Molly McKew
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
A car just cruised past blaring the Moby Play album and it made me miss the ‘90s and think the youfs are not wrong about their weird obsession with the ‘90s
There has been a lot written about the Odyssey and the right wing effort to build narrative around it — and I feel like everyone has forgotten the exact same hate campaign against “First Man”, the Neil Armstrong bio pic, with a fake controversy about “omitting” the planting of the American flag /1
Veterans deserve better than this. This admin has so demeaned service.
Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 2w agoSCOOP: “It was carried out in a way that lets the VA avoid explicitly saying they don’t provide LGBTQ veteran care — but that’s the reality of it," a healthcare provider at a Veterans Affairs hospital told me. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Is Russia helping Iran? Duh Is China helping Russia? Duh Is it possible for too many western analysts to live in the delusion that China Russia and Iran can be separated/played against each other? Duh www.reuters.com/world/middle...
EXCLUSIVE: Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, sa...
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Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, were killed in action after an Iranian attack in Jordan, Pentagon officials said in a statement.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoOne soldier finished high school in Texas last year and joined the Army right after graduation. Another lived in Hawaii and served as an air defense artillery officer. Both were mourned on Monday when the Pentagon released their names as the latest U.S. casualties in the war with Iran.
It’s so funny how everything on the Ukraine war has been fear of escalating the conflict beyond Ukraine/Russia and this mess with Iran is a full blown regional conflict that absolutely no one wants to call that even tho what like 8 countries are involved? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...
Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War
Four Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing.
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Grifters grifting as the top priority of their “public service” is an enormous and terrifying national security risk www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The New Washington Temptation: Inside Information and a Prediction Market Account
White House officials are grappling with how deeply betting on political events has worked itself into the fabric of government.
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Kudos to the A+ Americans in Hillsborough, NJ who meticulously salvaged ever speck of the meteorite that plummeted into their home, giving us some of the coolest findings about stuff arriving from space ever /1 share.inquirer.com/fOraF4
A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contained ‘alien world chemistry,’ a new study says
The meteorite that crashed into a Somerset County home in 2024 contained cosmic ingredients that are considered the "building blocks of life," a new study says.
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Get vaccines, people. The tiny miracles making our lives better and less medieval every day wapo.st/4aYBmds
It was a small scratch. But tetanus left her fighting for her life.
Tetanus is rare, but cases continue to occur in people who are unvaccinated or have gone more than 10 years between Td booster doses.
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If you ever wondered if this admin will support the prosecution of Putin and the full documentation of Russian war crimes, this is the answer www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Fighting Intensifies With Strikes on Critical Infrastructure (Gift Article)
In the days since the cease-fire unraveled, the United States and Iran have expanded the scope of their attacks, with reports of water facilities and other structures coming under fire.
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Ok shoutout to this photo as possibly the best mockingbird photo ever www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b...
Wildfire expert offers reality check for U.S. lawmakers who castigated Canada for smoke
Complaints sidestep the fact that wildfire smoke routinely crosses the border in both directions, B.C. ecologist says
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In the 90s, when the Russian mafia was spreading everywhere, can’t remember if it was Denmark or Netherlands invited the local mafia guys to a meeting on a boat & the boat happened to blow up & after that there weren’t any problems with the Russian mafia. For some reason that just ran thru my mind.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3w agoThe "mass deportation coalition" seems to be made up of exactly the kinds of people you'd imagine www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I think a reason to understand how data brokers are being used to skirt legality is that because the US has no data protections, little privacy law re such, and legislators up to their eyeballs in tech money, our adversaries can do the exact same stuff to target each one of us for whatever reason.
Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: ICE is expanding its powers by using tools from the subsidiary of data broker giant Thompson Reuters to "identify unaccompanied minors" and purported "fraud" suspects. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/ice-un...
It’s so interesting how, time and time again, this US government keeps reaching the conclusion that Russiagate is completely true
Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump's own file release tonight says Russia was working to attack Biden and boost Trump's re-election campaign.
I've repeatedly run into a 4 y.o. tripod husky named Chicken Nuggy at Contra Costa Animal Services. While he's not at risk of euthanasia, I consider the Nug's ongoing availability to be a market failure. Can attest that in person he is the party that his photo indicates. Someone get on this.
Landed back in US, the setting sun is a violent red orb thru wildfire smoke, the nation is madness, the SECDEF seems to be telling the world American soldiers are weaklings (fact check: no), and apparently the real war is on lettuce — at least for the next 36 minutes. Any other updates?
Literally every part is rotten apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's teleprompter operator on unpaid leave for alleged prediction market bets on Trump speeches
The White House says President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president's speeches on the online predict...
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“Fudging” is not the word you are looking for here
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w agoThe potential involvement of the US government in a civil case has raised concerns over the fudging of edges between the interests of the state and the president. The ‘conflict of interest is clear and stark’, the broadcaster said in a filing. ft.trib.al/M1DIg2y
Hey for anyone in the US/Canada experiencing wildfire smoke for first time — take the smoke very seriously. It can catch up with you suddenly or amplify other health issues Check on elderly & those vulnerable; help neighbors out with air filters/purifiers if you have the means. Track air quality.
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
We are all giving up rights — some of us to be in on the joke, some of us because it’s too annoying to deal and we are comfortable, some of us because the feed hasn’t put it in front of our eyeballs, some of us because we don’t know history /4
One aspect of the final Maine story that hasn’t gotten enough comment: he came to her home, and attacked her there What women hear is: the place where she should have been safest and most in control was taken away What the manosphere says is: “yeah of course where else would we do it” /1
Tiffany C. Graham@bluenote123.bsky.social · 3w agoI don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
