Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mumyrveldk23The Framing of Chris Duncan, by Radley Balko: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-framing-of-chris-duncan?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=668365&post_id=170177523&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=1aumh&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email03 Sep 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumyrveldk23https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3muhymzshes23USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/politics/usps-whistleblower-mail-ballot-rules-trump?cid=ios_app01 Sep 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhymzshes23https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mu6atg5kgs2p6 months ago today, as the US and Israel began attacking Iran, a tomahawk missile hit a school in Iran, killing more than 160 children. Neither Trump nor Hegseth has demonstrated any accountability or transparency. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/world/video/five-months-later-victims-of-the-deadly-u-s-strike-iranian-school-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app28 Aug 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6atg5kgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mthkkppcq22mBoom National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here’s why that matters https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/economy/national-debt-hits-40-trillion-dollars-vis?cid=ios_app19 Aug 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthkkppcq22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mthjyx6rls2mUS national debt: $39,986,657,878,071.92 Per latest number at https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny Gonna hit $40 trillion any moment now. More than $110,000 per American19 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthjyx6rls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mtfcr7q5m224Laura Provinzino - district judge in the Don Lemon case (and a former federal prosecutor) - requiring the government to give her the grand jury materials for in camera review including the grand jury minutes. Seldom happens; it’s what exploded the Broadview 6 case in Chicago.18 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfcr7q5m224https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mteq6ugfzk2vA Spotsylvania Va County Firefighter with a wife and young daughter drowned in Lake Anna.  He was young, the sole provider, working a lot of hours. It’s devastating to all who knew Mason. If you can afford to help, please do. gofund.me/108d8f46f https://gofund.me/108d8f46f18 Aug 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteq6ugfzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mtcyva672s2o🤔18 Aug 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcyva672s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mt5cppei5s27Wife of servicemember aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln responds to Trump, Hegseth comments https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/14/world/video/trump-uss-lincoln-iran-hormuz-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app15 Aug 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5cppei5s27https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mt2p5dn4m22bAsked Brett Eagleson of 9/11 Justice what he thought about the petition against Mayor Mamdani attending 9/11 commemoration. He said “I think it’s extremely unfortunate a fringe group of families made this racist petition…14 Aug 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2p5dn4m22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mt23xmsdns23Democrat calls for investigation after ICE agent points gun at woman in Virginia https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/us/video/democrat-calls-for-investigation-after-ice-agent-points-gun-at-woman-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app14 Aug 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt23xmsdns23https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mt23kfzsl22zFormer White House physician questions Trump’s health and lack of WH transparency https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/health/video/dick-cheneys-doctor-questions-secrecy-around-trumps-health-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app14 Aug 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt23kfzsl22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msyjqhhf6c2qInbox from Jenny Racicot & Lyndsey Fifield: “Last month, we came forward at great personal cost to tell the world who we knew Graham Platner to be. We shed light on some of the darkest, most painful days of our lives and detailed the toll – physical and emotional – that his abuse took on each of us. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyjqhhf6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msxhnzh4dc2aInside the drama at ActBlue – and why some Democrats are quietly afraid it could cost them in the midterms https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/politics/actblue-democrats-fundraising-midterms?cid=ios_app13 Aug 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxhnzh4dc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mssyikhkmk2bFlew to Afghan. w/different president on AF1. An insurgent missile struck Bagram runway before landing. Weather was bad so planned Marine 1 trip to Kabul scrubbed. We were w/president the whole time. Our safety wasn’t treated any differently from his. We were never decoys.11 Aug 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssyikhkmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msss7gswz22wSo the USSS thought the threat against the president was strong enough to surreptitiously remove him from AF1. And then proceeded to let the plane full of White House staffers and reporters take off and fly back to the US.11 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msss7gswz22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msslyzrxrs2xPeople with actual expertise in medicine, science, and health care react to Trump’s new childhood vaccine protocols - based on his “feeling”s and RFK Jr’s lies: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/health/video/health-officials-stunned-trumps-change-vaccine-schedule-i-havent-seen-anything-like-this-in-my-career-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app11 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msslyzrxrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msslsv7vkk2xMoose 🫎 and Bear 🐻 update11 Aug 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msslsv7vkk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msirzwkpfc2wThe Pentagon just announced it is “transitioning” from Operation Southern Spear, its lethal attacks on the alleged drug boats. What did it accomplish if anything? https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/world/video/innocent-men-or-drug-couriers-investigating-the-victims-of-the-deadly-us-boat-strikes-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app07 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msirzwkpfc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msiod2ref227A question about patriotism and citizenship for you all:07 Aug 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiod2ref227https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mshbmyub322shttps://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/world/video/innocent-men-or-drug-couriers-investigating-the-victims-of-the-deadly-us-boat-strikes-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app07 Aug 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshbmyub322shttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msg6ghkwhk25re the custody battle between his daughter and Rep Max Miller, R-Oh, Sen Bernie Moreno, R-Oh, tells me “I sent my daughter, granddaughter, and wife out of State to a secure place until such time as they feel safe.”06 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg6ghkwhk25https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3msdibhdj6k2hRep. Max Miller speaks to CNN amid abuse allegations. Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/2s4ke6rh https://tinyurl.com/2s4ke6rh05 Aug 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdibhdj6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrs6db2qyk2cDaryl Kessler has done an incredible thing to honor the memory of his late son Milo, and to help others who grieve. Check out his podcast, “Milo Time.” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/milo-time/id168036382729 Jul 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs6db2qyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrs3q5pvvs2cFive months later: the children killed in that deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/world/video/five-months-later-victims-of-the-deadly-u-s-strike-iranian-school-the-lead-jake-tapper?cid=ios_app29 Jul 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs3q5pvvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrpf67rrxc2uToday marks five months since more than 160 Iranian children were killed in a missile strike on their school the day that the US and Israel began attacking Iran. Horrible accidents happen in war, but the White House and Pentagon have so far refused any accountability or transparency. 1/28 Jul 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpf67rrxc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrofunjdas22OTD in 2007 MAJ Tom Bostick — 37 of Llano, TX, with/wife and 2 daughters - went w men of 1/91 CAV to meet the villagers of a local town, Saret Koleh. After the meeting, 1/91 CAV was ambushed. Bostick and SSG Ryan Fritsche, 23, of Martinsville, IN, were killed. RIP 🇺🇸28 Jul 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrofunjdas22https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrnjxcgglk2b“Help us bring this situation to an end,” Savannah pleads to those who know where her beloved mother is. #BringHerHome27 Jul 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnjxcgglk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrmx44mju22eBen Sasse is Going Home: Lessons on Life and Death is now on CNN streaming, if you missed it last night.27 Jul 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmx44mju22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3mrkiwtjzfk2wHappy Sunday, everyone! Hope you have a great day! (Moose, Bear, Trooper below)! 👇 🐕 🐕 🐕26 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkiwtjzfk2w