Steven Harmon
@winston84.bsky.social
Comms guy, former longtime political reporter, sports writer.
The scandal brewing here is something Sen. Durbin raised: 1,000 Justice Dept staffers directed to “flag” Trump connections in Epstein files. In Watergate terms, the gap in the tapes won’t be 18 minutes. It will be years of gaps. Wiping out Epstein recordings likely happening now.
July 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The scandal brewing here is something Sen. Durbin raised: 1,000 Justice Dept staffers directed to “flag” Trump connections in Epstein files. In Watergate terms, the gap in the tapes won’t be 18 minutes. It will be years of gaps. Wiping out Epstein recordings likely happening now.
So hard to believe Rickey is gone, just days before his 66th birthday. A man who was indestructible, the epitome of endurance & agelessness. So many thrills from Rickey. His early days under Billy Martin w/the Oakland A’s electrified the Bay Area. I recommend bio by @hbryant42
December 21, 2024 at 8:08 PM
So hard to believe Rickey is gone, just days before his 66th birthday. A man who was indestructible, the epitome of endurance & agelessness. So many thrills from Rickey. His early days under Billy Martin w/the Oakland A’s electrified the Bay Area. I recommend bio by @hbryant42
Open question for tyrants: does it ever occur to you that dictators always flee for their lives in humiliation in the end, if they’re not caught & strung from a pole?
December 8, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Open question for tyrants: does it ever occur to you that dictators always flee for their lives in humiliation in the end, if they’re not caught & strung from a pole?
Russia’s foreign ministry said Syria’s dictator Assad has “left office and ordered a peaceful transfer of power.”
Pro tip: when fleeing for your life, you haven’t just “left office.” And you don’t order anything. Also, getting overthrown is never a “peaceful transfer of power.”
Pro tip: when fleeing for your life, you haven’t just “left office.” And you don’t order anything. Also, getting overthrown is never a “peaceful transfer of power.”
December 8, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Russia’s foreign ministry said Syria’s dictator Assad has “left office and ordered a peaceful transfer of power.”
Pro tip: when fleeing for your life, you haven’t just “left office.” And you don’t order anything. Also, getting overthrown is never a “peaceful transfer of power.”
Pro tip: when fleeing for your life, you haven’t just “left office.” And you don’t order anything. Also, getting overthrown is never a “peaceful transfer of power.”
This is where i’m at. There’s little to explain our body politic right now if you don’t make central the idea that we are captive to a bottom feeding, mean-spirited, and yes, racist/misogynist culture.
Right now, there's a lot of journalists and talking heads trying to tell the Dems they need to change their messaging, instead of being honest about the racism, misogyny, and lack of education on the issues that made people vote for a criminal-sociopath.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance
In the wake of the election results, one of the most common media postmortems has been the Democratic Party’s supposed failure to reach those Americans who they were unable to persuade over the course...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:40 AM
This is where i’m at. There’s little to explain our body politic right now if you don’t make central the idea that we are captive to a bottom feeding, mean-spirited, and yes, racist/misogynist culture.
Oh, my gosh! Who knew?
November 21, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Oh, my gosh! Who knew?
Exactly. Dems/liberals shouldn’t be shamed for appealing to our better angels. Nor should they be bullied/blamed for failing to speak to our darkest impulses. Sadly, tho, we’ll have to go through pain & suffering for people to come to their senses and seek a return to a more optimistic vision.
November 20, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Exactly. Dems/liberals shouldn’t be shamed for appealing to our better angels. Nor should they be bullied/blamed for failing to speak to our darkest impulses. Sadly, tho, we’ll have to go through pain & suffering for people to come to their senses and seek a return to a more optimistic vision.
Remember, folks, these outrageous cabinet picks are an Opening Act for Trump. He is deliberately and systematically poking the eye of America by digging deep into his barrel of outlandish personalities who are an affront to our great tradition of White House transitions.
November 16, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Remember, folks, these outrageous cabinet picks are an Opening Act for Trump. He is deliberately and systematically poking the eye of America by digging deep into his barrel of outlandish personalities who are an affront to our great tradition of White House transitions.
Gaetz is in there for one purpose: to carry out Trump’s vendetta against political “enemies.”
The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
November 14, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Gaetz is in there for one purpose: to carry out Trump’s vendetta against political “enemies.”
Martin Luther King said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Just hope the arc has some bend left in it.
Just hope the arc has some bend left in it.
November 13, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Martin Luther King said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Just hope the arc has some bend left in it.
Just hope the arc has some bend left in it.
Turns out, Trump may want to rethink some of his election year promises like prosecuting political enemies, halting aid to Ukraine, firing federal workers who aren’t loyalists, imposing tariffs, pardoning Jan. 6 insurrectionists, getting rid of vaccines and even mass deportations.
November 12, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Turns out, Trump may want to rethink some of his election year promises like prosecuting political enemies, halting aid to Ukraine, firing federal workers who aren’t loyalists, imposing tariffs, pardoning Jan. 6 insurrectionists, getting rid of vaccines and even mass deportations.
@bsky.app Just joining. Am here to somehow contribute to the resistance. Former political journalist with a nose for truth & BS. Hoping to find a way to amplify my thoughts on preserving democracy and holding Trump et al accountable.
November 12, 2024 at 12:28 AM
@bsky.app Just joining. Am here to somehow contribute to the resistance. Former political journalist with a nose for truth & BS. Hoping to find a way to amplify my thoughts on preserving democracy and holding Trump et al accountable.