Atessa Helm
@atessahelm.bsky.social
Mom x 5. Linguist. Traveler. Baker. Reader. Writer.
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Over the next nine months, pay attention to what Trump's friends in social media—Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison—choose to censor.
In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats.
These men work for the regime.
In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats.
These men work for the regime.
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Over the next nine months, pay attention to what Trump's friends in social media—Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison—choose to censor.
In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats.
These men work for the regime.
In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats.
These men work for the regime.
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I guess he just got lucky.
January 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I guess he just got lucky.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Appeasing Trump's instincts for aggression in Greenland would be the worst possible choice for the EU, says Gideon Rachman. Bullies only learn from being smacked down decisively. www.ft.com/content/2642...
Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Appeasing Trump's instincts for aggression in Greenland would be the worst possible choice for the EU, says Gideon Rachman. Bullies only learn from being smacked down decisively. www.ft.com/content/2642...
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Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, Sneako, and Clavicular were all in a night club in Miami singing and dancing to the Kanye song "Heil Hitler" which they requested be played.
January 18, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, Sneako, and Clavicular were all in a night club in Miami singing and dancing to the Kanye song "Heil Hitler" which they requested be played.
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
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Before the Russians and the Chinese can invade vulnerable countries and steal their wealth, the United States is moving to head them off. How are we doing this? By...invading the targeted countries ourselves.
New from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jXqccp
New from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jXqccp
Emulating the Enemy
In Venezuela and Greenland, Trump’s strategy is to beat the bad guys by becoming the bad guys.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Before the Russians and the Chinese can invade vulnerable countries and steal their wealth, the United States is moving to head them off. How are we doing this? By...invading the targeted countries ourselves.
New from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jXqccp
New from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jXqccp
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WSJ identified 13 instances of agents firing at or into civilian vehicles since July, leaving 8 people shot with two confirmed dead. Only one civilian was armed—with a concealed weapon. This is happening so frequently that it appears to be an authorized tactic—
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
WSJ identified 13 instances of agents firing at or into civilian vehicles since July, leaving 8 people shot with two confirmed dead. Only one civilian was armed—with a concealed weapon. This is happening so frequently that it appears to be an authorized tactic—
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This agency is out of control if leadership is no longer checking violations of constitutional rights. Congress absolutely must step in before more people are kidnapped/killed.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This agency is out of control if leadership is no longer checking violations of constitutional rights. Congress absolutely must step in before more people are kidnapped/killed.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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Holy sh*t
CBS News went from a fact based news program to state TV in just two days. Wow.
CBS News went from a fact based news program to state TV in just two days. Wow.
Also tonight: An “exclusive” interview with Kristi Noem in which she’s seen “confronting” some guy being arrested and a tribute to Rubio that turns the Trump giving him a dozen jobs into a good thing, shows off “funny” AI-generated Rubio memes and ends with TD saying, “Marco Rubio we salute you.”
Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Holy sh*t
CBS News went from a fact based news program to state TV in just two days. Wow.
CBS News went from a fact based news program to state TV in just two days. Wow.
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As punishment for alleged drug dealing, Venezuela will be ruled by a Viceroy whose brother-in-law was a drug dealer who paid for the Viceroy's parents' house with money he made from selling cocaine. Hypocrites make the very best scolds.
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
As punishment for alleged drug dealing, Venezuela will be ruled by a Viceroy whose brother-in-law was a drug dealer who paid for the Viceroy's parents' house with money he made from selling cocaine. Hypocrites make the very best scolds.
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Apparently America is going back to its roots: colonization.
Katie Miller has a direct pipeline to the inside info, so…
Katie Miller has a direct pipeline to the inside info, so…
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Apparently America is going back to its roots: colonization.
Katie Miller has a direct pipeline to the inside info, so…
Katie Miller has a direct pipeline to the inside info, so…
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Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
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The fear on the new CBS chief propagandist Tony Dokoupil is unmistakable. Say the wrong thing and Bari Weiss will replace him with...Bari Weiss, probably
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The fear on the new CBS chief propagandist Tony Dokoupil is unmistakable. Say the wrong thing and Bari Weiss will replace him with...Bari Weiss, probably
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Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo is poised to help defeat Trumpism for good.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
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Lots of paid accounts popping up defending Trump's actions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Lots of paid accounts popping up defending Trump's actions.
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.