@jimrobenalt.bsky.social
Presidential historian, lawyer, author of 4 nonfiction books, Vanity Fair contributor
My latest in Vanity Fair www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
23.07.2025 20:38 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Love this poem
02.04.2025 18:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.livenowfox.com/video/1618154. Last night
02.04.2025 11:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.politifact.com/article/2025...
01.04.2025 01:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks!
27.03.2025 01:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Always a good conversation with@jillwine-banks.Belsky.social
26.03.2025 23:39 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j... breaking
21.03.2025 19:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My interview on jfk doc release youtube.com/watch?v=mbef...
18.03.2025 21:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote about the impeachment standard for judges in this article in the Washington Post a couple of years ago. Worth revisiting today. x.com/jimrobenalt/...
18.03.2025 18:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βWhat's it going to take for you to drive one of these babies home today? I can talk to my manager and see if he'll let me throw in a MAGA hat and a Bible."
12.03.2025 01:19 β π 5366 π 1182 π¬ 530 π 127Time zones always screw me up when traveling - right now itβs 8:30 AM in London and 1939 in America.
08.03.2025 08:36 β π 3815 π 612 π¬ 87 π 23"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
βFDR, 1937
Exactly two people are celebrating the United Statesβ great abdication:
Trump and Putin.
The world weeps. Europe acts. And decades of U.S. leadership have been lost.
Please run for president.
24.02.2025 20:48 β π 35 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0My interview on newly discovered FBI files on Fox with Austin Westfallhttps://www.livenowfox.com/video/1593933
15.02.2025 04:35 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful expression of what so many of us feel open.substack.com/pub/parkspeo...
13.02.2025 15:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My conversation wit Jefferson Morley on what to look for in JFK releases www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...
11.02.2025 19:38 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We didnβt go to the game, probably not in my dadβs budget, though Iβm sure the cost was nothing like years later. With seven children my WWII vet dad (Army Airborne, glider division) was a lawyer in a midsized Ohio town and he made a nice living but nothing like salaries Iβve seen in my career
09.02.2025 18:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt remember there being press. Joe Namath was as cool as he seemed on tv commercials. He happily signed my autograph bookβthree times. On the last time, he smiled and said, βHey, havenβt I signed this before?β Don Shula, Webb Eubank, Johnny Unitas, Earl Morrill, even Paul Brown.
09.02.2025 18:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.al.com/sports/2025/...
I was there in 1969. My father took me with him to Ft. Lauderdale. I was 12. We stayed at the Beach Club hotel, next to the hotel where the Jets and Colts stayed. Many of the players and coaches came over to our pool to relax.
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09.02.2025 18:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My Sunday Long Read interview on writing about JFK and Jackie for Vanity Fair is up. I explain why President Kennedy and his transformation in 1963 need to be our anchor in this time of American decline and narcissistic leadership. sundaylongread.com/podcast/
26.01.2025 13:19 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My thoughts on release of JFK files youtu.be/m_IWf89Y8L8?...
25.01.2025 12:38 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Subodh!
22.01.2025 23:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.january1973.com this is the anniversary of the major events that inspired my third book. End of Vietnam War for US, Roe v Wade, LBJ dies in Texasβall on one packed day. Check out the website and buy the book.
22.01.2025 19:53 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1My feelings today
21.01.2025 13:06 β π 21 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0I spoke about the history of presidential pardons this morning www.livenowfox.com/video/1579594
20.01.2025 20:42 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0