Yeah, I'm going to be optimistic. No time or space for doomerism right now. Tell it to your shrink or your friends or your cat, or scream it into your coffee mug, but keep it out of my yard. Thanks.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8
Mark Harris
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Yes75%
No24%
Present0%
Not Voting0%
Party align93%
Cross-party1%
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Mark Harris
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8
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I have hated 50. Just hated it. I'm starting to feel that the only season that would interest me at this point is one stocked entirely with players who have never watched the show.
A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three.
More than anything, Republicans want Democrats to start to believe that it's hopeless so they won't bother to turn out. But the truth is that even the Virginia decision is not enough to prevent Democrats from taking the House if we have a wave election.
But we have to have a wave election.
Just-reported update to this thread: It's coming back next season.
P.S. It's notable how much more supple, adaptable, and alert to the times SVU has proven to be. (Huge credit, obv., to Mariska Hargitay.) It's wrapping its best season in a few years, with an interesting mix of long- and short-term storylines and strong plotting (except for the vanishing of Ice-T).
And it's not a case of L&O being set in its old ways, because its old ways were often great. Watch early eps: the plotlines, writing, and politics were dense, idiosyncratic, often surprising, and the guest casts were the cream of NY theater instead of whoever they can lowball to keep costs down.
You can't have a cop show in 2026 where the cops still gather around the one computer in the precinct and say "See if you can zoom in" or where the police captain says thoughtfully to her officers, "Talk to witnesses and try to find out who did this." It's a disservice to good actors and to viewers.
As a diehard Law & Order fan who has seen every episode, I hope that it gets renewed for another season. But the truth is that the next truly interesting era of the show will probably not happen until Dick Wolf is out of the picture. It needs a from-the-ground-up rethink.
I did not! This one is so old that I was still a staff writer in the TV section. I did work with Ryan briefly when I became an editor--I think he contributed features to EW as late as 1994.
The main thing I remember--I think I'm right about this--is that AB was pissed off when it ran.
He's doing thirst the right way!
It is my sad duty to give half of Bluesky a stroke by sharing this Hollywood Reporter headline and subhead. Please note in particular the two words following "unlikely."
If. You. Dare.
I think Fonda herself made the difference clearest when she said something on the order of, if you marry Ted Turner, your entire job is being Ted Turner's wife.
I love all these people who are inveighing against the 24-hour news cycle and its evils. You know you're on Bluesky, right? Don't pretend this is anything but a group home for those who are addicted to the drip-drip-drip of information and discourse.
Oh...I would have happily sat in the corner and just watched and listened.
BTW, Fonda writes with candor and deep thoughtfulness about what she calls her "subsumation" to Turner ("the only person I know who has had to apologize more than I have") in her 2005 autobiography My Life So Far, which I can't recommend highly enough.
Here's a good thread (by someone who's mad at my take on Ted Turner) listing some of his positive achievements. There is no arguing with the fact that he cared deeply about (certain aspects of) America and the world in a way that his descendants, whose sole allegiance is to wealth, do not.
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Voting History
497 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | H.R. 5587 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 4690 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 4690 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1182 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1189 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1189 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | S. 1020 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | H.R. 2493 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | H.R. 5201 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-20 | H.R. 5200 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-20 | H.R. 1681 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | YES | ✕↔ | Failed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Res. 1156 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 1689 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Res. 965 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6398 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6398 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6409 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6409 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Con. Res. 40 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 965 (119th) | Motion to Discharge | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 1174 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 1174 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-14 | H.R. 7613 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-14 | H.R. 1011 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | H. Res. 1142 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | H. Res. 1142 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-27 | H.R. 7084 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-26 | H.R. 8029 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-26 | H.R. 8029 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-26 | H. Res. 1128 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H.R. 5103 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H.R. 5103 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-25 | H. Res. 1131 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H. Res. 1131 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-24 | H.R. 6422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2026-03-19 | H.R. 4638 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.J. Res. 139 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 1958 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 556 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 556 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-17 | H. Res. 1115 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | H. Res. 1115 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | S. 3971 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | H.R. 4294 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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