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Meredith Shiner
@meredithshiner.com
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current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · Feb 3
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”

If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
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we’re doing our holiday in Florida and today we celebrated by randomly getting to witness the kid and Dick Vitale doing an historically good hug at Christmas brunch 11/10 no notes hope y’all had a joyful day
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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NEW: Riley Gaines, the former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing media figure, made $474,313 last year from the conservative nonprofit org, the Leadership Institute. More striking than her total comp was the way it was structured.

For @sportico.bsky.social 👇

www.sportico.com/business/med...
Leadership Perks: Riley Gaines Scored Big Bonus From Nonprofit
Gaines, the former Kentucky swimmer turned OutKick commentator, banked $474,313 from the conservative political organization in 2024.
www.sportico.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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marklevinenyc.bsky.social
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Me, from April. [insert any job Rahm says he wants here]
Screenshot of a Rolling Stone article quoting me from April of this year. RollingStone Among the names that have already tossed around to fill Durbin's seat are former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. "I think it would be catastrophic at every level if he were to become a United States senator," Shiner says. In every role he's held, she says, Emanuel "has consistently shown that he's been willing to compromise core values if he thinks that it's politically expedient. At the end of the day, our country and the people of Illinois are not well served by someone who thinks that political expedience is a priority - and who has also completely misread what is politically expedient. He was quoted in Politico saying that Democrats just could concede USAID as a little treat to Donald Trump, because maybe he'll be satisfied, and USAID might not be popular. We're going to put millions of lives across the world at risk. Why isn't that something worth fighting for?"
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Absolutely incredible 1100/10 no notes
Screenshot of an espn push alert: Breaking News UNC working toward hiring former Arkansas HC Bobby Petrino as next offensive coordinator - On3 Sports
December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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whelp

just because this is what we expected doesn’t make it suck less
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Imagine being on the wrong side of Thomas Massie and still sleeping at night
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?

MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The federal government indicted the Broadview 6 in a hugely significant case. Five work in politics. One is a garden store worker who sings and was randomly swept up. @tesskenny.bsky.social explains what happened and why it matters in this must-read story
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/b...
How a garden store worker became part of the ‘Broadview Six’
Charged alongside four Democratic politicians and one political staffer, Joselyn Walsh is arguably the least known of the group, known as the ‘Broadview Six.’
www.chicagotribune.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Honestly they should just make this the season finale. Bye, Bowen!!!
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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This is a truly iconic fun episode of snl
December 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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very emotional with Bowen Yang rn
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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chibdm.bsky.social
We'll be seeing that highlight for the rest of our lives. Specifically DJ Moore revealing he had the ball at the end.
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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My god. I don’t even care about the bears and that was insane.
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Extremely cool and also a reminder that conservatives in America campaigned so hard against HPV vaccination because they thought getting a vaccine to prevent cancer by preventing HPV would make a bunch of teenagers have sex
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5d
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination. Across women screened at all ages, biopsy confirmed pre-cancer (HSIL) detection rates have also declined, by 21%, most likely reflecting a lower detection of disease among participants returning for their second round of HPV-based screening. Lower rates are expected, as most prevalent disease was detected and treated in the first round (age-standardised rate per 1,000 women screened was 7.5 in 2024, compared to 9.6 in 2019, the corresponding year in the first round of HPV screening) (indicator 3).
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Straight to The Hague.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Mother Jones is stepping up coverage of ICE and CBP's draconian, police-state style operations in places like New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago. From @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, who is chasing Bovino around around the country and writing for MJ: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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honestly "The Donald J. Trump Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" slaps because it expands the universe of people who would get mad if you call it "DCA" or "National."
celebrityhottub.bsky.social Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 6d
i do kind of hope the President starts leaning into this in very confusing ways. the pelicans now play in The Donald J. Trump Smoothie King Center. you're having dinner at The Donald J. Trump Maggiano's Little Italy. welcome to The Donald J. Trump Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
December 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The ED of fwd.us, Todd Schulte, is someone I first met back in 2010 when I was a reporter for Politico and he was maybe the youngest chief of staff on the Hill. He's one of the smartest people I've encountered in politics and has been so committed to immigration work, in this landscape. This sucks.
Zuckerberg Cut Ties With Pro-Immigration Organization He Founded
Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy has cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group that he founded more than a decade ago, a move that parallels other sweeping changes he’s made to his company’s poli...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

(welp it's been nice knowing you)
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Kennedy Center was a place I got to see Holland Taylor as Ann Richards in "Ann" and also a Lauryn Hill concert (not at the same time lol). That's kind of what made it so dope.
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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my brain is really struggling to accept that we've made it to December and also that we've experienced this whole fucking year
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"was letting women have their own bank accounts a mistake?"
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
CBS News/Free Press program "Has feminism failed women" brought to you by bank of america and hosted by Liz Plank and Allie Beth Stuckey
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
Here’s what opponents of this care don’t want you to think too hard about: puberty is not a neutral waiting period. It permanently changes your body. For a trans girl forced to go through testosterone-driven puberty, that means developing a deeper voice, broader shoulders, more pronounced brow and jaw, and facial hair. For a trans boy forced through estrogen-driven puberty, it means breast development, wider hips, and a shorter stature. These changes are, for the most part, irreversible. Trans adults who transition later in life often spend years and thousands of dollars trying to undo what their natural puberty did to their bodies, with limited success. Puberty blockers exist precisely to press pause, to give kids and their families time to figure things out before permanent changes set in. They’ve been used for decades to treat precocious puberty in cisgender children without controversy. But when a trans kid takes the exact same medication for a slightly different reason, suddenly it’s “chemical castration” and politicians want to throw doctors in prison.
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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this is a target rich environment for progressive rhetoric from up and coming candidates
darrigomelanie.bsky.social Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.

They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.

Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM