Meredith Shiner
@meredithshiner.com
current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
let’s work together! ⬇️
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Meredith Shiner
@meredithshiner.com
· Feb 3
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Our son was born at a Northwestern hospital and sees a NU-affiliated pediatrician and it is really frustrating to know that he or any number of kids we know will be denied by this system care that otherwise would be provided under medical ethics but diverges from political ideology of those in power
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Our son was born at a Northwestern hospital and sees a NU-affiliated pediatrician and it is really frustrating to know that he or any number of kids we know will be denied by this system care that otherwise would be provided under medical ethics but diverges from political ideology of those in power
Sarah should be alive today.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sarah should be alive today.
Shaggy it wasn’t me at the Thanksgiving day parade? Millennials rising!
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shaggy it wasn’t me at the Thanksgiving day parade? Millennials rising!
Best wishes warmest regards to all the parents who have seen the wild turkey episode of Wild Kratts on PBS at least three times in the past week.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Best wishes warmest regards to all the parents who have seen the wild turkey episode of Wild Kratts on PBS at least three times in the past week.
It’s one banana, Michael, what could it cost? Millions of lives?
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s one banana, Michael, what could it cost? Millions of lives?
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You can read the Lizza stuff without paying for it but it will still come at a terrible cost
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You can read the Lizza stuff without paying for it but it will still come at a terrible cost
everybody needs an editor!
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
everybody needs an editor!
uh, yikes.
BREAKING from New York Times: Northwestern is nearing a $75 million deal with the Trump administration to free up federal funding and close out ongoing antisemitism investigations
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
uh, yikes.
the Chicago Pope never ceases to be dope.
11/10 no notes.
11/10 no notes.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
the Chicago Pope never ceases to be dope.
11/10 no notes.
11/10 no notes.
turns out that taking a blow torch to the federal government and all of the adjacent fields that rely on funding from the federal government is bad for jobs!! who could have foreseen???
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out that taking a blow torch to the federal government and all of the adjacent fields that rely on funding from the federal government is bad for jobs!! who could have foreseen???
also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
The Jamie Horowitzification of news IYKYK
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Jamie Horowitzification of news IYKYK
my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
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"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Reposted by Meredith Shiner
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
I listen to the Anderson Cooper grief podcast (IDK because I like a good cry?) and I saw the first episode of this season was Luke Bryan and I wasn't sure I was interested but Luke Bryan lost his brother, his sister and his sister's husband and took guardianship of the latters' three children.
Luke Bryan: Grief, Faith, and Music - All There Is with Anderson Cooper - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
Luke Bryan is one of country music’s biggest stars. He's also faced great loss. In this personal and revealing conversation with Anderson, Luke shares how faith, family, and music have helped him
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I listen to the Anderson Cooper grief podcast (IDK because I like a good cry?) and I saw the first episode of this season was Luke Bryan and I wasn't sure I was interested but Luke Bryan lost his brother, his sister and his sister's husband and took guardianship of the latters' three children.
Ben Smith is not a great journalist nor bound to ethics but he doesn’t care because he consistently finds rich people to bankroll his projects
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ben Smith is not a great journalist nor bound to ethics but he doesn’t care because he consistently finds rich people to bankroll his projects
Art Briles simply did not need a new job coaching football
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Art Briles simply did not need a new job coaching football
This is the first sweet vows column I can remember in forever www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
She Adopted on Her Own. Then Love Found Both of Them.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is the first sweet vows column I can remember in forever www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
what is wrong with these people, part infinity (via @status.news)
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
what is wrong with these people, part infinity (via @status.news)
Tommy Tuberville is an absolute idiot, which makes him a beatable candidate. And Doug Jones is karmically owed after getting passed over for USAG to the detriment of all of us.
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tommy Tuberville is an absolute idiot, which makes him a beatable candidate. And Doug Jones is karmically owed after getting passed over for USAG to the detriment of all of us.
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He has been giving the same answer for months but he's asked about it every interview. These questions aren't being asked to inform the public. They exist to continually suggest to viewers that Mamdani secretly hates Jews.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
He has been giving the same answer for months but he's asked about it every interview. These questions aren't being asked to inform the public. They exist to continually suggest to viewers that Mamdani secretly hates Jews.
lol lmao Bill Belichick
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
lol lmao Bill Belichick
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
“While it was not our choice do leave we did have one in how we get to say goodbye” is honestly an idea we all can learn from. Cheers to two incredible television broadcasters who deserved better yet still exited with grace.
CBS Saturday Morning on Instagram: "After seven and a half years as co-anchors of CBS Saturday Morning, today is @danajacobsontv and @michellemiller29 last show."
CBS Saturday Morning co-anchors Dani and Michelle reflect on their seven and a half years together, thanking their colleagues, producers, and viewers for the incredible experience. From heartwarming m...
www.instagram.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“While it was not our choice do leave we did have one in how we get to say goodbye” is honestly an idea we all can learn from. Cheers to two incredible television broadcasters who deserved better yet still exited with grace.