Jonathan Capehart

Goodbye, Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

Sen. Maize Hirono (D-Hawaii) channels all of us with one bracelet.

Goodbye, Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

Cheers, y’all!

People have realized that “action is an antidote” to fear. As Perryman notes, “our task is to keep going. Every day, do the next thing. Do not let the size of our task deter you from pushing through, from taking the next step…” jcapehart.substack.com/p/stop-spira...

There is no jet, helicopter or limousine on display. The only tangible trapping of Obama’s presidential power is the replica of his Oval Office, a study in taupe understatement. And his voice. It is omnipresent and vital to the experience. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

If what’s past is prologue, Democrats will ride voter discontent with the president to retake the House & Senate just as they did 20 years ago. But if what’s past is prologue, Democrats are on the cusp of a devastating defeat, just as they suffered in 2010 and 2014. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

A politically involved friend wants Dems to stop trying to inflict paper cuts in the middle of a knife fight. He wants them to fight fire with fire. Metaphorically speaking, he wants Dems to put their foot in the ass of Republicans wreaking havoc on the nation. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

“We’re going to turn out in order to demonstrate that this country is ours,” Eddie Glaude told me. “This is not 1965. This is 2026 and they’re going to see who the new Negro, Black folk, who we are in this moment.” open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

Everyone faces their own mortality and how they want to be remembered. Yet, when it comes to Trump, it all feels forced. Like one big “I’ll show you!” As if he’s trying to get back at everyone for a lifetime of snubs and slights. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

Whatever he does, no matter how foolish, MAGA will have his back. Majority opinion doesn’t move him — and never will. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

As I grope for words to make sense of President Trump’s war with Iran, I keep coming back to one word. A word that is small compared to the big emotions it can unleash. That word is “disrespect.” open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

The longest State of the Union address in history clocked in at a lumbering 107 minutes. As I endured one excruciating minute after another, this aptly titled James Brown song kept coming to mind: “Talkin’ loud and sayin’ nothing.” open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...

When I awoke to the news of the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, I immediately thought of something another aide of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., told me years ago. Read👉🏾 open.substack.com/pub/jcapehar...