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Jonathan Capehart

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Associate Editor, Washington Post. Anchor, MSNBC "The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart." Contributor PBS NewsHour, "Brooks & Capehart"

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Aug 1

Goodbye, Washington Post
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Goodbye, Washington Post

"A swirl of terrified excitement" for 18 years, 5 months and 16 days

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you, @andyostroy.bsky.social, for a great conversation!

Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · Aug 23

@jonathancapehart.bsky.social is in THE BACK ROOM discussing his terrific NY Times bestselling memoir! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Catch me at The 2025 Hutchins Forum. Livestreaming via PBS at 5pm! https://www.youtube.com/live/ld4kxYXDr70?feature=shared

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

Goodbye, Washington Post

"A swirl of terrified excitement" for 18 years, 5 months and 16 days

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jul 30

This should be interesting… 👀

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jul 28

So, I've jumped into the shallow end of the Substack pool. We'll see if I jump into the deep end....
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Jonathan Capehart | Substack

MSNBC Anchor, "The Weekend" (7a-10a). Analyst, PBS NewsHour. Associate Editor, The Washington Post (for another week). Click to read Jonathan Capehart, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscrib...

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jul 3

This bill could have passed in the middle of the night. By speaking this long, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries guarantees that this bill will be voted on in broad daylight.

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Commonwealth Club World Affairs @cwclub.bsky.social · Jun 9

Last week, we hosted @jonathancapehart.bsky.social in San Francisco for a conversation with @radiobwatt.bsky.social about Capehart's book Yet Here I Am.

Watch the video: youtu.be/vunTQfr97pg?...

Photos by Sonya Abrams

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thank YOU, Brian!

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join me in conversation with Brian Watt at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco…6pm PT/9pm ET!
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Jonathan Capehart | Finding My Voice

YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs (CCWA)

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 28

BREAKING NEWS: “Yet Here I Am” made the New York Times Best Seller list! 🫢🥹

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 27

“I am so ready to fight this guy,” he told me. “I might have felt pressure, but I have not felt one iota of intimidation. I’m not scared of his goddamn jail.”
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Opinion | Keith Ellison on countering Trump: Courage, imagination and lots of lawsuits

I talked to the Minnesota attorney general as the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approached.

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 26

“We just need to keep on suing. We need to keep on fighting.” Minnesota AG Keith Ellison
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Opinion | Keith Ellison on countering Trump: Courage, imagination and lots of lawsuits

I talked to the Minnesota attorney general as the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approached.

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 25

At a time when Trump is putting pressure on Dem elected officials around the country, Ellison is the least bit afraid. “I might have felt pressure, but I have not felt one iota of intimidation. I’m not scared of his goddamn jail.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Keith Ellison on countering Trump: courage, imagination and lots of lawsuits

I talked to the Minnesota attorney general as the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approached.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 19

TONIGHT at 7pm at Politics and Prose watch the live stream as Amb. Susan Rice interviews me about my book “Yet Here I Am.”

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Jonathan Capehart — Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home - with Susan Rice

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 19

Here are the book tour stops so far…

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 19

The book tour begins! Thank you, @todayshow.com, for a wonderful welcome home! @grandcentralpub.bsky.social

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Jonathan Capehart shares moment that changed course of his life

Jonathan Capehart, anchor of “The Weekend” on MSNBC, joins TODAY to discuss his new book “Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home” about his lifelong path that led him to the news in...

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 18

My first national interview for my book is tomorrow (May 19)! On the @todayshow.com at 9am.

Pre-order & tour info:
www.msnbc.com/yet-here-i-am

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 13

We lookin’ real cute. Thanks, Washington Life and 📸 Tony Powell, for a wonderful feature and photos. washingtonlife.com/digital-edit...

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 13

“There’s a war at home and we’re losing. Unions under attack. Farmers f---ed over.” he says in the video. “Only 2% of Congress come from the working class. We built the damn table. It’s time we had a seat at it.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | This Iowan’s raw anger could make him the new anti-Trump

Nathan Sage is running against Republican Sen. Joni Ernst with a tone we usually hear from MAGA.

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 13

“I live in the real world. This is how we talk,” Nathan Sage told me. “I’m going to say the things that need to be said so people understand that we’re tired of what’s going on. We’re going to fight for what we believe in.”
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Opinion | Is Nathan Sage the new anti-Trump voice of the Democratic Party?

The Iowan veteran is running against Republican Sen. Joni Ernst with a tone we usually hear from MAGA.

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 12

This book tour is going to be fun. Starts one week from today!

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · May 11

A reminder from FDR…

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 3

Two airliners abandoned landing attempts at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon when an Army Black Hawk took a “scenic route” near the flight path and circled the Pentagon before landing at a military heliport.

Airliners abort landings as Army helicopter makes ‘scenic’ loop around Pentagon

The Black Hawk was trying to land at the Pentagon’s heliport, bringing it close to a pair of airliners, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Jonathan Capehart @jonathancapehart.bsky.social · Apr 29

Seen on the way to dinner…

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