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Jeff Stein

Washington, D.C., United States

Editor and Founder at SpyTalk

Longtime DC intel scribe--Newsweek, WaPo, CQ, UPI, magazines, books. Founding Editor, https://t.co/YO34WSHJrc. Podcast: https://t.co/D0oyIJgXc5

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  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jeff Stein

    House Republicans rejected a push by some allies of President Donald Trump to include tax hikes on the rich in sweeping legislation they passed last week - a decision that could carry repercussions into next year’s elections. For a moment, though, that outcome seemed uncertain. On May 7, the anti-tax activist Grover Norquist had about 15 minutes before boarding his flight to Poland this month when his phone rang - with a call from the president.

  • 1 week ago | spytalk.co | Jeff Stein

    The Washington Post has an article today about he problems in recruiting agents in the world. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/28/cia-spy-china-russia-ratcliffe/) and considering all I have read recently in sorting out real defectors from fake defectors, I am even more convinced that open source intelligence with an organization that can check it out and understand it, will be the best way to go. But I am open to discussion.

  • 1 week ago | spytalk.co | Jeff Stein

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  • 1 week ago | open.substack.com | Jeff Stein

    I could go on and on and on about the two cringeworthy speeches the President of the United States gave to military audiences over the weekend, the first to West Point cadets that rambled on about drag shows and “trophy wives,” the second today at Arlington National Cemetery where, steps from the grave of the Unknown Soldier, the commander-in-chief celebrated the World Cup and Olympics coming to America during his second term. “I have everything,” he crowed. “Amazing the way things work out.

  • 1 week ago | spytalk.co | Jeff Stein

    Slaughter on 17th Street: The White House National Security Council, which lost its director and deputy director over the Signalgate scandal and pressure from far right activist Laura Loomer, shed half its remaining 350 staff members in a mass eviction on Friday.

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