Molly McKew
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposted by Molly McKew
I was trying in vain to figure out what Trump's game was in Venezuela, and now @mollymckew.bsky.social has written a brilliant two-part piece explaining it all...and, spoiler alert, it's not good for America, but very good for Russia, and is absolutely terrifying.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I was trying in vain to figure out what Trump's game was in Venezuela, and now @mollymckew.bsky.social has written a brilliant two-part piece explaining it all...and, spoiler alert, it's not good for America, but very good for Russia, and is absolutely terrifying.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
Much like the Milei bailout announcement, this is just overt election interference, and I’m just constantly surprised we don’t even comment on it anymore
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Much like the Milei bailout announcement, this is just overt election interference, and I’m just constantly surprised we don’t even comment on it anymore
Reposted by Molly McKew
And relatedly, @mollymckew.bsky.social makes interesting points here about how the absurd effort to designate "narco-terrorists" as the new enemy is really a war over reality, a war to create our own reality in this hemisphere. The memes are also deeply sinister.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And relatedly, @mollymckew.bsky.social makes interesting points here about how the absurd effort to designate "narco-terrorists" as the new enemy is really a war over reality, a war to create our own reality in this hemisphere. The memes are also deeply sinister.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
Happy Tuesday, all — it’s raining ice outside, but we each make our own fires 🔥
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy Tuesday, all — it’s raining ice outside, but we each make our own fires 🔥
Crazy times afoot: understanding American power has never been more important
I’m about 100 paid subscribers away from a goal, and hope to get there this week
Become a supporter today 🙏
www.greatpower.us/8743a53a
Crazy times afoot: understanding American power has never been more important
I’m about 100 paid subscribers away from a goal, and hope to get there this week
Become a supporter today 🙏
www.greatpower.us/8743a53a
Some of SECDEF’s rhetoric about lethality + preparing to win scratches an itch w/ US troops from my generation, frustrated by 20 yrs of messy counterterrorism
But most of them see stuff like this and understand the inherent danger of a man glorifying war crimes interfering in their chain of command
But most of them see stuff like this and understand the inherent danger of a man glorifying war crimes interfering in their chain of command
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some of SECDEF’s rhetoric about lethality + preparing to win scratches an itch w/ US troops from my generation, frustrated by 20 yrs of messy counterterrorism
But most of them see stuff like this and understand the inherent danger of a man glorifying war crimes interfering in their chain of command
But most of them see stuff like this and understand the inherent danger of a man glorifying war crimes interfering in their chain of command
The focus is on “drug boat” strikes, but there are competing justifications for escalating military action against Venezuela — “cartels”, oil, bravado, liberation
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The focus is on “drug boat” strikes, but there are competing justifications for escalating military action against Venezuela — “cartels”, oil, bravado, liberation
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
Reposted by Molly McKew
The war on Venezuela isn’t about drugs, oil, or democracy
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The war on Venezuela isn’t about drugs, oil, or democracy
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela isn’t about drugs, oil, or democracy
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The war on Venezuela isn’t about drugs, oil, or democracy
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — and a war to redefine American power
My new long read (part 1): /1
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
From earlier this week, @glandsbergis.bsky.social and I discuss Ukraine, peace, war, European security, and what now — listen in!
Includes my plea to Americans to understand what we are losing if we continue this way.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Includes my plea to Americans to understand what we are losing if we continue this way.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
A Ukraine “Peace Plan” Written in Moscow
Podcast Episode · Politicology · 11/25/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
From earlier this week, @glandsbergis.bsky.social and I discuss Ukraine, peace, war, European security, and what now — listen in!
Includes my plea to Americans to understand what we are losing if we continue this way.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Includes my plea to Americans to understand what we are losing if we continue this way.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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There’s is absolutely no way that 1) no one got paid for this and 2) it doesn’t link in with the rest of the Latin America crazy plan underway
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
There’s is absolutely no way that 1) no one got paid for this and 2) it doesn’t link in with the rest of the Latin America crazy plan underway
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Reposted by Molly McKew
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
This has something to do with the weird Th**l/Altm*n/Andr**ssen techno-utopia free trade cult city in Honduras doesn’t it
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This has something to do with the weird Th**l/Altm*n/Andr**ssen techno-utopia free trade cult city in Honduras doesn’t it
Zaluzhny looks to rally Europe:
“Imagine that Russia completely occupied the Donetsk region. The war would not end, because it would not achieve the political goal. Russia seeks to achieve the collapse of Ukraine on the military, economic and political fronts.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
“Imagine that Russia completely occupied the Donetsk region. The war would not end, because it would not achieve the political goal. Russia seeks to achieve the collapse of Ukraine on the military, economic and political fronts.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Zaluzhny looks to rally Europe:
“Imagine that Russia completely occupied the Donetsk region. The war would not end, because it would not achieve the political goal. Russia seeks to achieve the collapse of Ukraine on the military, economic and political fronts.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
“Imagine that Russia completely occupied the Donetsk region. The war would not end, because it would not achieve the political goal. Russia seeks to achieve the collapse of Ukraine on the military, economic and political fronts.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
Reposted without comment
Additional U.S. Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They're increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms.
Gangs wielding American guns await US Marines heading to Haiti
www.stripes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted without comment
Reposted by Molly McKew
There’s nothing new about this plan from the Kremlin.
It’s just so no other American administration in history was so devoid morals and a belief in American values and an understanding of American security to pursue it with such vigor
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
It’s just so no other American administration in history was so devoid morals and a belief in American values and an understanding of American security to pursue it with such vigor
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There’s nothing new about this plan from the Kremlin.
It’s just so no other American administration in history was so devoid morals and a belief in American values and an understanding of American security to pursue it with such vigor
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
It’s just so no other American administration in history was so devoid morals and a belief in American values and an understanding of American security to pursue it with such vigor
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Molly McKew
As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“surely the warrior ethos doesn't require killing helpless men clinging to the wreckage of a blown-up boat… the law here is clear: ‘Persons incapacitated by... shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable to make them the object of attack’”
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“surely the warrior ethos doesn't require killing helpless men clinging to the wreckage of a blown-up boat… the law here is clear: ‘Persons incapacitated by... shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable to make them the object of attack’”
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Hmm I wondered who leaked the story could be anyone really
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Hmm I wondered who leaked the story could be anyone really
Sometimes the search results are right
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sometimes the search results are right
Reposted by Molly McKew
A worthy long read, initially published last July and deeply relevant at the moment
Also for thanksgiving:
Certain government actors again perpetuate the myth of the thin blue line — aka that American society is always near collapse into chaos and brutality keeps order —
so please revisit my take on what the line between order & chaos really is
www.greatpower.us/p/thin-blue-...
Certain government actors again perpetuate the myth of the thin blue line — aka that American society is always near collapse into chaos and brutality keeps order —
so please revisit my take on what the line between order & chaos really is
www.greatpower.us/p/thin-blue-...
Thin blue-and-yellow line
The line between American chaos and American greatness runs through Ukraine
www.greatpower.us
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A worthy long read, initially published last July and deeply relevant at the moment
I finally turned on the furnace and I feel like such a quitter.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I finally turned on the furnace and I feel like such a quitter.