John McIlroy
@johnthebartender.bsky.social
Reposted by John McIlroy
Now I want one
You clearly don’t understand chihuahuas. You will never be able to adopt a chihuahua: this isn’t your decision. A chihuahua adopts you. This is the way the rules work in the chihuahua universe
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Now I want one
Reposted by John McIlroy
Shortly before I finished edits on MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, an economist warned me against proposing a wealth tax with a cap on maximum net worth. He told me it was too unpopular and people would say I was out of touch with reality. I seriously considered listening to him.
I'm really glad I didn't.
I'm really glad I didn't.
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shortly before I finished edits on MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, an economist warned me against proposing a wealth tax with a cap on maximum net worth. He told me it was too unpopular and people would say I was out of touch with reality. I seriously considered listening to him.
I'm really glad I didn't.
I'm really glad I didn't.
Reposted by John McIlroy
Folks attacking Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico because of their position on Israel should’ve found another candidate BEFORE the filing deadline. It’s too late.
Now you’re just anti Democrat and pro Republican, because this ends w/John Cornyn as your senator.
Assuming you’re even from Texas?
Now you’re just anti Democrat and pro Republican, because this ends w/John Cornyn as your senator.
Assuming you’re even from Texas?
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Folks attacking Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico because of their position on Israel should’ve found another candidate BEFORE the filing deadline. It’s too late.
Now you’re just anti Democrat and pro Republican, because this ends w/John Cornyn as your senator.
Assuming you’re even from Texas?
Now you’re just anti Democrat and pro Republican, because this ends w/John Cornyn as your senator.
Assuming you’re even from Texas?
Reposted by John McIlroy
Not many young people know this but it is generally pretty unusual for the president to outright call for the mass executions of elected members of the opposition party
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not many young people know this but it is generally pretty unusual for the president to outright call for the mass executions of elected members of the opposition party
Reposted by John McIlroy
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Reposted by John McIlroy
"Of course he knew about the girls"
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Of course he knew about the girls"
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.
Reposted by John McIlroy
If Trump claims he wants Republicans to vote to release the files now because he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release the files today? Why did he order his AG many months ago not to release them? Why did he threaten Rs who signed the petition?
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If Trump claims he wants Republicans to vote to release the files now because he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release the files today? Why did he order his AG many months ago not to release them? Why did he threaten Rs who signed the petition?
Reposted by John McIlroy
Reposted by John McIlroy
Working families are reaching their boiling point. Republicans need to cut their vacation short, come back to DC, and extend ACA tax credits before premiums skyrocket.
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Working families are reaching their boiling point. Republicans need to cut their vacation short, come back to DC, and extend ACA tax credits before premiums skyrocket.
Reposted by John McIlroy
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
www.mediaite.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
Reposted by John McIlroy
The decision likely ensures that Utahns will have fair districts when they go to the polls next year, and could give Democrats an additional seat in Congress.🥳
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Big Win for Voters, Utah Supreme Court Upholds Block on Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The decision likely ensures that Utahns will have fair districts when they go to the polls next year, and could give Democrats an additional seat in Congress.🥳
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by John McIlroy
Godspeed, Robert Redford. Thank you for being here and for being an artist. 🩷
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Godspeed, Robert Redford. Thank you for being here and for being an artist. 🩷
Reposted by John McIlroy
We "Great Again" yet?
September 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We "Great Again" yet?
Reposted by John McIlroy
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
Reposted by John McIlroy
A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
Reposted by John McIlroy
Enough.
JUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Enough.
Reposted by John McIlroy
He is a person with no redeeming qualities.
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
He is a person with no redeeming qualities.
Reposted by John McIlroy
Reposted by John McIlroy
Reposted by John McIlroy
Seems to me if you order federal law enforcement to set up sobriety checkpoints you should be able to walk a straight line
Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
August 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seems to me if you order federal law enforcement to set up sobriety checkpoints you should be able to walk a straight line
Reposted by John McIlroy
Allow me to address the elephant in the room:
The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.
The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.
If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.
The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.
The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.
If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room:
The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.
The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.
If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.
The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.
The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.
If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.
Reposted by John McIlroy
Reposted by John McIlroy
All politics is local, right? You can’t run every race like it’s in New York or Los Angeles. I always understood that.
But since November 2024, things have shifted for me. I’ve found myself standing with the left unapologetically, because they are the ones fighting back.
3.
But since November 2024, things have shifted for me. I’ve found myself standing with the left unapologetically, because they are the ones fighting back.
3.
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
All politics is local, right? You can’t run every race like it’s in New York or Los Angeles. I always understood that.
But since November 2024, things have shifted for me. I’ve found myself standing with the left unapologetically, because they are the ones fighting back.
3.
But since November 2024, things have shifted for me. I’ve found myself standing with the left unapologetically, because they are the ones fighting back.
3.
Reposted by John McIlroy
We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.
This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.
They can’t win fair, so they cheat.
This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.
They can’t win fair, so they cheat.
August 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.
This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.
They can’t win fair, so they cheat.
This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.
They can’t win fair, so they cheat.
Reposted by John McIlroy
This is literally taking a very real chance at life away from many thousands, perhaps millions of people. This weaponized willful ignorance is a form of violence and I don’t think we should submit to it.
#GeneralStrike
#GeneralStrike
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is literally taking a very real chance at life away from many thousands, perhaps millions of people. This weaponized willful ignorance is a form of violence and I don’t think we should submit to it.
#GeneralStrike
#GeneralStrike