John Dickerson
@jdickerson.bsky.social
Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
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Reckless Disregard. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/reckless-d...
January 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Reckless Disregard. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/reckless-d...
Reckless Disregard. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/reckless-d...
January 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Reckless Disregard. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/reckless-d...
"I don't care." johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/i-dont-car...
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"I don't care." johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/i-dont-car...
Stress is the algorithm. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stress-is-...
Stress is the algorithm
This morning's train reading
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January 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Stress is the algorithm. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stress-is-...
“Those are pretexts…”
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
“Those are pretexts…”
On this January 6, 2026, a look back at our essay on the eve of the pardons of those who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. substack.com/profile/5411...
John Dickerson (@johnfdickerson)
On this January 6, 2026, a look back at our essay on the eve of the pardons of those who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
On this January 6, 2026, a look back at our essay on the eve of the pardons of those who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. substack.com/profile/5411...
In the Act of Normalization: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/in-the-act...
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
In the Act of Normalization: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/in-the-act...
Right now, the administration is simultaneously claiming this is a law-enforcement arrest (minimal scope) and announcing we’ll “run the country” (open-ended commitment). No one with political skin in the game (cliche!) is required to explain that contradiction. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Right now, the administration is simultaneously claiming this is a law-enforcement arrest (minimal scope) and announcing we’ll “run the country” (open-ended commitment). No one with political skin in the game (cliche!) is required to explain that contradiction. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
Where is John Dickerson going after CBS? open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Where is John Dickerson going after CBS? open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
U.S. Action in Venezuela: The authorization question in three points. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/us-action-...
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
U.S. Action in Venezuela: The authorization question in three points. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/us-action-...
Much of the problems with the Social Security Administration reported in this deeply reported piece www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... were the kinds of things being warned about here months ago: www.instagram.com/reel/DHpKt8x...
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Much of the problems with the Social Security Administration reported in this deeply reported piece www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... were the kinds of things being warned about here months ago: www.instagram.com/reel/DHpKt8x...
Maybe a little too much timenon my hands: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
John Dickerson (@johnfdickerson)
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December 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Maybe a little too much timenon my hands: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
At some point in the last 20 years of recording the Gabfest, we decided to end the year addressing conundrums. This year we were joined at our live show by @colbertlateshow.bsky.social and many things happened after that. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2...
2025 Conundrums!
Podcast Episode · Political Gabfest · 26/12/2025 · 1h 18m
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December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At some point in the last 20 years of recording the Gabfest, we decided to end the year addressing conundrums. This year we were joined at our live show by @colbertlateshow.bsky.social and many things happened after that. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2...
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Our goodbye from CBS News:
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our goodbye from CBS News:
“We all know what this desire to execute looks like in our own lives. The president is the jumpy man who presses the elevator button a second time, then a third time—with his umbrella. It feels good. It looks like action. But the elevator does not move faster.” substack.com/@johnfdicker...
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“We all know what this desire to execute looks like in our own lives. The president is the jumpy man who presses the elevator button a second time, then a third time—with his umbrella. It feels good. ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“We all know what this desire to execute looks like in our own lives. The president is the jumpy man who presses the elevator button a second time, then a third time—with his umbrella. It feels good. It looks like action. But the elevator does not move faster.” substack.com/@johnfdicker...
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Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
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The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Dead Are Not Off-Limits for Trump
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Dead Are Not Off-Limits for Trump
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Donald Trump can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most, John Dickerson argues.
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Donald Trump can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most, John Dickerson argues.
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Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
By John Dickerson
contributing writer and correspondent for CBS News. The author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
By John Dickerson
contributing writer and correspondent for CBS News. The author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🎁Gift Article
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
By John Dickerson
contributing writer and correspondent for CBS News. The author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
By John Dickerson
contributing writer and correspondent for CBS News. The author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Affordability Weave. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Affordability Weave
The president can’t seem to stay focused on the issue that voters care about most.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump’s Affordability Weave. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Insisting the president did not say something almost ensures that eventually he'll boast about having said the very thing: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
A Return to Sh*thole Countries
Revisiting Senator Tom Cotton eyewitness account.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Insisting the president did not say something almost ensures that eventually he'll boast about having said the very thing: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
What did the president call those countries again? johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What did the president call those countries again? johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
Claim: Representations made about things happening in real-time...are worth covering for their own sake but also because they provide a test of the basic business of public service: assessing information, making decisions and presenting them accurately to the public. substack.com/@johnfdicker...
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Claim: Representations made about things happening in real-time...are worth covering for their own sake but also because they provide a test of the basic business of public service: assessing information, making decisions and presenting them accurately to the public. substack.com/@johnfdicker...