Glenn Kessler

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Foreign Policy by Grudge How Trump’s personal likes and dislikes are reshaping America’s role in the world.

"I recall how a Saudi diplomat once told me that he ignored all Saudi-bashing during American election campaigns because "it doesn’t matter once they get their first security briefing as president.”" vía @glennkessler.bsky.social glennkessler.substack.com/p/foreign-po...

ICE surged in Minnesota to arrest criminals. Many of them were already in jail. An analysis of the Trump administration’s “worst of the worst” list shows about half of the immigrants detained were not taken off the streets.

Imagine my shocked face excellent reporting www.startribune.com/ice-surged-i...

Foreign Policy by Grudge How Trump’s personal likes and dislikes are reshaping America’s role in the world.

Foreign Policy by Grudge --
How Trump’s personal likes and dislikes are reshaping America’s role in the world. glennkessler.substack.com/p/foreign-po...

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Four Days Later, He Bombed Iran Trump’s ‘talks’ were theater. The negotiators told the real story.

Four Days Later, He Bombed Iran glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-ira...

The Silent Coup Is Already Underway How Trump is moving to seize control of voting — starting in Georgia.

As I warned earlier this month—> open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

I hit #trumpbingo when Trump -- for the umpteeth time -- said he had ended eight wars.

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Prebunking Trump's State of the Union address on MS NOW Katy Tur interviewed me about what falsehoods I expect will be in his speech

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Glenn Kessler, fact check columnist, pre-checks tonight’s #SOTU. Part 2: Trump’s favorite fibs and go-to lies on foreign policy and the economy.

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Glenn Kessler, fact check columnist, pre-checks tonight’s #SOTU. Part 1: Trump’s favorite fibs and go-to lies on tariffs an immigration.

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7 Presidential Myths That Won’t Go Away American presidential history is filled with colorful stories of doubtful veracity that have taken on lives of their own. Many of the most cherished and oft-repeated tales about U.S. presidents are ei...

Amusing look at seven presidential fables that refuse to end up in the dustbin of history --> historyfacts.com/us-history/a...

State of the Union Bingo Mark squares as Trump's claims are delivered.

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Trump SOTU bingo, like other presidential SOTU bingo (except all of these are lies).

If you watch the State of the Union, you should be prepared with this list of presidential lies, via fact-checker @glennkessler.bsky.social (Or just watch “Gaslight” on TCM)

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

—> play #trumpbingo tonight! open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

Appearing on MS NOW at 2:15 with Katy Tur to discuss this article

Opinion | I fact-checked Trump's speeches for years. Here's what to expect from his State of the Union address. Glenn Kessler on what he learned about debunking this president from his years running The Washington Post Fact Checker.

My MS NOW article prebunking Trump's State of the Union address. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

State of the Union Bingo Mark squares as Trump's claims are delivered.

For years, I watched the State of the Union with a pre-written set of fact checks, based on my predictions of what Trump would say. So I created an interactive bingo game for tonight's speech in my Substack. Play along and you might win a paid subscription. glennkessler.substack.com/p/state-of-t...

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

‘Stunning’: Jeanine Pirro’s Failure to Indict Democrats Is a Big Deal The U.S. attorney is stumbling in Trump’s revenge tour — and it’s a sign of more struggles to come.

“A grand total of zero — zero — grand jurors agreed to return the proposed indictment. As a former federal prosecutor, I have never heard of this actually happening before.”

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if you watch the interview, you will see I made that clear.

Discussing the Post layoffs on MS NOW Alex Witt interviewed me about the impact on journalism

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The Record Trump Doesn’t Want to Own 2025’s job growth ranks near the bottom of the modern era.

The Record Trump Doesn’t Want to Own --
2025’s job growth ranks near the bottom of the modern era. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-record...

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"If Trump acts, litigation will follow — but as Trump has learned, the courts move slowly. When Trump wins control of elections in key states — which under the Constitution are supposed to be state-run — it will be too late. He will have won."

The Silent Coup Is Already Underway How Trump is moving to seize control of voting — starting in Georgia.

NEW --> The Silent Coup Is Already Underway. glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-silent...

A Billionaire’s Surrender Bezos is not trying to save The Washington Post. He’s trying to survive Donald Trump.

For those of you who:

* Feel enraged to watch billionaires destroy important newsrooms

and

* Recall vaguely that Jeff Bezos was once considered a courageous owner who fortified the Washington Post

I recommend this piece by the Post's former fact-checker
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