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Will Harris

@willharrisinva.bsky.social

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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 · 13m

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

Of course. I *love* Point Brake!

Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 2h

I can never remember, was he Blil or Tedd?

Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 3h

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

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 6h

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 · 3h

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 · 5h

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...

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 6h

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 · 9h

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

washingtonreporter.news/p/op-ed-rep-...

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 10h

13 Wonderful Will Songs: The Next Generation - Vol. 22, featuring songs by Taylor Swift, Johnny Marr, Saint Etienne, R.E.M., Bad Religion, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, and many more

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13 Wonderful Will Songs: The Next Generation - Vol. 22

Featuring songs by Taylor Swift, Johnny Marr, Saint Etienne, R.E.M., Bad Religion, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, and many more

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12h

WaPo - Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help American public television stations following sweeping cuts to federal funding. www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

Bob Ross artwork to be sold to help public television after funding cuts

Thirty of the late painter’s works will be auctioned starting next month. The net proceeds will benefit stations threatened by reductions in federal funding.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

We must all stand up and speak out.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 15h

So late last night Trump "Truthed" this remark: "My goal is very simple. STOP CRIME IN AMERICA!" In conjunction with the remark, he added this link, featuring seven incidents which have absolutely no bearing on what he's doing.

www.history.com/articles/nat...

7 Times Presidents Have Activated US Troops on American Soil

Historically, presidents have done so only in dire circumstances.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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