Brian Frydenborg, anti-fascist

Trying to make my comeback as a journalist after getting canned by Elon's DOGE. Your help is essential, am already working on a half-dozen projects coming out soonish but please donate what you can to keep the content coming, many thanks!! realcontextnews.com#donate/

My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes x.com/bfry1981/sta...

To be clear: in both America and Israel, the rot is with voters, the responsibility is with voters, and neither Trump nor Netanyahu should have ever come close to winning, such inveterate liars, crooks, & violent self-serving manipulators they are! Shame on us, wasting democracy!

Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

The government faces a stark choice of raising taxes, cutting other spending, or increasing borrowing if the central bank keeps its key interest rate elevated for longer and oil and gas revenues decline.

❗️ Russia's government is plugging a widening gap in the military budget with increasingly costly borrowing, which will lead to a growing bill for years to come, - Bloomberg Debt-servicing costs now account for twice the share of total spending they did before the war.

What are the hasbara excuses for these monstrosities?

I have an announcement to make — I’m writing a book!

“We have had lots of shutdowns… but never before have top officials tried to use their employees as human shields in the partisan battle.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

My complicated latest on how Israel's dangerous impunity in the West Bank resembles Trump's dangerous impunity playing fast and loose with troops on U.S. soil realcontextnews.com/trump-taking...

Trump is defunding the police where he can so he can fill the void with his masked Gestapo. He did it in DC, and he tried it in New York but balked. Additionally, Pam Bondi is investigating the Portland police bureau because they arrested a right wing agitator. Pay attention.

The Kirishi refinery is almost 800 km (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border. It produces annually around 20 million tons in oil products. September 14, 2025, it was already struck and lost almost half of its production capacity when one of its primary processing units was hit.

I mean, I guess I respect the diversity of the player base, but, that’s some weird shit right?

So, I’ve been playing Warframe for a month and so far I have been randomly matched with “MrToxicWhiteGuy” “ChineseMan1” and “IBlackGuy.” I played Destiny for over 1,000 hours and was never matched with a player named after their (alleged) race. Am I missing a joke or something?

This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

The Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art both receive federal funding, but both institutions have announced they are using their reserves to stay open, at least for a little while. Other museums are offering discounts to federal employees.

Weeks before his death, you say?

"I didn't see it" wow

I so admire Dean for engaging in this earnest intervention, and doing it in a way that ensured it would be caught on video. America needs to see this sort of exchange as it happens. We *also* must understand that there is exactly zero chance Mike Johnson will do anything to push back against Trump.

DHS lists three types of people who will be denied entry. 2 of the 3 are based on beliefs. I doubt they can even define what a “globalist” is - but the term is often an antisemitic dog whistle. This isn’t even the most offensive DHS propaganda in recent weeks - incredibly.

"I was recording in a bike lane, and they body checked me, and slammed me to the ground." "Then they released me with no charges... So they beat the hell out of me for absolutely nothing." —Amanda Siebe in Portland, Oregon.

ICE targets Democratic congressional candidate—who fights for disabled rights and relies on a wheelchair. "Agent didn't say anything, just came over and body checked me," she said. "I was tackled and my face just smashed into the ground super hard." Amanda Siebe in Portland, Oregon.

YASSSSS

Shots fired. Holy shots!

oh my

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

We aren't powerless yet

Huh. I was pretty sure these counted as qualifications to serve in the current administration:

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Shana Tova to everyone celebrating in Illinois and across the world. As we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I want to wish you all a new year full of joy, good health, and prosperity.

I guess modern history began in 2017.

After Trump fired the last director because the numbers were terrible for him. Nothing to see here.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

It's now more important than ever to watch Andor. My guide, the best there is, on how to get going and what you need to know realcontextnews.com/the-way-to-w...

#Andor

“Too many people—too many Americans—are fearing our government. I want Putin, Xi, Kim, et al. to fear our government. I do not want newspapers, law firms, and comedians to fear our government.” open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...

One problem with our media landscape is that the stupidest people run big well-funded print stuff and are put on TV to say extremely stupid things where other stupid people nod along and agree.

Well, Season Three of Andor is going to be brief.

Disney didn't watch Andor

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

When the U.S. stopped policing foreign disinformation, Russia didn’t stop producing it. Kirk’s assassination brought it roaring back. (Gift link with strings) wapo.st/4moekj1

“The law doesn’t matter anymore” is obeying in advance.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."