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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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.
Idk why but I snort-laughed at this
Newly-installed CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil suffered his way through yet another embarrassing on-air moment on Friday night after telling Pittsburgh steelworkers that his job is “harder than it looks.”
MAGA-Coded Anchor Offers to Swap Jobs After Disaster Start
CBS Evening News’ Tony Dokoupil told Pittsburgh steelworkers that his job was “harder than it looks.”
trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Idk why but I snort-laughed at this
It’s Beer Friday with Meredith Shiner™
January 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It’s Beer Friday with Meredith Shiner™
wait so did Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil™ happen or not
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
wait so did Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil™ happen or not
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
👀👀👀🙃🙃🙃🙃🫠🫠🫠🫠🤪🤪🤪🤪
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
👀👀👀🙃🙃🙃🙃🫠🫠🫠🫠🤪🤪🤪🤪
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And loads of us lost our jobs because of it.
Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
And loads of us lost our jobs because of it.
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can’t wait to kick back on this day, Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
We all made it to Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
can’t wait to kick back on this day, Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
The Today Show is doing a segment on it now
It’s infiltrated LinkedIn now, which feels even more ghoulish and bad.
this Instagram trend of people posting pictures from themselves in 2016 like why are we doing this it’s too mean to us
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The Today Show is doing a segment on it now
this feels very on brand
JUST IN: Trump bought between $250K-$500K in Victoria's Secret bonds last month. Doc: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
this feels very on brand
It’s infiltrated LinkedIn now, which feels even more ghoulish and bad.
this Instagram trend of people posting pictures from themselves in 2016 like why are we doing this it’s too mean to us
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
It’s infiltrated LinkedIn now, which feels even more ghoulish and bad.
me: "who is doing this a memo can't circulate itself"
[clicks]
also, me: "oh of course it's Adam Jentleson"
[clicks]
also, me: "oh of course it's Adam Jentleson"
SCOOP: A new memo circulating on Capitol Hill urges Democratic lawmakers to instead embrace reforming the agency. New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4bzT7kh
Dems Are Begging Their Own to Drop ‘Abolish ICE’
A new memo circulating on Capitol Hill urges Democratic lawmakers to instead embrace reforming the agency.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
me: "who is doing this a memo can't circulate itself"
[clicks]
also, me: "oh of course it's Adam Jentleson"
[clicks]
also, me: "oh of course it's Adam Jentleson"
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A mother shoved to the ground in front of her children at an immigration courthouse. A woman pulled from her car and handcuffed on a busy street. A child care worker dragged out of her workplace. A pregnant woman yanked by one arm through snowy streets. 19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
ICE violence against women is increasingly visible — and largely untracked
The killing of Renee Nicole Good — and the viral video that followed — underscores the forceful tactics long used against marginalized women.
19thnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A mother shoved to the ground in front of her children at an immigration courthouse. A woman pulled from her car and handcuffed on a busy street. A child care worker dragged out of her workplace. A pregnant woman yanked by one arm through snowy streets. 19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
I know "cringe" is overused these days but Krysten Sinema is it
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I know "cringe" is overused these days but Krysten Sinema is it
Six years ago Mike Bloomberg paid a billion dollars to the Fuck Jerry guys to put this on the Internet in the hopes it would make him president and then the world ended. #tbt
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Six years ago Mike Bloomberg paid a billion dollars to the Fuck Jerry guys to put this on the Internet in the hopes it would make him president and then the world ended. #tbt
a reminder for those outside Chicago that Alderman Jessie Fuentes was literally cuffed and detained by the feds INSIDE A HOSPITAL for asking agents to provide a warrant for arresting a man they were holding there because he broke his leg being chased down by them.
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
a reminder for those outside Chicago that Alderman Jessie Fuentes was literally cuffed and detained by the feds INSIDE A HOSPITAL for asking agents to provide a warrant for arresting a man they were holding there because he broke his leg being chased down by them.
this Instagram trend of people posting pictures from themselves in 2016 like why are we doing this it’s too mean to us
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 PM
this Instagram trend of people posting pictures from themselves in 2016 like why are we doing this it’s too mean to us
boy I dunno I think if the president of France just announced he was sending troops at the behest of Denmark to Greenland to protect against an American incursion I would not be among the 153 (!) Democrats vote to approve State Department/“national security” appropriations!
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
boy I dunno I think if the president of France just announced he was sending troops at the behest of Denmark to Greenland to protect against an American incursion I would not be among the 153 (!) Democrats vote to approve State Department/“national security” appropriations!
what a world
Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
what a world
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Students from multiple St. Paul Public Schools walked out of class on Wednesday to demonstrate against the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. They marched to the Capitol for a rally on the building's steps.
Video Laura Yuen/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video Laura Yuen/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Students from multiple St. Paul Public Schools walked out of class on Wednesday to demonstrate against the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. They marched to the Capitol for a rally on the building's steps.
Video Laura Yuen/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video Laura Yuen/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
lolololol bari
UPDATE: Jack Daniel’s parent co. Brown-Forman tells me it has nothing to do with CBS’ “Whiskey Friday” concept. “Jack Daniel’s is not involved in any such segment, nor do we have any awareness of the segment and any potential partnerships or sponsorships.”
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
lolololol bari
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Fifteen of these countries—Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, and Haiti—have qualified for the 2026 World Cup
January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Fifteen of these countries—Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, and Haiti—have qualified for the 2026 World Cup
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The situation in Chicago is quiet now, compared to Minneapolis, but federal immigration agents nevertheless continue to operate.
Rapid responders say they've gotten a credible report of one person taken this morning near 52nd & Drexel, near UChicago's Hyde Park campus.
Rapid responders say they've gotten a credible report of one person taken this morning near 52nd & Drexel, near UChicago's Hyde Park campus.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The situation in Chicago is quiet now, compared to Minneapolis, but federal immigration agents nevertheless continue to operate.
Rapid responders say they've gotten a credible report of one person taken this morning near 52nd & Drexel, near UChicago's Hyde Park campus.
Rapid responders say they've gotten a credible report of one person taken this morning near 52nd & Drexel, near UChicago's Hyde Park campus.
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...