Menen Kim
@menenkim.bsky.social
PNW transplant. Native Montanan. Ex homeless policy wonk. Daughter of immigrants. Ex-team player. 🌲🏔️ #Cascadia
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Menen Kim
@menenkim.bsky.social
· Jan 22
I had to put this amaryllis outside as ants suddenly appeared on it. It has stayed this beautiful despite temps in the 20’s for a week. I’m going to be like this amaryllis—hold strong and thrive despite the harsh conditions I find myself in. I—we will survive and thrive.
Every Dem adjacent blogger, podcaster, media person, is dancing around the clear evidence of Trump in early stage dementia by joking around as if it’s “napping”
Check yourselves! What did you say about Biden? Stop being cowards.
@npr.org @petersagal.bsky.social @cnn.com @comedycentral.bsky.social
Check yourselves! What did you say about Biden? Stop being cowards.
@npr.org @petersagal.bsky.social @cnn.com @comedycentral.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Every Dem adjacent blogger, podcaster, media person, is dancing around the clear evidence of Trump in early stage dementia by joking around as if it’s “napping”
Check yourselves! What did you say about Biden? Stop being cowards.
@npr.org @petersagal.bsky.social @cnn.com @comedycentral.bsky.social
Check yourselves! What did you say about Biden? Stop being cowards.
@npr.org @petersagal.bsky.social @cnn.com @comedycentral.bsky.social
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Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
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The report also found that more than a third of trans workers are not open about being LGBTQ to their current supervisor.
Over 80% of trans workers have experienced discrimination or harassment, report finds
The report also found that more than a third of trans workers are not open about being LGBTQ to their current supervisor.
nbcnews.to
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The report also found that more than a third of trans workers are not open about being LGBTQ to their current supervisor.
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
If the @electdemocrats.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social doesn’t use this denial of people who have fought legally for years to be citizens and then be denied at their naturalization ceremonies as campaign fodder, u don’t deserve to win elections
In line to become U.S. citizens, they were asked what country they’re from. If they were from certain countries, they were pulled out of line. Just horrible. The very antithesis of what America is. Every Republican should lose in 2026 bcuz of this. Every single one.👇 www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If the @electdemocrats.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social doesn’t use this denial of people who have fought legally for years to be citizens and then be denied at their naturalization ceremonies as campaign fodder, u don’t deserve to win elections
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Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf
Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf
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In line to become U.S. citizens, they were asked what country they’re from. If they were from certain countries, they were pulled out of line. Just horrible. The very antithesis of what America is. Every Republican should lose in 2026 bcuz of this. Every single one.👇 www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In line to become U.S. citizens, they were asked what country they’re from. If they were from certain countries, they were pulled out of line. Just horrible. The very antithesis of what America is. Every Republican should lose in 2026 bcuz of this. Every single one.👇 www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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CBS News staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ network town hall with Erika Kirk
CBS staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ Erika Kirk town hall
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
CBS News staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ network town hall with Erika Kirk
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Netflix is planning to buy Warner Bros for $72 billion, allowing it to acquire its major competitor HBO Max.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Netflix is planning to buy Warner Bros for $72 billion, allowing it to acquire its major competitor HBO Max.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
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December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Why would Bari Weiss give Erika Kirk a townhall prime time special on CBS to take questions from evangelicals, religious leaders and politicians?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Why would Bari Weiss give Erika Kirk a townhall prime time special on CBS to take questions from evangelicals, religious leaders and politicians?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
Why would Bari Weiss give Erika Kirk a townhall prime time special on CBS to take questions from evangelicals, religious leaders and politicians?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Why would Bari Weiss give Erika Kirk a townhall prime time special on CBS to take questions from evangelicals, religious leaders and politicians?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
This is correct. Do not let yourself become immune to this outrage, to the inhumanity.
Never let yourself become them.
Never let yourself become them.
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is correct. Do not let yourself become immune to this outrage, to the inhumanity.
Never let yourself become them.
Never let yourself become them.
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
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REP. HIMES: “The video was enormously disturbing… the example given in the DOD manual is of shipwrecked sailors. You do not kill them.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
REP. HIMES: “The video was enormously disturbing… the example given in the DOD manual is of shipwrecked sailors. You do not kill them.”
This man is deeply disturbing. He needs help.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This man is deeply disturbing. He needs help.
MAGA is a terrorist organization.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
MAGA is a terrorist organization.
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
Yes, it's the West Bank, but the long term goal of removing Palestinians from Palestinian areas is moving along from both the West Bank and now from Gaza--there is no peace plan, no plan for Palestinian self rule or autonomy. There is only a plan for full occupation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes, it's the West Bank, but the long term goal of removing Palestinians from Palestinian areas is moving along from both the West Bank and now from Gaza--there is no peace plan, no plan for Palestinian self rule or autonomy. There is only a plan for full occupation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...