Pam Hicks
@pamhicks.bsky.social
Former ATF Chief Counsel. Former money laundering prosecutor. Always a champion for feds.
Partner at dclawcollective.com, a law firm dedicated to standing up for federal workers. Only speaking for myself.
Partner at dclawcollective.com, a law firm dedicated to standing up for federal workers. Only speaking for myself.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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a non-messy biathlete hero emerges
🇫🇷 QUENTIN FILLON MAILLET!!!! What a day!!!! He wins another 🥇, his 6th career Olympic medal putting him in rare air...and then he announces he's going to be a dad!!! Welcome to the club buddy! Hope for a smooth pregnancy for mom and baby!!!
#biathlon
#biathlon
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
a non-messy biathlete hero emerges
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after a scary start, both competitors in the skeleton death luge are off to a scary middle run. stay tuned before what will surely be a scary conclusion
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
after a scary start, both competitors in the skeleton death luge are off to a scary middle run. stay tuned before what will surely be a scary conclusion
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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They could build a wall around Vought’s home out of the bones of all the children killed from cutting USAID
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
They could build a wall around Vought’s home out of the bones of all the children killed from cutting USAID
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the amount of time it is taking for these relatively podunk snow banks to melt is really throwing into relief for me how fucked up it is that we are managing to melt the glaciers
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
the amount of time it is taking for these relatively podunk snow banks to melt is really throwing into relief for me how fucked up it is that we are managing to melt the glaciers
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Who knew biathlon was the messiest sport?
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Who knew biathlon was the messiest sport?
AI Guy looking at his dog: A piece of property with no ability to reason or to feel love.
AI Guy looking at his MacBook: A complicated individual filled with its own ideas and emotions, making me question the very idea of being.
AI Guy looking at his MacBook: A complicated individual filled with its own ideas and emotions, making me question the very idea of being.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
AI Guy looking at his dog: A piece of property with no ability to reason or to feel love.
AI Guy looking at his MacBook: A complicated individual filled with its own ideas and emotions, making me question the very idea of being.
AI Guy looking at his MacBook: A complicated individual filled with its own ideas and emotions, making me question the very idea of being.
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It’s Black History Month, and we will be continuing to share posts and stories about the enormous and often unsung accomplishments of Black heroes in public health.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was one such group of heroes.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was one such group of heroes.
Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first community-based Emergency Medical Service in the US.
It was started by Black men in the Hill District of Pittsburgh (Hill Street Blues was based in part on the Hill District). At the time, EMS was a dash to the hospital in the back of a paddy wagon.
It was started by Black men in the Hill District of Pittsburgh (Hill Street Blues was based in part on the Hill District). At the time, EMS was a dash to the hospital in the back of a paddy wagon.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It’s Black History Month, and we will be continuing to share posts and stories about the enormous and often unsung accomplishments of Black heroes in public health.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was one such group of heroes.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was one such group of heroes.
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the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
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“fuck you look how awesome we are”
this show rules, I haven’t ever listened to Bad Bunny before but I am a big fan now
this show rules, I haven’t ever listened to Bad Bunny before but I am a big fan now
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“fuck you look how awesome we are”
this show rules, I haven’t ever listened to Bad Bunny before but I am a big fan now
this show rules, I haven’t ever listened to Bad Bunny before but I am a big fan now
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
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To those saying it was irresponsible of Lindsey Vonn to race with a torn ACL, note that the knee didn't give out on her; she snagged her pole on a gate. To the "she took someone else's spot" argument, she is No. 1 in the world in downhill; that spot was always her spot.
Not the outcome we were hoping for in this extraordinary comeback story. Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off the downhill course after crashing in the women's downhill final. #winterolympics
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Lindsey Vonn Airlifted Off Course After Crash In Downhill Final
Lindsey Vonn’s comeback attempt at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has seemingly ended after she crashed 13 seconds into the women’s downhill final on Sunday.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
To those saying it was irresponsible of Lindsey Vonn to race with a torn ACL, note that the knee didn't give out on her; she snagged her pole on a gate. To the "she took someone else's spot" argument, she is No. 1 in the world in downhill; that spot was always her spot.
This is one of the only pieces I've seen that actually wrestles with the long-term affects of what has happened to the Civil Service. It isn't as easy as just (re)hiring people. They broke the entire system that attracted good people in the first place. www.ettingermentum.news/p/regime-cha...
Regime Change 2029
On the only acceptable approach going forward.
www.ettingermentum.news
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is one of the only pieces I've seen that actually wrestles with the long-term affects of what has happened to the Civil Service. It isn't as easy as just (re)hiring people. They broke the entire system that attracted good people in the first place. www.ettingermentum.news/p/regime-cha...
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Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
::taps mic::
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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Worth reiterating:
All my respect and more to academic women, especially full professors who’ve put up with this their whole careers.
I am genuinely in awe of you.
All my respect and more to academic women, especially full professors who’ve put up with this their whole careers.
I am genuinely in awe of you.
February 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Worth reiterating:
All my respect and more to academic women, especially full professors who’ve put up with this their whole careers.
I am genuinely in awe of you.
All my respect and more to academic women, especially full professors who’ve put up with this their whole careers.
I am genuinely in awe of you.
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I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
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What the fuck man
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
What the fuck man
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“It’s not the painting, it’s the energy BEHIND the painting.”
Ethan Hawke — on the limitations of AI art — is very good. 🔥
@vulture.com
Ethan Hawke — on the limitations of AI art — is very good. 🔥
@vulture.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“It’s not the painting, it’s the energy BEHIND the painting.”
Ethan Hawke — on the limitations of AI art — is very good. 🔥
@vulture.com
Ethan Hawke — on the limitations of AI art — is very good. 🔥
@vulture.com
This is terrible news. Black women have long been a backbone of the federal workforce and so much of their pain stems for the damage done to all of us - smart and talented people no longer working for America.
"Black women started 2025 with an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent."
"They ended it at 7.3 percent — the highest rate in four years."
"Black women's unemployment is now equivalent to White women's rate during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession."
#USA #Liberia #Aid #Labour
"They ended it at 7.3 percent — the highest rate in four years."
"Black women's unemployment is now equivalent to White women's rate during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession."
#USA #Liberia #Aid #Labour
Black women's unemployment has skyrocketed. Here's what happened.
The rate is now equivalent to White women's during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession.
19thnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is terrible news. Black women have long been a backbone of the federal workforce and so much of their pain stems for the damage done to all of us - smart and talented people no longer working for America.
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Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
You could do a lot without any legal change. I oversaw civil forfeiture for DOJ Criminal Division, which did huge cases including against banks. Spent most of my career trying to get people to go after bigger targets.
Civil asset forfeiture for billionaires.
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 AM
You could do a lot without any legal change. I oversaw civil forfeiture for DOJ Criminal Division, which did huge cases including against banks. Spent most of my career trying to get people to go after bigger targets.