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Menen Kim

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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.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8h

Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.

Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...

Eric Trump attacks Jack Smith for “planting” evidence during Mar-a-Lago search that predated Smith’s service as special counsel

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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 14m

If Erika Kirk wants to preserve Kirk's memory with dignity, her people at TPUSA would put a stop to co-opting his image in this way. It's gross. It will be interesting to see how his image is exploited.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 4h

more homoerotica

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Vote Forward @votefwd.bsky.social · 1h

We have less than two weeks left in our campaigns—and we still have a lot of voters to reach and turn out in both Pennsylvania and California.

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Vote Forward

Vote Forward volunteers send heartfelt handwritten letters to unregistered and low-propensity voters encouraging them to participate in our democracy. The letters have been shown to significantly…

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 19m

The original Mr October. I think Jorge Polanco is looking like a new version of Mr October. Go M's!!

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 20m

You don't have the chops to prove you can run a city. You have proven though, that you get excited about a new path, then get bored and then quit. Being a mayor requires more of a person than dilettantish interest.

Also: bad form to co-opt the Mariners for your own needs-only reason I saw this post

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

She’s dangerous because she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. Her ego is verging on narcissistic personality disorder.

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Request as a customer they stop airing that station. You’re a paying customer

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

These women are proving, unfortunately, they are unqualified to be taken seriously. It’s a shame because women are still fighting for equal opportunity and their arrogance is playing into the bias that women aren’t capable.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety.

The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying:

John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News:

"I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading."

Reingold then quotes it saying:

Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · Jun 14

Happy No Kings day!

@beta.nyc is offering these great donation gifts as a thank you for supporting our public programs.

www.beta.nyc/support-us-n...

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Jim Drastic @jimdrastic.bsky.social · 2d

🚨KARMA STRIKES ICE!!

Turns out the only thing ICE can catch is public humiliation.

Watch the agents who thought they were untouchable get wrecked. 😂

PRESS PLAY: youtu.be/hayzVFYm5dY

ICE HUMILIATED: Biggest FAILS Caught on Camera

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

So happy. God bless absurdists.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

Presenting the plague of frogs on Portland. And yes, I choose to believe God has a sense of humor & is laughing at this too.

There’s no better way to show how absurd a bully is than to ridicule their absurdity. Kudos to Portlanders! Stand United & keep exercising your 1A right to protest tyranny!❤️✊🏽

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. Love it! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

For your No Kings Protest signs.

Be sure to “like” the R. Mel post though!

R. Mel @cadystat.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings free art. I give anyone who likes it permission to use it.

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Mocking is good. And effective.

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

This right here is what is great about this country.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a big surprise Bibi didn’t show up for the signing in Egypt. He can claim an impending religious holiday but seriously. No reason he couldn’t fly in for a few hours and then leave. He is distancing himself from the agreement. Just wait.

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Useful idiot indeed.

Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

It takes immigrants like John Oliver to see how insane American shit is. I’m a daughter of immigrants. When I was a kid my dad talked to us as we drove thru Native American reservations, how wrong they were & that the lake we enjoy so much belongs to them-never forgot that

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 2d

This week’s main story is about Paramount’s decision to name Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, the future of U.S. journalism, and why we think she shouldn’t describe her endeavors as “punk.” Bari, look at us: You are not punk. Joe Strummer would’ve hated your fancy Substack, Bari!

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

There is nothing Trumps do that doesn’t enrich them at the expense of others. It’s that simple .

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Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Call me crazy, but I’m guessing after Qatar was bombed by Israel, Ivanka asked daddy to finally get involved w Israel/Gaza war cause Jared wanted their $-she got Qatar to offer golf course, $ for Jared & they got air base in Idaho & piece of Gaza-20 Pt Plan is about occupation-See: #11, 12 & 15

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