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Kim O'Donnel

@kimodonnel.bsky.social
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I'm a writer who cooks and a cook who writes. Author of PNW Veg, Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook. Memoir in progress. Philly raised, based in Lancaster, Pa. kimodonnel.substack.com

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/02/2026
The snow is back. But New York is ready. Here's everything you should know about tomorrow's blizzard. Stay safe, stay warm, and sign up for real-time updates by texting NotifyNYC to 692-692.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A wake, an elegy, a warning: Who do we become without the Fourth Estate?
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Burn it all down
A eulogy for a death that didn't have to happen
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
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After Trump Aid Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp (Gift Article)
In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 27/04/2025
This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss what’s at stake with Trump’s budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
bookshop.org/p/books/pnw-... Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. Support your indies, not the Bromazon Republic. xokod
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PNW Veg: The Pacific Northwest Seasonal Vegetarian Cookbook (100 Recipes from Our Local Bounty)
The Pacific Northwest Seasonal Vegetarian Cookbook (100 Recipes from Our Local Bounty)
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Buy books. But not from Amazon. Buy them from Bookshop.org, the independent site. This move by Amazon is shameful. Here is a link to my book on Bookshop.org. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-a... Terrific story telling via @oxfordamerican.bsky.social
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The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/04/2025
#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:
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Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…
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No Kid Hungry @nokidhungry.org · 24/04/2025
1 in 4 children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent. Cutting safety net resources like Medicaid and SNAP means hurting millions of immigrant children and families across the country. #NotOnMyWatch
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.alreporter.com/2025/04/22/f... So proud of this library. Spent a month in this town last June doing a writing residency.
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Fairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spat
The move comes as the Alabama Public Library Service has asserted that the Fairhope library is not in compliance with state code.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Yes!
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
open.substack.com/pub/kimodonn... Scenes from a pop-up choir in Lancaster, Pa. #loveheals
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is... so grotesque. Absolute anarchy.
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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This assessment of President Trump's deportation policies, sending US residents and potentially American citizens to foreign prisons, was written by a federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Gift link: share.inquirer.com/vgatxB
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Warnings from a global writing festival as U.S. democracy hangs by a thread | Helen Ubiñas
The world is sounding the alarm as Donald Trump runs the well-worn authoritarian playbook. Are we listening?
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the critical pawn in a game to end American democracy for good." share.inquirer.com/4hhIUu A must-read via @willbunch.bsky.social
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Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment | Will Bunch
The Trump regime lies about a Salvadoran laborer and dad because the truth of his humanity could unravel their dream of autocracy.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.youtube.com/live/pYZPzHy... Senator Chris Van Hollen's presser in El Salvador. Worth a listen.
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Van Hollen speaks to press after meeting with El Salvador VP about return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025
Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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‘Depraved act’: Arsonist set fire to Pa. governor’s mansion during Passover causing ‘significant damage’
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were uninjured, but the fire caused a "significant amount of damage" to parts of the governor's mansion, according to state police.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
@booker.senate.gov: "For a guy who spends the weekend on his golf course and brags to the media about him winning a tournament while the struggling-- this is the kind of gross arrogance of a Marie Antoinette saying, "let them eat cake" ... Screw him for telling people to accept pain."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is well worth reading: "Whatever dam of despair that kept so many Americans quiet or despondent has now broken..." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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A Bright Spot Is Emerging Amid All This Trump Chaos
The point of mass protest is not to stage a perfectly organized, fully realized one-time event.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 08/04/2025
“So many people turning out in so many, so many red states.” Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for her comprehensive coverage of Saturday’s nationwide #handsoff mobilizations.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Scenes from Harrisburg, Pa. + on showing up and standing up and learning that we are not alone.
state capitol Pennsylvania "Hands Off" protest
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
apnews.com/article/trum... An actual photo essay that captures the size and scope of what happened yesterday.
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From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk
Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This.
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Steve @sc279.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Protest against trump and Musk in Kutztown, PA - very red Berks County. #HandsOff
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
YES....
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Harrisburg, Pa. represents! #handsoff
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
S&P 500 down 285 points. @cnbc.com ⛳️
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Eugene Robinson is leaving the Washington Post after 45 years following Jeff Bezos' "significant shift" to the paper's opinion section
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Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' 'Significant Shift' to Opinion Section
"I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won't be a stranger," the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPo
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
BREAKING: Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, issues a TRO blocking Kari Lake from shutting down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty "with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation" — "even if the President has told them to do so." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I. CONCLUSION
Congress has found that "it is the policy of the United States to promote the right of
freedom of opinion and expression" and that "open communication of information and ideas
among the peoples of the world contributes to international peace and stability." International
Broadcasting Act of 1973, 87 Stat. at 457. RFE/RL has, for decades, operated as one of the organizations that Congress has statutorily designated to carry out this policy. The leadership of
USAGM cannot, with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation, force RFE/RL
to shut down even if the President has told them to do so.
Therefore, upon consideration of the plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 6] for a Temporary
Restraining Order, the defendants' Opposition thereto, the plaintiff's Reply, and the entire record
herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED;
and it is further
ORDERED that the portion of the plaintiff's TRO motion seeking disbursement of
$7,464,559 for the March 1-14 period of performance is now MOOT given the defendants' notice
of disbursement initiation for that outstanding amount; and it is further
ORDERED that the defendants and their agents take no steps and impose no obligations
relating to closing out the plaintiff's grant; and it is furtherORDERED that the parties abide by the following briefing schedule for the briefing of the
preliminary injunction:
Defendants' Opposition: due Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Plaintif's Reply: due Friday, March 28, 2025.
The Court intends to rule on the preliminary injunction motion expeditiously.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: March
25
, 2025
3:00pm.
Royce C. Lamberth
United States District Judge
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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David Dadekian / Eat Drink RI @dadekian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Holy crap.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
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Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 20/03/2025
Last night I spoke to the people of Boston about our work to improve the lives of our residents and continue Boston’s historic legacy for the public good. I’m glad that the White House watched the speech, but Boston’s record does not match their reckless propaganda.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
"If Lutnick's Democratic predecessor, Gina Raimondo, took such a step -- urging Americans to buy stock in a company led by Joe Biden’s top campaign contributor -- it seems likely that more than a few congressional Republicans would call for her resignation..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Why is Trump’s Commerce secretary urging the public to buy Tesla stock?
Howard Lutnick told a national television audience to buy a specific stock tied to the sitting president’s top campaign donor.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
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Mandalit @radioactive22.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Miami Beach theater screening Oscar-winning doc”No Other Land” is threatened. My NPR story : www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Mahmoud Khalil finally gets the chance to speak for himself: “My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night.”
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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone. How about restoring *that* focus?
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17/03/2025
We’re getting a clearer view of the privacy concessions people will have to make to avoid bricking the functionality of already-purchased devices.
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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
When ICE Administrator Homan says "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think." - that is exactly the evidence that I would want if I were bringing a contempt motion against him. The contempt is clear. I do not know what the court's response will be - and there are only bad choices.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
why aren't the headlines saying that he DEFIED the court order. That he VIOLATED the court order.
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Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
kimodonnel.substack.com/p/dear-darli... Where are you finding the light? Are you finding any light?
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Dear Darlings
Regular pick-me-ups + reminders of the power of the human spirit
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15/03/2025
BREAKING: Trump illegally invokes the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport Venezuelan immigrants “deemed” to be members of a criminal gang, claiming extreme powers to do so without due process. Courts should reject this abusive invocation of a law intended for wartime.
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President Trump Illegally Invokes Alien Enemies Act; Brennan Center Reacts
President claims extreme, sweeping powers to detain and deport without due process under wartime law from 1798.
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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Indivisible has no intention of surrendering to Trump, Musk, and congressional Republicans — and we need a Senate Democratic Leader willing to fight for us and our democracy.
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Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/03/2025
Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
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