Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency https://linktr.ee/john_dickersonhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mlxx7gjhr227The idea of Stack the Week is that we try to collect news of the week that might have flown by and for those things that everyone was covering, STW (as no one calls it) seeks to add context and connection to larger themes. https://substack.com/home/post/p-19792518416 May 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxx7gjhr227https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mlsx72nobs25"England...is doing America an uncomfortable favor this week...illuminating two weaknesses in the American system at once: those in power protect their own, and the mechanism designed to punish them for it — elections — has been quietly dismantled." https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-25887466414 May 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsx72nobs25https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mlluxiwdas26https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-257374502?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj011 May 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlluxiwdas26https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mljxuhfzvk2zhttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-256844864?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action11 May 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljxuhfzvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mliw65jknk2xhttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-256729338?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj010 May 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliw65jknk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mlgemoksgc2nFrom Stack the Week: https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-256198679?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action09 May 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgemoksgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mler2ta2ls2ghttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-255868549?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action08 May 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mler2ta2ls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mlendyieqc2ehttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-255868549?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action08 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlendyieqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mldq2uwgzc2rThe FT has a story “Wall Street rebound driven by smallest number of stocks on record” ft.com/content/7599af3b… Here’s what I think that means in the real economy. From my Economic Dashboard: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/economic-dashboard?open=false#%C2%A72-s-and-p-500-equal-weight-index https://ft.com/content/7599af3b…08 May 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldq2uwgzc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3ml6u5t75q22wPaying for the Ballroom and the Gold Spoon Oration: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/ballrooms-and-the-gold-spoon-oration06 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6u5t75q22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3ml6u5t75q22wPaying for the Ballroom and the Gold Spoon Oration: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/ballrooms-and-the-gold-spoon-oration06 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6u5t75q22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkxbok6tzs2zWho didn't learn the lesson? https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/who-didnt-learn-the-lesson03 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxbok6tzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkxbok6tzs2zWho didn't learn the lesson? https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/who-didnt-learn-the-lesson03 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxbok6tzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkumr7clas2pAnother experiment with putting the events of the week in order and context: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stack-the-week-c9302 May 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkumr7clas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkumr7clas2pAnother experiment with putting the events of the week in order and context: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stack-the-week-c9302 May 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkumr7clas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mknv73xoc22qThe disappointed Trump voter and the midterms: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/what-the-disappointed-trump-voter29 Apr 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknv73xoc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mknv73xoc22qThe disappointed Trump voter and the midterms: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/what-the-disappointed-trump-voter29 Apr 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknv73xoc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkd45ruzs22x"Iran on pause. Schrodinger’s Strait was both opened and closed. Kash Out Crash Out at the FBI and cash out from the Treasury Department. Virginia voters turned 3-d chess into checkers. A soldier bet on the wrong war. And in the UK Smoke ‘em while you got ‘em." https://substack.com/home/post/p-195390917 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd45ruzs22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkbskfzgd22zThe experiment continues, trying to sort the news of the week. https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/stack-the-week-959?r25 Apr 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbskfzgd22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mkad7rsfc22thttps://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/a-very-unpopular-president?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios24 Apr 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkad7rsfc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mjuquvmm2s24Every Attempt to Make War Easy: https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/p-19472418619 Apr 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuquvmm2s24https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mjuquvmm2s24Every Attempt to Make War Easy: https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/p-19472418619 Apr 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuquvmm2s24https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mju2brs5h22gStack the Week, and experiment in news: https://johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stack-the-week-cbf19 Apr 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju2brs5h22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mjrhyfd6cs2bThe president thanked Iran for opening a strait the US was still blocking, Gospel believers argued with the Gospels, a shoe company made $ by not selling shoes, and the man who didn’t believe he’d won a Picasso was the only person all week wrong to be suspicious. https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/stack-the-week-cbf?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios18 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrhyfd6cs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mjrhyfd6cs2bThe president thanked Iran for opening a strait the US was still blocking, Gospel believers argued with the Gospels, a shoe company made $ by not selling shoes, and the man who didn’t believe he’d won a Picasso was the only person all week wrong to be suspicious. https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/stack-the-week-cbf?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios18 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrhyfd6cs2b