Jesse Harris
@jhaharlan.bsky.social
Writer of tv, film, and podcasts. Maker of biscuits. Appalachian expat.
Michael Shannon in The Night Before. Full stop.
This is a fun question—best “serious” actor in a comedic role of the last decade?
It’s so much easier for comic actors to do drama than vice versa. Look at Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine or Truman Show, and then look at De Niro’s comedies, they’re terrible
December 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Michael Shannon in The Night Before. Full stop.
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Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
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Mark Pope's program spent more on its roster than any team in college basketball — somewhere in the vicinity of $20 million — and is overseeing a disaster more than a month into the season.
This is a five-alarm fire.
This is a five-alarm fire.
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Mark Pope's program spent more on its roster than any team in college basketball — somewhere in the vicinity of $20 million — and is overseeing a disaster more than a month into the season.
This is a five-alarm fire.
This is a five-alarm fire.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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What happened tonight
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
What happened tonight
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Yep. The illogic of Senate mods’ folding over fears of Republicans nuking the filibuster is also plain.
Folding to “save the filibuster” guarantees that Republicans never have to take a Dem filibuster seriously again. They can merely wait a while, threaten to nuke, and wait for mods’ white flag.
Folding to “save the filibuster” guarantees that Republicans never have to take a Dem filibuster seriously again. They can merely wait a while, threaten to nuke, and wait for mods’ white flag.
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Yep. The illogic of Senate mods’ folding over fears of Republicans nuking the filibuster is also plain.
Folding to “save the filibuster” guarantees that Republicans never have to take a Dem filibuster seriously again. They can merely wait a while, threaten to nuke, and wait for mods’ white flag.
Folding to “save the filibuster” guarantees that Republicans never have to take a Dem filibuster seriously again. They can merely wait a while, threaten to nuke, and wait for mods’ white flag.
Since living in CA, I almost never reach out to my senators, because blue state. But tonight I did, just to let them know how pissed I am at Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Since living in CA, I almost never reach out to my senators, because blue state. But tonight I did, just to let them know how pissed I am at Schumer.
My guy STARTS by quoting Eugene Debs. A+++
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My guy STARTS by quoting Eugene Debs. A+++
Mary Hart is such a pro. 18 innings last night, didn’t flinch - back tonight, perfect posture, knowing exactly where the camera is at all times. Trash politics aside - Total Pro.
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Mary Hart is such a pro. 18 innings last night, didn’t flinch - back tonight, perfect posture, knowing exactly where the camera is at all times. Trash politics aside - Total Pro.
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I cannot tell you the depths of my disappointment was when I saw it wasn’t a different Tony Todd...
Charlie Sheen's life was in chaos. Meet friend Tony Todd, the 'angel from heaven' who helped rescue him
Charlie Sheen's life was in chaos. Meet friend Tony Todd, the 'angel from heaven' who helped rescue him
The documentary 'aka Charlie Sheen' pulled back the curtain on the actor's struggles. It also revealed Tony Todd, the man who helped rescue his lifelong friend.
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I cannot tell you the depths of my disappointment was when I saw it wasn’t a different Tony Todd...
Oh no, whatever you do don’t take away the Olympics that everyone in the city definitely wants…
"Any city we think is going to be a little dangerous for the World Cup — or for the Olympics, where, you know, they have Olympic overthrow, right [???] — but for the World Cup in particular, where they're playing in so many cities, we won't allow it, we'll move it around a little bit"
Trump threatens to move World Cup games out of blue cities due to "crime"
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Oh no, whatever you do don’t take away the Olympics that everyone in the city definitely wants…
Bruce Pearl going home earlier than expected? What is this, March?
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Bruce Pearl going home earlier than expected? What is this, March?
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
Song of the year.
Thanks to @sdpowell1.bsky.social for being the best on this app and finding all the good things.
Thanks to @sdpowell1.bsky.social for being the best on this app and finding all the good things.
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Song of the year.
Thanks to @sdpowell1.bsky.social for being the best on this app and finding all the good things.
Thanks to @sdpowell1.bsky.social for being the best on this app and finding all the good things.
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Welcome back college football!
August 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Welcome back college football!
Kudermetova is a really fun name to scream like a mountain granny. “KUDERMETOVA, get yer ass in here.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Kudermetova is a really fun name to scream like a mountain granny. “KUDERMETOVA, get yer ass in here.”
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And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:
August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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My policy proposal: It shouldn't be illegal to be a billionaire, as long as it's also not a crime to kill a billionaire. If you think you can make $1B in a way that doesn't make anyone angry enough to want to kill you, good luck!
i guest-hosted the Funbag this week. prepare for a scolding!!!!!!
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July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My policy proposal: It shouldn't be illegal to be a billionaire, as long as it's also not a crime to kill a billionaire. If you think you can make $1B in a way that doesn't make anyone angry enough to want to kill you, good luck!
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If one thing that immediately quells a Trump scandal, it’s firing a Comey.
BREAKING: Justice Department fires SDNY federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who played key role prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, per @eorden www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/maurene-comey-fired-doj-00458921
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor
Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If one thing that immediately quells a Trump scandal, it’s firing a Comey.
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Instead of complaining about distractions (looking at you, Newsom), he makes it part of a broader story about Trump. He's got the juice.
Also asked Beshear about Epstein file non-release, inc (from his view as a former AG) what Bondi did wrong.
July 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Instead of complaining about distractions (looking at you, Newsom), he makes it part of a broader story about Trump. He's got the juice.
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Turns out he can wait 😕
July 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Turns out he can wait 😕
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republicans operate according to a moral economy where wealthy oligarchs and polluters deserve the collected prosperity of the nation because of their wealth. the job of the rest of us is to toil for their benefit.
Seriously: Who the fuck benefits from this, besides Joe Craft and his coal mining interests and a couple of big gas producers? Republicans are screwing over their constituents, American business interests, and our country's future in an epic way here.
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
republicans operate according to a moral economy where wealthy oligarchs and polluters deserve the collected prosperity of the nation because of their wealth. the job of the rest of us is to toil for their benefit.