Molly McKew

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Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other

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Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 15

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"I was the subject of so many jokes in the
'9Os and to me it was just cruel," she said.
"They didn't understand. Why would they laugh about my suffering?" But a couple of decades later, after a lot of therapy, Lorena gets it now. She understands that the reason she has a platform is because of the detached penis, because of the hot dog box and Frankenpenis and that unforgettable last name. "I'll put myself through the jokes and everything as long as I can shine a light on domestic violence and sexual assault and marital rape," she said.
At one point, we drove along in silence. I looked over at Lorena, her hands gripping the steering wheel at 10 and 2. She stared straight ahead at the road, the same road she had been on that night in 1993, a night that even though she didn't want it to, has defined her life. It occurred to me that there would be no documentary, no Bobbitt jokes or permanent place in popular culture, had John severed some vital piece of Lorena.
"They laugh," she said several times during our afternoon together. "They always laugh."

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 15

Btw the Jordan Peele doc series on Amazon, Lorena, is very well done, if you haven’t seen it Very much a “how we got here” mirror /12

The documentary mostly unfolds in 1993, the dawn of Court TV and a proliferation of gossipy daytime talk shows. In Rofé and Peele's hands, the 24-hour news cycle becomes a voracious, multiheaded monster that eventually engulfs everything. "There is a third character to this story besides Lorena and John and that is us, society, and what we did with the information we had available to us," Peele said.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 15

Helpful data point for later when the circle of denials ensues

Those heavily redacted documents include a three-person chat among Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine in which messages were set to auto-delete after eight hours.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 14

Seriously people, who wants to live in this country with no food safety so a couple kooks can drink raw milk and flex about sauerkraut while reveling in measles Enjoy your salad heated to 158 degrees and your vinegar berries

To reduce the risk that a salad will make you sick, opt for whole heads of lettuce over pre-washed, bagged lettuce or premixed salad kits. Throw away the outer two or three layers of leaves, and thoroughly wash the inner leaves under running tap water.
Running tap water over delicate fruit like raspberries for at least a minute is a pretty effective to reduce their risk of contamination, although it doesn't remove everything. Swishing produce in a solution of one part white vinegar to three parts tap water likely works even better. Cooking produce to an internal temperature of at least 158°F is the most effective way to eliminate risk due to the

"In 2026, public health is doing so much more with far fewer resources," said Michigan's Bagdasarian. "Our data systems are old. We are chronically understaffed. And in 2026, look at all of the different things that public health is juggling,
" she said.
That includes monitoring travelers returning from countries with Ebola cases, preparing for World Cup games, and addressing the growing measles outbreak and a resurgence in other vaccine-preventable diseases, she said. "And now we've got this massive outbreak of cyclospora. ... Folks need to understand the cost of not having a robust public health system."
Cyclospora is one of the hardest foodborne pathogens to trace to its source. There's a

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 14

“Trump’s plan”?

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 13

No one really has any questions about who this is, right, as the USG pours billions into his pockets and gives him the ability to live with complete impunity?

M*sk wants you to watch the violence porn for free on his acceleration engine

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 12

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 11

Happy caturday where here in the land of hots someone has figured out the fan

Cat sleeping in front of fan set to vortex mode

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 10

Happy Friday (I think?) from the land of too many hots

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 10

This is some “let the abusers do foreign policy” logic right here. “We wouldn’t have to hurt you or leave you if you would just lie down and take it. Then we will need you to abuse forever and never leave you baby” (Of course from clarem*nt)

That is the paradox Ankara revealed: The surest way to keep American power anchored to Europe's defense is to give America something of its own to defend.
Far from breaking the alliance, such a settlement would reset it. Security and compensation for Denmark, protected self-government for Greenland and permanent responsibility for the United States.
The purpose is not to pull Greenland out of Europe, but to bind American power more firmly to it.
• Will Thibeau is a U.S. Army veteran and the director of the American Military Project at the Claremont Institute.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 10

Amen from all of us tired of talking about the “bad behavior by another dude” And that’s all they are, in the end. Just some other dude. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...

"I look forward to the day where I am not answering every single week a question about bad behavior by another dude," an exasperated Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat who had not endorsed Mr. Platner, said in an interview on MS Now.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 9

… and then a roll on the grass

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 9

Don’t worry she had a long drink in the pond when she woke up…

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 9

It’s so hot the fox is melting

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 9

The time is currently this many hots in London

Hard to say who is alive or dead in this heat

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

When someone says “well it was maybe a little reprehensible but not violent violence” or “the president only like the really good looking women” or things like this dropped in articles making women sex objects or crazy emotional lunatics mad about dick — and this is like, the bland everyday stuff

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

It’s currently this many hots in London

Outside cat is inside in full heat radiating splay

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

Also, has anyone done a running tally of all the times he has left meetings with other world leaders to call Putin for his advice, or had a call with Putin directly before or after? This is fantastically crazy stuff and Americans are just la la la we’ll fix it when he’s gone and nope nope nope /8

The White House was barely recognizable for the French president who had served since the early months of Trump's first term. A European sessile oak sapling, taken from a World War I battlefield, which the two presidents had ceremoniously planted together in 2018 on the South Lawn, had been removed on concerns it carried parasites, and died. An antechamber off the Oval Office was decorated with framed magazine covers of the 47th President. The leaders sat in suspense as Trump, from
another room, unexpectedly called Putin for 40 minutes.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

I mean — does anyone think it’s normal the president of the United States does all his meetings in front of a mantle covered in gold plastic trophies that celebrate no victories or triumph at all? But it’s ok because there’s references to sex with subordinates and free junk? /7

Ticky tacky gold crap has ruined the White House

the military situation in Ukraine. During their chat, Trump told Merz he had something to show him, and walked the chancellor of Germany into a small study off the Oval Office. It was, Trump announced, "the Lewinsky room" and he had filled it with MAGA memorabilia, including red hats and boxes of Florsheim dress shoes. "Just grab whatever you want," a congenial Trump told his German guests, adding that their wives could sell the swag for "thousands of dollars."

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

This is the cycle: since 2015 Trump says NATO doesn’t fight terrorism/doesn’t have same enemies/priorities as America; this sloshes around in our toxic info soup & we’re like “yeah this alliance must be bollocks”; we stop supporting the greatest defense amplifier we have because of coercive lies /2

BRUSSELS - Fewer than half of Americans believe that NATO would support them if attacked, according to an internal alliance poll seen by POLITICO.
The finding comes after U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated bashing of the military alliance.
Just 43 percent of U.S. adults responded positively when asked whether NATO would follow through with its pledge to assist their home country if attacked — the lowest score among NATO's 32 allies, the data showed, compared to a 57 percent alliance-wide on average

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 7

Trump spends a lot of time whining about NATO, and more Americans are now convinced NATO wouldn’t help us than in any other NATO country The reality outside the US goop info environment? We are the ally that is unreliable, and it has consequences for our national defense and defense industries: /1

senior economist advising Andy Burnham as he prepares for No. 10
Downing Street has criticized the U.K.'s longstanding reliance on the U.S.

A series of deals due to be signed at today's NATO Defence Industry Forum would shift some production and maintenance of U.S.-designed weapons systems to Europe, according to planning documents obtained by POLITICO.

NATO to acquire "up to" 10 Saab GlobalEyes for E-3 replacement, says
Secretary General
breakingdefense.com/2026/07/nato..

Europe faces up to prospect US may be unable to arm Nato allies

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 3

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jul 1

Anyway here’s a cat in a lei looking like a million bucks

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 18

Part of me hopes that someone who spent years pushing to end Russian sanctuary as a necessary component of Ukrainian defense and getting steamrolled by the escalation managers just spends all day texting photos and videos of Ukrainian deep strikes to Jake Sullivan

Bringing new meaning to “hats off to you”

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 15

I guess it’s obvious why they are so bad at this when they don’t know the difference between objectives and targets — which was apparent from day one

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 11

I think it is important that we Americans understand: we will have to investigate and if necessary prosecute these potential war crimes ourselves These stories are both from today

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 10

Today in “hmmmm if only there was a solution to that problem?”

You will not be able to rely on social security.

Unless we make the ultra decadent class pay taxes

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 5

I know we aren’t a nation of laws anymore, but this is most likely a crime and just casually inserted as atmospheric in the article

She said he kept an AR-15 lying around his apartment on Capitol Hill, and would sharpen an ax — a relic from his time working on the Appalachian Trail before he enlisted in the Marines - while watching television.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· Jun 4

It’s really sad when 3% of republicans doing the right thing makes me WHOOT

The House just voted 218-204 to move forward on the discharge petition to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia. The House will vote on final passage tomorrow. This is our Churchill moment and we must pass the test.

Molly McKew@mollymckew· May 30

I mean