Glenn Kessler

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Man, Hegseth's Department of War is even more buffoonish than everything else. Kinda amazed how the US military didn't just have some basic war plans they could activate. Their lack of preparedness is astonishing. meidasnews.com/news/so-much...

She has been covering the Ukraine war for years, relentlessly portraying the toll, sometimes pushing back on narratives fired up by the Trump admin and its acolytes. Her name is Shelby Wilder. And she’s a full time correspondent for .. Newsmax. My column in CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

One week from tonight! Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social will receive the Klass Award for fighting misinformation from the National Capital Area Skeptics! You can attend both the award ceremony AND have dinner with Glenn before the ceremony. Visit ncas.org for more information!

"The Scaramucci" is dead -- long live "the Zacharia"!

The Trump Turn Finally Came — Against Ukraine. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

July 31: Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to launch assaults on US troops October 9: Trump is doing a diesel deal with Russia (which can now use that money to provide intelligence to Iran in launching assaults on US troops)

If you're in the DC area on October 22, celebrate the great work of @glennkessler.bsky.social with the National Capital Area Skeptics! NCAS will be honoring Glenn Kessler with the 2026 Philip J. Klass Award for outstanding promotion of critical thinking and scientific understanding. www.ncas.org

Reserve your tickets for @glennkessler.bsky.social at the linkbelow. He will be interviewed by @joelachenbach.bsky.social !

NEW -- If Republicans Lose the Midterms, Trump Has Already Told Us Why glennkessler.substack.com/p/if-republi...

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

These people are utterly shameless

In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.

Exclusive: In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said.

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C. For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

NEW --> Trump Returns to the U.N. Today. His Past Speeches Tell a Story of Constant Revision. glennkessler.substack.com/p/trump-retu...

From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...

"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle

The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.

This is insane. DOJ officials who by law are required to exercise independent judgment appear to have been ordered to overturn torture protections granted to a political opponent of a Trump ally, with a deportation flight fueled up and ready for their preordained decision made in less than 24 hours.

Worrisome article by Luttig. judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...

Not the main point of this story, ofc, but it does prove the point that the super-wealthy like to save a few bucks just as much as middle- or working-class people

Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Lies, lies and more lies --> Trump’s 9/11: Where He Cleared Rubble, Predicted bin Laden, and Lost ‘Hundreds’ of Friends glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-911...

Statement from Gov. Mike DeWine: "I think we have to ask ourselves: is this really good? Is it what we want done to people like this being picked up and facing deportation? Do we want that being done in our name?"

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

NEW --> There’s one word that describes Trump’s ever more personal attacks on journalists www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

NEW --> The Trap Trump’s Allies Couldn’t Resist. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-trap-t...

NEW --> Trump Read the Headline. He Should Have Read the Article. glennkessler.substack.com/p/trump-read...

@glennkessler.bsky.social has a good piece up on ‘Ms. Helpful’: apple.news/ACBX-BgQQTpa...

NEW --> Karoline Leavitt knew exactly how Trump defined her role. That’s the problem. www.ms.now/opinion/karo...

NEW --> The President Owns Gas Prices—Until the President Is Trump. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-presid...

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Benjamin Netanyahu, a self-styled expert on the U.S., has shattered his country’s standing with America, Franklin Foer argues. Foer explores how the Israeli leader has driven a wedge between the two countries:

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NEW --> At the White House correspondents’ dinner, one journalist offered a quiet lesson in independence. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-report...

And @glennkessler.bsky.social has helpfully compiled the dozens of times Trump has insulted journalists since he regained the presidency. The WHCA speakers might want to read this beforehand. glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-war...

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NEW --> Trump’s War on Reporters, One Insult at a Time glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-war...

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Little is ever new with Trump. substack.com/@glennkessle...

Exactly my experience. @glennkessler.bsky.social nails it. Washington has changed, and not for the better. open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

"Washington taught me how gov't works. It also taught me, over time, how gov't can stop working. "I arrived in a city where public service was still widely regarded as an honorable calling & political opponents occasionally became partners. . . ." - Past WashPost reporter and editor (1998-2025) 1/2

"Washington today is bitter, dysfunctional and broken. Donald Trump's assault on the city . . . is simply the final chapter of a process that started only a few months after I arrived in Washington in March of 1994." -- This Washington Post refugee (1998-2025)

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Thoughts on leaving DC open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...