NicolieFL
@flnicolie.bsky.social
Northern CA native. Book lover. Wanderer. Mother.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Bessent's not only hiding these docs, he bizarrely claimed Treasury has no role investigating them at all. It’s a lie. It's impossible someone with his background doesn’t know about Treasury's extensive role investigating the kinds of financial crimes Epstein must have been committing.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bessent's not only hiding these docs, he bizarrely claimed Treasury has no role investigating them at all. It’s a lie. It's impossible someone with his background doesn’t know about Treasury's extensive role investigating the kinds of financial crimes Epstein must have been committing.
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It’s important that we recognize after all this time that Trump doesn’t believe in the concept of sex crimes. What’s more, he takes the idea of such crimes as a personal affront, an attack on how he has treated women his whole life.
Revealed: Trump White House intervened on behalf of another accused sex trafficker
www.alternet.org
Revealed: Trump White House intervened on behalf of another accused sex trafficker
twp.ai
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s important that we recognize after all this time that Trump doesn’t believe in the concept of sex crimes. What’s more, he takes the idea of such crimes as a personal affront, an attack on how he has treated women his whole life.
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Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
@schumer.senate.gov This is the opposite of fighting. Get your members in line! You’re an embarrassment.
Schumer: "However this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight."
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
@schumer.senate.gov This is the opposite of fighting. Get your members in line! You’re an embarrassment.
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The Dem leadership is all going to vote no because they are trying to "keep their hands clean." We told you how ridiculous this was yesterday.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Dem leadership is all going to vote no because they are trying to "keep their hands clean." We told you how ridiculous this was yesterday.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social How can you post this and then plan on voting to end the shutdown without an ACA subsidy extension? It would be devastating for so many families and make healthcare worse for all of us. DO NOT CAVE. We showed up at the polls, now it is your turn to show up!
A lot of people have been asking me all day what yesterday’s election results tell us. Every state and community is different, but as someone who has won a couple tough elections, there are a few things that stuck out to me.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social How can you post this and then plan on voting to end the shutdown without an ACA subsidy extension? It would be devastating for so many families and make healthcare worse for all of us. DO NOT CAVE. We showed up at the polls, now it is your turn to show up!
If this is true, you need to fight like hell against it. If Dems were going to give into every demand why keep the shutdown going? We showed up at the polls and this is what we get? @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If this is true, you need to fight like hell against it. If Dems were going to give into every demand why keep the shutdown going? We showed up at the polls and this is what we get? @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
October layoffs hit 22-year high as labor market wobbles, Challenger says
Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
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CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...
Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says
Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
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Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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so my friend asked me to help him get to the Halloween parade
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
so my friend asked me to help him get to the Halloween parade
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.
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The GOP has been extremely effective at shaping perceptions of the Democrats, claiming they support policy positions they don't actually support
If your strategy, as a Dem, for winning in 2028 *STARTS* by buying their spin and lies, then you've already lost
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
If your strategy, as a Dem, for winning in 2028 *STARTS* by buying their spin and lies, then you've already lost
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
The Strategist’s Fallacy in American politics
The average American voter does not think about politics the way elite strategists and pundits do
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The GOP has been extremely effective at shaping perceptions of the Democrats, claiming they support policy positions they don't actually support
If your strategy, as a Dem, for winning in 2028 *STARTS* by buying their spin and lies, then you've already lost
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
If your strategy, as a Dem, for winning in 2028 *STARTS* by buying their spin and lies, then you've already lost
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-strate...
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ICE violently detain U.S. citizen who is standing up for his employees—tackle his elderly mother in the process.
He looks right at Chicago Police just standing around and asks, "Officers, why are you letting this happen?"
Nate Griffin is the manager for the Laugh Factory comedy club in Chicago.
He looks right at Chicago Police just standing around and asks, "Officers, why are you letting this happen?"
Nate Griffin is the manager for the Laugh Factory comedy club in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ICE violently detain U.S. citizen who is standing up for his employees—tackle his elderly mother in the process.
He looks right at Chicago Police just standing around and asks, "Officers, why are you letting this happen?"
Nate Griffin is the manager for the Laugh Factory comedy club in Chicago.
He looks right at Chicago Police just standing around and asks, "Officers, why are you letting this happen?"
Nate Griffin is the manager for the Laugh Factory comedy club in Chicago.
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Oh look, it's another immigration agent in Chicago with his body-cam turned off--*contrary to a federal court order*
Again, cameras that are recording have a flashing light. This one doesn't
BTW, this agent is in BORTAC, border patrol's elite special ops unit
www.instagram.com/reel/DQKCmZp...
Again, cameras that are recording have a flashing light. This one doesn't
BTW, this agent is in BORTAC, border patrol's elite special ops unit
www.instagram.com/reel/DQKCmZp...
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oh look, it's another immigration agent in Chicago with his body-cam turned off--*contrary to a federal court order*
Again, cameras that are recording have a flashing light. This one doesn't
BTW, this agent is in BORTAC, border patrol's elite special ops unit
www.instagram.com/reel/DQKCmZp...
Again, cameras that are recording have a flashing light. This one doesn't
BTW, this agent is in BORTAC, border patrol's elite special ops unit
www.instagram.com/reel/DQKCmZp...