Mimi Gan
@mi2media.bsky.social
Journalist, storyteller, documentarian, arts/social/racial justice activist, #AANHPI, #Stanford, Co-creator, https://democracycup.com/
https://seattlemag.com/seattle-culture/influential-people/most-influential-equity-the-women-behind-osays
https://seattlemag.com/seattle-culture/influential-people/most-influential-equity-the-women-behind-osays
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The Tesla backlash is real, and it's only getting louder. With a slowdown in the core business, a flop truck, no autonomous vehicles, alienated customers, mass protests, vandalism, arsons, Nazi associations and DOGE outrage, hate for the automaker is at an all-time high:
'Musk's Involvement in Politics Could Be the Downfall of Tesla'
Tesla is facing protests, arsons, and ridicule as Americans outraged by Elon Musk's actions in the Trump administration poison the brand's reputation.
www.rollingstone.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Tesla backlash is real, and it's only getting louder. With a slowdown in the core business, a flop truck, no autonomous vehicles, alienated customers, mass protests, vandalism, arsons, Nazi associations and DOGE outrage, hate for the automaker is at an all-time high:
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#Unfrickinbelievable
Sadly, pathetically believable.
This is so insulting & embarrassing at the same time.
Sadly, pathetically believable.
This is so insulting & embarrassing at the same time.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
#Unfrickinbelievable
Sadly, pathetically believable.
This is so insulting & embarrassing at the same time.
Sadly, pathetically believable.
This is so insulting & embarrassing at the same time.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social If you are looking to talk to any laid off IRS agents/ fed workers in limbo, what is best way to reach you, confidentially? Thanks.
March 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social If you are looking to talk to any laid off IRS agents/ fed workers in limbo, what is best way to reach you, confidentially? Thanks.
#InternationalWomensDay Bellevue, WA #Seattle
March 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#InternationalWomensDay Bellevue, WA #Seattle
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NEW: Multiple data analyses show that the voters whose ballots were targeted by a North Carolina Supreme Court candidate are disproportionately Black, Democratic and young.
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: Multiple data analyses show that the voters whose ballots were targeted by a North Carolina Supreme Court candidate are disproportionately Black, Democratic and young.
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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A Louisiana redistricting case has sparked a Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act. Justices could gut protections for minority-majority districts.
boltsmag.org/voting-...
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On Voting Rights, Eight Legal Battles to Watch in 2025
From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.
boltsmag.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Louisiana redistricting case has sparked a Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act. Justices could gut protections for minority-majority districts.
boltsmag.org/voting-...
boltsmag.org/voting-...
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I've had nearly a dozen State Department officials reach out to me since Trump's volley of executive orders. He's creating an army of leakers
Foreign Service Institute (government office that trains U.S. diplomats) just removed 2,100 courses and suspended others in order to conduct "a comprehensive review of all courses to ensure they align with the Executive Orders" issued by President Trump, per State Department memo leaked to me.
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I've had nearly a dozen State Department officials reach out to me since Trump's volley of executive orders. He's creating an army of leakers
In 2018, Stephen Miller’s uncle tried to warn us. All for naught… www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In 2018, Stephen Miller’s uncle tried to warn us. All for naught… www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Rufo www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
Hanania www.huffpost.com/entry/richar... nymag.com/intelligence...
Whatever you think about DEI practices, it should be concerning that these are leading figures in the backlash
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
Hanania www.huffpost.com/entry/richar... nymag.com/intelligence...
Whatever you think about DEI practices, it should be concerning that these are leading figures in the backlash
"considerable flak" = "people accurately noted that these guys are segregationists and biological racists"
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Rufo www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
Hanania www.huffpost.com/entry/richar... nymag.com/intelligence...
Whatever you think about DEI practices, it should be concerning that these are leading figures in the backlash
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
Hanania www.huffpost.com/entry/richar... nymag.com/intelligence...
Whatever you think about DEI practices, it should be concerning that these are leading figures in the backlash
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For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...
An HBCU conference at Rutgers was cancelled following Trump's EO:
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...
www.insidehighered.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...
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BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
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Before the election, I warned that Trump would pardon all of the Jan. 6 defendants and some of them would form the core of a new rightwing paramilitary organization loyal to Trump.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
REPORTER: Is there now a place for the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in the political conversation following your pardons?
TRUMP: Well, we have to see
TRUMP: Well, we have to see
January 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Before the election, I warned that Trump would pardon all of the Jan. 6 defendants and some of them would form the core of a new rightwing paramilitary organization loyal to Trump.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
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It seems genuinely insane - and not at an ideological or partisan level - to make this man the head of the most powerful military on earth.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Hegseth Routinely Passed Out from Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says
Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied the allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign.’
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It seems genuinely insane - and not at an ideological or partisan level - to make this man the head of the most powerful military on earth.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Pete Hegseth was so “abusive” toward his second wife that she hid from him in a closet and had a safe word to call for help.
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Pete Hegseth was so “abusive” toward his second wife that she hid from him in a closet and had a safe word to call for help.
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, an ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, has submitted a sworn statement to senators that accuses him of chronic alcohol abuse and “erratic,”…
If this is true about #mark Zuckerberg making a deal with the devil, I am beyond sad and disgusted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever (Gift Article)
Stephen Miller was the architect of Donald J. Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda in his first term. Now he is back with fewer internal rivals and even more influence with the president.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If this is true about #mark Zuckerberg making a deal with the devil, I am beyond sad and disgusted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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THREAD
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
December 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM
THREAD
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Let’s see these raids on every national and local news outlet.
Show the faces of terrified children as their parents are taken from their homes.
Let America see the inhumanity for themselves. #Deportations
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Show the faces of terrified children as their parents are taken from their homes.
Let America see the inhumanity for themselves. #Deportations
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Start Next Week in Chicago
Details of planned immigration raids are unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Let’s see these raids on every national and local news outlet.
Show the faces of terrified children as their parents are taken from their homes.
Let America see the inhumanity for themselves. #Deportations
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Show the faces of terrified children as their parents are taken from their homes.
Let America see the inhumanity for themselves. #Deportations
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Stanford Names Andrew Luck to Football General Manager Position
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November 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Very important and very upsetting. #TaxTheRichFFS
This has gone completely under the radar.
But it’s important.
A Trump-appointed judge just overturned Biden’s overtime rule that would have helped 4 million salaried workers with lower incomes ($35K to $58k).
Employers “promote” these workers to “manager” roles so they don’t have to pay overtime.
But it’s important.
A Trump-appointed judge just overturned Biden’s overtime rule that would have helped 4 million salaried workers with lower incomes ($35K to $58k).
Employers “promote” these workers to “manager” roles so they don’t have to pay overtime.
Federal Court Blocks Biden’s Overtime Expansion: Implications For Workers And Businesses
This ruling echoes similar legal roadblocks faced by previous administrations, highlighting the ongoing debate surrounding the Department of Labor’s authority to regul...
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Very important and very upsetting. #TaxTheRichFFS
“That’s how indoctrination happens. That’s how censorship happens.”
Earlier in the year, the Florida Board of Governors eliminated Principles of Sociology from the core requirements, alarming sociology professors…
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology
Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 PM
“That’s how indoctrination happens. That’s how censorship happens.”
Earlier in the year, the Florida Board of Governors eliminated Principles of Sociology from the core requirements, alarming sociology professors…
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Excellent!
She said it perfectly...
Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
November 20, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Excellent!
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As anyone who’s ever taught high school students can attest, administrators and teachers requiring them to express patriotic love for their country will always produce exactly the emotions one intends it to. s/
OMG. This is real.
Today, Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters told school leaders statewide they must play this video of him to all their students & send it to all parents.
In it, he bashes ‘woke unions’, announces a new “Office of Religious Liberty & Patriotism” & prays for Trump.
Today, Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters told school leaders statewide they must play this video of him to all their students & send it to all parents.
In it, he bashes ‘woke unions’, announces a new “Office of Religious Liberty & Patriotism” & prays for Trump.
November 16, 2024 at 3:34 AM
As anyone who’s ever taught high school students can attest, administrators and teachers requiring them to express patriotic love for their country will always produce exactly the emotions one intends it to. s/
I can’t imagine how Hawaii Sen Mazie Hirono feels about the nomination of onetime “rising democratic star” Tulsi Gabbard as head of Nat’l Intelligence. A known Russian propagandist, she switched parties in pursuit of power.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s ties to secretive cult may explain her perplexing political journey
Dr Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard toldThe Independent in an interview that her niece’s career is all about the pursuit of power
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
I can’t imagine how Hawaii Sen Mazie Hirono feels about the nomination of onetime “rising democratic star” Tulsi Gabbard as head of Nat’l Intelligence. A known Russian propagandist, she switched parties in pursuit of power.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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NBC projects Republicans will control the House.
All three branches.
Litigation is one of the few ways we, the people, can stop what is to come.
Donate to the ACLU.
All three branches.
Litigation is one of the few ways we, the people, can stop what is to come.
Donate to the ACLU.
November 13, 2024 at 7:33 PM
NBC projects Republicans will control the House.
All three branches.
Litigation is one of the few ways we, the people, can stop what is to come.
Donate to the ACLU.
All three branches.
Litigation is one of the few ways we, the people, can stop what is to come.
Donate to the ACLU.