Erika Wittekind
@erikalyn.bsky.social
Freelance writer. News junkie. Former nonfiction editor. She/her.
Believer in democracy, science, gun control, local journalism, and empathy. Mom to two cats and two teen boys.
Dane County, WI
Believer in democracy, science, gun control, local journalism, and empathy. Mom to two cats and two teen boys.
Dane County, WI
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Mazomanie Wisconsin
Thursdays November 13 & 20
Defend Democracy Rally
Thursdays November 13 & 20
Defend Democracy Rally
#RESIST
#STOPCUTS
Mazomanie, Wisconsin
Defend Democracy Rally
Thursdays through Nov 20
4 – 5pm CDT
510 Scott St
Mazomanie, WI 53560
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
#STOPCUTS
Mazomanie, Wisconsin
Defend Democracy Rally
Thursdays through Nov 20
4 – 5pm CDT
510 Scott St
Mazomanie, WI 53560
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Defend Democracy Rally · Mobilize
Join the Mazomanie rally, where WE THE PEOPLE will stand for democracy and show a unified voice against this administration's unconstitutional actions.
We must stop the harmful actions that threaten ...
www.mobilize.us
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Mazomanie Wisconsin
Thursdays November 13 & 20
Defend Democracy Rally
Thursdays November 13 & 20
Defend Democracy Rally
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this @katelynburns.com piece about the death of lia smith deserves your full attention
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
this @katelynburns.com piece about the death of lia smith deserves your full attention
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jeebus. Just look at this shit:
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Jeebus. Just look at this shit:
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Love wins ... or at least survives to fight another day. 🏳️🌈✊
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Love wins ... or at least survives to fight another day. 🏳️🌈✊
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Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
Love wins ... or at least survives to fight another day. 🏳️🌈✊
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Love wins ... or at least survives to fight another day. 🏳️🌈✊
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Are you traveling by air this Thanksgiving? A heads up from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Thanksgiving air traffic could 'slow to a trickle' if shutdown persists, transport secretary says
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns that U.S. air traffic could slow significantly if the federal government shutdown continues into the Thanksgiving travel season. The Federal Aviation Administration has already ordered
www.wkow.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Are you traveling by air this Thanksgiving? A heads up from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
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The U.S. is far ahead of its nuclear adversaries in research and data about nuclear warheads, and experts believe explosive testing is not only strategically unnecessary, but, as several put it, “insane.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The U.S. is far ahead of its nuclear adversaries in research and data about nuclear warheads, and experts believe explosive testing is not only strategically unnecessary, but, as several put it, “insane.”
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UPDATE: Donald Trump is so hellbent on denying people SNAP that he went all the way to the Supreme Court to block benefits.
Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.
It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.
It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
UPDATE: Donald Trump is so hellbent on denying people SNAP that he went all the way to the Supreme Court to block benefits.
Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.
It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.
It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
Thank goodness for our governor.
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thank goodness for our governor.
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Trump, Noem, Rubio, Lewandowski, Houman, and everyone else involved are accessories before and after the fact to crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg 2 is on tap.
Nuremberg 2 is on tap.
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump, Noem, Rubio, Lewandowski, Houman, and everyone else involved are accessories before and after the fact to crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg 2 is on tap.
Nuremberg 2 is on tap.
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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Before you say it, Judge Wolf took Senior Status in 2013 and President Obama appointed his replacement in 2014.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Before you say it, Judge Wolf took Senior Status in 2013 and President Obama appointed his replacement in 2014.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
Wisconsin is one of the states that was able to get SNAP benefits out quickly before the Supreme Court stepped in. Now Trump is trying to take those benefits back. It's unclear if that's even possible but very clear that he's trying everything possible to make sure more people go hungry this month.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wisconsin is one of the states that was able to get SNAP benefits out quickly before the Supreme Court stepped in. Now Trump is trying to take those benefits back. It's unclear if that's even possible but very clear that he's trying everything possible to make sure more people go hungry this month.
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The only argument against Trump's murder spree being terrorism is that he's a head of state. But if he's acting outside the law, that doesn't matter. He's no better than the Taliban government in league with Osama bin Laden.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The only argument against Trump's murder spree being terrorism is that he's a head of state. But if he's acting outside the law, that doesn't matter. He's no better than the Taliban government in league with Osama bin Laden.
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Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
Not looking so great today. Ah well, it was a good run.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Not looking so great today. Ah well, it was a good run.
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TurboTax gave $1 million to our President, and in return he ended an initiative at the IRS that made it FREE and EASY to do your taxes.
The Trump administration isn't even trying to hide their corruption anymore.
The Trump administration isn't even trying to hide their corruption anymore.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
TurboTax gave $1 million to our President, and in return he ended an initiative at the IRS that made it FREE and EASY to do your taxes.
The Trump administration isn't even trying to hide their corruption anymore.
The Trump administration isn't even trying to hide their corruption anymore.
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jfc UNPLUG THE DAMN THING ALREADY
AI Threatens and Blackmails People and No One Really Knows Why.
OpenAI’s CEO recently said a growing number of ChatGPT users have ended up hospitalised, divorced or dead...
medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
OpenAI’s CEO recently said a growing number of ChatGPT users have ended up hospitalised, divorced or dead...
medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
AI Threatens and Blackmails People and No One Really Knows Why
OpenAI’s CEO recently said a growing number of ChatGPT users have ended up hospitalized, divorced or dead
medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
jfc UNPLUG THE DAMN THING ALREADY