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@maxdharris.bsky.social
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Displaced Minnesotan residing in Texas. Education: B.A. (Philosophy); J.D. Member: ACLU, The Society for the Rule of Law. Appreciate the arts, nature photography, poetry, blending the spiritual and the sensual. Concerned for our democracy.

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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Concise and accurate, and depressing
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not just the Supreme Court, the entire Federal Judiciary needs to be protected from further Trump appointments
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If Democratic leadership is not bold enough to do this, they lose whatever respect they retain among the base
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Very pathetic. They should know this a short-term "change" ignored by the rest of the world, and by many of us who are Americans (who are quite embarrassed by our petty President)
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And the next administration, if it is Democratic, will affirm this, and Trump's silly, petty attempts at renaming will be set aside forever
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Love this!
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If Democrats win one or both chambers of Congress, there are going to be lots of wild oversight hearings during the next Congress. A lot of incompetence and improper acts will come to light
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If Democrats had balls, clips like this would be in political ads all across the nation. Republicans have brought the nation so low that I don't know we will ever recover. This is so damn disgusting!
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Almost unbelievably outrageous, except that it is believable, because this is the government we now have
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Incorrect: many GOP politicians ARE in fact this stupid. Fundamentalism is a strong current in the Republican party
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Mira🌺 @deepgreens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Mind at Ease…🌺 #BeachLife
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Absolutely 💯 True…..
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Well, it's an ancient human theme. You can find it in virtually every culture in some guise or other in religion, folklore, superstition, and now in science. The search for life elsewhere is remarkable in our age because this is the first time that we can actually do something besides speculation. We can send spacecraft to nearby planets, we can use large radio telescopes to see if there is any message being sent to us lately.

"And it touches with the - to the deepest of human concerns. Are we alone? How common is this thing called life, this thing called intelligence? Where did we come from? What are the possible fates of intelligent beings? Need we necessarily destroy ourselves? Might there be a bright and very long future for the human species?"

— Carl Sagan
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Alternative view: The time to get worked up is now, so Democrats have time to accept that leadership must be changed in January, in House and Senate, and can prepare for selecting new leaders with greater boldness and charisma
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you, Admiral. I hope that more esteemed individuals would speak honestly.
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wonder what texts, art forms, or artifacts will survive from our time and how future humans will interpret and view us. Hopefully they still have a remotely livable world in 2,000-3,000 years lmao
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We Democrats need to make clear to our party that we want new leadership in both houses of Congress. We need to move beyond timidity and accommodationism
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yep, here we are
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This man seems so morally grounded and fearless. It’s hard to imagine having a President like that after the emotional trauma we have all suffered at the hands of our current President.
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Briana @neverstopthefight.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Black people have never been “lazy.” That lie was engineered to erase our labor &justify exploiting us. Our work built the foundation of this country ,its economy, its culture, its power. We deserve acknowledgment for our contributions &respect for our resilience,not hate designed to hide the truth.
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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 16/08/2026
We are probably never going to create a population that is "immune" to propaganda. Human beings are too social, emotional and tribal for that, and propaganda is continually adapted to those characteristics.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That 1st sentence.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026
This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When political labels stop landing with the next generation... 😅
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This Tuesday will mark one year since the National Guard was deployed to Washington, DC against the will of the city's residents. It costs the American people ~$607 per guard member daily. Given we have ~4,600 guard members here right now, that's more than $2.79 million per day.
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Yes! It is time for younger voters to take the reins and vote for a future where democracy and the rule of rule are protected, and where environmental challenges are seriously addressed. It is getting damn close to being too late
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Republicans know no shame; if they did, they would go bury themselves under a rock. This party is so far gone, it deserves to just wither away. Young Americans: see clearly what disgraceful fools they are, and send this party to oblivion
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
As everyone knows, the best humor is the kind you have to explain.
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🩵 🎃 Dayna the Slasher Diva 🦋✨🪓 @theslasher-diva.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Photography #Classicmono #Blackandwhitephotography #Monochrome #NaturePhotography Withered
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Massie is _exactly correct_ and US corporate media have decided this is a taboo subject.
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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Night dripping with royal hues. #7syllablesentence #blueskypoets #nature #landscape #photography
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It's OK to be pedantic here, a lot of people don't understand how SS works. It is not like an IRA; they are not holding "your money" in an account for you. What you pay in is used to establish the amount of your entitlement
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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Trump hates Western Europe because of a deep sense of his own cultural and social inferiority. He is ignorant, vulgar, unrefined, loutish, ill-mannered, and monolingual. Western Europeans remind him of that just by standing next to him.
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Only cowards can serve this President, and only cowards ARE serving this President. People of integrity and courage are not welcome and are not being nominated
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is our government openly threatening to commit war crimes
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It is shameful if the Senate confirms Blanche, but it was also shameful that they confirmed RFK Jr. and Kash Patel and Markwayne Mullin
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As I recall, there was a time when Biden, McCain and Graham were good friends while serving in the Senate. They didn't let their political differences prevent them from being friends. That was a more civil and decent time, so many years ago now
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If ghosts really existed there’d be hella spiritual retribution going on.
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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Mothers. Fathers. Friends. Neighbors. All taken away by Trump's ICE.
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Consider another scenario: If Italy attacked Libya, and Libya made a retaliatory attack against Italy, would NATO be obligated to get involved on Italy's side? No, it wouldn't; NATO is a defense pact
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If it is unprovoked, NATO must consider their options, but the treaty gives member states several options. If it is provoked (if Turkey attacks first), then NATO is not obligated to get involved. It is a complicated treaty with safeguards built in.
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NATO is a defense alliance. Article 5 applies when a member state is a victim of an unprovoked attack. If Turkey chooses to involve itself in a conflict, and gets attacked in retaliation, article 5 does not apply. This protects other NATO states from being dragged into the conflict
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
But that wasn't the question. The question was if a conflict in Syria caused Turkey to be involved would that invoke article 5. The answer should be obviously NO.
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maxdharris.bsky.social @maxdharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That is not a reassuring answer. The answer should have been "No, NATO is not intended to be drawn into the perpetual Middle East conflict."
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