Erika Brechtel
@erikabrechtel.bsky.social
Elevating women globally. Social entrepreneur, brand builder for women leaders, angel investor, speaker, mentor, mom. Founder, ÉLANOURA supporting women in business to make their mark and make it matter.📍LA erikabrechtel.com
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How to billionaire
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How to billionaire
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A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Exclusive: Special rapporteur for poverty cites mainstream parties’ ‘extremely dangerous’ them-or-us dialogue
Decades of efforts by mainstream politicians to roll back welfare programmes have given rise to an “extremely dangerous” discourse that has helped fuel the rise of the far right and rightwing populists in countries around the world, a top UN expert has told the Guardian.
From London to Lisbon, politicians from centre-right and centre-left parties alike have steadily eroded social programmes, fostering a sense of scarcity and creating fertile ground for the stirring up of anti-migrant sentiment, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
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Guys, I’m starting to think all of Trump’s talk about protecting young women was insincere.
July 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Guys, I’m starting to think all of Trump’s talk about protecting young women was insincere.
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in all seriousness the next president needs to be an elementary school teacher who can help this country regain its footing in reading, kindness and science
July 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
in all seriousness the next president needs to be an elementary school teacher who can help this country regain its footing in reading, kindness and science
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Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.
June 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Pope Francis was an advocate for the homeless, the marginalized, the vulnerable. We need more of this in our world to push back against the cruel and spiteful who abuse their power to make our world poorer.
April 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Pope Francis was an advocate for the homeless, the marginalized, the vulnerable. We need more of this in our world to push back against the cruel and spiteful who abuse their power to make our world poorer.
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Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed
Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?
Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?
April 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed
Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?
Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?
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"Indeed, the rightwing critique of empathy is not an attempt to find a better way to achieve altruistic ends; it’s an excuse to turn away from altruism entirely. We are witnessing the construction of the ideological architecture to excuse violence and suffering on a mass scale."
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Indeed, the rightwing critique of empathy is not an attempt to find a better way to achieve altruistic ends; it’s an excuse to turn away from altruism entirely. We are witnessing the construction of the ideological architecture to excuse violence and suffering on a mass scale."
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In this case “moving fast and breaking things” is destroying the lives of every day Americans and this great country.
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
April 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In this case “moving fast and breaking things” is destroying the lives of every day Americans and this great country.
I’ll be at the DTLA protest this afternoon. It’s been frustrating to feel so ineffective and hopeless, and it was @booker.senate.gov who inspired me to sign up, stand up, and just do something.
There are over 1300 protests planned around the country. Find yours: Handsoff2025.org #handsoff
There are over 1300 protests planned around the country. Find yours: Handsoff2025.org #handsoff
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
Handsoff2025.org
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ll be at the DTLA protest this afternoon. It’s been frustrating to feel so ineffective and hopeless, and it was @booker.senate.gov who inspired me to sign up, stand up, and just do something.
There are over 1300 protests planned around the country. Find yours: Handsoff2025.org #handsoff
There are over 1300 protests planned around the country. Find yours: Handsoff2025.org #handsoff
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 What will your legacy be? How do you want to be remembered? What will be your impact?
#purpose
#purpose
Some thoughts on how I’d like to spend my time and my money. From today’s Office Hours: open.spotify.com/episode/0jl3...
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 What will your legacy be? How do you want to be remembered? What will be your impact?
#purpose
#purpose
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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@booker.senate.gov says the answer to "what should I do?" is "something. do something." One thing more than you are doing now. Help another person. Get out of bed.
April 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@booker.senate.gov says the answer to "what should I do?" is "something. do something." One thing more than you are doing now. Help another person. Get out of bed.
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Over 24 hours, and gaining strength. Sen. Cory Booker is soaring, inspiring, and precisely what America needs — to fight back and WIN.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Over 24 hours, and gaining strength. Sen. Cory Booker is soaring, inspiring, and precisely what America needs — to fight back and WIN.
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A tiny, easy thing you can do: wherever you’re traveling, buy the local paper and boost the news of how fascism is trickling down and how everyday people are pushing back. From today’s Caledonian-Record of St. Johnsbury, VT.
March 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A tiny, easy thing you can do: wherever you’re traveling, buy the local paper and boost the news of how fascism is trickling down and how everyday people are pushing back. From today’s Caledonian-Record of St. Johnsbury, VT.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
This isn’t DEI. It’s history. It’s our history, my daughter’s history.
TY @tokuda.house.gov for putting together a petition to restore their memory. It’s a small ask of the sacrifices they made for us.
#442nd #MIS #Nisei
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TY @tokuda.house.gov for putting together a petition to restore their memory. It’s a small ask of the sacrifices they made for us.
#442nd #MIS #Nisei
sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Restore the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Webpage: Honor Their Legacy!
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was not just the most decorated military unit in U.S. history for its size and length of service—they were a family. Many Japanese American soldiers, including those i...
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March 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This isn’t DEI. It’s history. It’s our history, my daughter’s history.
TY @tokuda.house.gov for putting together a petition to restore their memory. It’s a small ask of the sacrifices they made for us.
#442nd #MIS #Nisei
sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
TY @tokuda.house.gov for putting together a petition to restore their memory. It’s a small ask of the sacrifices they made for us.
#442nd #MIS #Nisei
sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
My family members fought for our country in WW2 in the 442 (my grandfather in the undercover Military Intelligence Service) all highly awarded. How do they justify any of this as DEI - let’s not forget why the military had to create JA only units in the first place @georgetakei.bsky.social
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
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March 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My family members fought for our country in WW2 in the 442 (my grandfather in the undercover Military Intelligence Service) all highly awarded. How do they justify any of this as DEI - let’s not forget why the military had to create JA only units in the first place @georgetakei.bsky.social