Brennan Harkin

Brennan Harkin

@bharkin.bsky.social

New England. Often Ireland. Boston sports fan. 🦅

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@stuckfuelnozzle.bsky.social

they spent at least two of their four years exploring how to bring charges against 18 year olds camping out on college campuses to protest the United States' complicity in human rights abuses

QuoProQuid@quoproquid.bsky.social

i'd love to know what was going on at the biden department of justice for four years

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Let’s have another news cycle about Hasan Piker’s rude jokes.

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social

RFK Jr goes full white supremacist in supporting GOP's Mike Rogers for Senate saying "Arabs Don’t Produce Literature,’ Only ‘Hatred’ and ‘War." Of course that is BS. BUT key is RFK said this in Michigan to help Rogers--will media call on Rogers to denounce it?! www.mediaite.com/politics/rfk...

mediaite.comRFK Jr. Goes on Stunning Rant Against Arabs: ‘They Don’t Produce Literature,’ Only ‘Hatred’ and ‘War’Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched into a wild tirade against Arabs, falsely claiming they “don’t produce literature” and instead produce only “hatred” and “war.”
Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social
Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.
Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Serious answer: the far-right is building international linkages (Rubio is openly meddling in elections for fascists), so this attitude is yet another way centrism paves the way for fascism. Also: How does this condescending pseudo intellectual have so many subscribers

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

Yes well it does require things like “empathy” and possessing a basic understanding that all of our lives are interconnected

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Unbelievable political comeback and fantastic news - but Lula needs to be on high alert for Rubio attemping to help Bolsonaro lead a coup.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

While Trump is trying to strip Rep. Omar of citizenship, this worm has time to attack her. There’s no daylight between people Like Gottheimer, Fetterman, and Stephen Miller.

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

The perfect braindead centrist take.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

After Sally Rooney promised her royalties to Palestine Action, her publisher said it would stop selling her books in the U.K. You don’t have to agree with the author to see that Britain’s suppression of speech is a problem, George Packer argues: theatln.tc/5Lyt36mM

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

We really need to know what was promised in that secret meeting with Jeffries before the midterms.

Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com

An exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ by Matthew Cole examines how bank accounts linked Kushner to Israel, the UAE and Saudi Arabia: vanityfair.visitlink.me/qHPzPB

vanityfair.visitlink.meThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former senior adviser—to Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Good God.Clyburn’s got to go.

ProPublica@propublica.org

We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C. This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny: Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn. THREAD 👇

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

From the Tiffany Network to the Temu network:

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

when critics of bari weiss say that she is not a journalist, we mean that literally. she does not respect or even appear to understand the values of the profession. everything for her is propaganda. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

semafor.comExclusive: How CBS News’ Middle East war spread to the Upper MidwestEditor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to Abdul El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.
Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

This tweet was clearly intended to be a DM to the paid agitator. I wouldn’t expect consequences; Crawford knows Weiss will protect her as long as she continues to attack El-Sayed.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Hearing from my sources that this "over the top" tweet from Jan Crawford is being discussed internally at CBS. At the same time, as those same sources noted, "Jan is protected by Bari" and has been a very vocal acolyte of Weiss. "She just can't help herself," one network insider said.

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Do you know how racist you have to be to get *Dana Bash* to defend a Muslim?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Mike Rogers: "[El-Sayed] did not disavow the Muslim Brotherhood." Bash: "He did. He said, 'Sure, yeah.'" Rogers: "I don't know why the press is so eager to protect this guy."

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

This needs to be criminalized immediately. We sanctioned Russia for less.

AIPAC Tracker@trackaipac.com

The State of Israel has reserved $32,000 in broadcast TV ads in Des Moines, Iowa. Ads are scheduled to start airing on 10/24, just 10 days before Election Day. - via AdImpact

Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

The guy El-Sayed humiliated was a plant? Oof, the GOP needs better talent.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
Brennan Harkin
@bharkin.bsky.social

Minnesota, Texas, and Michigan dodged some serious bullets this primary season.

Angie Craig@angiecraigmn.bsky.social

As Dems, we constantly criticize the far-right for their incendiary and discriminatory politics, but we need to hold ourselves to the same standard. Hasan Piker’s rhetoric is dangerous and embracing him as a party is a mistake. I’m disappointed that MN DFLers are hosting an event with him.

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@keptsimple.bsky.social

many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.

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