SpyTalker
@spytalker.bsky.social
Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance
Huge holes remain in the deal Blanche made to get his AG nomination back on track—a deal not endorsed by Trump’s lawyers, just for starters. Then there’s his immunity from tax audits. Cornyn and Tillis not only have nothing to celebrate, they-and the entire GOP – should be ashamed. 
Seems to me that news that a bank has closed Trump accounts because of money laundering concerns should get more attention. Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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This story deserved a one line update on the dismissal story and no more. Trump insists vandals damaged Reflecting Pool, blasts DOJ for dropped charge
Prosecutors admit contractors hired by Trump “botched” the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as they sought to drop charges against the former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the landmark. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
nytimes.com
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
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Revealed: Amazing Tales from Inside the Nord Stream Sabotage Plot open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
Revealed: Amazing Tales from Inside the Nord Stream Sabotage Plot
Our interview with Bojan Pancevski, author of "The Nord Stream Conspiracy."
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Wall Street Journal reporter Bojan Pancevski unveils the astounding story of Ukraine’s sabotage of the Russian pipeline. New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabf...
How the Trump shakedown works. Gobsmacking details … www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
wsj.com
To WaPo: McConnell has not actually “said” anything for some 6 weeks now. All we’ve gotten are prepared statements and staged photographs. Is he paralyzed? Dead? Capitol Police should maybe investigate.
New in SpyWeek: Ratcliffe Urged to Stand Up to Trump open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
New in SpyWeek: Ratcliffe Urged to Stand Up to Trump
CIA veterans urge the spy agency chief—and other senior IC officials—to publicly confront Trump on election lies, failed Iran War strategies, or resign.
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Want to see more clearly what’s going on in America under Trump right now? Watch this riveting BBC short series on the rise of Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic. www.imdb.com/title/tt3027...
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Like the fabled Circe in The Oddesey Trump turned the WHCA and attending press into pigs— but with the unexpected result that he turned into the biggest pig of all.
The White House Correspondents Association entirely deserved this disgusting spectacle
And now this: The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
Surprise: “Fourteen stations in the 25-location network are controlled by companies linked to Shamikh and Syed Kazmi, two brothers who have been dogged by a string of civil misconduct accusations, including fraud, records show.” apnews.com/article/free...
The men behind Trump's $3.47 gas: An NFL coach, a GOP fundraiser and two New Jersey brothers
President Donald Trump and his White House have enthusiastically promoted the Freedom Fuel Network, a chain of star-spangled gas stations.
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WHAT. A. STORY. The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...
The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations - The American Prospect
How can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask.
prospect.org
Terrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security. New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabf...
UPDATED SpyWeek: How Trump Shanked Elections Fraud, the Bipartisan Rush on Clayton, Rubio’s Global Terrorism Stunt, and More open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
SpyWeek: How Trump Shanked Elections Fraud, the Bipartisan Rush on Clayton, Rubio’s Global Terrorism Stunt, and More
Also: Pulte lobbied to name and smear CIA officials, DOJ activated long dormant secretive terrorism court, a high level real life spy yarn
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SpyWeek: How Trump Shanked Elections Fraud, the Bipartisan Rush on Clayton, Rubio’s Global Terrorism Stunt, and More open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
SpyWeek: How Trump Shanked Elections Fraud, the Bipartisan Rush on Clayton, Rubio’s Global Terrorism Stunt, and More
Also: Pulte lobbied to name and smear CIA officials, DOJ activated long dormant secretive terrorism court, a high level real life spy yarn
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A Few Intelligence Nuggets Emerge in Newly Released Documents open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
A Few Intelligence Nuggets Emerge in Newly Released Documents
China stepped up espionage, hacked Biden campaign, but didn’t engage in 2020 election interference, despite Trump claims. Russia did (again).
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“Federal officials had stopped tracking cases of cyclosporiasis under the Trump administration…” Of course. www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
Parasitic infections causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ double in Maryland since last week
Though no official source has been identified, Michigan officials say their investigation points to lettuce or other salad greens.
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