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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 · 7m

Again: Elon Musk ransacked the federal government looking for the hidden switch that would turn liberalism off, and did it in order of the far right's most circulated conspiracy theories about what agency housed that switch

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1h

Heritage president Kevin Roberts, in a truly revealing passage of his Foreword to the Project 2025 policy agenda, states that the project of “dismantling the administrative state” is not about the actual size of government at all:

The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10h

Jesus could perhaps walk from Iran to Qatar as Trump suggests, but it would take Him a long time. Everyone else should grab a boat

John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 12h

One of those odd moments where Trump offers highly specific & totally inaccurate info about something no one asked him about: "Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar, you can walk it in 1 second. You go, boom, boom & now you're in Qatar” (they don't share a border)

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10h

Jokes aside, Matt didn't have a bad day. This is how he treats people and has for years, in addition to his constant simping for Trump. Why he gets funding and why other progressives enable him is a bewilderment to me.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10h

Matt Stoller trying to step up to Derek Guy is basically this movie scene

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a sign that says " manners maketh man "

Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a sign that says " manners maketh man " from the movie Kingsman

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

menswear guy dunking on matt stoller? must be my birthday

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 11h

Does he though

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

Keep in mind about Herr Stoller: this is what he had to say about a topic he's supposedly an expert in

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

I have been told, of course, that my critiques of Matt Stoller are based on bad faith readings, but all I am doing is looking at the series of Trump boots he has stuck squarely in his own mouth

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

Matt Stoller is defending Trump's tariffs and attacking Derek Guy in the process and it's going about as well as you'd expect

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 14h

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14h

It's pretty obvious that Trump is actually reflecting seriously on his legacy of rape and assault, and being surrounded by an army of theocrats is perhaps not ideal for him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14h

You might as well challenge John Wick to a gunfight as try this shit with Derek

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14h

It's pretty clear from this screen cap that Matt has been trolling Derek for a while. The thing he quoted was a reply to Derek from 2024. This is a long term project, a one-sided feud

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14h

Trying to troll Derek Guy like Matt Stoller does is like demanding a sit-down with Isaac Chotiner. It won't end well

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14h

Holy shit Matt Stoller is a public embarrassment. Anyone that follows @dieworkwear.bsky.social knows that he frequently promotes US-made manufacturers. Matt is a weird, lying asshole and it amazes me that people still give him a platform

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 18h

Kind of but it's deeply frustrating in that it keeps on promising a reveal it never delivers

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 19h

These people protested an event that ended with hundreds of people praying in Hebrew that today would be the day the hostages were finally brought home.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 20h

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 19h

Congrats to UCLA and Northwestern for getting James Franklin fired from Penn State! Good work was done by all.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 21h

A) true

B) a Senator can only do so much, and we all know the DOJ won't prosecute ICE criminals until we get a new president. So he is promising to do exactly, and only, what is within his power to do.

Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 21h

I absolutely love this kind of thing because the regime's case is that Portland is a burnt out war torn hellhole and instead right now it looks like a weird Japanese theme park. And that's good! It's so weird that it gets spread around everywhere and directly contradicts regime propaganda.

Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 21h

Really sweet resistance scene outside ICE in Portland of coffee, donuts and morning.

Person in bunny costume carries donuts outside ICE in Portland

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 21h

This guy speaks my language holy shit does he ever speak my language and I love it so much

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 21h

I know a lot of people think that Graham Platner will be another Fetterman and lol definitely not. I'm not saying you need to support him but if that's what you're afraid of, don't be

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 22h

If there's a way to drink six cups of coffee at the same time I want to know about it, especially if it's cold brew

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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