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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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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come into the hopium den with me, @maryharris.bsky.social and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social. Great fun to be back on What Next!
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A Hit of Democratic Hopium
Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · September 29 · 33m
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wild to me that this article is sparking debate about Nikole’s choices and the shittiness of individual kids when what this article reveals should result in immediate investigation (a school where kids were not taking state tests??) - for the good of all kids
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Best thing you’ll read all week, maybe all month www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Did @ariberman.bsky.social and I manage to have an *empowering* conversation about election interference? Yeah, I think we did slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Who’s Interfering in the Election Now
They let the maps slide, but even this Supreme Court wasn’t going to let the USPS run mail-in voting.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today on the show: my friends @lizzieohreally.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social bat around the question lurking behind a lot of political coverage these days. But one part in particular got me thinking... 🧵 slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Is Trump Losing His Touch?
The GOP tries playing the old hits.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This @lizzieohreally.bsky.social convo today is great: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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A.I-pocalypse Now?
Growing pains, sure, but not necessarily growing into a superintelligent overlord.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Be ready to come to Springfield.” This conversation with Pastor Carl Ruby is a really important listen: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Did ICE Drive Him to His Death?
The end of TPS for Haitians has left thousands humiliated, deported, and terrified.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Catherine is THE BEST at breaking down big concepts into digestible pieces, while being hilarious at the same time
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm baaaack
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What I assumed when I read “Nancy Grace Roman Telescope”
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Went on vacation for two full weeks and somehow we are still talking about “woke 1 was crazy”
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What are we doing here
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Breathe deep and repeat: primary polls are not very reliable
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tomorrow’s show today: GUESS WHO (Spoiler alert it’s @adammockler.com )
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New way to measure the economy just dropped: the bounce in Hoppy’s smile. @justinwolfers.bsky.social breaks down the actual numbers, too
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In the last few days, we've seen Sen Bill Cassidy make a big floor speech capitulating to DJT on Todd Blanche... and Ohio Rep. Max Miller stay in his Congressional race with very little GOP push back. If you are waiting for the Rs to change - maybe... stop
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Haha this is my job now
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Yes, you need to be talking about Ariana Grande: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Why Ariana Grande Is Stepping Away
A social disease at the limits of a parasocial relationship.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is such a good show and not just because @kenbensinger.bsky.social got a text from Laura Loomer in the middle of it slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Will Laura Loomer Save Ukraine?
That and a long-awaited “thank you” could swing this whole war.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Peter's such a strong and transparent thinker. I really appreciate his work
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Another thing I enjoyed reading from the beach: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Democrats Have Been Stuck on the Same Question for 10 Years. This Year’s Biggest Primary Could Finally Give Them the Answer.
We've seen this movie before.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A great long read for anyone who has been thinking about Prarieland and protest: www.liberalcurrents.com/prairieland-...
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Prairieland: A Tactical and Strategic Analysis
Great evils require effective remedies.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Love the way @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social are working to convince us all that the constitution belongs to us… and show us how to take it back: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Slavery Outlived the Civil War. How It Actually Ended Will Surprise You.
Turner was one of many Black parents whose demands for their children’s freedom defined the scope of the 13th Amendment’s ban on slavery.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So glad you can all now see the faces I used to make, alone, in my closet m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQHC...
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It me Shaq
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This headline is wildly misleading. The SHSAT is not segregating NYC schools. It goes way deeper and starts way earlier nymag.com/intelligence...
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It’s Time to End the Test That’s Grotesquely Segregating NYC Schools
The SHSAT is a wildly unfair method of evaluating students disguised as a merit-based system.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’ve found a fun way to limit my tappy time on vacation time and it is press on nails
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Great convo between two of my faves, @andreabernstein.bsky.social and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Trump’s Only Friend
A point man, a fan, a true friend?
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The key here will be focusing on this relentlessly. There’s plenty of damning information. But you have to keep using it, again and again
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This conversation with @heidiblake.bsky.social is brutal, and revelatory. Wild to me that Dems aren’t screaming about the ways MAGA helped Andrew Tate “industrialize” (Heidi’s word) his empire of abuse slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Will Andrew Tate Finally Be Held Accountable?
Marco Rubio has said the administration won’t fight their extradition.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hey NYC new season of HACKS just dropped www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/n...
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With 2 Hires, Mamdani Blends Economic Development With Economic Justice
Anthony E. Shorris, a former deputy mayor and a partner at McKinsey, and Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, will lead the city’s Economic Development Corporation.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It's easy to let all the corruption rn become a blur. I love talking to @lawyeroyer.com because she drills down to specifics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=haj3...
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Liz Oyer on Why a MAGA Lawyer Was Kicked Out of the Justice Department
YouTube video by Slate
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Remember Venezuela???? (This is a great convo with Josh Partlow from @theatlantic.com) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Venezuela, 51st State?
A fervent opposition was waiting for an opportunity—but not like this.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Instead of asking "are we the baddies" I will now be asking "are we the sea people" thanks to @samadams.bsky.social slate.com/culture/2026...
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The Ending of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Changes the Meaning of the Whole Story
Homer’s epic has been around for millennia, but Christopher Nolan still finds a way to end it with a fresh plot twist.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
How I feel after a week of covering the news
A crying doll that is part of Precious Okoyomon’s work displayed at the Whitney Biennial
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There is going to have to be a lot more thinking like this moving forward: creative ways to hold administration officials accountable for their actions (even if DJT gives blanket pardons to anyone who's served)
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Is it weird that this is one of my fave convos of the week??? slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Will My Lettuce Give Me Diarrhea?
“When you consume cyclospora, there’s a thing you can’t ignore-a…”
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Right now is a good time to read the story of Ona Judge, the young woman who was enslaved by Washington, brought to Philadelphia -- and fled from there. Yes, in spite of the theater tickets www.mountvernon.org/library/digi...
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Ona Judge
Ona Judge Staines fled enslavement from the Washingtons’ executive residence in Philadelphia.
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I hate this. Washington literally rotated servants from his Philly home to avoid PA law that would have liberated them. But, yeah, ok, they went to the theater
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
not just a special treat for bluesky heads, also a good read
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
While I was in the middle of interviewing @arelisrhdz.bsky.social about one ICE killing in Texas, there was another killing in Maine. Which is a good indicator of where we're at
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My fave part of this interview was when I was asking if the anti-gerontocracy guest might change his mind when he got older and he was like “that wouldn’t mean I was wrong just that I’m a hypocrite”
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Feel like I’m taking my very life in my hands
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This from @notalawyer.bsky.social is the correct framing stringinamaze.net/p/has-the-ri...
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Has The Right Found Their Next Roe v. Wade?
Conservatives are turning birthright citizenship into a purity test
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Membership has its privileges
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well this is fun www.adweek.com/media/publis...
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Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I keep thinking about how this is the downside of voters embracing "fight" energy above all else (which I get). "Fight" is omnidirectional. It doesn't have a moral valence
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In the last month or so I've read a lot about the "quieter" ICE surges that the new DHS secretary is trying to orchestrate. This is a good reminder that a quiet surge relies on silence
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Even if you think you don't need more Platner discourse -- you should listen to my show today. Two women on why they supported him for so long: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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She Supported Graham Platner. Then She Couldn’t Anymore.
Can Platner’s platform live on without him as the candidate?
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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This convo with @joon.bsky.social was a pure DELIGHT m.youtube.com/watch?v=3riA...
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Why Trump’s World Cup Intervention Backfired, Feat. Joon Lee
YouTube video by Slate
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