We keep talking about the midterms as if we're very sure of the issues that are going to decide them, but I think about where the country was a month ago and where it is now, and I honestly can't begin to (and don't want to) imagine the world we'll be living in come November.
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Mark Harris
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Yes76%
No24%
Present0%
Not Voting0%
Party align92%
Cross-party1%
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Mark Harris
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8
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Still my favorite of all of them, UK or US.
This was a delight to read! (And for me, an education, since I am not a Coltonologist.)
Doctor Dolittle (1967). I don't want to say the number of viewings.
I still wish Traitors US would pivot to ordinary people rather than Bravo-and-gamer "personalities," but what happened in the episode (no spoilers) was exciting--an unprecedented intrusion of real-world ugliness into the delightful artifice of the show's manufactured world. "Reality" meets reality.
It was used in the early McCarthy era and long after to brand gay people as unsuitable for federal jobs not just because we were presumed to be security risks and easy blackmail targets but because we were supposed to be by definition good liars. It was enthralling to see it play out, and blow up. >
For anyone who watched the FASCINATING most recent episode of The Traitors (US), a little historical background: The charge that gay people are uniquely untrustworthy because we know how to keep secrets about ourselves flared up right after WWII and, clearly, has never fully gone away. >
This is incontrovertible. And add Karoline Leavitt to the list of people who have to answer for their lies.
As you watch this analysis, which is VERY clear, remember that Trump, Vance and Noem have been straight-up lying about it from day one—and that Renee Good still had a pulse when ICE refused to allow her medical attention. Call it what it is: state murder. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
This should have advanced Crawford to the next round against Lee Marvin.
I think it's the hardest I've ever seen someone get hit in a movie. Astounding scene.
Many new followers in recent weeks, so...hi, nice to meet you. I write about pop culture, gay stuff, and gay pop-cultural history (my next book). I don't teach. Here I shake a fist at all the bad stuff and also talk movies and TV. I'm friendly but for trolls/jerks, one strike and you're out. Peace.
There was an 18-month period in '67 and '68 after the end of the Production Code but before the start of the ratings system when studio films were basically ungoverned and nobody knew quite what was permissible. Point Blank opened in that window and exemplifies that moment. Really, don't miss it.
This killer is coming from Criterion in April--a hugely influential, visually extraordinary 1967 LA noir. For those who've read Pictures at a Revolution: I originally had a much longer (wisely abandoned) concept that would have included this film. I'm so happy to have done a video for this release!
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Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
There are no consequences, journalistically speaking, for being banned from press conferences that are widely televised and entirely performative. This kind of access gets them nothing. And they shouldn't be fired; their bosses should back them.
I credit this reporter for speaking much more forthrightly than 90% of the tranquilized zombies sitting there would have dared to, and shame on them for being too stenographic, craven, cowardly or self-interested to speak up for him, but jfc. When are these people going to muster some self-respect?
These people have the worst cases of Stockholm Syndrome! The answer to this should be, "You're a public servant. I expect you to answer my question civilly and without insults. If you can't, find me someone who can." What would happen? He'd get barred from these sham events? And lose what, exactly?
"You are completely wrong! Now let me restate what you said and pretend you didn't say it because I'm mad and I just need to yell!" is the one type of Bluesky response where I really have to suppress my urge to be a witheringly nasty prick.
If your worry is about elections, focus on the curtailment of mail-in and early voting, on intimidation at the polls, on the possibility of local attempts at fraud. There's plenty to freak out over that's more real than "There aren't gonna be any midterms."
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Voting History
535 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-07 | H.R. 26 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-07 | H.R. 26 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-02-06 | H.R. 27 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-06 | H.R. 27 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-02-05 | H. Res. 93 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-05 | H. Res. 93 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-05 | H.R. 776 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-02-04 | H.R. 43 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 21 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 21 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 471 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 375 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | S. 5 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H.R. 165 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H. Res. 53 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H. Res. 53 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H.R. 187 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-21 | H.R. 186 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 33 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 144 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 164 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 153 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 152 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-13 | H.R. 192 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-09 | H.R. 23 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-07 | H.R. 29 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Motion to Commit with Instructions | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | 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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