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Rob Harris

@orobharris.bsky.social
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Voting is your superpower: Small business owner | Lawyer (r) | Chair, Oregon Public Defense Commission Experienced Husband and Dad to daughters

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you’re concerned about AI listen to this and you’ll be horrified. Huang’s naivette or ignorance about human behavior, his libertarian view of regulation wrapped in a billionaires confidence in himself and his friends. It’s strangelovian
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One of the best summaries of the problem I’ve read. I live in one of the largest data center clusters in the country and our city council just voted for a data center moratorium- the first in our state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...
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Opinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well.
We won’t get fooled again.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Local elected officials used to be the most trusted. They are your neighbors, dentists, and fellow parishioners. But the nationalism of all things political has seeped down to the local level. And it isn't good. orobharris.substack.com/p/contempt-i...
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Contempt is a real threat to grass roots government
How angst over national issues has impacted local politics
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Democrats Have a Damning Answer for Republican Gotchas. While the Dem reversals move them towards sanity, the Rep. reversals move them towards crazy www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Have a Trump Card for Attacks On Wokeness (Gift Article)
The party that capitulated to Trump has the most to answer for
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Liberals believes these things can be done through government regulations, good government reforms mand tax policy without government owning the means of Production. Not sure anymore what progressive means to people. Is it DSA or just very liberal, or something else? apple.news/A3qlLwxFtQNW...
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Opinion | Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated — Guardian US
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When local communities lose their local newspaper, what fills the void? (link in comments)
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you don’t have capitalism that works for everyone you’ll end up with socialism that works for no one.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/08/2026
Starting to think Republican governance isn't a good idea.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our city has one of the largest clusters of data centers in the country. Our Council passed a moratorium last week. Here's why #datacenters #orpol orobharris.substack.com/p/data-cente...
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Data center moratorium as a strategy for building a values based local industrial policy
The Following is a reprint from the Opinion Page of the Oregonian from August 2nd, 2026
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 10/07/2026
"It is embarrassing not to pay employees well." We could not agree more, @mcuban.bsky.social. Even wealthy business owners like us know that paying poverty wages isn't a sustainable business model. Let's team up to #PayThePeople, Mark! fortune.com/2026/07/06/b...
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Billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s ‘embarrassing’ to not pay employees well—and a $20 minimum wage should be standard | Fortune
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he’s helped mint ‘at least a thousand millionaires’, and that more employers should share success with staffers.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10/07/2026
ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows. trib.al/4FnUp3U
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New Footage of Fatal ICE Shooting in Texas Sparks Fresh Outrage
ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Degette took office January 1997. Kiros was born the following May. In the 16th most Democratic district in the US and at a time of economic convulsion voters chose the 29 year old DSA candidate over the 29 year incumbent
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Intel Corp was struggling and so on August 22, the US negotiated to convert an $8.9 billion federal loan to Intel into 433 million shares of it's stock. That's 9.9% of total shares of the company. Today Intel is worth $610 Billion and the federal interest is worth $60.4 billion
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
On Kalshi they heavy bet is the tarp remains up for the next three years.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
As the the council president of the first city in Oregon to address the data center controversy and also the home to the seventh largest concentration of data centers in the US I’ll vouch for the political potency of the issue. Local races will be won or lost on data centers
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies
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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
59 straight and 125 of 149 (84%) days in 2026 with WindWaterSolar meeting >100% of demand on the California ISO grid for an avg of 4.9 h/d among all 149 days. CAISO had the lowest U.S. wholesale electricity prices 2025-26, indicating most stable grid. No blackout since 2020 eia.gov/electricity/...
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Teeklin @teeklin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you think that AI is useless, all it does it lie, or that it's a scam: please read this article from Firefox who just fixed more bugs in a month than they did in all of 2025 thanks to Mythos and Project Glasswing AI is not going anywhere and it's going to get MUCH worse So what do we do? 1/
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Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“Ultimately, political reform will take the shape of a partisan project — a specific, party-driven gambit and not a broad bipartisan compromise” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/o...
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Opinion | This Is Getting Dangerous
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“China increasingly casts itself not as a fading civilization trying to catch up to the West but as a superpower poised to surpass it. Chinese nationalists and state-linked commentators say they have Mr. Trump to thank” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...
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China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Christian Nationalist company towns are popping up across the country. The rich people behind this movement somewhat resemble the Gilded Age moguls who built libraries, but they are even more ambitious in their vision for how the rest of us should live. opb.org/article/2026...
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A Christian vision for Battle Ground?
How one businessman is transforming the heart of a Southwest Washington town.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“Trump (is) in the Top 5 of (most consequential) American presidents, alongside George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson..however..Trump’s consequences have been aggressive efforts to unravel the ideas of the other four presidents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It’s been a dark week. Our president is mentally and morally deranged. But the truth is we put him there. In this moment, Americans need to face hard truths. And that’s what Jimmy Carter tried to offer back in 1979. Maybe this time, we’ll listen. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/after-a-dark...
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After a Dark Week, Americans Should Turn to Jimmy Carter’s Malaise Speech
Carter was panned at the time and long after, but has been vindicated.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Gift article. Remember when intelligent people ran the country www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
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Opinion | Now We Know What a Modern War Looks Like
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Drastic but bold and likely effective in reviving democracy open.substack.com/pub/leedrutm...
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The Democratic Party is about to make the most predictable mistake in American politics
Democrats will win in 2026 and 2028. The problem is winning in a system with a two-year half-life.
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Helen Jung @helenjung.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
With an obscenely short school year and lax policies counting parent-teacher conferences as "instructional time," Oregon sets K-12 students up for failure year after year. Budget crisis or not, Oregon cannot cut any more of students' class time. Editorial: www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Here's the exchange in which Rep Adam Smith says all Dems should oppose any more funding for the war. Smith is generally moderate, so for him to unload this way is a big deal: newrepublic.com/article/2080...
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is not who I want our country to support www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/w...
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Family Outing in West Bank Ends in Hail of Israeli Gunfire
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Let history be a guide
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"“No growth” is actually decline in slow motion. It just happens gradually enough that by the time everyone agrees it’s a problem, a generation of families has already left & a future is imperiled." www.remainplaces.com/post/we-zone...
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We Zoned For Families. Then We Zoned Them Out.
A Tweet (an "x...?" I don't know, I still call it Twitter like everyone else) I posted about Marblehead's public school troubles this week hit a nerve I didn't fully expect. From shock to outrage to d...
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“...the basic infrastructure for prosecuting white collar crime is being dismantled at the DOJ and so in a world where DOJ is no longer particularly interested in going after rich criminals we want to recreate some of the infrastructure for that outside of government.” www.opb.org/article/2026...
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President Trump, Pam Bondi sued over sale of TikTok assets
The case, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses the Trump administration of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda — and instead helping to broker a par...
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Would be great to see more local govt posts. Especially on housing, planning and ICE responses
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Spending .000002% of your time listening to land acknowledgements is not only not the end of the world but is just maybe worth spending .000002% of your time listening to the actual words if you in fact actually love everything about this soil.
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LateNighter @latenightercom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Stephen Colbert revealed that Jeff Flake was the winning bidder for his “stolen” Senate rug Monday night, bringing the former senator onstage to reclaim it.
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Jeff Flake Wins Auction for Senate Rug Stephen Colbert Stole From Him
Stephen Colbert revealed that Jeff Flake was the winning bidder for his “stolen” Senate rug Monday night, bringing the former senator onstage to reclaim it.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Democrats should work on a long term solution to immigration. @repgabevasquez.bsky.social is leading the way. American voters are ready. arosaflores.substack.com/p/both-parti...
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Both Parties Have Failed on Immigration: It’s Time for a New American Immigration Plan
As someone raised on both sides of the border, I’ve crossed the border more times than I can count.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The most important and boring essay you shoyld read today. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Raising Billions in Federal Funds. That’s Not a Good Thing.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thanks Trump
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Enjoy the simple things
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“C.B.P. officials thought they were firing (using a laser weapon on loan from DOD) on a cartel drone…but it turned out to be a party balloon” CBP is dangerously grossly incompetent www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This has always been Trumos secret superpower in winning elections. Low info voters open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Gift link Testing kids Truancy reduction Grading schools www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
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Opinion | These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Oregon DA's claim Oregon has an expensive public defense system because some law firms get paid $250,000/yr. But that has to cover two employees (lawyer and staff) payroll taxes + health care for both + all office overhead like rent etc (likely $50k/yr). But here is JUST SALARY for 1 Dep DA
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
As chair of the Oregon Public Defense Commission. See my statement below www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Oregon’s highest court just created a ticking clock for prosecutors in criminal cases
“There must be a limit to the amount of time that the state can maintain a criminal prosecution without appointing counsel for an eligible defendant,” Justice Rebecca Duncan wrote in the court’s opini...
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Why “14 or maybe 15 places”. Because 14 states plus DC don’t require voter ID. This has been game planned abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump urges Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting
President Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize" voting with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon.
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
There are about 1800 unaccompanied unsheltered adults between 18-24 in Oregon. Signing ALL of them up would cost 48.6 mil over two years. Much less in later years as the population dropped over time. We should also not require someone to fall into being unsheltered to enroll in the program
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Rob Harris @orobharris.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
‘Oregonians Broadman said remember the armed sieges in Ruby Ridge & in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, So he hopes to introduce a bill similar to the one in Colorado that would apply to federal constitutional violations, but would not be limited to immigration’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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As Minneapolis Rages, Legislators Move to Restrict ICE in Their States
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Eyewitness says she has not even been contacted by federal investigators
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