Harry Jarin for Congress
@harrymd5.bsky.social
I'm Harry Jarin, a small business owner and volunteer firefighter in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. I'm running against 23-term incumbent Steny Hoyer in Maryland's 5th Congressional District. https://harryMD5.com
If you believe restaurant workers deserve fair pay, check out One Fair Wage - and if you want a representative who’ll actually fight for workers, please support my campaign. Like a lot of restaurant workers, I rely on small-dollar donations, and every bit helps!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you believe restaurant workers deserve fair pay, check out One Fair Wage - and if you want a representative who’ll actually fight for workers, please support my campaign. Like a lot of restaurant workers, I rely on small-dollar donations, and every bit helps!
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I wasn't surprised that there were no sitting politicians at this event. The restaurant lobby is powerful and doesn't want this to change; the subminimum wage is effectively a subsidy just for that industry! But unlike my 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer, I don’t take money from evil PACs.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wasn't surprised that there were no sitting politicians at this event. The restaurant lobby is powerful and doesn't want this to change; the subminimum wage is effectively a subsidy just for that industry! But unlike my 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer, I don’t take money from evil PACs.
The tipped minimum wage is a relic of America’s racist past that should’ve been abolished decades ago. Maryland’s done better than most with a $15/hour minimum including tips, but Congress hasn’t raised the Federal minimum wage since 2009, and the tipped minimum wage since 1991!
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The tipped minimum wage is a relic of America’s racist past that should’ve been abolished decades ago. Maryland’s done better than most with a $15/hour minimum including tips, but Congress hasn’t raised the Federal minimum wage since 2009, and the tipped minimum wage since 1991!
This system has a dark history: after emancipation, white employers refused to pay former slaves a real wage and forced them to rely on “tips” to survive. This was a practice imported from aristocratic Europe - a way to maintain the racial hierarchy in the South through economic exploitation.
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This system has a dark history: after emancipation, white employers refused to pay former slaves a real wage and forced them to rely on “tips” to survive. This was a practice imported from aristocratic Europe - a way to maintain the racial hierarchy in the South through economic exploitation.
I was recently in Baltimore at Angeli’s Pizza with a group called One Fair Wage, who are launching a campaign to finally end the tipped minimum wage. If you don’t know how it works: the Federal min wage is $7.25/hour, but if you earn tips, it's as little as $2.13/hour ($3.63/hour here in Maryland).
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I was recently in Baltimore at Angeli’s Pizza with a group called One Fair Wage, who are launching a campaign to finally end the tipped minimum wage. If you don’t know how it works: the Federal min wage is $7.25/hour, but if you earn tips, it's as little as $2.13/hour ($3.63/hour here in Maryland).
This is basically indistinguishable from the Nazi concept to colonize Eastern Europe after exterminating the Jews in gas chambers and then slowly starving all the Poles and Ukrainians to death. The Republican "lebensraum" housing plan, if you will.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is basically indistinguishable from the Nazi concept to colonize Eastern Europe after exterminating the Jews in gas chambers and then slowly starving all the Poles and Ukrainians to death. The Republican "lebensraum" housing plan, if you will.
Because the man in question was nominated to be the Attorney General
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Because the man in question was nominated to be the Attorney General
What is coherent about the Trump administration's foreign policy?
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What is coherent about the Trump administration's foreign policy?
Please follow and support:
☑️Matthew Johnston for Delegate 30B
☑️Chuck Cook for Delegate 33B
☑️Courtney Buiniskis for Register of Wills
☑️Spencer Jones for Anne Arundel County Council District 7
These candidates are proof that our party’s future is strong and that change is already on the way!
☑️Matthew Johnston for Delegate 30B
☑️Chuck Cook for Delegate 33B
☑️Courtney Buiniskis for Register of Wills
☑️Spencer Jones for Anne Arundel County Council District 7
These candidates are proof that our party’s future is strong and that change is already on the way!
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Please follow and support:
☑️Matthew Johnston for Delegate 30B
☑️Chuck Cook for Delegate 33B
☑️Courtney Buiniskis for Register of Wills
☑️Spencer Jones for Anne Arundel County Council District 7
These candidates are proof that our party’s future is strong and that change is already on the way!
☑️Matthew Johnston for Delegate 30B
☑️Chuck Cook for Delegate 33B
☑️Courtney Buiniskis for Register of Wills
☑️Spencer Jones for Anne Arundel County Council District 7
These candidates are proof that our party’s future is strong and that change is already on the way!
We need to stop electing wimpy and old representatives who simply do not get what’s at stake.
That’s also why I’m running to replace my own 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer. If you're able, please support me here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/harry...
That’s also why I’m running to replace my own 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer. If you're able, please support me here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/harry...
Donate to Harry Jarin
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We need to stop electing wimpy and old representatives who simply do not get what’s at stake.
That’s also why I’m running to replace my own 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer. If you're able, please support me here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/harry...
That’s also why I’m running to replace my own 86-year-old congressman, Steny Hoyer. If you're able, please support me here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/harry...
Sen. Ferguson sent out a staffer to give us platitudes about “risk calculation.” But this is no time for caution, Democrats need a war mindset. We can't take the high road while the other side uses a bulldozer. A two-party system only works if both parties respect the same rules, and MAGA does not.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sen. Ferguson sent out a staffer to give us platitudes about “risk calculation.” But this is no time for caution, Democrats need a war mindset. We can't take the high road while the other side uses a bulldozer. A two-party system only works if both parties respect the same rules, and MAGA does not.
Maryland could easily flip our one Republican seat and help tip the balance in Congress. Governor Moore supports it, MD House Speaker Jones supports it, but MD Senate President Bill Ferguson won't. We filmed this outside Sen. Ferguson’s office in Annapolis because this is where the fight is.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Maryland could easily flip our one Republican seat and help tip the balance in Congress. Governor Moore supports it, MD House Speaker Jones supports it, but MD Senate President Bill Ferguson won't. We filmed this outside Sen. Ferguson’s office in Annapolis because this is where the fight is.
Who's Timothy?
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Who's Timothy?
To every veteran and military family: thank you for your service and your sacrifice! 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
To every veteran and military family: thank you for your service and your sacrifice! 🇺🇸
I also want to mention my grandmother, who was also a dutiful military spouse! After they were married in 1943, she followed Harry around to different training facilities as far away as Oregon and Texas. Incredibly, she just passed away last year at the age of 101.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I also want to mention my grandmother, who was also a dutiful military spouse! After they were married in 1943, she followed Harry around to different training facilities as far away as Oregon and Texas. Incredibly, she just passed away last year at the age of 101.
That explains their mindset, partially. To actually answer your question as to what the strategy was here, they recognized on some level that what they were doing was working politically. But Schumer and others got spooked that Republicans might actually nuke the filibuster, and so they caved.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
That explains their mindset, partially. To actually answer your question as to what the strategy was here, they recognized on some level that what they were doing was working politically. But Schumer and others got spooked that Republicans might actually nuke the filibuster, and so they caved.
Democratic leaders respond with the old playbook (statements, concessions, appeals to bipartisanship) trying to appeal to a news environment that doesn't exist anymore. They just end up looking weak to both sides. Against an openly fascist MAGA movement, they're catastrophically mismatched.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Democratic leaders respond with the old playbook (statements, concessions, appeals to bipartisanship) trying to appeal to a news environment that doesn't exist anymore. They just end up looking weak to both sides. Against an openly fascist MAGA movement, they're catastrophically mismatched.
In an algorithm-driven environment, whoever defines the story in emotional terms usually wins. Triangulation cedes that battlefield to the extremists. The modern far right thrives on breaking norms and “owning the libs. Because their outrageous content travels faster, they end up setting the agenda.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In an algorithm-driven environment, whoever defines the story in emotional terms usually wins. Triangulation cedes that battlefield to the extremists. The modern far right thrives on breaking norms and “owning the libs. Because their outrageous content travels faster, they end up setting the agenda.
The "triangulation" strategy assumed two relatively sane parties competing over a big center, but politics has become way more polarized. Also, there is hardly a center; just the stupidest, least-informed people who are most susceptible to misinformation. Social media rewards outrage and conviction.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The "triangulation" strategy assumed two relatively sane parties competing over a big center, but politics has become way more polarized. Also, there is hardly a center; just the stupidest, least-informed people who are most susceptible to misinformation. Social media rewards outrage and conviction.
Clinton tried to put himself "above the fray" of partisan politics. From a political perspective, this sort of worked. The center was way more 'mushy' back then, the GOP was still a somewhat normal political party, and the Clinton administration was good at maneuvering in the news environment.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Clinton tried to put himself "above the fray" of partisan politics. From a political perspective, this sort of worked. The center was way more 'mushy' back then, the GOP was still a somewhat normal political party, and the Clinton administration was good at maneuvering in the news environment.