Harry Scher
@harryscher.bsky.social
Likes to read good takes on the internet
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New @centeronbudget.bsky.social analysis of the draft GOP tax plan released yesterday:
Unsurprisingly, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy—including an average annual $65k cut for the top 1%—while doing little for low- and moderate-income families in 2027 (and even less by 2029).
Unsurprisingly, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy—including an average annual $65k cut for the top 1%—while doing little for low- and moderate-income families in 2027 (and even less by 2029).
May 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
New @centeronbudget.bsky.social analysis of the draft GOP tax plan released yesterday:
Unsurprisingly, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy—including an average annual $65k cut for the top 1%—while doing little for low- and moderate-income families in 2027 (and even less by 2029).
Unsurprisingly, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy—including an average annual $65k cut for the top 1%—while doing little for low- and moderate-income families in 2027 (and even less by 2029).
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I bet I can rise to the challenge and forget these looks.
May 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I bet I can rise to the challenge and forget these looks.
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TIL that Tesla insiders (executives, board members, etc) have sold *1.46 million* Tesla shares over the past 12 months, and bought precisely *zero*
www.nasdaq.com/market-activ...
www.nasdaq.com/market-activ...
March 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TIL that Tesla insiders (executives, board members, etc) have sold *1.46 million* Tesla shares over the past 12 months, and bought precisely *zero*
www.nasdaq.com/market-activ...
www.nasdaq.com/market-activ...
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I think this captures the intersection of those topics best
whether someone reads books, informs themselves about the world, pays attention to current events, is a crucial indicator of political alignment
and that is just a really fuckin weird new thing for Democrats to sort out
whether someone reads books, informs themselves about the world, pays attention to current events, is a crucial indicator of political alignment
and that is just a really fuckin weird new thing for Democrats to sort out
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think this captures the intersection of those topics best
whether someone reads books, informs themselves about the world, pays attention to current events, is a crucial indicator of political alignment
and that is just a really fuckin weird new thing for Democrats to sort out
whether someone reads books, informs themselves about the world, pays attention to current events, is a crucial indicator of political alignment
and that is just a really fuckin weird new thing for Democrats to sort out
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I’m going to start an ongoing thread of all the good types of cops Trump/Musk are defunding.
First up, public corruption cops:
First up, public corruption cops:
The Trump administration has ordered that the Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting public corruption "will essentially be disbanded."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
March 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’m going to start an ongoing thread of all the good types of cops Trump/Musk are defunding.
First up, public corruption cops:
First up, public corruption cops:
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This administration is like a second pandemic. The biggest issue is all the avoidable deaths, but life is also marginally worse in a million little ways, and the foregone output (economic, academic, etc) will loom over us for decades to come
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This administration is like a second pandemic. The biggest issue is all the avoidable deaths, but life is also marginally worse in a million little ways, and the foregone output (economic, academic, etc) will loom over us for decades to come
Annexation of Canada is all fun and games until it becomes the way Dems take back the senate
March 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Annexation of Canada is all fun and games until it becomes the way Dems take back the senate
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There’s going to be more informed, high-quality news and opinion than ever, but it’ll be behind paywalls and cater to college grads who want accurate information and won’t shape the discourse as much as emotional algo bait.
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There’s going to be more informed, high-quality news and opinion than ever, but it’ll be behind paywalls and cater to college grads who want accurate information and won’t shape the discourse as much as emotional algo bait.
Canada, Germany, now Ukraine, trump has a great ability to untie countries around their unpopular leaders
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Canada, Germany, now Ukraine, trump has a great ability to untie countries around their unpopular leaders
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I really do feel like I’m losing my mind.
This is insane. Eric Adams is on Fox and Friends as Homan’s pet dog, and Holman is openly discussing “the agreement we came to,” and NO DEM ANYWHERE IS SAYING ANYTHING
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I really do feel like I’m losing my mind.
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The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract.
ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...
ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...
February 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract.
ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...
ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...
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Awful, awful news.
E Street is the premiere location in DC for independent and foreign cinema, even if many seats and bathroom stalls were busted. I have been going there regularly for over twenty years.
This leaves a massive hole, and many local festivals will suffer.
Fuck.
E Street is the premiere location in DC for independent and foreign cinema, even if many seats and bathroom stalls were busted. I have been going there regularly for over twenty years.
This leaves a massive hole, and many local festivals will suffer.
Fuck.
E Street Cinema, independent movie theater in downtown D.C., to close
Landmark’s E Street Cinema, a hub for indie, foreign and niche films, cited business struggles since the pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Awful, awful news.
E Street is the premiere location in DC for independent and foreign cinema, even if many seats and bathroom stalls were busted. I have been going there regularly for over twenty years.
This leaves a massive hole, and many local festivals will suffer.
Fuck.
E Street is the premiere location in DC for independent and foreign cinema, even if many seats and bathroom stalls were busted. I have been going there regularly for over twenty years.
This leaves a massive hole, and many local festivals will suffer.
Fuck.
It’s the process that they I am most frustrated with
February 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s the process that they I am most frustrated with
“When I think ‘progressive,’ I think of the ‘Squad,’” Mr. Morgan said, referring to the group of left-wing House members. “And when I think of ‘the Squad,’ I think of socialism, and when I think of socialism, I think of communism, and when I think of communism, I think of the downfall of countries.”
February 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“When I think ‘progressive,’ I think of the ‘Squad,’” Mr. Morgan said, referring to the group of left-wing House members. “And when I think of ‘the Squad,’ I think of socialism, and when I think of socialism, I think of communism, and when I think of communism, I think of the downfall of countries.”
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something happens and she gets on twitter and tiktok and bluesky and goes "here's what I think! here's what we should do!"
this is real, genuine leadership. taking a leadership role in the discourse, deciding things, explaining your decision. then other people say "look what she said"
this is real, genuine leadership. taking a leadership role in the discourse, deciding things, explaining your decision. then other people say "look what she said"
February 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
something happens and she gets on twitter and tiktok and bluesky and goes "here's what I think! here's what we should do!"
this is real, genuine leadership. taking a leadership role in the discourse, deciding things, explaining your decision. then other people say "look what she said"
this is real, genuine leadership. taking a leadership role in the discourse, deciding things, explaining your decision. then other people say "look what she said"
This isn’t normal
Consider the logic of the alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams: You can [allegedly] accept bribes so a foreign country can build and open an unsafe building in your city, so long as you help combat individual migrants, many of them non-criminal.
February 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This isn’t normal
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Consider the logic of the alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams: You can [allegedly] accept bribes so a foreign country can build and open an unsafe building in your city, so long as you help combat individual migrants, many of them non-criminal.
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Consider the logic of the alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams: You can [allegedly] accept bribes so a foreign country can build and open an unsafe building in your city, so long as you help combat individual migrants, many of them non-criminal.
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This entire last year feels like a super long Key and Peele sketch about a diss track that gets out of hand
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This entire last year feels like a super long Key and Peele sketch about a diss track that gets out of hand
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I've watched this video maybe 20 times in the last day
January 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I've watched this video maybe 20 times in the last day
“Get that content in a non doom-scrolly way” - how I overheard someone describe Bluesky
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“Get that content in a non doom-scrolly way” - how I overheard someone describe Bluesky
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I think about this Bo Burnham lyric all the time these days
January 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I think about this Bo Burnham lyric all the time these days
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"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
The Crisis of Democratic Governance
State Democrats have failed to deliver what the American people want.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
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Consuming political content on TikTok is associated with being more Trump-y, more pro-Russia, and more antisemitic even after quite strong demographic/attitudinal controls.
From a content perspective R videos get more views than D and also R content is also more effective on per impression basis.
From a content perspective R videos get more views than D and also R content is also more effective on per impression basis.
January 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Consuming political content on TikTok is associated with being more Trump-y, more pro-Russia, and more antisemitic even after quite strong demographic/attitudinal controls.
From a content perspective R videos get more views than D and also R content is also more effective on per impression basis.
From a content perspective R videos get more views than D and also R content is also more effective on per impression basis.
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Me: [blasting my shotgun into the New Jersey skyline]
You: Oh, are you trying to take down the drones?
Me: Drones?
You: Oh, are you trying to take down the drones?
Me: Drones?
December 15, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Me: [blasting my shotgun into the New Jersey skyline]
You: Oh, are you trying to take down the drones?
Me: Drones?
You: Oh, are you trying to take down the drones?
Me: Drones?
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SCAMMER: How much money do you have in your bank account?
ME: fourteen dollars
SCAMMER: Okay, I need you to withdraw it all and put it in a shoeb—wait you said fourteen?
ME: that’s correct
SCAMMER: hold on one second [muffled noises] bro do you need help?
ME: fourteen dollars
SCAMMER: Okay, I need you to withdraw it all and put it in a shoeb—wait you said fourteen?
ME: that’s correct
SCAMMER: hold on one second [muffled noises] bro do you need help?
February 15, 2024 at 8:40 PM
SCAMMER: How much money do you have in your bank account?
ME: fourteen dollars
SCAMMER: Okay, I need you to withdraw it all and put it in a shoeb—wait you said fourteen?
ME: that’s correct
SCAMMER: hold on one second [muffled noises] bro do you need help?
ME: fourteen dollars
SCAMMER: Okay, I need you to withdraw it all and put it in a shoeb—wait you said fourteen?
ME: that’s correct
SCAMMER: hold on one second [muffled noises] bro do you need help?