Harry Finch
@harryfinch.bsky.social
Almost better than nothing.
'If democracy rests on mutual recognition, on our capacity to see one another as full and equal persons, then the power to speak and be heard lies at the foundation of democratic life.'
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Opinion | We Have to Look Right in the Face of What We Have Become
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February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
'If democracy rests on mutual recognition, on our capacity to see one another as full and equal persons, then the power to speak and be heard lies at the foundation of democratic life.'
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
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Gotta love it: "The Stop Presidential Embezzlement Act would impose a 100 percent tax on any settlement a president, vice president, cabinet member, or member of Congress receives from the government as a result of a lawsuit filed while in office."
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Gotta love it: "The Stop Presidential Embezzlement Act would impose a 100 percent tax on any settlement a president, vice president, cabinet member, or member of Congress receives from the government as a result of a lawsuit filed while in office."
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Beyond the violence, beyond the cruelty, beyond the lawlessness: Not only is ICE an economic disaster for the Twin Cities, local police have already blown through their overtime budgets for the year. It is taxing local resources to the limit. It is very much like a natural disaster.
having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Beyond the violence, beyond the cruelty, beyond the lawlessness: Not only is ICE an economic disaster for the Twin Cities, local police have already blown through their overtime budgets for the year. It is taxing local resources to the limit. It is very much like a natural disaster.
I miss the old fashioned fascists who just wanted the trains to run on time.
if someone says their business relies on catapults being built on the moon i dont think we should have to take them seriously or subsidize their business with government contracts anymore
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I miss the old fashioned fascists who just wanted the trains to run on time.
Trump must be the loneliest man on the planet.
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Trump must be the loneliest man on the planet.
There is no way to carry out a mass deportation without it turning into a humanitarian crisis.
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
There is no way to carry out a mass deportation without it turning into a humanitarian crisis.
The GOP is very good at finding problems that don't exist.
Rep. Zach Nunn on voter ID: "It ensures we have fair elections, and that we know the results can be successful ... it helps to enfranchise the voter population"
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The GOP is very good at finding problems that don't exist.
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
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February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
I guess it didn't occur to folks that mass deportations would require a police state, that it would be a disruptive, lawless, cruel, clusterfuck.
Yep. ICE's paramilitary warfare against Americans is stirring opposition even among MAGA-adjacent constituencies, and the data shows this is not just a superficial reaction to ICE violence or tactics, it's a rejection of the broader ideological project of mass deportations:
Even among Trump's core constituencies, opposition to ICE is strong. Turns out that most people don't like living in a police state.
From @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2062...
From @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I guess it didn't occur to folks that mass deportations would require a police state, that it would be a disruptive, lawless, cruel, clusterfuck.
Definitions change and that's natural, but I still believe we lose something vital when the original meanings of words like 'tragedy' and 'rhetoric' disappear.
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Definitions change and that's natural, but I still believe we lose something vital when the original meanings of words like 'tragedy' and 'rhetoric' disappear.
The U.S. is a nation, America is a state of mind.
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The U.S. is a nation, America is a state of mind.
If you're the spouse of the typical Trump admin official I wonder how drunk you have to be to go to bed at night.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
If you're the spouse of the typical Trump admin official I wonder how drunk you have to be to go to bed at night.
Burning the ballot box in order to save it.
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Burning the ballot box in order to save it.
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People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
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February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Seems like needing that much security might indicate you shouldn't go.
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Seems like needing that much security might indicate you shouldn't go.
I worry that after Trump, comedy will be dead, that nothing will ever be funny again.
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I worry that after Trump, comedy will be dead, that nothing will ever be funny again.
I might be open to naming my house after Trump for much less than $16 billion.
February 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I might be open to naming my house after Trump for much less than $16 billion.
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Kid Rock looks like he argues with gas station cashiers every time cigarettes go up in price
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Kid Rock looks like he argues with gas station cashiers every time cigarettes go up in price
Now we're celebrating the Meixican-American War.
Historian here President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Mexican War as a land grab for slavery when he was a first term Congressman from Illinois.
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Now we're celebrating the Meixican-American War.
Borders are Biblical. He runs the strangest Sunday School.
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Borders are Biblical. He runs the strangest Sunday School.
How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia
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February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
What would George do?
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
What would George do?
It falls to the son-in-law to sort through the father's life.
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It falls to the son-in-law to sort through the father's life.
What would [George] Washington say?
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What would [George] Washington say?