Shima Oliaee
@shimaoliaee.bsky.social
Radio journalist
Creator of audio docs
THE COMPETITION
PINK CARD
DOLLY PARTONS AMERICA
VANISHING OF HARRY PACE
THE FLAG & THE FURY
UNERASED
IN THE NO
shimaoliaee.com
Creator of audio docs
THE COMPETITION
PINK CARD
DOLLY PARTONS AMERICA
VANISHING OF HARRY PACE
THE FLAG & THE FURY
UNERASED
IN THE NO
shimaoliaee.com
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“George W. Bush was on vacation at the time of the hurricane striking. He stayed on vacation another couple of days.”
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“George W. Bush was on vacation at the time of the hurricane striking. He stayed on vacation another couple of days.”
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What happens when a Supreme Court decision catapults high school girls to the center of a debate about their rights as women in America?
@shimaoliaee.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes as girls choose: Speak up about their beliefs or stay quiet.
@shimaoliaee.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes as girls choose: Speak up about their beliefs or stay quiet.
The fall of Roe, through the eyes of high school girls
From the podcast “The Competition,” as Roe v. Wade fell, high school girls at a national pageant must process what it means for them and their future.
revealnews.org
June 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What happens when a Supreme Court decision catapults high school girls to the center of a debate about their rights as women in America?
@shimaoliaee.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes as girls choose: Speak up about their beliefs or stay quiet.
@shimaoliaee.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes as girls choose: Speak up about their beliefs or stay quiet.
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OMG, my pal Shima's shimaoliaee.bsky.social new podcast dropped this morning! If you luved Dolly, listen to "The Competition," where Shima gave the mic to teen girls competing for the Distinguished Young Women Program. Listen to all those voices!
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April 15, 2024 at 2:03 PM
OMG, my pal Shima's shimaoliaee.bsky.social new podcast dropped this morning! If you luved Dolly, listen to "The Competition," where Shima gave the mic to teen girls competing for the Distinguished Young Women Program. Listen to all those voices!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours for what you will. Happy May Day.
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours for what you will. Happy May Day.
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Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.
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“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”
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NO GOD, NO BOSS, NO HUSBAND. Athens, 2020.
April 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO GOD, NO BOSS, NO HUSBAND. Athens, 2020.
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This is in Mississippi—the state with the largest Black population by percent.
Nearly 4-in-10 Mississippians are Black. Yet we have "Confederate Heritage Month" and "Confederate Memorial Day."
Oh, and our 8 statewide elected state officials look like this.
Nearly 4-in-10 Mississippians are Black. Yet we have "Confederate Heritage Month" and "Confederate Memorial Day."
Oh, and our 8 statewide elected state officials look like this.
April 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is in Mississippi—the state with the largest Black population by percent.
Nearly 4-in-10 Mississippians are Black. Yet we have "Confederate Heritage Month" and "Confederate Memorial Day."
Oh, and our 8 statewide elected state officials look like this.
Nearly 4-in-10 Mississippians are Black. Yet we have "Confederate Heritage Month" and "Confederate Memorial Day."
Oh, and our 8 statewide elected state officials look like this.
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I do keep thinking about how all the people who took to the pages of Harpers or the NYTimes to talk about how I was a threat to men's due process rights for inviting women to talk to each other are perfectly okay with men being kidnapped without charge and disappeared to foreign concentration camps.
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I do keep thinking about how all the people who took to the pages of Harpers or the NYTimes to talk about how I was a threat to men's due process rights for inviting women to talk to each other are perfectly okay with men being kidnapped without charge and disappeared to foreign concentration camps.
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Cycle of power and control dynamics, break the cycle.
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Cycle of power and control dynamics, break the cycle.
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Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.
April 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.
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Meanwhile, South Korea has successfully impeached their president
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Meanwhile, South Korea has successfully impeached their president
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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“Waltz built the entire NSC communications process on Signal," source told Politico www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“Waltz built the entire NSC communications process on Signal," source told Politico www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
April 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
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This has been empirically demonstrated many times! You can’t expect men to have a place of domination and superiority over women in the home and treat women as equals outside of it.
Also, men who have traditional, stay-at-home wives treat women in their workplaces extremely unfairly, meaning that the choice to stay home *actively hurts* the choices of women (mothers or no) who want to work... while women who work do not hurt stay at home moms at all!
April 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This has been empirically demonstrated many times! You can’t expect men to have a place of domination and superiority over women in the home and treat women as equals outside of it.
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Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
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Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.
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March 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.
propub.li
March 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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The El Salvador government is using its concentration camp as a kind of Disneyland thrill ride for right-wing influencers. The reason those guys are standing silently shirtless behind Noem is that they’ve been asked to do it again and again, it’s part of the whole ride
March 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The El Salvador government is using its concentration camp as a kind of Disneyland thrill ride for right-wing influencers. The reason those guys are standing silently shirtless behind Noem is that they’ve been asked to do it again and again, it’s part of the whole ride
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On a meta-level, one of the many horrifying things about this story is that the Atlantic had no reasonable option other than to release the Signal messages at this point.
They should have been able to go to the Inspector General! Or the FBI! Or Congress!
They should have been able to go to the Inspector General! Or the FBI! Or Congress!
March 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On a meta-level, one of the many horrifying things about this story is that the Atlantic had no reasonable option other than to release the Signal messages at this point.
They should have been able to go to the Inspector General! Or the FBI! Or Congress!
They should have been able to go to the Inspector General! Or the FBI! Or Congress!
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The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
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More than three years after the only woman to serve as chancellor retired, German national politics seems to be backsliding when it comes to diversity and gender parity.
In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Will Be a Rarer Sight
The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than three years after the only woman to serve as chancellor retired, German national politics seems to be backsliding when it comes to diversity and gender parity.