The state-criminal relationships in RU are murky waters. And despite the JLR case having the potential to make the 9D chess takes about Colonial Pipeline look like child’s play, this article does an incredible job of unearthing major new details while still not overextending itself

Dustin Volz@dustinvolz.bsky.social · last mo.

New: Russian hackers were behind a cyberattack last year that crippled Jaguar Land Rover that cost billions in damages and harmed the British economy, investigators have concluded. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...

New: Russian hackers were behind a cyberattack last year that crippled Jaguar Land Rover that cost billions in damages and harmed the British economy, investigators have concluded. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...

A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy

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A very interesting story in the New York Times this morning that reports that the Russian state might have been involved the cyber attack against Jaguar Land Rover last year. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w.... some thoughts from me below...

A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy

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ICYMI: fascinating investigation into Samuel Samson, the 27-year-old Trump administration diplomat cultivating ties with far-right European parties. He met Farage for breakfast last year. By @shearmds.bsky.social, Catherine Porter, @bradleyjane.bsky.social and Chris Scheutze

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe

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a year is a long time in politics

Huge: BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested — on suspicion of misconduct in a public office (which would cover the sharing of confidential information and not any alleged sexual offences) #royals www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

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This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.@jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

thank u to my colleagues at wordle

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

The New York Times ended 2025 with 12.78 million total subscribers, a jump that puts it on a pace to reach its stated goal of 15 million by the end of 2027, the company said on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved the deportation of five student activists last year after receiving memos describing their participation in pro-Palestinian protests and their writings about the war in Gaza, according to government documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday.

D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests

Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.

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While everyone is focused on Greenland, over in Canada: a wild @theglobeandmail.com scoop, even with the caveats, on how its armed forces are modelling a military response to a hypothetical US invasion. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion

Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual

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ICYMI: Your Sunday long-read on what went on inside the BBC this week during a crisis sparked by a Trump documentary.

Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seven Days of Paralysis: Inside the BBC Crisis Over a Trump Documentary Joined forces with @bradleyjane.bsky.social to document a very peculiar behind the scenes meltdown at the Beeb. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...

SCOOP: Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion dollars over Panorama documentary, according to a letter to the corporation obtained by the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Today on The Bunker, @zoegrunewald.bsky.social sits down with New York Times investigative journalist @bradleyjane.bsky.social to find out what could happen if this evangelical vision of “family values” takes hold here too. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod #trump #donaldtrump

Scottish journalists & politicians are asking questions about Reform's connections to the ADF. “Reform and the ADF are trying to sow division and are treating essential healthcare as part of their narrow-minded culture war agenda.” -- @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2554319...

‘Deeply concerning’: Nigel Farage slammed over links to US anti-abortion group

NIGEL Farage’s links to an influential US anti-abortion group have been branded “deeply concerning” ...

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"The ADF has chosen Nigel Farage to focus on, building up this ally who has the potential to be a JD Vance-like figure in the future." Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...

Is Nigel Farage being used as a pawn by US Christian extremists? | The News Agents

A New York Times report suggests Nigel Farage is being backed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a conservative Christian group dedicated to rolling back rights of many groups in the US. What does this…

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ICYMI: Our investigation on the American Christian anti-abortion movement’s expansion to the UK is in today’s newspaper.

Jane Bradley@bradleyjane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

A conservative Christian group helped end the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S. Now, it has taken its playbook to Britain. Here's how the Alliance Defending Freedom became an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and the Reform U.K. party. nyti.ms/3KLqGol

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.

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A conservative Christian group that helped overturn the right to abortion in the US is now attacking UK abortion rights. With the same tactics used to overturn #RoevWade, they're attacking abortion clinic buffer zones and gestational limits. @bradleyjane.bsky.social & Elizabeth Dias report ⬇️

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 10mo ago

A conservative Christian group helped end the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S. Now, it has taken its playbook to Britain. Here's how the Alliance Defending Freedom became an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and the Reform U.K. party. nyti.ms/3KLqGol

“Very often A.D.F. has operated under the radar, quite discreetly.” ICYMI: our story on how Reform UK has been quietly working with an influential American anti-abortion group.

Jane Bradley@bradleyjane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Really good piece from Jane Bradley and co at NYT. Earlier this summer Democracy for Sale revealed how anti abortionists, including ADF, were pumping money into the U.K. Free Speech Union still hasn’t responded to our queries. Funny that… democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines

Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.

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Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · 10mo ago

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage. Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Come for the journalism, stay for the public service of teaching British swearwords to Americans

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage. Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley@bradleyjane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Must-read piece by Jane and Elizabeth for anyone interested in the alt-right/Christian networks developing between the UK and US (etc)

Jane Bradley@bradleyjane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

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NEW Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action? A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

In a debate on the Palestine Action ban on Monday, the security minister said it was based on "clear advice and intelligence", and people protesting against the ban "may not know the extent of its activities" Today, we are publishing some of that advice www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...

An FBI special agent had sex with prostitutes during overseas assignments and domestic travels and used an agency-issued device to pay for the encounters, the Justice Department’s watchdog said, committing policy violations that agency officials have said could expose agents to extortion.

FBI supervisor hired prostitutes while on assignment, watchdog says

An FBI special agent had sex with prostitutes during assignments and used an agency-issued device to pay for the encounters, a watchdog reported.

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The Spy Factory: How Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for its deep-cover operatives –– until an elite team of Brazilian cops hunted them down. New investigation with Michael Schwirtz. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

The Spy Factory

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Big investigation incoming…