Erika with a K
@imaginaryerika.bsky.social
Corny as Kansas in August. Flibbertigibbet. Manic pixie dream crone. Crafty. Old at heart. Trying to get by in the PNW with my dog Jazmine and my cat roommates Julip & ZsaZsa.
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
Earned sick and safe time (ESST) | Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Minnesota law requires employers to provide earned sick and safe time (ESST), a type of paid leave, to workers in the state. FAQs about earned sick and safe time Rulemaking: Earned sick and safe time...
www.dli.mn.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
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School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.
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This is what an actual politicized campus look like, where activists gin up social media outrage that targets professors, political appointees strip faculty of professional autonomy, and students are not allowed to learn about what it is to live in America now.
“…an intro. sociology course on race and ethnicity was canceled, a comm. course on religion and the arts was renumbered and stripped of core curriculum credit, and a philosophy prof. was told to remove Plato readings and other material related to race and gender from a core course or be reassigned.”
Texas A&M restrictions on race, gender could affect 200 courses
With the semester set to begin next week, professors have been directed to alter courses, and some classes have been removed or reassigned from the core curriculum at the College Station campus.
www.texastribune.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This is what an actual politicized campus look like, where activists gin up social media outrage that targets professors, political appointees strip faculty of professional autonomy, and students are not allowed to learn about what it is to live in America now.
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Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
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Out-shadowed by today’s murder of Renee Good, ICE stalked a high school and handcuffed and tackled two people in front of children. They did this after they’d already murdered Renee.
ICE is a terrorist organization.
ICE is a terrorist organization.
We are getting reports of Border Patrol activity near Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis that happened during dismissal time today. Bystanders say officers shoved, tackled bystanders and handcuffed 2 school staff
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Out-shadowed by today’s murder of Renee Good, ICE stalked a high school and handcuffed and tackled two people in front of children. They did this after they’d already murdered Renee.
ICE is a terrorist organization.
ICE is a terrorist organization.
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This is real, at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, they sprayed chemical irritants at the close of the FUCKING SCHOOL DAY.
I’m hearing from friends that they tear gassed the school during dismissal.
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This is real, at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, they sprayed chemical irritants at the close of the FUCKING SCHOOL DAY.
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Thinking of her, and Heather, and Viola generations before them, and the unnamed who made the choice to suffer alongside us, and paid the same price.
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Thinking of her, and Heather, and Viola generations before them, and the unnamed who made the choice to suffer alongside us, and paid the same price.
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Dearest Renee. A light in this bleak world. Gone far too soon. #ReneeGood
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Dearest Renee. A light in this bleak world. Gone far too soon. #ReneeGood
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Growing up, my parents taught me and my sisters that white folks who stand up against white supremacy and domination are always, always, ALWAYS punished and killed alongside the targets of white supremacist domination... this is yet another facet of its violence, and how/why white supremacy endures.
January 8, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Growing up, my parents taught me and my sisters that white folks who stand up against white supremacy and domination are always, always, ALWAYS punished and killed alongside the targets of white supremacist domination... this is yet another facet of its violence, and how/why white supremacy endures.
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Literally saw this 47 minutes ago… Wow.
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Literally saw this 47 minutes ago… Wow.
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…it should break your heart to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
…it should break your heart to kill.
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And as always, doomerism is not a strategy.
In today's episode of doomerism isn't a strategy, here's a list of things you can do today to make the world around you suck a little bit less:
Pick ONE thing and do it.
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Pick ONE thing and do it.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
And as always, doomerism is not a strategy.
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I'm sort of sitting here and thinking namely about how misinformation seeded state intervention which led to an innocent person dying.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I'm sort of sitting here and thinking namely about how misinformation seeded state intervention which led to an innocent person dying.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
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President Joe Biden told us we were fighting for the “soul of the nation.” He never sugar-coated it. He was as clear as anyone has ever been about what we were and are facing.
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
President Joe Biden told us we were fighting for the “soul of the nation.” He never sugar-coated it. He was as clear as anyone has ever been about what we were and are facing.
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it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
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They killed her, they orphaned her toddler, and now they defame her.
Noem accuses Renee Nicole Good of "an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents -- an act of domestic terrorism."
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
They killed her, they orphaned her toddler, and now they defame her.
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There is such a fine line between "liberating" and "pillaging."
Q: How does taking out Maduro help the average American?
Vance: It allows us control the natural resources of Venezuela
Vance: It allows us control the natural resources of Venezuela
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There is such a fine line between "liberating" and "pillaging."
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For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
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That was during the Great Depression, as members tried to advance their own legislation despite leadership trying to keep the chamber focused on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal agenda.
Dems are making shit happen with little political power. That is using experienced political savvy.
Dems are making shit happen with little political power. That is using experienced political savvy.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
That was during the Great Depression, as members tried to advance their own legislation despite leadership trying to keep the chamber focused on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal agenda.
Dems are making shit happen with little political power. That is using experienced political savvy.
Dems are making shit happen with little political power. That is using experienced political savvy.
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"The last time we had a Congress that had this much success with the discharge petition, it was 90 years ago," says Molly Reynolds, an expert on Congress at the Brookings Institution.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
"The last time we had a Congress that had this much success with the discharge petition, it was 90 years ago," says Molly Reynolds, an expert on Congress at the Brookings Institution.
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Part of the investigation into the shooting must include how ICE agents denied Renee Nicole Good medical care as she sat bleeding and dying and how they grossly mishandled her body after she had passed away. Both are despicable.
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Part of the investigation into the shooting must include how ICE agents denied Renee Nicole Good medical care as she sat bleeding and dying and how they grossly mishandled her body after she had passed away. Both are despicable.
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Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
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it is true that it *should not* matter that the murder victim was a white, middle-class, U.S. citizen mother, but it is also true that it *does* matter and that the story reaches people who might not otherwise be reached as a result.
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
it is true that it *should not* matter that the murder victim was a white, middle-class, U.S. citizen mother, but it is also true that it *does* matter and that the story reaches people who might not otherwise be reached as a result.
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Renee Nicole Good , age 37, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7th, 2026.
Renee had one child
Renee had one child
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Renee Nicole Good , age 37, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7th, 2026.
Renee had one child
Renee had one child