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Craig Harrington

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Political and media researcher. Just trying to make the world safe for democracy. All views are my own. Research Director @mmfa.bsky.social Book learnin' –– OSU, GU, KCL

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · Feb 5

This is Winston Smith’s job in “1984.”

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · Feb 4

NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...

Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites

"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.

www.404media.co

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 26m

Ohtani has had one great game. One okay game... and 6 awful games so far in the postseason. (Caveat: One awful game was also a great pitching performance.)

The Dodgers are somehow 7-1 in these games.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 34m

The Brewers have intentionally loaded the bases in back-to-back 9th innings while trailing.

This time it actually worked, they got Teoscar Hernandez to chase a ball and ground into a double play.

Last night, it actually lost them the game.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

How good is Shohei Ohtani?

The Brewers just walked him to load the bases in the 9th inning when they were **down** a run with future Hall of Famer and former MVP Mookie Betts on deck to bat.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 41m

It's bad enough that pharmaceutical companies directly market to patients... but freaking AI chatbots directly marketing as if they're pharmaceutical companies?!?!?!

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 44m

ChatGPT advertisement about a mom with cancer using the hallucinating chatbot for medical advice is real Armageddon shit. Very strong "this is the end" vibes with that one.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 53m

Sometimes you just straight up lose the trade war and then it's lost forever.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 14d

The thing is, this isn't even the first time US ag has wrecked itself with foolish trade wars.

In the runup to the Civil War, US cotton plantations decided to stop exporting cotton. Why?

Because the British Empire's textile mills ran on cotton from US plantations.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 54m

Well but wasn't Solyndra like $500 billion?!?1??!

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1h

How quickly can you get your hands on an animal print body suit?

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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 1h

This sucks I just finished my book about this exact thing

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1h

The Dodgers are 4-for-33 with runners in scoring position this postseason?

That's usually a stat for a team that gets swept ugly.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1h

Shōhei Ōtani and Enrique José Hernández González Jr. did a "Freaky Friday" somehow.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

Yep another U.S. attorney who Trump HANDPICKED this time around who team trump quickly determined: nope sorry not authoritarian enough, next

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 2h

Almost miss President Bombing Hurricane by comparison

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 3h

They want to kill people. Trump's lawyers argued he could kill his political opponents without criminal prosecution. He praised Duterte's mass murder of "drug dealers." He's ordering extrajudicial killings of fishermen at sea.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3h

The administration is reframing migrants and gang members as “terrorists”, so DHS wannabe operators can do GWOT-style night raids here in the U.S. of A.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 2h

Giving your tax dollars to Argentina to stabilize their economy so they can steal our export markets in China is just the type of outside-the-box think they The Establishment doesn’t want us to know about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 2h

I could have used this guidance 15 years ago, Will!

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 6h

get a graduate degree in the humanities if you're ok with adjuncting or have financial stability secured. get a graduate degree in computer science or math if you want to have alternative career options available. get a graduate degree in political science if you want to be handsome and virile.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 4h

honestly impressive how committed they are to losing a shutdown fight

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h

prediction: this will not work

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump teases new list of "Democratic programs" being shut down will come Friday

Other cuts would follow the thousands of employees laid off last week.

www.axios.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 4h

Look, we can lose our minds in a depressing way or a fun way

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s not rush to judgment about the Republican staffers… wait a minute… I’m getting new and alarming information about their positions on Hitler… bsky.app/profile/thor...

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 5h

You can't just call everyone you disagree with a Nazi

[receives a note]

Ok, I'm being informed they're praising Hitler. Hard to argue with you here

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 5h

You can't just call everyone you disagree with a Nazi

[receives a note]

Ok, I'm being informed they're praising Hitler. Hard to argue with you here

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4h

The Dem pickups that cycle were all from redistricting. We lost every competitive race, which was shocking and nobody predicted it at all.

In KY and TN, the $100 million candidate and the $0 candidate performed basically exactly the same. It was an insane outcome top to bottom.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 6h

They're all gonna get fellowships at the University of Austin, aren't they?

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 7h

Vile and racist comments when they think no outsiders can listen in. Because Chatham house rules, right? A lot of bold, outside-– box thinking going on here on “forbidden” topics.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 6h

1. Lol, no this did not happen.

2. Actually, privately funding the military is bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"