NickyP
banner
nicoleinthewoods.bsky.social
NickyP
@nicoleinthewoods.bsky.social
Reposted by NickyP
February 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by NickyP
Trump can't end birthright citizenship with the stroke of a pen. But he can—and says he will—begin the long task of dismantling the 14th Amendment.

And there's a playbook, decades in the making.

@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social reports on the plan to get the Supreme Court to revisit Wong Kim Ark.
The plot against birthright citizenship
The incoming Trump administration wants to take away citizenship for the US-born children of undocumented immigrants. Here's how.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by NickyP
Mutual aid is not just a disaster response, it’s a way of caring for one another, building stronger communities, and preparing for whatever life may throw at us next. It’s a labor of love—and a way of life.

I put together a reading list (and words of advice) for LitHub: lithub.com/we-only-have...
We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid
For all of humanity’s many, many flaws, one of our most redeeming characteristics as a species is an almost-universal desire to connect with one another. When terrible things happen and communities…
lithub.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by NickyP
Don't EVER tell me you "back the blue" again, you seditious felon. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The sweeping pardons would mark the beginning of the end of one of the largest investigations in FBI history.
www.nbcnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reposted by NickyP
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Here's Coco. We found him on the side of the highway, the ditch. He's an angel and a little monster. We love him.
January 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reposted by NickyP
This can include taking actions like taking bystander training: righttobe.org/training/bys...

Something I wish wasn't necessary, but will likely be increasingly necessary.

This also involves figuring out which groups in your area are doing the work, and how you cans support them.
Bystander Intervention - Right To Be
righttobe.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reposted by NickyP
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
January 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM