Frank Bajak

As O’Brien called it in 2/25 “the USA is being run by an organized crime-like syndicate, and is selling off US secrets, capabilities and influence in the most grotesque and open ways.” How could the (military) tech CEOs who went all in with Trump not realize this would not end well for them?

As O’Brien called it in 2/25 “the USA is being run by an organized crime-like syndicate, and is selling off US secrets, capabilities and influence in the most grotesque and open ways.” How could the (military) tech CEOs who went all in with Trump not realize this would not end well for them?

“Flávio has given up,” a Bolsonaro family adviser told The Washington Post. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week, and that he may have a long prison term ahead”

🧵🧵🧵 10 ways the planet’s richest person, Elon Musk, has been busy making the world worse. A thread. 1. Buying crooked politicians like Ken Paxton.

Let’s laugh a bit… we REALLY need it I’m in tears … literally in tears 🤣🤣🤣 youtube.com/shorts/_qk1-...

What this shows is that kissing Trump’s ass always fails. He reacts only to pressure. In this case terrible US polling, screaming Republicans, and catastrophic damage being done to US defense companies.

Trump is poisoning America. He has used national security as an excuse to let our worst polluters ignore the Nixon-era Clean Air Act.

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

She has been covering the Ukraine war for years, relentlessly portraying the toll, sometimes pushing back on narratives fired up by the Trump admin and its acolytes. Her name is Shelby Wilder. And she’s a full time correspondent for .. Newsmax. My column in CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies then reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story in @vanityfair.com

"At CBS News, we’ve made a mockery out of democracy." It has a nice ring.

The solar panel is the new peace symbol. Pass it on. @billmckibben.bsky.social

The fight to the death between Alina Habba and Ric Grenell gets more and more scandalous every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

WSJ - Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine.

10 days until Meta claims the right to scrape your website to develop its AI. Your consent? Apparently unnecessary. All it takes is someone sharing a link on Facebook or Instagram - or you using Meta's services. If you're a business or artist with intellectual property, watch the clock.

The biggest threat to free and fair elections in the U.S. is Donald Trump. Federal officials working to prevent his meddling are doing it quietly, in the shadows. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“Remember: always be truthful, not neutral.” buff.ly/4Rr4YCj

Michigan folks: i do hope you’re sending this guy to Washington. He sounds a lot like a younger Obama.

A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. ​An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. ​6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.

NYT: A mysterious Russian satellite moved threateningly close to a U.S. satellite that provides imagery to the Ukrainian military. Although the Russian craft is now backing off, analysts are left wondering: Was Russia planning to attack the U.S. satellite? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/s...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Putin is once again playing to Trump's ego and stupidity. Agreeing to a three-way "Yalta-style" summit would: 1) Fulfill Putin's dream of being recognized as one of three top world leaders. 2) Be held with the goal of carving the world into spheres of influence. 3) Be a disaster.

Israeli-made Pegasus mercenary spyware infected phone of Belgrade University rector who backed student protests against Serbia’s right-wing regime. apnews.com/article/serb...

Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: basically calling Trump a liar. “The US no longer finances this war since January of last year. In other words, for more than a year and a half. The US has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it. Europe.”

This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shoo...

When the head of the normally extremely reticent International Committee of the Red Cross decides to do a sitdown interview with the NYT you should be very worried. www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

Oligarch watch: 7 Indian Creek Island Road in Miami Beach sold to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg earlier this year for $170 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/r...

Pete Fry is Vancouver’s next Mayor. He will be the first Green Mayor in Vancouver and the first Green Mayor of a major city in all of Canada.