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Jason Szep

@jasonszep.bsky.social
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International Political Investigations Editor @ Reuters. 2xPulitzer winner. Boston native.

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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Agreed.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 25/07/2026
You cannot claim to be the watchdogs of democracy while sharing champagne and hors d'oeuvres with the very people trying to dismantle it.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If you need a reminder of the power of empathy, watch this short animated film. Inspired by the dogs of Chernobyl, it’s a deeply personal, beautiful story about the bond between humans and animals, and how those who carry scars still hold something incredibly meaningful. youtu.be/WYXoXiywX1U?...
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star dogs - calarts 2026
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 24/04/2026
In my decades as a reporter, I did some things I was ashamed of to get a story. I had to schmooze some bosses I despised to keep my job. But I’m glad to say I never had to bear the sort of shame that will haunt those who attend the WHCA dinner tomorrow.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Forget about the attire. No one with an ounce of self respect should show up.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 31/03/2026
Donald Trump’s entire governing style is a loop of self‑inflicted chaos. He creates a crisis. Then he blames Democrats for the fallout, unleashes Truth Social tirades, turns the turmoil into personal profit, and crowns himself the savior of the very mess he made. And then he does it again.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/03/2026
Exclusive: President Trump has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start Iran ceasefire talks reut.rs/4cIII6A
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Exclusive: Trump rejects efforts to launch Iran ceasefire talks, sources say
Iran, for its part, rejects the possibility of any ceasefire until U.S. and Israeli strikes end.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Pete Hegseth's hand gesture at a speech this morning getting some attention.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Have no fear, Republicans will bail you out at some point with a huge chunk of taxpayer money to pay you for not being able to sell your products because of their policies. Then you can post on social media that you’re voting for them because you are against socialism.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Reading everything I could about the Spanish Civil War 20 yrs ago (!), this generalization stayed with me A third were fascists A third just wanted it to stop The third fighting for democracy couldn’t get their act together, wasting time and energy infighting w each other
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17/06/2025
Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/04/2025
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
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Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
BYU PhD student, father of 5, just had his student visa revoked and he and his family may have to return to Japan 1-year short of finishing his doctorate. 😡 kslnewsradio.com/utah/visa-re...
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BYU grad student has I-20 visa revoked, leaving student, family, unclear
Suguru Onda has been living legally in the US with a Form I-20, or I-20 visa, and said he has one year before completing his doctoral degree.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"The states are just an agent of the federal government"
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.” www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...
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U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records
The U.S. sent 238 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison. The Trump administration says they're all gang members, but 60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75 percent of them.
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Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
First, Steves finds a way to talk about institutions and oligarchy that is dirt simple: 1. Institutions are PUBLIC WEALTH. They are our shared wealth, dammit. 2. Billionaires can't stand wealth they don't control. 3. So they are going to dismantle our public wealth to better bleed us dry
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Huge turnout in NYC
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Carney: Canada must be looking elsewhere to expand our trade, to build our economy, and to protect our sovereignty. Canada is ready to take a leadership role in building a coalition of likeminded countries who share our values… If the US no longer wants to lead, Canada will
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2025
Harris Faulkner's Fox News show has been on for 20 minutes now. She has not mentioned tariffs or stocks once and a stock ticker isn't being displayed. Strong state media vibes.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
These tariffs reflect Trump's obsession with mafia-like executive power. He's now better placed to force countries and companies to bend to his will, like what he’s doing to universities and law firms. If they want relief, they must plead their case, hat in hand. He can wield carveouts like a cudgel
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/04/2025
The tariffs today are the biggest self-destruct that the US has engaged in for a long time. But MAGA Now owns this. Check out my emergency video adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Jim Cramer on Trump's tariffs. "He’s about making these countries bend to his will, and if it causes inflation, then it causes inflation.” www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/j...
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Jim Cramer says Trump tariffs are more punitive than reciprocal
As President Donald Trump announced 'reciprocal tariffs' on Wednesday, CNBC's Jim Cramer said the president is focused on punishing U.S. trading partners.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world - Politico. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Trump's cabinet officials and advisers "are effectively institutionalizing disinformation" and ushering "the country into a new era of post-truth politics, where facts are contested and fictions used to pursue policy goals." Important story on the disinfo presidency www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b...
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Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 24/03/2025
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This Trump administration doesn’t even bother to hide the corruption.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"Woke just means you give a damn about other people." — Jane Fonda accepting the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This new EO is a doozy, clearly written to test the constitutionality of independent agencies at the SCt. It purports to effectively bring all independent agencies - including the Fed Election Cmsn and the Fed (in part) under presidential control. Irreconcilable w/existing law full stop. /1
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Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
BREAKING — USDA says it accidentally fired officials working to combat bird flu and says it’s trying to rehire them www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... by @allansmith.bsky.social
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Follow our team at @reuters.com go.bsky.app/KdvXWY6
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Fetterman’s advice to nervous Democrats: “Buckle up and pack a lunch, because it’s going to be four years of this…I’m going to pick my fights. If you freak out on everything, you lose any kind of relevance.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/u...
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John Fetterman Has a Message for Democrats in New Interview
“Buckle up and pack a lunch, because it’s going to be four years of this,” the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania said.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
If you have an account on X, Musk says he owns it. From Axios: "X in a Monday court filing argued that its users don't own their accounts and those accounts can't be sold or transferred to a third party without X's permission." www.axios.com/2024/11/26/m...
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Musk's X claims ownership of InfoWars accounts in sale to The Onion
X users own the content they post, not the accounts themselves, the company argues.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hi @bsky.app community. I run political investigations at @reuters.com. I have a team of reporters focused on threats to democracy and abuses of power. If you have a tip or work in the federal government, please message me on jason.szep@reuters.com or contact us here: www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Consider how Fox News hosts would respond if the parties were reversed and a Democratic Senator said of a Democratic nominee for defense secretary, “I don’t think the American public cares who does the background checks,” as GOP Sen. Hagerty says here.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
First, the owner of the LA Times spiked the editorial board’s endorsement of Harris. Now he has gone full MAGA
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Don. Jr is playing an outsized, behind-the-scenes role influencing Trump's transition. Great story by @alexandraulmer.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/don...
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Donald Trump Jr is helping his father pick the most controversial cabinet of modern times
Donald Trump Jr. has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition as the president-elect builds the most controversial cabinet in modern U.S. history, according to a half dozen sources with knowledge of his role, elevating inexperienced loyalists over more qualified candidates for top positions in his administration.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
In recent weeks, Israeli flags have sprouted on hilltops claimed by some settlers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, adding to worries among local Palestinians of greater control of those areas. Some settlers prayed for Trump's victory before the election. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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With Trump back, Israeli settlers revive goal of full control of West Bank
The occupied West Bank has been transformed by the rapid growth of Jewish settlements in land that Palestinians see as the heart of a future state.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I think this line is key to understanding Bluesky's draw - "with Bluesky, it also feels like you can control your experience in the app. That isn’t always the case with Threads, where Meta makes the rules about what shows up in the algorithmic feed that it constantly pushes at you."
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Sex traffickers rely on threats, violence or false assurances of love to press women into porn on OnlyFans and keep them producing, say victims and prosecutors. The latest Reuters story in our OnlyFans Exposed series by @lindasoreports.bsky.social @jasonszep.bsky.social & Luiza Ilie reut.rs/3ZeYtuN
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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and torture
OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
After the 2020 election, Pam Bondi was one Trump's most loyal and outspoken backers of the Big Lie of a stolen election, amplifying conspiracy theories that contributed to a wave of threats against election officials around the country. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump picks Pam Bondi for US Attorney General after Gaetz withdraws
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace former nominee Matt Gaetz who withdrew from consideration earlier on Thursday.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Nice @politico.com Playbook headline: GAETZ CRASHER
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Introducing myself. I run political investigations at Reuters. I have a team of reporters focused on threats to democracy and abuses of power. If you have a tip or work in the federal government, please message me on jason.szep@reuters.com or contact us here: www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
As the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and a Hamas leader, re-upping this excellent story from this summer on previously unreported emails between senior U.S. officials warning of possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Yup, I think Dr. Frank's take is spot on. It's about normalizing the sheen of criminality and allegations of impropriety and wrongdoing.
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Bluesky is shattering all sorts of norms and it's great to see
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Jason Szep @jasonszep.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello to BlueSky community. I was an early adopter of @threads and had high hopes for that platform. As I wrote today on @threads, the experience has ultimately been disappointed, especially during the election. I’m now planning to post more on BlueSky. 1/3
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