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Followers
256.4K
Posts
43.9K
Following
379
Account age
13 yrs
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$1.4K – $2.3K / sponsored post
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Known for
83.1K views
Five months later: Victims of the deadly U.S. strike on an Iranian school
54.2K views
'I was just constantly using the restroom, once that diarrhea subsided is when the stomach pain really started.' Newlywed Gretchen Pleuss tells @jaketapper about her experience of being sick with cyclospora on her honeymoon.
34.2K views
'This should be the number one priority to overthrow the regime.' Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid talks with @jaketapper about the Iran war.
30.9K views
'He waived all of his appellate rights but there's a little asterisk in theory by that.' CNN's Jean Casarez talks with @jaketapper about Bryan Kohberger's attempt to take back his guilty plea for the murders of four University of Idaho students.
📊 Post performance
24.9K
Avg views / post
9.7%
Reach vs followers
Feb 2013
On X since
🔥 Top post: Five months later: Victims of the deadly U.S. strike on an Irani · 83.1K views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
17.1 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly video
Recent: 17 video · 0 image · 0 text.
Follower / following
676×
Follows 379 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Five months later: Victims of the deadly U.S. strike on an Iranian school
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'They believed, we were told, that these two notes are real.' TMZ's Harvey Levin joins @PamelaBrownCNN after investigators released two alleged ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. Levin says TMZ received the same first note …
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The Justice Dept. is now admitting the Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed as it drops the case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the pool.
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'I think we're locked into an unwinnable war that is going to continue... without any kind of satisfactory conclusion.' Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks with @PamelaBrownCNN about Trump's renewed strikes against Iran.
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Right now, the economy does look amazing to me... I think that you're seeing really, really strong growth.' National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett talks with @PamelaBrownCNN about the US economy's weaker-than-expected growth in t…
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'When you bring into someone's office a book that has been earmarked with potential investigative leads... you can't deny that when it's sitting right in front of you.' Liz Stein joins @jaketapper to explain why Epstein survivors delivered…
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'If anybody in the White House is taking [Cornyn] for granted, it's a mistake. He's not a pushover.' Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin reacts to comments from GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who is not currently on board with Todd Blanche's nomination to …
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The Dow suffered its worst day in more than a year after the Fed decided not to cut interest rates. CNN's David Goldman joins @jaketapper to explain how this could impact your wallet.
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'This is a national shame, we're five months past this horrific war crime, I believe it's a war crime.' Rep. Ansari speaks with @jaketapper about the lack of answers from the Trump administration on the deadly U.S. bombing of an Iranian sc…
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'Every person is entitled to their defense, but they're not entitled to use donor money to do that or to intimidate survivors.' Rep. Ro Khanna talks with @jaketapper about a new bipartisan bill he's introducing targeting the use of campaig…
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'I was just constantly using the restroom, once that diarrhea subsided is when the stomach pain really started.' Newlywed Gretchen Pleuss tells @jaketapper about her experience of being sick with cyclospora on her honeymoon.
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'This should be the number one priority to overthrow the regime.' Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid talks with @jaketapper about the Iran war.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2013 — 13 years ago.
👁️Averages 24.9K views per post.
📤Posts about 17.1× per week.
💬0.04% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated37/100
Low
Credibility score
66%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 66% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~9.7% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Established account (13+ years old).
- 0.04% engagement — below the ~14.4% typical for this size.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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