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

Washington, DC
Joined March 2008
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“Oh what a blue-tiful morning. Oh what a blue-tiful day…”
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Does this mean we don’t have to have that fucking arch now?
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Even now, Jeremy Clarkson is working this into next season’s show.
The Telegraph: "Driving home from a party in the early hours, a local farmer came across three seemingly abandoned white vans blocking a quiet country road. Confused, she turned her car around. As she did so, she saw a group of masked men in balaclavas scattering into the trees and across the fields towards RAF Fairford. She accelerated away and called the police." telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
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When I was a kid, the most withering thing you could say was, "Wah. Wah. Let the little baby have his way." This would be uttered when a kid with no friends was preventing everyone from having fun. Of course, today Trump is that little baby. See: Center, Kennedy.
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Did Nigel Farage have a “hissy fit”? Kemi Badenoch said he did. So did Count Binface. What is a hissy fit, anyway? I explore. open.substack.com/pub/johnke…
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“Posh George: the criminal behind Farage” is #1 in the series charts and in the top #10 for podcasts overall If you’re interested in the intersection of politics, crypto and crime — a story that takes you from Mayfair to Montenegro — listen now at: podfollow.com/posh-george
EXCLUSIVE Nigel Farage failed to declare that a criminal and crypto gambler paid for his staff, security, drivers, social media output in year before election Reform leader has also received free accommodation in Westminster from George Cottrell as MP thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Rocking @HankDietles to The Airport 77s
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Attack the U.S. Capitol? Get pardoned. Dip a hand in the Reflecting Pool? Get arrested. Is this a great country or what? (The correct answer is “or what.”)
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Today is my first fatherless Father’s Day. In my Substack I muse in a man who didn’t have a father to learn from. open.substack.com/pub/johnke…
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Here’s my sober take on Algae-gate. This is Trump’s opportunity to spin the Reflecting Pool mess into a win for the, uh, green economy. substack.com/@johnkelly15414…
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Wow. I went down to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and it’s worse than I thought.
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Well it’s raining like hell in my part of Maryland right now. I hope God is similarly drenching the White House with His righteous tears. Plus flinging lightning bolts.
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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! open.substack.com/pub/johnke…
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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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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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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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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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At the #SaveThePost rally asking the obvious question.
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