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John Iadarola

@johniadarola.bsky.social
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Left politics guy, nerd, woodworker, board gamer. Dog aficionado. Host of daily progressive news show The Damage Report. My original fantasy and sci-fi fiction is available at patreon.com/johniadarola

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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*except for Jan 6ers
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Does Donald Trump think Kaitlan Collins is his therapist? johniadarola.substack.com/p/you-havent...
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“You Haven’t Asked Me One F*cking Positive Question!”
Making Donald Trump feel better about his failures isn’t the press’s job.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Devils advocate... johniadarola.substack.com/p/youre-wron...
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All The Ways You're Wrong About the Post-Endgame MCU
The MCU didn’t run out of good ideas. It ran out of follow through.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you freaking kidding me? johniadarola.substack.com/p/somehow-mi...
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Somehow, Mitch McConnell Returned
The turtle is back. Now can someone explain what the f*ck is going on?
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He's got one move when he's scared. johniadarola.substack.com/p/the-checks...
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Trump’s $5000 Tell
Trump’s newest $5,000 promise is less a plan than a tell
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Its easy to think that because these broken men refused to own up to their crimes or failings that they suffer no consequences. I think it's more complicated than that. johniadarola.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Shameless Men Still Pay
They think surviving scandal means they got away with it. They’re wrong.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It should be 100% illegal to use AI-generated images in advertising. It is definitionally false advertising.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My raw thoughts and feelings about the rapid rise of AI "art" everywhere you look. johniadarola.substack.com/p/your-slop-...
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Your Slop Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad
It sucks when it fails and is somehow worse when it doesn’t
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I mean, this is just a straight up constitutional crisis. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots
The plan, which complies with President Trump’s executive order to curtail mail voting, will only go into effect if the Supreme Court rules in the order’s favor.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good lord the newly revealed Harp letters make this look even worse, if that's possible johniadarola.substack.com/p/the-cuckin...
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The Cucking of Melania Trump
Even the innocent version of the Natalie Harp story is another public humiliation
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Even the "innocent" version of the Natalie Harp story is another public humiliation johniadarola.substack.com/p/the-cuckin...
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The Cucking of Melania Trump
Even the innocent version of the Natalie Harp story is another public humiliation
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This drunk talk show host is calling our sailors liars. Pathetic. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
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Hegseth Responds To Reports Of Bad Conditions Aboard Carrier
Pete Hegseth on Thursday said reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were “completely misrepresented.”
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump can't hide his jealousy of actual happy couples like the El-Sayeds open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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Trump Tried to Mock a Family. He Exposed His Own Loneliness.
Trump meant to humiliate El-Sayed’s America. Instead, he accidentally exposed the emptiness of his own.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The reparations for fascists will continue until morale improves. open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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Dead Slush Walking
Reparations for fascists will continue until morale improves
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It’s so weird, because we keep being told how passionate they are about “protecting women & girls…” www.mediamatters.org/congress/fox...
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Fox News and podcasters in the right-wing media ecosystem bury recent reporting on alleged domestic abuse by Ohio GOP Rep. Max Miller
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Legalized bribery is fun! www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ama...
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Amazon Is Reportedly Doubling Down on Melania Trump With a New Docuseries
First Lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new Amazon Prime docuseries, senior adviser Marc Beckman announced Tuesday, following Amazon MGM Studios' documentary film Melania, released earlier t...
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Mickey mouse ass administration www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
AI such a goddamn bummer.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There's a method to the bloody madness. open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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An Introduction to Fascturbation
The cruelty was always the point. Now the audience is getting off on it.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There's a method to the bloody madness. open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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An Introduction to Fascturbation
The cruelty was always the point. Now the audience is getting off on it.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's sad. It won't work. But there is a point. substack.com/@johniadarol...
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Trump Needs You to Hate Canada
The war of words against our friendliest neighbor is pathetic. It's also revealing.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Lindsey Graham made his bloodthirsty choices in public. It isn't our job to pretend not to have seen them. open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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Let’s Talk About What Happens When Monsters Die
Death ends a life. It doesn’t rewrite one.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Don't they tend to go in 3s?
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I intend to treat Lindsay Graham with exactly as much compassion, empathy, and understanding as he treated the children of Gaza.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Damn they'll go to any lengths to distract from Mitch McConnell being dead
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You Can’t Red Scare Us Anymore open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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You Can’t Red Scare Us Anymore
The right built a status quo so terrifying that socialism stopped sounding scary.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Lame Ducking of Donald Trump open.substack.com/pub/johniada...
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Trump’s Power Is Vanishing. That Matters.
The aura of inevitability is fading. Now the job is to pry his fingers loose.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Reminder: we were ALREADY in an inflation and affordability crisis before Trump started and lost this stupid war.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The complete, utter, and undeniable failure of AI is maybe the single most hopeful thing I can imagine for humanity. I mean a metaverse level failure. An NFT type collapse. To once again prove to these cold, inhumane tech robots that we want life and nature and art, not their sad, sterile
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trump is now hinting we may not know what is in the "deal" even after its signed. There's no good reason to do this, unless its wildly vague (which it almost certainly will be) or amounts to a costly and humiliating US surrender (which it almost certainly will be).
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Still pissed about Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The gap in quality between Bluey and other animated kid's shows is honestly mind-boggling.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
True Lies is underrated.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I think they nailed the finale of Stranger Things. So satisfying.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Hook is highly underrated.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
How about we start a No AI in 2026 thing?
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Sure, everything costs more than it did a year ago, but at least you got this, right? Right?
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Are Ms. Rachel and Sesame Street the closest show we have to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood right now? Any others? Maybe outside of the US?
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Imagine thinking that this happening all over the country improves your life in literally any way www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent. Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
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Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What does "transgender for everyone" mean?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/11/2025
We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA. These people are evil.
The screenshot shows the website’s header with the Media Matters logo, navigation icons, and a headline that reads: “Megyn Kelly questions whether Jeffrey Epstein’s desire for ‘very young teen types’ made him a pedophile.” A sub-headline quotes Kelly saying, “I think there is a difference. There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old.” Below it are byline details indicating the article was written by Media Matters staff and published on November 12, 2025, at 1:38 PM EST.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Trump loses cool as he's grilled on '60 Minutes' — but CBS cuts it from broadcast www.rawstory.com/trump-interv...
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Trump loses cool as he's grilled on '60 Minutes' — but CBS cuts it from broadcast
President Donald Trump got snippy as he was pressed about a suspicious pardon for a cryptocurrency billionaire linked to his own family at the end of his latest "60 Minutes" interview — but that quest...
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Stephen and Katie Miller deserve each other.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If you squint you can see torches and pitchforks in the distance.
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John Iadarola @johniadarola.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
There's a whole lot of polling places they're going to need to simultaneously interfere with. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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