Kimberly Atkins Stohr
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
Writing for @GlobeOpinion, speaking on @ms.now, #JusticeByDesign, and #SistersInLaw. Snickers's scheduler. Believer in democracy, science and the rule of law. Upcycler. Expert thrifter. Typos are my love language. From Detroit, in Washington, of Boston.
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For those of you who listened to the latest #SistersInLaw ep and didn’t know what a “Michigan left” is, I took this pic just for you while visiting family this weekend
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November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For those of you who listened to the latest #SistersInLaw ep and didn’t know what a “Michigan left” is, I took this pic just for you while visiting family this weekend
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Thanks to @pbsnews.org Newshour for letting me sit in @jonathancapehart.bsky.social's seat. www.pbs.org/video/brooks...
PBS News Hour | Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the end of the shutdown | Season 2025
Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the end of the shutdown and affordability concerns
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November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thanks to @pbsnews.org Newshour for letting me sit in @jonathancapehart.bsky.social's seat. www.pbs.org/video/brooks...
Thing 1: Did he really call ICE? Or is he just saying he did to build his right-wing cred and get 15 mins?
Thing 2: He’s a Briton. Does BU teach irony?
Thing 3: Nationality aside, his status as a student makes HIM the invading immigrant in the eyes of Allston townies.
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Thing 2: He’s a Briton. Does BU teach irony?
Thing 3: Nationality aside, his status as a student makes HIM the invading immigrant in the eyes of Allston townies.
www.wcvb.com/article/bu-s...
Boston University student admits to calling ICE on Allston car wash employees
The president of the Boston University College Republicans, Zac Segal, claimed on social media three days after the arrests that he was the reason ICE agents showed up at the car wash in the first pla...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thing 1: Did he really call ICE? Or is he just saying he did to build his right-wing cred and get 15 mins?
Thing 2: He’s a Briton. Does BU teach irony?
Thing 3: Nationality aside, his status as a student makes HIM the invading immigrant in the eyes of Allston townies.
www.wcvb.com/article/bu-s...
Thing 2: He’s a Briton. Does BU teach irony?
Thing 3: Nationality aside, his status as a student makes HIM the invading immigrant in the eyes of Allston townies.
www.wcvb.com/article/bu-s...
Having a whole solo dance party in the back of this Lyft. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating!
🗣️🎼 Come join the fun this ain’t no tiiime to beee stayin home, wooooo there too much goin onnnnnnnnnn, oh! 🎶🎵
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🗣️🎼 Come join the fun this ain’t no tiiime to beee stayin home, wooooo there too much goin onnnnnnnnnn, oh! 🎶🎵
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Rhythm Of The Night
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Having a whole solo dance party in the back of this Lyft. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating!
🗣️🎼 Come join the fun this ain’t no tiiime to beee stayin home, wooooo there too much goin onnnnnnnnnn, oh! 🎶🎵
open.spotify.com/track/5yGTQz...
🗣️🎼 Come join the fun this ain’t no tiiime to beee stayin home, wooooo there too much goin onnnnnnnnnn, oh! 🎶🎵
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at my law school alma mater wearing Jordans and the culture will never be the same www.bu.edu/law/record/a...
The Shapiro Lecture: In Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor | School of Law
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at my law school alma mater wearing Jordans and the culture will never be the same www.bu.edu/law/record/a...
Looking forward to moderating this conversation with Chris Matthews about Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's legacy, and how it still resonates today. Join us: www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-a...
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Looking forward to moderating this conversation with Chris Matthews about Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's legacy, and how it still resonates today. Join us: www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-a...
I talked to former Judge Mark Wolf about why his fear for our democracy is so great that he resigned from the bench and gave up lifetime tenure to speak publicly about it. But one thing he said to me actually gave me hope. We are still The People. My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/o...
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I talked to former Judge Mark Wolf about why his fear for our democracy is so great that he resigned from the bench and gave up lifetime tenure to speak publicly about it. But one thing he said to me actually gave me hope. We are still The People. My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/o...
Y’all should follow me on Instagram because I cook and I keep you guessing about what my hair is doing @KimberlyEAtkins
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Y’all should follow me on Instagram because I cook and I keep you guessing about what my hair is doing @KimberlyEAtkins
Lordy there are emails
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lordy there are emails
When it’s tights weather but you have a dog
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When it’s tights weather but you have a dog
On this Veterans Day I’m thinking of my father, and how much I enjoyed hearing his stories as we toured military monuments when he visited me in DC. A proud Marine until the day he died. Semper Fi, Dad.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On this Veterans Day I’m thinking of my father, and how much I enjoyed hearing his stories as we toured military monuments when he visited me in DC. A proud Marine until the day he died. Semper Fi, Dad.
“Hopefully the Republicans may hear us” may be the dumbest sentence I’ve heard uttered since her colleague from Maine said Trump “learned his lesson” after his first impeachment.
Democratic Senator Shaheen says "Hopefully the Republicans may hear us."
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Hopefully the Republicans may hear us” may be the dumbest sentence I’ve heard uttered since her colleague from Maine said Trump “learned his lesson” after his first impeachment.
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
This is the latest in a growing list of election and voting challenges on the Supreme Court's docket this term, meaning the justices will have a big role in how this nation's elections will be run. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court to weigh imposing new limits on mail-in ballots in a major election case
The Republican National Committee is among those challenging a law in Mississippi, similar to those in many other states, that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is the latest in a growing list of election and voting challenges on the Supreme Court's docket this term, meaning the justices will have a big role in how this nation's elections will be run. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
My Dad was a proud laborer and then a labor leader his whole career. Never once did I go to his labor union hall and see anyone who looked like this.
If your patriotism relies on racial exclusion, it’s a problem. Labor Department social media campaign depicts an all White male workforce .
“The point of this is to recapture a sense of social and national solidarity that’s been lost over the past generation”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My Dad was a proud laborer and then a labor leader his whole career. Never once did I go to his labor union hall and see anyone who looked like this.
This is extraordinary. Judge Wolf’s resignation is the clarion call every American needs to hear and heed
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November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is extraordinary. Judge Wolf’s resignation is the clarion call every American needs to hear and heed
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Someone ask him to find Nigeria on an unmarked map
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Someone ask him to find Nigeria on an unmarked map
Or you are a descendant of generations of ancestors who America has ceaselessly endeavored to break — hearts and all — and you still love America.
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough."
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Or you are a descendant of generations of ancestors who America has ceaselessly endeavored to break — hearts and all — and you still love America.
The major questions doctrine is still something the court just made up, no matter who it’s used against. Yup I said it
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The major questions doctrine is still something the court just made up, no matter who it’s used against. Yup I said it
I have many more thoughts on the argument - I'm putting them in my newsletter, The Gavel. Sign up now to get it in your inbox later today: bostonglobe.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Didn't have Gorsuch talking about pirates on my tariff argument bingo card but here we are
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Didn't have Gorsuch talking about pirates on my tariff argument bingo card but here we are
Prepping (and primping) for the SCOTUS tariff arguments, and I think the look is giving Freida. Judge for yourself on MSNBC next hour.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Prepping (and primping) for the SCOTUS tariff arguments, and I think the look is giving Freida. Judge for yourself on MSNBC next hour.
Being able to address, comfort and bring together a community at a time of crisis or tragedy is a skill not all politicians have. Andy Beshear has it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Being able to address, comfort and bring together a community at a time of crisis or tragedy is a skill not all politicians have. Andy Beshear has it.
This is ghoulish. A clear attack on trans people that also swings the door wide open for ethnic profiling and eugenics. This is not ok.
New proposed DHS rule will potentially require DNA testing for immigrants to prove their sex assigned at birth.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is ghoulish. A clear attack on trans people that also swings the door wide open for ethnic profiling and eugenics. This is not ok.