C.J. McDermott's Avatar

C.J. McDermott

@journointel.bsky.social

Photographer and journalist, I write about politics and do photography. Stuff like that. https://buymeacoffee.com/c.j.mcdermott

60 Followers  |  95 Following  |  129 Posts  |  Joined: 05.04.2025  |  2.021

Latest posts by journointel.bsky.social on Bluesky

Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

06.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13871    πŸ” 996    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 48

About non-citizen access to healthcare.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

01.10.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Republicans falsely claiming Democrats want to give free health care to those without legal status As Congress careens towards a government shutdown, Trump and top Republicans falsely accuse Democrats of demanding that free health care be given to β€œillegal aliens.”

abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...
Reject twisted narratives, embrace facts and truth.

01.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

These are two posters in Coeur d'alene, Idaho.
I'm curious to know who made these, though the font looks familiar along with the art.
Wanting to know the person's thoughts on the subject Paulo Frier talks about.
(might've botched that name).
There's also Patriot Front stickers and a "fuck ICE" too.

01.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.

Horrifyingβ€” Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

30.09.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5172    πŸ” 2256    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 196

At least Total Wireless has a flip phone option I can just buy next time.

My screen is cracked like a pattern and some black splotches. But I'm content with it.

25.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a work in progress.

25.09.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I made a new Substack (again) and there will be a section about my work from the previous Substack as page, another page about work from college.

There are other sections for photography essays and one about literature, history, and philosophy as "The Lit-Corner."

Also Commentary on life/culture

25.09.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not the President complaining about a stalled escalator on Truth-social and then the official White House posted it on X.
😭

25.09.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Per NBC News, federal probes have not found any direct link between Tyler Robinson, who allegedly assassinated Charlie Kirk, with any left-wing organizations.

Which I mention on X (same username) acting on his own volition, which counters the "radical leftist" narrative.

21.09.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Coeur d'alene is quiet at night, just on a Tuesday noticing how unique a weekday is compared to weekend when it comes to a nightlife

17.09.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Kirk Shooting Suspect Held β€˜Leftist Ideology,’ Utah Governor Says

Great example of journalistic malpractice. Headline repeats the claims of an elected official, while the story notes that no evidence of this supposed "leftist ideology" has been found.

Has the New York Times not been made aware that people only read headlines?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

14.09.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 974    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 50
Preview
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.

www.wired.com/story/right-...
Just reading about a website made for revealing personal identifying information of people who say I'll advise words is a slippery slope we should avoid.

13.09.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an X twitter post by Haz Al-Din rejecting Groypers claim that the Charlie Kirk assassin was a part of their party.

Screenshot of an X twitter post by Haz Al-Din rejecting Groypers claim that the Charlie Kirk assassin was a part of their party.

The American Communist Party and Groypers are now fighting about who the shooter was associated with.

13.09.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Charlie Kirk supporter walks down Sherman Ave in Coeur d'alene, Idaho showing support for the conservative activist who was shot earlier today at Utah State University.

I took this video before heading into work.

11.09.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at Utah college event Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, has been shot at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was just shot during an event at a college campus, per AP.

This comes as political violence is eating up across the political spectrum.

apnews.com/article/char...

10.09.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza?

Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.

10.09.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1227    πŸ” 585    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 37

A few drinks at the bar, someone buys you a vodka redbull at the club,
Everyone has fun.

Partially sober with just water and red bull save for someone buying you one drink, you sit while watching everyone else have fun but you questioning life.

07.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Corey McDermott, Author at The Sentinel The Sentinel is North Idaho College’s award-winning student newspaper.

www.nicsentinel.com/author/cmcde...

So here's the history of my work.
As you'll see, this was also the best photo I took. McKenzie wasn't seated at the time.

05.09.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A weak jobs report shows the opposite positive of a hopeful gain to the so called "golden age," where jobs would comeback. Instead, has shown the opposite as we enter the winter season.

Read the full report in the quote re-share worth the link.

05.09.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
August 2025 Jobs Preview: What to Expect August jobs data is set to show weak growth, soft wages, and rising unemployment, with healthcare driving most gains.

cepr.net/publications...
"The August jobs report is likely to again show weakening in the labor market. The unemployment rate may edge higher to 4.3 or 4.4 percent, while job growth slows to a trickle. This is not a recession story, but also not good news for workers."-From Article.

05.09.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It might be an auto reply bot, lol.

This tracks.

05.09.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

You all have no idea what showed up in my comments about me reposting on how Zohran Mamdani wantinb to debate Trump.

Ffs, lol

What do we think? How would you respond?

05.09.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

www.axios.com/2025/09/04/e...

04.09.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) on X: "1/8 This news is genuinely so *INSANE* I didn’t believe it at first: Acting Deputy Chief of the DoJ filmed on undercover video saying the DoJ is redacting Republican names from the Epstein list! It was filmed by a right wing media group:" / X 1/8 This news is genuinely so *INSANE* I didn’t believe it at first: Acting Deputy Chief of the DoJ filmed on undercover video saying the DoJ is redacting Republican names from the Epstein list! It was filmed by a right wing media group:

Adam S Cochran has an X thread about the government planning to supposedly redact Republican names from the Epstein Client list while leaving the Democratic and liberal names visible.

x.com/adamscochran...

04.09.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The Rep. Thomas Massie sponsored bill that requires after enactment make all documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein and associates be released no later than 30 days that the Attorney General has to make public.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

03.09.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're curious to know, Conservative political commentator Matt Walsh on X is punching down on victims of Epstein, complaining that it's a political stunt and they didn't name names. Questioning their motives.

It's a low point for that guy, but the bar is through hell, so.

03.09.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Massie files Epstein discharge petition Live updates and analysis from POLITICO’s Congress team.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

02.09.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12572    πŸ” 3230    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 146

I think it's really great meeting new people.
Like it's fulfilling too, to hear new names and talk with others.

It's quite the experience as a once in a lifetime thing.

30.08.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's everyone's experience with nightlife in their respective cities/towns?

I want to see what you see and understand the experience.

Rural or urban, doesn't matter. It can even be a community thing at a barn stomp (i don't know what that is, lol).

30.08.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@journointel is following 20 prominent accounts