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@ericfritsch.bsky.social

Husband, dad, and union worker from New Jersey. Strong supporter of Liberalism. I like history, woodworking, native plants, and buying local.

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I couldn't pay my bills if I were elected to the NJ State legislature. That tells you a lot about the type of person who is even capable of running.

08.11.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

100% agree. Even while I served a short stint *on* the local party committee it felt very insular. Not being on the committee you wouldn't even know it existed outside of GOTV efforts.

05.11.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For several years now I've been doing a heritage breed turkey on Thanksgiving. There is only 1 farm I know of in NJ where you can get one, and honestly it's like night and day to me. It just tastes so much more turkey-y. The ubiquitous broad-breasted breeds are inferior and less healthy.

03.11.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Didn't get a candid photo but great turnout at #NoKings in Caldwell, NJ!

There were a few Trump supporters who kept driving by, and they literally had images of Trump as a king. These people aren't being quiet about it.

18.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He was considered a Liberal in his time too. America was founded on Liberalism and Lincoln was a true believer.

11.09.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jamelle, no one has helped shape my thoughts on America's light of liberalism more than you. thank you, for this, and all your columns. keep trampling the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored

10.09.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jamelle, thank you for being such an eloquent voice for what America is supposed to be, and for seeing the problems we face clear as day.

11.09.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, rather than have our 4th of July depressed by the bad that has happened and is happening, we should take this opportunity to remember the commitments made in the cause of Liberty throughout our history and resolve to make those same commitments ourselves. And that is worth celebrating. 3/3

03.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fight that they committed to, to protect and expand liberty, to oppose tyranny, is the same fight we are in. It's not just similar to it, it is in fact the same fight.

The Revolution is still unfinished, and those opposing its ideals have been sabotaging and undermining it for 249 years. 2/

03.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At times like these it's worth remembering that the 4th of July doesn't commemorate a great victory or achievement.

The war was well underway and things would become even more bleak

Instead we should remember it for being when people soberly saw the fight ahead and fully committed to it. 1/

03.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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22 hours in on this Big Disastrous Bill, and there’s a reason why the Republicans are flailing: they know it’s reckless and wrong.

We’re going to keep the pressure on. Please help us spread the word.

01.07.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 366    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 9

There was a great Neonliberalism podcast episode where they broke down how Conservatives have long been trying to come up with Liberal sounding justifications for the policies they support because they just couldn't win if they admitted they wanted to undo the enlightenment.

30.06.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Small Business, Big Priority
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Small Business, Big Priority

It's amazing to me that so much media leads with Mamdani being "a socialist", and never explores what that word even means to him.

This guy put out a great pro-capitalism ad a month ago.

youtu.be/Pt4avWInD7c?...

25.06.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

22.06.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62509    πŸ” 13944    πŸ’¬ 812    πŸ“Œ 563

I had to pick up some odd-sized router bits a while back to make plywood-sized dados.

17.06.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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June 13, 2025 Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved β€œThat six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in V...

June 13, 2025

14.06.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1502    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 50

The what?

14.06.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I came in from West Orange. It was great!

14.06.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NoKings South Orange!

14.06.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ready to march!

#NoKings

14.06.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great turnout in the rain in suburban South Orange, NJ.

Getting ready to march!

#NoKings

14.06.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reclaim Our Flag Day: No Kings! Β· No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** This year's Flag Day is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump a...

I'm attending No Kings's event, β€œReclaim Our Flag Day: No Kings!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

14.06.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for β€œNo Kings Day” πŸŠπŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

13.06.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14501    πŸ” 3152    πŸ’¬ 632    πŸ“Œ 267

Hamilton Township New Jersey
Saturday, June 14
NO KINGS

11.06.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I offered you an explanation of how you get a focus group like that. The person who ran it was clear that it wasn't representative. You provided one poll that showed what people claimed they would do in a hypothetical 1v1 matchup and Sherrill barely got a majority. I'm not sure what your issue is.

11.06.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not a sample at all. It's a focus group. If you took a "sample" of 8 people you'd get all kinds of weird results. And you can't just add those numbers together. People are idiosyncratic it's entirely possible that there would be a 3 or 4 point difference (or way more) from what you'd expect.

11.06.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's literally impossible to know how some other vote would have gone. If you think anywhere close to 100% of any candidate's voters transfer to a specific other candidate, I don't think that's supported. Still, how big was this focus group? I looked into it and heard audio from only 8 people.

11.06.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Your point was about people who support her as their first choice, was it not? Also, people are idiosyncratic and it's impossible to say what would have happened in a runoff, but I think it would be a good idea to do them in the future or adopt an instant runoff or RCV system for future primaries.

11.06.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't see the context for this, but remember that even though she won she only got a third of the vote. And since she was backed by most of the party apparatus it isn't surprising to me that she would over perform with less focused voters, who in a previous year would just be voting the line.

11.06.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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