Marc C. Johnson
@thejohnsonpost.bsky.social
Political historian, columnist, former journalist and top aide to Idaho's longest serving governor Cecil D. Andrus.
Latest book (University of Oklahoma Press) is "Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate." Story of when the Senate worked.
Latest book (University of Oklahoma Press) is "Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate." Story of when the Senate worked.
Pinned
"Mansfield and Dirksen" - A study of politics but also analysis of different approaches to leadership in a U.S. Senate that no longer exists, a reminder of what is possible when national interest stands before partisanship.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
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Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
And that pivot does not serve American national interests.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Wyden has been in n this for months. In February 2024 he asked Mike Crapo to help and Crapo said no.
Who is Crapo protecting?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Who is Crapo protecting?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wyden has been in n this for months. In February 2024 he asked Mike Crapo to help and Crapo said no.
Who is Crapo protecting?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Who is Crapo protecting?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
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Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson!
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson!
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Led by the trillionaire.
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Led by the trillionaire.
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The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
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FOX NEWS: Two DEEP STATE federal judges halt the Trump administration's patriotic plan to starve millions of Americans
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
FOX NEWS: Two DEEP STATE federal judges halt the Trump administration's patriotic plan to starve millions of Americans
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If real kings punish people for their Epstein involvement, shouldn’t fake kings do the same?
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King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles and evicts him from royal residence
Buckingham Palace says that King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
If real kings punish people for their Epstein involvement, shouldn’t fake kings do the same?
apnews.com/article/king...
apnews.com/article/king...
Simple question for White House reporters: Where are the architectural plans for the new ballroom?
The architect was selected in late August. No way are the plans complete ...
How about a piece on how difficult it is to build something like this in the middle of a highly secure area?
The architect was selected in late August. No way are the plans complete ...
How about a piece on how difficult it is to build something like this in the middle of a highly secure area?
The bunker is more vulnerable to penetration now and will be as long as the new palace is under construction. Another counterintelligence nightmare created by Trump in what Bill Burns calls the "strategic self-immolation" of the US national securty and intelligence architecture erected since 1945.
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Simple question for White House reporters: Where are the architectural plans for the new ballroom?
The architect was selected in late August. No way are the plans complete ...
How about a piece on how difficult it is to build something like this in the middle of a highly secure area?
The architect was selected in late August. No way are the plans complete ...
How about a piece on how difficult it is to build something like this in the middle of a highly secure area?
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump is a deranged idiot.
Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump is a deranged idiot.
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Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.
Senator Merkley Warns of Authoritarianism Under Trump in Nearly 23-Hour Speech
The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.
Now he’s dumping bullshit on Senate Republicans.
Trump on DC: "Mr. Senator, you could walk down, you can have your wife meet you at the restaurant, she's not gonna be accosted, shot, beat up, raped."
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Now he’s dumping bullshit on Senate Republicans.
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"I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people."
John le Carre, born on this day in 1931
John le Carre, born on this day in 1931
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people."
John le Carre, born on this day in 1931
John le Carre, born on this day in 1931
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The new Washpost Opinions editor (left) is really outdoing himself
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The new Washpost Opinions editor (left) is really outdoing himself
This guy makes you miss Paul Ryan.
Speaker Mike Johnson calls Arizona AG's threats to pursue legal action for the delay of swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva "a publicity stunt."
Grijalva (D) was elected over three weeks ago, but Johnson says he will only swear her in after the shutdown ends.
Grijalva (D) was elected over three weeks ago, but Johnson says he will only swear her in after the shutdown ends.
Johnson refuses to swear in Grijalva, brushes aside Democrats' legal threat — for now
Democrats have threatened legal action if Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva isn't sworn in Friday after winning her special election more than three weeks ago.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This guy makes you miss Paul Ryan.
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Gold now above $4,300 a troy ounce - up more than 60 per cent since Trump was inaugurated. It's what you buy in times of turmoil and uncertainty, and is the best market indicator of the Trump effect.
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Gold now above $4,300 a troy ounce - up more than 60 per cent since Trump was inaugurated. It's what you buy in times of turmoil and uncertainty, and is the best market indicator of the Trump effect.
An hour and a half west of the hell hole that is not Portland.
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
An hour and a half west of the hell hole that is not Portland.
And the mental age of a four year old.
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
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October 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
And the mental age of a four year old.
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The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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This is the lead every Democrat should follow. 100%.
Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is the lead every Democrat should follow. 100%.
A Real Political Hero
A virtual book event on Oct. 9 on my book "Mansfield and Dirksen" sponsored by the Montana Historical Society.
Come for the common sense, stay for the inspiration. Mansfield was truly one of the Senate's greats.
Registration details in the link.
cc: @dailymontanan.com
A virtual book event on Oct. 9 on my book "Mansfield and Dirksen" sponsored by the Montana Historical Society.
Come for the common sense, stay for the inspiration. Mansfield was truly one of the Senate's greats.
Registration details in the link.
cc: @dailymontanan.com
A Real Political Hero
Mike Mansfield and American Politics: my virtual book club event is Thursday
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October 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A Real Political Hero
A virtual book event on Oct. 9 on my book "Mansfield and Dirksen" sponsored by the Montana Historical Society.
Come for the common sense, stay for the inspiration. Mansfield was truly one of the Senate's greats.
Registration details in the link.
cc: @dailymontanan.com
A virtual book event on Oct. 9 on my book "Mansfield and Dirksen" sponsored by the Montana Historical Society.
Come for the common sense, stay for the inspiration. Mansfield was truly one of the Senate's greats.
Registration details in the link.
cc: @dailymontanan.com