Zev Shalev

THE NARATIV · Oct. 27 DEVELOPING: Netanyahu prepares for an election loss by borrowing a note from Donald Trump. 🗳️ Likud paid teams to film Arab voters outside polling stations today and feed a "fraud war room." 🎥 A senior Likud official called 2022 the trial run. Know Sooner: narativ.org

Tina Peters broke into her own county's voting machines. Trump pressured Colorado until she walked free. On Sunday she told 60 Minutes she is "willing to do whatever needs to be done." Her lawyer says the next target is the ballots. narativ.org

"I don't give a damn, I'm gonna say it: We're making a frickin fortune." Trump, Saturday, with gas at $4.29. The Iran strike is ready within 96 hours of his order. He is holding it until the votes are in. So who is "we"? narativ.org

Two FBI interviews say Epstein found his girls at Paolo Zampolli's castings. Zampolli was Trump's model scout, then his envoy, until this month. Raskin's report calls him a likely co-conspirator. The one thing it never follows is the money. narativ.org

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER NEW: Raskin Names Trump and his Fixer in Epstein Probe Raskin's report puts Paolo Zampolli, Trump's model scout, inside Epstein's ring. Trump holds the Iran strike until the vote. Subscribe free — or subscribe for one year and pay 30% less. Know Sooner: narativ.org

🔥 FIVESTACK — Monday, Oct. 26 · 3 PM ET · with Dean Blundell Netanyahu asked Trump for a war before his own election, and Trump said no. Obama told Michigan he has seen this movie before. Live at 3 on narativ.org

🚨 MACHADO IS BACK — TRUMP ALREADY TOOK THE OIL Machado slipped into Venezuela after seven failed attempts. Delcy Rodríguez has overstayed her term and set no election date. Trump holds the barrels. 294 days after Narativ called it a wealth transfer. https://www.narativ.org/p/1025-machado

🚨 LULA BEATS TRUMP'S MAN Called at 9:12 PM Brasília: Lula 51.75, Flávio Bolsonaro 48.25. A fourth term — after 18 months of US sanctions, visas and tariffs for a Bolsonaro. Same night: Vučić concedes 14 years in Belgrade. https://www.narativ.org/p/lula-beats-trumps-man-and-serbias

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER The Grift Clock: one week, twelve receipts, $745 million nobody denies. A pardon that came with a $50 million contract. Bosnia fees routed to the Trump library. The ballroom donors, by name. The count carries from 13 to 25.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Two weeks before the Justice Department said there was no Epstein client list, Trump's deputy chief of staff emailed the FBI director: "Have something I can edit?" He sent five lines of edits. The FBI blacked them out. The emails, as tear sheets, and who held the pen.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump's UN ambassador would not rule out another year of war. Oil hit $115 the same morning. Trump says Iran is "making up fake hits, mines, and everything else." The traders disagree, and the plan on his desk is Netanyahu's.

NARATIV LIVE Oct. 23, with Olga Lautman and Lev Parnas Russia sank a ship in NATO waters this morning. "This used to start world wars." Four views on who turned off Ukraine's Starlink, and a Kyiv volunteer on cluster bombs over the city. https://www.narativ.org/p/russia-is-sinking-ships-to-provoke

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Ramaswamy put Amy Acton's estranged mother on camera calling her a liar. The ad leaves out why they have not spoken in almost 50 years. Trump: "she's fair game." Marist had Acton up seven before it aired. What the ad leaves out.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump asked Musk to lift Ukraine's Starlink cap. Musk left it on; by Friday "Starshield still doesn't work." Same nine days: nearly $77 million from Musk to his super PAC for Trump's Republicans. Who controls the switch?

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Treason: Trump, Musk, and Jared Kushner. Trump asked Musk to lift Ukraine's Starlink cap. Musk left it on, and his PAC banked $77 million for Trump's party. The blame game is theater. Subscribe free — or subscribe for one year and pay 30% less. Know Sooner: narativ.org

🔥 FIVESTACK — Oct. 22 5️⃣ Graham film can't put him in the room 4️⃣ Trump lifted Graham's sanctions for a teacher 3️⃣ Witkoff hails Putin; Kyiv burns 2️⃣ Blanche won't rule out blocking a count 1️⃣ Russia works Texas with Musk's $158M https://www.narativ.org/p/fivestack-live-russia-targets-talarico

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER An OpenAI coding agent cut the safety monitor out of its code, rewrote the test to require it gone, and told its user it hadn't. The monitor that reads every session paged nobody. ChatGPT told our panel five weeks earlier that labs "shouldn't decide."

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump has told three crowds in nine days that he looked at Jon Husted's ass, and each time the disclaimer grew: "not very often," "never," "not my thing." Ten more times on the record he rated a man's looks. Gertrude had a line for it.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Julio Herrera Velutini wanted a pardon. His daughter's company, with no tax ID on file and no business the Times could find, signed Alina Habba for $50 million. Two weeks after she started, he had it. Habba says she had nothing to do with it. What did she do for the money?

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Elon Musk capped Ukraine's drones on Oct. 14, the Journal says, and its sources say he talked it over with Trump. Rubio: "There was no foreknowledge." Musk's own answer on X names the president. Nine senators want the inspector general to say who gave the order.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Netanyahu had the army ready to hit Iran on Oct. 10, seventeen days before his election. His own chief of staff warned the strike could push back the vote. His own intelligence said Iran had not changed. Trump said no, then endorsed him anyway.

FIVESTACK Oct. 21 5. Trump: Democrats want France's fires 4. Trump studies a senator's body, a third time 3. OpenAI's agent cut its monitor and lied 2. Musk ordered Kyiv's drones cut; Putin paid 1. $50M pardon, paid to Alina Habba https://www.narativ.org/p/fivestack-live-trump-pardon-costs

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER About 10 former Defense officials are quietly advising 10 states for the night Trump keeps describing: troops at the polls, a count voided on fraud claims. Caine wrote the Senate there are "no plans." No plans is not no orders.

FIVESTACK LIVE 3:30 ET, Anne and Zev Shalev. Breaking: Trump says Putin freed Stephen Hubbard with no swap. Plus: the NYT prices a presidential pardon, and the invoice went to Trump's old lawyer.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Macron Accuses Trump of Spreading Fake News About French Fires, As US Officials Fear He Could Start His Own Macron, asked if he meant Trump: "Among others." Subscribe free — or subscribe for one year and pay 30% less. Know Sooner: narativ.org

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump lifted Milorad Dodik's sanctions a year ago. Since then: his chief of staff's daughter's firm on $35,000 a month from Dodik's republic, two campaign men paid hundreds of thousands, his envoy home with power projects. The money trail.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER An FBI employee warned in March 2025 that releasing the Epstein files "would violate multiple statutes." The ethics office closed the complaint the next day. Catherine Bruno ran that office and wrote she meant to send it to the Inspector General. What happened.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump's party moved its money out of North Carolina and into Kansas three weeks ago. Monday night Trump followed it to Park City and talked about France burning. He is at 31%. A 31% president is sent only where nothing is left to lose. Why Kansas.

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump took Putin's call on Oct. 9. Since then: Russian diesel into US ports, Ukraine's Starlink slowed, every Graham-act sanction waived. Twice Russia helped first and Trump paid after. This time he pays first, at 31%, 14 days out. For what?

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Trump Surrenders to Putin 14 Days Out, and a 31% Approval Explains the White House Panic Brent hit $111.99. Trump got nothing at the pump. Putin ships cheaper. 🇷🇺 THE QUO Subscribe free — or subscribe for one year and pay 30% less. Know Sooner: narativ.org

The Grift Count stood at 11 Friday. Monday it is 13. No. 12 is an envoy's alleged price for a seat beside the president, now on the White House counsel's desk. No. 13: Trump sets a Nov. 15 start on his golf course over a judge's order. Today on narativ.org

Trump waived the Russia sanctions Friday. Monday, Iranian officials told the Post Tehran is squeezing Hormuz now because it expects Trump "will be less sensitive to high energy prices after the midterm elections." The midterms are 15 days away. Today on narativ.org

Nearly two in three Americans say Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. A third of Republicans agree, up from a fifth. Republican strong approval fell from 63% to 39%: the lukewarm did not leave, the true believers did. Today on narativ.org

Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN after 43 years, less than two weeks after David Ellison took it. The same morning, Semafor reported his editor at CBS was hunting for a Muslim Brotherhood link to a Senate candidate. The memo gives no reason. The sequence does. Today on narativ.org

Putin asked for a Trump-Xi summit, and the Kremlin says the three could meet in China next month. Zelensky has no seat. Friday Trump waived the Russia sanctions, and his own budget office asked Congress for the off-switch in July. Today on narativ.org

Ric Grenell allegedly offered a Turkish businessman access to "POTUS" for a Kennedy Center donation. The White House counsel is checking whether he sent the text. Grenell calls it lies. A White House official: "We are trying to find out whose money this is." Today on narativ.org

FIVESTACK Oct. 19 5. Amanpour quits CNN 4. Saudis scrap Davos in the Desert 3. Majority says Trump cashes in 2. Grenell priced "POTUS" 1. Putin's summit, no Ukraine www.narativ.org/p/fivestack-live-trump-endorses-netanyahu

THE NARATIV | KNOW SOONER Monday, October 19, 2026 Trump Sells Out 15 Days Before the Election 💸 PRICE LIST 🇷🇺 PUTIN'S TABLE 📺 AMANPOUR OUT 📉 TWO IN THREE 🛢️ RIYADH BLINKS 🧮 GRIFT COUNT Subscribe free — or subscribe for one year and pay 30% less. Know Sooner: narativ.org

Trump's military-school classmate told MAGA poll workers on tape that a "rigged" midterm would need martial law and seized machines. The White House says "safe, secure." It has not said no. https://www.narativ.org/p/1016-martial

July 30, 2007. A fax from Epstein's Bermuda company demanded $13.6 million from America's tenth-largest mortgage lender by 5 PM. Eight demands in twenty days. The lender died; Epstein's company was paid in full. The 2008 crash started here. https://www.narativ.org/p/1013-heist

Eric Deters paid Guilfoyle $300,000 and kept the receipts. He says he paid Don Jr. $200,000 and Eric Trump $100,000 too. Guilfoyle fell first because she put the ask in writing. Now he is suing her, and he wants Don Jr. under oath. https://www.narativ.org/p/1014-contagion

Trump promised Russian diesel "immediately." A week on, Russia's deputy PM says there is no contract, the first cargo went to Morocco, and the only signed paper is a sanctions pass good to April 2027. Blood diesel. https://www.narativ.org/p/1016-diesel

The order to slow Ukraine's Starlink came from inside the White House, Reuters reported. Trump called Zelensky "more difficult to deal with than Putin." The Kremlin repeated him the next morning. Nine senators want the name by Nov. 1. https://www.narativ.org/p/1016-starlink

State wrote in November that Zampolli's Balkan deals were "possibly unlawful." It investigated nothing and fired him the afternoon the emails printed. He left quoting Trump: why work in government when you can close all these deals? https://www.narativ.org/p/1016-zampolli

🔴 NARATIV LIVE — Oct. 16 Lev Parnas says Zampolli was fired to clear the house before the Democrats take it, not for the deals. Olga Lautman says Republika Srpska is a Kremlin proxy, and five people around Trump are doing energy deals there.

🔥 FIVESTACK — Oct. 16 🚨 ZACHARIA OUT after five days 5️⃣ MARTIAL LAW for a lost midterm 4️⃣ MUSK'S $178M, Russian fakes 3️⃣ BLOOD DIESEL: no contract, no cargo 2️⃣ GRIFT COUNT: 11 in one week 1️⃣ ZAMPOLLI fired, deals unprobed https://www.narativ.org/p/fivestack-live-zacharia-out-after-five-days

The Grift Count stood at nine on Thursday. Friday it is 11. Musk's number doubled overnight, Trump's drugmaker stocks went from $1.7 million to $56 million, and Guilfoyle's donor sued. All eleven, Monday to Friday, in one list on narativ.org

Peter Ticktin went to military school with Trump and is Tina Peters' lawyer. On a Sept. 30 call he said "another rigged election" would need martial law and seized voting machines. The White House says the election will be safe. It has not said no. narativ.org

Elon Musk gave Republicans $178 million in three months, the filings showed Thursday. In all of 2025 he gave the Senate fund $10 million. The same week, Ukraine's Starlink slowed down. The last time he bought an election, we found what the FCC gave his satellites over the vote. narativ.org

Trump promised Russian diesel "immediately" a week ago. Moscow says the contract is still being negotiated, and this week's Primorsk cargo sailed for Morocco. What was signed on day one was Treasury's license, good until April 2027. What America has actually received: narativ.org