Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Buckle up: It’s back-to-SCOTUS day. First arguments of the term begin at 10am. 4347
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I just dropped and shattered the @wbur.org mug from which I superstitiously sipped every time I had the pleasure of guest hosting On Point back in the day and I inconsolable! 😭 6490
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins StohrAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/08/2026Tropical storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic. 1925737
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Meta's current market cap is $1.45 TRILLION. $12.6 billion is a drop in the bucket. A rounding error. Outrageous. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/m...cnbc.comMeta settles social media addiction trial with California, other statesMeta and coalition of state attorneys general settled a federal trial centering on allegations that the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child-related mental health harms. 1298
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It’s a wrap for me today, y’all. I’m going to curl up somewhere, play my favorite DP track on repeat, and be anything but fine and dandy. I know it’s August. I don’t care. 💔😭 open.spotify.com/track/0uTVCh...open.spotify.comHard Candy ChristmasDolly Parton · Once Upon A Christmas · Song · 1984 513211
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Someone yesterday said to me: “I’m not for everybody.” My reply: “No one is. Except Dolly Parton. Dolly is for everybody.” I’m inconsolable. 621821
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026She’s the sweetest girl in the world, but every now and again I receive all the attitude. Never her male hooman. Just me. 91131
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026SCOTUS to Trump on reconsidering E Jean Carroll verdict: www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/p...static.klipy.comAlan Reed: The Answer Is Still NoALT: Alan Reed: The Answer Is Still No 2481
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Snickers is pawfully grateful for all the get well wishes over the past week! It was a ruff week for her (and her humans!) but she’s feeling much better! 94748
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Always a pleasure to join @pbsnews.org NewsHour when @jonathancapehart.bsky.social is away www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgBrooks and Atkins Stohr on 'woke' politics in AmericaDavid Brooks of The Atlantic and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the surprising result in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary, the... 4682
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I miss the days when the Hatch Act was actually a thing that could be enforced, like the law that it is 914535
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I wore this album OUT in high school 1236
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Subscribers of my Supreme Court newsletter The Gavel knew this was coming: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...nbcnews.comTrump asks Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continueThe president wants the justices to act before a court ruling that would block construction goes into effect. 3318
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My Dad was born on an August day. He left the world on an August day, too. It was a month he loved, when he could go boating, fishing, and golfing. When the family would gather for a picnic to celebrate him. When the days felt easy. I miss him always, but especially in August. Happy birthday, Dad. 31881
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins StohrThe Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026“We have somebody who is an agent of authoritarianism who just got the okay from a senator who, as you said, had nothing to lose.” @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social rejects Sen. Bill Cassidy’s rationale for confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general as Cassidy also warns of lawfare under this DOJ. 15369102
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Todd Blanche ain’t ish and ain’t never gonna be ish. My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/05/o...bostonglobe.comTodd Blanche is unfit to head the Justice Department - The Boston GlobeHis record shows a willingness to bend the agency to Trump’s political agenda and inch the nation closer to autocracy. 39427
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The case was obviously trash but I’m still shocked she admitted itstatic.klipy.comPearl Clutching OmgALT: Pearl Clutching Omg 2586
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The tackification of the nation’s capital 1311221
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Oh, this saddens me. Sending her all the good juju. 1514
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Even when I know I’m being carded because the restaurant is being fastidious about following the law, it still makes this 53-year-old’s day. 51103
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We made it to Friday, y’all Just barely 6882
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Looks like Harlan Crow, billionaire conservative donor and infamous travel buddy of Justice Clarence Thomas, is a White House decorator now… wapo.st/4wcRII3wapo.stTrump continues overhaul of White House grounds with new Rose Garden statuesA bronze Thomas Jefferson was installed as the fifth new statue last week. Three were provided by Harlan Crow, a conservative collector and political donor. 35622
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins StohrDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026‘White men get to fail’: Graham Platner collapse illuminates toxic double standard in US politics Expectations that prioritize privileged identities keep women and people of color from even running for officetheguardian.com‘White men get to fail’: Graham Platner collapse illuminates toxic double standard in US politicsExpectations that prioritize privileged identities keep women and people of color from even running for office 26722
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins StohrBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Bravo to these judges, who are traveling around the country to educate the public about the importance of the rule of law! 8455311506
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Maybe, just maybe, spend some of your party coffers on recruiting, investing in and supporting candidates (women in particular) who aren’t Nazi tattooed and sex crimey 914716
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The demand for cheap fast fashion contributes to tragedies like this. We’ve learned nothing from Rana Plaza. www.nbcnews.com/world/china/...nbcnews.com‘Major casualties’ after fire at shoe factory in ChinaJinjiang, in the coastal Fujian province, is a major footwear and apparel manufacturing hub and is often referred to as China‘s “shoe capital.” 2409
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Every now and then I fall apart. What an incredible voice. Rest peacefully 1607
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Pay her what you owe her Don’t act like you forgot Trump betta have her money www.reuters.com/world/judge-...reuters.comJudge authorizes payment of multi-million dollar award to E. Jean Carroll in Trump caseA judge on Wednesday authorized payment of a damages award that totals around $5.8 million to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found Presiden... 12889
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hey DC: come see my friend @atimaomara.bsky.social and me as we discuss her book The Instigators tomorrow at Politics and Prose at The Wharf: politics-prose.com/atima-omara5...politics-prose.comAtima Omara — The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them) - with Kimberly Atkins-Stohr — at The Wharf 03410
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Nothin says Happy Birthday America like creating massive air pollution over the nation's capital www.capitalweather.com/dcs-firework...capitalweather.comDC's fireworks supershow this year could be a smoke-filled messDisrupted views are a common part of the DC fireworks show, even before it gets supersized like in 2026. 13610
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026static.klipy.comWoman Says Yup - I Can't Do Without YouALT: Woman Says Yup - I Can't Do Without You 1491
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is the man who is refusing to sign an affordable housing bill, calling “a yawn.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...nytimes.comTrump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House 36720
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Justice Brett Kavanaugh is having a real one: He authors opinions of the court denying vulnerable kids the right to play sports and striking down campaign finance rules, and then writes a concurrence/dissent that essentially says the citizenship of babies born in the US is up to Congress to decide. 25110
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026And in the biggest act of "See? We're not that bad!" ever, the Supreme Court holds that children born in the United States, regardless of their parents' citizenship status, are US citizens. 66913
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I've covered the court for the better part of 20 years. I love my job. But, y'all, sometimes it makes me angry and sad. Profoundly, profoundly sad. 6954
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is devastating, not only in the majority's analysis that contorts the principles of constitutional interpretation beyond all recognition, but also for the way it strips one of the most vulnerable populations in America of the right to live a full and happy life. 426884
Reposted by Kimberly Atkins StohrSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.” 17566262025
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026In the short term, at least, this is a boon for the GOP, which has far more in its party coffers than Democrats 26716
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Last day of this wild ride of a Supreme Court termstatic.klipy.comStatus Cansada MortaALT: Status Cansada Morta 3584
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026My column on the Supreme Court's coronation of President Trump: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/29/o...bostonglobe.comSupreme Court is turning Trump into the king he wants to be - The Boston GlobeSmashing precedent and historical tradition, the court’s conservative supermajority declared that Trump has the right to fire those he doesn’t find sufficiently loyal. That’s a coronation. 14712
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is the president to whom the Supreme Court just granted vastly expanded powers 35711
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Tomorrow is the last opinion day of the term. Still on deck: birthright citizenship, bans on trans athletes in sports, and whether candidates can coordinate campaign spending with parties. This would be a really good time to sign up for my newsletter the Gavel: www.bostonglobe.com/newsletters/...bostonglobe.comThe Gavel - The Boston Globe 0237
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Trump's gonna LOVE this SCOTUS: Trump can't summarily fire Fed governor Lisa Cook, BUT he essentially has the *constitutional* right to fire other agency heads even if Congress created the agency to be independent and limited now leaders can be fired. A gobsmacking expansion of presidential power. 1520490
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026SCOTUS: Police obtaining geofencing data from cell phones of people in the vicinity of a crime is a search for Fourth Amendment purposes. The court remands to a lower court to decide if the search was a reasonable one or not. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 3175
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is for mail-in voting, obvs. But stating that anyway. 2324
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Trump won't like this SCOTUS: Federal election law does not require ballots to be received by Election Day. That means states that count ballots postmarked by Election Day may continue doing so. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 412016
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The Supreme Court's 250th anniversary gift to America: turning the principle engraved on the Statue of Liberty itself on its head. We no longer "lift our lamp beside the golden door," at least not to the immigrants Trump disdains. My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/25/o...bostonglobe.comAs America celebrates liberty, the Supreme Court protects Trump’s efforts to deny it - The Boston GlobeAs the nation turns 250, the justices expand the powers of a president who has derided those who seek a better life on American soil as “invaders,” “garbage,” and “criminals.” 38438
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This jam popped up in my dream. My inner me knew I needed a bit of joy this challenging week. Now my poor husband has to deal with me singing it all weekend. 🗣️🎼And I’ll giiive yooouuu alllll I haaave to giiiiive, all the love, all the joyyyyy my heart can giiive🎵 open.spotify.com/track/2tEifc...open.spotify.comCome Share My LoveMiki Howard · Come Share My Love · Song · 1986 1292
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Oh, the fact that Alito had the gumption to give a verbal rebuttal from the bench after Sotomayor read from her dissent (according to SCOTUSblog's Amy Howe) is a prime example of why OPINION ANNOUNCEMENTS NEED TO BE LIVE STREAMED! 721464
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026And in the final Alito-penned decision of the day, SCOTUS rules 6-3 that Haitian and Syrian refugees cannot seek relief to stop the termination of their TPS status: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 82816