Ana Hicks
@anahicks.bsky.social
Mom. Californian by birth, happy to live in Maine. Advocate for health and well-being of children, youth and families.
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"For this one, I'm a goddamn red fire hydrant and there's just water blowing out of every orifice. I'm enraged." - @timmiller.bsky.social on the Trump administration sending INNOCENT people to El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"For this one, I'm a goddamn red fire hydrant and there's just water blowing out of every orifice. I'm enraged." - @timmiller.bsky.social on the Trump administration sending INNOCENT people to El Salvador
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Trump's USDA cancelled programs that literally feed children in schools and families at food banks.
Let that sink in.
More than 80 @housedemocrats.bsky.social and I are sounding the alarm over the termination, and demanding more information.
Let that sink in.
More than 80 @housedemocrats.bsky.social and I are sounding the alarm over the termination, and demanding more information.
March 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump's USDA cancelled programs that literally feed children in schools and families at food banks.
Let that sink in.
More than 80 @housedemocrats.bsky.social and I are sounding the alarm over the termination, and demanding more information.
Let that sink in.
More than 80 @housedemocrats.bsky.social and I are sounding the alarm over the termination, and demanding more information.
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Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to steal from us so regularly, so openly, so unapologetically that Americans just accept it as normal.
We can’t let them. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to lay out the story of 6 weeks of stunning, brazen White House corruption.
We can’t let them. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to lay out the story of 6 weeks of stunning, brazen White House corruption.
March 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to steal from us so regularly, so openly, so unapologetically that Americans just accept it as normal.
We can’t let them. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to lay out the story of 6 weeks of stunning, brazen White House corruption.
We can’t let them. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to lay out the story of 6 weeks of stunning, brazen White House corruption.
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The Bay Area weather radar (KMUX) has been out of service for more than 24 hours now. An expensive broken part needs to be replaced and specially ordered, but that may not be possible due to ongoing freeze on government credit card spending, I’ve been told.
March 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Bay Area weather radar (KMUX) has been out of service for more than 24 hours now. An expensive broken part needs to be replaced and specially ordered, but that may not be possible due to ongoing freeze on government credit card spending, I’ve been told.
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Former Presidents and leaders from both parties should be sounding the alarm and urging Americans to protest the destruction of democracy.
February 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Former Presidents and leaders from both parties should be sounding the alarm and urging Americans to protest the destruction of democracy.
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"President Trump is suppressing essential health information that public health agencies and providers across the country rely on to do our jobs," said Dr. Robbie Goldstein, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. cnn.it/4i3tdWn
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"President Trump is suppressing essential health information that public health agencies and providers across the country rely on to do our jobs," said Dr. Robbie Goldstein, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. cnn.it/4i3tdWn
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Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus
February 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
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February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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"The country is less safe. These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"The country is less safe. These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program.
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Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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This is the real life human impact of shutting down USAID.
Millions of people will die because the United States is now absent in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Trump and Elon will be responsible for those deaths. apnews.com/article/hiv-...
Millions of people will die because the United States is now absent in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Trump and Elon will be responsible for those deaths. apnews.com/article/hiv-...
HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is the real life human impact of shutting down USAID.
Millions of people will die because the United States is now absent in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Trump and Elon will be responsible for those deaths. apnews.com/article/hiv-...
Millions of people will die because the United States is now absent in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Trump and Elon will be responsible for those deaths. apnews.com/article/hiv-...
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You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer?
She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
February 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer?
She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Well, this is terrifying.
Sure, it’s illegal to deport a US citizen.
It should be no problem to get El Salvador to return your illegally deported loved one, shouldn’t it?
(Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for shining a light on this alarming development.)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/a...
Sure, it’s illegal to deport a US citizen.
It should be no problem to get El Salvador to return your illegally deported loved one, shouldn’t it?
(Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for shining a light on this alarming development.)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/a...
El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal | CNN
El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – ...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Well, this is terrifying.
Sure, it’s illegal to deport a US citizen.
It should be no problem to get El Salvador to return your illegally deported loved one, shouldn’t it?
(Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for shining a light on this alarming development.)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/a...
Sure, it’s illegal to deport a US citizen.
It should be no problem to get El Salvador to return your illegally deported loved one, shouldn’t it?
(Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for shining a light on this alarming development.)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/a...
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If you're not in the DC area, you should be organizing where you are. But if you are in the DC area, I think you're going to want to come to the Treasury building today at 5pm. It will be newsworthy. www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you're not in the DC area, you should be organizing where you are. But if you are in the DC area, I think you're going to want to come to the Treasury building today at 5pm. It will be newsworthy. www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Time to be loud!
Oppose, Oppose, Oppose — and Do It Loudly
Opponents of MAGA: Don’t despair and don’t appease
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January 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Time to be loud!