Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency Https://www.johndickerson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3muf37s3dg22fNoticing the Morning. https://www.johndickerson.com/p/noticing-the-morning31 Aug 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf37s3dg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mucvbbpofk25https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/get-over-yourself?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios30 Aug 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucvbbpofk25https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mu5m3ypmzs2khttps://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/this-morning-6fa?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios28 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5m3ypmzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mu5m3ypmzs2khttps://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/this-morning-6fa?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios28 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5m3ypmzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtzmxwtsec2ghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/26/us-weapons-shortage-iran-war-alarms-allies-confronting-china/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzmxwtsec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtyppa7lvk2lhttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-323070403?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj026 Aug 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyppa7lvk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtwfl3jhvk23He Alone Did It. Thinking through Trump's Iran decision. https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/p-212737605?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj025 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfl3jhvk23https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtx4xo2zvs2g“It’s 2026 and I am staring at proof of life from people long dead.” https://navelgazingpodcast.substack.com/p/season-two-episode-four?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios26 Aug 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx4xo2zvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtwfl3jhvk23He Alone Did It. Thinking through Trump's Iran decision. https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/p-212737605?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj025 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfl3jhvk23https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mttaofqkms2dAnd this: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/trump-live-nation-antitrust-doj-f82b2c55?mod=djem10point [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttaofqkms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtsaxqeh322q“Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” the department [of Homeland Security] said Sunday, adding that the Trump administration “does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.” Also Trump administration: https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-321277017?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj024 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsaxqeh322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtr2tct3wc23https://substack.com/home/post/p-21241243723 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr2tct3wc23https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtmha7a2mc2yhttps://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/moving-a-goal-post-is-not-the-same?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=title21 Aug 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmha7a2mc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtmha7a2mc2yhttps://open.substack.com/pub/johnfdickerson/p/moving-a-goal-post-is-not-the-same?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=title21 Aug 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmha7a2mc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mtgurid57k2iNavel Gazing Season Two, Episode Three has published: https://navelgazingpodcast.substack.com/p/season-two-episode-three19 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgurid57k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msss7a4shs2thttps://navelgazingpodcast.substack.com/p/season-two-episode-one?r=2i4p2r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true11 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msss7a4shs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msss7a4shs2thttps://navelgazingpodcast.substack.com/p/season-two-episode-one?r=2i4p2r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true11 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msss7a4shs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msoe3hin3k2kThe Canadian girlfriend of emails. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoe3hin3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msjleo65cc2lNo metaphor is perfect. A metaphor can only approach the thing it describes, never quite become it, but the reflecting pool comes awfully close to the asymptote. https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-310140648?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjleo65cc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msjleo65cc2lNo metaphor is perfect. A metaphor can only approach the thing it describes, never quite become it, but the reflecting pool comes awfully close to the asymptote. https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-310140648?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjleo65cc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3msb63y4ie225https://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-307889588?r=blj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action04 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb63y4ie225https://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3ms7ehrmmm22gThe Blanche Test. https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-blanche-test03 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7ehrmmm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdickerson.bsky.social/post/3mryhyp72wc2nhttps://substack.com/@johnfdickerson/note/c-305841801?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=blj001 Aug 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:ii6k7bdbleczulvypdvi33hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryhyp72wc2n