The Diplomat is very much my thing. You watch an episode and you really want to know what is going to happen in the next one; therefore, you keep watching. This is an interesting approach and I believe more television shows should try it.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8
Mark Harris
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Voting Record — 582
Yes75%
No25%
Present0%
Not Voting0%
Party align93%
Cross-party1%
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Mark Harris
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8
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Because if you think you have nothing to learn from your readers--even, maybe especially, the most annoying ones--you will start digging in against them, and the work you create will be essentially reactionary, in ways large and small. And we all know what that looks like. OK, end of TED talk, etc.
...part of your job is to make sure that resentment never feeds into a single decision about how to cover something. You think your readers are whiny liberals who want you to fight their battles for them? Fine. Run along and tell your shrink. Then, either set that aside, or choose another field. >
When I was on staff at a magazine, complaints came by mail, slowly. Today, feedback is instant and savage and relentless and often personal in the ugliest terms. That's a shame, because it makes the baseline relationship between publication and reader adversarial. But if you run a paper/magazine...>
You have to strike a balance. But the worst balance to strike is the stance of a patient but annoyed parent--"These spoiled complainers think they know what they need, but we know better." It's the difference between not hearing your readers and pointedly declining to listen to them. >
Thread: I want to talk about journalism for a sec. In any enterprise, there's always a tension between covering what your readers care about and covering what you want them to care about. To do only the first is to pander; to do only the second...well, you'd better know your readers VERY well. >
I don't think "peaceful protests" was the story. The Trump administration worked all week to demonize Democrats and label No Kings a rally for America haters and terrorists; Democrats responded by turning out in record numbers. Protests are hard to cover; they should cover them better and yawn less.
This is a fair point, but isn't "Tough shit" a reasonable response? If you run a daily paper, it's not really defensible to downplay news because it happens on the wrong day. And if a paper's stance toward left protests is always "Nothing to see here, carnival atmosphere" etc, it invites skepticism.
Curtis Sliwa is and has always been awful, but he will hold a grudge well into his next life, and I'm not going to pretend it isn't fun to watch him pick two deserving targets and eject 45 years' worth of hate turds that have been compressed to diamond hardness directly at their faces.
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No Kings Coalition says two million more people protested today than in June. Nearly 7 million total.
My pleasure!
If you thought today's New York City #NoKings rally was fun, wait until you hear what we get to do NEXT Saturday:
Vote.
"I don't believe in the sincerity of anyone who opposes a policy unless that policy has hurt them personally" is basically a Republican position.
I don't know about crowd size yet, but in Manhattan, the front of the No Kings march had made its way down to 21st St. and it was packed at least all the way back to 49th St., where marchers were still waiting to start walking.
Because absolutely nothing is more cringe than quoting a Broadway musical, and today, we celebrate cringe and ridicule all who are afraid of it! (Thanks @qjurecic.bsky.social!)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Today I keep thinking about this lovely and troubling couplet from the musical Suffs:
Your ancestors are all the proof that you need
That progress is possible, not guaranteed
March for the generations to come, but also for the generations before us who fought good fights.
Why this quote? >
No Kings NYC. As far as the eye can see. (pls note Camryn Manheim in lower left corner!)
Does anyone else remember "No soap, radio"? This sounds like that.
In the latest issue of @nymag.com I wrote about being a parent in the age of Six Seven www.thecut.com/article/what...
I'm so sorry.
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Voting History582 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
582 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | S. 2503 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Failed |
| 2026-02-24 | H.R. 6329 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-12 | H.R. 2189 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | S. 1383 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | S. 1383 (119th) | Motion to Commit | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 261 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 261 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.J. Res. 72 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 3617 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 3617 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1057 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1057 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1042 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1042 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-10 | H.R. 1531 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-09 | H.R. 6644 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.J. Res. 142 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 3123 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-02 | H.R. 980 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Con. Res. 68 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7147 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.J. Res. 140 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 5764 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-20 | H.R. 5763 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-14 | H. Res. 992 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-14 | H. Res. 992 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 4593 (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.