Shane Harris
@shaneharris.bsky.social
Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
And how about when they seize reporters’ phone records without telling us?
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Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And how about when they seize reporters’ phone records without telling us?
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"NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, says a group of investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has acquired a controlling stake in the firm, which has named a former Trump official to lead an effort to restore its battered reputation." www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, says a group of investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has acquired a controlling stake in the firm, which has named a former Trump official to lead an effort to restore its battered reputation." www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
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“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
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Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
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Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
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Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
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"...while Americans today have more opportunities than ever to speak, they have fewer opportunities than ever to be truly heard." This reflection from the Post's former letters editor--who read all 21,000 she got after the paper didn't endorse--is worth listening to. www.notus.org/perspectives...
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"...while Americans today have more opportunities than ever to speak, they have fewer opportunities than ever to be truly heard." This reflection from the Post's former letters editor--who read all 21,000 she got after the paper didn't endorse--is worth listening to. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Trump said he was "honored” to hear that his name not appearing on the ballot had contributed to Republican defeats. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Just When It Looked Like the Shutdown Might End
Election Day happened.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump said he was "honored” to hear that his name not appearing on the ballot had contributed to Republican defeats. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Trump's deep state fights with other parts of Trump's deep state
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trump's deep state fights with other parts of Trump's deep state
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Tulsi Gabbard is trying to take control over counterintelligence from the FBI. It's not going great. A scoop with @shaneharris.bsky.social
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to take control over counterintelligence from the FBI. It's not going great. A scoop with @shaneharris.bsky.social
Deep State still alive and kicking, ODNI says. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... New w/ @qjurecic.bsky.social.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Deep State still alive and kicking, ODNI says. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... New w/ @qjurecic.bsky.social.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
A growing list of senior Trump political appointees—at least 6 by our count—now live in military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest, @michaelscherer.bsky.social Missy Ryan @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A growing list of senior Trump political appointees—at least 6 by our count—now live in military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest, @michaelscherer.bsky.social Missy Ryan @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The U.S. hasn’t sent this many ships to the Caribbean since the Cuban missile crisis. W/ Ford's arrival, will be about as many as were used to defend Israel from Iran missile strikes. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... by @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and @jonlemire.bsky.social
The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela
More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The U.S. hasn’t sent this many ships to the Caribbean since the Cuban missile crisis. W/ Ford's arrival, will be about as many as were used to defend Israel from Iran missile strikes. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... by @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and @jonlemire.bsky.social
I'm so disappointed in Governing magazine, a beloved and vital publication where I am proud to have started my career in journalism 26 years ago. They turned their backs on journalistic principles and their readers. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit.
A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm so disappointed in Governing magazine, a beloved and vital publication where I am proud to have started my career in journalism 26 years ago. They turned their backs on journalistic principles and their readers. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump's position keeps changing. Putin's remains the same. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
White House says no Putin-Trump summit anytime soon
The decision came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Trump’s call for a ceasefire contradicted the understandings he reached with Putin.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump's position keeps changing. Putin's remains the same. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Dutch intelligence leaders say they think twice before sharing Russia-related information with the United States. "...and sometimes we simply don’t.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dutch intelligence leaders say they think twice before sharing Russia-related information with the United States. "...and sometimes we simply don’t.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
“Rubio assured Bukele he would get his men and stressed that the American public cared little about the fate of Salvadoran gang members.” AKA criminal informants working for the US government. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... Helluva story from @johnphudson.bsky.social and colleagues.
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Rubio assured Bukele he would get his men and stressed that the American public cared little about the fate of Salvadoran gang members.” AKA criminal informants working for the US government. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... Helluva story from @johnphudson.bsky.social and colleagues.
"The week began with a diplomatic breakthrough and a (fragile) cease-fire in a years-long war. It ends with another conflict stuck in a bloody, frustrating rut." @jonlemire.bsky.social on the war on Ukraine and Trump's meeting with Zelensky. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘Let Them Both Claim Victory’
Donald Trump has boasted that the Ukraine war would be easy to solve. It didn’t look that way today.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The week began with a diplomatic breakthrough and a (fragile) cease-fire in a years-long war. It ends with another conflict stuck in a bloody, frustrating rut." @jonlemire.bsky.social on the war on Ukraine and Trump's meeting with Zelensky. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Before you add John Bolton’s indictment to the growing pile of specious prosecutions of Donald Trump’s enemies, stop and read the Justice Department's allegations. This case is not like the others (Comey, James, more to come). My latest: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Bolton Case Is Not Like the Others
Trump wanted these charges, but that doesn’t make them baseless.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Before you add John Bolton’s indictment to the growing pile of specious prosecutions of Donald Trump’s enemies, stop and read the Justice Department's allegations. This case is not like the others (Comey, James, more to come). My latest: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Is !!! the new 👊🇺🇸🔥?
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Is !!! the new 👊🇺🇸🔥?
This outcome was completely foreseeable. Color me skeptical the administration actually has a plan for how to handle it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
U.S. Detains 2 Survivors of Latest Military Strike in Caribbean
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October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This outcome was completely foreseeable. Color me skeptical the administration actually has a plan for how to handle it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
I spent the last week in Europe talking to NATO allies and security experts. Don't look now, but the transatlantic alliance is having a rare moment of alignment with Trump. And Putin seems to notice. My dispatch: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge
Members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I spent the last week in Europe talking to NATO allies and security experts. Don't look now, but the transatlantic alliance is having a rare moment of alignment with Trump. And Putin seems to notice. My dispatch: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
A thrilling and rather heartbreaking twist to the story of Kryptos, the sculpture-puzzle at CIA headquarters. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
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October 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A thrilling and rather heartbreaking twist to the story of Kryptos, the sculpture-puzzle at CIA headquarters. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
I think Spotify is worried about me.
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think Spotify is worried about me.
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The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:
How Trump Pushed Israel and Hamas to Yes. Comprehensive and detail-packed story from @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and Vivian Salama.
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How Trump Pushed Israel and Hamas to Yes
The president’s unconventional efforts have paid off in the Middle East, at least for now.
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October 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
How Trump Pushed Israel and Hamas to Yes. Comprehensive and detail-packed story from @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and Vivian Salama.
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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