Nancy Hicks
@nancyhicks.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter, Native American Lives Matter, Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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I support public education & M4A.
Science is my religion.
I love birds.
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I support public education & M4A.
Science is my religion.
I love birds.
NO DM’s
Pinned
He will delay the vote until after the TN special election first week of December. They are confident the Republican will win that seat, that’s why we need to support Aftyn Behn no matter where you live, help her win that seat!
It may be a long shot, but it may be worth the effort to support Aftyn Behn in the TN07 special election.
I’m a NYer & I just donated to her campaign.
I’m a NYer & I just donated to her campaign.
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BREAKING: With a contempt inquiry looming, DOJ has now named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump official who approved transferring hundreds of people to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison, despite a federal judge’s order forbidding the removals.
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BREAKING: With a contempt inquiry looming, DOJ has now named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump official who approved transferring hundreds of people to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison, despite a federal judge’s order forbidding the removals.
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Private equity buys the hospital → strips it → sells the land → cashes out. Rural Americans bury their dead and get told it’s “market forces.”
The U.S. map is starting to look like Swiss cheese — and Washington shrugs.
This is Part Two of my investigation: What happens after the hospital dies.🧵⬇️
The U.S. map is starting to look like Swiss cheese — and Washington shrugs.
This is Part Two of my investigation: What happens after the hospital dies.🧵⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Private equity buys the hospital → strips it → sells the land → cashes out. Rural Americans bury their dead and get told it’s “market forces.”
The U.S. map is starting to look like Swiss cheese — and Washington shrugs.
This is Part Two of my investigation: What happens after the hospital dies.🧵⬇️
The U.S. map is starting to look like Swiss cheese — and Washington shrugs.
This is Part Two of my investigation: What happens after the hospital dies.🧵⬇️
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Counties are disappearing. Not metaphorically — literally.
Hospitals gone. Maternity wards gone. Ambulances an hour away.
Entire regions are now healthcare deserts because an executive decided a community wasn’t “profitable.”
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s the business model.🧵⬇️
Hospitals gone. Maternity wards gone. Ambulances an hour away.
Entire regions are now healthcare deserts because an executive decided a community wasn’t “profitable.”
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s the business model.🧵⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Counties are disappearing. Not metaphorically — literally.
Hospitals gone. Maternity wards gone. Ambulances an hour away.
Entire regions are now healthcare deserts because an executive decided a community wasn’t “profitable.”
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s the business model.🧵⬇️
Hospitals gone. Maternity wards gone. Ambulances an hour away.
Entire regions are now healthcare deserts because an executive decided a community wasn’t “profitable.”
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s the business model.🧵⬇️
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NEW: The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.
DOJ and RealPage Agree to Settle Rental Price-Fixing Case
The settlement is the latest development following a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed RealPage was helping landlords set rents in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like beh...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.
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Medicare has negotiated lower prices for 15 new drugs, including Ozempic.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Medicare has negotiated lower prices for 15 new drugs, including Ozempic.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.
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On this day in 1957, the Texas legislature passed a bill allowing the governor to close any schools to prevent federal troops from enforcing integration.
Nov. 26, 1957 | Texas Bill Allows Governor to Close Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1957, the Texas legislature passed a bill allowing the governor to close any schools to prevent federal troops from enforcing integration.
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Median platform-gig pay: $5.12/hour.
Meanwhile, tech platforms boast record profits and promise “flexibility.”
This isn’t flexibility—it’s exploitation disguised as innovation.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Meanwhile, tech platforms boast record profits and promise “flexibility.”
This isn’t flexibility—it’s exploitation disguised as innovation.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
The Platform Economy Runs on Inequality – and Sidesteps Labor Rights
By classifying workers as contractors, platform companies avoid paying core employment obligations while retaining tight control over how the work is done.
www.hrw.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Median platform-gig pay: $5.12/hour.
Meanwhile, tech platforms boast record profits and promise “flexibility.”
This isn’t flexibility—it’s exploitation disguised as innovation.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Meanwhile, tech platforms boast record profits and promise “flexibility.”
This isn’t flexibility—it’s exploitation disguised as innovation.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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CISA—the agency that protected the 2020 and 2024 elections—has been gutted.
Election-security operations suspended.
The 24/7 threat-alerting hub shut down.
States now say they’re getting “radio silence.”🧵🔗⬇️
Election-security operations suspended.
The 24/7 threat-alerting hub shut down.
States now say they’re getting “radio silence.”🧵🔗⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
CISA—the agency that protected the 2020 and 2024 elections—has been gutted.
Election-security operations suspended.
The 24/7 threat-alerting hub shut down.
States now say they’re getting “radio silence.”🧵🔗⬇️
Election-security operations suspended.
The 24/7 threat-alerting hub shut down.
States now say they’re getting “radio silence.”🧵🔗⬇️
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
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How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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I think it was a bad idea to put people who openly advocate war crimes and champion war criminals in charge of America’s national security apparatus. In particular, those are bad qualities in a Secretary of Defense.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I think it was a bad idea to put people who openly advocate war crimes and champion war criminals in charge of America’s national security apparatus. In particular, those are bad qualities in a Secretary of Defense.
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Data centers are important for many reasons BUT consumers should NOT have to pay higher bills to facilitate the huge amounts of electricity they eat up.
The richest companies on the planet are building these centers and they should bear the costs — not you.
The richest companies on the planet are building these centers and they should bear the costs — not you.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Data centers are important for many reasons BUT consumers should NOT have to pay higher bills to facilitate the huge amounts of electricity they eat up.
The richest companies on the planet are building these centers and they should bear the costs — not you.
The richest companies on the planet are building these centers and they should bear the costs — not you.
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On this day in 1865, the Mississippi legislature passed an act restricting the civil rights of recently emancipated Black people as part of the first set of laws designed to codify racial hierarchy in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Nov. 25, 1865 | Mississippi Legislature Approves Nation’s First “Black Codes”
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1865, the Mississippi legislature passed an act restricting the civil rights of recently emancipated Black people as part of the first set of laws designed to codify racial hierarchy in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Former nursing home executive and convicted fraudster Joseph Schwartz was pardoned by Trump earlier this month.
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Former nursing home executive and convicted fraudster Joseph Schwartz was pardoned by Trump earlier this month.
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
Schwartz secured the pardon after paying two other convicted fraudsters nearly $1M to lobby Trump on his behalf.
Everything is for sale. youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0&feature=youtu.be
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Wouldn’t it be something if Sen. Kelly just turned to Hegseth and said, “Bring it,” then got pulled back onto active duty for a court-martial. Because if there’s a single military judge in this country who would convict Kelly for what he said, the American experiment is over and it’s time to go.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Investigates Senator Over Video Trump Claimed Was Seditious
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wouldn’t it be something if Sen. Kelly just turned to Hegseth and said, “Bring it,” then got pulled back onto active duty for a court-martial. Because if there’s a single military judge in this country who would convict Kelly for what he said, the American experiment is over and it’s time to go.
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
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GDP data
Jobs data
Inflation data
Food insecurity data
Right-wing violence data
The reports aren’t being deleted and withheld because they contain good news.
Jobs data
Inflation data
Food insecurity data
Right-wing violence data
The reports aren’t being deleted and withheld because they contain good news.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
GDP data
Jobs data
Inflation data
Food insecurity data
Right-wing violence data
The reports aren’t being deleted and withheld because they contain good news.
Jobs data
Inflation data
Food insecurity data
Right-wing violence data
The reports aren’t being deleted and withheld because they contain good news.
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
Zohran Mamdani has called for a boycott of Starbucks until the company can bargain a fair contract with its striking workers. We joined members of the mayor-elect's team on the Starbucks picket line in NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.