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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 · 3h

I wish I could speak Spanish or Arabic better but instead my brain is all full of these hip hop lyrics.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3h

Well it's not that, it's why we call people who are obsessive fans "stans." They're Stan. Eminem invented it, more or less.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3h

Wait THIS is what a "stan" is?

Yeah, buddy.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

They arrested people on the job, so it’s not about being unemployed. They arrested people in court seeking legal status, so it’s not about legality. They used the IRS to track the undocumented, so it’s not about taxes. This is about punishment, not justice. #crueltyIStheONLYpoint

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 7h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4h

Like, if you're Curt Cignetti, would you leave Indiana for Penn State? I dunno... I wouldn't.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4h

A young person discovering one of the greatest songs ever written... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiD2...

Gen Z Reacts to STAN - Eminem (EXPLICIT)

YouTube video by VERTICILE

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 5h

Just ask Nebraska! (And Penn State’s best bet might be poaching their coach after they finally seem to have found someone who can win in Lincoln.)

Even Michigan struggled to replace Lloyd Carr. They were lucky to have a sure thing like Harbaugh and still had to tough it out for years.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 6h

“We’re gonna fire you, but we’ll pay out your salary for the next four and a half years.” bsky.app/profile/thea...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8h

Do you see where this is headed?

Tweet from Jordan Weissmann: “Asked for an example of a group that had funded a violent protest, Trump named ActBlue and Indivisible, which I think pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the goals here.”
Below is a screenshot of an article excerpt detailing that neither George Soros nor Open Society Foundations fund protests, and noting that the White House named liberal groups like ActBlue and Indivisible in relation to violent incidents.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a little bit about the abuse DHS has inflicted on peaceful protesters and media, and the content creation the department is getting out of it.

I hope to return to Broadview asap. Unfortunately, I do not have an outlet to send me, and I doubt I can travel with Kristi Noem and Benny Johnson.

Creating Content in Broadview

Tear gas looks cool as hell on camera

www.turtlediaries.net

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 7h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

“I’m a cop. I am not supposed to feel dread. He’s a brown person. HE’S supposed to feel dread!”

Bari nods sympathetically.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 9h

UNC is actually a great fit

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 9h

Personally, I think when you fire a coach who can regularly win 9 or 10 games, you run the risk of being stuck with a 6-win team.

Penn State is a lot more similar to Nebraska than it is to Ohio State. Everybody in Lincoln wishes they had Bo Pelini over the past decade.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 9h

Fox and ESPN both reporting that Penn State fired James Franklin.

ESPN reporter Pete Thames via Twitter:

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1977433450673258678

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 10h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 10h

"there's actually a good scholarly argument from professor groypervonpedophile1488 in the quarterly journal of 'yes, too, law is a real field' for applying it only for republicans" - liberal law professors, 2030

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 10h

For all intents and purposes the Supreme Court does not exist.

We have a political institution called the “Supreme Court,” which weakens the Democratic Party and otherwise doesn’t do the prior established job of the Supreme Court at all.

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 11h

I wrote fancy words about how SCOTUS, by writing no opinions, had left no precedents to bind it when a Dem retakes the White House — and then Justice Barrett just blurted it out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16d

How will SCOTUS justify none of this applying to the next president? Easily: it never justified why it applied to Trump. No written opinions, no precedent to contradict.

It's an even cleaner perversion of the law for its special boy than "our consideration is limited to the present circumstances."

Mon Mothra @flobbert.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to see how they Justify none of this applying to the next president

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court greenlights Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress.

Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, has a sharp dissent. She says this "result conflicts with the separation of powers." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 11h

I wrote fancy words about how SCOTUS, by writing no opinions, had left no precedents to bind it when a Dem retakes the White House — and then Justice Barrett just blurted it out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11h

Drone warfare bringing back WW2 era propeller aircraft with tail gunners is definitely a surprise.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11h

What do you think "land border encounters" means?

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 12h

If the press had acted like this 12 months ago we’d have avoided this whole mess and right now people would be complaining about Kamala Harris’ phased-in expansion of Medicare and increasing the minimum wage.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Some Americans think making America weaker, poorer, more chaotic, less reliable, with fewer friends, worse relationships with democracies, and damaging international institutions America set up and benefited from is good.

Not sarcasm. I think they’re very wrong, but they’re getting what they want.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

On NYT Home Page there's a Douthat column w/the headline "Trump's Foreign Policy is Succeeding. He Should Apply It's Lessons at Home." On what planet? Betraying our allies. Blowing up the global trading system. Embracing autocrats. Pulling back support for Ukraine. Helping to support Gaza slaughter.

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