Atessa Helm
@atessahelm.bsky.social
Mom x 5. Linguist. Traveler. Baker. Reader. Writer.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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The Epstein files are to be released on Friday. What fresh hell awaits us on Thursday?
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The Epstein files are to be released on Friday. What fresh hell awaits us on Thursday?
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🧑🌾 Here comes the Trump farmer bailout to help cushion the blow of his trade war.
Farmers want trade, not aid.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Farmers want trade, not aid.
apnews.com/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🧑🌾 Here comes the Trump farmer bailout to help cushion the blow of his trade war.
Farmers want trade, not aid.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Farmers want trade, not aid.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Todd Blanche is now warning lawyers who criticize Trump's Justice Department:
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department
DOJ’s No. 2 official said says prosecutors see "inconsistency" in attorneys’ private pleas and public commentary.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Todd Blanche is now warning lawyers who criticize Trump's Justice Department:
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
The DOJ's No. 2 official suggested that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they've publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime.
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Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
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Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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A reporter was berated and demeaned by Donald Trump with a basic question and not one person (no men) a bunch of whomps said nothing to back her up. Its sick.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A reporter was berated and demeaned by Donald Trump with a basic question and not one person (no men) a bunch of whomps said nothing to back her up. Its sick.
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Screw them. They want to censor you and they are doing this to weaken the First Amendment or worse in countries that do not have sacrosanct freedom of speech protections.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Stop Using Your VPN
VPN warnings are suddenly here — bans come next.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Screw them. They want to censor you and they are doing this to weaken the First Amendment or worse in countries that do not have sacrosanct freedom of speech protections.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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He was a key figure in the largest drug cartel in Central America. He was taken by the US, indicted, tried and convicted and is now serving a lengthy sentence in a US prison. And now, for no apparent reason, Trump has decided to issue him an unconditional pardon.
Donald Trump to pardon former Honduran president serving 45 years on drug charges
Clemency for Juan Orlando Hernández comes ahead of fraught elections in Central American country on Sunday
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He was a key figure in the largest drug cartel in Central America. He was taken by the US, indicted, tried and convicted and is now serving a lengthy sentence in a US prison. And now, for no apparent reason, Trump has decided to issue him an unconditional pardon.
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Not great, dismal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not great, dismal.
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I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
Only the best people…
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Only the best people…
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
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Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.