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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Shake It Off” Democracy Edition

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m obsessed! If you’re near RVA, Shawnna at Hair Haus is amazing! #hairgoals #newhairwhodis #newhairnewme

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How I made this in under 35 seconds. Anyone can be an artist with abstract painting. Recipe used is a 1:1 of acrylic paint to Floetrol plus a little water for additional thinning. #howimadeit #abstractpainting #acrylicpaint #arttherapy

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A little paint therapy from last night. I used damn near every color on this canvas. I had no plan, just went wherever the vibe took me. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🫶🏽

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This is good trouble. Wait for it, you’ll see what I mean. I know that was intentional. That Rob Wittman is in front of him was a happy accident.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Local news this morning reported that marketplace health insurance premiums will increase in Virginia by 22%-40% beginning January 1. Some employer-sponsored health insurance premiums will also increase here around the same time (including Anthem). Why? Market uncertainty. Aka the Big BS Bill.

New this morning:
Proposed increases to VA (meaning Virginia) insurance premiums

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A friend of mine took this picture of the statue, formerly of Monument Avenue, in June 2020, less than 15 months before it came down.

A disgraced and defaced Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Picture taken in June 2020, some 15 months before the statue was removed in September 2021.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Hold up, wait a minute. WHY does Uncle Sam in DHS’s latest ad look like Epstein with a goatee? Side by side photos for comparison. They’re not helping themselves out to distract from Epstein when they do shit like this. Release the files!

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Evidently not. ABC News is sanewashing him once again. Trash reporting.

Trump takes unusual stroll on White House roof
The president was apparently inspecting future construction.

Trump makes brief appearance on White House roofPresident Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on the White House roof above the briefing room in an apparent effort to inspect future construction.Samuel Corum/Pool/EPA/Shutterstock

Ever the developer-in-chief, President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on the White House roof above the briefing room in an apparent effort to inspect future construction.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

“These are not children, these are not disabled, these are not senior citizens, these are able-bodied Americans.” Does this lying Karen even know what Medicaid is? At the federal level it is literally for children, the disabled, and senior citizens according to the federal government.

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

Who’s eligible for Medicaid?

You may qualify for free or low-cost health care through Medicaid based on your income and family size. Eligibility rules differ among states.

In all states, Medicaid gives health coverage to some individuals and families, including children, parents, people who are pregnant, elderly people with certain incomes, and people with disabilities. Some states have expanded their Medicaid programs to cover other adults below a certain income level.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Good trouble lives on near the local central Virginia Tesla dealership every Saturday 😈 The support of this community is second to none and I’m proud to raise my voice alongside these brave Virginians #goodtrouble #richmondva #teslatakedown #tyrannytakedown #sicsempertyrannis @teslatakedown.com

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

If you’re near #rva and want to join in on regular #goodtrouble, come get loud with good people in Henrico fighting for everyone’s rights. Formerly known as a Tesla Takedown, this #protest directs efforts towards all tyrants, thus Tyranny Takedown. @teslatakedown.com #sicsempertyrannis #henricova

Tyranny Takedown

Saturdays 10am-11:30am

Tesla Service Center
9850 W. Broad Street Glen Allen, VA 23060
Parking across Stillman Parkway from Service Center (lot directly behind Bank of America).

Elon head protest sign that reads “I break things.” This Elon is out there every Saturday.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

It’s real. It looks like the guy lives there and has the business that won the contract registered to his home address with the State Corporation Commission. I’ve attached photos from the publicly available SCC business entity search for the business, Acquisition Logistics Company.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This is where I grew up. This is where I went to law school. This is my home. RVA, we ride at dawn. By the way, not joking, dude totally looks like the monopoly man. Graphics by @50501virginia.bsky.social

This is Ken. Ken is a Virginia resident. Ken’s company is contracted to build a $1.2B ICE “detention center” in El Paso, TX.

Last week, the company won a massive $1.2 billion contract from the Trump administration to build and run the nation’s largest ICE “detention facility” to date at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, TX.

50501 Virginia’s post: Henrico local Ken Wagner is the majority Owner, President, and CEO of Acquisition Logistics LLC. The company, registered at a home near the Tuckahoe area, was awarded a contract on July 18 to build and run an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Ken still has a choice. What would you do?

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Thank you for the advice and your generosity, @betoorourke.bsky.social! This was a great event!

He was so kind. He gave everyone who wanted it the benefit of his time and a picture 🥲

Panoramic view of the crowd in attendance for Beto

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Here in Virginia, we have a saying that’s so important to us that it’s on our flag. Sic semper tyrannis or “thus always to tyrants.” The flag also depicts a woman literally stomping out the tyrant whose crown has toppled off his head. She even freed the nip.

Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The state seal depicts a female warrior, with one breast exposed, standing with one foot atop the fallen tyrant-king, whose crown is on the ground. Beneath the image, the Latin phrase “sic semper tyrannis” (“thus always to tyrants”) appears.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thank you, Ray! Happy Friday Junior! 💙

Political cartoon from a local newspaper, the Virginian-Pilot.

Top left: AG Bondi says the Epstein files are sitting on my desk.

Top middle: AG Bondi says I can’t find my desk.

Top right: AG Bondi says I never had a desk.

Bottom left: AG Bondi says I had concepts of a desk.

Bottom middle: AG Bondi says if you say desk enough, it sounds weird. Desk desk desssk.

Bottom right: Trump’s head pops out of AG Bondi’s desk drawer asking are they buying this?

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

ICYMI: Trump doesn’t know the name of Japan’s leader, instead calling him “Mr. Japan.” And that’s beside the point that he’s telling “Mr. Japan” that they pay the tariffs on their own cars. That’s not how any of this works. He needs to GO.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

PRWORA of 1996, signed by Bill Clinton, excludes those without permanent legal status from accessing federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid with some exceptions. This law also very likely preempts state and local law. So, once again, the GOP is screaming about a problem that doesn’t even exist

From immigrationforum.org:

Are undocumented immigrants eligible for federal health care programs and benefits?

In general, no. Undocumented immigrants are largely ineligible for federal healthcare programs like Medicaid and Medicare and are ineligible for most federal health care benefits, aside from emergency care.

Due to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PRWORA), undocumented immigrants (and immigrants without permanent status like DACA recipients, TPS holders, or nonimmigrant visa holders) are barred from access to most federal benefits, including federal health care programs and assistance, including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Wanna talk about seniors in the fields? How about he take his wrinkly ass out there and start picking?

From the US Department of Labor:

With regard to any young employee under the age of 16, do any of them:

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Work during school hours?

If your answer is YES, then you are likely not in compliance. Minors 14- and 15-years old may not work during school hours. School hours are determined by the local public school in the area where the minor is residing while so employed, even if the minor does not attend the public school (i.e., attends a private school or is home schooled).

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

DJT: “Gas is $1.98 a gallon!” Driving home and seeing basically any gas station in any state disproves that, & by a difference of $3/gal. in Portland. The government’s own data also disproves this claim, showing $3.15/gal in June. The last time gas averaged $1.98 was between May and June of 2020.

Data from eisa.gov, US retail gas prices (dollars per gallon)

Months and years from 2018-now, last record June 2025, which was $3.15.

The last time gas averaged near $1.98 was between May 2020 ($1.870) and June 2020 ($2.082).

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Come on, McDonalds, we’re rooting for YOU to Make America Great Again!

A headstone meme that says, “It will be the most celebrated obituary around the world.”

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The sign I’ll carry tomorrow night, on the eve of Independence Day as I protest for the independence of all people from a tyrant. Sic semper tyrannis. #resist #resistance #bluecrew #bluevirginia

This is a nazigarchy

Flag upside down in the middle

To the left of the flag ❌Orange crown ❌
To the right of the flag ✅ constitution ✅

Not paid just pissed

Sic semper tyrannis, Latin for “thus always to tyrants,” the motto of Virginia.

The Virginia flag depicts the state seal, which is a badass bitch overthrowing a mad king who’s lost his crown.

A woman stomps out a king. Yes, it’s a woman, that part is even codified into state law. Different depictions of the same thing have been the state seal since 1850.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I thought this facial expression looked familiar. Same one he wore in mugshot. Except the portrait makes him look older, feebler, and less crazy.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The 30g protein Fairlife in chocolate. It tastes just like chocolate milk. I get it in a pack of 18 from Costco, it looks like this ☺️

Fairlife nutrition plan 30g high quality protein.
2g sugar
150 calories
8 naturally occurring vitamins & minerals
Chocolate

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh

Meme of a Taco Bell meal says “I’ve had burritos more supreme than this court.”

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

Law360 article

Breaking: Justice Allow Quick Removals to ‘Third Country,’ For Now

Law360 (June 23, 2025, 5:03 PM EDT) —

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday the Trump administration can send noncitizens facing deportations to countries where they have no prior ties without providing due process protections, including written notice or a chance to raise concerns about their future safety.

The justices, in a 6-3 decision, granted the Department of Homeland Security’s emergency application to stay a Massachusetts judge’s preliminary injunction that required government officials to provide at least 10 days’ notice to noncitizens subject to final orders of removal and facing so-called third-country removals to locations that are neither their country of origin nor a previously designated option.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Olympics isn’t until 2028; the World Cup is scheduled to occur partly in the U.S. in 2026. It’s a tripartite World Cup among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. FIFA needs to 86 the U.S. from the equation altogether.

FIFA 2026 World Cup Stadiums Guide includes:

Canada (Toronto & Vancouver)
USA (Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Kansas City, Houston, Los Angeles, NY/NJ, Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco, & Seattle)
Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City, & Monterrey)

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

White supremacy is what that flag is all about: expressing their love of hate, sowing fear, and ultimately saying, without saying, that they believe themselves superior to people of color. -A BIPOC Virginian in the capital of the Confederacy who STILL sees this godawful reminder too damned often.

Just a reminder that the Confederacy only existed for five years. It’s not Ireland where centuries of ancestors lived and died. It’s not your heritage.

Nirvana lasted longer than the Confederacy.

My emo phase in the early 2000s lasted longer than the Confederacy.

You’re not proud of those five years of your great-great-great-great-grandfather’s life. You like the white supremacy. Stop pretending like it’s something else.

-A Kentuckian

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Went to a #teslatakedown this morning and there were a few good takeaways: 1. Larger crowd than when I was there two weeks ago. 2. More honking than two weeks ago, yay! 3. Less heckling. Only got flipped the bird twice and no one yelled dumb 💩 out of their window. And I had custody of Elmo again 😈

Cardboard Elon Musk at a Tesla takedown. He’s mounted on a tripod, complete with Nazi stache, and a caption that says, “I break things.”

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

New sign, front and back, for the #teslatakedown Catch me out there with my cowbells tomorrow ☺️

Protest sign, side 1

Honk if you’re pro due process

The words due process are colored in with the stars and stripes of the American flag.

Protest sign, side 2

Honk if you’re pro democracy

Democracy is colored in with rainbow colors 🏳️‍🌈

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Supporting Harvard. While it was never *really* a consideration for me to go there for law school because I’m not diluted into believing that my 150 LSAT score was good enough (not considering that I’d already been accepted w/ binding early decision), I appreciate their effort to try to recruit me.

Email from Harvard Law School admissions dated 12/14/18 reads:

Dear Ericka,

We are excited to see that you are considering law school, and we’re reaching out to invite you to take a closer look at Harvard Law School and the unparalleled opportunities that are available here.

HLS is a dynamic, vibrant, and energetic place to study the law. HLS is home to the world's most intellectually interesting and diverse law faculty, leading an incredible array of courses, seminars, and reading groups covering every major substantive area of legal study. Our size is our greatest strength. Harvard Law School offers over 480 courses and small reading groups (266 with enrollments of fewer than 25 students), 30 clinical areas, and over 100 student organizations ranging from the Mississippi Delta Project to journals like the Environmental Law Review. In addition, Harvard's focus on public service and international legal studies allows students to have an impact on many communities.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Rob Wittman lying to his constituents based on estimates reported by the Congressional Budget Office. He had one job: to read the fucking bill. Can’t even do that right as evidenced by the fact that he has no clue of its impacts. Either that or he simply doesn’t care. Time for him to lose his seat

Email from lying GOP Congressman Rob Wittman to his constituents:

QUESTION: Will tens of millions of people lose Medicaid coverage?
ANSWER: This is not true. Prior to the final bill, Democrats asked the Congressional Budget Office to score a number of policies that were not included in the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s portion of the bill, completely misrepresenting the impact of the legislation. In reality, the only Medicaid enrollees losing coverage from this bill are illegal immigrants, people who are not actually eligible for Medicaid but receiving coverage anyway, or able-bodied adults choosing not to work. calende

From KFF.org:

On May 22, the House passed a reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest cost estimate shows that the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $723 billion and that the Medicaid provisions would increase the number of uninsured people by 7.6 million. Earlier CBO estimates show that 10.3 million fewer people would be enrolled in Medicaid. Building on prior KFF analysis, this analysis allocates CBO’s federal spending reductions and enrollment losses across the states. The Medicaid reconciliation provisions are numerous and complicated, but the majority of federal savings stem from work requirements for the expansion group, increasing barriers to enrolling in and renewing Medicaid coverage, and limiting states’ ability to

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Went to my first #teslatakedown protest today, and it was everything! I even took my mama who, at 73, this was her first protest ever 🥲 There, we saw the best sign ever, enjoy ☺️

A cardboard cutout of fElon with a Hitler ‘stache sitting atop a tripod. A sign is clipped onto fElon just below his gigantic head that simply says, “I break things.”

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

THIS is a big step for this Court. Arguably, all of the extortion by the president of law firms nationwide can be prosecuted as fraud under this ruling. This could also bring fElon down, too.

Breaking News from Law360, a LexisNexis-based news source.

Breaking: High Court Declines to Narrow Reach of Federal Fraud Law

By Phillip Bantz and Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that using deceptive means to induce a business transaction may still be a crime even if the defendant doesn’t seek to cause economic loss, a departure from earlier decisions that have narrowed the scope of federal fraud statutes.

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Ericka Esquire @erickaesquire.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I realize it’s a rhetorical question. Nevertheless, this one’s a pretty good answer. This fuckery is so fresh, I wanted to fact-check it just to be sure it was real. It is. Even Faux News is reporting on it.

Image shows a mobile McDonalds. Text says, “Saudi Royal Court now has a mobile McDonald’s serving Trump during his stay.”

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