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Josh Dawsey
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Reporter @washingtonpost. Faculty @aji_fellowships. Writing a book on 2024. Loud phone talker. The dog is Pepper. You can rely on me, honey.
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Nov 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
THREAD: How does Nick Fuentes get into Mar-a-Lago? He shows up at the club with Ye and Karen Giorno, a former senior adviser to Trump. He is not on list but is waved through by being with Ye. Inside, Trump meets entourage in foyer & invites Ye's group to join for dinner on patio. 2/Trump serves group Thanksgiving feast, Giorno says, and begins talking with Fuentes & group about politics. "He was impressed with Nick and his knowledge of Trump World. she said. “...Nick knew people and figures and speeches and rallies and what surrounded the Trump culture."
Oct 31, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
THE ATTACK: Before, During and After: Our investigative series about the causes, cost and aftermath of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol just posted. w/a group of dozens of great colleagues and led by the indefatigable @mateagold:
wapo.st/theattack RED FLAGS: Law enforcement officials failed to heed mounting warnings about Jan. 6 violence as Trump propelled his supporters to Washington
Chapter 1 of the @washingtonpost investigative series “THE ATTACK. wapo.st/beforeattack
Feb 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Autopsy poll from Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio also showed Fauci had about a 75% approval rating, along with similar support for a mask mandate. Voters also said they prioritized getting covid under control over reopening economy. Voters also said Biden was more trustworthy. also from Fabrizio: “9-in-10 voters in both groups said that SCOTUS was a factor in deciding their vote. Ironically, those who said it was a factor voted for Biden in both state groups while those who said it wasn’t a factor voted for POTUS by large margins.”
Jan 20, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
There are many moments from the Trump presidency... but a post on Twitter just reminded me of one of my favorites: When he went to the national prayer breakfast & mocked Arnold Schwarzenegger's ratings & asked the crowd to "please pray for Arnold, if we can, for those ratings." There was the time he asked the 7 yo boy if he believed in Santa and said he knew at 7, belief in Santa was "marginal." The time he told a man, whose property was destroyed by a hurricane and who had a washed boat up on his lawn, "at least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
Jan 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 6 min read
Congrats to a terrific writer, wonderful colleague and an-all-around great person @AshleyRParker on becoming the next White House bureau chief for the Post. And follow the rest of the stellar team: @AnnieLinskey @mviser @WaPoSean @agearan @seungminkim @CleveWootson After a wild and memorable four years, I'm leaving the White House team to join the Post's political investigations and enterprise team. I'll be writing, among other things, about the forces & the figures shaping the GOP going forward.
Jan 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A 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. One described as "unconscionable." A second said they were "repulsed." Wide feeling he deserved better. Trump never checked in on Pence after he was taken to secret location from vote. Tweeted negatively about him as the mob was already in the Capitol.
May 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: A dive into Trump's furious push to reopen the economy, and the models, players & concerns behind-the-scenes, w/@PhilipRucker, @yabutaleb7, @costareports & @bylenasun: washingtonpost.com/politics/34-da… Kevin Hassett, a top economic Trump adviser, has played aggressive role in reopening push. He has created his own forecast that shows fewer deaths & has presented at some taskforce meetings, rattling aides with dystopian predictions on GDP & unemployment. washingtonpost.com/politics/34-da…
Apr 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Giuliani is extensively promoting experimental coronavirus treatments, talking to the president several times in recent weeks about them. He has criticism for Fauci and others skeptical of the drugs. Latest w/⁦@PostRoz⁩ & ⁦@jonswaine⁩: washingtonpost.com/politics/giuli… GIULIANI says he hasn’t spoken to Fauci about the experimental drugs. “I’m sure he thinks I’m an ignoramus.” But he is lobbying POTUS who agrees as with him. He’s talking several times a day with a NY doctor working with the White House on the drugs. washingtonpost.com/politics/giuli…
Apr 4, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Denial and dysfunction plagued the U.S. government for 70 days as coronavirus spread, with battles over testing, spending, travel limits & a national approach, per interviews with four dozen people involved. A dive w/@yabutaleb7 @gregpmiller @nakashimae washingtonpost.com/national-secur… In late February, for example, the CDC had failed to develop a test for many weeks. Jeffrey Shuren, a top FDA official inspecting their lab, delivered grim news: If subjected to the same standards as a commercial facility, he said, "I would shut you down." washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Feb 20, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: In private speech tonight, Mulvaney said GOP was hypocritical on deficits, that they didn’t believe in forcing people to seriously change lives to combat climate change & railed against “deep state,” saying they should sign up for an “effing ballot.” washingtonpost.com/politics/in-sp… “My party is very interested in deficits when there is a Democrat in the White House. The worse thing in the whole world is deficits when Barack Obama was the president. Then Donald Trump became president, and we’re a lot less interested,” Mulvaney said. washingtonpost.com/politics/in-sp…
Jan 24, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Senior Trump campaign aides lobbied the chair of the nonpartisan debate commission last month for "fair" debate moderators and against the makeup of the commission's board, saying Trump might not participate if his terms aren't met. w/the great @danbalz: washingtonpost.com/politics/trump… @danbalz Trump has discussed with aides trying to replace members of debate commission's board. When Brad Parscale met with the chairman of the debate board, he did not demand new members but complained about board. Trump has not agreed to participate in debates. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Dec 10, 2019 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
The border patrol union, led by a big Trump backer, was recently given a contract with terms that stunned immigration officials & allows far more union leaders to be paid without performing patrol duties & engage in politics. w/@nickmiroff & @arelisrhdz: washingtonpost.com/national/with-… @NickMiroff @arelisrhdz The contract shows the outsize influence of Brandon Judd, the union's leader, who has "direct access" to Trump and has sparred with many appointees. With Judd in Oval Office, Trump encouraged CBP chief Mark Morgan to work out a deal with the union. washingtonpost.com/national/with-…
Dec 9, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Rudy Giuliani tried to replace ambassador to Qatar. AG Barr has warned Trump repeatedly he’s a problem. Louis Freeh has been subpoenaed over Romania work w/him. Rudy wanted to set up Trump-Maduro meeting. A dive w/@PostRoz, @thamburger & @DevlinBarrett: washingtonpost.com/politics/insid… We tried to explain Giuliani’s many foreign entanglements, how he unnerved White House aides with his behavior, how and why he morphed from America’s mayor into a gun for hire and how he blurred biz and gov’t lines. It’s long, but hope you give it a read. washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
Nov 8, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A couple scenes from POTUS event tonight: He asked if Sen. Lisa Murkowski was there and she wasn’t. “She hates me. I kind of like her but she really doesn’t like me. We do so much for Alaska you’d think we’d get her vote for something one of these days,” POTUS said. He said Sen. Joni Ernst pesters him relentlessly on ethanol. “Let me just tell you, she’s never happy. No matter what we give her: 15%, 12 months, you name it. She’s asking for more. I’m like, Joni, there isn’t enough corn in America to get what you want done. She’s relentless.”
Sep 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
A few stories from this week: 1) GIULIANI pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key national security officials were sidelined. washingtonpost.com/national-secur… 2) Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president. washingtonpost.com/national-secur… 3) Effort to shield Trump’s calls was part of broader, extensive secrecy effort. washingtonpost.com/politics/effor… 4) In gambit for Trump, GIULIANI engaged parade of foreign prosecutors. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Sep 21, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Aid was held from Ukraine in July. POTUS then repeatedly pressured president to probe Hunter Biden. Trump nixed a meeting. Then Giuliani pushed top Ukrainian aide in Madrid — who promised to look into it. Aid has returned. Meeting is happening. Our latest: washingtonpost.com/politics/how-t… “You’re not getting from here to the presidency without answering these questions,” Giuliani told the Post of Biden. He repeatedly pressured Ukrainian officials and briefed POTUS, who also pressured them. Lots of angst in Ukraine and at US embassy there. washingtonpost.com/politics/how-t…
Aug 28, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
NEW w/@nickmiroff: Trump has told immigration & Army Corps officials to ignore enviro regulations & seize land in rush to build wall, saying he would pardon those who follow. (Asked for comment, a White House official says pardons were joking.) washingtonpost.com/immigration/ta… @NickMiroff In May 23 Oval meeting, Trump ordered that the wall be painted black. A government analysis reviewed by the Post shows that would cost between $70 and $133 million more. washingtonpost.com/immigration/ta…
Jul 12, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
VP 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 were fed regularly, could brush daily & recently got access to shower (many hadn’t for 10-20 days.) A few other images from inside:
Jul 11, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
1) Among many vivid details in ⁦@TimAlberta⁩’s new book on Trump reshaping the GOP: On Election Night 2016, Madeline Westerhout, now the president’s top assistant, was inconsolably crying over notion Trump was becoming president. washingtonpost.com/politics/new-b… One of the best scenes in the book involves Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus: