David Harris

David Harris

@davidsp72.bsky.social

Progressive politics; Books; Sport, especially 🎾⚽️; University of Oregon Duck; English 🇺🇸 and Castellano 🇪🇸

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@timmiller.bsky.social I love your show. I’m a progressive voter, but I find value in your conversations even when I disagree. This Monday, you presented a really incongruous set of statements: “Dems need to fight everything, not fund stuff, etc”” I thought Woke Kristol and you were spot on…

Until you paired it at the end with “Vote Seth Moulton.” One of the literal embodiments of the milquetoast establishment Dem not willing to fight. The guy who would definitely buck your advice from segment previous. I take your age argument, but then you need a better primary candidate than Moulton.

Notice what city never gets mentioned anymore as one of the evil dens of liberal dystopia…San Francisco elected a white man to replace the Black woman as Mayor and voila!!

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Lots of interesting stuff in this piece about the top levels of international junior tennis.

Carole Bouchard@carolebouchard.bsky.social

They're the best juniors in the world, Grand Slam champions, World No.1, already dreaming big: how does that feel? How does that work? Is it too much too soon? Tagger, Klugman, Ivanov, Kovackova: Get a glimpse of what the journey looks like. tennissweetspot.substack.com/p/kids-these...

The Vice President of the United States of America went on national tv to defend the administration, and when fairly challenged, his response was basically “not the same! We have smart president and the rest were dumb dumbs.” And the DC press says “ahhhh, yes sir, good point.”

The United States needs a massive educational campaign on the federal government, its function and why it’s an integral factor in our way of life. Ex: a simple 10 minute video mash-up of the state of the environment and pollution levels in the 1970s compared to now. “GOVERNMENT DID THAT”

As long as Education is on today’s menu, if there is any hope of a peaceful future, information/media literacy needs to be as much a part of the curricula as traditional subjects. We must teach young people from the jump how to think critically and navigate this hellscape.

For Democrats in Congress worried about re-election, go scorched earth because you have 3 likely scenarios: 1. We won’t have an election 2. We’ll have an “election” and you’ll get 4% of the vote somehow 3. We’ll have a free and fair election and you’ll lose the primary by 10 points. Choose wisely.

One of the reasons many Americans have failed to grasp the existential stakes of our political crisis is because the Democratic Party isn’t acting as if we’re in a crisis. They act as if Mitt Romney is president and they have issues with his budget proposal.

To all my Catholic Cuban friends and family: instead of the usual alcohol or chocolate, during this year’s season of Lent, please consider permanently giving up the Republican Party. It’s also great for your health!

American individualism and selfishness is never on brighter display than after a snowfall. People leaving a literally 6 inch strip of ice on the sidewalk because it’s “not yours” is so on brand.

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