Glenn Kessler
@glennkessler.bsky.social
Author. Find me on Substack at https://glennkessler.substack.com/
NEW --> On Trump’s Bullshit: 'Mexico Will Pay' — The Lie That Built a Wall. glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
On Trump’s Bullshit: 'Mexico Will Pay' — The Lie That Built a Wall
The promise was impossible. The math never worked. And every justification since has been pure fiction.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NEW --> On Trump’s Bullshit: 'Mexico Will Pay' — The Lie That Built a Wall. glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
I've written about Trumpian math. His promise of $2,000 tariff checks is another example. Do the math and it would cost something like two or three times the tariff revenue. And to what consequence? Trump also claims the tariffs will reduce the deficit. Not. glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
On Trump’s Bullshit: Arithmetic as Propaganda
For Trump, numbers are not evidence—they’re marketing. 'Facts' exist only to serve the myth.
glennkessler.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I've written about Trumpian math. His promise of $2,000 tariff checks is another example. Do the math and it would cost something like two or three times the tariff revenue. And to what consequence? Trump also claims the tariffs will reduce the deficit. Not. glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Must-read debut @crampell.bsky.social newsletter for @thebulwark.com explains the hidden costs of Trump’s tariffs…
…and asks whether he’ll be smart enough to let the Supreme Court kill them
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
…and asks whether he’ll be smart enough to let the Supreme Court kill them
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas
If Trump lets them.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Must-read debut @crampell.bsky.social newsletter for @thebulwark.com explains the hidden costs of Trump’s tariffs…
…and asks whether he’ll be smart enough to let the Supreme Court kill them
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
…and asks whether he’ll be smart enough to let the Supreme Court kill them
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
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Via Ron Suskind: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Via Ron Suskind: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
See this amazing exhibit if you are in DC! The National Museum of Women in the Arts is open during the shutdown. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7734...
Tawny Chatmon Makes Reclaiming an Art
Tawny Chatmon: Sanctuaries of Truth, Dissolution of Lies, the artist’s first solo show in D.C. offers a corrective to a history of racist imagery.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
See this amazing exhibit if you are in DC! The National Museum of Women in the Arts is open during the shutdown. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7734...
NEW --> Trump’s Health-Care Fairy Tale. glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...
Trump’s Health-Care Fairy Tale
He insists he was 'one vote' from 'great health care.' The record shows he never came close.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW --> Trump’s Health-Care Fairy Tale. glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW -->On Trump’s Bullshit: Arithmetic as Propaganda glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
On Trump’s Bullshit: Arithmetic as Propaganda
For Trump, numbers are not evidence—they’re marketing. 'Facts' exist only to serve the myth.
glennkessler.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW -->On Trump’s Bullshit: Arithmetic as Propaganda glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...
Trump tonight on 60 Minutes, touting the impact of his tariffs: "We're bringing back the auto industry into our country."
October auto sales estimated at “just 15.4M, down sharply .. the lowest since June. The underlying weakness in demand has been revealed, now that most purchases designed to avoid tariff-related price hikes have been completed ..”
- Pantheon Macro
- Pantheon Macro
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump tonight on 60 Minutes, touting the impact of his tariffs: "We're bringing back the auto industry into our country."
Trumpian math: “Every one of those boats kills 25,000 Americans,” he tells 60 Minutes. Nine boats in the Caribbean so far since mid-September. That adds up to 225,000 dead Americans. CDC: 76,000 people died of drug overdoses in the most recent 12-month period. 🤔
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trumpian math: “Every one of those boats kills 25,000 Americans,” he tells 60 Minutes. Nine boats in the Caribbean so far since mid-September. That adds up to 225,000 dead Americans. CDC: 76,000 people died of drug overdoses in the most recent 12-month period. 🤔
Please explain why Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on Brazil, where the US had a trade surplus, because he wanted to interfere with Brazilian public policy (ie, the trial of Bolsonaro)
BREAM: How do trade talks get back on with Canada?
BESSENT: We'll see. This is very serious. The prime minister of Ontario, who I imagine is smarting quite a bit from the Blue Jays loss, spent $75 million interfering in US public policy. A price has got to be paid for this.
BESSENT: We'll see. This is very serious. The prime minister of Ontario, who I imagine is smarting quite a bit from the Blue Jays loss, spent $75 million interfering in US public policy. A price has got to be paid for this.
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please explain why Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on Brazil, where the US had a trade surplus, because he wanted to interfere with Brazilian public policy (ie, the trial of Bolsonaro)
Terrific, important reporting by Michael Kranish. Worth reading the whole series (gift link) wapo.st/4hETKKl
How a young Jefferson’s plea to the King helped ignite America’s fight for independence
In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a document that instead helped set America on the path to independence.
wapo.st
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Terrific, important reporting by Michael Kranish. Worth reading the whole series (gift link) wapo.st/4hETKKl
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Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
Useful guide to how Trump has undermined democracy in the United States. Clip and save. Read and weep. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Useful guide to how Trump has undermined democracy in the United States. Clip and save. Read and weep. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Glenn Kessler just made my day.
Just finished it @juliaioffe.bsky.social! What an extraordinary, brilliant feat of writing and reporting. Reframing history through the eyes of women taught me so much - and I have shelves of books on the Boshevik revolution that shamefully left women out of the story. A necessary corrective. Bravo!
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Glenn Kessler just made my day.
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So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Just finished it @juliaioffe.bsky.social! What an extraordinary, brilliant feat of writing and reporting. Reframing history through the eyes of women taught me so much - and I have shelves of books on the Boshevik revolution that shamefully left women out of the story. A necessary corrective. Bravo!
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just finished it @juliaioffe.bsky.social! What an extraordinary, brilliant feat of writing and reporting. Reframing history through the eyes of women taught me so much - and I have shelves of books on the Boshevik revolution that shamefully left women out of the story. A necessary corrective. Bravo!
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This was a great conversation about the war on bullshit and the things that scare/encourage us. With @glennkessler.bsky.social, Sarah Gilbert of @wamcradio.bsky.social and the legendary Karen DeWitt.
NEW --> How the media can combat misinformation and rebuild public trust in an era of polarization. glennkessler.substack.com/p/video-of-n...
Video of Nellie Bly award discussion
At the annual Nellie Bly award ceremony, Times Union Editor Casey Seiler moderated a panel with me, Sarah Gilbert, and Karen DeWitt.
glennkessler.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This was a great conversation about the war on bullshit and the things that scare/encourage us. With @glennkessler.bsky.social, Sarah Gilbert of @wamcradio.bsky.social and the legendary Karen DeWitt.
NEW --> How the media can combat misinformation and rebuild public trust in an era of polarization. glennkessler.substack.com/p/video-of-n...
Video of Nellie Bly award discussion
At the annual Nellie Bly award ceremony, Times Union Editor Casey Seiler moderated a panel with me, Sarah Gilbert, and Karen DeWitt.
glennkessler.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW --> How the media can combat misinformation and rebuild public trust in an era of polarization. glennkessler.substack.com/p/video-of-n...