John W. McCarthy
@johnwmccarthy.bsky.social
Senior Researcher Elias Sports Bureau. Yankees, Red Bulls, NY Rangers, NY Jets, Pearl Jam supporter
The Plot to destroy America
They want to destroy the middle class. And are making substantial progress toward that goal.
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Plot to destroy America
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A gritty reboot of ducktales where huey duey and louie help mine workers in south africa unionize and overthrow flintheart glomgold
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A gritty reboot of ducktales where huey duey and louie help mine workers in south africa unionize and overthrow flintheart glomgold
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
TMW you want to cook breakfast but you don't want to disturb a napping cat
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
TMW you want to cook breakfast but you don't want to disturb a napping cat
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love that cbs is playing whack a mole. and losing.
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
love that cbs is playing whack a mole. and losing.
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Hell yeah we're bringing back Napster file names. Real Millennials know.
"60MIN_CECOT_screenRIP_X-CODEC_PLZ_SEED.mpeg.xVid"
You watched a clean spiked 60 Minutes package? Oh wow, I only saw the one in the Canadian gentleman’s living room where he occasionally walked through the frame
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hell yeah we're bringing back Napster file names. Real Millennials know.
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Setting aside the journalistic malpractice of what Bari Weiss did, her inability to foresee that the piece would leak is stunning. Now they can never run the piece, because everyone would be able to see whatever changes they make. And everyone will see the original piece while CBS gets no revenue!
a man in a blue hoodie is holding a glass of beer and saying smart .
ALT: a man in a blue hoodie is holding a glass of beer and saying smart .
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December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Setting aside the journalistic malpractice of what Bari Weiss did, her inability to foresee that the piece would leak is stunning. Now they can never run the piece, because everyone would be able to see whatever changes they make. And everyone will see the original piece while CBS gets no revenue!
now we're in four-digit territory with this?
Trump: "We're bringing down drug prices at a level that has never been thought of -- think of it, by 1,000% ... 1,400% in some cases"
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
now we're in four-digit territory with this?
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Murders down 20% in a year where all the losing candidates in the mayoral race took up "the city is so unsafe" as a talking point. We really need to start framing such talk as "people are trying to make money off of lying to you about this"
I highly doubt we're going to get to 300 (or under) but damn that's very close. Great news that NYC is going to have ~300 murders this year.
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Murders down 20% in a year where all the losing candidates in the mayoral race took up "the city is so unsafe" as a talking point. We really need to start framing such talk as "people are trying to make money off of lying to you about this"
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what do we think the revamped 60 Minutes segment will look like? the obvious answer is it will include interviews with the administration, but an underrated contender is interviews with victims of purported migrant crime.
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
what do we think the revamped 60 Minutes segment will look like? the obvious answer is it will include interviews with the administration, but an underrated contender is interviews with victims of purported migrant crime.
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Bill de Blasio took a lot of deserved heat for his narcissism but Adams is on another level.
December 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bill de Blasio took a lot of deserved heat for his narcissism but Adams is on another level.
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Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
NEW: Bari Weiss addresses her decision to hold last night's CECOT story on the CBS News morning editorial call: "Our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else..."
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
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That's because the point of the OMNY system isn't to create a single card. It's to create a more flexible fare payment system that specifically does not require a purchase of a card.
It's definitely "goodbye" to the MetroCard simply because it's a tangible symbol of New York. It is globally known and unique.
Its replacement, the OMNY card, will never know this love.
Its replacement, the OMNY card, will never know this love.
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Bari Weiss really fucked up by stepping in it on the slowest news week of the year. We've got nothing to talk about and no work to do!
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bari Weiss really fucked up by stepping in it on the slowest news week of the year. We've got nothing to talk about and no work to do!
Just imaging the eye rolling that goes in during these calls
Bari Weiss this morning on the 60 Minutes segment: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just imaging the eye rolling that goes in during these calls
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she's just doing what she was hired to do
Why would you need to put a pause on a story that has been meticulously fact-checked and lawyered?
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
she's just doing what she was hired to do
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If Usha hasn’t walked out on him still, you can stop with the Trapped Princess narrative
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If Usha hasn’t walked out on him still, you can stop with the Trapped Princess narrative
Some of those that work forces...
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some of those that work forces...
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If I ascended to pope and was immediately surrounded by hooting clowns giving me novelty t-shirts there would be so much excommunicating
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If I ascended to pope and was immediately surrounded by hooting clowns giving me novelty t-shirts there would be so much excommunicating
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They’re never gonna let the Americans have a pope ever again.
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
They’re never gonna let the Americans have a pope ever again.
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Blows my mind it hasn't even been a full year of congestion pricing in NYC yet. Years of cranks whining about it and then you just DO IT and everything is instantly better and everyone gets used to it and moves on. We should do good things more often!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Blows my mind it hasn't even been a full year of congestion pricing in NYC yet. Years of cranks whining about it and then you just DO IT and everything is instantly better and everyone gets used to it and moves on. We should do good things more often!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
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