John Dickerson
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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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This series will be on @jcblibrary.bsky.social YouTube next week. Wonderful conversation w @jdickerson.bsky.social today!

4 Highlights /reflections:

1. Like Jamelle Bouie, John points to the power of #footnotes (I was ecstatic). As accountability and also as a pointer to more reading/ material.
Just like I love Mondays in February I’m a big fan of Friday the 13th! So looking forward to this conversation w @jdickerson.bsky.social for our series on history & journalism - today at 4 - jcblibrary.org/events/journ...
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Just like I love Mondays in February I’m a big fan of Friday the 13th! So looking forward to this conversation w @jdickerson.bsky.social for our series on history & journalism - today at 4 - jcblibrary.org/events/journ...
February 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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The Walter Cronkite Awards For Excellence in Political Journalism honor reporting that holds power accountable and strengthens democracy through accuracy, independence, and integrity.

Watch highlights from the 2025 acceptance speeches:
www.cronkiteawards.org/2025ceremony...
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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First gain for manufacturing payrolls since November 2024.

- Schwab
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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This promises to be fun! Join @jdickerson.bsky.social and me tomorrow night (Tues., Feb. 6 at 7 PM ET), as part of the National Writers Series, online. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/natio...
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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A president who airbrushes slavery from national memory while normalizing racial dehumanization in his social media feed is not a steward in America’s 250th year but a reenactor.

Among the many reasons we study history. Our essay from March: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
A president who airbrushes slavery from national memory while normalizing racial dehumanization in his social media feed is not a steward in America’s 250th year but a reenactor.

Among the many reasons we study history. Our essay from March: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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The robots are doing great. substack.com/@johnfdicker...
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The robots are doing great. substack.com/@johnfdicker...
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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"A president who tries to change the rules once will do it again. The more his first attempt is downgraded, has its edges smoothed, turned into a matter of differing opinion rather than a unique effort to break the American system, the easier it is for that same person to break the laws again."
Trump is already laying groundwork to contest the next election he loses. January 6th wasn't the end—it was the rehearsal. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/pre-planni...
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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The series begins with 4 online interviews with historians and journalists who think and work historically & journalistically. Karin Wulf will be in conversation with Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for The New York Times; John Dickerson, a reporter and anchor most recently for CBS Evening News; 3/5
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"A president who tries to change the rules once will do it again. The more his first attempt is downgraded, has its edges smoothed, turned into a matter of differing opinion rather than a unique effort to break the American system, the easier it is for that same person to break the laws again."
Trump is already laying groundwork to contest the next election he loses. January 6th wasn't the end—it was the rehearsal. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/pre-planni...
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Trump is already laying groundwork to contest the next election he loses. January 6th wasn't the end—it was the rehearsal. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/pre-planni...
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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This super series w @jamellebouie.net, @jdickerson.bsky.social, JSchuessler, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social, @pastpunditry.bsky.social & @marthasjones.bsky.social is part of a project @ the JCB supported by Emerson Collective and in partnership w @theatlantic.com -- v v grateful!

2026, here we come.
True story! The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hosting a (nearly) year long series of events about History & Journalism -- there's never been a better year to think about this. Beginning w 4 online events in February, interviews with 3 amazing journalists, and then a panel with 3 amazing historians.
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Remembering what the argument used to be about guns and tyrany: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The killing of a U.S. citizen did not induce circumspection, as training and obligation to the rule of law require. It became a starter pistol for lying. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
It was possible to know that the DHS secretary was comfortable with provable lies for some time now. substack.com/@johnfdicker...
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Officials had every reason to tell the truth. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/officials-...
January 25, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Officials had every reason to tell the truth. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/officials-...
January 25, 2026 at 10:59 PM
In light of the administration taking down displays about slavery at the President’s House at Independence Hall, our essay from last March. substack.com/@johnfdicker...
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Our Reporter’s Notebook essay on the president’s executive order about history:
substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A lie that can be seen from space: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/a-lie-that...
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Reagan had a sign on his desk. Donald Trump has another one. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/no-nobel-n...
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM