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· Nov 20
Why do we say SpyTalk is “Intelligence for Thinking People”?
Let us count the ways...
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So many holes in Gait-gate that even MAGA world is running from it now, reports @willsommer.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So many holes in Gait-gate that even MAGA world is running from it now, reports @willsommer.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
Kash Patel insults British intelligence hosts with his scruffy attire, broken promise to MI5, bringing girlfriend along to dinner with king, all the while roiling Five Eyes relationships with stupid gifts, Trump revenge firings, per Adam Goldman NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kash Patel insults British intelligence hosts with his scruffy attire, broken promise to MI5, bringing girlfriend along to dinner with king, all the while roiling Five Eyes relationships with stupid gifts, Trump revenge firings, per Adam Goldman NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
The power of Pegasus creates “unbearable temptation for abuse,” said John Scott-Railton, a researcher with the Citizen Lab, an academic research group that studies state-sponsored cyber espionage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The power of Pegasus creates “unbearable temptation for abuse,” said John Scott-Railton, a researcher with the Citizen Lab, an academic research group that studies state-sponsored cyber espionage.
Thousands of Justice Department jobs go begging amid revenge firings, Trump loyalty tests for applicants.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thousands of Justice Department jobs go begging amid revenge firings, Trump loyalty tests for applicants.
Don’t let the week get by before catching up on all the intelligence news that counts, at SpyTalk. www.spytalk.co/p/new-in-spy...
New in SpyWeek: Tulsi Bids for Spycatcher Primacy as Chinese, Russian Threats Persist
Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Don’t let the week get by before catching up on all the intelligence news that counts, at SpyTalk. www.spytalk.co/p/new-in-spy...
A 2019 US War Game on Venezuela Forecast Chaos After Maduro’s Downfall
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A 2019 US War Game on Venezuela Forecast Chaos After Maduro’s Downfall
Drug cartels, anti-US rebels would fill leadership void, Pentagon study predicted
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November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A 2019 US War Game on Venezuela Forecast Chaos After Maduro’s Downfall
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New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼 podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social, @misikoff.bsky.social & #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼 podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social, @misikoff.bsky.social & #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia
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“In making her ruling, Ellis suggested the government has inappropriately cast Chicago as dangerous and violent as a pretext for a targeted enforcement operation.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“In making her ruling, Ellis suggested the government has inappropriately cast Chicago as dangerous and violent as a pretext for a targeted enforcement operation.”
Seems to me Democrat politicos are guilty of malpractice for letting judges carry the ball on Trump withholding SNAP and WIC payments w/o making more noise about it themselves. Shouldn't they be gathering with bullhorns at every state capital and city and town's municipal buildings? wapo.st/4hJbRyW
Judge orders Trump administration to release full SNAP benefits by Friday
In his ruling, Judge John McConnell said USDA is causing “irreparable harm” by not releasing full funding: “The evidence shows that people will go hungry.”
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November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Seems to me Democrat politicos are guilty of malpractice for letting judges carry the ball on Trump withholding SNAP and WIC payments w/o making more noise about it themselves. Shouldn't they be gathering with bullhorns at every state capital and city and town's municipal buildings? wapo.st/4hJbRyW
Ghosts of Coups Past Haunt Trump CIA's Venezuela Ops
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Ghosts of Coups Past Haunt Trump CIA's Venezuela Ops
From Iran to Chile to Iraq, even the most 'successful' regime change ops came with huge risks, unexpected consequences and downsides. Venezuela is no different.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ghosts of Coups Past Haunt Trump CIA's Venezuela Ops
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Listen to Abigail Spanberger talk about how her CIA career prepared for Congress—and the governorship. www.spytalk.co/p/can-a-form...
Can a Former Spy Make a Good Governor?
Abigail Spanberger's CIA spycraft skills—from working under pressure to sizing up enemies to bending people to her will—equip her well to lead Virginia. But will she?
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November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Listen to Abigail Spanberger talk about how her CIA career prepared for Congress—and the governorship. www.spytalk.co/p/can-a-form...
All I can say to those of you who live in places with important statewide elections: Cherish your vote. We don’t have anything like that in DC. Our top elected official is the mayor, who, as Trump has shown, can easily be stomped on by the White House, not to mention Republicans in Congress.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
All I can say to those of you who live in places with important statewide elections: Cherish your vote. We don’t have anything like that in DC. Our top elected official is the mayor, who, as Trump has shown, can easily be stomped on by the White House, not to mention Republicans in Congress.
Before one more child needlessly dies by denying it vaccinations: A ‘Mountain of Garbage’ Links Vaccines to Autism www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claim-dism...
Claim Dismissed as ‘Mountain of Garbage’ Links Vaccines to Autism
NewsGuard spoke to experts who dismissed a widely-promoted new report claiming to link vaccines to autism as based on misinterpreted data
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November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Before one more child needlessly dies by denying it vaccinations: A ‘Mountain of Garbage’ Links Vaccines to Autism www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claim-dism...
‘[I]s there any use of force that the president’s handpicked legal authorities would find unlawful?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Putting Military Leaders in a No-Win Situation
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November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
‘[I]s there any use of force that the president’s handpicked legal authorities would find unlawful?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
An inmate taking over the asylum: Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
An inmate taking over the asylum: Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon
Where is the White House bunker now that the East Wing above it has been crushed and removed? White House won’t tell us. Anyone out there who can? youtube.com/shorts/1C1LZ...
Trump's East Wing Bunker
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November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Where is the White House bunker now that the East Wing above it has been crushed and removed? White House won’t tell us. Anyone out there who can? youtube.com/shorts/1C1LZ...
Note: the FBI is on the scene of this mysterious explosion. Secret government work involved?
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say
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November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Note: the FBI is on the scene of this mysterious explosion. Secret government work involved?
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
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Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
Excellent case summaries and analysis of the issues and stakes by annmarrimow@bsky.social Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power
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November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Excellent case summaries and analysis of the issues and stakes by annmarrimow@bsky.social Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼 podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social , @misikoff.bsky.social & #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia
Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼 podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social , @misikoff.bsky.social & #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia
Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
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How Epstein’s money & bankers’ greed triumphed over morality at JPMorgan, even as its people raised red flags over his cash withdrawals years before his crimes were public knowledge
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
How Epstein’s money & bankers’ greed triumphed over morality at JPMorgan, even as its people raised red flags over his cash withdrawals years before his crimes were public knowledge