Erika Kim
@erikaann.bsky.social
born and educated in Hawaiʻi. sociology PhD student studying chronic disease at the University of Michigan.
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I went to Minneapolis to see what it means when ICE occupies a city. And I left with one unmistakable realization: ICE is not broken. It is working exactly as President Donald Trump wants it to.
It cannot be reformed or retrained. It must be abolished.
It cannot be reformed or retrained. It must be abolished.
El Sayed: It's time to abolish ICE
After the violence of the last year, abolishing ICE is not extreme; it is the necessary next step.
www.detroitnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I went to Minneapolis to see what it means when ICE occupies a city. And I left with one unmistakable realization: ICE is not broken. It is working exactly as President Donald Trump wants it to.
It cannot be reformed or retrained. It must be abolished.
It cannot be reformed or retrained. It must be abolished.
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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
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Simply disgusting. This administration is already stripping people of their humanity—and now their incompetence is taking lives. We need answers now.
Death of man in ICE detention facility in Michigan under investigation
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, said he was "disturbed" by the reported death at an ICE detention facility in northern Michigan.
www.detroitnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Simply disgusting. This administration is already stripping people of their humanity—and now their incompetence is taking lives. We need answers now.
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being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
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We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.
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I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows.
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
August 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows.
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
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These restrictions will unfortunately decrease COVID vaccination rates because although many are high risk according to the CDC's list:
- you may need documentation of high risk status
- not everyone has a doctor
- doctors may be hesitant to provide documentation
- insurance may not cover
- you may need documentation of high risk status
- not everyone has a doctor
- doctors may be hesitant to provide documentation
- insurance may not cover
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
These restrictions will unfortunately decrease COVID vaccination rates because although many are high risk according to the CDC's list:
- you may need documentation of high risk status
- not everyone has a doctor
- doctors may be hesitant to provide documentation
- insurance may not cover
- you may need documentation of high risk status
- not everyone has a doctor
- doctors may be hesitant to provide documentation
- insurance may not cover
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Really bummed to hear that @umich.edu CSCAR is being shut down. Such an amazing resource for students, staff, and faculty. #statsky #episky
August 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really bummed to hear that @umich.edu CSCAR is being shut down. Such an amazing resource for students, staff, and faculty. #statsky #episky
I hate it here
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I hate it here
same platform that the governor of hawaiʻi used to hold an official press conference about the situation btw
July 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
same platform that the governor of hawaiʻi used to hold an official press conference about the situation btw
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Tomorrow’s Guardian front page
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Tomorrow’s Guardian front page
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The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
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Du Bois on what these assholes were really like
July 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Du Bois on what these assholes were really like
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New details about Zuckerberg's massive Hawaii compound.
1. It's getting even bigger.
2. Part of it was built on top of an ancestral burial ground.
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
1. It's getting even bigger.
2. Part of it was built on top of an ancestral burial ground.
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Is Expanding His Secretive Hawaii Compound. Part of It Sits Atop a Burial Ground
Meta’s CEO has become one of the biggest landowners in Hawaii, growing his property’s footprint and erecting new mysterious buildings.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New details about Zuckerberg's massive Hawaii compound.
1. It's getting even bigger.
2. Part of it was built on top of an ancestral burial ground.
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
1. It's getting even bigger.
2. Part of it was built on top of an ancestral burial ground.
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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Anti-wokism is now the dominant strain of thought across all mainstream political and cultural ideologies; a complete rejection of nuance, perspective, interrogation, or exploration in favor of the fervent recitation of rote slogans and the rabid defense of shallow worldviews. Seems bad!
July 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Anti-wokism is now the dominant strain of thought across all mainstream political and cultural ideologies; a complete rejection of nuance, perspective, interrogation, or exploration in favor of the fervent recitation of rote slogans and the rabid defense of shallow worldviews. Seems bad!
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THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
June 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
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yeah i love waymo, way mo immigrants coming to my city
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
yeah i love waymo, way mo immigrants coming to my city
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what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
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They dropped this report out of admin where the EPA is rolling back water and air protection—and on the day when they drove a big ugly bill that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, mental health infrastructure, childhood development programs and more.
May 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
They dropped this report out of admin where the EPA is rolling back water and air protection—and on the day when they drove a big ugly bill that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, mental health infrastructure, childhood development programs and more.
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NEW: after losing two squad members to $30 million + in AIPAC spending, Justice Democrats is back with a new primary challenge against an AIPAC Democrat - its first since the ‘22 cycle. Their target? Rep. Shri Thanedar theintercept.com/2025/04/28/a...
Down Two Squad Members, Progressives Come for an AIPAC Democrat
Last year, AIPAC took out two Squad members. Now Justice Democrats is targeting Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., who is backed by the group.
theintercept.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEW: after losing two squad members to $30 million + in AIPAC spending, Justice Democrats is back with a new primary challenge against an AIPAC Democrat - its first since the ‘22 cycle. Their target? Rep. Shri Thanedar theintercept.com/2025/04/28/a...
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NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.
Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge
NPR has for months been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the ...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.
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My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock
www.nsf.gov
April 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
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Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are selling a "measles treatment and prevention protocol" for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI. www.wired.com/story/antiva...
Anti-Vaxxers Are Grifting Off the Measles Outbreak—and Claim a Bioweapon Caused It
Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are selling a "measles treatment and prevention protocol" for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are selling a "measles treatment and prevention protocol" for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI. www.wired.com/story/antiva...
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just kind of feel sick to my stomach about everything lol
April 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
just kind of feel sick to my stomach about everything lol
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"Experts say people will die"
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Experts say people will die"