Shane Harris
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Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://t.co/MzUhRIy2uw Signal: shaneharris.64
Washington, DC
Joined July 2009
RT @felschwartz: “An octogenarian Air Force retiree who spent half a century in his nation’s service was not allowed to attend a party for….
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The pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite.
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New: How an adorable yellow lab got caught up in Trump's campaign of "Deep State" revenge.
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The pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite.
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“Election officials fear the administration could try to build a national file that includes personal information about voters or impose rules that would boot eligible voters from the rolls and make it harder to cast ballots.”
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Election clerks in both parties, who have been subject to harassment and lawsuits over Trump’s 2020 false election claims, worry about efforts to examine their voting machines.
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Totally normal day at the Pentagon… Good scoop from @DanLamothe
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The clash was sparked by claims that a team leader with Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting department had called law enforcement on a colleague, people familiar said.
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NIH official fired amid probe of contract used to potentially hire spouse, officials say
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NIH chief operating officer Eric Schnabel was fired as officials were looking into whether a $3.3 million contract could have benefited his spouse.
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The Trump administration is considering hiring foreigners as air traffic controllers. Scoop from @isaacstanbecker
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The Trump administration is considering hiring foreigners as air traffic controllers.
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You think these other nominees checked their Signal histories when they saw who else was on the panel?
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Mike Waltz, who served briefly as President Trump's national security adviser in the second term and who is now the president's pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies on...
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There is no universe in which the attendance of this many senior officers and commanders at a well-known public event has not been reviewed and approved weeks in advance. And if that did NOT happen in this case, there's a bigger problem at the Pentagon. This is troll theatre.
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“Senior Department of Defense officials will no longer be participating at the Aspen Security Forum because their values do not align with the values of the DOD." So. they did align w/ DOD's values when all these (very) senior mil officials were cleared to speak at the forum?.
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Tho Aspen hasn't exactly worked out well for the Trump administration in the past.
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The national intelligence chief learned of the invitation while being interviewed onstage at a security conference.
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Totally unsurprising. And worth noting that all these speakers had been scheduled and publicly announced before the Pentagon theatrically pulled them, one day before the conference starts.
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A dozen top U.S. military commanders and officials was slated to participate in the Aspen Security Forum this week.
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Foreign leaders meticulously prepare for phone calls and meetings with President Trump, often war-gaming possible surprises and entanglements, and quietly trading information and best practices with allies, @AshleyRParker and @isaacstanbecker write.
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World leaders and diplomats quietly swap strategies for managing Trump.
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One arms shipment "does not make or break Ukraine’s war effort," @nancyayoussef writes. "But uncertainty could.".
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The Trump administration has deprived Kyiv of one thing it desperately needs: predictable support.
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The Russia Hoax, Revisited. CIA Director John Ratcliffe is trying to rewrite history. My latest.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe wants to rewrite history.
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Can't wait to be working alongside you! Welcome!.
Grateful to @WSJ for an extraordinary +7 years and beyond excited to join @TheAtlantic at this exciting time for them — and for me. I’ll get started next month at the end of my maternity leave. (1/3).
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An excellent NY Times review for "2024," the new book (out today) from @jdawsey1, @tylerpager, and @iarnsdorf. Kirkus says, "This might emerge as the definitive title on a hugely consequential election."
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“2024,” a campaign book by three seasoned political journalists, immerses readers in the chaos and ironies of the race for the White House.
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RT @benpauker: The unfounded attacks by @DNIGabbard on @washingtonpost reporter @nakashimae demean the office she has been appointed to.….
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Come kick off the holiday weekend with a bang (several of them). I'll be interviewing @BradThor about his latest Scot Harvath thriller, tonight at @PoliticsProse on Connecticut Ave. 7pm
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President Trump wanted to sign his “big, beautiful bill” with a celebratory flourish on America’s birthday. And so nearly all GOP lawmakers did what he desired, often setting aside pledges, principles, and policy demands, @russellberman writes.
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But they didn’t want to anger the president.
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