Dan McNeill
@danmcneill.bsky.social
Author and occasional photographer.
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I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
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If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
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I mean… this should have been common knowledge all along. But we live in stupid-land now.
The immigrants HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
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The immigrants HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
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‘Immigrants are subsidizing the U.S. government’: how the undocumented helped shrink the deficit by $14.5 trillion over 3 decades (Fortune)
With thousands of people pouring into the streets of Minneapolisto protest the White Hous...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I mean… this should have been common knowledge all along. But we live in stupid-land now.
The immigrants HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
l.smartnews.com/p-75YfZCgg/Z...
The immigrants HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
l.smartnews.com/p-75YfZCgg/Z...
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Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto
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"Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list..."
Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it.
politi.co/4t6pxt0
Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it.
politi.co/4t6pxt0
‘A pretext to rig the election’: Democrats scramble to block ICE crackdowns near polling sites
Election officials are preparing for the possibility of immigration enforcement activity at or near polling sites in November.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list..."
Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it.
politi.co/4t6pxt0
Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it.
politi.co/4t6pxt0
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Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
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funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsement—almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itself—still has his job
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsement—almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itself—still has his job
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Ok but look on the bright side. At least the Acolyte didn't get a second season bsky.app/profile/carl...
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Ok but look on the bright side. At least the Acolyte didn't get a second season bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos
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Excellent reckoning from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Excellent reckoning from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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My heart breaks for the editors, reporters, and staff at The Washington Post who try to serve the public with integrity and don't deserve this. And also: many of us saw this coming from a mile away. Jeff Bezos has destroyed this once great American institution.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
My heart breaks for the editors, reporters, and staff at The Washington Post who try to serve the public with integrity and don't deserve this. And also: many of us saw this coming from a mile away. Jeff Bezos has destroyed this once great American institution.
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A profound tragedy, not just for those involved but for public knowledge overall.
Completely avoidable tragedy, wrought by plutocrat who has entered "they were careless people, they smashed up things..." hall of infamy.
(WaPo's Sports section is legendary; Books excellent too. Semafor screenshot)
Completely avoidable tragedy, wrought by plutocrat who has entered "they were careless people, they smashed up things..." hall of infamy.
(WaPo's Sports section is legendary; Books excellent too. Semafor screenshot)
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
A profound tragedy, not just for those involved but for public knowledge overall.
Completely avoidable tragedy, wrought by plutocrat who has entered "they were careless people, they smashed up things..." hall of infamy.
(WaPo's Sports section is legendary; Books excellent too. Semafor screenshot)
Completely avoidable tragedy, wrought by plutocrat who has entered "they were careless people, they smashed up things..." hall of infamy.
(WaPo's Sports section is legendary; Books excellent too. Semafor screenshot)
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I don't know what it is about idiots who buy newspapers without understanding why they exist or what their business is, but I think gutting books coverage is some kind of canary in the coalmine. These jackasses don't read books, so they assume no one else does either.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I don't know what it is about idiots who buy newspapers without understanding why they exist or what their business is, but I think gutting books coverage is some kind of canary in the coalmine. These jackasses don't read books, so they assume no one else does either.
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This has to be right up with one of America’s darkest time. ICE KILLING Americans, arresting honest hard working immigrants, similar to the same white immigrants arresting them.
DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE AND EVIL. America cannot survive as a nation with this kind of leadership.
DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE AND EVIL. America cannot survive as a nation with this kind of leadership.
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
This has to be right up with one of America’s darkest time. ICE KILLING Americans, arresting honest hard working immigrants, similar to the same white immigrants arresting them.
DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE AND EVIL. America cannot survive as a nation with this kind of leadership.
DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE AND EVIL. America cannot survive as a nation with this kind of leadership.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Speaking to WaPo employees, editor Matt Murray says cuts are about “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has had struggles to do that."
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
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It’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
It’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question
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Our circadian clock and cancer chronotherapy, a terrific
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Our circadian clock and cancer chronotherapy, a terrific
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
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Swalwell: Nobody wants to perform there. Everyone who had been booked is now canceling since this guy put his name on it. I think he’s trying to save himself the humiliation of no one wanting to perform there or go there.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Swalwell: Nobody wants to perform there. Everyone who had been booked is now canceling since this guy put his name on it. I think he’s trying to save himself the humiliation of no one wanting to perform there or go there.
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It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.
February 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.
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No terrorist has done more damage to this country than ICE.
ICE has defeated its purpose.
It has to go.
ICE has defeated its purpose.
It has to go.
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
No terrorist has done more damage to this country than ICE.
ICE has defeated its purpose.
It has to go.
ICE has defeated its purpose.
It has to go.
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Chairman of the law firm that initially caved to Trump’s demands is in the Epstein files… imagine that…
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Chairman of the law firm that initially caved to Trump’s demands is in the Epstein files… imagine that…
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Again, when Bari Weiss said she wanted to do "the fucking news" she apparently meant something different than what we initially assumed
Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Again, when Bari Weiss said she wanted to do "the fucking news" she apparently meant something different than what we initially assumed
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Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence