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Eric Olson

@olson4poco.bsky.social
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Fierce community advocate. I work as director and outreach specialist at Extension Lakes. I politic in Portage County and Wisconsin. I relax at Daisy Lounge and Great Northern Distilling in Stevens Point and I'm running for Portage County Executive.

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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 22h
Rise up!
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#jobalert Portage County Wisconsin (pop 70k) is hiring an Energy Sustainability Specialist to work on saving energy and money throughout the county. 80% fte with solid benefits. Help spread the word! portagecountyjobs.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2l...
portagecountyjobs.applicantstack.com
Careers | Portage County, WI
Energy Sustainability Specialist at Portage County, WI
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The standard rule of administrative burdens: if you increase the time tax for doing something, you make it less likely that people will do it. That is what the Trump administration is trying to do with vaccines.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/07/2026
Here's a graph of global surface temperatures since 1940 by their decadal average. Notice any pattern?
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My least controversial take: pizza farms good. www.aarp.org/travel/vacat...
aarp.org
Where Farms Turn Harvests Into Fresh Pizza Night
Visitors enjoy local toppings, scenic views and laid-back evenings at working farms
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/06/2026
Trump storms out of interview: "You're either crooked or you're stupid…Your elections are crooked. You're crooked. Meet The Press is crooked. And so is ABC, and CBS, and CNN…Alright, let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
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Boosting Future Leaders Onward @boostingleaders.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Best wishes to Eric Olson in his race for Portage County, Wisconsin Executive. The election is tomorrow and we were proud to endorse him.
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Fair Wisconsin @fairwisconsin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Fair Wisconsin PAC endorses Julia Arata-Fratta for Mayor of Fitchburg, and Eric Olson for Portage County Executive. Make a plan to vote! Visit myvote.wi.gov to find your polling place!
Tuesday April 7th
Endorsed by Fair Wisconsin Political Action Committee
Mayor of Fitchburg 
Julia Arata-Fratta Tuesday April 7th
Endorsed by Fair Wisconsin Political Action Committee
Portage County Executive 
Eric Olson
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Fair Wisconsin is working to protect everyone in our state from discrimination and bias. I'm proud to have their endorsement!
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This new group is working to support Dems at the local level, I'm happy to be their first endorsement
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Portage County Wisconsin, here's your April ballot guide www.portagecountydems.org/election-inf...
portagecountydems.org
Election Information | Get Election Updates Today — Portage County Democratic Party
Find up-to-date election details, voting tips, candidate info, and registration resources for Portage County Democratic Party’s election events and candidate races.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Yard signs! We got yard signs!
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Process your travel expense reimbursement in Workday
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Judge Chris Taylor @christaylorwi.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Judge Chris Taylor has always worked to uphold justice. Watch our latest ad to see more about her work to protect victims and keep our communities safe.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here's a lovely backyard eagle couple surveying their kingdom in Central Wisconsin.
Two bald eagles on a treetop lit by orange sunset glow
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I'm running for office to move my community forward....
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Trump is cloud seeding a blue tsunami in Wisconsin. The 7th CD has to be in play now. Love it!
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Ten weeks until Portage County elected a new County Executive. I'm running to advance the broad public good and increase transparency and trust in government.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/12/2025
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Elias Law Group @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"Abha Khanna, a partner with Elias Law Group, said the ruling was a 'positive development' in the fight for new maps before the 2026 midterms." apnews.com/article/wisc...
apnews.com
Wisconsin Supreme Court says 3-judge panels must decide congressional redistricting cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered that a pair of three-judge panels hear two lawsuits that argue the battleground state’s congressional maps must be redrawn because they unconstitutionally favor...
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Wisconsin Supreme Court had entered the chat www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
jsonline.com
Wisconsin Supreme Court names judges for challenges to election maps
The state Supreme Court appointed two three-judge panels to hear lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's congressional lines before the 2026 elections.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
More of this, please. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
wpr.org
Wisconsin Democratic Party far outpaces GOP in federal fundraising reports
The state Democratic Party's fundraising haul for federal elections was more than four times larger than the state GOP's last month, and the gap between what the two parties spent was even wider.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Wait, what???
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Not the main point, but can we just say that this is a very odd email exchange for a reporter (Michael Wolff) to conduct with a source (Jeffrey Epstein)? Esp a source who, 7 years pvs, had pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution w/ a minor, and who'd been sued by a victim just 3 months earlier.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
If you're looking for the new Epstein/Maxwell emails about Trump released today by House Democrats, they can be found at oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 31/10/2025
So Trump has posted about 20 photos of the refurbished Lincoln Bathroom, which should satisfy the needs of the unemployed and hungry. In addition to looking pretty crummy, I have some questions about this toilet, which will have a great view of the new ballroom and vice versa.
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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A lightning-packed eye spins ferociously at the center of Hurricane Melissa.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/10/2025
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The mayor of Waukegan stepped in after Border Patrol reportedly arrested an American citizen near city hall.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Chipmunk. Cornell Botanic Garden.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Legit post at ABC News...
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2025
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
chicago.suntimes.com
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
does it end well for societies to elect a deranged, unaccountable, corrupt grifter to the nation's highest office, I don't know much about history or life
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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Here's a good overview of what I'm up to... www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/p...
stevenspointjournal.com
Eric Olson announces run for Portage County executive, lists top issues he hopes to address
Olson previously ran for the position in 2022 when he lost to current County Executive John Pavelski by 24 votes before a recount narrowed the results.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I'm running for something... spmetrowire.com/olson-to-ann...
spmetrowire.com
Olson to announce bid for Portage County executive Monday
Olson plans to begin circulating nomination papers on Dec. 1 to secure a spot on the ballot for the 2026 spring election.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/09/2025
BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired Britain's ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, over links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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UK's Starmer fires Britain's ambassador to the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U.K’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
So, my profile name gives up the ghost but it hasn't been official until recently and I'm formally announcing on Monday that I'm running for elected office for the Wisconsin April election. You can help...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/09/2025
No wonder Republicans keep voting against releasing the Epstein files…
theguardian.com
Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500
Convicted sex offender appears in birthday scrapbook photo with giant check signed by ‘DJ Trump’
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
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Eric Olson @olson4poco.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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