John Kelly

Former Washington Post columnist (now Substackin'), rock and roll drummer, actual D.C. native. Also: can juggle.

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Just landed in London. Anything happening here?

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Whoa! An op-ed in @washingtonpost accuses a UK school I attended as a U.S. Air Force brat of “canceling” a great historical figure. Good on ya, @HBK_School I say! https://t.co/chVlGyZuPK

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An entire page of wire stories in @murraymatt’s @washingtonpost today, three of eight AP stories in the A section.

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How to save the Washington Post. By Alan Rusbridger. https://t.co/97cBrOgM9B

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My wife’s verdict on the Bad Bunny half-time show: “Conservatives ought to love this this. It’s about marriage, family and hot women.��

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@lexlanham I just feel sorry for the bears. Their Arctic home is melting and they’re reduced to Madison Avenue shilling, pretending to consume a product that is probably bad for them.

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@farhip @JamesVGrimaldi And Matt Murray himself said he had no idea how employees worked there.

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I tell ya, I was done with Twitter, er, X. But the defenestration of Will Lewis really energized it for me. It’s still a cesspool compared to before @elonmusk bought it but I’ve appreciated hearing from my former @washingtonpost colleagues.

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@marcthiessen I felt the same way after reading your column on your concert highlights. “What does this guy know about music?” I thought.

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Here’s @murraymatt’s signed letter to readers in today’s print @washingtonpost. No mention anywhere in today’s Post of the “restructuring” readers may have “read about,” which now includes Will Lewis being restructured out the door.

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@ErinAstrosFan @DylanByers

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@LivPetersen @GlennKessler__ @washingtonpost @murraymatt And there was room in the paper today for a brief on a tiny dip in @nytimes online readership. I wonder what would have interested @washingtonpost subscribers more.

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A house ad in today’s @washingtonpost. “You may have read about the restructuring…,” writes editor @murraymatt . Not if you read today’s Post. There’s nary a mention!

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@LivPetersen @GlennKessler__ @washingtonpost @murraymatt I’ll remember that the next time The Post wins a Pulitzer.

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At the #SaveThePost rally asking the obvious question.

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Small detail I just noticed. Will Lewis appended his handwritten signature to his bullshit “To our subscribers” letter. @murraymatt did not. Is that a signal? Is Matt Murray tied up somewhere in the @washingtonpost building? Blink once if you’re okay, Matt!

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@GlennKessler__ @washingtonpost @murraymatt I saw that! Stop being so prescient!

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Sad day at @washingtonpost . And infuriating. What galls me is the note from @murraymatt that blames a print mindset for their woes. I shared a few thoughts on Substack.
https://t.co/XB5n3FlxtL

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@nyttypos @dcsportsbog I didn’t see it at first, but Dan may have a point. The question, I guess, is whether Sir Will IS a loyal subscriber.