If you have any interest in bizarre cults, New York in the '80s, crazy closetedness, very pretty people, AIDS, and the absolutely batshit convergence of all five, check out the HBO doc Bring Me the Beauties. A trip back to the era when instead of the internet, we had cocaine and public access cable.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8
Mark Harris
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Voting Record — 593
Yes75%
No25%
Present0%
Not Voting0%
Party align93%
Cross-party1%
Mark Harris
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8
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Mark's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 17 sponsored · 75 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
I'm so glad it made its way to you! Hope you enjoy it.
It's propping up a table leg.
I'm sorry to report that a hardcover copy of Herman Wouk's War and Remembrance has appeared on the giveaway shelf in my building's laundry room. As I have explained, in Jewish tradition, this denotes the passing of an elder.
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And I think this from @peterbeinart.bsky.social is important context, without undermining the point: open.substack.com/pub/peterbei...
Yes, loved it.
I didn't know the difference between a rent freeze on 1-year leases and a 3% increase could cause the citywide collapse of all NYC building maintenance! It didn't happen in 2015, 2016, or 2020, when rents on 1-year NYC leases were also frozen. Maybe it only happens if you yell "Socialism!" 3 times.
What next? I guess listening to a lot of invented scaremongering nonsense like this.
I finally caught up with Project Hail Mary and....unless the year takes an unexpected swerve, this is getting a zillion Oscar nominations, I think. Including, if justice prevails, one for Ryan Gosling. His great, light, resourceful, grounded performance is the rarely seen essence of movie stardom.
The evidence seems to suggest she's pretty niche! This was essentially marketed as Superman Part 1.5: Supergirl, Guest Starring Superman, Plus Lobo, and in the U.S., it will still earn less than one-third of what last year's movie made. The gross isn't a rejection of the movie but of the very idea.
You're right--people don't need to ask for a movie for it to be worth making. But Iron Man was (in movies and TV) an unknown quantity and a worthy gamble, bolstered by a bunch of movie stars. Whereas Supergirl was the focus of a not-very-watched TV series that ended only five years ago.
Right, which apparently takes place before the Superman films although James Gunn says it's still "very connected to the overall saga" but also works as a one-off and...this is feeling more and more like a game plan from a 2016 playbook.
I think this is right--the character has always been niche--and it also makes next year's Superman sequel less of an event than it would have been had this just been a gap year. Now it'll be a third installment following a failure rather than a sequel to a success.
Well....he was very big on out-of-town tryouts for theater!
I think about gay men during the AIDS crisis, in the face of what often seemed like utter hopelessness, using everything in the arsenal--rage, resolve, defiance, humor, sexual energy, imagination, and art--to prevent despair from ruling the day. Even Larry Kramer didn't simply say, "We're doomed."
There's way too much talk among Democrats right now that the 2028 nominee can't be black and can't be gay and can't be Jewish and can't be a woman. We are not good at this kind of "casting" crap and it usually bites us in the ass. We need to pick the right candidate, not the right type of candidate.
This would be a great summer reading list for anyone!
Also, I am all for adults making summer reading lists. Make a list! Or choose an author's body of work to dive into! Or decide that this is going to be the summer you finally tackle that hard book you've never read! Or pick a subject to explore!
"War" = "We are going to send some very sternly worded text messages asking for just $5 by midnight tonight." www.axios.com/2026/06/25/m...
When people who have never been to NYC visit for a few days and I ask them what has surprised them the most, the answer is always a version of "People just walk around and do their own thing" or "You can go to Central Park" or "It's normal" or "Everybody's pretty nice." I'll never get used to it.
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Voting History
593 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 2616 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 1993 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 1003 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 2393 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 5317 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 4544 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 3234 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H. Res. 1299 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | NO | ✕ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 5625 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H. Con. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1259 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1251 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Con. Res. 96 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1252 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2853 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2071 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. 4465 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | YES | ✕↔ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | NO | ✕ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. Con. Res. 33 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | S. 1318 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 227 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 7959 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 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 |
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.