ErikOfErik
@erikoferik.bsky.social
Trying to make this place my digital home and avoid billionaire run social media, but too many of ya'll refuse to leave.
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Get the details — Ground Truth
Democrats lost ground with many groups in 2024, and trust remains low in institutions and political parties. Traditional outreach tends to be too narrow and too late, and the technology behind it is o...
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Dear political and activist friends:
Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
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Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Facts are stubborn things.
PSA: When Trump says Biden had high inflation, he leaves out that it had come down by the time he left, and was among the lowest in the world when Trump took over — and that the inflation was a global issue everyone experienced post-COVID.
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Facts are stubborn things.
White men need to learn to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and not expect handouts.
Ending DEI practices in college admissions will expose an uncomfortable truth. Women now outperform men academically.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
White men need to learn to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and not expect handouts.
If you're not listening to the @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social you are missing out on great insights and hilarious takedowns.
Is Jennifer Welch the Democrats’ Toughest Critic?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
Is This Former Bravo Star Democrats’ Toughest Critic?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're not listening to the @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social you are missing out on great insights and hilarious takedowns.
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Killer menu of non-fash-billionaire-bastardized news from @marisakabas.bsky.social here. Give the gift of non-complicity.
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Killer menu of non-fash-billionaire-bastardized news from @marisakabas.bsky.social here. Give the gift of non-complicity.
Ever. At any level.
Name one Republican policy that has actually improved anyone's life that isn't a multimillionaire.
Name one Republican policy that has actually improved anyone's life that isn't a multimillionaire.
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ever. At any level.
Name one Republican policy that has actually improved anyone's life that isn't a multimillionaire.
Name one Republican policy that has actually improved anyone's life that isn't a multimillionaire.
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You don’t eliminate crime by pardoning all the criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You don’t eliminate crime by pardoning all the criminals.
#FPL is donating to the #EpsteinBallroom while raising your rates.
The biggest solar power utility in the U.S. is #Florida Power & Light, whose parent company, NextEra, is one of the contributors to the garish new White House ballroom.
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#FPL is donating to the #EpsteinBallroom while raising your rates.
MAGA Jews are playing a stupid game and are gonna win really stupid prizes.
Antisemitism is an enormous and growing problem is America—and it’s mostly coming from MAGA.
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
MAGA Jews are playing a stupid game and are gonna win really stupid prizes.
The file of "we never saw this coming" is so full of warnings that they always seem to ignore.
If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The file of "we never saw this coming" is so full of warnings that they always seem to ignore.
Replace Jeffries and Schumer
This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Replace Jeffries and Schumer
@democrats.org messaging and policy plans need to be:
Pro- affordability.
Anti- corruption.
w outlines of bold big plans to address these issues like
#Medicare4All and #PresidentialPardonReform
Pro- affordability.
Anti- corruption.
w outlines of bold big plans to address these issues like
#Medicare4All and #PresidentialPardonReform
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@democrats.org messaging and policy plans need to be:
Pro- affordability.
Anti- corruption.
w outlines of bold big plans to address these issues like
#Medicare4All and #PresidentialPardonReform
Pro- affordability.
Anti- corruption.
w outlines of bold big plans to address these issues like
#Medicare4All and #PresidentialPardonReform
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
When you elect a criminal, you're gonna get this kind of crap.
I only hope that one day there will be some measure of accountability.
I only hope that one day there will be some measure of accountability.
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When you elect a criminal, you're gonna get this kind of crap.
I only hope that one day there will be some measure of accountability.
I only hope that one day there will be some measure of accountability.
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Hegseth is about to be Hague-sent.
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hegseth is about to be Hague-sent.
Oh this is brilliant. Well done!
👏👏👏 #FreezeICE
👏👏👏 #FreezeICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh this is brilliant. Well done!
👏👏👏 #FreezeICE
👏👏👏 #FreezeICE
This must be the first thing Congress investigates when Democrats take over. Hegseth should stand before the Hague
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This must be the first thing Congress investigates when Democrats take over. Hegseth should stand before the Hague
#BlackFridayBoycott tips
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
NEW — With two national economic boycotts underway, Black business owners hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
“Just be more aware of where you’re spending your dollar because while they try to make it seem that we don’t have the power, we do.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
“Just be more aware of where you’re spending your dollar because while they try to make it seem that we don’t have the power, we do.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
Black-owned businesses hope to see a boost as two national boycotts hit Black Friday and Cyber Monday • The TRiiBE
With two economic boycotts underway, Black-owned brands like Chicago’s Be For Skincare hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
thetriibe.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#BlackFridayBoycott tips
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
Ok we know he has some dementia, and he fawned over both the ex Al Qaeda president of Syria and the Saudi prince in the last few weeks.
Is there a chance he was just confusing his recent emotions about similar looking men?
Or maybe he just is really into swarthy guys with beards.
Is there a chance he was just confusing his recent emotions about similar looking men?
Or maybe he just is really into swarthy guys with beards.
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ok we know he has some dementia, and he fawned over both the ex Al Qaeda president of Syria and the Saudi prince in the last few weeks.
Is there a chance he was just confusing his recent emotions about similar looking men?
Or maybe he just is really into swarthy guys with beards.
Is there a chance he was just confusing his recent emotions about similar looking men?
Or maybe he just is really into swarthy guys with beards.
Dear political and activist friends:
Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
ourgroundtruth.org/about
Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
ourgroundtruth.org/about
Get the details — Ground Truth
Democrats lost ground with many groups in 2024, and trust remains low in institutions and political parties. Traditional outreach tends to be too narrow and too late, and the technology behind it is o...
ourgroundtruth.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dear political and activist friends:
Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
ourgroundtruth.org/about
Do you think that the #Democrats have not been effective in reaching voters and need to think about campaigning more like organizing?
If so, then please check out the #GroundTruth project from @swingleft.bsky.social
ourgroundtruth.org/about
I wish this future upon everyone implicated in the #EpsteinFiles. Especially for #YouKnowWho
The "House of Cards" actor said he's been living out of hotels and Airbnbs while performing at a Cyprus nightclub after losing his home in foreclosure.
Kevin Spacey Says He’s Homeless Following Legal Battle Over Sexual Abuse Claims
The "House of Cards" actor said he's been living out of hotels and Airbnbs while performing at a Cyprus nightclub after losing his home in foreclosure.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I wish this future upon everyone implicated in the #EpsteinFiles. Especially for #YouKnowWho
Helllll no
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Helllll no