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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICYMI: My latest for @theatlantic.com on the particular talents—and potential weakness—of Senator Jon Ossoff www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Jon Ossoff Is Doing Something Different

What does that mean for 2028?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/08/2026

Rob Sand isn’t easily categorized as progressive or moderate—so what is the Iowan trying to be? @elainegodfrey.bsky.social spoke with the candidate for Iowa’s next governor on his bike ride across the state:

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A Democrat in Name Only

Rob Sand isn’t progressive or moderate. What is he trying to be?

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"How many words does it take to trigger MAGA world? Three, it turns out." Here's @elainegodfrey.bsky.social on the Streisand effect, Jon Ossoff, and you-know-who... www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Ossoff’s ‘Natalie’ Moment

The Georgia senator’s latest viral moment reveals much about Trump—and plenty about Ossoff himself.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/08/2026

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A Democrat in Name Only

Rob Sand isn’t progressive or moderate. What is he trying to be?

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

For my politics watchers and Iowa lovers: I rode bikes with Rob Sand across Eastern Iowa—and wrote about how he's doing something pretty different from other Democrats. My latest for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Democrat in Name Only

Rob Sand isn’t progressive or moderate. What is he trying to be?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/06/2026

Ahead of the midterms, the Democratic base is raring to go—but it’s also demanding a reckoning from its highest ranks that hasn’t come, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports:

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The Democratic Base Is Ready to Go

But where are its leaders?

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The vibes at Turning Point were strange this year. Some speakers were almost feminist. Another believes that women shouldn't even have the right to vote. Oddly, not a single speaker mentioned the midterm elections?! Read (or listen to) more about my very odd weekend here:

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/06/2026

This year’s Turning Point women’s summit was different than in years past, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports: more Christian women’s empowerment, less electoral politics.

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A Turning Point for Conservative Women

Some sounded vaguely feminist; another doesn’t want women to vote.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/05/2026

Donald Trump’s endorsement of Texas’s scandal-plagued attorney general might have given Democrats their best chance in decades to win back a Senate seat, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social writes:

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The Republican Senate Candidate Who Could Lose Texas

Ken Paxton won Trump’s endorsement, but may struggle in a general election.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I was with a few dozen retirees at a Tex-Mex spot near Dallas when word came down that Trump had endorsed Ken Paxton. The news hit like manna from the MAGA heavens. My story on what the endorsement means for Texas—and why Paxton keeps hanging on.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/05/2026

Frustrations with rising costs, with Donald Trump, and with GOP leadership have made Democrats hopeful about Iowa—but whether they can get the votes is another matter, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports from the campaign trail:

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Democrats Might Actually Win Iowa

Are the party’s hopes for the Hawkeye State real, or just another mirage?

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

“Iowa is a commonsense state masquerading as a red state,” Josh Turek told me last month. For the past decade, Iowa Dems have been repeating some version of this phrase like an incantation. In November, they’ll have a chance to prove it’s true. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Democrats Might Actually Win Iowa

Are the party’s hopes for the Hawkeye State real, or just another mirage?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/05/2026

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Democrats Might Actually Win Iowa

Are the party’s hopes for the Hawkeye State real, or just another mirage?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/04/2026

Gretchen Whitmer’s pandemic-era clash with Donald Trump made her a Democratic icon. But lately “Big Gretch” seems to have changed her approach to the president. @elainegodfrey.bsky.social set out to learn why: theatln.tc/xKxP1bJz

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Gretchen Whitmer has been somewhere on the list of possible presidential candidates since 2020, when she beefed so publicly with Trump. But in the past couple of years, Whitmer has seemed different. Some Michiganders are asking, “What happened to Big Gretch?” My story:

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/03/2026

President Trump helped pull off his improbable comeback with the help of manosphere podcasters, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports. Now many of these men seem to feel—by varying degrees—duped by the president they helped elect. theatln.tc/Mz2E3Grm 🎨: The Atlantic

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Thirty minutes into the show, after a lively debate over manscaping methods, Andrew Schulz leaned back into the couch and brought the chin-wag to a screeching halt. “Are you guys, like—do you feel existential anxiety about the war?”

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/03/2026

Representative Kevin Kiley is changing parties to become an independent, avoiding a potentially nasty GOP primary this fall, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social report: “The switch represents the latest example of the Republican Party eating its own.”

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The Republican Party Continues Eating Its Own

What one lawmaker’s defection from the GOP says about the state of politics

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Talarico's answer when I asked him last week about the "God is nonbinary" line:

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/03/2026

James Talarico won the Texas Senate Democratic primary—but now the real ugliness begins, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports. It’s “open season” for Republicans, a consultant told her:

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Things Are About to Get Ugly in Texas

A runoff, resentments, and the question of whether a Democrat can win statewide

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Last week, Jasmine Crockett's campaign kicked me out of an event because (they alleged) I am a "top-notch hater." My story about that—and what today's primary election between Crockett and James Talarico means for Democrats—here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Why I Got Thrown Out of a Jasmine Crockett Rally

The crowd was fired up. The candidate was on her game. And I was escorted out by armed guards.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/03/2026

Online, the Texas primary has gotten ugly—but that drama was far from the minds of the voters @elainegodfrey.bsky.social spoke with, who seemed to like both of their options. “Rather than policy, their preferences came down to style—and not much else,” Godfrey reports.

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What Kind of Fighter Do Democrats Want?

The Texas Senate primary could help decide.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2026

This week, the Atlantic staff writer @elainegodfrey.bsky.social was escorted from a Jasmine Crockett rally in Texas. On this episode of “Radio Atlantic,” she speaks with @adamhsays.com about Crockett’s confrontational style and the upcoming primary election in Texas:

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What Can the Texas Primary Tell Us About Democrats?

Our reporter Elaine Godfrey on getting kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett rally

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/02/2026

Texas lawmaker James Talarico is young, well-spoken, and eager to talk with Republicans—just what some Democratic dreamers think they need to finally turn the state blue. But first, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports, he’d need to win the primary. She spoke with him in 2025:

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The Millennial Seminarian Trying to Turn Texas Blue

Democrats think James Talarico is the type of Senate candidate who could win back the voters his party lost to Trump. First he’d have to win the primary.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about 'Western civilization,' while armed brutes try to tear it down by force." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong

The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/01/2026

Where many Democrats hear “Abolish ICE” as a righteous call to action, others in the party register the clanging of alarm bells, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports.

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‘Abolish ICE’ Is Back

How a controversial slogan is being revived

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Five years ago I was buying a hot pretzel from some guy on the Ellipse, hoping Trump would finish up soon, when a bunch of guys in riot gear started walking toward the Capitol. I followed them, and wrote about what I saw:

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Ultimately, Turning Point's Alex Clark isn't worried about losing women to the Democrats. As more young men turn to the GOP, so will young women, because it's their "natural instinct to follow strong men and strong leadership," she told me. Link:

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Bathroom sex, slut-shaming, and a fight over the size of someone’s engagement ring—I’d like to think this story has a little something for everyone. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

What does it mean to be female and conservative in 2025?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

"Democrats have decided to embrace a big-tent mindset. Now comes the hard part" - @elainegodfrey.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The Limits of the Democrats’ Big Tent

A convention showed that it’s more medium-size.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Wrote about the $10 million effort to change the Democrats—and help the party start winning again www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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The Democrats’ Heterodoxy Problem

There’s not enough of it, according to one political operative.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 31/08/2025

Even as most congressional Republicans are avoiding their constituents, Mark Alford of Missouri bucked his party and held 15 public events this week. @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports on what the representative heard:

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The Republican Who Isn’t Afraid to Hear From His Constituents

A lawmaker from Missouri bucked his party and held 15 public events this week. Here’s what he heard.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2025

Democratic voters have said they want a fighter, and now they might have one in Jasmine Crockett, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social writes. She spoke with Crockett about testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced.

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A Democrat for the Trump Era

Jasmine Crockett is testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Democratic voters say they want fighters, and Jasmine Crockett has spent years trying to be one. I spent several days with the Texas congresswoman this summer—in D.C., New York, and Atlanta—as she tested out her theory of Democratic politics in the second Trump era.

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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Democratic voters have said they want a fighter. They may have one. @elainegodfrey.bsky.social's new profile of Jasmine Crockett, who is testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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A Democrat for the Trump Era

Jasmine Crockett is testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Four days before this story was published, Crockett called me to express frustration that I had reached out to so many House members without telling her first. She told me that she was “shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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A Democrat for the Trump Era

Jasmine Crockett is testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/07/2025

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A Democrat for the Trump Era

Jasmine Crockett is testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/07/2025

"This summer, I started a new project: making every day feel—at least a little—like vacation," @elainegodfrey.bsky.social writes. Here's how you can do the same:

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An Easy Summer Project Worth Doing

Finding small moments of joy can make every day feel—at least a little—like vacation.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It’s official: Planned Parenthood has been (mostly) defunded for a year My quick explainer:

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Dear Diary, My Super-Special 79th Birthday was NOT super special www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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My Super-Special 79th Was Not Super Special

A diary entry by a disappointed president

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The main criticism of Casey Means from dietitians and others with the kind of expertise that she herself *does not* have is that she, like, other wellness influencers, ignores known problem areas in health (fiber, exercise, social determinants) to focus on minor details—and profits from it.

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Earlier this month, I texted a close childhood friend who'd voted for Trump in each of the past three presidential elections: What did he think? “Trump might be taking it too far,” my friend replied. “But then again,” he said, “he’s a man of action and we wanted change.”

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/04/2025

Even as Trump’s critics cheer his declining poll numbers, they face an inconvenient reality, @elainegodfrey.bsky.social writes: Many of his voters are jubilant.

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The Trump Voters Who Like What They See

“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”

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Elaine Godfrey @elainegodfrey.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America." New must-read from @adriennelaf.bsky.social

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