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Dante Atkins

@danteatkins.bsky.social

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Fiona and Rowan's dad, basically. Spider guy, Lefty Dem, pragmatic progressive. Win elections with the majority you have, not the majority you wish you had.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Freedom of maneuver" is a military term designed to distinguish between pacified and hostile territory in an occupation setting, in case that helps inform you of how the federal government views American cities.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 7

Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.

After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.

Per the briefing:
"On order, 1-18th Cavalry Squadron provides static interagency site protection, mounted mobile security, and Joint Force Land Component Command UFLCC) Reserve support to Customs and Border Patrol (CRP) and supporting federal agencies, whose intent at MacArthur Park is to demonstrate, through a show of presence, the capacity and freedom of maneuver or federal law enforcement within the Los Angeles Joint Operations Area (JOA)."

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 46m

I'm a big Platner booster at the moment, but there's this type of lefty who believes the candidates they like are guaranteed victors in general elections if only they can get through the gatekeepers of the Democratic primary and that is definitely not the case

CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 13h

my man, nobody is "sure to win" against Susan Collins, she is literally one of the most talented & successful Republican politicians of the last 60+ years. anyone who says ANY Democrat is a sure thing in Maine clearly has no clue what the fuck they're talking about other than their own vibes.

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 14h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 1h

And I signed a memorandum saying my apartment now costs zero in rent. Has the same force of law.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 2h

Wouldn't this seem to indicate that the revenue stream sucks for them? And won't a whole bunch of Nazi blue checks be pissed about this?

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 5h

cat poop dude hardest hit

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 9h

two big things happened imo: Trump winning in 2016 apparently proved they could utterly wallow in all their worst instincts and still win, and Elon buying Twitter and turning it into a) the default conservative comms platform b) an openly Nazi sewer

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 5h

This is the current state of the modern GOP, except, for Nazis

The legendary photo of the "author" of the Onion article "why do all these homosexuals keep sucking my cock"

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 6h

First Afrilkaners, now European Nazis.

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6h

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 6h

If Dems take back the House and the Senate next year (which will be a tough lift), the top priority has to be a national anti-gerrymandering law.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 7h

Donald Trump already tried stealing an election.

But now, Trump and MAGA Republicans are trying to rig as many elections as possible by redrawing maps.

They’ve lost all respect for election integrity.

This is what’s at stake before the Supreme Court.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 7h

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 7h

On "Kids Say the Darndest Things," none of them praised Hitler.

Republicans will never cease to claim 39-year old white guys are "kids" and 12-year old black boys are "men."

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 7h

The age limit for Young Republicans is 40 years old. A lot of people involved with this are old enough to be president. We're not talking about high schoolers on Discord. A lot of these Nazis are high-level staffers and elected officials.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 7h

Just speech. Nothing but speech. And three guys dressed like they're about to storm positions in Ukraine come to drag him away. It's fascism.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 8h

What is the point of them constantly wetting their pants about this? What do they think they've accomplishing? Are they trying to drive down turnout? Because I don't think it'll have that goal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 8h

Please...the government isnt being run a cabal of child sex traffickers and their enablers.

It's being run by a cabal of *Nazi* child sex traffickers and their eager 4chan cheerleaders.

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 22h

Feel like people have still not digested the whole "the entire government is controlled by a small cabal of child sex traffickers" thing being true.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 8h

Whoa, this is my language!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 9h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 9h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 9h

The entire founding principle of the country was rejecting this exact idea

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 9h

Matt Yglesias is a self-righteous asshole, I think we all know that, but even past that, he can't have listened to a single focus group in his life. If he did, he would have understood that tens of millions of people voted for Trump because "he's a businessman and knows the economy."

Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12h

People really voted for Trump because they thought he'd bring prices down to 2019 levels while keeping their current incomes and magic businessman delivered exactly the opposite

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 12h

Oh yeah, there's lots of private sector jobs out there for park rangers. Sure.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13h

BESSENT: AS FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT COMES DOWN, THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL PICK UP THOSE PEOPLE

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 13h

I'm so tired of these fascists pretending to be smol bean victims while their apocalyptic rhetoric inspires more killers than any other ideology

Every ideology has edgy posters, but only far-right ideologies consistently produce killers

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

Hey Matt--what's the date this was posted on? Important question

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

And what day did they post the video with antisemitic slurs? The 14th of course.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 19h

Why did Olivia Nuzzi have cybersex with a old man whose voice sounds like an off-balance washing machine filled to the brim with pebbles? I don't know and I certainly won't pay to find out

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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