Molly McKew
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
Electing him again is what made us the joke
Our president is a joke (a very bad joke). So our country is becoming a joke.
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How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Electing him again is what made us the joke
A reminder that most of these facilities are “private prisons” and every company should be shut down, audited, and prosecuted
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A reminder that most of these facilities are “private prisons” and every company should be shut down, audited, and prosecuted
Has anyone checked in on Fort Knox lately
Does raise questions about whether that crown from the South Koreans was fake or not
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Has anyone checked in on Fort Knox lately
Does raise questions about whether that crown from the South Koreans was fake or not
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Does raise questions about whether that crown from the South Koreans was fake or not
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
A reminder that in normal times, everyone remembered none of these gifts belonged to the person, but to the nation
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My beloved @jsmithcameron.bsky.social,
@mollymckew.bsky.social and I think there needs to be a staged reading (all female?) of the Epstein emails. (Possibly a benefit victims’ legal services?) ( @gtconway.bsky.social ?)
What do you think?
PS: Miss you 🥰
@mollymckew.bsky.social and I think there needs to be a staged reading (all female?) of the Epstein emails. (Possibly a benefit victims’ legal services?) ( @gtconway.bsky.social ?)
What do you think?
PS: Miss you 🥰
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My beloved @jsmithcameron.bsky.social,
@mollymckew.bsky.social and I think there needs to be a staged reading (all female?) of the Epstein emails. (Possibly a benefit victims’ legal services?) ( @gtconway.bsky.social ?)
What do you think?
PS: Miss you 🥰
@mollymckew.bsky.social and I think there needs to be a staged reading (all female?) of the Epstein emails. (Possibly a benefit victims’ legal services?) ( @gtconway.bsky.social ?)
What do you think?
PS: Miss you 🥰
The amazing thing about this admin is the corruption is so literal and so overt — in many cases, it’s just a direct transfer of taxpayer dollars to themselves and other b-villains from the show, like this is all completely normal, bc they can’t be bothered to extort corporations & interest groups
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The amazing thing about this admin is the corruption is so literal and so overt — in many cases, it’s just a direct transfer of taxpayer dollars to themselves and other b-villains from the show, like this is all completely normal, bc they can’t be bothered to extort corporations & interest groups
As the endless thanksgiving recipes start to pollute every media feed, just remember:
bourbon is the most overused and terrible whiskey in cooking and you can find ten better things to put in a sweet or savory dish just by looking around your kitchen or home booze pile
bourbon is the most overused and terrible whiskey in cooking and you can find ten better things to put in a sweet or savory dish just by looking around your kitchen or home booze pile
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As the endless thanksgiving recipes start to pollute every media feed, just remember:
bourbon is the most overused and terrible whiskey in cooking and you can find ten better things to put in a sweet or savory dish just by looking around your kitchen or home booze pile
bourbon is the most overused and terrible whiskey in cooking and you can find ten better things to put in a sweet or savory dish just by looking around your kitchen or home booze pile
Avoiding the misery of soul-whoring: a guide to modern times
'I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man' -- Tom Paine via the great Jill Lepore
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What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Avoiding the misery of soul-whoring: a guide to modern times
OJ is looking for the real killers
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
OJ is looking for the real killers
You know, it’s not my favorite fruit, but there are few things that beat the color of papaya
Incidentally I stumbled into a whole crazy part of the “wellness” internet yesterday about papaya seeds which I do not recommend
Incidentally I stumbled into a whole crazy part of the “wellness” internet yesterday about papaya seeds which I do not recommend
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You know, it’s not my favorite fruit, but there are few things that beat the color of papaya
Incidentally I stumbled into a whole crazy part of the “wellness” internet yesterday about papaya seeds which I do not recommend
Incidentally I stumbled into a whole crazy part of the “wellness” internet yesterday about papaya seeds which I do not recommend
Indeed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Indeed.
True villains understand making others complicit is far more effective than defeating them
The older I get, the more I realize that modern society functions essentially as a giant pyramid scheme of people mutually blackmailing each other into enabling and covering up the worst of human abuses, from genocide to child trafficking.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
True villains understand making others complicit is far more effective than defeating them
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
Friend: I just saw the craziest accident, there was a car in a tree and the doors were ripped off
Me: Did it have a Maryland license plate?
Friend: Yeah.
Me: Did it have a Maryland license plate?
Friend: Yeah.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Friend: I just saw the craziest accident, there was a car in a tree and the doors were ripped off
Me: Did it have a Maryland license plate?
Friend: Yeah.
Me: Did it have a Maryland license plate?
Friend: Yeah.
Every time the UK follows the sad US playbook like it’s something new and they aren’t connected, it makes me incredibly sad for both our nations.
It feels like the story is coming in for a landing around the question: does the BBC settle with Trump for major cash, like CBS did? www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/m... But here you have to imagine taxpayers money getting handed to Trump. Who in the UK is going to explain and take responsibility for that?
BBC holds surprise board meeting to weigh Trump’s legal threat | CNN Business
The BBC board held an unexpected meeting on Wednesday as the British broadcaster stares down a legal threat from President Trump, a source told CNN.
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every time the UK follows the sad US playbook like it’s something new and they aren’t connected, it makes me incredibly sad for both our nations.
I just put coffee beans directly in the filter and turned the machine on 🤦♀️—
how’s your Wednesday so far? (At least I think it’s Wednesday. Hard to say really)
how’s your Wednesday so far? (At least I think it’s Wednesday. Hard to say really)
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I just put coffee beans directly in the filter and turned the machine on 🤦♀️—
how’s your Wednesday so far? (At least I think it’s Wednesday. Hard to say really)
how’s your Wednesday so far? (At least I think it’s Wednesday. Hard to say really)
A reminder that we live in the stupidest imaginable timeline — so stupid it’s about to barf up a tortured musical episode, probably filmed in noir
"Trump pardoned them. Now the Jan 6 Prison Choir is making a comeback
Group records collection of songs to mark fifth anniversary of march on US Capitol"
@robcrilly.bsky.social for The Telegraph
Group records collection of songs to mark fifth anniversary of march on US Capitol"
@robcrilly.bsky.social for The Telegraph
Trump pardoned them. Now the Jan 6 Prison Choir is making a comeback
Group records collection of songs to mark fifth anniversary of march on US Capitol
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A reminder that we live in the stupidest imaginable timeline — so stupid it’s about to barf up a tortured musical episode, probably filmed in noir
I know it will take some time for people to get to that part of this story — but, umm, what an interesting thing for a writer to say to a criminal?
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I know it will take some time for people to get to that part of this story — but, umm, what an interesting thing for a writer to say to a criminal?
I’m being stupid stubborn about turning on the heat so spent the entire day braising lamb shanks instead, and I feel like I made the right decision on this
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m being stupid stubborn about turning on the heat so spent the entire day braising lamb shanks instead, and I feel like I made the right decision on this
I’m here for this whole thread and all the convos in replies. I think women talking about all this stuff that’s supposed to the shameful gross quiet lady stuff in public makes it like talking about any other critically important health issue and stops letting idiot pols make things up about it
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I’m here for this whole thread and all the convos in replies. I think women talking about all this stuff that’s supposed to the shameful gross quiet lady stuff in public makes it like talking about any other critically important health issue and stops letting idiot pols make things up about it
Please CC whichever clown wrote the piece today heralding Trump’s Caribbean war as a grand plan to “counter China”
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Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’
President Donald Trump defended his plan to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the country, declaring, "I know what MAGA wants."
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Please CC whichever clown wrote the piece today heralding Trump’s Caribbean war as a grand plan to “counter China”
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Hasn’t he had two “annual physicals” this year? Did he have to pay entirely out of pocket for the second, as no insurance would cover duplicate exams + tests?
Of course not because he has no idea how anything works. “Deal with insurance yourself!” is the con of conservative “healthcare” offerings
Of course not because he has no idea how anything works. “Deal with insurance yourself!” is the con of conservative “healthcare” offerings
Trump: I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own insurance. They will feel like entrepreneurs. Call it Trumpcare… anything but Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster just like he was.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Hasn’t he had two “annual physicals” this year? Did he have to pay entirely out of pocket for the second, as no insurance would cover duplicate exams + tests?
Of course not because he has no idea how anything works. “Deal with insurance yourself!” is the con of conservative “healthcare” offerings
Of course not because he has no idea how anything works. “Deal with insurance yourself!” is the con of conservative “healthcare” offerings
Reposted by Molly McKew
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Thus do all traitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Thus do all traitors
Oh Chris Cornell, how we need you now.
I was just reminded of this song and feel like it could be a good top-5 song for the current moment…or at least should be added to the Trump era of destruction playlist
youtu.be/c3QX1zMGT3w
youtu.be/c3QX1zMGT3w
Hunger Strike
YouTube video by Temple Of The Dog - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Oh Chris Cornell, how we need you now.