Harry Beard

Harry Beard

@srfva.bsky.social

Teaching disinterested students how to balance their books since 1989. Part-time tech enthusiast. #RollTide

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to be linking and reposting this URL for years to come.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Just filled out my mail-in ballot and voted for an incumbent senator mostly because he's not a republican. *sigh* Wish he had more fire, but at least he's not insane. Now to choose between mailing it back or hunting for a drop box. Welcome to Election '26!

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Friends, if you still post on X, I think less of you. I don't hate you. Not gonna cancel you. But your posting on X gives me reason to doubt your judgment & your commitment to sticking up for vulnerable people against powerful predators. I'm not perfect, either! But I'm not fucking posting on X.

kate conger@kateconger.com

Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...

Please, all senators (looking especially at you, @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov) vote NO! No more Trump appointments to the bench. Our judicial system is already failing us to often because of the damage he has done to the judiciary.

Senate Press Gallery@senatepress.bsky.social

The Senate has convened... There is one vote at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Benjamin Flowers to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. dailypress.senate.gov

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How about when he threw an angry tantrum in defense of a SCOTUS nominee credibly accused of rape? Did you all have a good collegial chuckle over that?

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov

What I’ll remember most about Senator Graham was his sense of humor and how he deployed it to move his policy positions forward. Though we did not often agree, Senator Graham was never disagreeable.

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Racist Announces He's Not Ashamed of Racism

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

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“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

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Looks like the Carroll "perjury" case is an attempt to SPLC Reid Hoffman's charity. Kind of amazing that Trump's DOJ is going after Carroll for someone else paying her legal bills — Trump's PACs pay all his legal fees, plus those of his co-conspirators. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comDOJ probes Democratic-allied nonprofit that helped pay E. Jean Carroll’s legal billsThe investigation centers on statements Carroll made during a deposition in her civil lawsuit against President Donald Trump, in which a jury found that he had sexually assaulted and defamed her.

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Donald Trump called Somalis “animals.” He said Haitians eat dogs and cats. You fucking journalists had a party with him and now you want our sympathy. Fuck off.

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People ask why I push back so hard on Donald Trump. It's simple: Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Democrats — here's your campaign ad for 2026.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "If we lost the midterms -- heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House -- it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect."

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Ending this operation is not enough. We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

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Hey, #RacistTrump Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi All of these Republicans agree that you're a racist and think you need to apologize for you racist Obama post. Your support is crumbling - you're going down!

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People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.

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For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets. A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.

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Replying to @gregpak.net

That obscene wealth ensures them immunity. That's exactly why billionaires must be taxed out of existence. Allowing anyone that kind of immunity enables fascism and horror.

"Doing that kind of work requires a lot of staff and a lot of time, and if you’re cutting staff, *that kind of work won’t get done*" Pretty sure that's the goal.

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"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. "We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. "We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more." -- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off

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Replying to @gregpak.net

If you're a journalist, I can understand having an account to see what's happening on X. I don't understand POSTING on X. If you're a politician or activist, I do not think you should still be on X. Leaders lead. Stop validating that site with your presence. Get off.

So do I have this right, X/Twitter is not only the "Nazi Bar." It's also a CSAM Factory? I wonder what a Venn diagram of Nazi and pedos looks like.