Erik Schlenker-Goodrich
@riogranderift.bsky.social
At work in the ruins. Executive Director: @westernlaw.org
Thoughts my own.
Thoughts my own.
Pinned
TO THE WESTERN HORIZONS!
The Western Environmental Law Center’s Strategic Approach to the Confluence of Political, Ecological, and Economic Crises Faced by the…
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My thoughts on @westernlaw.bsky.social's strategic approach to the Trump 2.0 era.
✅ Hold the line at the federal level
✅ Move in space at the state level
✅ Build power for change
How? With an ecology of kinship.
✅ Hold the line at the federal level
✅ Move in space at the state level
✅ Build power for change
How? With an ecology of kinship.
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This is *excellent* forensic journalism by The Times: clear explanation using video evidence. This is the best of Times journalism.
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is *excellent* forensic journalism by The Times: clear explanation using video evidence. This is the best of Times journalism.
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
“I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."
-John Prine
-John Prine
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."
-John Prine
-John Prine
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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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I’ll add: Organize in the states, in communities and *with* communities.
Foreground their lives. Their values. Their hopes. Not your limited legislative clout.
I’ll add: Organize in the states, in communities and *with* communities.
Foreground their lives. Their values. Their hopes. Not your limited legislative clout.
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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I’ll add: Organize in the states, in communities and *with* communities.
Foreground their lives. Their values. Their hopes. Not your limited legislative clout.
I’ll add: Organize in the states, in communities and *with* communities.
Foreground their lives. Their values. Their hopes. Not your limited legislative clout.
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Just saying aloud. The new colonialism. The US will "control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela." What might the people of Venezuela have to say about that?
WATTERS: Taking out a dictator in Venezuela -- how does that help the average American?
JD VANCE: First of all, what it means is we're gonna be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela
JD VANCE: First of all, what it means is we're gonna be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Just saying aloud. The new colonialism. The US will "control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela." What might the people of Venezuela have to say about that?
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Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
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I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.
The Indian government contends that foreign funds were intended to promote the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, which it claims "could could expose India to legal challenges... and severely compromise the nation’s energy security and economic development".
🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Indian Climate Activist Investigated for Receiving Foreign Funds
Indian authorities are investigating a prominent climate activist for allegedly using foreign funds to further an anti-fossil fuel agenda.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.
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The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
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Yes. Not a call for an investigation. Prosecution.
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Yes. Not a call for an investigation. Prosecution.
This is a lie, @mattyglesias.bsky.social. And it seems evident to me that it's a lie made in bad faith.
At the time this was written on 7/20/22, Manchin had walked away from the IRA negotiating table. The article calls on executive action in response. That's all.
At the time this was written on 7/20/22, Manchin had walked away from the IRA negotiating table. The article calls on executive action in response. That's all.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This is a lie, @mattyglesias.bsky.social. And it seems evident to me that it's a lie made in bad faith.
At the time this was written on 7/20/22, Manchin had walked away from the IRA negotiating table. The article calls on executive action in response. That's all.
At the time this was written on 7/20/22, Manchin had walked away from the IRA negotiating table. The article calls on executive action in response. That's all.
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A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
"[T]he actual story of climate change—the one we’ve reported exhaustively—is one about coordinated power, deliberate deception, and a bought-off government that repeatedly acts to promote an industry that is poisoning humans and the environment for profit."
-@emorwee.bsky.social
-@emorwee.bsky.social
It's time to embrace climate conspiracy
Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"[T]he actual story of climate change—the one we’ve reported exhaustively—is one about coordinated power, deliberate deception, and a bought-off government that repeatedly acts to promote an industry that is poisoning humans and the environment for profit."
-@emorwee.bsky.social
-@emorwee.bsky.social
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want to find the consultant who convinced Dems to stick with this framing, tie them to a stake, light a match, and tell everyone they have to decide between caring about saving them or caring about milk being 2% cheaper
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“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.”
ICE agent shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis
The woman, 37, was in her car at an active ICE operation.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.”
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He wasn’t the one close to her door. That was another agent. The shooter almost shot him. bsky.app/profile/chri...
(repost) Some could not see the other
ICE shooting up close & slower 1/7/26 [Graphic]
ICE shooting up close & slower 1/7/26 [Graphic]
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
He wasn’t the one close to her door. That was another agent. The shooter almost shot him. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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The Trump regime murdered a woman in Minnesota this morning. Neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times so much as hints at that above the "fold" of their website. (No, a single small "Minnesota Shooting" link does not count.)
Plenty of Taylor Swift and some "darts prodigy" though
Plenty of Taylor Swift and some "darts prodigy" though
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The Trump regime murdered a woman in Minnesota this morning. Neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times so much as hints at that above the "fold" of their website. (No, a single small "Minnesota Shooting" link does not count.)
Plenty of Taylor Swift and some "darts prodigy" though
Plenty of Taylor Swift and some "darts prodigy" though
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More of this please.
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
More of this please.
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Really good points made here.
I would just add, the fact that these Silicon Valley fascists are in “tech” is - in my view - second to the fact that they are *committed* to disrupting any relatively equitable distribution of wealth between public and private sectors.
They want our resources
I would just add, the fact that these Silicon Valley fascists are in “tech” is - in my view - second to the fact that they are *committed* to disrupting any relatively equitable distribution of wealth between public and private sectors.
They want our resources
Greenland is back in the news so I am compelled to remind folks that while yes, there are rare earth minerals there, the tech weirdos who have infiltrated the government have also been obsessed with Greenland as part of their network state plan for a long time.
drilled.media/news/network...
drilled.media/news/network...
What the Technofascists and Religious Fanatics Have in Common: End Days Theology
Silicon Valley elite want to “disrupt” democracy with feudalism. Understanding their new and evolving ideology is critical to grappling with what’s happening in the U.S. today.
drilled.media
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Really good points made here.
I would just add, the fact that these Silicon Valley fascists are in “tech” is - in my view - second to the fact that they are *committed* to disrupting any relatively equitable distribution of wealth between public and private sectors.
They want our resources
I would just add, the fact that these Silicon Valley fascists are in “tech” is - in my view - second to the fact that they are *committed* to disrupting any relatively equitable distribution of wealth between public and private sectors.
They want our resources
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Greenland is back in the news so I am compelled to remind folks that while yes, there are rare earth minerals there, the tech weirdos who have infiltrated the government have also been obsessed with Greenland as part of their network state plan for a long time.
drilled.media/news/network...
drilled.media/news/network...
What the Technofascists and Religious Fanatics Have in Common: End Days Theology
Silicon Valley elite want to “disrupt” democracy with feudalism. Understanding their new and evolving ideology is critical to grappling with what’s happening in the U.S. today.
drilled.media
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Greenland is back in the news so I am compelled to remind folks that while yes, there are rare earth minerals there, the tech weirdos who have infiltrated the government have also been obsessed with Greenland as part of their network state plan for a long time.
drilled.media/news/network...
drilled.media/news/network...
Whether by design or effect, centrist energy "abundance" & "affordability" rhetoric is just propaganda that serves fossil fuel interests. It substitutes common sense for technowonkery. It is reckless.
🔥🌍 The biggest barrier to climate solutions isn’t just denial, it’s propaganda that shapes what we believe is possible.
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
I interviewed @doctorvive.bsky.social about fossil fuel propaganda and the language of climate politics. Genevieve discovered ways of talking about climate that are immune to being hijacked by fossil fuel interests!
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sz7...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sz7...
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Whether by design or effect, centrist energy "abundance" & "affordability" rhetoric is just propaganda that serves fossil fuel interests. It substitutes common sense for technowonkery. It is reckless.
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"We are still educating the young as if there were no planetary emergency... the crisis we face is first and foremost a crisis of mind, perception, & values, hence, a challenge to those institutions presuming to shape minds, perceptions, & values. It is an educational challenge"- David Orr, 1992
Environmental Literacy: Education as if the Earth Mattered - Schumacher Center for a New Economics
"For the most part . . . we are still educating the young as if there were no planetary emergency." Yet, continues Orr, the environmental crisis is "first and foremost a crisis of mind, perception, an...
centerforneweconomics.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
"We are still educating the young as if there were no planetary emergency... the crisis we face is first and foremost a crisis of mind, perception, & values, hence, a challenge to those institutions presuming to shape minds, perceptions, & values. It is an educational challenge"- David Orr, 1992