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Will Harris

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AV Club writer with 200+ Random Roles to my name. Onetime senior editor/writer, Q Magazine. Helped ZAZ write a book about Airplane! (Surely You Can't Be Serious). Happily married w/ child. Venmo: @WillHarrisInVA

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · Nov 17

Since I'm phasing out Twitter in favor of this much less toxic landscape, I just wanted to say, "Good luck, we're all counting on you." And as long as I'm here, I'll also remind you - or perhaps newly inform you - that I did the interviews for SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS: THE TRUE STORY OF AIRPLANE!

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 7h

We are roadtripping to Hollins with this big barky boy tomorrow. Pray for me and my blood pressure. Not just tomorrow, but all weekend. I will need it.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)”

@gettyimages.com @keithedwards.bsky.social

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 10h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Letitia James held Trump accountable & now he’s hijacking the DOJ to indict her in retaliation

This isn’t justice, it’s abuse of power

We will be amending our existing ethics complaint against Halligan & pursuing other legal measures

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.09.25...

Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund

www.democracydefendersfund.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

asked why he's going to Walter Reed tomorrow for his second physical exam since the start of the year, Trump brags about the cognitive exam he took in 2020, which he describes as "not the easiest test ... there aren't a lot of people in this room that would get every single question right."

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 13h

"He's cribbing from my look!"

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 13h

1993 wasn't necessarily the best of all possible years for me, and there was something about the songs on ELEMENTAL that really spoke to me in the moment. Obviously, things got better, but my fondness for the music still remains.

Tears For Fears - Goodnight Song

YouTube video by TearsForFearsVEVO

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 13h

#NowPlaying - Tears for Fears, ELEMENTAL
Still one of my all-time favorite albums despite the fact that it's one of the two TFF albums that Roland Orzabal did while he and Curt Smith were on the outs.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 17h

I've booked the first guest for my podcast! It's someone I've actually known personally for quite a few years, but I've known him from TV for far longer than that, and it was during those years that I had to endure being told that I looked like him. Despite this, who's got questions for Robbie Rist?

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Everything seems so simple when you write it out on a greeting card...

www.etsy.com/listing/1461...

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

of course I have a girlfriend. you don't know her. she belongs to a different antifa, in Canada

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Put in a pitch to @TheRinger.com.web.brid.gy to do a piece I've wanted to do for several years. Here's hoping they find the idea as interesting as I do...

Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Of course. I *love* Point Brake!

Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

I can never remember, was he Blil or Tedd?

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

“I think he said, ‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’!”

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Norfolk.

If you don’t pronounce it like it’s preceded by the words, “We don’t drink, we don’t smoke,” GTFO.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Do they think it’s not on record that Trump already had his annual physical examination in April?

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

When the only questions you're willing to answer are from right-wing outlets, you're well on your way to having a state-run media.

www.rawstory.com/trump-267416...

'One of the worst reporters you'll see': Trump rips CNN journalist and waves her off

President Donald Trump ripped a CNN journalist during a Wednesday news conference before the reporter could even ask her question. Trump took questions in the White House after hosting a roundtable di...

www.rawstory.com

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

You or I could be “they.”

Oh, hell, I’m *sure* I’m “they.”

Now if I could get just get some of the money they’re supposedly giving “us.” 3/3

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

Therein lies the most disconcerting aspect of today’s White House roundtable about Antifa: it’s just a bunch of right-wing conspiracy-minded sycophants telling Trump, “If they’re not with us, they’re against us, and they must be punished.” 2/3

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

If there is no actual organization called Antifa - and there isn’t, because if there was, you could join and become a member, but you can’t - then anyone can be declared to be a member of Antifa, because how can you prove otherwise? 1/3

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

This is so fucking stupid an idea that of *course* Trump “reTruthed” it.

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Op-Ed: Rep. Andy Barr: Why I’m leading legislation to put Trump on a new $250 bill

Rep. Andy Barr is one of President Trump’s staunchest defenders in Congress. Now he wants the president on America’s newest currency.

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