Harry Chancey
@harrychancey.bsky.social
Former Public Television Executive now writing on democracy, myth-making & authoritarianism. Teaching & lecturing at Williams & Mary adult ed program and the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Musing: https://harrychancey.substack.com.
AI billionaires are devouring land, water, power—and democracy. With David Sacks inside the White House & hyperscale data centers exploding, Silicon Valley’s elite push a CEO-run authoritarian future that excludes the rest of us. The munching is getting louder. harrychancey.substack.com/p/munch
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
AI billionaires are devouring land, water, power—and democracy. With David Sacks inside the White House & hyperscale data centers exploding, Silicon Valley’s elite push a CEO-run authoritarian future that excludes the rest of us. The munching is getting louder. harrychancey.substack.com/p/munch
As America250 nears, cracks in the promise of our nation are visible: a president bending power for personal gain, weaponizing law, and treating citizens as subjects. One truth endures: Tyrants don’t fall on their own. Free people push.
harrychancey.substack.com/p/early-fourth
harrychancey.substack.com/p/early-fourth
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
As America250 nears, cracks in the promise of our nation are visible: a president bending power for personal gain, weaponizing law, and treating citizens as subjects. One truth endures: Tyrants don’t fall on their own. Free people push.
harrychancey.substack.com/p/early-fourth
harrychancey.substack.com/p/early-fourth
Three Americans show what courage looks like: one shot with a pepper ball while praying — another surrenders a lifetime judgeship to speak truth to power — a third preserving the histories others are trying to erase. Distinct acts. Shared purpose. One democracy. harrychancey.substack.com/p/courages
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Three Americans show what courage looks like: one shot with a pepper ball while praying — another surrenders a lifetime judgeship to speak truth to power — a third preserving the histories others are trying to erase. Distinct acts. Shared purpose. One democracy. harrychancey.substack.com/p/courages
Masked, gun-toting ICE agents on city streets make good TV. Courtroom cruelties—quiet dismissals, vanished cases, silent deportations—barely get noticed. Warning: These are rigged deportation traps. They can be deployed heartlessly—forcefully—efficiently. harrychancey.substack.com/p/rigged
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Masked, gun-toting ICE agents on city streets make good TV. Courtroom cruelties—quiet dismissals, vanished cases, silent deportations—barely get noticed. Warning: These are rigged deportation traps. They can be deployed heartlessly—forcefully—efficiently. harrychancey.substack.com/p/rigged
On Saturday, 42M Americans face hunger as essential SNAP funds are set to expire. 25 states just sued USDA, OMB & the Trump admin for refusing to use $6B in reserves. As public service meets private conscience, we are all asking, “what are we doing here?” harrychancey.substack.com/p/oath
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On Saturday, 42M Americans face hunger as essential SNAP funds are set to expire. 25 states just sued USDA, OMB & the Trump admin for refusing to use $6B in reserves. As public service meets private conscience, we are all asking, “what are we doing here?” harrychancey.substack.com/p/oath
AI promised to cure cancer. Instead, we got SLOP & extraction. AI data centers drain water, burn power, hollow democracy. In the AI future, everything’s disposable—resources, people, truth. ChatGPT will launch adults-only erotica just in time for Christmas. harrychancey.substack.com/p/disposables
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
AI promised to cure cancer. Instead, we got SLOP & extraction. AI data centers drain water, burn power, hollow democracy. In the AI future, everything’s disposable—resources, people, truth. ChatGPT will launch adults-only erotica just in time for Christmas. harrychancey.substack.com/p/disposables
On Saturday, millions of Americans who love this country and refuse to see it trashed by a kleptocratic tyrant and his loyalists will raise our voices in unison—along with heroes in court and with our power at the polls. We will not bow to a would-be king. harrychancey.substack.com/p/no-kings
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On Saturday, millions of Americans who love this country and refuse to see it trashed by a kleptocratic tyrant and his loyalists will raise our voices in unison—along with heroes in court and with our power at the polls. We will not bow to a would-be king. harrychancey.substack.com/p/no-kings
“We stand for what is good...virtuous...noble… You have nothing. You are nothing. You are wickedness…” so says Stephen Miller. How close are we to a divided society? To civil war? Truth rots in authoritarian myths. Push back. We are not the enemy within. harrychancey.substack.com/p/truth-decay
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“We stand for what is good...virtuous...noble… You have nothing. You are nothing. You are wickedness…” so says Stephen Miller. How close are we to a divided society? To civil war? Truth rots in authoritarian myths. Push back. We are not the enemy within. harrychancey.substack.com/p/truth-decay
Satire cracks the mask of power. What follows is up to us—protest, law, organizing, mobilizing, resistance. Michelangelo dared to make jokes. They endure. Kimmel is back on the air. Jokes matter now more than ever—but only if they live alongside action. harrychancey.substack.com/p/south-park...
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Satire cracks the mask of power. What follows is up to us—protest, law, organizing, mobilizing, resistance. Michelangelo dared to make jokes. They endure. Kimmel is back on the air. Jokes matter now more than ever—but only if they live alongside action. harrychancey.substack.com/p/south-park...
We need a new verse from Martin Niemöller:
“And then they came for…”
“And then they came for…”
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We need a new verse from Martin Niemöller:
“And then they came for…”
“And then they came for…”
The rise of authoritarianism has all of us looking for connections—direction. In the face of terror, this artist kicked the door open to a variety of personal, moral, and political realizations. We must leave that door wide open—and walk through. harrychancey.substack.com/p/confrontin...
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The rise of authoritarianism has all of us looking for connections—direction. In the face of terror, this artist kicked the door open to a variety of personal, moral, and political realizations. We must leave that door wide open—and walk through. harrychancey.substack.com/p/confrontin...
Uranium was in the stars. Forged in supernovae, it drifted through cosmic dust and settled on Earth. For billions of years, it lay buried until WWII made it a prize. Then all hell broke loose. Bombs, reactors, scarred landscapes—& people. The fallout continues. harrychancey.substack.com/p/grounding
September 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Uranium was in the stars. Forged in supernovae, it drifted through cosmic dust and settled on Earth. For billions of years, it lay buried until WWII made it a prize. Then all hell broke loose. Bombs, reactors, scarred landscapes—& people. The fallout continues. harrychancey.substack.com/p/grounding
After Dobbs, sending the question of abortion back to the states was the Supreme Court’s way of sidestepping controversy. It backfired. Red states challenge blue states & plan to take their draconian laws back to the Supreme Court. Women's lives are at risk. harrychancey.substack.com/p/murder
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
After Dobbs, sending the question of abortion back to the states was the Supreme Court’s way of sidestepping controversy. It backfired. Red states challenge blue states & plan to take their draconian laws back to the Supreme Court. Women's lives are at risk. harrychancey.substack.com/p/murder
Lower federal courts have struck down four of Donald Trump’s “One Thousand” documented abuses of power. He will appeal them to the Supreme Court. Will the Trump Court cave? Again? Now is the time to mobilize. Tyranny can be stopped. Learn how.
harrychancey.substack.com/p/trumps-one...
harrychancey.substack.com/p/trumps-one...
September 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Lower federal courts have struck down four of Donald Trump’s “One Thousand” documented abuses of power. He will appeal them to the Supreme Court. Will the Trump Court cave? Again? Now is the time to mobilize. Tyranny can be stopped. Learn how.
harrychancey.substack.com/p/trumps-one...
harrychancey.substack.com/p/trumps-one...
A requiem is looming. Reagan called the Voting Rights Act “an insult to the South.” Now the Supreme Court may gut what's left. Trump is pushing new limits on mail-in ballots & machines. The bell is tolling. Whether for democracy—or its enemies—depends on us. harrychancey.substack.com/p/requiem
August 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A requiem is looming. Reagan called the Voting Rights Act “an insult to the South.” Now the Supreme Court may gut what's left. Trump is pushing new limits on mail-in ballots & machines. The bell is tolling. Whether for democracy—or its enemies—depends on us. harrychancey.substack.com/p/requiem
When Axios mainlined the Epstein files into America’s bloodstream, no one knew if the story had legs. It’s been running a marathon ever since. “America First” promises never come. Cracking MAGA bonds give democracy fighters opportunities to shatter the regime. harrychancey.substack.com/p/cracking
August 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When Axios mainlined the Epstein files into America’s bloodstream, no one knew if the story had legs. It’s been running a marathon ever since. “America First” promises never come. Cracking MAGA bonds give democracy fighters opportunities to shatter the regime. harrychancey.substack.com/p/cracking
Democracy’s morphing. History is bleached in schools & museums under WH control. Law firms & media serve govt agendas. Colleges bend to funding threats. Tyranny flows from loyalist agencies & the Supreme Court hurls rocks at founding principles. Our “Golden Age?”
harrychancey.substack.com/p/morphing
harrychancey.substack.com/p/morphing
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Democracy’s morphing. History is bleached in schools & museums under WH control. Law firms & media serve govt agendas. Colleges bend to funding threats. Tyranny flows from loyalist agencies & the Supreme Court hurls rocks at founding principles. Our “Golden Age?”
harrychancey.substack.com/p/morphing
harrychancey.substack.com/p/morphing
If Trump unravels, three men stand ready. The architects of Project 2025 control personnel, policy, and a theocratic agenda. They don’t just reject the Constitution—they’ve drafted a blueprint for authoritarian rule. And they’re planning to follow it. harrychancey.substack.com/p/cerberus
August 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If Trump unravels, three men stand ready. The architects of Project 2025 control personnel, policy, and a theocratic agenda. They don’t just reject the Constitution—they’ve drafted a blueprint for authoritarian rule. And they’re planning to follow it. harrychancey.substack.com/p/cerberus
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is holding NASA hostage. David Sacks, Musk ally, is now White House A.I./Crypto Czar. Peter Thiel is backing a private uranium company in KY. Tech billionaires aren’t hiding it—they fantasize taking the country private. And owning it. harrychancey.substack.com/p/its-messy
July 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is holding NASA hostage. David Sacks, Musk ally, is now White House A.I./Crypto Czar. Peter Thiel is backing a private uranium company in KY. Tech billionaires aren’t hiding it—they fantasize taking the country private. And owning it. harrychancey.substack.com/p/its-messy
There is a post-America plan. It doesn’t involve individual freedoms. It’s built on the dreams of Silicon Valley billionaires & White House elites. Their vision—corporate dictatorship—has no interest in the welfare of others—only the promise of their own profit. harrychancey.substack.com/p/freedoms
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
There is a post-America plan. It doesn’t involve individual freedoms. It’s built on the dreams of Silicon Valley billionaires & White House elites. Their vision—corporate dictatorship—has no interest in the welfare of others—only the promise of their own profit. harrychancey.substack.com/p/freedoms
We see the trouble. Relief comes from all directions—each more cringeworthy than the next: Capitulation. Cowardice. Complacency. We can do nothing less than confront the trouble head-on with Good Trouble. Today. Tomorrow. Until the venomous policies end. harrychancey.substack.com/p/trouble
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We see the trouble. Relief comes from all directions—each more cringeworthy than the next: Capitulation. Cowardice. Complacency. We can do nothing less than confront the trouble head-on with Good Trouble. Today. Tomorrow. Until the venomous policies end. harrychancey.substack.com/p/trouble
We see the trouble. Relief comes from all directions—each more cringeworthy than the next: Capitulation. Cowardice. Complacency. We can do nothing less than confront the trouble head-on until we overturn all of Stephen Miller's venomous administration policies. harrychancey.substack.com/p/trouble
July 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We see the trouble. Relief comes from all directions—each more cringeworthy than the next: Capitulation. Cowardice. Complacency. We can do nothing less than confront the trouble head-on until we overturn all of Stephen Miller's venomous administration policies. harrychancey.substack.com/p/trouble
Sam Alito should have recused himself from "Mahmoud v. Taylor." He did not. Instead, he sided with parents raising “religious” objections to anodyne storybooks. Sam’s decision promulgates his LGBTQ+ animus. Justice Sotomayor calls it “erasure.” Who’s next? harrychancey.substack.com/p/sams-inner...
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sam Alito should have recused himself from "Mahmoud v. Taylor." He did not. Instead, he sided with parents raising “religious” objections to anodyne storybooks. Sam’s decision promulgates his LGBTQ+ animus. Justice Sotomayor calls it “erasure.” Who’s next? harrychancey.substack.com/p/sams-inner...
Four days ago, Pres. Trump told his El Salvador counterpart, Pres. Bukele, that “home-grown” criminals are next” & that El Salvador would “need to build about five more places” for American citizens. The “world’s coolest dictator” complied, “We’ve got space.” harrychancey.substack.com/p/crisis-day-4
April 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Four days ago, Pres. Trump told his El Salvador counterpart, Pres. Bukele, that “home-grown” criminals are next” & that El Salvador would “need to build about five more places” for American citizens. The “world’s coolest dictator” complied, “We’ve got space.” harrychancey.substack.com/p/crisis-day-4
We watch from a safe distance. We think we won’t get caught in the fray…until we do. Law firms targeted by a revenge-driven executive. Judges facing violent threats. What was once considered unconstitutional is now anti-constitutional open season. harrychancey.substack.com/p/caught
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We watch from a safe distance. We think we won’t get caught in the fray…until we do. Law firms targeted by a revenge-driven executive. Judges facing violent threats. What was once considered unconstitutional is now anti-constitutional open season. harrychancey.substack.com/p/caught