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Mary Harris

@maryharris.bsky.social

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Hosting Slate’s daily news podcast What Next. Getting closer to God in a tight situation. Alum: WNYC Always: therealness.org

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy 4th! Fun fact: after the election I needed a new joyful hobby, something I could do to celebrate our eventual defeat of fascism. I’m teaching myself to twirl

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 5h

lol HEY! thanks for listening

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 13h

Supreme Court keeps on keepin' on: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 13h

Also - the subject of today's show! slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Inside the Portland “War Zone”

Keep Portland weird…by lying about it?

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 13h

hypnotic tbh

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 5d

Oopsie slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for listening!

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

And as with the speeches at Quantico, staging any kind of operation at a major televised event makes everyone else there complicit.

Unless they are not.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican.

PUERTO. RICAN.

Which makes this an impressive display of what's really happening atm

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

“.. We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you. So know that that is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to what how it used to be,” he said.

@thehill.com $AAPL $CMCSA
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

I guess it passed spell check 😵‍💫

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

"It's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes"

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · Oct 2

This is pretty great: someone put a cheap phone up on a pole in the Mission and it just sits and Shazams everything it hears.

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Bop Spotter

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

Eagerly watching what happens!

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

To be clear, who finds out what is still to be determined

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 6d

For, like, a month I've been looking around for some kind soul to bring the FAFO energy to this government shutdown, and in @ddayen.bsky.social I found my guy slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Actually the Government Shut Down Months Ago

Why federal workers don’t seem so outraged about waiting to get paid.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

TIMELINE CLEANSE from @jillfilipovic.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...

I Learned So Many of My Most Important Life Lessons From Jane Goodall

You may have heard of Horse Girls, but I’m a Primate Girl for life.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for a careful listen. I’m grateful for your ears.

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

I think it is hard for a day to day Pentagon reporter to comment on intent in a case like this. But I do think it is important to contextualize what we know for sure and discuss openly who the government’s policies are explicitly impacting

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

Aprapos of nothing Alaskan bearcams are maybe the most peaceful content you can stream explore.org/livecams/bro...

Alaska Bear Cam - Kat's River View, Katmai National Park | Explore.org

This live Alaskan Bear Cam is located at where lower Brooks River meets the Naknek Lake and is a favorite place for Brown Bear mothers and their cubs.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

🙏🙏🙏

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent show today on Hegseth’s military meetup and all of the potential implications @maryharris.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

The Department of War…From Within

Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · 10/01/2025 · 27m

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

We talk a lot about military recruitment in this one and whether Trump/Hegseth might make it go up or down. One interesting factoid that got snipped was that military recruitment seems to be going up (Trump touted this). But also: when the economy is looking not-so-hot... that's what happens. So! 🤷‍♀️

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

What were all those generals thinking at Quantico? Some insight on the show today: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The Department of War…From Within

Thank you for coming to my HEG Talk.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 7d

The Prospect has obtained through a state FOIA request thousands of pages of documents related to a little-known investigation of Jeffrey Epstein by the New Mexico attorney general in 2019, related to his 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch near Stanley, NM that he bought from a former governor.

We Obtained Thousands of New Epstein Documents

The mostly redacted documents pertain to a New Mexico attorney general investigation that was launched in 2019 but never led to criminal charges.

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 7d

It’s October and these mums cannot be shut down

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 8d

EG they are negotiations 😈

Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 8d

PSSSST: The best forms of "debate" have material outcomes for working people www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | How Did My Fellow Baristas End Up on the Front Lines of a Culture War?

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