Jared Holt

2 weeks ago | postthroughit.substack.com | Jared Holt

Tim Pool, a pro-Trump social media commentator, said his company would assist federal law enforcement “in whatever way we can” after federal prosecutors alleged that Tenet Media, a startup media company that paid him millions, acted as a front for a covert Russian influence campaign targeting Americans. If the allegations were true, Pool said last year, that meant he and other commentators who held contracts with the company “were deceived and are victims.”Last week, Pool changed his tune.

4 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Jared Holt

The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to justify its most aggressive and least popular actions under nebulous pretenses of defending national security. It’s a familiar argument in American politics and one that has often accompanied similarly questionable expansions of federal authority, surveillance and secrecy.

1 month ago | postthroughit.substack.com | Jared Holt

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -2:14:04Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Jack Posobiec is one of the MAGA movement’s biggest social media stars, recently seen accompanying Pentagon officials on an overseas trip and posing for photos with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office.

1 month ago | columbiaspectator.com | Jared Holt |Joseph Zuloaga

Pompeo noted that he looks forward to “fair, reasoned and fact-based discourse.”Pompeo noted that he looks forward to “fair, reasoned and fact-based discourse.”Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Pompeo is the latest politician with ties to the White House to join SIPA’s faculty.

2 months ago | msnbc.com | Jared Holt

The Trump administration this week appointed Darren Beattie — who has repeatedly expressed hostilities toward the U.S. government and sympathy for several of America’s adversaries — as acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. In this role, Beattie would help lead the nation’s diplomatic outreach and messaging on issues including counterterrorism and violent extremism.