Deborah Nicholas MD
@dnicholasmd.bsky.social
Anesthesiologist, retired.
Anti-Trumpist. Pro democracy. Anti fascist.
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Anti-Trumpist. Pro democracy. Anti fascist.
Header: Santa Fe, NM
Profile pic: Atropa Belladonna, Gabriel von Max
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Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
Call it by its name: fascism. A detailed account of the Trump regime's fascism. Jonathon Rauch:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
#EpsteinFiles dump Friday. What a cowardly fragile thin-skinned bully. Trump has also scapegoated entire cities, states, and countries as distractions.
We’ve all seen more than enough death and violence on our streets. Time to end his fascist regime.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
We’ve all seen more than enough death and violence on our streets. Time to end his fascist regime.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Everything Trump has done since returning to power was to distract from this bombshell
Future historians just might pinpoint the week of Jan. 26, 2026, as when the Trump regime’s collapse finally began.The timeline is painfully obvious: They couldn’t spin Alex Pretti’s murder in Minneap...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
#EpsteinFiles dump Friday. What a cowardly fragile thin-skinned bully. Trump has also scapegoated entire cities, states, and countries as distractions.
We’ve all seen more than enough death and violence on our streets. Time to end his fascist regime.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
We’ve all seen more than enough death and violence on our streets. Time to end his fascist regime.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Epic.
With his savvy release of the Epstein files, Trump is using his pedophilia to distract from his embrace of fascism.
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Epic.
ICE has become dangerous and unaccountable by design under the second Trump administration, with its deportation quotas, dehumanizing rhetoric about immigrants and extrajudicial pronouncements that agents have “absolute immunity.” 🎁. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | The Rot Goes Deeper Than ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 AM
ICE has become dangerous and unaccountable by design under the second Trump administration, with its deportation quotas, dehumanizing rhetoric about immigrants and extrajudicial pronouncements that agents have “absolute immunity.” 🎁. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
"US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to use as many as 23 warehouses for detaining thousands of immigrants arrested by federal agents in Minneapolis and other cities."
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to use as many as 23 warehouses for detaining thousands of immigrants arrested by federal agents in Minneapolis and other cities."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
"Last year, the Department of Defense purchased, through a classified channel, a backpack-size device that it says appears capable of causing neurological damage." 👀🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Michael Beck, 65, Dies; First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"Last year, the Department of Defense purchased, through a classified channel, a backpack-size device that it says appears capable of causing neurological damage." 👀🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Look whom the Heritage Foundation is targeting next. When will it be you?
It’s a theme — in addition to the subservience of women — that informs all of the report’s policy goals.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/infl...
It’s a theme — in addition to the subservience of women — that informs all of the report’s policy goals.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/infl...
Influential GOP think tank unveils new attack plan targeting gay families - LGBTQ Nation
The Project 2025 authors want to punish and erase same-sex parents.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Look whom the Heritage Foundation is targeting next. When will it be you?
It’s a theme — in addition to the subservience of women — that informs all of the report’s policy goals.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/infl...
It’s a theme — in addition to the subservience of women — that informs all of the report’s policy goals.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/infl...
So nursing home executives turned to a tool that has proved successful in getting Trump’s attention: money. 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 AM
So nursing home executives turned to a tool that has proved successful in getting Trump’s attention: money. 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Concur. Enough.
Kristi Noem must resign.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Concur. Enough.
And yet, here we are. Americans, stop treating this regime as a legitimate presidency.
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM
And yet, here we are. Americans, stop treating this regime as a legitimate presidency.
Call it by its name: fascism. A detailed account of the Trump regime's fascism. Jonathon Rauch:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Call it by its name: fascism. A detailed account of the Trump regime's fascism. Jonathon Rauch:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Murder. Condoned by Trump and his administration. Coming for you next.
All 10 shots were fired AFTER they removed the gun from Pretti’s waist. Every single shot was fired after he was disarmed.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Murder. Condoned by Trump and his administration. Coming for you next.
Democrats are you listening?
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE” newrepublic.com/post/205582/... via @newrepublic.com
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE” newrepublic.com/post/205582/... via @newrepublic.com
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE”
Some things get so evil that they forfeit their right to exist. Trump’s rogue paramilitary gangs are one of them.
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Democrats are you listening?
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE” newrepublic.com/post/205582/... via @newrepublic.com
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE” newrepublic.com/post/205582/... via @newrepublic.com
REDЯUM
ICE is executing protesters the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
January 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM
REDЯUM
Spiraling into the abyss.
Trump might actually release the Epstein files now to distract from what ICE and Border Patrol is doing.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Spiraling into the abyss.
Reposted by Deborah Nicholas MD
I can’t keep repeating this over and over.
They are coming for everyone.
They are coming for everyone.
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I can’t keep repeating this over and over.
They are coming for everyone.
They are coming for everyone.
Trump's Gestapo lawless felons. This has to stop.
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Trump's Gestapo lawless felons. This has to stop.
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
GOP as a political party are un-American and anti-democracy.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Emotions President Trump Evokes (Gift Article)
We asked voters to describe their emotions about President Trump’s second term so far. Most spoke of happiness or hostility.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
GOP as a political party are un-American and anti-democracy.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"...one year into his second term, the president is finding he is facing a radically changing political landscape as the polls show voters are turning against him in a stunning reversal."
PayWall.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
PayWall.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
From Davos to Minneapolis to D.C., Trump is facing sharper pushback
Foreign leaders, Catholic archbishops and the Federal Reserve chairman are among those challenging Trump after a first year in which the president’s critics often tried to placate him.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:26 PM
"...one year into his second term, the president is finding he is facing a radically changing political landscape as the polls show voters are turning against him in a stunning reversal."
PayWall.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
PayWall.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This. Is. Not. Normal.
www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...
Trump unleashes nearly 100 Truth Social posts overnight in furious tirade
Donald Trump challenged the strength of NATO in one of his nearly 100 posts to Truth Social in the middle of the night. The president made a total of 85 posts over the span of five hours, with many re...
www.rawstory.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This. Is. Not. Normal.
www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...
Trump: "worst human".
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Trump: "worst human".
🎯
When you project out for many months the rapidly accelerating pace of Trump’s cognitive decline which is exacerbating exponentially the worst aspects of his malignant narcissism, and start from a baseline of where he’s at right now,
we are in for a rough ride on his crazy train.
we are in for a rough ride on his crazy train.
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🎯
Trump King of the World via his "Board of Peace"
So, the "Board of Peace" [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world.
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The Charter of the Board of Peace
The Times of Israel published the text of the Charter of the Board of Peace. As I suspected, this is...
reason.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Trump King of the World via his "Board of Peace"
"The next Democratic president must follow Spanberger’s and Jones’s examples and fire unqualified hacks that Trump has put into critical nonpartisan positions,"
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
Abigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a Masterstroke
Even moderate Democrats can be boldly anti-MAGA. Other centrist Democrats should follow her example.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 AM
"The next Democratic president must follow Spanberger’s and Jones’s examples and fire unqualified hacks that Trump has put into critical nonpartisan positions,"
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
"The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections..."
apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:53 AM
"The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections..."
apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Crazy demented decrepit megalomaniac.
Trump speech reminding the audience that he is a bully, erratic and an ignorant boor. Net net, he is doing great damage to US standing and in particular to our relations with Europe and NATO. A great speech from the point of view of Moscow and Beijing.
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Crazy demented decrepit megalomaniac.