Kimberly Adams
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social
Senior Washington Correspondent at Marketplace, Host & Senior Editor of the “Make Me Smart” podcast. Guest Host on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal". She/Her https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.
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BREAKING: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown. @statesnewsroom.com story:
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown. @statesnewsroom.com story:
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There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
SCOTUS: Words mean words
Trump Admin: I meannnnnn….
Trump Admin: I meannnnnn….
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
SCOTUS: Words mean words
Trump Admin: I meannnnnn….
Trump Admin: I meannnnnn….
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
This is such a nerdy joke but I actually laughed out loud.
Overton window costume but it’s just someone sprinting away
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is such a nerdy joke but I actually laughed out loud.
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Immigrant women are overrepresented in jobs that have a higher exposure to chemicals that cause breast cancer, according to a new study by the Silent Spring Institute, a research organization focused on uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer. https://bit.ly/4huUeTj
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Immigrant women are overrepresented in jobs that have a higher exposure to chemicals that cause breast cancer, according to a new study by the Silent Spring Institute, a research organization focused on uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer. https://bit.ly/4huUeTj
For Make Me Smart's Friday episode, we're talking about folks' financial fears. It's a pretty scary time for many, and if you're game to share what's frightening/ worrying you, please drop us a line. We'll try to share some strategies for coping. www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For Make Me Smart's Friday episode, we're talking about folks' financial fears. It's a pretty scary time for many, and if you're game to share what's frightening/ worrying you, please drop us a line. We'll try to share some strategies for coping. www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...
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Analysis: On Sunday night, meteorologist Matthew Cappucci flew through the eye of Hurricane Melissa.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying.
Analysis | What it was like to fly into Hurricane Melissa’s eye
I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above. Just miles in any direction, a hellish-monster creating unsurvivable conditio...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Analysis: On Sunday night, meteorologist Matthew Cappucci flew through the eye of Hurricane Melissa.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying.
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In this episode, I go meat shopping with @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, sample cattle feed, and confront some hard questions about what's really "best" for the planet. Maybe my favorite one yet!
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The Land Problem
We need to make more food with less land. Could factory farms be the key?
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October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In this episode, I go meat shopping with @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, sample cattle feed, and confront some hard questions about what's really "best" for the planet. Maybe my favorite one yet!
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Had an absolute blast on the Make Me Smart @marketplace.org podcast with @kimberlyadams.bsky.social.
We recorded the show at The Royale (which has a fabulous selection of NA drinks).
We discussed MO redistricting, efforts to overturn Amendment 3, the tornado recovery and (gasp) STL stlye pizza:
We recorded the show at The Royale (which has a fabulous selection of NA drinks).
We discussed MO redistricting, efforts to overturn Amendment 3, the tornado recovery and (gasp) STL stlye pizza:
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October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Had an absolute blast on the Make Me Smart @marketplace.org podcast with @kimberlyadams.bsky.social.
We recorded the show at The Royale (which has a fabulous selection of NA drinks).
We discussed MO redistricting, efforts to overturn Amendment 3, the tornado recovery and (gasp) STL stlye pizza:
We recorded the show at The Royale (which has a fabulous selection of NA drinks).
We discussed MO redistricting, efforts to overturn Amendment 3, the tornado recovery and (gasp) STL stlye pizza:
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Congrats to the 2025 Nobel winners in Economics! Their vital message: Progress isn't an accident, it's a choice. Stagnation was the historical norm. To keep our economy growing, we must actively choose openness and innovation over isolation.
October 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congrats to the 2025 Nobel winners in Economics! Their vital message: Progress isn't an accident, it's a choice. Stagnation was the historical norm. To keep our economy growing, we must actively choose openness and innovation over isolation.
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"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
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“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
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I'm working on a new show for Call to Mind and I want to know what stresses you out? What keeps you up at night? How does stress affect your mental health? Comment below or email with your stories about STRESS calltomind@americanpublicmedia.org
TY to anyone who can lend a 🔄 to help spread the word.
TY to anyone who can lend a 🔄 to help spread the word.
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm working on a new show for Call to Mind and I want to know what stresses you out? What keeps you up at night? How does stress affect your mental health? Comment below or email with your stories about STRESS calltomind@americanpublicmedia.org
TY to anyone who can lend a 🔄 to help spread the word.
TY to anyone who can lend a 🔄 to help spread the word.
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Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” hits #1 today in 1983
It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”
It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”
October 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” hits #1 today in 1983
It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”
It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”
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In case you were wondering, U.S. Postal Service remains open during the federal government shutdown because it generally receives no tax dollars to keep running. USPS relies instead on stamp sales and and other service fees
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In case you were wondering, U.S. Postal Service remains open during the federal government shutdown because it generally receives no tax dollars to keep running. USPS relies instead on stamp sales and and other service fees
We're doing a shutdown Q&A on our @marketplace.org podcast, "Make Me Smart" tomorrow. If you have questions about the shutdown, how it will affect the economy, its impact on you, the policies they're fighting over, or anything else related... send them our way. www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We're doing a shutdown Q&A on our @marketplace.org podcast, "Make Me Smart" tomorrow. If you have questions about the shutdown, how it will affect the economy, its impact on you, the policies they're fighting over, or anything else related... send them our way. www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...
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“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:
How Ordinary Americans Can Stop Trump’s Revenge Spree
The Founders intended jury nullification to be a tool to resist tyranny.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:
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Three responses I'm hearing a lot of here:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
Friday's jobs report will provide key evidence on whether slower hiring is turning into deeper weakness in the labor market.
If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
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If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Government Shutdown Could Delay Economic Data at a Critical Moment
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September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Three responses I'm hearing a lot of here:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
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The Department of Labor has released its plan in the event of a government shutdown.
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
www.dol.gov
September 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Department of Labor has released its plan in the event of a government shutdown.
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
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I am a well educated, pretty media literate person whose job it is to be professionally annoying. I cannot figure out if my cancer medication, which costs $17k a month (I do not pay anything thanks to a combo of insurance/access programs), is going to be tariffed 100%.
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am a well educated, pretty media literate person whose job it is to be professionally annoying. I cannot figure out if my cancer medication, which costs $17k a month (I do not pay anything thanks to a combo of insurance/access programs), is going to be tariffed 100%.
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Absolute pleasure being on @c-span.bsky.social Washington Journal this morning to talk about the (likely) government shutdown, what’s happened before, what shutdowns look like, and the ways this time is different
Washington Journal
#CSPAN #CSPANWJ
Skeet at @c-span.bsky.social and cspanwj.bsky.social
Joining Georgetown Uni's Laura Blessing @leblessing.bsky.social on the potential for a #governmentshutdown on 1 October, impact on federal workers and agencies.
WATCH: tinyurl.com/mmfm97s3
#CSPAN #CSPANWJ
Skeet at @c-span.bsky.social and cspanwj.bsky.social
Joining Georgetown Uni's Laura Blessing @leblessing.bsky.social on the potential for a #governmentshutdown on 1 October, impact on federal workers and agencies.
WATCH: tinyurl.com/mmfm97s3
September 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Absolute pleasure being on @c-span.bsky.social Washington Journal this morning to talk about the (likely) government shutdown, what’s happened before, what shutdowns look like, and the ways this time is different
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This weekend only, you can get a Marketplace zip-up hoodie when you donate $10 a month or more. Support public service journalism and pick up a cozy new sweatshirt, just in time for the cooler weather. Get yours before this deal ends at midnight on Sunday 👉 mktplc.org/3P2QA5H
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This weekend only, you can get a Marketplace zip-up hoodie when you donate $10 a month or more. Support public service journalism and pick up a cozy new sweatshirt, just in time for the cooler weather. Get yours before this deal ends at midnight on Sunday 👉 mktplc.org/3P2QA5H