Dan Rather

@DanRather2.3M followers

Journalist, storyteller, lifelong reader. Texan by birth and by choice. Author of STEADY:

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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Nov 13, '20	Dude. You lost.	3.6×	387k	39k	696
2	Jun 1, '20	I can imagine no other president in my lifetime failing to address the nation in a prime time speech during a crisis such as this. On the other hand, I cannot imagine another presi	3.0×	293k	59k	794
3	May 17, '20	Watching President Obama’s graduation address tonight I think I finally understand Obamagate. It’s the scandal of having a president being able to speak with empathy, humor, insigh	2.7×	268k	49k	669
4	Jan 3, '21	The audio of Trump with the Georgia secretary of state. Wow. It’s like telling the Nixon tapes to “hold my beer.”	2.6×	271k	44k	836
5	Aug 27, '20	The Trump re-election strategy seems to be to argue that only Donald Trump can save America from Donald Trump’s America.	2.5×	231k	57k	769
6	Dec 25, '18	Just a thought: Which should be considered more “marginal” - believing in Santa at age 7 or not believing in climate change at age 72?	2.4×	225k	55k	330
7	Apr 2, '18	News anchors looking into camera and reading a script handed down by a corporate overlord, words meant to obscure the truth not elucidate it, isn't journalism. It's propaganda. It'	2.4×	174k	75k	780
8	Dec 2, '20	Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone’s going around saying “pardon me.”	2.2×	231k	28k	624
9	Sep 3, '20	A reminder: It’s illegal to vote twice. But not to impeach twice.	2.2×	224k	43k	241
10	Aug 2, '20	Perhaps Donald Trump doesn’t like the Postal Service because it delivers.	2.0×	208k	31k	341
11	Jun 10, '20	So. Let's set the stage... President Trump has chosen as the venue for his first rally in months, Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of a horrific massacre of African Americans. And he has set	1.9×	141k	47k	1.1k
12	Jan 7, '21	Now imagine if he had been re-elected.	1.9×	211k	22k	296
13	Oct 13, '20	Waiting in line for hours to vote should be considered less a story on voter enthusiasm and more a story on voter suppression. No one should have to wait hours to vote.	1.9×	184k	38k	206
14	Jun 23, '20	I’m getting pretty tired of these news cycles where we have endless dances over whether the President meant what he said. Don’t his actions speak loudly enough?	1.8×	179k	31k	215
15	Nov 14, '20	Frankly, my trolls, I don’t give a damn.	1.7×	207k	12k	310
16	Oct 11, '20	Can we at least recognize that “Court Packing” at all levels of the judiciary has been the Republican playbook for decades? Asking for Merrick Garland.	1.7×	150k	32k	358
17	Aug 28, '20	America, we’re paying for a campaign commercial in a house we own for a man most Americans didn’t vote for.	1.7×	165k	35k	332
18	Dec 21, '21	Dr. Anthony Fauci is an American hero. Retweet if you agree.	1.7×	102k	64k	218
19	Jan 9, '21	I heard this Twitter thing wasn’t working for some people. Just came here to check... and it seems to be working for me. Oh well.	1.7×	198k	13k	178
20	Dec 17, '20	So, let me get this right. The criticism of Dr. Jill Biden is that she’s not a “medical doctor?” Says a bunch of people who have been ignoring medical doctors about a pandemic that	1.7×	180k	25k	323
21	Jun 24, '20	The coronavirus is at record numbers. It's raging out of control. Where the hell is the federal government? Where the hell is our national leadership? I cannot imagine this level o	1.7×	153k	36k	333
22	Oct 17, '20	It’s tempting to use the analogy of rats fleeing a sinking ship to describe the growing number of Republican elected officials starting to speak out against Donald Trump. But that'	1.6×	158k	32k	552
23	Oct 14, '20	If you want to be an “originalist” in law, maybe you should go all the way. Cooking on a hearth. Leeches for medicine. An old mule for transportation. Or maybe you can recognize th	1.6×	147k	27k	407
24	Aug 4, '18	I'd much rather live in a world reflecting the values, philanthropy, and yes intelligence of LeBron James and Don Lemon's intelligent commitment to truth and journalism than the di	1.6×	147k	37k	159
25	Jun 6, '20	What I think President Trump can’t quite understand is that these protests are not partisan… They are American.	1.6×	167k	27k	221
26	Jun 20, '20	Paging Sean Spicer for a crowd estimate in Tulsa	1.6×	166k	22k	188
27	Jan 23, '21	One president burns some money on a watch. Another president burns down the country on his watch. Got it.	1.6×	167k	24k	438
28	Oct 19, '20	So let me get this right. The closing argument from the Trump campaign is Joe Biden is a Mr. Rogers who will listen to the scientists on COVID?	1.6×	164k	25k	206
29	Jun 9, '20	So much news today, but don't overlook the voting debacle happening right now in Georgia. This is a dire wakeup call for November - long lines, broken machines. It is a national ou	1.5×	133k	40k	250
30	Jun 30, '22	Dear Supreme Court, Thanks for nothing. - Planet Earth	1.5×	154k	25k	273
31	Jun 22, '20	A rule of thumb: If you're lying about nonexistent voter fraud, if you're limiting polling places, if you're forcing people to line up to vote in a pandemic, even the old and the i	1.5×	138k	36k	388
32	Oct 8, '20	Did Pence just say “stop playing politics with people’s lives?” Millions of Americans choke on whatever they’re eating. Irony has no place on a VP debate stage.	1.5×	155k	26k	214
33	Oct 5, '20	BEANS AND CORNBREAD. VOTE!	1.5×	161k	20k	218
34	Nov 26, '18	When someone starts an argument with "I'm not a scientist, but..." maybe we should stop listening to them weighing in on science. And maybe news shows should stop asking these pund	1.5×	138k	31k	140
35	Nov 7, '20	Please indulge me with sharing a personal thought. But I am glad I’m still around to see this.	1.5×	171k	8k	166
36	Oct 6, '20	We are witnessing a death match between Selfishness and Stupidity.	1.5×	154k	24k	276
37	Jun 10, '20	Put your face masks on. Please. Don’t be selfish. Don’t be stupid.	1.4×	151k	25k	147
38	Jan 20, '21	A man who overcame a stutter, gives a stirring inaugural addresses. A man whose life has been torn by tragedy, summons hope. Anything is possible.	1.4×	165k	18k	279
39	Aug 16, '22	If Liz Cheney is defeated today, as expected, I would not frame it as her losing. It is a loss for Wyoming, the Republican Party, and the nation.	1.4×	137k	16k	185
40	Feb 10, '21	The evidence is damning, chilling, and overwhelming. Only cowardice and complicity stands in the way of conviction.	1.4×	140k	24k	208
41	Jan 6, '21	I love the smell of democracy in the morning.	1.4×	166k	15k	151
42	Oct 4, '20	Covid motorcades, signing blank papers, and tear gas walks to a church: the tragedy of Donald Trump’s photo ops.	1.4×	133k	25k	262
43	Jan 14, '21	Every once in a while I just stop in my tracks and think: This is NUTS.	1.4×	167k	13k	198
44	Nov 7, '18	I think with a lot of high hopes crashing for Democratic voters in places like Florida and with Beto, there is maybe a drastic underappreciation of how Democratic control of the Ho	1.4×	138k	27k	179
45	Jun 24, '22	If it takes 50 votes to confirm a Supreme Court justice, it should only take 50 votes to overrule them when they act like highly-partisan politicians.	1.4×	143k	22k	317
46	Jul 3, '20	Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a mask on it	1.4×	137k	23k	309
47	Feb 17, '21	The situation is dire in Austin. We’re without power and heat with no end in sight amidst frigid temperatures. My wife and I still have running water. Others have had pipes break.	1.4×	142k	19k	388
48	Feb 18, '21	Let’s be fair. Dunking on Ted Cruz is sort of like dunking on a 3-foot rim.	1.4×	155k	14k	200
49	Feb 18, '21	Apparently America can put a man on the moon but Texas can't keep the lights on. Houston, we have a problem.	1.4×	148k	21k	270
50	Aug 12, '20	Kamala Harris will be campaigning from inside Donald Trump’s head. No word on what social distancing is like in there.	1.4×	141k	21k	240
51	Nov 16, '20	If you don’t lead, you must concede.	1.4×	146k	14k	138
52	Jun 8, '20	The president is who he is. He has not changed. He will not change. The question that remains unanswered is: who are we as Americans?	1.3×	139k	24k	168
53	Jan 18, '21	As bad as the Trump Administration looks today, I firmly believe history will judge it much more harshly.	1.3×	151k	15k	191
54	Jul 30, '20	Donald Trump is terrified.	1.3×	130k	14k	124
55	Jan 19, '21	It feels a bit like Christmas Eve, but you already know what you’ll get when you open the present. A restoration of American democracy, decency, and hope.	1.3×	146k	17k	178
56	Oct 16, '22	Yes, I’m in my 90s. Yes, I appear to be trending on Twitter. And yes, last time I checked, I’m still here. Have a great Sunday everyone.	1.3×	155k	9.5k	169
57	Jul 18, '20	I for one don’t care whether the president or his congressional enablers put out disingenuous pablum about John Lewis. Pass and sign a voting rights bill. Name it after him. And th	1.3×	127k	25k	179
58	Nov 5, '22	Is Musk running Twitter like Trump ran his casinos?	1.3×	126k	10k	381
59	Jun 19, '20	I pray that tomorrow in Tulsa there is no violence. I pray it doesn’t lead to a further spike in illness. But make no mistake. President Trump bears responsibility for whatever hap	1.3×	108k	21k	164
60	Dec 2, '20	What the heck is a “preemptive pardon” other than an admission of guilt?	1.2×	141k	14k	219
61	Jul 11, '18	I cherish taking leisurely strolls with my wife Jean at twilight. My steps are getting slower and increasingly I have another journey on my mind—the one into eternity. But the joy—	1.2×	136k	14k	376
62	Jan 15, '21	Who’s counting the White House silverware?	1.2×	136k	13k	105
63	Nov 1, '20	These Trump “caravans” disrupting traffic and putting motorists at risk are pathetic, juvenile, and dangerous. This thuggish behavior is not the American way. Everybody needs to sa	1.2×	105k	22k	143
64	Jan 8, '21	The irony is that almost none of these rioters wore masks so they will be easier to identify.	1.2×	142k	11k	175
65	Oct 17, '20	I want to live in a country where decency, honesty, competency, and empathy trump partisanship.	1.2×	115k	14k	109
66	Jul 23, '20	I think the ultimate sign you’ve passed a cognitive test is that you’re able to move on to something else.	1.2×	131k	17k	194
67	Aug 14, '20	I prefer the term racism to birtherism.	1.2×	126k	18k	139
68	Jan 20, '21	Oh right, that’s what a president is supposed to sound like.	1.2×	145k	9.8k	74
69	Dec 13, '20	Dr. Biden, good on you. You earned your title. It’s not like you got your doctorate at Trump University.	1.2×	140k	10k	104
70	Jun 1, '20	Is Antifa part of Obamagate? Just trying to keep up.	1.2×	126k	15k	177
71	Dec 14, '20	In the end, it was a very low Barr.	1.2×	139k	8.9k	100
72	Oct 3, '20	If they can’t keep the White House as safe as the NBA playoffs, how should we trust them to keep the country safe?	1.2×	121k	20k	154
73	Jun 28, '22	The biggest scandal in American political history. And that’s saying a lot. Jaw dropping. Sickening. Infuriating.	1.1×	117k	17k	415
74	Jun 9, '22	Maybe a new slogan for Fox News should be: “For those who can’t handle the truth.”	1.1×	105k	20k	251
75	Oct 8, '20	Pence regularly rolls over his time. Need to enforce rules.	1.1×	130k	13k	60
76	Nov 23, '18	On a walk with my grandson a group of ladybugs lighted upon us. It was delightful and I realized I haven't given the mysterious world of insects enough heed. I vow to change that.	1.1×	121k	17k	416
77	Mar 14, '20	You know who are also heroes? Those working the checkout counters and stocking shelves at supermarkets and pharmacies. Their work, at some risk to their own health, is vital to the	1.1×	113k	21k	105
78	Feb 15, '19	I'm old enough to remember when "national emergency" actually meant an emergency to the nation and not an emergency to a damaged politico ego.	1.1×	107k	23k	95
79	Oct 24, '20	Mask not what your country. can do for you. Mask is what you can do for your country.	1.1×	108k	19k	271
80	Aug 22, '22	Dr. Fauci, thank you for your service. Please ignore the haters.	1.1×	115k	13k	61
81	Aug 11, '20	Biden/Harris - That's the ticket.	1.1×	129k	12k	58
82	Sep 28, '22	When the hurricane hits Florida, federal aid will flow into help — paid for by tax dollars from Americans across the country. Airplanes will be full of supplies, not stunts. There	1.1×	106k	20k	224
83	Sep 18, '20	A shock. A sadness. A great loss. The passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a hole in a nation already reeling. She is an American hero, in every sense. We can honor her by joining	1.1×	115k	19k	126
84	Aug 19, '22	Who else thinks Ginni Thomas should stay trending until we get some real answers?	1.1×	107k	20k	67
85	Aug 4, '20	Thinking today about this famous quote from Macbeth: "It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."	1.1×	108k	20k	482
86	Nov 23, '20	As names of Biden's cabinet choices start leaking out, it seems his approach to staffing his administration will be a tad different from his predecessor’s. Experience and proven co	1.1×	123k	12k	163
87	Jun 30, '20	So we have reached a place in the proud history of our republic when the topic of the day is whether the president reads. When, really, I think deep down don't we all know the answ	1.1×	109k	18k	160
88	Jul 9, '20	Donald Trump’s twitter feed reads like a man who knows he is facing prosecution in New York.	1.1×	113k	16k	120
89	Jan 20, '21	I will not apologize for getting emotional and a little misty in the eye on reflecting on this moment and the story of our nation.	1.0×	131k	7.1k	81
90	Oct 8, '20	I don’t think VP Pence’s mansplaining and over-talking is doing a lot to narrow the gender gap, unless it is also turning off more men as well.	1.0×	110k	15k	109
91	Aug 21, '20	Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old boy with a stutter. Pure, unvarnished, courage.	1.0×	122k	12k	126
92	Nov 3, '20	I'm excited. 18 presidential election nights "On Air." (72 years. Maybe a record?) From a small radio station in rural Huntsville to here with all of you. The mind turns. Will this	1.0×	122k	8.2k	176
93	Jun 8, '20	I want to personally thank you for joining me here to share thoughts and discussion. I wondered whether, like an aging slugger, I'd taken a last trip around the basepaths. Now, mor	1.0×	117k	11k	99
94	Jul 30, '20	President Obama’s eulogy of John Lewis is one for the ages, a perfect tribute of a man for the ages.	1.0×	112k	14k	148
95	Nov 24, '20	Competence is the new cool.	1.0×	118k	9k	120
96	Sep 30, '20	All across America, people are ready to take a shower.	1.0×	111k	13k	83
97	Jan 16, '21	Perhaps lost in all the madness that has been going on is that Joe Biden’s life path to this moment has been remarkable, a journey of tragedy, perseverance, hope, and an uncanny ab	1.0×	112k	12k	159
98	Feb 18, '21	There's an old Texas saying: When the going gets tough, the tough go to Cancun. (No, there actually is no such saying).	1.0×	110k	12k	129
99	Sep 30, '20	I have seen a lot in my 60-plus years as a reporter. But I have never seen anything quite like what took place tonight. Instead of having answers at this point, I am left with one	1.0×	108k	14k	156
100	Nov 1, '21	Thank you to everyone who expressed birthday wishes. 90! I can attest that's a LOT of real estate on the cake for candles. But the real brightness comes from going through this lif	0.9×	110k	4.7k	106

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