Jonathan Capehart

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From @CapehartJ: “Republicans think gerrymandering will protect them. They just awakened a sleeping giant.” @esglaude: “We’re going to turn out for ourselves. We’re going to turn out in order to demonstrate that this country is ours.” open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…

Brilliant piece by @CapehartJ "We are going to turn out to demonstrate this country is ours." open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…

Black elected officials losing their seats because of this isn’t the primary outrage. Black people losing the power to elect someone who represents their interests is. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…

@RVnGrammy I'm there, too, but rarely use it.

@CapehartJ Bluesky?

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@CapehartJ I say that at least once a week before important calls.

Introducing the 2026 Rutgers Commencement Speakers 📍Rutgers–New Brunswick: Christopher Markus, Alumnus and Screenwriter 📍 Rutgers–Newark: Jonathan Capehart, Journalist 📍Rutgers–Camden: Antonio D. Tillis, Chancellor go.rutgers.edu/s6v9fokk

Very excited to receive this honor!

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/jcapehart/…

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/jcapehart/…

Phrase of the week: “That was a misspoke.”

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/jcapehart/…

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/jcapehart/…

An at-once hilarious and humiliating tale from October 1993 that marks the beginning of my career in print journalism. Instantly, it became one of my favorite stories to recount. Read 👉🏾 open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…

You might as well go ahead and say it, Mr. President. open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…

The slogan adopted by Bezos’s @washingtonpost in Trump’s first term was “Democracy dies in darkness.” Given what Bezos and Lewis did today, the Washington Post is complicit in killing it.

In Minnesota, “love your neighbor as yourself” isn’t just a Bible verse. It’s a way of life.  open.substack.com/pub/jcapehart/…