Hari Rao
@hariarao.bsky.social
If you DM me and I don’t know you, you are getting blocked. No exceptions.
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Hari Rao
@hariarao.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Weirdos sliding into my DMs, just like old times.
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I can confirm this is true and I can also say that the lack of an eviction moratorium is fueling this trend.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I can confirm this is true and I can also say that the lack of an eviction moratorium is fueling this trend.
“He made you look small.”
So did Anthony Joshua.
So did Anthony Joshua.
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“He made you look small.”
So did Anthony Joshua.
So did Anthony Joshua.
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She's THIS close to getting it.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
She's THIS close to getting it.
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Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
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If this were true he would be at the ground breakings
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If this were true he would be at the ground breakings
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The lies!!!
www.nrca.net/RoofingNews/...
www.nrca.net/RoofingNews/...
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The lies!!!
www.nrca.net/RoofingNews/...
www.nrca.net/RoofingNews/...
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ALERT: A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
ALERT: A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
It was more complicated than that, and Cheney/Rumsfeld deserve a lot of the blame, but I have been to Iraq and am aware that it was a disaster, thanks. Bush is not a racist and did not try to destroy the foundations of our democracy. Let’s not go back and forth about it.
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
It was more complicated than that, and Cheney/Rumsfeld deserve a lot of the blame, but I have been to Iraq and am aware that it was a disaster, thanks. Bush is not a racist and did not try to destroy the foundations of our democracy. Let’s not go back and forth about it.
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Reading the Fulton County affidavit now, which seems to say more about “if” there was probable cause than establishing that there actually is. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Reading the Fulton County affidavit now, which seems to say more about “if” there was probable cause than establishing that there actually is. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
We’re working on unlimited planes. We’ve made a lot of progress. Biden was very bad with planes.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
We’re working on unlimited planes. We’ve made a lot of progress. Biden was very bad with planes.
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Still not over JD Vance bringing a plane-full of food with him to Italy.
Is there any country on the planet where that makes less sense? Some of the world's famously great cuisines get spicy, or have flavors JD might not be familiar with (Thai, Mexican, Japanese, etc.)
But Italy? For an American?
Is there any country on the planet where that makes less sense? Some of the world's famously great cuisines get spicy, or have flavors JD might not be familiar with (Thai, Mexican, Japanese, etc.)
But Italy? For an American?
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Still not over JD Vance bringing a plane-full of food with him to Italy.
Is there any country on the planet where that makes less sense? Some of the world's famously great cuisines get spicy, or have flavors JD might not be familiar with (Thai, Mexican, Japanese, etc.)
But Italy? For an American?
Is there any country on the planet where that makes less sense? Some of the world's famously great cuisines get spicy, or have flavors JD might not be familiar with (Thai, Mexican, Japanese, etc.)
But Italy? For an American?
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Read this excellent piece from @weissmann.substack.com www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
Congress Can Give Epstein Survivors the Investigation They Deserve
Congress has the tools to provide answers, if it only has the will to do so. It must continue to seek justice for Epstein's victims.
www.justsecurity.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Read this excellent piece from @weissmann.substack.com www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
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one thing that will always be a mystery to me is the number of trump voters who basically thought they were electing george bush again reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns
Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, a...
reut.rs
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 AM
one thing that will always be a mystery to me is the number of trump voters who basically thought they were electing george bush again reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
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once my son woke me up to ask what a three dimensional hexagon was called. yes, please. ask me about the gay instead.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
once my son woke me up to ask what a three dimensional hexagon was called. yes, please. ask me about the gay instead.
What triggered this again? Sorry, I can’t keep up with their outrage, Bad Bunny alone threatens to drown the world with their tears.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
What triggered this again? Sorry, I can’t keep up with their outrage, Bad Bunny alone threatens to drown the world with their tears.
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my joke about vance is still making the right-wing rounds. they are furious about this! the worst thing ever said by a human being, apparently.
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my joke about vance is still making the right-wing rounds. they are furious about this! the worst thing ever said by a human being, apparently.
This is probably not a popular opinion on here, but I thought Bush did a good job pre-2002, and a decent job post-2006. But did a ton of damage between those two years. He wasn’t a monster.
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is probably not a popular opinion on here, but I thought Bush did a good job pre-2002, and a decent job post-2006. But did a ton of damage between those two years. He wasn’t a monster.
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The "intellectualism" of Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk, and their circles makes me think of dorm BS sessions. Heard similar from an unsober 19 year old at 2am.
Also the Jack White lyric: "Who the hell's impressed by you? I want names of the people that we know that are falling for this."
Good piece.
Also the Jack White lyric: "Who the hell's impressed by you? I want names of the people that we know that are falling for this."
Good piece.
One lesson of the Epstein emails is the total intellectual vacuousness of the international business elite
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Jeffrey Epstein circle’s ‘big ideas’ were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The "intellectualism" of Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk, and their circles makes me think of dorm BS sessions. Heard similar from an unsober 19 year old at 2am.
Also the Jack White lyric: "Who the hell's impressed by you? I want names of the people that we know that are falling for this."
Good piece.
Also the Jack White lyric: "Who the hell's impressed by you? I want names of the people that we know that are falling for this."
Good piece.
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Come join former Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and me on Substack Live at 6pm ET tonight, Monday, to discuss the risk Trump’s militarization of ICE & CBP poses, and some possible solutions. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Could ICE Freeze Out Voters At The Polls?
Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee joins us at 6pm ET Monday to assess the risks
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Come join former Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and me on Substack Live at 6pm ET tonight, Monday, to discuss the risk Trump’s militarization of ICE & CBP poses, and some possible solutions. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Shariah law “is like the border used to be,” explains a leading Texas Republican strategist.
Unironically true, though not the way he meant it.
People organized around hating an Other, even if it isn’t real. The foreign invasion lie doesn’t work—due to the “Trump is good” lie—so lie about Muslims.
Unironically true, though not the way he meant it.
People organized around hating an Other, even if it isn’t real. The foreign invasion lie doesn’t work—due to the “Trump is good” lie—so lie about Muslims.
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Shariah law “is like the border used to be,” explains a leading Texas Republican strategist.
Unironically true, though not the way he meant it.
People organized around hating an Other, even if it isn’t real. The foreign invasion lie doesn’t work—due to the “Trump is good” lie—so lie about Muslims.
Unironically true, though not the way he meant it.
People organized around hating an Other, even if it isn’t real. The foreign invasion lie doesn’t work—due to the “Trump is good” lie—so lie about Muslims.
And right now she wants to date the guy who insulted her publicly.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
And right now she wants to date the guy who insulted her publicly.
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Megyn Football is her own person, Andrew, she can date who she wants.
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Megyn Football is her own person, Andrew, she can date who she wants.
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actually megyn football belongs to me, i own football
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
actually megyn football belongs to me, i own football
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Does anyone seriously believe the US would defend Taiwan?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Does anyone seriously believe the US would defend Taiwan?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?
If China moves to attack, Trump will tell the truth about it, side with the smaller democracy over the larger authoritarian, strenuously object, send more arms, deploy US military assets, and risk/endure casualties?
Who’s confident in that?