Josh Dawsey

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@WSJ chief political correspondent. @aji_fellowships faculty. The dog is Pepper. Oenophile. Jesus, don't cry. You can rely on me honey.

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1Oct 14, '17Full page ad in the Washington Post today. Strange times.6.4×030k14k0
2Mar 6, '22Trump mused to donors that we should take our F-22 planes, "put the Chinese flag on them and bomb the shit out" out of Russia. "And then we say, China did it, we didn't do, China d5.4×017k3.9k1.1k
3May 8, '20The Lincoln Project ad "Mourning in America" that so enraged Trump? The group only spent $5,000 to run it on Fox News in Washington, DC. It didn't air elsewhere. "We were trying to4.9×030k6.6k217
4Jul 12, '19VP saw 384 men sleeping inside fences, on concrete w/no pillows or mats. They said they hadn’t showered in weeks, wanted toothbrushes, food. Stench was overwhelming. CBP said they 4.9×015k11k182
5Feb 7, '21The owner of the newsstand/bodega in my neighborhood wanted to show me a picture this morning. Said FLOTUS Jill Biden stopped by unannounced last week to buy $95 in magazines and n4.7×037k3.1k105
6Dec 29, '23Remarks from @GovChristie tonight on Haley are worth reading:4.5×2.2M7.2k1.4k256
7Feb 12, '21Pence's team does not agree with the Trump lawyer's assessment that Trump was concerned about Pence's safety. Trump didn't call him that day -- or for five days after that. No one 4.4×025k7.1k184
8Nov 22, '20Trump told allies that Sidney Powell was too much, even for him, after Thursday. He sees the fight as uphill but fleeting and doesn’t see her as helpful anymore, per several advise4.2×017k2.1k170
9Jan 19, '21VP Pence is not expected to attend President Trump's sendoff at Joint Air Force Base Andrews tomorrow morning, per White House officials. He is attending the inauguration later in 4.2×028k3.3k140
10Aug 21, '18In a scene you couldn't script, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty on eight counts and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts within minutes of4.2×021k7.3k56
11Oct 29, '18Sarah Sanders says the president got elected by an overwhelming majority of 63 million Americans. He lost the popular vote by three million.3.8×023k5k30
12Jul 22, '22The House GOP account has deleted the tweet attacking Sarah Matthews, tonight's witness, who works for the House GOP.3.7×025k4.1k207
13Jan 25, '21NEWS: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former press secretary for President Trump, will announce tomorrow that she’s running for governor of Arkansas. She’s seen as leader in the polls and 3.4×017k2.9k118
14Jan 7, '21Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning, per two officials. Cites yesterday’s events as reason in email to DOT colleagues, per draft. First Cabinet secretary to resign. C3.3×016k4k113
15May 1, '20Jerome Corsi, the commentator who narrowly escaped charges in Mueller probe, meant to email Zev Zelenko, a White House-allied doctor, about a hydroxychloroquine project. He instead3.2×014k5.8k358
16Feb 8, '18This week: spousal abuse One week ago: the memo. two weeks ago: Trump moved to fire Mueller, against lawyer's wishes three weeks ago: shutdown! four weeks ago: "shithole" and porn 3.2×015k6.1k2
17Dec 12, '20Guests at White House holiday party were told tonight that POTUS will not be coming down to speak.3.2×023k1.3k54
18Aug 25, '18Trump has told White House aides he does not regret saying McCain is not a war hero. He tells advisers that McCain has a vendetta against him and that he wishes he’d step down. He 3.0×07.1k4.8k55
19Mar 20, '18"DO NOT CONGRATULATE," national security advisers wrote in Trump's written briefing ahead of call with Vladimir Putin. Trump congratulated. The notes said to condemn the attack of 3.0×011k6.5k46
20Mar 13, '18Source just texted me: "Imagine running Exxon-Mobil for decades and being a titan of the world and then being fired by Donald Trump on Twitter."2.9×017k4.1k18
21Aug 18, '16NYC parks department on naked Trump statue: "NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.”2.9×010k6.3k3
22Sep 15, '24So here's what law enforcement says happened: Trump is golfing around 1:30 on Sunday. Agent going one hole ahead of him finds a man with rifle in the bush/tree line. Agent fires at2.9×1.4M14k2.2k507
23Feb 23, '20“He is on his third chief of staff, his fourth national security adviser, his fourth defense secretary, his fifth secretary of homeland security, his sixth deputy national security2.7×011k5.6k269
24Nov 28, '22Imagine Trump's lawyers may not love the final line of his latest Truth Social post. "When will you invade the other Presidents’ homes in search of documents, which are voluminous,2.5×016k2.6k150
25Jul 18, '19Trump said he disavows "send her back" chant last night about Rep. Ilhan Omar. "I was not happy with it. I disagree with it," he said. He was the first person to suggest she "go ba2.5×014k2.8k44
26Mar 15, '20“They’re trying to scare everybody, from meetings, cancel the meetings, close the schools — you know, destroy the country. And that’s ok, as long as we can win the election,” POTUS2.4×08.2k5.4k285
27Jun 10, '22We knew this, but reiterating: While Jan. 6 violence went on, Trump didn't call Pence to check on him. Didn't call military officials. Didn't call legislative leaders. "He placed n2.4×016k3.1k107
28Apr 11, '21Some of the donors left last night before Trump finished speaking at Mar-a-Lago for a bus back to the hotel, per attendee, and the remarks have gotten mixed reviews. “There was not2.3×015k2.3k72
29Jan 15, '18White House official told me tonight there is debate internally on whether Trump said "shithole" or "shithouse." Perdue and Cotton seem to have heard latter, this person said, and 2.2×06.3k3k1
30Apr 19, '20How are President Obama/Vice President Biden to blame for contaminated labs/tests in CDC labs in 2020?2.2×014k2.3k30
31Jan 11, '20After Rep. Matt Gaetz circulated an email to all other Republican members urging them to vote to curb Trump’s Iran power, other Republicans fought back, private emails show. Gaetz 2.1×09k3.4k87
32Mar 15, '18In fundraising speech tonight, Trump says he made up facts on trade in meeting with Trudeau. "I didn’t even know. ... I had no idea. I just said ‘You’re wrong.’" Government data sh2.1×06.2k4.6k60
33Nov 19, '18NEWS: Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal recor2.0×08.1k3.2k27
34Aug 22, '18"That's a ridiculous accusation," Sarah Sanders says, when asked if the president lied to the American people.2.0×010k2.2k16
35May 22, '19After Trump abruptly left legislative leaders meeting today, Kellyanne Conway asked Pelosi if she wanted to respond to what Trump had said. "I'll respond to the president, not staf2.0×09.3k2.1k34
36Apr 13, '20"You know you're a fake, you know that," Trump says to @PaulaReidCBS, who is repeatedly pressing him on what his administration did during the whole month of February. He doesn't a1.9×011k2.4k41
37Feb 26, '22I have thought literally all day about the Ukrainian soldiers on an island knowing the Russians were about to kill them. “Russian warship, go f—k yourself.” What a way to go out.1.8×014k1.1k82
38May 8, '20A helluva scoop:1.8×08.2k3.7k182
39Jun 15, '22Hill source texts: "Back in my youth, I led scores of Capitol tours. People stopped to take photos of all sorts of things — the rotunda, the Speaker’s Office sign, the statute of K1.8×012k2.2k64
40Jan 8, '21A thread I've gleaned from eight conversations today with Trump advisers, White House aides & others in GOP: There is deep anger in Trump world at how Trump treated VP Pence. O1.7×09.1k1.5k182
41Jan 13, '19“I’m a very honest person,” Trump said tonight on Fox. From WaPo last month: “By the end of the year, Trump had accumulated more than 7,600 untruths during his presidency — averagi1.7×09.2k3k34
42May 26, '18Trump saying a source doesn't exist that was actually an official White House background call may be the best illustration yet of the president vs the presidency.1.7×011k2.4k18
43Mar 6, '22Trump tonight on Kim Jong Un: "Seriously tough, he's absolutely the leader of that country." Kim Jong Un advisers were "sitting at attention" when he talked and "cowered" when he s1.7×07.5k1.6k272
44Nov 14, '18Fox News issues statement supporting CNN in its lawsuit against the White House. "We intend to file an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court. Secret Service passes for working 1.7×010k2.2k11
45Aug 21, '18Asked Paul Ryan's office for their reaction to today's news. Here's the statement I just got. "We are aware of Mr. Cohen’s guilty plea to these serious charges. We will need more i1.7×06.3k2.3k11
46Dec 21, '18“I am proud to shut down the government for border security... So I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I'm not going to blame you for it."1.7×08.8k3k14
47Feb 4, '20Susan Collins, in saying she won’t vote to remove Trump, says he learned a lesson. Trump has repeatedly said he behaved perfectly and did nothing wrong.1.6×09.8k1.9k25
48Feb 19, '18Pool report says Trump and his motorcade drove past a billboard advertising Stormy Daniels tonight and her upcoming Florida stop on the "Make America Horny Again" tour. You can't m1.6×09.5k2.4k1
49Jan 20, '21THE PARDONS ARE IN. Steve Bannon gets one. So does Elliott Broidy. So does Lil Wayne and Kwame Kirkpatrick. Full list of clemency is 143. More details to come. Snowden, Assange and1.6×08.7k2.2k180
50Oct 10, '19So on Thursday, they had lunch with the president's lawyer, bought one way tickets out of town and were arrested at the airport, per WSJ.1.6×08.9k2.5k40
51Apr 22, '20Rick Bright, a top HHS official, says he was demoted for resisting efforts to "fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections" & opposing hydroxy1.6×08.6k2.9k49
52Dec 29, '18What would be the reaction if another president blamed another political party for children who died in his government’s custody?1.6×09.7k2k16
53Mar 22, '18When NYT reported recently Trump was going to change his legal team, he denied it on Twitter. When we reported last week he was changing his national security adviser, Sarah Sander1.6×08.1k2.7k7
54Feb 22, '19"He has denied it," Trump says of Robert Kraft. Always interesting, with Trump, or any politician for that matter, to see who gets the benefit of the doubt and who doesn't.1.6×09.6k1.8k20
55Jan 13, '19"I haven't actually left the White House in months," Trump says. What?1.5×08.5k1.4k16
56Jun 1, '18Charlie Kushner went to prison for hiring a prostitute to sleep with his brother-in-law, filming the encounter in a roadside New Jersey motel and sending the tape to the family for1.5×07.4k3.1k30
57Feb 2, '19How are you not sure if you’ve ever worn a Ku Klux Klan robe or black face?1.5×010k1.5k6
58Apr 23, '19The stock market went up 210% under Clinton's tenure. There was still an impeachment trial.1.5×09.4k2.1k31
59Mar 15, '18Trump aide tells me he frequently mentions in meetings about the Japanese dropping bowling balls on cars. No one knows exactly where he got the story from.1.5×08.4k1.9k18
60Jun 17, '18??? People in your White House described to me and others Friday as leverage in negotiations and a deterrent.1.5×09k2.2k4
61Jun 12, '18"Very dishonest and weak," Trump said of Trudeau Saturday. "We will have a terrific relationship," Trump says of Kim Jong Un Monday.1.4×07.1k2.7k15
62Mar 17, '19When we were in Hanoi, the summit was within walking distance of the Hanoi Hilton, where John McCain and others spent years as a tortured prisoner. Trump did not visit or commemora1.4×08.2k2k21
63Nov 10, '22Trump is on a tear over on Truth Social, saying all sorts of things this morning, attacking Fox and various news outlets and calling people various names. He does not like the cove1.4×09.4k1.1k81
64Jun 13, '18I was taught in journalism school to cover what happens and what folks say and do - not cheer any politician.1.4×09.6k1.5k10
65May 16, '17NYT reporter who broke Comey story also broke story about Hillary Clinton's email server. Mad respect.1.4×07.2k2.6k0
66Sep 14, '19Quoting a quote he said about himself and saying thank you for the quote.1.4×08.5k1.7k33
67Aug 24, '19US officials say Macron surprised Trump at hotel. US is expressing frustration that much of G7 is about climate change, Africa development, gender inequality and other issues they 1.4×07.3k1.9k35
68Feb 9, '21"Go home. We love you. You're very special."1.4×010k1.1k14
69Jan 29, '19"If a guy hires a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and videotapes it and then sends the videotape to his sister to attempt to intimidate her from testifying in front of a gr1.3×07.1k2.3k104
70Jun 20, '18"We can't do it through an executive order," Trump told Fox and Friends Friday on border separations. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order.1.3×06.7k2.5k8
71Mar 25, '18A porn star just said on 60 minutes that she took a magazine with Donald Trump's face on it and spanked the president, with him only wearing his underwear.1.3×06.4k1.9k4
72Feb 14, '19There's quite a long ways between "Mexico will pay for the wall" to "I will declare a national emergency to fund the wall because the United States Congress won't give me the money1.3×07.4k2.3k22
73May 14, '20FBI serves warrant on Sen. Burr and seizes cell phone in stock investigation. Per ⁦@latimes⁩1.3×06.6k1.8k29
74Apr 17, '21I adopted this guy. Meet Pepper. He doesn’t exactly understand the concept of outdoor furniture yet, but we’re working on it.1.3×011k22014
75Jan 6, '20Wait... we sent the Iraqi military a letter suggesting we were leaving the country but it was actually just a draft letter and a mistake?1.3×07.1k1.5k24
76Jan 3, '19Ran into a fact-checker colleague at the Post who looked tired. "How's it going?" I said. "I'm still working on that Cabinet meeting from yesterday," he said, walking back to his d1.2×08.4k1.5k6
77Jan 9, '21Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, a person familiar with his decision says. Trump has said he is not going.1.2×08.7k95039
78May 1, '22“There’s nothing I can say about the GOP that Kevin McCarthy hasn’t already put on tape,” Biden says. @jmartNYT1.2×09.4k1k10
79Sep 5, '18Of 13 current and former White House officials I spoke to today, seven said they spoke to Bob Woodward for his book.1.2×07.4k1.7k9
80Oct 28, '19Loud, sustained boos for Trump at Nats Stadium when he was announced. Maybe loudest crowd cheer of the night.1.2×08.2k1.2k15
81May 20, '20Ad is expected to run through Friday in DC, per George Conway. “These ads are designed to encourage him to express himself in the ways that only he can," George Conway says of the 1.2×06.4k2k51
82Jan 9, '19Democrat aide just now: "He actually said BYE BYE before he left. That's word for word what he said."1.2×06.7k1.4k11
83May 20, '19He begged not to be fired via tweet, citing his decades of service and his reputation — and grew emotional — while seeking to keep his job amid Trump’s anger that he offered to wea1.1×06.4k1.8k28
84May 17, '21From the White House: "Today, the President released his 2020 federal income tax return, continuing an almost uninterrupted tradition."1.1×08.3k85925
85Feb 12, '20He called a porn star he allegedly paid off "horseface."1.1×07.5k1.4k17
86Feb 15, '19"I didn't need to do this," Trump says of the national emergency. So is it an emergency?1.1×06.3k1.6k12
87Aug 14, '18To defend the president from charges of racism at the White House podium, Sarah Sanders is talking about the sheer number of people Trump has insulted.1.1×06.3k1.6k15
88Nov 13, '19The White House is telling aides not to testify and also dinging Democrats for not having firsthand witnesses.1.1×06.8k1.5k22
89Mar 25, '20Dr. Birx tells nation that her grandmother, as an 11 year old, brought the Spanish flu home and infected and killed her great grandmother, who had just given birth. Said she had to1.1×06.6k1.5k42
90Feb 27, '20Trump blamed the drop in the market on Tuesday’s Democratic debate during yesterday’s briefing. The Dow is down 1200 points today, and there was no debate last night.1.1×06.4k1.4k9
91Apr 20, '20Trump tells Army Corps Lt. Gen. Semonite he can stay and watch the briefing or he can leave and go back to work. He was out the door in 10 seconds.1.1×07.7k91710
92Aug 16, '18WSJ story tonight on Trump saying he stripped clearance because of Russia probe is textbook example of aides trying to give another reason for Trump’s moves before he just states t1.0×06.4k1.5k11
93May 19, '19The president openly tells a news network they are not doing enough to favor him.1.0×06.1k1.4k15
94Nov 9, '18What is tweeting "Horseface" from the residence about a porn star you allegedly slept with?1.0×06.6k1.3k9
95Sep 9, '18I somehow do not think Omarosa and Bob Woodward are in cahoots.1.0×07.3k7267
96Jan 29, '20The crowd is shouting "DRAIN THE SWAMP!" to a president who regularly sits down with donors who write six-figure checks for private roundtable meetings. And he's railing about the 1.0×06.3k1.2k17
97Dec 30, '20100 percent. Is this a real question?1.0×07.9k3697
98Dec 28, '18On a flight this afternoon and a small child near me sang “JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT” for at least 50% of the trip. I feel like his name is my name, too.1.0×07.7k3839
99Sep 9, '19Must say I was not expecting a Wilbur Ross appearance in this episode.0.8×06.4k5624

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