Susan Harman

RIP Mr. Chekov

The Gift of My History Teacher peterhedges.substack.com/p/the-gift-o...

It is so gross to have political ads during the World Series. You never get a break.

Iowa nursing homes lead the nation in short-staffing violations iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/10/22/i...

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

How is this brand of political engagement and advocacy entitled to any non-profit tax-exempt status? How is this is any difference than the messaging from a political organization or PAC? How the fuck how?

Today In 1975: Boston #RedSox pinch-hitter Bernie Carbo belts a three-run HR in the 8th inning vs. Cincinnati #Reds pitcher Rawly Eastwick to tie #WorldSeries Game 6 at Fenway Park! #MLB #Postseason

Today In 1998: The New York #Yankees finish off one of the greatest seasons of all-time by sweeping the San Diego #Padres to win the World Series! #MLB #RepBX #Postseason #WorldSeries

This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

Columbus Dispatch: The conduct of Vivek Ramaswamy in attacking his rival has been reckless, shameful and morally depraved. Therefore we are pulling our support for Ramaswamy and endorsing his rival, Amy Acton, instead. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Report from @csis.org: the Alabuga drone factory is 4-country joint effort: 🔹Iran provided the design and manufacturing expertise 🔹North Korea supplies mass labour 🔹China supplies batteries, engines, electronics, etc 🔹Russia built the factory and fires the drones at Ukraine

National Democrats are suing President Donald Trump, accusing his administration of intimidating election officials and asking a federal court to block him from interfering in the midterm elections. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/21/r...

Innocent people were killed by a belligerent foe of the United States because of this choice made by the President and the richest man in the world. It is gross failure and they should both be stripped of all power.

Does any place make it as expensive to be poor as the U.S.? Tremendous investigation by @theguardian.com and @oliverlaughland.bsky.social into deeply corrupt justice of the peace courts in Louisiana that has judges kicking people out of their homes and get paid for doing so.

Less than two weeks after the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the agency was stepping up enforcement of the federal Animal Welfare Act, the USDA’s lawyers are arguing in court that it’s not required to enforce that law, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/10/19/u...

Tombstone Hat sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tombstone-...

A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach. (Pub. July)

Imagine if, four years after invading Iraq, we controlled only 20% of it and had suffered 1.3 million casualties. Would anyone call that “winning”? Of course not. But when it’s Russia, we’re supposed to believe Putin holds all the cards.

He absolutely should be impeached and tried for treason, along with his many enablers in the White House and Congress. It's unfuckingreal that it hasn't happened yet. 🤬

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

Republicans are eager to campaign on Trump's big "beautiful" 2025 bill But these headlines on the front pages in battleground Ohio aren't helping the cause .....

Some of the candidates who have taken money from Huck PAC — a PAC Mike Huckabee promised would be "dormant" after he became Ambassador to Israel: Jon Husted (OH) Zach Nunn (IA) Ashley Hinson (IA) Dan Sullivan (AK) Ken Paxton (TX) Tom Cotton (AR) Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA)

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

That’s our Chuck Grassley aiding and abetting a criminal administration. Again.

You should read this, written by my friend, the stellar @driveralice.bsky.social.

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

Award-winning American photojournalist Heidi Levine describes being violently attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers while covering the olive harvest in Turmus Ayya near Ramallah this morning. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Milwaukee, you have a World Series!

The Brewers! 4-run comeback is the largest to clinch a best-of-7 sweep in postseason history h/t @EliasSports

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BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN

Republicans like JD Vance actually think that a man who was born in Michigan, (graduated from high school in Michigan, went to University of Michigan, and went to University of Michigan Medical School), isn’t a real American because he’s Muslim. Just rank, gutter racism.

New statement from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office on Trump admin’s efforts to deport her: “the truth is that Trump’s push to strip her of her citizenship and deport her has no basis in the law and has no precedent.”

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

🎧It's NEW EPISODE DAY!🎧 Listen to "Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe": A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then the anti-corruption unit got gutted www.propublica.org/podcast/susa...

Let's take a closer look at that Hall of Fame-worthy 11-pitch at-bat.

Have to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship.

Ashley Hinson’s rebuttal—“Of course I voted to release the Epstein files”—is technically true. She did vote for the Epstein Files Transparency Act when it eventually came to the floor for a full vote. Remember why it took so long to come to the floor?

Reader asked about Iowa's judicial retention races. None of the Iowa Supreme Court justices are on the ballot this year. Just wrote about the other judges on the ballot: www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/13/h...

Jake Bauers did it again!!! The 6th postseason home run on the 11th pitch of an at-bat or later since pitch counts tracked (1988)

Funny how he can respond to a question about LGBTQ rights with a commercial for chicken. Apparently everyone is welcome at Chick-fil-A as long as they're ordering lunch and not asking about equality. #Chick-fil-A