"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
theatlantic.com
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote.
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
observer.co.uk
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
dailymail.com
Anxiety continues to mount about Trump meddling in the midterm elections. dailymontanan.com/2026/10/02/r...
Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping. • Daily Montanan
This story was originally published on NewsFromTheStates.com, part of States Newsroom.
dailymontanan.com
"This alliance will not remain symbolic - More joint initiatives will follow.”
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
propublica.org
The film’s focus is not on “sporadic war crimes committed by rogue soldiers”. “It is on the orders themselves, the policies, the accepted practices, the language and logic that make those practices possible, and the people who operate within them — The system and its cogs.”
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
theguardian.com
“We had inmates describing scripts where, you know, they felt like they were demeaning the other candidate. You know, getting into culture war kind of stuff. Then they mentioned working on behalf of a political action committee called Make Liberty Win.”
State contract allows inmates to make political calls
Inmates in state prisons across Oklahoma say they’ve been getting paid to make political phone calls.
kfor.com
What's driving these ridiculous beef prices?
We went to a beef show. Ranchers are PISSED at Trump
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtube.com
Israel is paying former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale to oversee an operation that injects specific text into online posts to make AI models learn undesirable or dangerous behaviors, a process known as LLM poisoning.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
open.substack.com
Cerimedo, "previously been described as Maga’s man in Latin America" and a "senior adviser to many of Latin America’s new wave of far-right leaders has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the attempted murder of his girlfriend."
Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend
Fernando Cerimedo, 42, arrested on suspicion of ordering shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller
theguardian.com
Trump—“really is dwindling, dwindling, dwindling.” “You can see more and more Republicans are not happy with their life situation. People really are saying, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to do a full load of groceries or I’m going to put my electric bill on a credit card this month.’ ”
If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump “Superstore”
Recently, the retailer gained notoriety for a new sign.
slate.com
"The intelligence community has zero evidence that a foreign power flipped a vote in 2020, '22, or 24." - John Solomon (Trump Advisor reviewing classified documents related to election integrity)
Trump-allied election specialist admits no evidence votes changed in 2020, '22, or '24 elections.
YouTube video by MS NOW
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SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.
This article is from March 2025 reminds us that 100 US funded FAO programs were terminated worth around $382 million. Now how much will that cost us?
Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
agri-pulse.com
Ben Shapiro on Sam Harris conceded the liberal case against Trump — corruption, coup, dictator-talk — then explained why he'll vote Republican anyway. The most clarifying interview I've read in a year, not about who you'd think. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-most-a...
Strategically, Ukraine has a theory of victory that looks increasingly plausible, while Russia’s is crumbling.
Ukraine’s Second Miracle Year
The war isn’t won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.
lnk.thebulwark.com
Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand | Nesrine Malik
Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand | Nesrine Malik
Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to him, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
theguardian.com
The first law among nations: No nation shall occupy another.
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
"Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, posted on X: 'I was certain from the first day that my husband had been poisoned, but now there is proof: Putin killed Alexei with [a] chemical weapon.'"
Putin 'killed' Alexei Navalny with frog poison—European intelligence
"Only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity," the U.K. said. Navalny’s widow said, "proof: Putin killed Alexei."
newsweek.com
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
This is footage taken by some folks on their way to work this morning before the shooting. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5lGwI...
