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Atalante

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Books. Cooking. TTRPGs. Probably late for something. Opinions are my own and don't reflect the views of current or past employers.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
August 29 2026
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August 29, 2026
On Thursday, August 27, Tolouse Olorunnipa reported on the attempts of Republican lawmakers to restrict the ability of naturalized and dual citizens to run for office.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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Ethan Sacks @ethansacks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is so useful! Thank you, @librarian.bsky.social !
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is crucially important.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is, and I am not even joking, going to fuck up so many hyperlexic kids. I got accused of plagiarism because I used the word “porous” in a sixth grade paper and that shit sticks with you, if not on the permanent record, then in the childhood.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/07/2026
DeLAURO: Has SBA conducted a study of if small businesses are struggling to access tariff refunds compared to larger firms? LOEFFLER: No ma'am DeLAURO: Will you commit to doing one? LOEFFLER: I will commit to continuing to advance the interests of small businesses DeLAURO: Oh, god
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The stated idea of this proposal is to make it easier to close Lafayette Square when necessary while still leaving it accessible to the public most of the time. I think that’s BS as they’re also looking to permanently fence in Pennsylvania Avenue. Restricting access to the people’s house.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Vile: Mike Johnson just said GOP might try to undo birthright citizenship with legislation, which is unconstitutional. I've noticed a pattern: He and Vance are using sleazy new language to sell this as a trivial reform. The threat is very much alive. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2127...
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Trump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It
Mike Johnson is now floating a “legislative fix” to birthright citizenship. That’s an assault on the Constitution—and a vote that vulnerable Republicans will hate, if recent polling from Fox News is a...
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IndivisibleHoCoMD❌👑 @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Helping flip MD District 1 Representative Andy Harris's seat is one of our goals for the midterms. Don't know much about Harris? Check out "The Andy Files" : www.theandyfiles.com Want to join the fight? Email indivisiblehocomd@gmail.com (mention Andy Harris, Red2Blue). ⭐
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Compare this to Obama, who demanded detailed briefings and a risk assessment / COA analysis with every decision he made. You simply can’t distill complex foreign policy issues into a one pager and expect good outcomes.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 24/06/2026
Voters responded to a campaign rooted in the struggles millions of people know all too well: paychecks that don't stretch as far as they need to, rents that keep going up, and the feeling that no matter how hard you work, it's impossible to get ahead. See all of our endorsements here:
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Our 2026 Candidates - Working Families Party
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Diane of NV @dianeofnv.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I know a guy…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
Algae thwarts Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’
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Algae thwarts Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’
Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather Donald Trump’s $14.2m bid to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch. The water is green again. Continue reading...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Trump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroom
Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In other words, Trump just wasted a bunch of our money on a vanity project while Americans are struggling to make ends meet.
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Michelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com · 05/06/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering tense protests outside a Newark immigration jail.
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New Jersey police sergeant charged with stealing journalist's camera bag at immigration protest
A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of camera equipment from a photojournalist.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride, Y'all!!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/05/2026
Good night and good luck
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Atalante @swimwriterun.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Pass and unfollow.
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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” -Congressman John Lewis
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Atalante @swimwriterun.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Imagine if......
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 03/04/2026
NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.
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Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers
The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The smallest man in America.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Tomorrow is an excellent day to pick up and read the first book in a series about wizards and witches and magic and the intrigue and machinations of a magical world with a disproportionately important magical school. That's right, I'm talking about The Colour of Magic, the first Discworld book.
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Atalante @swimwriterun.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
140 character limit politicians.
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Atalante @swimwriterun.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
In which leadership continues to fail to meet the moment.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Voting should be free. The SAVE Act is a tax and makes it costly. Married women must buy birth certificates at $15-$50, passports at $165, or citizenship papers at $550 just to register. This financial barrier targets 69 million American women directly. #NoPayToVoteSaveAct
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
In case anyone forgot how incoherent this administration’s policies are… we just removed sanctions on a nation we’re actively at war with. Oh well, at least the cowards in the GOP will have to spend the weekend trying to explain how this won’t fund the war for Iran (it will).
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/03/2026
Robert De Niro is asking you to join us in the streets on March 28 for the biggest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Zamani: Democratic backsliding often intensifies before it reverses, so it can feel like things are worse, but what works is sustained visible opposition. Our presence has a real consequences. Our absences would have allowed for further escalation
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PCalico @pcalico.eurosky.social · 17/03/2026
This is a Nation wide opportunity for non-lawyers to help get people out of ICE detention. You go to a courthouse, look stuff up, & pass it on to these folks to coordinate with attorneys to *get people out* habeasdockets.org/volunteer/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026
Q: Do you have a comment on the six service members who passed? TRUMP: *ignoring question* Go ahead. Who else?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
JFC
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Holy City Sinner @holycitysinner.com · 10/03/2026
Graham says he is asking South Carolina to send its 'sons and daughters' to Mid-East abcnews4.com/news/local/g...
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Graham says he is asking South Carolina to send its 'sons and daughters' to Mid-East
As President Donald Trump has offered mixed messages on when America may see an end to its war with Iran, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham remains in complete support o
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026
Q: Can you give us an update on a reported strike on a girls' schools in southern Iran on Saturday? HEGSETH: We've investigating that. We of course never target civilian targets, but we're taking a look. Q: Is there any clarity on whose munition that was? HEGSETH: We're investigating it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/03/2026
Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 01/03/2026
Stop this war.
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Jana Warrior Angel @janabw81.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Spot the difference…
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/02/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t think he’s getting that Nobel Peace Prize
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Ian Kennedy @iankennedyck.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
As NHL players return to their teams, and as Team USA heads to meet with the President, remember that they've all had plenty of time to speak out, to apologize for laughing, to condemn that type of misogyny, and to tout the achievement of USA's women's team. They haven't.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 23/02/2026
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Why was she detained? "ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/02/2026
NEW: As expected, SCOTUS invalidates tariffs. Billionaires don’t like it when you mess with the markets. Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissent. Importers will now get refunds on costs they’ve already passed on to us, making the rich even richer.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
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