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John J McKay

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Alaskan. Duke Ellington fan. I wrote a book about mammoths. Now I'm obsessing over permafrost. Babies find me fascinating.

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As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.

12.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 7362 πŸ” 1616 πŸ’¬ 342 πŸ“Œ 78

They have to finish unjustly oppressing Somalis before they unjustly oppress a new helpless minority. That’s the rule.

12.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She is an improvement in that she wouldn’t be an automatic rubber stamp for the regime but we could do so much better.

11.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

11.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 3653 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 56
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Sign of cognitive decline #3,007:

Loss of filter for inappropriate languge.

11.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 2335 πŸ” 616 πŸ’¬ 226 πŸ“Œ 44
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Also known as "using insider knowledge for war profiteering."

09.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 8978 πŸ” 3730 πŸ’¬ 685 πŸ“Œ 278

As the father of a teenage girl who is going through teenage girl drama all I can say is that if we really wanted to take down Trump all we need to do is send a legion of teenage girls to DC to mock him relentlessly until he cries and quits.

10.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 585 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 6
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I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

10.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 18632 πŸ” 5967 πŸ’¬ 1879 πŸ“Œ 836

The same name came up over and over and over again during my reseach into deep-sea espionage and all I can say is the world needs more haters that hate like Jack Anderson hated Richard Nixon.

Pure, white-hot spite.

10.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 6923 πŸ” 1307 πŸ’¬ 748 πŸ“Œ 171

What do you want to bet this little tantrum on the WaPo's opinion page is because someone ahead of Professor Jakub Grygiel in the queue at some coffee shop had an elaborate coffee order and he hasn't been able to let it go ever since

09.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 2061 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 269 πŸ“Œ 329

PSA for Tennessee media: you are either calling out Rep Ogles’ racism for what it is, or you are normalizing it. There is no third option.

09.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 3221 πŸ” 701 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 23

Give them sugar, roll on the floor and, when they get cranky, give them back to your sibling.

10.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One generation ago was 2000. No it couldn’t.

10.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gas is only 99 cents per quart in most states.

10.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re at the gates of Kiev. We expect them to surrender in the next few days.

10.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He also was completely silent when Putin put a bounty on the head of American troops in Afghanistan.

10.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I get it! Just dropped!

10.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

09.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 19708 πŸ” 6749 πŸ’¬ 804 πŸ“Œ 435
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How dare her!! 🧐🀨

"When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."

09.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 8311 πŸ” 3537 πŸ’¬ 733 πŸ“Œ 412
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AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers β€” and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

09.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 19966 πŸ” 6180 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 177

Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Greenland, Canada, and on and on and on. Lindsey Graham says they are β€œmarching through the world.”
They don’t care how many US soldiers they get killed. Meanwhile, they’re building concentration camps at home for Americans to die in. What will it take for people to wake up?

08.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 7997 πŸ” 2653 πŸ’¬ 509 πŸ“Œ 139
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08.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 6445 πŸ” 1040 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 59
Screenshot of an X post by β€œNo Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” claiming Costco is demanding that Trump reimburse them for tariffs so they can refund customers. Below are two images side by side: the Costco Wholesale logo and a photo of Donald Trump looking at a phone while reporters hold microphones near him.

Screenshot of an X post by β€œNo Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” claiming Costco is demanding that Trump reimburse them for tariffs so they can refund customers. Below are two images side by side: the Costco Wholesale logo and a photo of Donald Trump looking at a phone while reporters hold microphones near him.

This is what all big companies should be doing.

09.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 5460 πŸ” 1005 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 33
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This wasn't a slip-up. Someone had to find footage from MONTHS ago of Trump without a hat, and then someone had to add graphics to intentionally mislead viewers to think what they were seeing occurred yesterday. Fox is *still* misleading viewersβ€”after paying $787.5 million for misleading viewers.

08.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 753 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 5
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What an odd question. Honey . . . I have houseplants and dead AAA batteries smarter than Trump.

08.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 2440 πŸ” 478 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 15

It's no longer a "dignified" transfer when the president is wearing a baseball cap

07.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 754 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 10

THE DOW IS DOWN 3000 POINTS!!! Can we talk about Epstein now?

07.03.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excuse the bad language, but this is where we are at right now:

05.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 3614 πŸ” 1135 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 50