Nick Schifrin ✓
@nickschifrin · Washington, D.C. · joined 21 Jul 2009
Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent @Newshour. Moderator, Compass Points. Husband, dad. Former Kabul, Islamabad, Jerusalem, London. Signal nickschifrin.35
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Hegseth's June Brussels plan was to announce a cut of 25,000 service members from Europe, reports team from @Reuters. And a U.S. memo sent to allies asks 57 questions, including whether the country has been “publicly supportive of U.S. foreign policy priorities.”
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Key quotation from @MarkJCarney today: “I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great-power rival — only with better manners.”
"We are pursuing resilience so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or
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Canadian PM Mark Carney:
I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great-power rival, only with better manners.
We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so no one can control our open markets or threaten our territorial htt
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Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran report calls Iran government's violent repression of the 2025–2026 protests "an unprecedented escalation from past crackdowns, marked by the widespread use of lethal force resulting in mass killings and injuries, and
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Russian TV footage shows Modi was asking about Xi's headphones, not health:
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Contrary to the baseless rumors that circulate about Xi's health: video proof that this 👇 is why Modi said "is it ok?" It's because Xi's earpiece for translation didn't work, not because he had a health episode. https://t.co/VxFb0LRIXB
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25 years ago today, I stumbled into a 9am Shakespeare class in uptown Manhattan with Prof. David Kastan. By the time the class ended, the world had changed.
Classes were cancelled for two days, and my first class back on Thursday morning was Shakespeare. “I will not make a
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A day that divides history. On this solemn anniversary, we speak to two national security officials who had a front row seat to history and responded to America’s deadliest attack with President Bush and his administration, as it unfolded.
Tonight's Compass Points from
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Ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, our conversation with Heather “Lucky” Penney, who was willing to sacrifice everything to defend Washington—but didn’t have to, thanks to the courage of the passengers of Flight 93.
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Extraordinary video of Philippines Defense Minister publicly handed a note during the Seoul Defense Dialogue by a Chinese delegate—and then disparages the Chinese argument live as he reads it.
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.@AnnaKelly47 statement on @SecArmy: “Secretary Driscoll has been highly effective in advancing President Trump’s agenda to Make America Strong Again at the Department of the Army by providing outstanding leadership during historic military operations, restoring an emphasis on
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@nickschifrin @BastianBrauns @CIA @CIADirector @POTUS @newyorkpost Ein Dank der Intelligence Community
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And @newyorkpost's editorial:
https://t.co/sDHv8af8gK
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As first reported by Talented Trio @laraseligman @mgordonwsj @dnvolz: https://t.co/EKUzdEzzKo
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A US official confirms that @CIA has assessed Ukraine was not targeting Putin's residence in a recent drone attack. @CIADirector briefed @POTUS on that assessment, according to a person familiar. And after that briefing, @POTUS posted a @newyorkpost editorial titled, "Putin
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Against accounts of the same size
11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.
Median views3 746this account949median for 10K–100K
Reach, %4.71%this account3.49%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.50%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 3 746 | 949 | 3.95× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 4.71% | 3.49% | 1.35× |
| Engagement rate | 0.50% | 1.55% | 0.32× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
1.9K31 Dec
3.6K
1061 Jan
2.7K31 Aug
41.5K9 Sep
7.2K
3.7K12 Sep
898
347.4K17 Sep
13.1K
1.1K
49K
2.3K
1.2K
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.72%31 Dec
0.59%
1.89%1 Jan
0.15%31 Aug
1.55%9 Sep
0.53%
0.27%12 Sep
0.22%
1.25%17 Sep
0.33%
0.28%
0.50%
0.84%
0.58%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.
What the audience does
Likes72.3%4 443 in total
Reposts14.4%885 in total
Replies2.6%158 in total
Quotes1.5%95 in total
Bookmarks9.2%564 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
12 Sep
Daily snapshots since 12 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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