Erica Shekell (she/her)

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

24.01.2026 16:20 — 👍 4245    🔁 1246    💬 15    📌 19

It was a straight up execution.

24.01.2026 16:28 — 👍 685    🔁 175    💬 21    📌 3

I have no idea why the states like California are implementing the trans ban. They maintain control of their national guards and Gavin Newsom is in charge. He's done nothing while his command is purging trans people. It plainly violates the California constitution.

27.12.2025 23:37 — 👍 448    🔁 82    💬 18    📌 6

Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.

Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:

Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”

Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

27.12.2025 20:39 — 👍 2487    🔁 1196    💬 113    📌 137

Must be as incriminating against Trump as the Epstein Files

13.11.2025 00:07 — 👍 160    🔁 29    💬 3    📌 0

Erica standing in front of the Lansing Capitol holding a sign with a giant photo of her tabby cat's head and the words FASCISM MAKES ME VOMIT. The cat is wearing a cartoonish pink crown. A photo of her other cat is on the back side of the sign with a different message.

Erica standing in front of the Lansing Capitol holding a sign with a giant photo of her white and brown cat's head and the words Eat Mice Bite ICE. The cat is wearing a cartoonish pink crown. The photo of her tabby cat with a different message is on the flip side of the sign.

Felines Against Fascism!

Juniper and Maple were very popular at today's massive No Kings rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing! #LoveLansing #FreedomOverFascism #NoKings

19.10.2025 00:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 — 👍 89105    🔁 28901    💬 2312    📌 1846

Democrats Should Be Flooding Social Media after Last Night's Speech Don't cede today's communications ground to the right wing

After Trump's lying speech last night, Democrats should be flooding the social media zone with short video, memes, photo-posts & more. Get the grassroots & influencers to amplify. We have to start treating this moment as a nonstop campaign.

epolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...

05.03.2025 21:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) in Detroit for our annual Sex, Politics & Cocktails fundraiser! Gather with fellow supporters for a cocktail hour of drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Register at PPMI.org/spc.

28.01.2025 16:10 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Over 287,000 women die each year from preventable, pregnancy-related causes. President Trump’s decision to reinstate the global gag rule risks the lives of even more women, girls, young people and LGBTQ+ communities over the world, especially in areas that need lifesaving health services the most.

25.01.2025 01:26 — 👍 468    🔁 129    💬 7    📌 5

Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake. In his first term, Trump oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the gag rule. Its reinstatement could decimate global reproductive and sexual health.

ICYMI: Last night Trump reinstated an expanded version of the global gag rule, which bans foreign NGOs that receive U.S. aid funds from providing abortion referrals or counseling. Experts told me they’re worried Trump will extend such a policy to U.S.-based orgs: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/01/24/t...

25.01.2025 15:24 — 👍 26    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 2

New Targets, Old Tactics: How Attacks on Health Care for Transgender People Are Repurposing the Anti-Abortion Playbook - National Women's Law Center Bans on health care for transgender people have surged all over the country, and their proponents are using familiar strategies. They have modeled their attacks after strategies finetuned over decades by the anti-abortion movement. Our report explores how the anti-trans movement has repurposed anti-abortion narratives, policies, and tactics to promote bans on health care for […]

The same lawmakers & orgs behind abortion bans are now driving attacks on gender-affirming care—with a familiar framework. Our new report exposes how decades-old anti-abortion strategies are being weaponized to strip trans people of essential health care.

24.01.2025 21:31 — 👍 28    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0

Planned Parenthood of Michigan Applauds Gov. Whitmer for Signing Contraception Equity Bills Into Law LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a pair of bills today that will remove barriers to birth control and emergency contraception.

“As we brace for attacks on sexual and reproductive health care under a second Trump Administration, every step we can take to preserve and expand access to contraception is critical.” – Ashlea Phenicie, Chief Advocacy Officer at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan

21.01.2025 22:56 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

We ran into trans Rep. Zephyr in front of SCOTUS today.
“If your daughter is going through precocious puberty, she can get puberty blockers. If your daughter is trans, she can’t”
The discrimination behind gender-affirming care bans was highlighted, as they are only affecting trans youth.

05.12.2024 00:54 — 👍 160    🔁 38    💬 3    📌 1

Today, the MI Momnibus package got out of the Senate w/bipartisan support. One step closer to seeing #ReproJustice in Michigan. Grateful to the State of Birth Justice & #mileg partners Sens. @sarahanthony.bsky.social, @stephanielilychang.bsky.social, Mary Cavanagh & Sylvia Santana. #MoveThatMomnibus

03.12.2024 23:48 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2

A graphic with a purple background and a Black woman holding her pregnant stomach. Text above reads "Promoting Equity in Maternal Health."

Today, the Michigan Senate Dems passed the Momnibus bill package, addressing racial disparities in maternal health care outcomes for pregnant people. Let's get it across the finish line!

03.12.2024 19:54 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0