Dr. Thomas Dickson
@drthomasdickson.bsky.social
Student Affairs and Higher Education Administration. Higher Ed consultant. LEGO Serious Play facilitator. Burnout speaker.
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After a breast cancer diagnosis in 2024, Cyndi relied on her Connect for Health plan for the life-saving treatments and therapies she needed.
Now she's in remission & facing the impossible choice of skipping her annual appointments or paying $1200 more/ month for coverage she can't afford.
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Now she's in remission & facing the impossible choice of skipping her annual appointments or paying $1200 more/ month for coverage she can't afford.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After a breast cancer diagnosis in 2024, Cyndi relied on her Connect for Health plan for the life-saving treatments and therapies she needed.
Now she's in remission & facing the impossible choice of skipping her annual appointments or paying $1200 more/ month for coverage she can't afford.
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Now she's in remission & facing the impossible choice of skipping her annual appointments or paying $1200 more/ month for coverage she can't afford.
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🗓️ We’ve recently published a series of six research papers and a synthesis paper that provides a brief overview of each paper, identifies key themes across findings, and concludes with policy implications and recommendations. Check them out here: ow.ly/wxAI50WyjbY
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🗓️ We’ve recently published a series of six research papers and a synthesis paper that provides a brief overview of each paper, identifies key themes across findings, and concludes with policy implications and recommendations. Check them out here: ow.ly/wxAI50WyjbY
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It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.
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GOP senator has 'conflicting feelings' on TX floods because not all campers died
www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-...
What pos 💩. Yeah we lost 50, but we found 850. Never mind we killed NOAA. How many more have to die?
www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-...
What pos 💩. Yeah we lost 50, but we found 850. Never mind we killed NOAA. How many more have to die?
GOP senator has 'conflicting feelings' on TX floods because not all campers died
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said he had "conflicting feelings" because some people lived after experiencing deadly floods in Texas over the weekend.In a Sunday interview on Fox News, Cornyn reacted to the...
www.rawstory.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
GOP senator has 'conflicting feelings' on TX floods because not all campers died
www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-...
What pos 💩. Yeah we lost 50, but we found 850. Never mind we killed NOAA. How many more have to die?
www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-...
What pos 💩. Yeah we lost 50, but we found 850. Never mind we killed NOAA. How many more have to die?
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Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class
July 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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It’s amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: “Alligator Alcatraz”— but they can’t manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: “Alligator Alcatraz”— but they can’t manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
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It’s costing taxpayers $450/M annually & Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is already flooding. Imagine a hurricane. People are going to die.
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It’s costing taxpayers $450/M annually & Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is already flooding. Imagine a hurricane. People are going to die.
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
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Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like
June 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like
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Maybe that National Guard and Marine Corps can protect the people from the LAPD.
🐴 “The LAPD remains focused on its core mission: to protect lives, safeguard Constitutional rights, and serve every neighborhood in Los Angeles with integrity.” 👮🏻♂️
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Maybe that National Guard and Marine Corps can protect the people from the LAPD.
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ICE descended upon immigrant communities in LA, targeting innocent people just trying to live their lives, and when ICE was met with fierce opposition Trump deployed the National Guard. This is not “going after criminals,” it’s a scary escalation meant to sow even more fear and division.
President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protesters in California, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
Trump Is Deploying National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Power
President Trump bypassed the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom by sending 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protesters.
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June 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
ICE descended upon immigrant communities in LA, targeting innocent people just trying to live their lives, and when ICE was met with fierce opposition Trump deployed the National Guard. This is not “going after criminals,” it’s a scary escalation meant to sow even more fear and division.
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
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There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
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Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
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Happy 50th anniversary! 🌈 wapo.st/3SHI1zk
WorldPride parade marches through D.C.
The parade is among a number of festivities taking place throughout Washington this weekend. This year is also the 50th anniversary of D.C.’s Pride celebrations.
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June 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Happy 50th anniversary! 🌈 wapo.st/3SHI1zk
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1/3. Top ICE officials ordered agents to “turn the creative knob up to 11” to arrest more people this weekend—including so-called “collaterals” with no warrants & no charges. This is a calculated cruelty campaign to terrorize immigrant communities, not enforce the law.
tinyurl.com/NO-Warrants
tinyurl.com/NO-Warrants
US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants
Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance
tinyurl.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1/3. Top ICE officials ordered agents to “turn the creative knob up to 11” to arrest more people this weekend—including so-called “collaterals” with no warrants & no charges. This is a calculated cruelty campaign to terrorize immigrant communities, not enforce the law.
tinyurl.com/NO-Warrants
tinyurl.com/NO-Warrants
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Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."
May 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."
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Capitol Police chief blasts Jan 6 conspiracy theories:
“My folks were here on Jan. 6.. They were assaulted.. Many of them were injured. They know exactly what happened on Jan. 6. For somebody to make up some story that, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad’..it is just not true”
www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol...
“My folks were here on Jan. 6.. They were assaulted.. Many of them were injured. They know exactly what happened on Jan. 6. For somebody to make up some story that, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad’..it is just not true”
www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol...
Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger retires Friday, after rebuilding department in wake of Capitol riot
Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger, who's led the department since the Capitol riot, spoke with CBS News before his retirement.
www.cbsnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Capitol Police chief blasts Jan 6 conspiracy theories:
“My folks were here on Jan. 6.. They were assaulted.. Many of them were injured. They know exactly what happened on Jan. 6. For somebody to make up some story that, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad’..it is just not true”
www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol...
“My folks were here on Jan. 6.. They were assaulted.. Many of them were injured. They know exactly what happened on Jan. 6. For somebody to make up some story that, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad’..it is just not true”
www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol...
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The call is coming from inside the house.
Our own government is our greatest danger.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
Our own government is our greatest danger.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The call is coming from inside the house.
Our own government is our greatest danger.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
Our own government is our greatest danger.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
Trump officials say yearly COVID shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children
The FDA said Tuesday annual COVID shots will still be regularly approved for seniors and younger people with increased health risks from the virus.
www.pbs.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)
Alex Lawson to Rep. Miller-Meeks: Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
May 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)
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House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.