Kristi Erickson
@klerick.bsky.social
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Meredith Blake shares a guide to “free and cheaper-than-your-cup-of-coffee at-home entertainment options for the politically conscious cord-cutter” in this week’s culture recs.
Culture recs: The best free (and almost free) apps for movies, TV, books, and music
How to stay entertained without feeling like you're part of the problem
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October 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Meredith Blake shares a guide to “free and cheaper-than-your-cup-of-coffee at-home entertainment options for the politically conscious cord-cutter” in this week’s culture recs.
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Keeping the U.S. government funded now is to participate in the most atrocious misuse of the power of the United States in modern times.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Keeping the U.S. government funded now is to participate in the most atrocious misuse of the power of the United States in modern times.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government
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-$1.5T in new tax cuts predominantly for the rich
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states
The oligarchy's wish list.
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states
The oligarchy's wish list.
May 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
-$1.5T in new tax cuts predominantly for the rich
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states
The oligarchy's wish list.
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states
The oligarchy's wish list.
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Call your Senator today using the 5calls app.
"This bill is a 'significant restriction on the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders."
"Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
"This bill is a 'significant restriction on the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders."
"Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
May 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Call your Senator today using the 5calls app.
"This bill is a 'significant restriction on the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders."
"Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
"This bill is a 'significant restriction on the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders."
"Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
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🚨BREAKING: Federal courts BLOCKS the dismantling of Dept. of Education. This is huge win for @democracyforward.org, their clients and the state AGs.
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
May 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal courts BLOCKS the dismantling of Dept. of Education. This is huge win for @democracyforward.org, their clients and the state AGs.
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
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NEW: "Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The GOP’s Chaotic Bid to Defang the Courts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NEW: "Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king
Don’t let this happen
robertreich.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
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Today, House Republicans passed a bill that takes food from kids and healthcare from the poor while adding trillions to the deficit—all to provide tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the rich. It’s cruel by design and terrible for the economy. The Senate must reject H.R.1. www.epi.org/press/epi-co...
EPI condemns House passage of dangerous tax and spending bill
Today, the Trump administration and nearly all Republicans in the House of Representatives took another step toward advancing their top economic priority: keeping taxes for the wealthy and corporation...
www.epi.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today, House Republicans passed a bill that takes food from kids and healthcare from the poor while adding trillions to the deficit—all to provide tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the rich. It’s cruel by design and terrible for the economy. The Senate must reject H.R.1. www.epi.org/press/epi-co...
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April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025
There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...
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April 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
April 28, 2025
Hey MSNBC! Stop giving Trump 4-5 hours of prime air time every night. Do the country a favor and have people like Governor J.B. Pritzker on. He gave a great speech in New Hampshire April 27th. Please do at least one hour of Democratic messaging.
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Hey MSNBC! Stop giving Trump 4-5 hours of prime air time every night. Do the country a favor and have people like Governor J.B. Pritzker on. He gave a great speech in New Hampshire April 27th. Please do at least one hour of Democratic messaging.
April 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hey MSNBC! Stop giving Trump 4-5 hours of prime air time every night. Do the country a favor and have people like Governor J.B. Pritzker on. He gave a great speech in New Hampshire April 27th. Please do at least one hour of Democratic messaging.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Right now, CMS is accepting public comments on the rule. If enough of us speak out, we can help stop it — or build the record to fight it in court. The deadline to submit your comment is Friday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Here’s everything you need to know to draft a comment and submit it. 👇
Here’s everything you need to know to draft a comment and submit it. 👇
Trump’s Rulemaking Attack on Healthcare and How to Fight Back
indivisible.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Right now, CMS is accepting public comments on the rule. If enough of us speak out, we can help stop it — or build the record to fight it in court. The deadline to submit your comment is Friday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Here’s everything you need to know to draft a comment and submit it. 👇
Here’s everything you need to know to draft a comment and submit it. 👇
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The Trump Administration is trying to undo protections in the Affordable Care Act while using federal power to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families.
But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵
But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Trump Administration is trying to undo protections in the Affordable Care Act while using federal power to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families.
But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵
But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵
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Restrictions on voter registration can determine who wins and who loses. So can limits on early voting and vote-by-mail access. Close elections often hinge on which votes are counted — and which are disqualified. Even when results aren’t close, Republicans increasingly contest outcomes they dislike.
What We Must Do Now To Win in 2026
Since Trump entered the political scene, Democrats have outperformed in midterm elections.
www.democracydocket.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Restrictions on voter registration can determine who wins and who loses. So can limits on early voting and vote-by-mail access. Close elections often hinge on which votes are counted — and which are disqualified. Even when results aren’t close, Republicans increasingly contest outcomes they dislike.
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Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two. By @jonakimehta.bsky.social
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.
www.npr.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two. By @jonakimehta.bsky.social
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April 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
April 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
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HUGE turnout today at the #HandsOffMN rally. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
HUGE turnout today at the #HandsOffMN rally. #handsoff
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April 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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And I’m pretty sure the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve contacted my office since you started this nonsense are on the same page.
More bullshit.
Donald Trump, you can’t shut down the Dept. of Education — and you know it. Fox News even knows it. So stop it.
We know you’re just trying to wear us out. But for the record, I am not overwhelmed. My zone isn’t flooded.
I will fight your illegal behavior until the cows come home.
Donald Trump, you can’t shut down the Dept. of Education — and you know it. Fox News even knows it. So stop it.
We know you’re just trying to wear us out. But for the record, I am not overwhelmed. My zone isn’t flooded.
I will fight your illegal behavior until the cows come home.
March 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And I’m pretty sure the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve contacted my office since you started this nonsense are on the same page.
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The end goal is to make education a privilege for children born into wealth while destroying the meritocracy that is at the center of the American dream.
Donald Trump’s order dismantling the Dept. of Education is yet another attack on our children’s future. This isn’t about empowering states—it’s about gutting protections for students, slashing resources for public schools, + abandoning families who rely on federal support as a pathway to prosperity.
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The end goal is to make education a privilege for children born into wealth while destroying the meritocracy that is at the center of the American dream.
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My brain literally cannot comprehend all of the bad stuff that just happened today so instead: scholastic book fair now has online wallets that you can use for your kiddos at the book fair- but also, you can donate to “share the fair” so others w/o can get books.
March 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My brain literally cannot comprehend all of the bad stuff that just happened today so instead: scholastic book fair now has online wallets that you can use for your kiddos at the book fair- but also, you can donate to “share the fair” so others w/o can get books.
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...