Reposted by Kim O'DonnelMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/02/2026The 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. 1524338836
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A wake, an elegy, a warning: Who do we become without the Fourth Estate?open.substack.comBurn it all downA eulogy for a death that didn't have to happen 000
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...nytimes.comAfter 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. 020
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelSen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 27/04/2025This 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.socialyoutube.comCory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the CapitolYouTube video by Senator Cory Booker 2753289887
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025bookshop.org/p/books/pnw-... Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. Support your indies, not the Bromazon Republic. xokodbookshop.orgPNW 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) 030
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Buy 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-... 361379507
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-a... Terrific story telling via @oxfordamerican.bsky.socialoxfordamerican.orgThe Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing 020
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelProPublica @propublica.org · 25/04/2025#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:propublica.orgInside 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… 10324104
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelNo Kid Hungry @nokidhungry.org · 24/04/20251 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 033
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025www.alreporter.com/2025/04/22/f... So proud of this library. Spent a month in this town last June doing a writing residency.alreporter.comFairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spatThe move comes as the Alabama Public Library Service has asserted that the Fairhope library is not in compliance with state code. 000
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025open.substack.com/pub/kimodonn... Scenes from a pop-up choir in Lancaster, Pa. #loveheals 063
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This is... so grotesque. Absolute anarchy. 391151183
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelBrian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This 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. 011427
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Gift link: share.inquirer.com/vgatxBshare.inquirer.comWarnings from a global writing festival as U.S. democracy hangs by a thread | Helen UbiñasThe world is sounding the alarm as Donald Trump runs the well-worn authoritarian playbook. Are we listening? 712769
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.socialshare.inquirer.comWhy Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment | Will BunchThe Trump regime lies about a Salvadoran laborer and dad because the truth of his humanity could unravel their dream of autocracy. 000
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025www.youtube.com/live/pYZPzHy... Senator Chris Van Hollen's presser in El Salvador. Worth a listen.youtube.comVan Hollen speaks to press after meeting with El Salvador VP about return of Kilmar Abrego GarciaYouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen 000
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Senator Van Hollen, thank you for calling out truth to power. 000
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025Mohsen 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. 291129694086
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 13/04/2025share.inquirer.com/Sm5SMRshare.inquirer.com‘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. 000
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelBrian 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." 375165874415
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Good 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. 21495567319673
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025You're gonna need cooks to keep everyone nourished. Count me in. 070
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This is well worth reading: "Whatever dam of despair that kept so many Americans quiet or despondent has now broken..." slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comA Bright Spot Is Emerging Amid All This Trump ChaosThe point of mass protest is not to stage a perfectly organized, fully realized one-time event. 28251461287
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelIndivisible ❌👑 @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. 642741650
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Scenes from Harrisburg, Pa. + on showing up and standing up and learning that we are not alone. 010
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025apnews.com/article/trum... An actual photo essay that captures the size and scope of what happened yesterday.apnews.comFrom Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and MuskOpponents 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. 000
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025So great to meet you IRL! Thank you for a much-needed dose of tough love. Gettin' er done! 100
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelSteve @sc279.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Protest against trump and Musk in Kutztown, PA - very red Berks County. #HandsOff 413558528
Kim O'Donnel @kimodonnel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025sorry I missed you at Harrisburg today -- the turnout was so heartening. Have you heard of crowd estimates yet? 160
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/04/2025S&P 500 down 285 points. @cnbc.com ⛳️ 748102212686
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Eugene Robinson is leaving the Washington Post after 45 years following Jeff Bezos' "significant shift" to the paper's opinion sectionthewrap.comEugene 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 15040871047
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025BREAKING: 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... 261953482
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025Dozens 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%.propub.liTexas 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. 404101215988
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelDavid Dadekian / Eat Drink RI @dadekian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Holy crap. 131
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Good 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...denverpost.comFederal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school librariesThe 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.” 7978241591
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelOffice of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 20/03/2025Last 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. 922633
Reposted by Kim O'DonnelRachel 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...msnbc.comWhy 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. 82997322602