John McQuaid

Journalist, author.
Mastodon: Threads and Bluesky, provisionally, same username

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@realGulDukat The average low-information Federation voter is not going to know what the "FCA" is or means

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@realGulDukat And why is he still introducing himself to voters as "Brunt, FCA"?

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Interesting that journalism "objectivity" practices alienated the right by seeming to cloak a liberal agenda, and "savvy" political coverage is alienating the left by cloaking its alignment with GOP interests. Nobody left to alienate

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Polymarket, going long on cope

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Who is on this advance team, also behind the Johnny Donuts origin story?

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Interesting that Penn got some "what happened to him?" press when he was attacking the Mueller investigation and then actually advising Trump - but today he's back writing NYT op-eds as a "Democratic centrist"

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm NYT shoutout to Bob Dole's "Democrat wars"

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Maybe a combination of knee-jerk "Trump says [some new BS]" = news, and the organizational prerogative, from the very top as we've seen, to avoid the perception of favoring Ds (libs we're not on your side). Has to filter down in thousands of small decisions, including headlines

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Where's Taibbi's take?

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@palafo Congratulations and best of luck charting the next phase.

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Before Trump, we'd get all of this automatically. The fact that we get none of it now with Trump – over a relatively minor detail – shows how institutionally corrosive Trumpism is.

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Important for several reasons: We need a detailed record of the incident for any Secret Service investigation/accountability; for public knowledge/trust of the institutions protecting candidates/officials; for transparency around leaders; for the historical record.

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@realGulDukat There are some very fine non-corporeal life forms on both sides

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm A feeding frenzy on a scale not seen since 1998

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@JamesFallows Take the number with a grain of salt, but seems clear that crazy is where the money is today
https://t.co/IR5CC03Z8f

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm @TPM Interesting that Collins is no longer even pretending to be principled. Easier that way all around but still.

[John McQuaid @johnmcquaid]

@joshtpm Also curious - article mentions the Canadian, Irish, and Danish governments are investors. How often do national governments invest in independent film productions? Some kind of troll of Trump on behalf of culture ministries everywhere?