@nicolepedersen.bsky.social
She/her. Voting rights activist, Houston-area organizer.
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14 MILLION people will lose health care to give billionaires another tax break.
That's Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill."
That's Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill."
May 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
14 MILLION people will lose health care to give billionaires another tax break.
That's Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill."
That's Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill."
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It’s very discouraging to watch our country slowly re-learn the lessons that led to the end of segregation, among them that people who think they’re racially superior are nearly universally incompetent fools unable to face up to their own deficiencies and putting them in charge is suicide
March 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s very discouraging to watch our country slowly re-learn the lessons that led to the end of segregation, among them that people who think they’re racially superior are nearly universally incompetent fools unable to face up to their own deficiencies and putting them in charge is suicide
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March 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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For 250 years, the United States has supported democracy.
Now, in the middle of a horrific war that Putin started, Trump is turning his back on Ukraine and democracy, all to the benefit of a brutal dictator in Moscow.
Now, in the middle of a horrific war that Putin started, Trump is turning his back on Ukraine and democracy, all to the benefit of a brutal dictator in Moscow.
March 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For 250 years, the United States has supported democracy.
Now, in the middle of a horrific war that Putin started, Trump is turning his back on Ukraine and democracy, all to the benefit of a brutal dictator in Moscow.
Now, in the middle of a horrific war that Putin started, Trump is turning his back on Ukraine and democracy, all to the benefit of a brutal dictator in Moscow.
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he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
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Unless Congress acts, this administration will get what they want. You can’t just magically rebuild this infrastructure with a change in administrations. It took decades to get to where we are today, providing billions in return on investment nationally and countless lives saved.
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Unless Congress acts, this administration will get what they want. You can’t just magically rebuild this infrastructure with a change in administrations. It took decades to get to where we are today, providing billions in return on investment nationally and countless lives saved.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
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Today, Donald Trump and JD Vance disgraced the United States of America.
My full statement on the disastrous Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
My full statement on the disastrous Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today, Donald Trump and JD Vance disgraced the United States of America.
My full statement on the disastrous Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
My full statement on the disastrous Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
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I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Here ya go, Houston! Here's a local Democratic party that's doing something awesome!
Join us tomorrow for our monthly Day of Action! We’ll be making supply kits for unhoused people. 10am at 3302 Canal St.!
February 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Here ya go, Houston! Here's a local Democratic party that's doing something awesome!
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Check out our new headquarters! Join us for our Open House on Sunday February 23 from 4-6 pm!
Join us for an Open House on January 23!
Check out the new HCDP headquarters, and join us for an Open House on Sunday, January 23 from 4-6 pm.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Check out our new headquarters! Join us for our Open House on Sunday February 23 from 4-6 pm!
30,000 tons of food stuck in Houston port after Trump halts foreign aid
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...
“The halt of the aid program presents a likely loss of revenue for farmers in Texas and other rural states who relied on USAID to buy crops including rice, wheat and sorghum.”
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...
“The halt of the aid program presents a likely loss of revenue for farmers in Texas and other rural states who relied on USAID to buy crops including rice, wheat and sorghum.”
30,000 tons of food stuck in Houston port after Trump halts foreign aid
The food was purchased through a USAID program to feed hungry people overseas is stuck at a warehouse in Houston's port.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
30,000 tons of food stuck in Houston port after Trump halts foreign aid
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...
“The halt of the aid program presents a likely loss of revenue for farmers in Texas and other rural states who relied on USAID to buy crops including rice, wheat and sorghum.”
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...
“The halt of the aid program presents a likely loss of revenue for farmers in Texas and other rural states who relied on USAID to buy crops including rice, wheat and sorghum.”
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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If they were actively trying to start another pandemic, I'm not sure what they'd be doing differently.
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If they were actively trying to start another pandemic, I'm not sure what they'd be doing differently.
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ICE can now raid disaster shelters including churches. Just the most sinister possible burn in hell kind of shit.
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections
The memo rescinds a Biden administration guideline that created "protected areas" consisting of places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."
www.npr.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ICE can now raid disaster shelters including churches. Just the most sinister possible burn in hell kind of shit.
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
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and i am sure this begins when they’re young too. they are told that they deserve every opportunity and that if they do not get it it’s because it was taken from them by someone who was necessarily less qualified
January 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
and i am sure this begins when they’re young too. they are told that they deserve every opportunity and that if they do not get it it’s because it was taken from them by someone who was necessarily less qualified
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We're happy to announce our 1st monthly Day of Action, helping clean up the Columbia Trap Trail, because the time for action is NOW! Join us, Councilperson Evans-Shabazz, and @columbiatap.bsky.social to make the community a little brighter for everyone.
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January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We're happy to announce our 1st monthly Day of Action, helping clean up the Columbia Trap Trail, because the time for action is NOW! Join us, Councilperson Evans-Shabazz, and @columbiatap.bsky.social to make the community a little brighter for everyone.
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I don't where this all ends up, but I don't think a democracy in which only one of the two major parties is committed to peaceful transition of power is particularly sustainable!
January 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don't where this all ends up, but I don't think a democracy in which only one of the two major parties is committed to peaceful transition of power is particularly sustainable!
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You can easily become a VDVR in Texas. The schedule and sign up link for Harris County is here: www.hctax.net/Voter/Deputy. To find a training for your county, google “your county deputy voter registrar” .
Harris County Tax Office
www.hctax.net
January 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You can easily become a VDVR in Texas. The schedule and sign up link for Harris County is here: www.hctax.net/Voter/Deputy. To find a training for your county, google “your county deputy voter registrar” .
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Do you see what CNN is doing here? Please tell me you see it.
December 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Do you see what CNN is doing here? Please tell me you see it.
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.