Dan Rather
Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader
A Texan by birth and by choice
- Meet an American hero.
- He said he would end the war in Ukraine on day one. He said he was going to put “America first.” He said he would be a peacemaker. What is true is that Trump has turned over American diplomacy to a billionaire Manhattan real estate mogul.
- For Trump to succeed he needs an uneducated electorate who will believe his lies. Pay attention to what he’s doing.
- Imagine having to go to work everyday and face the biggest bully in the country. Kudos to those members of the White House press corps courageous enough to ask the tough questions.
- Is Trump finally losing his iron grip on the Republican party? It may be the only silver lining to the Epstein mess.
- Donald Trump is terrified of ghosts.
- Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
- Want to play the blame game about the GOP’s shellacking in Tuesday election? It’ll be quick. The one and only answer is Donald Trump.
- Trump refuses to follow the law and feed hungry Americans. A judge has to force him to do it. Even so, will he?
- If Trump says he can run for a third term, does that mean Obama can run again too? Just asking.
- Trump secretly demolished part of the White House to make way for a gigantic party palace, that might just contain his ego.
- No American president has ever had so many people protest against him, because no American president has ever been so deserving.
- Government workers are just pawns for the president who is playing a game of chicken with people's lives.
- CBS News is the latest victim of the corporatization of the media. But it is the American people who will pay the price.
- This Supreme Court will either be the last stand against autocracy or the bridge to it.
- There’s a very good reason polls show Republicans are being blamed for the shutdown.
- “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.” - James Comey
- Silencing comedians is as much about Trump’s thin skin as it is about fattening his friends’ wallets.
- Trump's march toward authoritarianism is more like a sprint. Dems can't wait for the midterms. He needs to be stopped now.
- By all means, listen to the guy who says grocery prices are going down, the next time you buy a gallon of milk.
- The acting head of the CDC is a tech bro with no medical training who embraced Covid conspiracy theories. Talk about malpractice.
- Trump controlling American culture? Truly the theater of the absurd.
- Trump's authoritarian to do list: ✅ control the media
- Hosting peace talks with a war criminal and failing to invite the other side is not a peace talk; it is a strategy session.
- To all women (and the men who care about them): Please know your health is at greater risk than ever because of the GOP and DJT.
- normalize (v): to allow something considered extreme to be viewed as routine. We must call out Trump. Every time.
- The Kennedy family warned us about him. They were right.
- Want to make MAGA really mad? Just mention Trump getting the U.S. involved in another war. Uh oh.
- Trump has federalized the National Guard and called in the Marines to L.A. Violence feeds his narrative. Don’t let it.
- Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill” is a reverse Robin Hood scheme. Take from the poor to give to the rich.
- Alexander Hamilton warned that the abandonment of due process is an instrument of tyranny. We are so close to this nightmare.
- Trump has turned the Oval Office into an ATM, or ‘All Trump’s Millions.’ He's raking in $$$$ as a sitting president.
- “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
- Irony is not dead after all.
- What an inspiring group of young journalists. I spent the morning meeting with the winners of the Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts, awarded by The University of Texas Moody College of Comminications. Congratulations to all the winners. Details in the first comment.
- If you are looking for a great read, look no further than Pulitzer Prize winner Larry Wright's newest thriller, "The Human Scale." The novel, which is timely and masterfully written, reinforces Wright's standing as one of Americas most versatile and best all-around novelists.
- Secretary Clinton asks the question of the day: “How much dumber will this get?” Im afraid of the answer.
- Chalk this up as a win for a free and independent press.
- Many questions here, such as why doesn’t the White House think they have the votes?
- For Trump nothing is off-limits when it comes to finding $$$ for billionaire tax breaks, including cutting health care for the disadvantaged.
- The Kremlin says that American and Russian visions are now aligned. 80 years of hawkish foreign policy upended in a mere six weeks.
- Trump is replacing highly qualified military leaders with those loyal to him, not the Constitution - his most dangerous move yet.
- The wheels are get wobbly on the Trump bus. His slash-and-burn approach to governing is sending poll numbers south.
- Freedom of speech is part of the 1st Amendment for a reason — it's a foundational right of all Americans. It is currently under under attack by Trump.
- When real world headlines read like The Onion…
- The world’s most dangerous bromance is heating up again. Happy Valentine’s Day!
- Trump isn’t just saying the quiet part out loud, he is screaming it from the roof tops.
- “President Trump promised voters that, if elected, he would enact policies that would bring prices down on “Day 1” in office.” Trump’s promises and $10 will get you a dozen eggs.
- The very definition of a constitutional crisis—the Trump administration ignoring a federal judges order.
