Jamie Harrison
@jamieharrisonmt.bsky.social
Author of The River View, The Widow Nash, and five other novels. Onetime cook and editor; occasional gardener.
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NYTBR has a great round-up of ways to survive the winter, book-wise, and The River View makes the series list.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/books/thriller-books.html
Noir-vember: with Guests Jamie Harrison & Stephan Franck!
Loved @superfanpr.bsky.social's questionnaire!
Loved @superfanpr.bsky.social's questionnaire!
Noir-vember: with Guests Jamie Harrison & Stephan Franck!
The Things We Can’t Let Go...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Noir-vember: with Guests Jamie Harrison & Stephan Franck!
Loved @superfanpr.bsky.social's questionnaire!
Loved @superfanpr.bsky.social's questionnaire!
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The Benny Hill version
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The Benny Hill version
Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...
Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...
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Made some charts about how employment has changed during Trump's second term. www.pbump.net/o/who-isnt-b...
Who (isn’t) benefitting from the Trump economy
I will leave it to the economists to say that the economy isn't doing well, which they are saying, because it isn't. What I will do, instead, is explain what that looks like in practical terms. As you...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Made some charts about how employment has changed during Trump's second term. www.pbump.net/o/who-isnt-b...
www.pbump.net/o/america-20... Actual facts from the always estimable @pbump.com
America 201: We are a nation of immigrants from places besides Europe, too
It is likely that you have by now heard about Sen. Eric Schmitt's (R-Mo.) speech at a right-wing conference on Tuesday. In it, he rejected the idea that America was "an abstract and vaguely-defined pr...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
www.pbump.net/o/america-20... Actual facts from the always estimable @pbump.com
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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This is your Democratic campaign message for 2026
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is your Democratic campaign message for 2026
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The comments on Bret Stephens’ latest NYT column, “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza,” are really something.
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The comments on Bret Stephens’ latest NYT column, “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza,” are really something.
Get in line, people. (gift article)
Defending Medicaid Cuts, Ernst Tells Iowans, ‘We All Are Going to Die’
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Get in line, people. (gift article)
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The death toll from Russia’s Palm Sunday ballistic missile attack on Sumy is now 32 killed, including 2 children, and 99 people injured, of which 11 are children, according to the state emergency service of Ukraine.
Russia just killed dozens of Ukrainians in a missile strike on Palm Sunday, a day after Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin, shook hands and posed for cameras. Witkoff visited an Orthodox Christian cathedral. Today church-goers were targeted.
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Russia targets Ukrainian city on Palm Sunday
[FREE TO READ] Dozens killed and at least 80 injured in missile attack on Sumy
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April 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The death toll from Russia’s Palm Sunday ballistic missile attack on Sumy is now 32 killed, including 2 children, and 99 people injured, of which 11 are children, according to the state emergency service of Ukraine.
He just left to golf with the Saudis. meidasnews.com/news/after-u...
After Unveiling Tariff Plan, Trump Will Abandon White House Early Today for Miami Golf Club
Trump will then spend the night at Mar-a-Lago
meidasnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
He just left to golf with the Saudis. meidasnews.com/news/after-u...
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...
Too big to fail.
Too big to fail.
Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II
This post is a second part of a post from March 11th...
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March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...
Too big to fail.
Too big to fail.
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/obser...
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic
A short time ago former US Attorney Barb McQuade posted this passage...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/obser...
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im probably just being optimistic but it feels more and more like this strategy of rather indiscriminately and smugly firing a shitload of Americans who serve their country and don’t do political jobs will probably just start pissing off ppl who don’t pay attention to politics.
Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
im probably just being optimistic but it feels more and more like this strategy of rather indiscriminately and smugly firing a shitload of Americans who serve their country and don’t do political jobs will probably just start pissing off ppl who don’t pay attention to politics.
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
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February 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Elon is wrong a lot and sometimes it’s because he’s ignorant and sometimes it’s because he’s lying and sometimes it’s because he would rather turn his ignorance into an attack than admit he’s wrong. Sort of like Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The tactical ignorance of Elon Musk
Musk’s claims of widespread fraud in the Social Security system merit skepticism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Elon is wrong a lot and sometimes it’s because he’s ignorant and sometimes it’s because he’s lying and sometimes it’s because he would rather turn his ignorance into an attack than admit he’s wrong. Sort of like Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... More great reporting from @cwarzel.bsky.social and the Atlantic. "Sources we spoke with emphasized that the level of access DOGE possesses means that the organization may already be able to siphon data that Musk or his agents could hold on to forever."
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... More great reporting from @cwarzel.bsky.social and the Atlantic. "Sources we spoke with emphasized that the level of access DOGE possesses means that the organization may already be able to siphon data that Musk or his agents could hold on to forever."
Nicely put.
I see. So what you’re telling me is we need to organize a grassroots, civil-rights-style mobilization of the people to fight for the restoration of the germ theory of disease.
February 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Nicely put.
Whoop! Many thanks to Mountains & Plains!
Congratulations to @jamieharrisonmt.bsky.social whose book THE RIVER VIEW is longlisted for the 35th Annual Reading the West Book Award! Voted on by independent booksellers in the mountain and plains region, the award honors Western-focused books and authors.
February 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Whoop! Many thanks to Mountains & Plains!
A Canadian Member of Parliament just told CNN “This isn’t gunboat diplomacy. This is Al Capone during his syphilitic period.
Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move (Gift Article)
The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A Canadian Member of Parliament just told CNN “This isn’t gunboat diplomacy. This is Al Capone during his syphilitic period.