Former Washington Post columnist (now Substackin'), rock and roll drummer, actual D.C. native. Also: can juggle.
Joined March 2008
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Feb 14
Whoa! An op-ed in @washingtonpost accuses a UK school I attended as a U.S. Air Force brat of “canceling” a great historical figure. Good on ya, @HBK_School I say! open.substack.com/pub/johnke…
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Feb 10
An entire page of wire stories in @murraymatt’s @washingtonpost today, three of eight AP stories in the A section.
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How to save the Washington Post. By Alan Rusbridger. thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbr…
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Feb 9
My wife’s verdict on the Bad Bunny half-time show: “Conservatives ought to love this this. It’s about marriage, family and hot women.”
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Feb 8
I tell ya, I was done with Twitter, er, X. But the defenestration of Will Lewis really energized it for me. It’s still a cesspool compared to before @elonmusk bought it but I’ve appreciated hearing from my former @washingtonpost colleagues.
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Feb 8
Here’s @murraymatt’s signed letter to readers in today’s print @washingtonpost. No mention anywhere in today’s Post of the “restructuring” readers may have “read about,” which now includes Will Lewis being restructured out the door.
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Feb 5
Small detail I just noticed. Will Lewis appended his handwritten signature to his bullshit “To our subscribers” letter. @murraymatt did not. Is that a signal? Is Matt Murray tied up somewhere in the @washingtonpost building? Blink once if you’re okay, Matt!
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Feb 5
A house ad in today’s @washingtonpost. “You may have read about the restructuring…,” writes editor @murraymatt . Not if you read today’s Post. There’s nary a mention!
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Feb 4
Sad day at @washingtonpost . And infuriating. What galls me is the note from @murraymatt that blames a print mindset for their woes. I shared a few thoughts on Substack.
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Feb 1
Hey, Sir Will, you know how @washingtonpost could really show its commitment to “our local community”? It could put all the money it pulled from covering our local community back into covering our local community.
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Jan 20
There’s nothing funny about @realDonaldTrump’s unhinged and illegal desire for Greenland. But it does remind me of a great Monty Python movie. Trump is the blustery knight who demands a…shrubbery. johnkellyswashington.substac…
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Jan 6
Five years ago, rioters stormed the Capitol attempting to overturn an election. We need a museum dedicated to telling the REAL story of that day.
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22 Sep 2025
Trump is in danger of turning January 6th into Tiananmen Square: officially erased. We need a museum devoted to that day, lest we forget.
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28 Aug 2025
I’m hearing that Trump is changing the name of the CDC to “Centers for Disease Encouragement and Support.” Make whooping cough great again!
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11 Apr 2025
1, 2, 3, 4. I declare a trade war.
If only @realDonaldTrump didn’t have such small hands/thumbs.
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4 Apr 2025
. @realDonaldTrump is the @trussliz of the American economy. Sadly, he’s likely to last longer than 45 days — and do more damage.
3 Apr 2025
It’s now clear that the @realDonaldTrump Administration computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data. This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics.
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3 Apr 2025
Remember the Bamiyan Buddhas the Taliban destroyed in 2001? That's what @realDonaldTrump , @elonmusk, @JDVance and their accomplices are doing to the U.S. Constitution. The world was disgusted by the Taliban. I think history will be disgusted by what's happening now, too.
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7 Mar 2025
Sole-searching: My family is worried about my increasing obsession with @PUMA shoes. open.substack.com/pub/johnke…
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