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Jon Ward
1 hour ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 11:34am
there are many components to a legacy. but this is one of the less stellar parts of Obama's https://t.co/BWcvwKpDBZ
Jon Ward
2 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 11:19am
Jon Favreau, a modern day @alfromDLC https://t.co/drXXwlPvp9
Jon Ward
4 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:28am
RT @JohnJHarwood: read both @mattbai and @jonward11 for valuable perspectives on where we go from here https://t.co/IXWWoBpbdr
Jon Ward
4 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:28am
@dklaidman @YahooNews @mattbai Thanks Danny. Can’t retweet that. Too mellifluous
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:07am
RT @AndyGrewal: This is absurd. Her remarks were odious, but odious remarks alone do not merit a university investigation. https://t.co/3V5…
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:07am
RT @jpodhoretz: The idea that Trump has made a breakthrough in foreign policy by meeting with Kim is hilarious. Any Kim would happily have…
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:04am
Matt disagrees somewhat with my piece on parties. This is very smart and thoughtful, and btw what Matt describes as… https://t.co/Kl1PSUqpBc
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 7:58am
It’s an intra-Yahoo squabble! https://t.co/ERcgYkV92W
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 7:52am
RT @_DustinWahl: Must read diagnosis of American political health from @jonward11 “People blame dysfunction on the establishment and call f…
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 2:06pm
RT @KilloughCNN: “So cross the Bushes off your worry list” https://t.co/eThKjtaUNO
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 11:31am
RT @JemarTisby: How many of these Republican lawmakers quoted King on the anniversary of his murder and then supported a measure to “punish…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:50am
drinking, she saw, was “a shape-shifter. It sheds its various costumes of pleasure and exposes itself as an attempt… https://t.co/U2a6tHgjYh
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:43am
Ain’t that the truth https://t.co/ZItcPCoXap
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:00am
RT @YahooNews: Welcome to "The Long Game," a podcast by @jonward11 about American institutions and why they matter. In this installment, Wa…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:00am
RT @MichaelRWear: This @jonward11 article is essential to understanding our current political dysfunction: https://t.co/4x8OjykSaZ
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:20pm
An Alabama Republican, raw from the *Roy Moore experience.* I was getting notes today pointing out that the *Eric G… https://t.co/2kkB9JALdy
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 5:10pm
RT @ljsIV: I'm a huge fan of the work @jonward11 has been doing on American political institutions. Read this from him on political party r…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:42pm
Translation: do your homework https://t.co/6F9u0tp3s0
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:41pm
RT @PeteJamison: What happened to spring? https://t.co/HzpEHXUHeO
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:39pm
More like marauding or ravenous than creeping, but yes https://t.co/wruBr9Y5Hw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:29pm
@ericwilson just trying to stay sane
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:28pm
The "establishment" is a straw man https://t.co/mJea1UvUkZ https://t.co/1HumcEicG2
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:09pm
RT @ericwilson: This from @jonward11 on the responsibility of political parties in curating candidates is one of the most astute understand…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:07pm
RT @Phil_Mattingly: always read @jonward11 https://t.co/6nE9yBerCY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: But equipping everyone to be an individualist without formation via institutions (which transmit wisdom, experience & knowl…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: The broader point is that we’ve lost our individual and collective trust in institutions - from religion to the media to th…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: This paragraph captures perfectly how we are prisoners of our own device via a vicious feedback loop https://t.co/97iXRTcs2w
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
@ericwilson Great thoughts Eric. Thank you
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 12:28pm
RT @AndrewRomano: A must-read by @jonward11 on how too much democracy is screwing up our politics. If Dems divide their vote 12 ways and wi…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:58am
there's a lot to all this that is somewhat counter intuitive. hard to be counter intuitive in age of twitter and ca… https://t.co/sfHTLsYpe9
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:40am
Stop, collaborate and listen. who knew Vanilla Ice was so wise?
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:34am
RT @jdickerson: A long, human and deep look at what's wrong with our political system from @jonward11 https://t.co/Vrdd9ov13I
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:28am
RT @gray_jedi_: @jonward11 Good lord, these comments. Rule by the people is mob rule, and unsustainable. Institutional safeguards are neces…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:28am
@SeanELee @TCTaliaferro it's called a Republic. it's what America was created to be. and both elites and voters choose.
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:25am
there's a strong connection between what I'm exploring here and @RadioFreeTom's work on the Death of Expertise. We… https://t.co/VguvSpsZMi
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 10:10am
RT @mshields007: Important article @ScottJenningsKY @AmyKDacey https://t.co/c7ro8ALJxz
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 10:09am
RT @mattklewis: Agee. In fact, I strongly support Republicans adopting super delegates. https://t.co/UkRUORZLSG
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:49am
RT @JonesChrisA: @jonward11 🎶🎶🎶 Savior He can move the mountains My Trump is Mighty to save He is Mighty to save Forever Leader of the fre…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:35am
About as clear a statement of religious belief as you can get https://t.co/MC00SsZppw
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:34am
RT @BillKristol: "I truly believe that @realDonaldTrump isn’t just the leader of the free world, but the savior of it as well." Time to re-…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:33am
Josh is the expert — experts are our friends! https://t.co/rULdPcO1AN
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
RT @FHQ: Some nice context here from @jonward11. https://t.co/2rm92JYt3w
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
RT @FHQ: @jonward11 This is some similar ground to that covered by @julia_azari and @smotus in Dec. after the #UnityReformCommission wrappe…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
@JesseCharlesLee Of course don’t disagree in principle but there problem is that the release valve has become a gus… https://t.co/KDqzl0g0sh
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:03am
@JesseCharlesLee Can you tease that out a little more? I’ve only had one cup of coffee
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @OKnox: Have been eager to read this since chats with Jon on this subject 3-4 years ago... https://t.co/uXgG8TfVmu
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @mattbai: .@jonward11 is making me think today. Give a read. https://t.co/9p5HXb3YNY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @sharkey: Wow, @jonward11 has written the perfect summation of where our politics are. I wish every American voter would read this. Po…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @dklaidman: Important piece by @jonward11 about how the weakening of political parties is harmful to our democracy. Latest example: the…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:26am
@OKnox I am much more of a crockpot than a microwave.
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:14am
RT @NKingofDC: Strong @nytdavidbrooks piece on the rise of loneliness and the fraying state of relationships in American life. The Blindne…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:14am
Important story https://t.co/d8V2YsDVji
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:59am
@jasonaltmire Nominees aren’t elected by direct election. They are chosen by a party. That process arguably has bec… https://t.co/ozsLS9luAl
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:40am
@daeld2 Can you provide some kind of substance to back up this assertion? Have you read and considered the article I wrote?
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:19am
RT @jackshafer: New @Politico: James Comey Is Doing It Wrong https://t.co/lRzm8JBy9s
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:17am
RT @jelani9: Working on a sequel to “The Quiet Place” called “The Quiet Car.” It’s about monsters who look just like humans but who savagel…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:17am
The Democrats’ push to reduce super delegates is part of a half-century trend that has weakened American democracy’… https://t.co/l7uwJ9RaOW
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 6:33am
RT @colincampbell: Power to the party: Why political reforms can be bad for democracy, via @jonward11 https://t.co/a3X57xcsnY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:22pm
Wheeeee!!!! https://t.co/STKAkFkCHA
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 8:29pm
@IvanTable @BethanyJenkins thanks to you both - I enjoyed that one a lot too
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 7:33pm
RT @HighandOutside_: Bryce Harper just broke his bat in half and still hit a homerun 😳 https://t.co/3oHkN3mmag
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Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 5:51pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: "American evangelicalism has not been able to separate itself from the perks of white supremacy." @CharlieDates at the ev…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 5:51pm
@josh_good_ thanks Josh!
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 3:35pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: "All power must be reframed in the light of the cross. An evangelical dance with political power, the Religious Right, th…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 3:35pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: .@trillianewbell at the evangelical consultation: "It is not so much that young people are leaving evangelicalism; it's t…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:33pm
We'll have 3K words up tomorrow morning at @YahooNews on how the Democrats rush to reduce super delegates is the la… https://t.co/oi3hua50TC
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:31pm
"Members used to come in and gradually be shaped into something called a member of Congress. They now come in and u… https://t.co/p1NB45nE3m
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:30pm
"We’ve come to think about institutions more and more as ways of providing platforms for individuals to be themselv… https://t.co/zQsud9BiTS
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:29pm
"I think what it means to have faith in institutions is to have faith in the ways in which the structure and cultur… https://t.co/DAPMREb3pV
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:26pm
"I tend to like ... a balance that was part of the original design, which was that you have a voice of the people p… https://t.co/zGD4HTogOI
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:24pm
"I was one of the young reformers back in the day ... absolutely convinced that the total democratization of the pr… https://t.co/GrvJZge8pu
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:21pm
"People say ... ‘Maybe we should have some sort of a board that evaluates whether presidential candidates are ment… https://t.co/IHxpI0HHXw
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:17pm
"James Madison and the founders ... understood the paradox of populism, which is that unmediated direct democracy i… https://t.co/mEoB98fMfY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:16pm
If ever there was a primary in which it was clear that party leaders, grassroots activists, donors, and the average… https://t.co/1LNlNMP3os
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:09pm
Here's a full transcript of the recap episode. https://t.co/NY7GEbwQTr
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:18am
RT @faithangleforum: Today we kickoff #faithangle18 with our first session titled Islam in Modern America with @shadihamid and @husainaltaf.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:17am
RT @spulliam: 22% of millennials say they haven’t heard of the Holocaust and two-thirds of them can't identify what Auschwitz is: https://t…
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:16am
RT @ginandconnick: Can’t believe there’s already a film adaptation of Bieber’s Coachella weekend https://t.co/PKbAx6lhpH
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 6:57am
@simpleman52 What’s that from Chris?
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Sunday Apr 15 - 5:02pm
RT @joe_sheehan: Bryce Harper has a shot at 200 walks with Ryan Zimmerman batting behind him.
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:19pm
There are some interesting clips from @davidaxelrod @jdickerson & @davidplotz around the 10-minute mark that I've b… https://t.co/8pwo1K6y4l
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:10pm
Conservative evangelicals like this have never been huge Trump fans. They’re starting to speak out — slowly & cauti… https://t.co/A8vArrBkrb
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:05pm
Was told by someone who saw Trump this week that his body language was worst they’d ever seen. “Angry and clearly t… https://t.co/WyVOB6oTAn
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:04pm
RT @seungminkim: Scoop ---> @realDonaldTrump tells @SenCoryGardner he'll back legislation on states' rights and mairjuana; Gardner stops hi…
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:03pm
Here it is - one hour recapping why I started @LongGamePodcast & the highlights from each interview so far! https://t.co/c7fgaXG63v
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 1:20pm
RT @jaketapper: 1/Some confusion out there about Libby leaking to the press. Yes, Armitage leaked as well. And neither was convicted of lea…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:39am
"He never saw Trump laugh — a sign, Comey suspects, of his 'deep insecurity, his inability to be vulnerable or to r… https://t.co/L2U2kDgA3P
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:27am
"The central themes that Comey returns to throughout this impassioned book are the toxic consequences of lying; and… https://t.co/khVQgBCtZQ
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:11am
RT @keithurbahn: The Trump passages are getting all the heat, but @Comey goes deep on leadership, morality, death and life in his new book.…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 9:59am
RT @LongGamePodcast: New logo. & new episode up soon recapping everything so far — an hour to get you up to speed. Drawing connections betw…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 7:37am
RT @scottsauls: Preach! @MichaelRWear telling it true at #Q2018. https://t.co/rV5ZvYeE2n
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Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 7:35am
Great https://t.co/pfRrwTV0Mw
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 10:17pm
Cheneys have been working this for a long time https://t.co/zNoyfi5xil
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 8:24pm
What a classic https://t.co/eKIOS2Tq4W
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 8:00pm
The 81% in a nutshell. “Instead of making our mission to serve and protect the most vulnerable, the church now se… https://t.co/Udrxtzor3g
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 12:12pm
It is one thing for a party to need something and it is another thing for it to want. https://t.co/Gy3q8U6Xwg
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 9:14am
RT @mattbai: Today's column, on the constitutional crisis we just might need. https://t.co/nuW9hGGsjw via @YahooNews
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 8:55pm
RT @based_ball: Luis Perdomo raised his arm slot when throwing his glove, and wound up in better fielding position https://t.co/3Vh0XvUBTE
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Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 8:33pm
RT @KyleJamesHoward: “We must ask question: why are our churches so white? Seminaries so white? Our mission organizations and institutions…
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 4:45pm
RT @byjoelanderson: also look at the “count of journalists by age” chart and see how the numbers fall off a cliff for non-whites starting i…
1 hour ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 11:34am
there are many components to a legacy. but this is one of the less stellar parts of Obama's https://t.co/BWcvwKpDBZ
Jon Ward
2 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 11:19am
Jon Favreau, a modern day @alfromDLC https://t.co/drXXwlPvp9
Jon Ward
4 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:28am
RT @JohnJHarwood: read both @mattbai and @jonward11 for valuable perspectives on where we go from here https://t.co/IXWWoBpbdr
Jon Ward
4 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:28am
@dklaidman @YahooNews @mattbai Thanks Danny. Can’t retweet that. Too mellifluous
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:07am
RT @AndyGrewal: This is absurd. Her remarks were odious, but odious remarks alone do not merit a university investigation. https://t.co/3V5…
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:07am
RT @jpodhoretz: The idea that Trump has made a breakthrough in foreign policy by meeting with Kim is hilarious. Any Kim would happily have…
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 8:04am
Matt disagrees somewhat with my piece on parties. This is very smart and thoughtful, and btw what Matt describes as… https://t.co/Kl1PSUqpBc
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 7:58am
It’s an intra-Yahoo squabble! https://t.co/ERcgYkV92W
Jon Ward
5 hours ago: Thursday Apr 19 - 7:52am
RT @_DustinWahl: Must read diagnosis of American political health from @jonward11 “People blame dysfunction on the establishment and call f…
Jon Ward
23 hours ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 2:06pm
RT @KilloughCNN: “So cross the Bushes off your worry list” https://t.co/eThKjtaUNO
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 11:31am
RT @JemarTisby: How many of these Republican lawmakers quoted King on the anniversary of his murder and then supported a measure to “punish…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:50am
drinking, she saw, was “a shape-shifter. It sheds its various costumes of pleasure and exposes itself as an attempt… https://t.co/U2a6tHgjYh
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:43am
Ain’t that the truth https://t.co/ZItcPCoXap
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:00am
RT @YahooNews: Welcome to "The Long Game," a podcast by @jonward11 about American institutions and why they matter. In this installment, Wa…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Wednesday Apr 18 - 8:00am
RT @MichaelRWear: This @jonward11 article is essential to understanding our current political dysfunction: https://t.co/4x8OjykSaZ
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:20pm
An Alabama Republican, raw from the *Roy Moore experience.* I was getting notes today pointing out that the *Eric G… https://t.co/2kkB9JALdy
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 5:10pm
RT @ljsIV: I'm a huge fan of the work @jonward11 has been doing on American political institutions. Read this from him on political party r…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:42pm
Translation: do your homework https://t.co/6F9u0tp3s0
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:41pm
RT @PeteJamison: What happened to spring? https://t.co/HzpEHXUHeO
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 4:39pm
More like marauding or ravenous than creeping, but yes https://t.co/wruBr9Y5Hw
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:29pm
@ericwilson just trying to stay sane
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:28pm
The "establishment" is a straw man https://t.co/mJea1UvUkZ https://t.co/1HumcEicG2
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:09pm
RT @ericwilson: This from @jonward11 on the responsibility of political parties in curating candidates is one of the most astute understand…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:07pm
RT @Phil_Mattingly: always read @jonward11 https://t.co/6nE9yBerCY
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: But equipping everyone to be an individualist without formation via institutions (which transmit wisdom, experience & knowl…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: The broader point is that we’ve lost our individual and collective trust in institutions - from religion to the media to th…
Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
RT @ericwilson: This paragraph captures perfectly how we are prisoners of our own device via a vicious feedback loop https://t.co/97iXRTcs2w
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Jon Ward
1 day ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 2:06pm
@ericwilson Great thoughts Eric. Thank you
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 12:28pm
RT @AndrewRomano: A must-read by @jonward11 on how too much democracy is screwing up our politics. If Dems divide their vote 12 ways and wi…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:58am
there's a lot to all this that is somewhat counter intuitive. hard to be counter intuitive in age of twitter and ca… https://t.co/sfHTLsYpe9
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:40am
Stop, collaborate and listen. who knew Vanilla Ice was so wise?
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:34am
RT @jdickerson: A long, human and deep look at what's wrong with our political system from @jonward11 https://t.co/Vrdd9ov13I
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:28am
RT @gray_jedi_: @jonward11 Good lord, these comments. Rule by the people is mob rule, and unsustainable. Institutional safeguards are neces…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:28am
@SeanELee @TCTaliaferro it's called a Republic. it's what America was created to be. and both elites and voters choose.
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 11:25am
there's a strong connection between what I'm exploring here and @RadioFreeTom's work on the Death of Expertise. We… https://t.co/VguvSpsZMi
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 10:10am
RT @mshields007: Important article @ScottJenningsKY @AmyKDacey https://t.co/c7ro8ALJxz
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 10:09am
RT @mattklewis: Agee. In fact, I strongly support Republicans adopting super delegates. https://t.co/UkRUORZLSG
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:49am
RT @JonesChrisA: @jonward11 🎶🎶🎶 Savior He can move the mountains My Trump is Mighty to save He is Mighty to save Forever Leader of the fre…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:35am
About as clear a statement of religious belief as you can get https://t.co/MC00SsZppw
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:34am
RT @BillKristol: "I truly believe that @realDonaldTrump isn’t just the leader of the free world, but the savior of it as well." Time to re-…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:33am
Josh is the expert — experts are our friends! https://t.co/rULdPcO1AN
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
RT @FHQ: Some nice context here from @jonward11. https://t.co/2rm92JYt3w
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
RT @FHQ: @jonward11 This is some similar ground to that covered by @julia_azari and @smotus in Dec. after the #UnityReformCommission wrappe…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:25am
@JesseCharlesLee Of course don’t disagree in principle but there problem is that the release valve has become a gus… https://t.co/KDqzl0g0sh
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 9:03am
@JesseCharlesLee Can you tease that out a little more? I’ve only had one cup of coffee
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @OKnox: Have been eager to read this since chats with Jon on this subject 3-4 years ago... https://t.co/uXgG8TfVmu
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @mattbai: .@jonward11 is making me think today. Give a read. https://t.co/9p5HXb3YNY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @sharkey: Wow, @jonward11 has written the perfect summation of where our politics are. I wish every American voter would read this. Po…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:47am
RT @dklaidman: Important piece by @jonward11 about how the weakening of political parties is harmful to our democracy. Latest example: the…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:26am
@OKnox I am much more of a crockpot than a microwave.
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:14am
RT @NKingofDC: Strong @nytdavidbrooks piece on the rise of loneliness and the fraying state of relationships in American life. The Blindne…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 8:14am
Important story https://t.co/d8V2YsDVji
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:59am
@jasonaltmire Nominees aren’t elected by direct election. They are chosen by a party. That process arguably has bec… https://t.co/ozsLS9luAl
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:40am
@daeld2 Can you provide some kind of substance to back up this assertion? Have you read and considered the article I wrote?
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:19am
RT @jackshafer: New @Politico: James Comey Is Doing It Wrong https://t.co/lRzm8JBy9s
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:17am
RT @jelani9: Working on a sequel to “The Quiet Place” called “The Quiet Car.” It’s about monsters who look just like humans but who savagel…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 7:17am
The Democrats’ push to reduce super delegates is part of a half-century trend that has weakened American democracy’… https://t.co/l7uwJ9RaOW
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Tuesday Apr 17 - 6:33am
RT @colincampbell: Power to the party: Why political reforms can be bad for democracy, via @jonward11 https://t.co/a3X57xcsnY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:22pm
Wheeeee!!!! https://t.co/STKAkFkCHA
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 8:29pm
@IvanTable @BethanyJenkins thanks to you both - I enjoyed that one a lot too
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 7:33pm
RT @HighandOutside_: Bryce Harper just broke his bat in half and still hit a homerun 😳 https://t.co/3oHkN3mmag
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Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 5:51pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: "American evangelicalism has not been able to separate itself from the perks of white supremacy." @CharlieDates at the ev…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 5:51pm
@josh_good_ thanks Josh!
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 3:35pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: "All power must be reframed in the light of the cross. An evangelical dance with political power, the Religious Right, th…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 3:35pm
RT @KatelynBeaty: .@trillianewbell at the evangelical consultation: "It is not so much that young people are leaving evangelicalism; it's t…
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:33pm
We'll have 3K words up tomorrow morning at @YahooNews on how the Democrats rush to reduce super delegates is the la… https://t.co/oi3hua50TC
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:31pm
"Members used to come in and gradually be shaped into something called a member of Congress. They now come in and u… https://t.co/p1NB45nE3m
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:30pm
"We’ve come to think about institutions more and more as ways of providing platforms for individuals to be themselv… https://t.co/zQsud9BiTS
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:29pm
"I think what it means to have faith in institutions is to have faith in the ways in which the structure and cultur… https://t.co/DAPMREb3pV
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:26pm
"I tend to like ... a balance that was part of the original design, which was that you have a voice of the people p… https://t.co/zGD4HTogOI
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:24pm
"I was one of the young reformers back in the day ... absolutely convinced that the total democratization of the pr… https://t.co/GrvJZge8pu
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:21pm
"People say ... ‘Maybe we should have some sort of a board that evaluates whether presidential candidates are ment… https://t.co/IHxpI0HHXw
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:17pm
"James Madison and the founders ... understood the paradox of populism, which is that unmediated direct democracy i… https://t.co/mEoB98fMfY
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:16pm
If ever there was a primary in which it was clear that party leaders, grassroots activists, donors, and the average… https://t.co/1LNlNMP3os
Jon Ward
2 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 2:09pm
Here's a full transcript of the recap episode. https://t.co/NY7GEbwQTr
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:18am
RT @faithangleforum: Today we kickoff #faithangle18 with our first session titled Islam in Modern America with @shadihamid and @husainaltaf.
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:17am
RT @spulliam: 22% of millennials say they haven’t heard of the Holocaust and two-thirds of them can't identify what Auschwitz is: https://t…
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 10:16am
RT @ginandconnick: Can’t believe there’s already a film adaptation of Bieber’s Coachella weekend https://t.co/PKbAx6lhpH
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Monday Apr 16 - 6:57am
@simpleman52 What’s that from Chris?
Jon Ward
3 days ago: Sunday Apr 15 - 5:02pm
RT @joe_sheehan: Bryce Harper has a shot at 200 walks with Ryan Zimmerman batting behind him.
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:19pm
There are some interesting clips from @davidaxelrod @jdickerson & @davidplotz around the 10-minute mark that I've b… https://t.co/8pwo1K6y4l
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:10pm
Conservative evangelicals like this have never been huge Trump fans. They’re starting to speak out — slowly & cauti… https://t.co/A8vArrBkrb
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:05pm
Was told by someone who saw Trump this week that his body language was worst they’d ever seen. “Angry and clearly t… https://t.co/WyVOB6oTAn
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:04pm
RT @seungminkim: Scoop ---> @realDonaldTrump tells @SenCoryGardner he'll back legislation on states' rights and mairjuana; Gardner stops hi…
Jon Ward
5 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 2:03pm
Here it is - one hour recapping why I started @LongGamePodcast & the highlights from each interview so far! https://t.co/c7fgaXG63v
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 1:20pm
RT @jaketapper: 1/Some confusion out there about Libby leaking to the press. Yes, Armitage leaked as well. And neither was convicted of lea…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:39am
"He never saw Trump laugh — a sign, Comey suspects, of his 'deep insecurity, his inability to be vulnerable or to r… https://t.co/L2U2kDgA3P
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:27am
"The central themes that Comey returns to throughout this impassioned book are the toxic consequences of lying; and… https://t.co/khVQgBCtZQ
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 11:11am
RT @keithurbahn: The Trump passages are getting all the heat, but @Comey goes deep on leadership, morality, death and life in his new book.…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 9:59am
RT @LongGamePodcast: New logo. & new episode up soon recapping everything so far — an hour to get you up to speed. Drawing connections betw…
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 7:37am
RT @scottsauls: Preach! @MichaelRWear telling it true at #Q2018. https://t.co/rV5ZvYeE2n
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Jon Ward
6 days ago: Friday Apr 13 - 7:35am
Great https://t.co/pfRrwTV0Mw
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 10:17pm
Cheneys have been working this for a long time https://t.co/zNoyfi5xil
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 8:24pm
What a classic https://t.co/eKIOS2Tq4W
Jon Ward
6 days ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 8:00pm
The 81% in a nutshell. “Instead of making our mission to serve and protect the most vulnerable, the church now se… https://t.co/Udrxtzor3g
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 12:12pm
It is one thing for a party to need something and it is another thing for it to want. https://t.co/Gy3q8U6Xwg
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Thursday Apr 12 - 9:14am
RT @mattbai: Today's column, on the constitutional crisis we just might need. https://t.co/nuW9hGGsjw via @YahooNews
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 8:55pm
RT @based_ball: Luis Perdomo raised his arm slot when throwing his glove, and wound up in better fielding position https://t.co/3Vh0XvUBTE
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Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 8:33pm
RT @KyleJamesHoward: “We must ask question: why are our churches so white? Seminaries so white? Our mission organizations and institutions…
Jon Ward
1 week ago: Wednesday Apr 11 - 4:45pm
RT @byjoelanderson: also look at the “count of journalists by age” chart and see how the numbers fall off a cliff for non-whites starting i…