Anne H. Putnam
@ahputnam.bsky.social
Writer, editor, person who makes cakes (and mom).
📚 Navel Gazing (Faber, 2013)
📚 Make Do and Mend (2026)
✍🏻 A novel (title TBA)
Bylines in BuzzFeed, Catapult (RIP), Cosmopolitan UK, HuffPost, The Rumpus, etc.
www.annehputnam.com/writing
📚 Navel Gazing (Faber, 2013)
📚 Make Do and Mend (2026)
✍🏻 A novel (title TBA)
Bylines in BuzzFeed, Catapult (RIP), Cosmopolitan UK, HuffPost, The Rumpus, etc.
www.annehputnam.com/writing
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Anne H. Putnam
@ahputnam.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I Coulda Been Someone...
The story of the NYTimes byline that almost was, and why it wasn't
open.substack.com
I finally wrote about the NYTimes byline that slipped through my fingers three years ago, and why the experience was more valuable than the byline would have been.
Spoiler alert: they wanted me to be nicer to the orange monster's supporters and I couldn't do it.
open.substack.com/pub/annehput...
Spoiler alert: they wanted me to be nicer to the orange monster's supporters and I couldn't do it.
open.substack.com/pub/annehput...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.
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their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
When People magazine is doing journalism better than the NYT
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When People magazine is doing journalism better than the NYT
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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I hope this has some impact. It's shameful the way MAGA / GOP use art at cross purposes from what its creators meant (and without consent, often breaking the law). www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I hope this has some impact. It's shameful the way MAGA / GOP use art at cross purposes from what its creators meant (and without consent, often breaking the law). www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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HAYES: “Let me be as clear as I can — Trump is arguing in court to let Americans go hungry so they don’t have to negotiate with Dems over stopping some of those same Americans health care costs from skyrocketing.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
HAYES: “Let me be as clear as I can — Trump is arguing in court to let Americans go hungry so they don’t have to negotiate with Dems over stopping some of those same Americans health care costs from skyrocketing.”
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Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
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I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
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It is time to admit that Republicans won the 2024 election by running to the center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It is time to admit that Republicans won the 2024 election by running to the center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
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I just hope Trump is helping Americans realize that they should hate the ultra-rich a lot more than they currently do
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I just hope Trump is helping Americans realize that they should hate the ultra-rich a lot more than they currently do
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He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
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EUGENE DANIELS: “You said diversity can be a weakness. What did you mean?”
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
EUGENE DANIELS: “You said diversity can be a weakness. What did you mean?”
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
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Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.
2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%
2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%
2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%
2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
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At the risk of stating the extremely obvious: the energy on The Left is not in the centre
Governor Kathy Hochul is speaking on stage, but the crowd keeps interrupting to chant #TaxTheRich
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
At the risk of stating the extremely obvious: the energy on The Left is not in the centre
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[even by my incredibly cynical standards] holy shit
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
[even by my incredibly cynical standards] holy shit
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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Literally nothing makes sense anymore. I’m continually gooped aggrieved and gagged. I’ve started earnestly yelling “BRO!!!” every time I read the news.
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Literally nothing makes sense anymore. I’m continually gooped aggrieved and gagged. I’ve started earnestly yelling “BRO!!!” every time I read the news.
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The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
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Can you help @nurssseha.bsky.social today? Winter in Gaza will be hard.
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Can you help @nurssseha.bsky.social today? Winter in Gaza will be hard.