Craig Harrington
@craigipedia.bsky.social
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
Book learnin' –– OSU, GU, KCL
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This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I bet @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social has something to say about this.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I bet @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social has something to say about this.
Lane Kiffin nuking Ole Miss and LSU at the same time is a nice touch for the season.
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Lane Kiffin nuking Ole Miss and LSU at the same time is a nice touch for the season.
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Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
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just spitballing here: a good slogan for dems in 2026 or 2028 might be BAN SCAMS
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
just spitballing here: a good slogan for dems in 2026 or 2028 might be BAN SCAMS
ChatGPT, it’s just like us!
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ChatGPT, it’s just like us!
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100% chance ChatGPT also helped write the proposal
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
100% chance ChatGPT also helped write the proposal
Someone needs to make a point of the fact that the people who did this will face prosecution when it’s over.
Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Someone needs to make a point of the fact that the people who did this will face prosecution when it’s over.
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It’s not funny but it is something that Pete’s open desire for murder has garnered public opposition from his own party and Hegseth seems genuinely caught off guard about it
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s not funny but it is something that Pete’s open desire for murder has garnered public opposition from his own party and Hegseth seems genuinely caught off guard about it
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Honestly, the shortcut to getting this covered in the press is for a prominent Democrat to give a speech about it—no guarantee, but we can't expect the press to do it on their own.
I still can't get over that what's being pumped out by official admin accounts isn't the stuff of daily, scandalized headlines
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Honestly, the shortcut to getting this covered in the press is for a prominent Democrat to give a speech about it—no guarantee, but we can't expect the press to do it on their own.
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
Oh baby, it’s cold outside.
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oh baby, it’s cold outside.
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
The story here is about the president being crazy not that he’s a difficult architectural client.
President Trump’s ever-growing vision for a ballroom on the White House grounds has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The story here is about the president being crazy not that he’s a difficult architectural client.
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Venezuela doesn’t make fentanyl
Venezuela doesn’t make cocaine
Venezuela has oil
Venezuela doesn’t make cocaine
Venezuela has oil
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety reut.rs/4a4K6PN
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
reut.rs
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Venezuela doesn’t make fentanyl
Venezuela doesn’t make cocaine
Venezuela has oil
Venezuela doesn’t make cocaine
Venezuela has oil
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Brutus writing the script Ohio in the snow and the Michigan grounds crew scrambling to get rid of it is a perfect mascot bit
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Brutus writing the script Ohio in the snow and the Michigan grounds crew scrambling to get rid of it is a perfect mascot bit
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What is this Scooby Doo shit
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What is this Scooby Doo shit
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Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
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November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
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I'm a logician. These two-sentence argument-from-authority headlines are a scourge on journalism.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm a logician. These two-sentence argument-from-authority headlines are a scourge on journalism.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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Sec of war confesses to war crimes while trying to dunk on the MSM
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sec of war confesses to war crimes while trying to dunk on the MSM
In the end, Michigan was the team that played like they were afraid of the snow affecting their game.
So proud of this Buckeye team. We were clearly the tougher, better team in a classic Big Ten November game: snowing sideways, cold as hell, battling it out at the line. Ryan Day is a class act & an exceptional coach, and I’m glad he finally got rid of those demons. More work, but goal 1 accomplished
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In the end, Michigan was the team that played like they were afraid of the snow affecting their game.