Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social
New England. Often Ireland.
Boston sports fan. 🦅
Boston sports fan. 🦅
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Van Hollen has been one of a very few Democrats to meet the moment under Trump. I’d absolutely vote for him for President.
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Van Hollen has been one of a very few Democrats to meet the moment under Trump. I’d absolutely vote for him for President.
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The French duo is ice dancing to Blue by Eiffel 65, transitioning into Daft Punk. We're going to live forever.
They're doing pairs figure skating to an Offspring compilation, yet another Millennial cultural victory.
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The French duo is ice dancing to Blue by Eiffel 65, transitioning into Daft Punk. We're going to live forever.
Being a centrist rocks; you get billionaires to dump a bunch of money on you to found new groups every year that tell the same billionaires what they want to hear. Lose elections, get more money, found new groups.
Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory policies with an eye toward 2028, according to plans first shared with Axios.
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group
It's the latest effort by moderate Democrats to shape national politics and expand their influence.
www.axios.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Being a centrist rocks; you get billionaires to dump a bunch of money on you to found new groups every year that tell the same billionaires what they want to hear. Lose elections, get more money, found new groups.
The Super Bowl commercials paint a picture of a society in decline.
- Crypto
- AI
- Gambling
- Surveillance panopticon
Woke’s back and I’m glad but … my kingdom for one 30 spot of a pretty lady telling me to drink a beer.
- Crypto
- AI
- Gambling
- Surveillance panopticon
Woke’s back and I’m glad but … my kingdom for one 30 spot of a pretty lady telling me to drink a beer.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Super Bowl commercials paint a picture of a society in decline.
- Crypto
- AI
- Gambling
- Surveillance panopticon
Woke’s back and I’m glad but … my kingdom for one 30 spot of a pretty lady telling me to drink a beer.
- Crypto
- AI
- Gambling
- Surveillance panopticon
Woke’s back and I’m glad but … my kingdom for one 30 spot of a pretty lady telling me to drink a beer.
If you had told me in 2017 that one of these men would be soon be delivering soaring oratory worthy of a President while the other would become a right-wing bootlicker, I’d hardly had believed you.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
If you had told me in 2017 that one of these men would be soon be delivering soaring oratory worthy of a President while the other would become a right-wing bootlicker, I’d hardly had believed you.
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The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday
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crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
We’re in the midst of a great dumbing-down of the States. A neo-dark age entirely of our own making.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
We’re in the midst of a great dumbing-down of the States. A neo-dark age entirely of our own making.
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ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...
This reads like a combination of longstanding servility/pettiness and desire to help PiS & the further right parties in the Sejm.
L’ambassadeur US en Pologne rompt ses relations avec le Président du parlement. Pas avec le Parlement, pas avec le gouvernement, pas avec le Premier ministre ou le Président. Mais avec le président de la Sejm, qui dit publiquement que Trump ne méritait pas le Nobel.
Surréel.
Surréel.
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
This reads like a combination of longstanding servility/pettiness and desire to help PiS & the further right parties in the Sejm.
“Except”
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Schumer: "There should be no masks, except in the most unusual of circumstances -- you know, some guy was put up by a terrorist group or something"
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“Except”
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Finally, a public official meeting the moment.
Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Finally, a public official meeting the moment.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
If they won’t even enforce the law, what purpose do they serve? The demands of 2020 were right.
LAPD Chief announces they will not be enforcing the mask ban on ICE goons (1/29/26)
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
If they won’t even enforce the law, what purpose do they serve? The demands of 2020 were right.
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
National Slopification
February 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
National Slopification
Best he flushes those 2028 hopes now.
Josh Shapiro can go fuck himself. So goddamn tired of this self-absorbed empty suit.
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Best he flushes those 2028 hopes now.
Russia spent $160,000 in 2016 and it triggered a congressional investigation. So long as this is allowed to keep happening in Democratic primaries, the party is fundamentally unserious about confronting foreign election interference.
Incredible things are happening in the NJ-11 Congressional race, one example: Tom Malinowski, a pro Israel candidate running to re-enter Congress, is accusing AIPAC of using India-based call centers to run scripted ad calls against Malinowski.
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Russia spent $160,000 in 2016 and it triggered a congressional investigation. So long as this is allowed to keep happening in Democratic primaries, the party is fundamentally unserious about confronting foreign election interference.
"My boss knowingly broke the law by arming a genocide" should be Exhibit A in The Hague.
Interesting admission by Biden administration official and Kamala Harris NSC advisor earlier today
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"My boss knowingly broke the law by arming a genocide" should be Exhibit A in The Hague.
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i don't think removing, like, noem or rubio or hegseth would matter all *that* much in the scheme of things, but i think removing miller would be substantial. i think he's going to be one of the hardest people to dislodge as a result (also because he's not in a senate-confirmed role)
Millerism means Minneapolis times 100 for a decade. It would tend the United States apart. It is something close to Milosevic’s line.
January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
i don't think removing, like, noem or rubio or hegseth would matter all *that* much in the scheme of things, but i think removing miller would be substantial. i think he's going to be one of the hardest people to dislodge as a result (also because he's not in a senate-confirmed role)
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“bari weiss’s wife in the epstein files” is simply too perfect
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“bari weiss’s wife in the epstein files” is simply too perfect
Can’t wait for the ADL to condemn Mamdani over this.
Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation.
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Can’t wait for the ADL to condemn Mamdani over this.