Tom Hicks

USNA grad; former nuclear submarine officer; engineering consultant; former congressional candidate; husband; father

[Tom Hicks @tomhicksva1]

Oil prices’ lurch above $100 a barrel is propelling the U.S. past another unwelcome milestone: The war with Iran is sticking Americans with a 12-figure bill https://t.co/00ItNDlX4s via @WSJ

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Read "Opinion: The Only Truth About Trump’s America Is That Everything Is a Lie" on SmartNews: https://t.co/DfpisC9w8w #SmartNews

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Read "‘Astounding’ dollar amount revealed as Trump uses NPS as ‘piggy bank’ for his own projects" on SmartNews: https://t.co/aAEjQSIUo8 #SmartNews

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The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned.
The Department of Homeland Security has stopped releasing timely, reliable statistics on immigration enforcement.

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Read "Republican states hit by crisis of Trump’s own making: insider" on SmartNews: https://t.co/ynRyax1wnx #SmartNews

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Read "Trump vowed to ‘bring free speech back.’ Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it" on SmartNews: https://t.co/1DYvkblv8Z #SmartNews

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Read "GOP trapped itself with new generation of ‘rabid, incompetent idiots’" on SmartNews: https://t.co/udQwiAacn9 #SmartNews

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Cuts to anti-AIDS foreign aid take a toll in Africa https://t.co/9wO0baF68j

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1.5 million children lost food aid since last July, analysis says https://t.co/J0Ir9LXcQC

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Read "Trump Hands Iran Unbelievable Sanctions Win in Exchange for Nothing" on SmartNews: https://t.co/xgLkzVceei #SmartNews

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

For three years, there were more job openings than unemployed workers — at peak, 2 jobs per job-seeker.

That has now flipped under Trump, and unemployed workers outnumber available jobs for the first time since the pandemic.

My @Morning_Joe Chart:

[Tom Hicks @tomhicksva1]

Hungry children, canceled benefits: Arizona’s food stamp cuts are a warning for America https://t.co/JsQTsLyNIr via @nbcnews

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Here's Donald Trump's abysmal record: he's a piss poor businessman, a con artist, and a convicted criminal. Elon, MAGA, and Putin made him president.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Over 10 million Americans will lose health insurance because of Trump’s cuts.

4 million from losing subsidies and 6 million more from cuts to Medicaid.

My @Morning_Joe Chart.

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

Every Democrat since Carter has decreased the federal deficit.

Every Republican since Eisenhower has increased the federal deficit.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

Greg Gutfeld was adamant that right-wing domestic terrorism and violence didn't exist. He said January 6th was the only example. I've created a list of recent attacks, two are still awaiting trial (alleged), the rest were definitively motivated by right-wing ideologies.

[Mark Zandi @Markzandi]

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy. Since that day, job growth has come to a standstill, with only the non-traded healthcare industry adding meaningfully to payrolls. Also, since that day, inflation has accelerated, with the consumer expenditure deflator increasing at a 3% year-over-year pace, up from 2.5% before the tariffs and well above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%. And the trend lines don’t look good, especially as the economic fallout from the Iran War hits with full force. The higher energy and other commodity prices caused by the war threaten to do even more economic damage than the tariffs, further undermining growth and pushing inflation higher. The U.S. economy is resilient, but just how resilient is set to be tested.

[Tom Hicks @tomhicksva1]

Read "Trump’s latest scam stuns even his critics" on SmartNews: https://t.co/DYoBY0Z2Ar #SmartNews

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Read "Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done" on SmartNews: https://t.co/Za6QZonzQe #SmartNews

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Read "Prewar US intel assessment found intervention in Iran wasn’t likely to change leadership" on SmartNews: https://t.co/DSOXnbncUA #SmartNews