Marc C. Johnson
@thejohnsonpost.bsky.social
Political historian, columnist, former journalist and top aide to Idaho's longest serving governor Cecil D. Andrus.
Latest book (University of Oklahoma Press) is "Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate." Story of when the Senate worked.
Latest book (University of Oklahoma Press) is "Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate." Story of when the Senate worked.
Who knows what happens next in the latest U.S. Latin American escapade. You can bet Donald Trump doesn't have a clue.
My latest: marccjohnson.substack.com/p/now-what-a2d
My latest: marccjohnson.substack.com/p/now-what-a2d
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Who knows what happens next in the latest U.S. Latin American escapade. You can bet Donald Trump doesn't have a clue.
My latest: marccjohnson.substack.com/p/now-what-a2d
My latest: marccjohnson.substack.com/p/now-what-a2d
This book was given to my dad in about 1918. He gave it to me. And I remember him reading the story to me.
January 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This book was given to my dad in about 1918. He gave it to me. And I remember him reading the story to me.
I do believe this is called the urban wild land interface.
Oregon north coast.
Oregon north coast.
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I do believe this is called the urban wild land interface.
Oregon north coast.
Oregon north coast.
Two fascinating characters. Not discussing the pitch clock.
Branch Rickey born on this day in 1881.
Branch Rickey born on this day in 1881.
December 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Two fascinating characters. Not discussing the pitch clock.
Branch Rickey born on this day in 1881.
Branch Rickey born on this day in 1881.
An hour and a half west of the hell hole that is not Portland.
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
An hour and a half west of the hell hole that is not Portland.
So, 90 minutes east is the war zone of Portland.
(Not really.)
You wonder if the Mango Mussolini has ever been here.
Spoiler alert: he hasn’t.
(Not really.)
You wonder if the Mango Mussolini has ever been here.
Spoiler alert: he hasn’t.
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So, 90 minutes east is the war zone of Portland.
(Not really.)
You wonder if the Mango Mussolini has ever been here.
Spoiler alert: he hasn’t.
(Not really.)
You wonder if the Mango Mussolini has ever been here.
Spoiler alert: he hasn’t.
Stalin would have blushed at such a group of groveling, ignorant buffoons.
August 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Stalin would have blushed at such a group of groveling, ignorant buffoons.
This guy launched his Senate career 45 years ago by running a smear campaign against John Culver. He’s a pretty good top tier example of the lies and sleaze that define the modern Republican Party.
I wrote a book about it.
I wrote a book about it.
July 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This guy launched his Senate career 45 years ago by running a smear campaign against John Culver. He’s a pretty good top tier example of the lies and sleaze that define the modern Republican Party.
I wrote a book about it.
I wrote a book about it.
After the January 6 pardons this obscene corruption is totally predictable, but no less disgusting. Good lord.
July 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
After the January 6 pardons this obscene corruption is totally predictable, but no less disgusting. Good lord.
Wonder where they got the idea?
July 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wonder where they got the idea?
Reopen the Buckely Pit!
Make Butte Great Again!
Make Butte Great Again!
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Reopen the Buckely Pit!
Make Butte Great Again!
Make Butte Great Again!
The Marx Brothers, too.
June 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Marx Brothers, too.
North Oregon coast.
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
North Oregon coast.
Tiny Manzanita, OR. Population 640.
June 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Tiny Manzanita, OR. Population 640.
So many to which this applies.
June 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So many to which this applies.
Among the most important sites in the modern history of the world.
June 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Among the most important sites in the modern history of the world.
So much winning …
April 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So much winning …
Of course he’ll try it.
March 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Of course he’ll try it.
Trump tariffs are pain free, right?
March 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump tariffs are pain free, right?
As Idaho Gov. Brad Little repeatedly fails to stop an unhinged GOP legislature - here comes massive cuts to Medicaid - it must be recalled the state once had a real governor.
February 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
As Idaho Gov. Brad Little repeatedly fails to stop an unhinged GOP legislature - here comes massive cuts to Medicaid - it must be recalled the state once had a real governor.
Our half time show.
North coast of Oregon.
North coast of Oregon.
February 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Our half time show.
North coast of Oregon.
North coast of Oregon.
Little straight up defense of democracy (at least by the political class) this week, but a defense of basic human decency by one courageous woman.
My latest: manythingsconsidered.com
And I consider a fearful little man from Idaho, Jim Risch, a law and order Republican until he wasn't.
My latest: manythingsconsidered.com
And I consider a fearful little man from Idaho, Jim Risch, a law and order Republican until he wasn't.
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Little straight up defense of democracy (at least by the political class) this week, but a defense of basic human decency by one courageous woman.
My latest: manythingsconsidered.com
And I consider a fearful little man from Idaho, Jim Risch, a law and order Republican until he wasn't.
My latest: manythingsconsidered.com
And I consider a fearful little man from Idaho, Jim Risch, a law and order Republican until he wasn't.
The old political hell-raiser, Montana Sen. B.K. Wheeler has been dead since 1975. But he can still turn out a crowd in Helena. Happy to report my bio of Wheeler is very much alive.
January 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The old political hell-raiser, Montana Sen. B.K. Wheeler has been dead since 1975. But he can still turn out a crowd in Helena. Happy to report my bio of Wheeler is very much alive.