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Kim O'Donnel
@kimodonnel.bsky.social
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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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
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. Support your indies, not the Bromazon Republic. xokod
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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April 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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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.

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April 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
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April 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:
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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April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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
April 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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So proud of this library. Spent a month in this town last June doing a writing residency.
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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April 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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vance going to the vatican and the pope sending jeremy from human resources to meet with him is such a fucking dagger
April 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Yes!
An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
In Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest Trump
They saw the Holocaust, WWII and Vietnam, and these senior protesters on Philly's Main Line have seen enough of Trump.
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April 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
open.substack.com/pub/kimodonn... Scenes from a pop-up choir in Lancaster, Pa. #loveheals
April 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This is... so grotesque. Absolute anarchy.
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
April 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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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.
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"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
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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April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Senator Chris Van Hollen's presser in El Salvador. Worth a listen.
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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April 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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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.
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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@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."
April 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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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.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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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...
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.
slate.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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“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.
April 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Scenes from Harrisburg, Pa. + on showing up and standing up and learning that we are not alone.
April 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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An actual photo essay that captures the size and scope of what happened yesterday.
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.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This.
newspapers are still bad at covering protests. They’re late to the game, they’re not sure how to write about, they default to what happened early in day or just in their city. Big dailies don’t put big picture writers on job.

3-5 million people rallied all over country today. That’s fucking huge
April 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM