their proponents are using familiar strategies. They have modeled their attacks after strategies finetuned over decades by the anti-abortion movement. Our report explores how the anti-trans movement has repurposed anti-abortion narratives, policies, and tactics to promote bans on health care for […]
nwlc.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The same lawmakers & orgs behind abortion bans are now driving attacks on gender-affirming care—with a familiar framework. Our new report exposes how decades-old anti-abortion strategies are being weaponized to strip trans people of essential health care.
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“As we brace for attacks on sexual and reproductive health care under a second Trump Administration, every step we can take to preserve and expand access to contraception is critical.” – Ashlea Phenicie, Chief Advocacy Officer at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
Planned Parenthood of Michigan Applauds Gov. Whitmer for Signing Contraception Equity Bills Into Law
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a pair of bills today that will remove barriers to birth control and emergency contraception.
www.miplannedparenthood.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“As we brace for attacks on sexual and reproductive health care under a second Trump Administration, every step we can take to preserve and expand access to contraception is critical.” – Ashlea Phenicie, Chief Advocacy Officer at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
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We ran into trans Rep. Zephyr in front of SCOTUS today.
“If your daughter is going through precocious puberty, she can get puberty blockers. If your daughter is trans, she can’t”
The discrimination behind gender-affirming care bans was highlighted, as they are only affecting trans youth.
“If your daughter is going through precocious puberty, she can get puberty blockers. If your daughter is trans, she can’t”
The discrimination behind gender-affirming care bans was highlighted, as they are only affecting trans youth.
December 5, 2024 at 12:54 AM
We ran into trans Rep. Zephyr in front of SCOTUS today.
“If your daughter is going through precocious puberty, she can get puberty blockers. If your daughter is trans, she can’t”
The discrimination behind gender-affirming care bans was highlighted, as they are only affecting trans youth.
“If your daughter is going through precocious puberty, she can get puberty blockers. If your daughter is trans, she can’t”
The discrimination behind gender-affirming care bans was highlighted, as they are only affecting trans youth.
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Today, the MI Momnibus package got out of the Senate w/bipartisan support. One step closer to seeing #ReproJustice in Michigan. Grateful to the State of Birth Justice & #mileg partners Sens. @sarahanthony.bsky.social, @stephanielilychang.bsky.social, Mary Cavanagh & Sylvia Santana. #MoveThatMomnibus
December 3, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Today, the MI Momnibus package got out of the Senate w/bipartisan support. One step closer to seeing #ReproJustice in Michigan. Grateful to the State of Birth Justice & #mileg partners Sens. @sarahanthony.bsky.social, @stephanielilychang.bsky.social, Mary Cavanagh & Sylvia Santana. #MoveThatMomnibus
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Today, the Michigan Senate Dems passed the Momnibus bill package, addressing racial disparities in maternal health care outcomes for pregnant people. Let's get it across the finish line!
December 3, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Today, the Michigan Senate Dems passed the Momnibus bill package, addressing racial disparities in maternal health care outcomes for pregnant people. Let's get it across the finish line!