Harris Mercer

PhD candidate @NUEnglishDept, early modernist, Obama campaign alum, political junkie, theatergoer, expat Manhattanite, Yankees fan, etc. He/him.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach,
The Ogre cannot master Speech:
About a subjugated plain,
Among its desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.
—W.H. Auden, August 1968

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

Aristotle is great, but this remains the finest and most profound comment about genre ever made.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@MHendricksonCST That is, thanks. I'm interested in the case and will try to make it there tomorrow. Do you know if a transcript or recording will be made available after the fact?

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@MHendricksonCST Is there a way to follow the trial as it happens?

[Finn Vigeland @fvigeland]

So true, bestie

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

Can someone show this to Stephen Breyer where he lives in outer space

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@max_osb Oh totally, the only reason I’m so sure is that it is COMPLETELY something I would do if put on the spot.

[Invest in America @InvestNowUSA]

"We can’t let the same thing happen again."

Read their full call to action here: https://t.co/96Gfy7JRSb

[Hannah Klain @hklain]

Bursting with pride and sighing with relief thanks to this team.

Help is on the way!

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Big big news! Columbia Univ announces it has divested its fossil fuel stocks and will not invest in the industry 'for the foreseeable future.'
It joins Brown and Cornell in the Divested Ivies! Go Lions! And such thanks to amazing activists! @CDforCJ
https://t.co/89zC79yjTa

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Amazing! Man she was done so so dirty.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

One minute into the Biden presidency we get the first “literally.”

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

“@Ossoff will be sworn in using a book of Hebrew scripture once owned by Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, who led Atlanta’s historic synagogue The Temple...”
The rabbi was a key MLK ally who encouraged ATL’s Jewish community to fight for civil rights and oppose hate & intolerance. #gasen

[Jess the Writer @jesilfa]

After four years of 45 having access to nuclear codes I don’t have the bandwidth to worry about a Peloton.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@JacobRubashkin Fine Kelly Loeffler $400 million and use it to restore the Capitol and cover security for Biden’s inauguration.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@JacobRubashkin Why not handle it like speeding tickets in Finland, which are calculated by wealth? If some of the richer members commit violations, you could raise a decent sum.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

I have my differences with @ConorLambPA but his was the best, clearest speech I've heard so far.

[Charles P. Pierce @CharlesPPierce]

Conor Lamb just fed it to the objectors. They did not like it.

[Harris Mercer @harrismercer]

@KevinMKruse Pure cynicism. Last minute attempt, now that she’s lost, to worm her way back into polite society.