Erik Halvorsen
@erikhalvorsen.bsky.social
Love my family, country, sports and cheese. #GoPackers http://postcardstovoters.org
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“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
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Wow. This analogy for how no one ever seems to hold Trump accountable for his constant lying. Perfectly stated.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wow. This analogy for how no one ever seems to hold Trump accountable for his constant lying. Perfectly stated.
“Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.”
#inflation #trumpflation
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.”
#inflation #trumpflation
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.”
#inflation #trumpflation
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.”
#inflation #trumpflation
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
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If you aren't gonna fight the ever-rising tide of fascism with the very powerful and effective tools you have available as a U. S. Senator, you need to find another job. Or just retire. Don't care which. Just clear your desk into a couple of banker boxes and leave.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you aren't gonna fight the ever-rising tide of fascism with the very powerful and effective tools you have available as a U. S. Senator, you need to find another job. Or just retire. Don't care which. Just clear your desk into a couple of banker boxes and leave.
“Conservationist Fred Clark sees a path to flipping Tom Tiffany’s congressional seat”
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wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/10/c...
Conservationist Fred Clark sees a path to flipping Tom Tiffany’s congressional seat • Wisconsin Examiner
Former Wisconsin state Rep. Fred Clark is coming out of retirement to try to flip U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany's 7th CD seat from red to blue
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Conservationist Fred Clark sees a path to flipping Tom Tiffany’s congressional seat”
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/10/c...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/10/c...
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WA Dems thank our tremendous Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell for holding the line for 22 million Americans who will see their healthcare prices spike.
6 takeaways from the Senate deal to end the shutdown
The shutdown is not over yet. Sunday’s 60-40 vote cleared the way for the Senate to formally debate the spending measure before a final vote.
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
WA Dems thank our tremendous Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell for holding the line for 22 million Americans who will see their healthcare prices spike.
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Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
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Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
I’m angry
“Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
“Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I’m angry
“Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
“Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Read this. Do this.
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Read this. Do this.
“Low-Income Shoppers Cut Spending and Businesses Worry
Trump’s delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
Trump’s delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
Low-Income Shoppers Cut Spending and Businesses Worry
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Low-Income Shoppers Cut Spending and Businesses Worry
Trump’s delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
Trump’s delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
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Weird how Trump knows so many sex predators
While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Weird how Trump knows so many sex predators
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🚨 The Assignment:
Keep Calling Vulnerable Republicans This Week - Hold Them Accountable! ((☎️))
Congressional Switchboard:
202-224-3121
Keep Calling Vulnerable Republicans This Week - Hold Them Accountable! ((☎️))
Congressional Switchboard:
202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🚨 The Assignment:
Keep Calling Vulnerable Republicans This Week - Hold Them Accountable! ((☎️))
Congressional Switchboard:
202-224-3121
Keep Calling Vulnerable Republicans This Week - Hold Them Accountable! ((☎️))
Congressional Switchboard:
202-224-3121
“Despite Trump's claim, prices as a whole continue to rise. Annualized inflation was 3 percent in September. Prices for food and housing are rising faster than overall inflation. Most Americans say they are spending more on groceries now than a year ago.”
#inflation
reason.com/2025/11/10/t...
#inflation
reason.com/2025/11/10/t...
Trump seems very confused about 'affordability'
The president says the affordability crisis is over, but he's also promising huge government checks. And he doesn't know how much gas costs.
reason.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Despite Trump's claim, prices as a whole continue to rise. Annualized inflation was 3 percent in September. Prices for food and housing are rising faster than overall inflation. Most Americans say they are spending more on groceries now than a year ago.”
#inflation
reason.com/2025/11/10/t...
#inflation
reason.com/2025/11/10/t...
Don’t quit.
CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW
Whatever state you are in, call YOUR Senators. No deal without healthcare.
(202) 224-3121
☎️☎️☎️☎️🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW
Whatever state you are in, call YOUR Senators. No deal without healthcare.
(202) 224-3121
☎️☎️☎️☎️🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
212 House Democrats held firm. 38 Senate Democrats did too. Only 8 broke ranks. They gambled with our healthcare and our trust. We’re angry—and we have every right to be. 📞 (202) 224-3121
kermit the frog is talking on a phone
ALT: kermit the frog is talking on a phone
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Don’t quit.
CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW
Whatever state you are in, call YOUR Senators. No deal without healthcare.
(202) 224-3121
☎️☎️☎️☎️🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW
Whatever state you are in, call YOUR Senators. No deal without healthcare.
(202) 224-3121
☎️☎️☎️☎️🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
No deal without healthcare.
They found billions for foreign deals but not for your healthcare.
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
No deal without healthcare.
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It’s time for new leadership
CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It’s time for new leadership
“Prices are up during Trump’s administration. Average prices were 1.7% higher in September than they were in January, and 3% higher than they were in September 2024. There has been inflation every month of the term, and far more products have gotten costlier than cheaper”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“Prices are up during Trump’s administration. Average prices were 1.7% higher in September than they were in January, and 3% higher than they were in September 2024. There has been inflation every month of the term, and far more products have gotten costlier than cheaper”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
DO IT
NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
DO IT
Senile grandpa Stalinist
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Senile grandpa Stalinist
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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/...
“In all my 32 years in the business I have never seen a law enforcement or intelligence organization like the bureau be directed to go after people purely on political, vindictive reasons. “In a Western democracy, that’s unheard of. It’s every day in Russia and China”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“In all my 32 years in the business I have never seen a law enforcement or intelligence organization like the bureau be directed to go after people purely on political, vindictive reasons. “In a Western democracy, that’s unheard of. It’s every day in Russia and China”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...