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@markhaase.bsky.social
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Therapist (www.betterhelp.com/mark-haase); husband; father; incipient cartoonist and flash-fiction writer; observer of autocratic governments (I.e., the US); and a few other things I might write but my Vyvanse has given up the ghost.

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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GOP pollster exposes why Trump's 'shock value' strategy is falling flat www.alternet.org/trump-midter...
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GOP pollster exposes why Trump's 'shock value' strategy is falling flat
President Donald Trump frequently rails about “communists” and “socialists,” and the GOP has increasingly leaned into such attacks as it has grown more desperate in the face of an uphill midterm battl...
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b... And I felt guilty when the library told me I had a late fee of $4.
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Bessent ‘Inadvertently’ Failed to Report Holdings of JPMorgan Stock (Gift Article)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s finances were reviewed by the inspector general after Mr. Bessent incorrectly listed at least $100,000 of the stock, which was owned by his husband, as cash.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... Trump says all that is needed to rein in AI is a smart president. Indeed, let’s start looking.
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Trump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEO (Gift Article)
The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u... Trump, like Putin, is not a fan of free speech.
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u... *A teacher making $50,000 a year would have to work 44,000 years to make the amount Pres. Trump made last year in the office of president. That's a lot of "winning."
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Trump Has Made Billions in Office. Will His Party Pay Politically? (Gift Article)
The president took in a staggering $2.2 billion last year while in office. Democrats are hoping to make it a campaign issue in the midterm elections.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06... From this article: "a federal judge in Washington, Richard J. Leon, refused to issue his own order putting the fund on hold. ...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Bars Creation of Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump’s 250th celebration has a new artist.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
1. President Trump on the Strait of Hormuz: “Mission Accomplished! There was confusion, some confusion, not a lot, but we fixed it. Faster, really, much faster than lamestream media said. Iran, the Straight, and lots of good things will happen, gas is down, will be more more down because…
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
1. This is from Jay Kuo's excellent newsletter, "The Status Kuo," dated 2.27.26, at statuskuo@substack.com: "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was forced to testify behind closed doors for some six hours before the House Oversight Committee, despite never having met Epstein and knowing...
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Recently our president agreed that NATO sent troops to Afghanistan to help the U. S. after 9/11, and insisted “they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” It brought to mind an individual, an individual with “bone spurs.”
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"Kenneth R. Weinstein, who will review complaints about CBS News, was head of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, a think tank, and has no experience overseeing news coverage." (The New York Times)
Kenneth R. Weinstein
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
President Trump: Who you got sitting next to me? Jared: Either your granddaughter, the pillow dude, or some guy who said he's Millard Fillmore sleeping under a hot dog cart.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
1. I'm reading the powerful book by the former U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, The Conscience of a Liberal. A quote stood out: "We need to get people energized and involved. We need to motivate and coordinate progressive organizations. We will need active citizen politics to triumph over powerful...
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences." (Donald Trump) President Trump actually wrote this. Life is so paradoxical, that this will probably be the one quote he is remembered by.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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markhaase.bsky.social @markhaase.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, said today's protests in Los Angeles were a "violent insurrection." I'm just glad a violent insurrection has never happened in Washington, D.C., say, at the U.S. Capitol.
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