Nick Hanson
@nickdhanson.bsky.social
There was an ICE/DHS raid this week in Jeffersonville, VT. Our rural communities are already struggling to get by and these fascists have kidnapped our neighbors. The people being abducted pay our taxes, shop in our stores, provide labor and services in construction, agriculture, and more.
Immigration police conduct mass detainment in Jeffersonville
Between 15-20 people were involved in a raid conducted by immigration police early Wednesday morning at the Maplefields gas station in Jeffersonville, according to eyewitnesses.
www.vtcng.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There was an ICE/DHS raid this week in Jeffersonville, VT. Our rural communities are already struggling to get by and these fascists have kidnapped our neighbors. The people being abducted pay our taxes, shop in our stores, provide labor and services in construction, agriculture, and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
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Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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A ruling this week in a multistate lawsuit that Vermont declined to join is fueling renewed criticism of Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s decision to hand over the sensitive personal information of low-income Vermonters to the Trump administration.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
Gov. Phil Scott gave the Trump administration data that a judge now says it had no right to order
A ruling this week in a multistate lawsuit that Vermont declined to join is fueling renewed criticism of Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s decision to hand over the sensitive personal information of low-in...
www.vermontpublic.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A ruling this week in a multistate lawsuit that Vermont declined to join is fueling renewed criticism of Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s decision to hand over the sensitive personal information of low-income Vermonters to the Trump administration.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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Under Trump’s tariff taxes, every American is paying more for their daily necessities. Under Trump’s broken economy, working people are poorer while billionaires are grossly richer.
Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Under Trump’s tariff taxes, every American is paying more for their daily necessities. Under Trump’s broken economy, working people are poorer while billionaires are grossly richer.
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Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.
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“Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November - not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values. We need to knock off the rust of poll-tested language, decades of stale decorum. It’s obscured our better instincts.” - Pritzker
April 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November - not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values. We need to knock off the rust of poll-tested language, decades of stale decorum. It’s obscured our better instincts.” - Pritzker
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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A USDA program that served more than 50 Vermont farms — for projects like planting trees, cover cropping and implementing low-till practices designed for flood mitigation — has lost over half a million dollars in federal funding.
Tracking changes to federal funds in Vermont under the Trump administration
This table summarizes federal funding cuts in Vermont and their impacts, when known.
www.vermontpublic.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A USDA program that served more than 50 Vermont farms — for projects like planting trees, cover cropping and implementing low-till practices designed for flood mitigation — has lost over half a million dollars in federal funding.
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People have been screaming for action from Dems for over 2 months
Recognize when Dems stand up & push back.
You may want more, but it won’t come if you scorn any & all action.
Offer some kind of public “payoff,” & more people will stand up.
Don’t fall into yet another Democratic purity test.
Recognize when Dems stand up & push back.
You may want more, but it won’t come if you scorn any & all action.
Offer some kind of public “payoff,” & more people will stand up.
Don’t fall into yet another Democratic purity test.
April 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
People have been screaming for action from Dems for over 2 months
Recognize when Dems stand up & push back.
You may want more, but it won’t come if you scorn any & all action.
Offer some kind of public “payoff,” & more people will stand up.
Don’t fall into yet another Democratic purity test.
Recognize when Dems stand up & push back.
You may want more, but it won’t come if you scorn any & all action.
Offer some kind of public “payoff,” & more people will stand up.
Don’t fall into yet another Democratic purity test.
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Give me it. ❤️
March 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Give me it. ❤️
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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I'm at a conference, & Ro Khanna just endorsed primary challenges against Dems. "How can you hold these seats & say no for the good of the party I don’t think young people should run?You want to run against me, run, you want to run against Nancy, run. If you’re good you’ll win. This is a democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm at a conference, & Ro Khanna just endorsed primary challenges against Dems. "How can you hold these seats & say no for the good of the party I don’t think young people should run?You want to run against me, run, you want to run against Nancy, run. If you’re good you’ll win. This is a democracy."
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Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
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the strongest case for socializing the ownership of capital is that the current owners of capital are idiots
Business leaders all across America are freaking out that Trump's tariffs will kneecap their firms.
“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress
CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
the strongest case for socializing the ownership of capital is that the current owners of capital are idiots
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The absolute lack of awareness or concern that they just killed 53 people, including children, with a bomb drop on an apartment building. They have no decency. They are broken.
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The absolute lack of awareness or concern that they just killed 53 people, including children, with a bomb drop on an apartment building. They have no decency. They are broken.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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This is classified information.
The President will claim it is not because he’s declassifying it AFTER the fact because his administration is now responsible for one of the greatest national security failures of our time.
The President will claim it is not because he’s declassifying it AFTER the fact because his administration is now responsible for one of the greatest national security failures of our time.
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is classified information.
The President will claim it is not because he’s declassifying it AFTER the fact because his administration is now responsible for one of the greatest national security failures of our time.
The President will claim it is not because he’s declassifying it AFTER the fact because his administration is now responsible for one of the greatest national security failures of our time.
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Well, they lied. Obviously.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, they lied. Obviously.
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The reckless incompetence of Pete Hegseth and this administration’s handling of national security is exactly why DEI matters. We need leadership based on merit and accountability, not privileged white men failing upward. This is dangerous and unacceptable. Consequences should be demanded.
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The reckless incompetence of Pete Hegseth and this administration’s handling of national security is exactly why DEI matters. We need leadership based on merit and accountability, not privileged white men failing upward. This is dangerous and unacceptable. Consequences should be demanded.
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They are breaking Social Security, because they do not like Social Security.
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They are breaking Social Security, because they do not like Social Security.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The people behind this don't get to rest on political norms. They all need to face the consequences of their actions. They need to be in prison.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The people behind this don't get to rest on political norms. They all need to face the consequences of their actions. They need to be in prison.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison