John J McKay
@mammothjohn.bsky.social
Alaskan. Duke Ellington fan. I wrote a book about mammoths. Now I'm obsessing over permafrost. Babies find me fascinating.
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So I am led to understand that the Department of Justice is working on the level of competence that has become the hallmark of this administration
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So I am led to understand that the Department of Justice is working on the level of competence that has become the hallmark of this administration
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Kyle Rittenhouse got run out of PA last week, and I’m sad I missed it. 😂
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'Absolutely Disgusting': Kyle Rittenhouse Appearance Derails After Angry Locals Raise Hell
"Outrage Erupts: Kyle Rittenhouse's Appearance Sparks Chaos at GOP Rally, Leading to Sudden Shutdown. Details Inside."
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November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse got run out of PA last week, and I’m sad I missed it. 😂
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Extremely troubling numbers for the Democrats. They must immediately denounce the San Francisco school district's policies regarding algebra if they're going to regain their edge. Preferably while driving F-150s.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Extremely troubling numbers for the Democrats. They must immediately denounce the San Francisco school district's policies regarding algebra if they're going to regain their edge. Preferably while driving F-150s.
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Trump told all the Republicans to vote for it
because he was going to lose
and he doesn't like being a loser
And...that's literally it. He's a malignant narcissist.
because he was going to lose
and he doesn't like being a loser
And...that's literally it. He's a malignant narcissist.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump told all the Republicans to vote for it
because he was going to lose
and he doesn't like being a loser
And...that's literally it. He's a malignant narcissist.
because he was going to lose
and he doesn't like being a loser
And...that's literally it. He's a malignant narcissist.
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
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It's profoundly different to cover a U.S. president than state or local officials, and too, much harder to vent publicly if you're female. But if in my reporting days, if anyone from a police sergeant to the mayor of Baltimore told me, "Quiet, piggy," I'd immediately insist he go fuck himself.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's profoundly different to cover a U.S. president than state or local officials, and too, much harder to vent publicly if you're female. But if in my reporting days, if anyone from a police sergeant to the mayor of Baltimore told me, "Quiet, piggy," I'd immediately insist he go fuck himself.
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If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example
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One, MTG hasn't truly apologized. Two, unless that woman is a former Parkland student, Jewish, or the lightest ****ing Black person on earth, there's no apology for her to accept because nothing was done TO HER. Three, MTG has not moved away from any part of the current bigoted Republican platform.
Yall genuinely fall for and forgive anything. When they look like you. And that is why we are here. This woman is a fucking monster. But sure I guess because she said sorry with a fucking pinky swear.
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
One, MTG hasn't truly apologized. Two, unless that woman is a former Parkland student, Jewish, or the lightest ****ing Black person on earth, there's no apology for her to accept because nothing was done TO HER. Three, MTG has not moved away from any part of the current bigoted Republican platform.
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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Yeah, that’s what really set America apart — we were the first and only nation in history to put a religious angle on wars.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yeah, that’s what really set America apart — we were the first and only nation in history to put a religious angle on wars.
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In the latest episode of Patel's misappropriation of bureau resources, the FBI Director has reportedly assigned a group of elite agents in Nashville to guard his girlfriend.
Due to this, sources say these agents will likely be unable to respond to crises in the Nashville area. trib.al/D0EGPNv
Due to this, sources say these agents will likely be unable to respond to crises in the Nashville area. trib.al/D0EGPNv
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In the latest episode of Patel's misappropriation of bureau resources, the FBI Director has reportedly assigned a group of elite agents in Nashville to guard his girlfriend.
Due to this, sources say these agents will likely be unable to respond to crises in the Nashville area. trib.al/D0EGPNv
Due to this, sources say these agents will likely be unable to respond to crises in the Nashville area. trib.al/D0EGPNv
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
But what if I’m not married, Eric? Can I still spend a half billion? Can I do that every Sunday, or is that offer only good tonight? If someone complains about me not having the half billion, will your dad pardon me?
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
But what if I’m not married, Eric? Can I still spend a half billion? Can I do that every Sunday, or is that offer only good tonight? If someone complains about me not having the half billion, will your dad pardon me?
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
All year, Trump and his toadies have been telling us tariffs do not increase the price of groceries*.
So, what is the point of lowering tariffs on food just before the holidays?
*A quaint word, don't you think? No one was using it until I brought it back.
So, what is the point of lowering tariffs on food just before the holidays?
*A quaint word, don't you think? No one was using it until I brought it back.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
All year, Trump and his toadies have been telling us tariffs do not increase the price of groceries*.
So, what is the point of lowering tariffs on food just before the holidays?
*A quaint word, don't you think? No one was using it until I brought it back.
So, what is the point of lowering tariffs on food just before the holidays?
*A quaint word, don't you think? No one was using it until I brought it back.
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
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guys I hate to burst the blowjob bubble but the "blowing Bubba" thing in the Epstein e-mails is very likely to be them making prison rape jokes. Trump is going to prison, therefore Trump is going to have to blow Bubba - the mythical rapey fellow inmate of gross prison jokes by U.S. men.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
guys I hate to burst the blowjob bubble but the "blowing Bubba" thing in the Epstein e-mails is very likely to be them making prison rape jokes. Trump is going to prison, therefore Trump is going to have to blow Bubba - the mythical rapey fellow inmate of gross prison jokes by U.S. men.
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This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.