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Erik @erikepost.com · 19/09/2026

If you know me, you know I don't like to ask for things, but also that I'm earnest to a fault and do generally have the courage of my convictions. I didn't want to run for the House, but I could not allow a seat to go undefended. Help me defend Chittenden-23! secure.actblue.com/donate/erikf...

An ActBlue QR code to make a donation to the Erik For Essex campaign.

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 13/09/2026

Marched with the Vermont Democrats this morning in the Burlington Pride Parade, to show a little support for my friends and neighbors. Unlike some national politicians, I'm not about to throw trans people under the bus to appease Republicans. Thanks to the organizers for putting on a great event.

A white dude, Erik Post, in a royal blue tank top with "Erik For Essex" emblazoned on the left breast, wearing dark amber aviator shades and a brightly colored geometric patterned headband, stands on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, holding a sign reading "Protect Trans Youth." In the background you can see the spire of the Unitarian Universalist church and numerous people holding rainbow flags and campaign signs.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 12/09/2026

The ease with which they're doing this tells me they were never really friends or allies in the first place.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 12/09/2026

Um, actually, @ifycomedy.com, the Coat Factory is from Burlington, New Jersey. Common misconception. We don't even have one up here. Great set tonight, though! Good to have you in town.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 11/09/2026

I am running as a Democrat for the Vermont State Legislature (Chittenden-23) and I'm with Senator Markey 100% here. Trans rights are human rights. Human rights are inalienable and universal. Nobody is out to corrupt kids or ruin sports. I have to imagine they just want to live in peace. Let them.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.

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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 17/08/2026

These companies would do the same to the Library of Alexandria if it stood today.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

matt yglesias would have told politicians in 1964 that they shouldn't support the civil rights act because voters didn't agree with it in polling. yglesias would be fine with blacks sitting at the back of the bus the way he is happy to do so with transgender people in 2026 its the same picture

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Erik @erikepost.com · 17/07/2026

@catsofyore.bsky.social FYI, there is an item in the Vermont Comedy Arts fundraiser auction that may interest you (as someone who supports local non-profits, cats, and comedy). A little bit of water damage, but it comes in a nice frame! givebutter.com/c/VCA-summer...

Framed Currier & Ives print of two fluffy white cats wrestling amid some flowers (Lilacs?) as a mouse looks on. The caption, "Two Little Fraid Cats," suggests they may be recoiling in fear of the mouse. Either way, both have a feisty look on their faces.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 24/06/2026

Big missed opportunity back in the 90s, not calling late-night 900 number ads "nymphomercials."

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Erik @erikepost.com · 22/05/2026

It's always the ones you least expect.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 21/05/2026

Who would you rather have following you around as a Greek chorus: Rockapella or the Pips? Perhaps the Supremes?

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Uggi the dog next to my hand, holding a copy of Dead Weight

Two copies of Dead Weight with teethmarks

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Erik @erikepost.com · 14/05/2026

Hey, @jael.bsky.social, the Internets suggest that @ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a gig in Winooski at the end of the month, but the venue calendar makes no mention of it. What gives?

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 07/05/2026

The gold, 22-foot Donald Trump statue definitely isn’t a false idol. You can tell because Trump’s pastor friend said of the new statue at his Doral golf course, “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf.”

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Gold 22-Foot Trump Statue Definitely Isn’t a False Idol

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

You didn't "earn" a billions dollars, Jeff Bezos. You *took it* from your poorly paid workers.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 05/05/2026

Name your top 15 TV shows, gut instincts only: M*A*S*H Star Trek: The Next Generation Twin Peaks Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Arrested Development Parks & Recreation The Wire The Good Place Homicide: Life on the Street Schitt's Creek Spaced Taskmaster Freaks & Geeks The X-Files The Simpsons S1-6

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A black girl born today will have fewer reproductive and voting rights than her grandmother.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 30/04/2026

This is some seriously weak sauce from the "opposition": democrats-intelligence.house.gov/news/documen... Paraphrasing, "This provision sucks and is vulnerable to abuse and Republicans should be ashamed of renewing it without reform, but I'm voting for it anyway because 9/11." Thanks, Rep. Himes.

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Himes Statement on House Passage of FISA 702 Reauthorization

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Erik @erikepost.com · 15/04/2026

Hey, @watsoncomedian.bsky.social, is it too early to ask who will be joining you at JFL in July?

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brutalism apologist 🇵🇸 @brutapologist.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Living in the United States at this time principally involves being an involuntary participant in a weekly pump and dump market manipulation scheme enacted by the child predator president and his cabal of bloodthirsty freaks. The entire apparatus of the state is focused on fixing the price of oil

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The Jer Witch Project @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .

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Erik @erikepost.com · 07/04/2026

STFU. Read the room.

Fundraising email from the Democratic Party stating that "It's not about how bad things are, but about what Democrats are doing to make things better."

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Erik @erikepost.com · 07/04/2026

Hopefully things have changed since an hour ago, but there's a conspicuous lack of *any* of the Vermont delegation on that list. It's well past about time this happened. Get onboard. @balint.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Chris Rufo attacked Black women online and saw we would never adjust or fix it And he’s gonna run that play til it stops working

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Erik @erikepost.com · 06/04/2026

Depluralize a movie: Dance With a Wolf Thelma One Day of Summer

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

CNN reports that the US/Israel bombed an Iranian ORPHANAGE, killing at least two people. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/w...

US-Israeli strike on orphanage west of Tehran kills two, Iranian media reports
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By Adam Pourahmadi and Sana Noor Haq
At least two people have been killed by a US-Israeli strike on an orphanage west of Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Monday.

Five others were injured in the attack on a newly built orphan charity complex in the city of Fardis, about 25 miles west of Tehran, the agency quoted a regional official as saying.

Rights groups have condemned the number of civilians and children killed in US and Israeli strikes and the targeting of educational establishments and residential areas.

In Iran alone, strikes have killed at least 230 children and injured a further 1,800, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 23/03/2026

Hey, @michaelianblack.bsky.social, can you remind Roy that "a few more stories [he's] watching" implies more than two? Every damn week.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

We are spending an estimated $1B per day on the war on Iran. Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war. But healthcare? Cut. Food stamps? Cut. Education? Cut. Cancer research? Cut. Environmental protections? Cut. And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut. It's obscene.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 15/03/2026

search your camera roll for hell

Currywurst mit brötchen und ein Nordberliner Hell bier on a table outside Curry Baude in Berlin, August 2023.

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Erik @erikepost.com · 14/03/2026

As expected, the Dutch are decades, if not centuries, ahead of us on this front (yet still behind us on the helmet thing).

An elongated electric bicycle with a cargo basket in front vast enough to hold an adult passenger (sitting with their knees drawn up most of the way), like an inverted chariot.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports

Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop

The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

so far tonight bad bunny has sung more reggaeton songs than the patriots and seahawks combined

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Erik @erikepost.com · 09/02/2026

Is it too controversial to focus on a Jumbotron exclaiming "THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN HATE IS LOVE"?

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Erik @erikepost.com · 08/02/2026

When did Billy Joe Armstrong get old?

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Erik @erikepost.com · 06/02/2026

Katelyn approaches sensitive topics with care and precision and offers her perspective with prose that is accessible and engaging but no less insightful for it. I become a more informed person every time I read her words.

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