Bill Nichols
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Writer/editor/consultant/husband/dad/Southerner/Foodie/Reader/Music nut/Methodist/Kentuckian/Heart valve warrior/Tormented Nats fan
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A biting critique of Big Philanthropy and local news.
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no consequences when their calls go badly wrong."
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no consequences when their calls go badly wrong."
A reckoning comes for journalism philanthropy
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no conseque...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A biting critique of Big Philanthropy and local news.
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no consequences when their calls go badly wrong."
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no consequences when their calls go badly wrong."
Did Alabama do any offensive preparation for this game? If so, it’s not yet apparent.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Did Alabama do any offensive preparation for this game? If so, it’s not yet apparent.
Happy 45th birthday to the world's greatest radio station, NOLA's own WWOZ. Yeah u right.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy 45th birthday to the world's greatest radio station, NOLA's own WWOZ. Yeah u right.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Some personal news, as they say. After 10 terrific years at Freedman Consulting, I'm moving to the Fedcap Group, where I will be a senior fellow at their Community Impact Policy Institute and continue to edit Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. fedcapgroup.org/the-fedcap-g...
The Fedcap Group Acquires Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity - The Fedcap Group
Bill Nichols to Join as Spotlight Editor and Senior Fellow at Fedcap’s Community Impact Policy Institute New York, NY— The Fedcap Group, a global network of nonprofit agencies dedicated to advancing...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some personal news, as they say. After 10 terrific years at Freedman Consulting, I'm moving to the Fedcap Group, where I will be a senior fellow at their Community Impact Policy Institute and continue to edit Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. fedcapgroup.org/the-fedcap-g...
It really mystifies me why presumably intelligent people at Florida and LSU think if they hire Lane Kiffin, his teams would play any semblance of defense.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It really mystifies me why presumably intelligent people at Florida and LSU think if they hire Lane Kiffin, his teams would play any semblance of defense.
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I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"
The inability to tackle by the Ole Miss defense is really remarkable. It may be the only thing Kiffin teaches on defense.
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The inability to tackle by the Ole Miss defense is really remarkable. It may be the only thing Kiffin teaches on defense.
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As one of those kids who paid out-of-state tuition many moons ago to go to the #IU Journalism School and a former IDS managing editor, this whole thing is just heartbreaking for the student journalists impacted and humiliating for the university. Thanks to those who put this letter together.
Here's the letter Indiana Daily Student alumni, including yours truly, sent to the administration this morning. #IU #IUB #IUFB
Alumni Letter Regarding the IDS
Oct. 17, 2025 President Whitten, Provost Shrivastav, and Dean Tolchinsky: We, a group of 243 Indiana Daily Student (IDS) alumni as far back as the Class of 1970, are writing to condemn the firing of...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As one of those kids who paid out-of-state tuition many moons ago to go to the #IU Journalism School and a former IDS managing editor, this whole thing is just heartbreaking for the student journalists impacted and humiliating for the university. Thanks to those who put this letter together.
The White House also has called for significant cuts in #WIC in the new budget. Presumably this means they are pulling that back and either keeping full funding or adding additional money. Otherwise, this would seem to be just a political stunt, which I know the Trump White House would never do.
“We welcome efforts to keep WIC afloat during the shutdown, but families need long-term stability, not short-term uncertainty.” - NWA President & CEO, Georgia Machell
October 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The White House also has called for significant cuts in #WIC in the new budget. Presumably this means they are pulling that back and either keeping full funding or adding additional money. Otherwise, this would seem to be just a political stunt, which I know the Trump White House would never do.
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Note that the original House GOP budget proposal for what would become the “big, beautiful bill” included cuts to WIC which would’ve resulted in $1.3 billion in fruit and vegetable benefits being taken from some 5.2 million women and children who participate in the program
In Shutdown Spin, Republicans Are Pretending They Care About Mothers on WIC Now talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
In Shutdown Spin, Republicans Are Pretending They Care About Mothers on WIC Now
House Republican leadership held a pretty maddening press conference Thursday morning trying...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Note that the original House GOP budget proposal for what would become the “big, beautiful bill” included cuts to WIC which would’ve resulted in $1.3 billion in fruit and vegetable benefits being taken from some 5.2 million women and children who participate in the program
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If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.
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The news side is still the Post
doing important work. The editorial side is not the Post any more but an odious embarrassment.
doing important work. The editorial side is not the Post any more but an odious embarrassment.
This is Washpost Opinion's takeaway from Trump's speech at the Charlie Kirk funeral.
No mention of him saying, "I hate my opponent." No mention of Trump's role in fomenting the January 6 riot.
Just unbelievable how bad that editorial board has become.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
No mention of him saying, "I hate my opponent." No mention of Trump's role in fomenting the January 6 riot.
Just unbelievable how bad that editorial board has become.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The news side is still the Post
doing important work. The editorial side is not the Post any more but an odious embarrassment.
doing important work. The editorial side is not the Post any more but an odious embarrassment.
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
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What if someone attacks a law enforcement officer, say, a member of the capitol police?
Trump: "Anybody murders something in the capital -- capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital -- Washington DC -- we're going to be seeking the death penalty."
August 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if someone attacks a law enforcement officer, say, a member of the capitol police?
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The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch
The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.
presswatchers.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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The principal city of Mississippi, Jackson, has the highest homicide rate in the United States, roughly three times the rate of Washington, DC. No National Guard units are deployed in the streets there.
Governor Reeves Statement On Mississippi National Guard Deployment to Washington, D.C.
Governor Tate Reeves today released the following statement on approving the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington , D.C.:
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August 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The principal city of Mississippi, Jackson, has the highest homicide rate in the United States, roughly three times the rate of Washington, DC. No National Guard units are deployed in the streets there.
Maybe before declaring pseudo martial law, the WH could restore the $1 billion in previously appropriated money it stole from the D.C. government simply because anything that hurts people living in the District is wildly popular with the MAGA base.
August 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Maybe before declaring pseudo martial law, the WH could restore the $1 billion in previously appropriated money it stole from the D.C. government simply because anything that hurts people living in the District is wildly popular with the MAGA base.
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No, you really can’t make this shit up.
July 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
No, you really can’t make this shit up.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Richard was the spokesman when I covered State at the end of the Clinton years and the beginning of the Bush administration. He was the epitome of the kind of apolitical, consummate professional the MAGA movement wants to eliminate from the face of the earth. Prayers for his family and may he RIP.
(AP) — Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as the spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73.
Longtime State Department spokesman, diplomat Richard Boucher, dies at 73
Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Richard was the spokesman when I covered State at the end of the Clinton years and the beginning of the Bush administration. He was the epitome of the kind of apolitical, consummate professional the MAGA movement wants to eliminate from the face of the earth. Prayers for his family and may he RIP.
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The promise of a shorter reboot is gone. And time no longer is on the Nationals’ side.
Washington has the MLB Draft's No. 1 overall pick. Again.
The end of their rebuild is not necessarily in sight.
http://dlvr.it/TL15jy
Washington has the MLB Draft's No. 1 overall pick. Again.
The end of their rebuild is not necessarily in sight.
http://dlvr.it/TL15jy
May 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The promise of a shorter reboot is gone. And time no longer is on the Nationals’ side.
Washington has the MLB Draft's No. 1 overall pick. Again.
The end of their rebuild is not necessarily in sight.
http://dlvr.it/TL15jy
Washington has the MLB Draft's No. 1 overall pick. Again.
The end of their rebuild is not necessarily in sight.
http://dlvr.it/TL15jy
For those embarrassed by the #nats bullpen, once again, this is not a new phenomenon. Even when he was allowed to spend money, Mike Rizzo has never constructed a competent bullpen. The last effective, homegrown bullpen arm was Drew Storen, who came up 15 years ago.
May 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For those embarrassed by the #nats bullpen, once again, this is not a new phenomenon. Even when he was allowed to spend money, Mike Rizzo has never constructed a competent bullpen. The last effective, homegrown bullpen arm was Drew Storen, who came up 15 years ago.