Micki McGee's Avatar

Micki McGee

@mickimcgee.bsky.social

Sociologist. Cultural critic. Professor. Interests: makeover culture, digital scholarship, disability studies. Opinions expressed are my own. Workplace: Fordham University. Web: www.selfhelpinc.com

93 Followers  |  154 Following  |  43 Posts  |  Joined: 30.04.2024  |  2.3503

Latest posts by mickimcgee.bsky.social on Bluesky

No Kings, NYC October 18, 11am, West 47th St and Broadway, NYC NokingsNYC.com

No Kings, NYC October 18, 11am, West 47th St and Broadway, NYC NokingsNYC.com

.
πŸ“£ NO KINGS IS BACK!
πŸ“ Times Square (the red steps)
πŸ“† October 18th
⏰ 11am

We stand together for different reasons: ICE, Gaza, cuts to services, Due Process, + more.

We need your help to make this big, and to make our voices heard. Volunteer with us. Stand with us. Join us. See you in the streets

03.10.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s reported that Disney has lost $3.87 billion in revenue since they cancelled Jimmy Kimmel

This is a form of resistance

Vote with your dollar and send a strong message that you won’t tolerate Trump and the FCC silencing comedians and dissenting voices in the media

Cancel theme park visits too!

20.09.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 9
Post image Post image

And American patriots . . .

19.09.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Also . . . union ❀️

19.09.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Spotted today outside the #Disney building in Hudson Square NYC . . . Bring back Jimmy #Kimmel. #FreedomOfSpeech

19.09.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Kelly: "I had another situation here with a kid who was on his little league trip in a baseball tournament. Border Patrol pulls over the vehicle, identifies the brown kid, he winds up in lockup for a week...this isn't what the American people wanted and I don't think it's consistent with our values"

10.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10234    πŸ” 3596    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 210
Preview
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

10.08.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 795    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 79

In 2009, Peter Thiel wrote that the 1920s were "the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics."

Why? Because of "the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women."

πŸ‘‰ www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/p...

10.08.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 13
Video thumbnail

.
Aug 9, 2025
NYC, NY

The people of New York say: WE DEMAND @governor.ny.gov SAY NO TO TRUMPS PIPELINES!

Trump wants Hochul to let him run toxic gas pipelines throughout New York that will POLUTE our BEACHES, RIVERS, and DRINKING WATER

10.08.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Like it’s a football game?

10.08.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

.
August 8 2025 NYC, NY Mass arrests outside the ICE building at 26 Federal Plaza as anti-ICE protesters blocked the street during a demonstration demanding access to detainees. Among the demonstrators were faith leaders, who said they were denied entry into the facility.
πŸŽ₯ FREEDOMNEWS TV

08.08.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

20.07.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a hardship to avoid anything but Colbert & Steward.

19.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#no-kings #nokings

14.06.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

We are the power. June 14, 2025. NYC. #no-kings

14.06.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Today: drizzly, with a lot of democracy. Thousands of New Yorkers out and about to send one Flag Day message. . . no kings. Full stop.

14.06.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Yikes

04.06.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 18993    πŸ” 4871    πŸ’¬ 647    πŸ“Œ 305
Preview
Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning His β€œdeparture” from the government is anything but.

People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/6aed8Io

01.06.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 13

Kudos to Congressmember Maxwell Frost. Truth. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social

23.05.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a gorgeous piece of writing. But I'm so very sorry for the loss of your neighborhood, your mother, and your father, in reverse chron order. It's a lot.

22.05.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cost-cutting tactics

The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative.

Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams β€œbudgets” showing how many hospital admissions they had β€œleft” to use up on nursing home patients.

The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with β€œdo not resuscitate” – or DNR – and β€œdo not intubate” orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays.

Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their β€œcode status” to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

Cost-cutting tactics The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative. Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams β€œbudgets” showing how many hospital admissions they had β€œleft” to use up on nursing home patients. The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with β€œdo not resuscitate” – or DNR – and β€œdo not intubate” orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays. Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their β€œcode status” to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.

This is murder.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

21.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5625    πŸ” 2999    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 610

Around here, we call it the One Big Billionaire Boondoggle. Sometimes we just call it the Republican Death Bill.

21.05.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

One of my constituents, Caroline, came into my office. She looked at me in the eyes and said without Medicaid, I will die.

This is the fight of our time. - @mcbride.house.gov

21.05.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 806    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 9
Preview
Chop Wood, Carry Water 5/21 Wednesday mini-edition--Medicare emergency!

If you need more info, if you need some language for your call, read Jessica Craven on the Medicare Emergency. It's all there. 4/n chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/chop-wood-...

21.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They scheduled the vote on this for 1:00 AM tonight. So today is your day to call. And, BTW, a vote at 1:00 AM? They are too ashamed to do this in the light of day, and want to push in through while you are literally trying to get some sleep. And then they'll be back on holiday for Memorial Day. 3/n

21.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We knew they'd come for Medicare, but we didn't know how. Now we know. So now is the day to call your Congressmember. Tell them #HandsOffMedicaid. #HandsOffMedicare #HandsOffSNAP. And if you're in a Dem district, call your family & friends in Republican districts and tell them to call. Call now. 2/n

21.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Chop Wood, Carry Water 5/21 Wednesday mini-edition--Medicare emergency!

News on the Republican Death Bill (aka the One Big Billionaire Boondoggle): If stealing healthcare & food assistance from disabled folks, elders & the working poor wasn’t enough, now they're coming for Medicare. 1/n chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/chop-wood-...

21.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Happy May Day from New York City! #mayday #nyc #beltane

02.05.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

24.04.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 22634    πŸ” 8448    πŸ’¬ 898    πŸ“Œ 592
The Trump Administration would have you believe that Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romeroβ€”a gay makeup artistβ€”is a hardened MS-13 operative who deserves to be disappeared into a Salvadoran torture chamber for the rest of his life.

The allegation is so absurd it would be laughableβ€”if the consequences for Andry weren’t so tragic and terrifying.

The Trump Administration would have you believe that Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romeroβ€”a gay makeup artistβ€”is a hardened MS-13 operative who deserves to be disappeared into a Salvadoran torture chamber for the rest of his life. The allegation is so absurd it would be laughableβ€”if the consequences for Andry weren’t so tragic and terrifying.

24.04.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

@mickimcgee is following 19 prominent accounts