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June 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM

Erika Lundahl

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Coming up Saturday 6/14 🌺 www.thesoundensemble.com/event-detail...

June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

👋🏻 Hey Eugene ~ see you tonight at Sam Bond’s Garage! #eugene #musictour

June 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Seattle buds, tickets are on sale for next Friday (6/6) show at the @rabbitboxtheatre with @mr.moon.beam and Lili St. Anne. But first I’m hitting the road with Lili St. Anne, with shows 6/4 in Eugene and 6/5 in Portland.

#seattlemusic #pnw #acoustic #acousticmusic #musictour

May 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

🌞💜🌞

May 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

First of four shows with Lili St. Anne will kick off in Eugene, OR JUNE 4 xoxo

May 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Hey Seattle—opening for Humbird 8pm tonight in Seattle. ✨🌻 dice.fm/event/yo3xo2...

KBCS and Tractor Tavern Present: Humbird, Erika Lundahl - A Sunset 25th Anniversary Show Tickets | $25.75 | Apr 2 @ The Sunset Tavern, Seattle | DICE

**Advance: $16 ($20.60 after fees)** **Day of: $20 ($25.75 after fees)** **Humbird:** There’s something refreshingly humane about that uncertainty; about ...

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April 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Who do I know in Port Townsend? 🍃🌅 Music on Friday 3/28 @uptownpub !

March 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Full track of “French Press” here—honoring the quiet of the rainy days and the love and rest before you return to the fights, to the work ahead. tidal.com/track/371351...

March 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Sending love, Federal Workers of the USA. 💜

#valentine #solidarity

February 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM

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Leah Stokes

@leahstokes.bsky.social

The news getting you down? I invite you to stare at this chart of solar and wind deployed capacity in China.

They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.

Solar and wind growth in China has ramped up to 1400 GW of installed capacity.

February 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM

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Rebecca Solnit

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.

Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness.

Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move.

Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast.

There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.)

In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.)

The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal."

Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e…

So what can we do?

It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity.

At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us:

1) Urge media to cover this story properly

This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here.

It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it.

It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup.

2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal

If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined.

3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward

These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down.

Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela.

Warmly,

- Choose Democracy

January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Thanks for having me on, @kbcs.bsky.social !! My heart is full!

91.3 KBCS @kbcs.bsky.social · Jan 27

Today @erikalundahl.bsky.social and Sheryl Wiser join @ishughes.bsky.social at 2:00 PM during Roots, Rock & Soul to play some music and talk about Tuesday night’s Songwriters In the Round with Reese Tanimura, Reggie Garrett, and Benjamin Hunter at the Tractor Tavern.

Music + Community. ☀️💛🌙

January 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM

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91.3 KBCS

@kbcs.bsky.social

Today @erikalundahl.bsky.social and Sheryl Wiser join @ishughes.bsky.social at 2:00 PM during Roots, Rock & Soul to play some music and talk about Tuesday night’s Songwriters In the Round with Reese Tanimura, Reggie Garrett, and Benjamin Hunter at the Tractor Tavern.

Music + Community. ☀️💛🌙

January 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

Anyone want to start an informal book club based on @chenoweth.bsky.social ‘s course on civil resistance?

Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Jan 26

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf

drive.google.com

January 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM

Erika Lundahl

@erikalundahl.bsky.social

This Tuesday 1/28 I play Tractor Tavern for the first time, in a round with some tremendous Seattle talent. Still some tickets left for this sit down, shut up, listen kind of show. Xoxo www.ticketweb.com/event/a-song...

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January 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM