James Harris
@james-harris.bsky.social
National security consultant; economist by trade; former chief of the China Division and the Strategic Assessments Group at CIA; later, manager at CENTRA Tech.
"...The gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
There are now more guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"...The gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think that was actually 8, but I'm sure Trump will revise the number downward in light of this reality check.
Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I think that was actually 8, but I'm sure Trump will revise the number downward in light of this reality check.
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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How very not surprising 👇
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How very not surprising 👇
WOTR on the new National Security Strategy. Link below.
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
WOTR on the new National Security Strategy. Link below.
We had a Pandemic-related surge in immigration and then a Trump-related shrinkage. So it's hard to know what damage we're inflicting on our economy. Link below.
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We had a Pandemic-related surge in immigration and then a Trump-related shrinkage. So it's hard to know what damage we're inflicting on our economy. Link below.
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Weak US private sector employment: -32k via @ADP in November
Key insights:
🔻Declines in 4 of last 6 months
🔻3-mo average down -3k
🔻Job losses for small businesses
🔻Prof & business services, info, manufacturing, construction & finance
✅Healthcare & leisure
Key insights:
🔻Declines in 4 of last 6 months
🔻3-mo average down -3k
🔻Job losses for small businesses
🔻Prof & business services, info, manufacturing, construction & finance
✅Healthcare & leisure
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Weak US private sector employment: -32k via @ADP in November
Key insights:
🔻Declines in 4 of last 6 months
🔻3-mo average down -3k
🔻Job losses for small businesses
🔻Prof & business services, info, manufacturing, construction & finance
✅Healthcare & leisure
Key insights:
🔻Declines in 4 of last 6 months
🔻3-mo average down -3k
🔻Job losses for small businesses
🔻Prof & business services, info, manufacturing, construction & finance
✅Healthcare & leisure
Both the post and especially the comments are hilarious. Enjoy.
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Both the post and especially the comments are hilarious. Enjoy.
George Will sounds like this when he makes sense. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
George Will sounds like this when he makes sense. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I wonder who was behind this. Let's see... www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I wonder who was behind this. Let's see... www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
Where does Trump get his numbers? He doesn't get simple arithmetic.
Reading this feels like being yelled at by a calculator having a stroke.
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Where does Trump get his numbers? He doesn't get simple arithmetic.
Questions with action imminent: do we just go after drug sites or get more aggressive, has Trump worked something out with Maduro along the lines, does Venezuela defend itself, if not?
Airspace we don’t control. Are we going to start shooting planes out of the sky now like Putin?
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Questions with action imminent: do we just go after drug sites or get more aggressive, has Trump worked something out with Maduro along the lines, does Venezuela defend itself, if not?
Ratcliffe makes me sick. Amid tragedy, the political hack has to take a shot at Biden.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ratcliffe makes me sick. Amid tragedy, the political hack has to take a shot at Biden.
OK….
Q: You're not worried that Witkoff is too pro-Russian?
TRUMP: Look, ahh -- this war could go on for years. Russia has got a lot more people. A lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can make a deal it's a good thing.
TRUMP: Look, ahh -- this war could go on for years. Russia has got a lot more people. A lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can make a deal it's a good thing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
OK….
A long and interesting piece in The Guardian by Bill McKibben concerning both religion and politics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A long and interesting piece in The Guardian by Bill McKibben concerning both religion and politics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Very nice piece by David Smith on MTG. "The latest dissenter to head for the exit." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Marjorie Taylor Greene could have led the anti-Trump resistance but the mob boss got his way
The Maga star won on the Epstein files and could have founded a Republican resistance movement but is instead the latest dissenter to head for the exit
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Very nice piece by David Smith on MTG. "The latest dissenter to head for the exit." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CNN on Independents' net approval of Trump. How do you turn off the most critical element of the electorate so thoroughly?
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CNN on Independents' net approval of Trump. How do you turn off the most critical element of the electorate so thoroughly?
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What ever happened to Tim Scott?
Tim Scott: "Thank god we're less than 60 days away from the beginning of a brand new year. 2026 will be the year of affordability"
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What ever happened to Tim Scott?
The Senate could block. In the House, I assume the vote will allow full release, not limited release. Or have Johnson and Trump planned a way to pull a fast one?
He knows they have the votes to filibuster in the Senate.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Senate could block. In the House, I assume the vote will allow full release, not limited release. Or have Johnson and Trump planned a way to pull a fast one?