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 a party that proclaims to care so much about unborn children, they sure seem to love putting babies’ lives in danger the minute they leave the womb
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For a party that proclaims to care so much about unborn children, they sure seem to love putting babies’ lives in danger the minute they leave the womb
“It could also lead to a vast expansion of the number of citizens who appear on Trump’s hit list—one that, depending on your personal data, may soon include you.”
So many scandals now but pay attention to this: DOJ has sued 14 states-12 led by Dems-to demand full unredacted voter files in order to turbocharge Trump voter suppression plans
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“It could also lead to a vast expansion of the number of citizens who appear on Trump’s hit list—one that, depending on your personal data, may soon include you.”
The hell of Purcell
Supreme Court Just Okayed One Neat Trick to Illegally Gerrymander Your State talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Just Okayed One Neat Trick to Illegally Gerrymander Your State
The Supreme Court was simply hamstrung, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, unable to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The hell of Purcell
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins Stohr
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
No, Spotify. I’m not old. I just have damn good taste
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
No, Spotify. I’m not old. I just have damn good taste
Democracy dies on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. From Kagan’s dissent:
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democracy dies on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. From Kagan’s dissent:
RIP the Voting Rights Act
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
RIP the Voting Rights Act
This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I mean I’m reading coverage of the immigration crackdown, attacks on all Afghans, and even the Somalis catching strays. But not much context calling this white nationalism. Please. Tell the whole story. This isn’t even my beat but at least I’m trying! 🤦🏾♀️ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/o...
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I mean I’m reading coverage of the immigration crackdown, attacks on all Afghans, and even the Somalis catching strays. But not much context calling this white nationalism. Please. Tell the whole story. This isn’t even my beat but at least I’m trying! 🤦🏾♀️ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/o...
As the descendant of people who were forcibly brought here in the early 18th century by Dutch and British slavers, please Representative, tell me more about "what American is all about."
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As the descendant of people who were forcibly brought here in the early 18th century by Dutch and British slavers, please Representative, tell me more about "what American is all about."
Imma need everyone who threw a fit over Hunter Biden to keep that same energy about Jared Kushner - who has no government role or oversight - sitting in on this meeting www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin to discuss ending war in Ukraine
A leaked set of 28 U.S. draft peace proposals emerged last week.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Imma need everyone who threw a fit over Hunter Biden to keep that same energy about Jared Kushner - who has no government role or oversight - sitting in on this meeting www.reuters.com/world/china/...
I deleted this app from my phone for two weeks. And while I missed y’all, I admit it was niiiiiiiiice….
Ok what’d I miss?
Ok what’d I miss?
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I deleted this app from my phone for two weeks. And while I missed y’all, I admit it was niiiiiiiiice….
Ok what’d I miss?
Ok what’d I miss?
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
www.pbs.org
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.
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...
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...
www.wcvb.com
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! 🎶🎵
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! 🎶🎵
open.spotify.com/track/5yGTQz...
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! 🎶🎵
open.spotify.com/track/5yGTQz...
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
www.bu.edu
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.