Nicole Fisher
@nickyfish26.bsky.social
Former Law/ Business Librarian now located in Atlanta.
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
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Raskin: He destroyed more than $10 trillion in American wealth in a single week. And then he went golfing and bragged to America about winning the tournament at his own golf course. That's like bragging about being endorsed by your own campaign manager. So much winning
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Raskin: He destroyed more than $10 trillion in American wealth in a single week. And then he went golfing and bragged to America about winning the tournament at his own golf course. That's like bragging about being endorsed by your own campaign manager. So much winning
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
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This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky
January 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky
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I've watched Administrations go from DEM to GOP & back & forth. Even during worst of times in our country we didn't see career employees resign en masse. Especially not from being told to do so.
This is what authoritarian regimes do.
Brain power & experience loss will be devastating for decades.
This is what authoritarian regimes do.
Brain power & experience loss will be devastating for decades.
January 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I've watched Administrations go from DEM to GOP & back & forth. Even during worst of times in our country we didn't see career employees resign en masse. Especially not from being told to do so.
This is what authoritarian regimes do.
Brain power & experience loss will be devastating for decades.
This is what authoritarian regimes do.
Brain power & experience loss will be devastating for decades.
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AOC remains one of a handful of elected democrats who understand how politics operates
AOC on the Dem strategy against the trans sports bill today, where they argued it would protect "predators," and ended up losing just 2 Trump-district Dems on it:
January 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
AOC remains one of a handful of elected democrats who understand how politics operates
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024 and passes major climate threshold.
January 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024 and passes major climate threshold.
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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
bit.ly
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
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“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries apnews.com/article/new-...
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
apnews.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM
“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”
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the mainstream media now hurriedly doing stories on tariff effects and what the deportation will look like is like someone who cheated on you 7 times bringing you one flower they found on the street to assure you they've changed because they saw the divorce papers you had drawn up
November 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
the mainstream media now hurriedly doing stories on tariff effects and what the deportation will look like is like someone who cheated on you 7 times bringing you one flower they found on the street to assure you they've changed because they saw the divorce papers you had drawn up
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Despite Trump’s win in the presidential race, school vouchers were again soundly rejected by significant majorities of Americans
Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters
In several Republican-led states, popular sentiment on the voucher issue has been overridden by the efforts of special interest groups and powerful governors who have enacted sweeping voucher programs...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Despite Trump’s win in the presidential race, school vouchers were again soundly rejected by significant majorities of Americans
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Private prison groups expressed a nearly unrestrained glee on earnings calls over the “unprecedented opportunity” a second Trump term brings
Private Prison Companies Call Trump’s Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’
Private prison executives imagined tracking “millions” of people electronically, transporting hundreds of thousands by plane, and expanding detention centers.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Private prison groups expressed a nearly unrestrained glee on earnings calls over the “unprecedented opportunity” a second Trump term brings
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In light of Donald Trump’s victory, some American women say they are turning to a movement that advocates no sex, dating or marriage with men and no children.
Trump win spurs interest in 4B, fringe South Korean movement to swear off men
In light of Donald Trump’s victory, some American women say they are turning to a movement that advocates no sex, dating or marriage with men and no children.
wapo.st
November 7, 2024 at 12:42 PM
In light of Donald Trump’s victory, some American women say they are turning to a movement that advocates no sex, dating or marriage with men and no children.