Aaron Schaffer
@aaronschaffer.com
news researcher doing OSINT things and more at @washingtonpost.com. signal: aaronschaffer.01 https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/aaron-schaffer/
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Aaron Schaffer
@aaronschaffer.com
· Nov 15
Noticing a bunch of new followers on here recently and I wanted to say hi and introduce myself! I’m on the @washingtonpost.com news research team, where I dig into court records, databases, online footprints, archives, and a million other things! Oh, and I’m also a member of @postguild.bsky.social
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
NSO Group says investor group led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has taken controlling stake of company, and Trump’s first-term ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, named executive chairman www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds is taking a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus and appointing former Trump official David Friedman.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NSO Group says investor group led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has taken controlling stake of company, and Trump’s first-term ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, named executive chairman www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Timeline cleanse: The full story of how A-ha emerged from the Norwegian tundra with the ultimate ’80s pop song, and its unexpected afterlife @gedge1.bsky.social wapo.st/4oobhco
‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years. Here’s how it got there.
“Take On Me,” the 1980s synth-pop hit song from the band A-ha, marks 40 years of global ubiquity even while personal disputes have chilled the Norwegian trio.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Timeline cleanse: The full story of how A-ha emerged from the Norwegian tundra with the ultimate ’80s pop song, and its unexpected afterlife @gedge1.bsky.social wapo.st/4oobhco
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
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In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked
Authorities initially sought to charge Sean C. Dunn with a felony. But grand jurors declined to indict, and prosecutors downgraded the charge to a misdemeanor.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
👀 The NRA is furloughing dozens of staff and restructuring operations www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NRA furloughs staff as it prepares to rebuild ahead of 2026
The once-mighty gun rights group is trying to balance its books after years of misspending.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
👀 The NRA is furloughing dozens of staff and restructuring operations www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
BREAKING: "Federal officials have charged Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, a Democrat from Baltimore, on extortion and conspiracy charges, according to public court filings." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. indicts Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar
The Democrat from Baltimore was charged with eight crimes, according to a court docket.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
BREAKING: "Federal officials have charged Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, a Democrat from Baltimore, on extortion and conspiracy charges, according to public court filings." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Jerskin Fendrix is a late(ish, I guess) album of the year shout. I think an album about the profoundest grief, by someone who is genuinely very very funny, is exactly what the doctor ordered
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Jerskin Fendrix is a late(ish, I guess) album of the year shout. I think an album about the profoundest grief, by someone who is genuinely very very funny, is exactly what the doctor ordered
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Scoop - Trump has fired all the sitting members on the Commission on Fine Arts, an independent agency expected to review his construction projects.
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Scoop - Trump has fired all the sitting members on the Commission on Fine Arts, an independent agency expected to review his construction projects.
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Exclusive: The Indian government allegedly directed $3.9 billion from the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation to India’s second richest man Gautam Adani’s businesses amid the mogul’s legal and financial challenges, a Post investigation reveals.
India’s $3.9 billion plan to help Modi’s mogul ally after U.S. charges
Internal documents detail how Indian officials oversaw a plan to steer billions in investments to Gautam Adani’s businesses from the state life insurance agency.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Exclusive: The Indian government allegedly directed $3.9 billion from the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation to India’s second richest man Gautam Adani’s businesses amid the mogul’s legal and financial challenges, a Post investigation reveals.
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Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
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At ASPR, analysts with top-secret clearances who work with intelligence agencies on biodefense, emerging CBRN threats, were fired. They focused on threats from “state actors, any type of threat, whether it it’s intentional or accidental,” said a former HHS official. 4/4.
October 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
At ASPR, analysts with top-secret clearances who work with intelligence agencies on biodefense, emerging CBRN threats, were fired. They focused on threats from “state actors, any type of threat, whether it it’s intentional or accidental,” said a former HHS official. 4/4.
omg @this.peculiar.day did a simit photoshoot www.ft.com/content/d413...
An ode to simit, Istanbul’s chewy, timeless superfood
This golden, sesame-crusted delight offers a delicious taste of Turkey’s past
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October 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
omg @this.peculiar.day did a simit photoshoot www.ft.com/content/d413...
👀 A new FARA filing lays out strategy by a firm hired by Israel's foreign ministry to geofence US churches and Christian colleges to deliver "targeted pro-Israel content and sympathetic anti-Hamas messaging to engaged audiences" in the "largest Christian Church Geofencing Campaign in US History"
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
👀 A new FARA filing lays out strategy by a firm hired by Israel's foreign ministry to geofence US churches and Christian colleges to deliver "targeted pro-Israel content and sympathetic anti-Hamas messaging to engaged audiences" in the "largest Christian Church Geofencing Campaign in US History"
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Jane Goodall has died at 91.
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
October 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Jane Goodall has died at 91.
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
Wow this opinion storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Wow this opinion storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after firings of senior leaders www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after firings of senior leaders www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said @katiefallow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said @katiefallow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
D.C. Council passes measure to allow covid vaccine without a prescription
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D.C. Council passes measure to allow covid vaccine without a prescription
The council voted to allow pharmacies to administer vaccine shots without prescriptions for residents 65 and older and other adults with risk factors.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
D.C. Council passes measure to allow covid vaccine without a prescription
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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whaaaaat there's a new season of futurama?!?
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
whaaaaat there's a new season of futurama?!?
‘It was me’: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting appears to confess in Discord chat wapo.st/4gop4MV
‘It was me’: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting appears to confess in Discord chat
‘Im sorry for all of this’ read a message from the suspect’s account, according to two people familiar with the message and screenshots obtained by The Post.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
‘It was me’: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting appears to confess in Discord chat wapo.st/4gop4MV
"Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, according to four people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe confidential information." wapo.st/47LFKvL
Trump officials to link child deaths to covid shots, alarming career scientists
The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, according to four people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe confidential information." wapo.st/47LFKvL
NEW: A video enhanced by The Washington Post shows a person running across a roof overlooking the courtyard where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot seconds earlier. Gift link: wapo.st/4n46a0y
Video shows person running on roof immediately after Kirk shooting
A video enhanced by The Washington Post shows a person running across a roof overlooking the courtyard where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot seconds earlier.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
NEW: A video enhanced by The Washington Post shows a person running across a roof overlooking the courtyard where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot seconds earlier. Gift link: wapo.st/4n46a0y
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Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
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