Drew Harwell
@drewharwell
Tech reporter @washingtonpost.
Absolved by Trump’s sweeping pardons and feeling vindicated by his reelection, Jan. 6 rioters are taking on new identities as online influencers, @esilverman11 and @drewharwell write. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
“I’m just one clip after another, hitting the narratives, going, going, going,” @Acyn tells @drewharwell. tinyurl.com/2fmrrkss
A look at the man behind the clips - @Acyn. Awesome Wash post profile washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Getting a new war scooped by Mike Huckabee and the Pentagon Pizza Report
BOMBSHELL: The Pentagon helped spread UFO myths for a generation. When a new DoD investigation dug up the military’s role, the Air Force pushed for a coverup. With the mighty @aviswanatha wsj.com/articles/WP-WS…
🚨Trump has posted ~ 2,262 times to Truth Social since his inauguration, more than 3X the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first term. A look inside the president’s social media habits, with @drewharwell @ccemorse washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
The White House says Trump is attending the meme coin dinner in his personal capacity. He traveled to and from the event on Marine One, transportation funded by taxpayers. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Meet ‘Ice,’ ‘Ogle’ and other crypto millionaires who bought a night with Trump, by @drewharwell @jeremybmerrill @chrisd9r @CarolLeonnig washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Of 67,000 small-dollar investors who bought Trump's meme coin using debit cards, 80% have lost money while only 3% have gained and the rest are about even, a @washingtonpost review finds. @drewharwell @jeremybmerrill washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
chat wake up, new drew profile just dropped x.com/drewharwell/st…
New: I wrote about Emilycc, who has streamed her life 24/7 for three years. No sick days, no vacations, no sex - and thousands of strangers who see her as a friend. “They don’t get a break from the constant surveillance … Is it any wonder these people burn out?” 🧵
New: I wrote about Emilycc, who has streamed her life 24/7 for three years. No sick days, no vacations, no sex - and thousands of strangers who see her as a friend. “They don’t get a break from the constant surveillance … Is it any wonder these people burn out?” 🧵
Chatbots are not friends. They're built to be 100% bubbly, agreeable, controllable. They're instant gratification. What happens when people conditioned to these interactions try to create real friendships with actual people who can’t be manipulated in the same way?
Zuckerberg explaining how Meta is creating personalized AI friends to supplement your real ones: “The average American has 3 friends, but has demand for 15.”
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin - At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner." "The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done" wapo.st/4iAatO1
I want to take a moment to thank Drew for taking an interest in my work and putting together such an excellent profile. Most of what I do focuses on highlighting prominent figures and their statements, so being the subject of a profile is a new experience—and a meaningful one.…
New: Here's a chart of the top conservative / progressive accounts on X. See that small blue dot at the top? That's @Acyn. His fast-cut clips of political combat get hundreds of millions more views than major news sources - and basically no one knows who he is. So I profiled him.