Michael Beschloss

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Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Born Chicago.

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1Feb 19, '23In 1979, President Carter had solar panels installed at the White House. These were later laughed at, derided and removed by officials of Reagan Administration.54.7×8M61k10k765
2Jan 3, '23Outgoing Republican Arizona Governor wrote this to his Democratic successor, Katie Hobbs: t/y @abc1546.7×6.8M49k2.8k403
3Dec 22, '22For any Members of Congress who refused to clap for Zelenskyy, we need to know from them exactly why.38.1×5.6M38k4.5k127
4Jan 4, '23Any explanation yet of why U.S. Capitol metal detectors were removed? It's two days before second anniversary of January 6. What is going on here?27.9×4.1M43k7.1k123
5Jan 29, '23America’s First Lady is Dr. Jill Biden.15.2×2.2M37k3.3k14
6Sep 11, '24From start to end, Kamala Harris has just delivered what is easily one of the most successful Presidential debate performances in all of American history.10.7×1.6M43k7.8k620
7Jan 9, '21Yes, remember that the United States Constitution says that “no Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress” who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion agains4.6×0141k35k834
8Jan 17, '21Bushes’ daughter Jenna showing the Obama daughters the spectacular view from the Truman Balcony, November 2008:3.7×0154k11k481
9Aug 2, '22OK, Secret Service phones were wiped. So were those of Homeland Security. Now reportedly the same with the Pentagon. Anyone want to explain what was going on here?3.4×0100k21k956
10Oct 4, '20Why is a sick President riding in an SUV waving to supporters outside Walter Reed, jeopardizing the Secret Service agents inside the car with him?3.1×0102k16k156
11Jan 18, '21Michelle Obama graciously hosted Melania Trump at the White House immediately after 2016 election to ensure a smooth transition. Melania Trump has done absolutely nothing for Dr. J2.9×099k15k429
12Jan 23, '21Now Hawley is claiming that he “was never attempting to overturn the election” and was merely “representing my constituents.” Does Hawley think Americans are gullible and stupid? T2.9×0100k14k154
13Jan 31, '21Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to reduce the number of classes that teach civics, democracy and American history?2.8×0102k15k151
14Oct 5, '20In America, our Presidents have generally avoided strongman balcony scenes — that’s for other countries with authoritarian systems.2.7×086k14k249
15Nov 7, '20No President of the United States must ever again call our free press, which is protected by our Constitution, “enemies of the people."2.7×069k11k164
16Sep 24, '20The defeated George H.W. Bush’s letter to Bill Clinton on the day of their peaceful transfer of power, 1993:2.6×087k16k819
17Oct 5, '20On cold night, seeing Secret Service agent outside Oval Office, JFK asked him inside but was told he couldn't—Kennedy brought out two cups of hot chocolate, which they both drank i2.6×088k17k451
18Jan 17, '21Trump’s banishment from Twitter has been a gift to American democracy.2.5×096k8.5k87
19Aug 26, '22With ample evidence, this is now an espionage investigation of a former President of the United States. Mindblowing.2.4×082k15k373
20Jan 17, '21Is everyone fine with paying millions of dollars annually in pension, office, staff and other expenses for an ex-President who may still be plotting to take down our democracy?2.3×067k13k148
21Jan 7, '21Still need to know: who let the terrorists into the Capitol?2.3×086k10k144
22Nov 11, '18In the Paris rain, May 1961, JFK and de Gaulle honor soldiers who gave their lives:2.3×067k19k127
23Jan 12, '21Any reason why VP Pence can’t say a single word to the American people about what happened last week and what is unfolding now?2.2×080k9.5k97
24Nov 1, '20We did not know Presidential winner for certain before midnight on election nights in 1960, 1968, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2016. No one should pretend there would be anything historically2.2×064k19k509
25Jan 9, '21Please pay attention to this statement, everyone — just issued by Twitter executives: “Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, includin2.1×048k23k733
26Jan 6, '21This is a coup d’etat attempted by the President of the United States.2.0×066k15k286
27May 18, '21Why would someone oppose a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Congress?2.0×067k9.4k114
28Jan 11, '21Another lesson of this past week may be that it has not been such a great idea for civics and history classes to be reduced or eliminated in so many of our schools.1.9×067k11k143
29Oct 4, '22Retweet this if you believe that Clarence Thomas should have recused himself from acting on the Trump case.1.9×048k21k53
30Nov 14, '20Reminder to every President: on January 20, White House does not offer late checkout.1.9×075k7.4k97
31Jul 18, '20Thank you to our four living ex-Presidents for honoring John Lewis today.1.8×071k8.2k85
32Jan 23, '21Evidence growing of how the deposed President secretly schemed from the White House to destroy our sacred American democracy.1.8×063k11k195
33Jan 7, '21Ex-Senator John Danforth, Republican of Missouri, today told @tonymess about Hawley, "Supporting Josh and trying so hard to get him elected to the Senate was the worst mistake I ev1.8×062k11k210
34Jul 20, '20George H.W. Bush’s letter to Bill Clinton on the day of their peaceful transfer of power, 1993:1.8×061k9.1k649
35Feb 5, '21Dr. Fauci looks twenty-five years younger than he did last year.1.7×073k4.4k54
36Jan 24, '21Do not excuse anyone who tried to take our democracy away from us.1.7×062k8.9k50
37Oct 2, '22In 1979, President Carter had solar panels installed at the White House. These were later laughed at, derided and removed by officials of Reagan Administration.1.6×054k10k665
38Nov 13, '20On cold night, seeing a Secret Service agent outside Oval Office, JFK asked him inside but was told he couldn't—Kennedy brought out two cups of hot chocolate, which they both drank1.6×061k7.6k293
39Aug 26, '22We have never -- ever -- seen anything close to this from any President or ex-President in American history.1.6×056k8.5k190
40Mar 12, '21Anyone still believe it doesn’t really matter who is President?1.6×063k5.9k72
41Jan 3, '21Can you imagine how many calls like this he might have made over the past four years that we don’t yet know about?1.5×055k7.8k94
42Sep 21, '22The New York lawsuit raises a legitimate question: how did our American political system allow someone who had for so long committed such offenses, if he is guilty, to be elected P1.5×047k8.1k133
43Nov 26, '20George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not have power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It1.5×047k11k401
44Sep 4, '20Dwight Eisenhower while giving speech to veterans in 1952 and discussing those who died under his command on D-Day: #Walker1.5×046k12k309
45Jan 10, '21Mulvaney claims on @MeetthePress that it took the attack of Wednesday for him to see the actual truth about Trump. How stupid does he think Americans are?1.5×053k6.8k83
46Sep 22, '20Astoundingly, after centuries, RBG will indeed be first woman to lie in state in U.S. Capitol.1.5×052k8.8k134
47Nov 28, '21We are seeing more evidence that maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to reduce the number of classes in America that teach civics, democracy and history.1.5×053k7.6k167
48Nov 4, '18Barack Obama was elected President ten years ago today:1.5×042k11k103
49Feb 3, '21January 6 should be an annual day of national remembrance from now on. Americans should never forget exactly how close our democracy came to being fractured and how zealously we mu1.5×051k8.6k82
50Jan 17, '21Lindsey Graham, we don’t need any lecture from you about whom “history” will treat “harshly."1.5×054k7.5k57
51Jan 15, '21Would Trump let a family member go to prison if it would save himself?1.4×038k2.4k57
52Aug 20, '20No former President has ever attacked his incumbent successor at a convention like Barack Obama tonight, or even come close.1.4×043k4.8k163
53Aug 27, '20“Never trust a man who doesn’t like dogs."1.4×052k6.8k59
54Feb 6, '21Yes, Trump hates to be called a “former President,” so let’s all make sure never to call him “former President."1.4×045k7k35
55Jan 21, '21First non-weird White House Press Secretary in four years.1.4×061k3.3k39
56Aug 12, '22Rosenbergs were convicted for giving U.S. nuclear secrets to Moscow, and were executed June 1953:1.4×036k11k435
57Jan 6, '21Why didn’t law enforcement keep this mob out of the Capitol?1.3×045k5.7k82
58Jan 31, '22Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to reduce the number of classes that teach civics, democracy and American history?1.3×049k6.6k99
59Aug 21, '22Just-released @NBCNews poll finds that “top issue facing the country for voters” is “threats to democracy.”1.3×042k8k103
60Jan 13, '21I prefer Presidents who oppose insurrections:1.3×050k6.5k113
61Oct 8, '20Harris is correct that when Roger Taney died in October 1864, Abraham Lincoln deferred a Supreme Court appointment until after election so that next President, with a new mandate, 1.3×043k9.5k110
62May 3, '22Remember where you were when you heard the news tonight.1.3×049k5.1k312
63May 9, '20Little Richard (1932-2020) consenting to pose with obscure opening act in Hamburg, 1962:1.3×045k8.3k331
64Jan 25, '21Twenty-dollar bill going from Andrew Jackson to Harriet Tubman — one symbol of difference between Trump and Biden. Proposed new design below:1.3×045k5.9k186
65Jun 28, '22Never in history have we ever heard credible testimony before Congress this shocking against a President of the United States.1.3×046k6.9k153
66Jan 26, '21Biden abolishes Trump’s 1776 Commission.1.3×053k4.2k62
67Jul 12, '20Dr. Fauci with Mother Teresa:1.3×043k7.7k226
68Dec 11, '20No, Mr. President, you can’t fire Justice Gorsuch, Justice Kavanagh or Justice Barrett.1.3×051k3.6k57
69Apr 7, '21New Gallup Poll finds largest increase in Democratic party identification in a decade.1.2×046k5.9k157
70Jan 28, '21Please explain why House Republican leader is going, hat in hand, to Mar-a-Lago before Trump's Senate impeachment trial.1.2×040k7.9k62
71Jan 9, '21Need to know exactly where Trump and Pence are today and what they are doing, hour by hour. Our future could depend on this.1.2×045k6.5k67
72Jan 14, '21Stop press —shock news — President reportedly refusing to pay his legal bills to Giuliani.1.2×046k4k56
73Jun 17, '22If Pence “never wavered,” then why did he call up Dan Quayle to ask whether there was any way he could go along with Trump’s demand to fix the 2020 election for Trump?1.2×040k7.2k149
74Jan 13, '21Half the Presidential impeachments in American history will now belong to Donald Trump.1.2×046k5.3k70
75Dec 9, '20Now Trump has tweeted, "How can a Country be run like this?” Not making this up.1.2×045k4k115
76Feb 12, '21What is penalty for lawyer lying to U.S. Senate?1.2×043k5.8k56
77Dec 9, '20Is the President aware that he cannot fire the three Supreme Court Justices he appointed?1.2×046k3.4k64
78Dec 24, '20Happy eightieth birthday today to Dr. Fauci:1.2×046k4.4k142
79Aug 23, '22“The F.B.I. agents who conducted the search found the additional documents in the storage area in the basement of Mar-a-Lago, as well as in a container in a closet in Mr. Trump’s o1.2×038k7.7k146
80Dec 15, '20No, Mr. President, you can’t fire your Senate Majority Leader.1.1×046k2.9k50
81Feb 12, '21So TV viewers knew Pence was in danger but Trump did not?1.1×042k5.5k58
82Nov 23, '20Only took us 231 years to get a woman as Treasury Secretary.1.1×046k3.5k55
83Aug 11, '20Kamala Harris’s immigrant parents--Shyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris:1.1×040k6.2k303
84Jan 29, '21Be very aware of which American leaders will not lift a finger to protect our democracy.1.1×039k7.1k46
85Sep 7, '22OK, here it is -- Barack Obama, painted by Robert McCurdy, about to be unveiled at White House:1.1×041k3.8k173
86Feb 26, '22Americans should now scrutinize every American political leader who has excused and abetted Russian authoritarianism.1.1×038k7k81
87Oct 5, '20On Christmas while in the White House, George H.W. Bush and Barbara stayed in DC for the holiday — delayed their trip to Texas -- so that their Secret Service agents who celebrated1.1×039k6.5k71
88Jan 9, '21How could a President of the United States express such contempt for his own country?1.1×040k4.4k68
89Jan 19, '21Relief to watch a President of the United States display emotions other than anger.1.1×046k3.3k48
90Sep 21, '22Have never seen anything remotely like this in history of American Presidency.1.1×040k4.1k141
91Nov 24, '20John Lennon with President-elect Biden’s new climate change czar:1.1×042k3.3k239
92Feb 19, '21As it has been said, you can know someone from how they treat their dog.1.0×040k4.4k58
93Feb 27, '22Zelensky for Nobel Peace Prize?1.0×040k3.7k41
94Sep 11, '21Almost weeping, George W. Bush rebukes those Americans who have turned their backs on “the America I know.” Important speech.1.0×037k4.1k243
95Jun 28, '22Any have any doubt now how lucky we were to survive those four years?1.0×036k3.8k47
96Mar 12, '21Also Biden is doing all of this after being robbed of a proper Presidential transition.1.0×038k4.8k41
97May 31Michael Beschloss delivers 2026 Commencement Address at University of Pennsylvania--video link:1.0×146k69830542
98Feb 5, '21If he claims he’s not a former President, maybe he shouldn’t get all of the money and perks that we taxpayers give to former Presidents.1.0×038k4.8k34
99Jun 10, '22Attorney General Garland, please call your office.1.0×038k4.8k51
100Feb 11, '21Would anyone like to sign up for Jamie Raskin’s law school course?0.9×037k2.2k39
101Jun 19, '21Champ Biden (2008-2121):0.9×039k1.6k75

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