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Dr. Erika Frances

@drerikafrances.bsky.social
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Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. Dog mom. Writer. Accidental gardener.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My take: Israel has lost the youth and the culture. It's over. They've lost the plot. We're witnessing a generational shift in real time.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 30/08/2026
“Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving into a general-purpose technology,” writes Martin Ford, one set to disrupt “virtually every industry, every profession and every employment sector.”
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AI Is Coming for All of Our Jobs
The development of artificial intelligence technology is set to disrupt virtually every industry, every profession and every employment sector.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/08/2026
Many describe my book as shocking/scary. But here's the secret some readers have figured out: It's also *funny*! If you think of it as an extended roast, it hits kind of different. I don't want to make readers afraid. I want to make them bold and energetic.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Interview with me on Minnesota Public Radio about my book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, as part of their summer series: www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Our road trip series concludes with 'The Last American Road Trip'
Sarah Kendzior wanted to show America to her young children. So she and her husband crisscrossed the country to visit national parks and historical sites, even as political upheaval and the pandemic r...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
War criminals and monsters. Ghouls all of them. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran
Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/07/2026
“I can’t think of a case where a prosecutor has so clearly manipulated the witness,” Bennett Gershman told ProPublica in 2024 about the Sebold rape case. But in 2025, as a paid expert for the city of Syracuse, he took a very different position.
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How a Paid Expert Reversed His View of a Notoriously Flawed Prosecution in the Rape of a Bestselling Author
Law professor Bennett Gershman told ProPublica that the prosecution of a man for the rape of author Alice Sebold was laced with misconduct. Then he was hired by the city and county that prosecuted the...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14/07/2026
Gov. Mike Huckabee is “just factually false.” @rokhanna.bsky.social hits back at critics who say he wasn’t detained by Israeli settlers. Watch the full conversation – zeteo.com/p/i-saw-terr...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thank you feminism. Thank you @E. Jean Carroll. "The money, which had been held in escrow while Mr. Trump appealed the jury’s 2023 award, was disbursed to Ms. Carroll last week, according to a note added on Tuesday to the online court docket in the case."
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E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"I think having this fascist, white, rich, carnival barker is the perfect mascot for the anniversary of the white man's Declaration of Independence." Elie Mystal on why Trump being President on 250th Anniversary of the USA is perfect. youtu.be/hXOayjjKBxA?...
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Elie Mystal: Trump as Pres on 250th Anniversary is "perfect" given white supremacist origins of USA
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Dr. Erika Frances @drerikafrances.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Did Kamala Harris's Silence on Gaza Cost Her the White House?
Ta-Nehisi Coates reckons with that question, and what it means for the 2028 election.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Anyway, if you want an *actual* distillation of my political and social views, I actually published one this week. I know, I know, it's not a "quiz." But it's actually the best thing I've written this year. :) www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else?
If we want to make it another 250 years, the Constitution is going to have to do a lot more than protect individual political and civil rights.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
ICYMI — After Republicans stripped majority-Black Memphis of representation, this was @brotherjones.bsky.social in the rotunda. Damn. (From NC5)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🗣️ REP. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY… we convict the Tennessee general assembly of exploiting Black people and attempting to dilute Black political power. Governor Lee is guilty. Cameron Sexton is guilty. White supremacy is guilty.” #Jimcrow #WeThePeople
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.
Bugs Bunny giving a monster a manicure, caption: My I'll bet you monsters lead interesting lives.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Meanwhile, there was another US "boat strike" snuff flick today. AKA murder. Little-mentioned in mainstream media or here for that matter. Talk about "normalizing political violence."
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 18/04/2026
Trump's second term has two types of corruption: the Grand Corruption of the Kushner and Trump families, and the small-time venality of born losers like Kash Patel. Grand corruption at least has dynastic vision. Kash Patel, meanwhile, is raiding the supply closet to steal the dry-erase markers.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/04/2026
At this point it's clear that he is deliberately creating chaos to whip-saw global markets so his sons can make money on insider trading. Evil.
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Dr. Erika Frances @drerikafrances.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The pilfering of the treasury was predictable. But using the word “luxury” in the same sentence as this gauche ghoul is a bridge too far.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Robert Mueller was a cop and I for one am glad we’re past a chapter where liberals were just openly heroizing stewards of institutional oppression to save them through investigations and shit. I know it will happen again, but still.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Here’s your 10 second deep breath today
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New interview! On the Israel-US war on Iran, Jeffrey Epstein, and the forces behind both: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zobD...
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Sarah Kendzior Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Calculated Iran Move
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
There needs to be a class action suit against RFK, Jr., NIH, and Donald Trump for endangering the lives of Americans with their kooky, unscientific negligence.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
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Jackhammering Into the Sewer
A look through the Epstein files.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“Restrain, reform, and restrict ICE.” That’s what Democrats are giving us as we’re being murdered in cold blood and broad daylight. It’s time to accept the Democratic Party enables fascism so that we can start fighting for ourselves. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/get-out-of...
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Get Out of the Way: The Democratic Party Prevents Us From Fighting Fascism
This article is free for educational and organizing purposes, but Dispatches From A Collapsing State desperately needs your support.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 20/01/2026
"The lesson for today’s front-builders isn’t to reject unity with broad front allies." What Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Rainbow Coalition can teach us about building the broadest possible front to fight the authoritarian Right inthesetimes.com/article/broa...
Works Progress Administration women workers in sit-down strike in Los Angeles, circa 1936
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19/01/2026
From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The Last Steep Ascent
New obstacles should not be deplored but welcomed because their presence proves we are closer to the ultimate decision.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/01/2026
Worth reading: “His mentor, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, said last year that his protégé is a 'movie star' capable of being elected president—but also that he has never asked Newsom what he believes, 'for fear he doesn’t know!'” gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Front-Runner
California’s Gavin Newsom would rather be wrong than weak.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If you’re struggling to understand the creep of fascism, just think about the fact that the “opposition party” is now telling people to hope the same police that brutally murdered a man five years ago and set off the largest protest ever will now save them from an even more murderous police.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges. Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer
The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
They never bring us on for *good* news. :(
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The reality of a police state is that most protesters will flee before police violence gets extreme. That's what Renee Good, very sensibly, was trying to do. The killer prevented her from doing so, stepped in the way to hold her there so he could kill. That's a murder state.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/01/2026
Beware any Democrat who is silent about fascist crimes but vocal in attacking progressive policy.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
finally, we're living through precedented times
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 03/01/2026
Just a reminder, @adamkinzinger.substack.com and the like, are not our allies. They don't care about sovereignty, democracy, or the Constitution. I suggest we all do not follow him and others/groups like him.
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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Perp walk #venezuela
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
At some point (*soon*), we have to release ourselves of our need to refer to these actions as illegal. Legality has never curtailed authoritarianism. Unethical. Inhumane. Death dealing. We have so many more words to help with this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I did not intend to spend Christmas morning correcting this but I also did not expect people to spend Christmas Eve posting rape case court docs for clicks by pretending they're new. Show respect for the victims. They have been presenting evidence for decades. Both parties ignored or smeared them.
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