Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom
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Left of center Dem. Life member Academy of Political Science. Musician. Autism Dad, Grandfather, Feminist, Rule Of Law/Scientific Method. Cancer survivor, (so far) NO DMs! resist BlueCrew DemsConnect StopProject2025 SafePlace STRONGERTOGETHER
An Explosion of Misery "Contrary to what Trump administration officials say, we are not experiencing explosive economic growth. We are, however, experiencing an explosion in misery — and Donald Trump deserves full credit."
An Explosion of Misery
Making American hungry and uninsured again
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UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani The article appeared to be based on misinformation promoted by the New York Post. The NY Post. The Tiffany network now runs with the Post as a source. Sweet baby Jesus, I can't wrap my head around that.
UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani
Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.” The articl...
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Merriam-Webster: "Dictatorship: The office of a dictator, rule or leadership by one person with total power, or a country and government where total power is held by one person or a small group."
Merriam-Webster: "Dictatorship: The office of a dictator, rule or leadership by one person with total power, or a country and government where total power is held by one person or a small group."
If We're Not Quite There Yet, We Soon May Be"
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America is now seeing the destructive consequences of twice electing a spoiled brat
America is now seeing the destructive consequences of twice electing a spoiled brat
Less authoritarian politics, more prepubescent politics, but with the same results.
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The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans Today Elon Musk isn’t putting on a show of being a neo-Nazi, because that’s who he really is.
The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans
And Democrats should make the most of it
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Very compelling. Five minutes. Worth the watch if you care about water conservation.
The Irish man who stayed back in India to save Jodhpur's stepwells | BBC News India
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GOP faces voter wrath, as Iran struggles to negotiate with 'mentally incapacitated' Trump
GOP faces voter wrath, as Iran struggles to negotiate with 'mentally incapacitated' Trump
The cake is baked. The Republicans are cooked.
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The AI Revolution is being run by Gordon Gekko While the Chinese are coming rapidly from behind. "Remember the phrase, “information economy?” I always wondered what would happen when information got cheaper and cheaper. Where would the profits come from?" We’re about to find out.
The AI Revolution is being run by Gordon Gekko
It’s greed. All of it. Greed is the way things get out of control. Greed at the top is ruining our government. Greed among the AI giants is ruining small towns that are being dominated and drained dry...
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GOP faces voter wrath, as Iran struggles to negotiate with 'mentally incapacitated' Trump
GOP faces voter wrath, as Iran struggles to negotiate with 'mentally incapacitated' Trump
The cake is baked. The Republicans are cooked.
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Very compelling. Five minutes. Worth the watch if you care about water conservation.
The Irish man who stayed back in India to save Jodhpur's stepwells | BBC News India
YouTube video by BBC News India
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Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Trump has always been this corrupt! David noted that Trump’s cognitive loss is so acute that it makes him question who is running our government on a daily basis.
Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Trump has always been this corrupt!
"The Greatest Conman Ever"
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"Hegseth told Trump that he relies on “great Americans here and all around the country and all around the world who are the core of what, uh, keep us safe." The man who promised no new wars has stumbled his way into one that he can't win because he appointed the most incompetent SECDEF in history
Donald Trump’s leaning tower of incompetence
Here is how to fight a war against a determined enemy, according to Donald Trump.
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The Bond Market Doesn’t Like Bullshit
The Bond Market Doesn’t Like Bullshit
Why Kevin Warsh just bombed
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Trump Has Lost More Than the Iran War The entire mentality of absolute hard power dominance (and the testosterone-hyped, juvenile mentality of adolescent-minded officials such as Hegseth) no longer approximates international reality.
Trump Has Lost More Than the Iran War
Nonstop blunders further erode our international standing
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The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade
The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade
Last Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...
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Trump orders signs outside of American History Museum
Trump orders signs outside of American History Museum
Trump attacks the Smithsonian for not portraying history the way he sees it
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Why is Russell Brand in the picture?
The Laughing Room An indictment of the chattering class that’s long past due. It reminds me why CBS kept Andy Rooney around.
The Laughing Room
On a laugh, a barn dog, and who the press really works for
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The Putinization of the American Military
The Putinization of the American Military
When poseurs and yes-men run a war
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If This Is Communism, Then Teddy Roosevelt Was a Communist
If This Is Communism, Then Teddy Roosevelt Was a Communist
The policies under attack today once defined mainstream American leadership from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and LBJ.
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