Ted Turner had an instinct for mergers, a lot of charm, an inhuman level of self-confidence, AND a wildly overinflated sense of what he could pull off, and if I were to pick a single deal that represented all of those qualities, it would be "I think I can turn Jane Fonda into a trophy wife."
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8
Mark Harris
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Voting Record — 613
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 old I remember when Ted Turner was America's big media-titan villain. RIP.
Father Flynn: Where's your uncensored take on today's Tony nominations?
Sister Aloysius (icily): Nowhere YOU can get at it.
Tell them about the time you identified a picture of a giraffe--they will be dazzled!
I can think of one thing that would get a lot of people off of them
Thanks very much!
It's all I ask.
Maureen Stapleton
Just gonna keep saying it: Drastic SCOTUS reform should be a central part of the 2028 Democratic Party platform, and for Presidential candidates...I don't love litmus tests, but for me, this is becoming one.
Yes, if there's one thing it's unfair to do, it's to judge what people wear to the Met Gala.
Looks like a board game with a 16-page rulebook.
[sobbing Brando voice] look how they massacred my boy
I took some time out from writing a book to read one! I got asked to write about John of John, the new novel by Douglas Stuart (Booker winner for Shuggie Bain). I almost fled before p. 1 (for reasons detailed below)--but it's wonderful, and very much worth your time. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/b...
It's very painful to me to see so many people speaking ill of Rudy Giuliani. Don't they know they're jinxing it?
The rationale is that every international submission deserves to be seen by voters who care about the process, and I think that has resulted in much more interesting nominations than was the case 25 or 30 years ago. Also, to be clear: No committees. No volunteer knows who any other volunteer is.
Volunteers are already watching about 25 movies (in two rounds) just to get to the five nominees. One positive thing the membership expansion has done is to bring in younger, still-active members. So many of them are doing this while working, and trying to catch up with the American stuff too.
I see the reform as a targeted way to address one specific problem. I wouldn't mind a different approach--say, a rotating Oscar committee getting to add three unsubmitted titles to the final 15. But if we're involving festivals, I guess I'd rather have juries determine eligibility than programmers.
There are 85-90 submissions; they get split into 7 groups for 1st-round viewing by volunteers. Yes, you could create limitless eligibility--but then you'd have to eliminate the requirement that everything be watched, which means it becomes a Best Picture-like contest among the highest-profile films.
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Voting History613 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
613 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | H. Res. 1336 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-04 | H. Res. 1336 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-04 | H. Con. Res. 84 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-06-03 | H. Res. 518 (119th) | Motion to Discharge | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H. Con. Res. 86 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H.R. 7726 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H.R. 7726 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-06-03 | H.R. 2860 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H. Res. 1333 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H. Res. 1333 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | S. 254 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-06-03 | H.R. 7618 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-21 | H.R. 6047 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-21 | H.R. 1041 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-21 | H.R. 1041 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-21 | H.R. 1329 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-21 | H.R. 1329 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-20 | H. Res. 1300 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H. Res. 1300 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 2616 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 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 |
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.