thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv

Of all the fights for Dems to pick with Brendan Carr, demanding the FCC enforce outage refunds (which AT&T and Verizon already give) is a choice

as if this wasn't bad enough on its face, they didn't search a natsec beat journo like Ellen Nakashima or even defense Dan Lamothe/Alex Horton, it was Hannah Natanson, whose beat has been......DOGE and related abuses of feds guys I don't think they were looking for classified documents

Kyiv Independent - Ukraine’s prime lithium deposit officially awarded to Trump-linked investors. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-a...

Obligatory theonion.com/it-only-tues...

The Pentagon plans to take a $1 billion stake in a rocket supplier to boost its stockpile of long-range missiles www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google Docs to shadow federal agents.

Business-as-usual in Washington, distress in DC

Lockheed Martin says it can hit the Pentagon's sky-high production target of 2,000 Patriot missiles a year within the coming years—if Congress coughs up billions to pay for it. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

First quote to Dylan Byers … might as well be a bat signal

The Pentagon won’t release the full, unedited video of a lethal Sept. 2 strike on alleged drug traffickers, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The site of a Tennessee explosion that killed 16 workers was part of an “industry that polices itself.”

Boeing machinists will head back to work in St. Louis after nearly 15 weeks on the picket line: www.wsj.com/business/boe...

A datapoint as striking Boeing workers vote on a new contract in St. Louis today: Boeing has brought in more Israeli military business than any other U.S. contractor since the war in Gaza began. The breakdown from colleague Benoit Faucon: www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I’m loving the sandwich puns. Keep ‘em coming.

There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died. That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time. www.cato.org/commentary/q...

A UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Ky. UPS said that there were three crew members onboard the MD-11 aircraft, and that it was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii.

White House announces new limits on press access at 5 pm on Halloween

New: The president’s push to build Golden Dome quickly is giving SpaceX an edge. It’s already poised for a $2 billion windfall from one early effort to track missiles from space. The details w/ @micahmaidenberg.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Golden Dome, meet Golden Fleet. Trump has been telling Navy officials his thoughts on ships for months, sometimes texting late at night. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Endorse

The Pentagon’s general counsel “refused to provide a written justification for the strikes”

immediately leaks, ofc www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“During a recent response exercise … officials spent the bulk of the time figuring out how many spending memos would be needed in the immediate aftermath of a major Atlantic hurricane.” The estimate: at least 80.

St. Louis is a test case for Trump's policy of shifting disaster relief to the states. But months after a tornado struck, the city is still waiting for $700 million in federal recovery funds, while FEMA workers are assigned to ICE. (gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“Companies don’t build these things on spec” — the Pentagon's call to surge missile production is bumping into funding, supply-chain constraints www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Inside you there are two wolves. There is the Anti-Monarchy Wolf and the Irish Nationalist Wolf. Normally they get along fine but someone brought up Oliver Cromwell and oh boy are they fighting now.

This is best story by far about the SIM farm uncovered in New York by Secret Service. The intent of the farm is not, as suggested by other stories, to disrupt Secret Service protection of dignitaries attending the UN or taking out mobile service for all NY but about managing criminal enterprises

Exclusive: The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, people familiar with the request said.

The remarks were: “the Maga Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that toxic fume leaks on airplanes are becoming more frequent and not much is being done about it.

Boeing’s St. Louis-area machinists will keep striking after again rejecting a contract their negotiators had endorsed. “Our members will always have the final say in their futures,” union rep Tom Boelling says.

The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.

I don’t care what Bill Maher thinks about literally anything, whether I agree with it or not, because it has been decades since he did anything except get attention for saying uninteresting things. People go after Kardashians and so on for “being famous for being famous.” Maher is the same.

ICE has parked outside daycares and churches. Nannies and children watched as ICE raided a business across from the Mount Pleasant library during story time. At Shrine of the Sacred Heart, an usher was arrested on his way to services. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...

let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success

What in the world

The target called the police saying that masked men had tried to pull him over, broke his car window and shot at him. He said he didn’t know who they were and asked for police assistance.

DC says the attempted takeover of the MPD is both illegal and creating "havoc" for officers trying to determine who is in charge of the department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“I feel sorry for them,” Cambodia’s deputy PM said of the U.S. negotiating team. “There are so many countries to talk to.” www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Do not talk about the $25 billion pot of money you all are here to compete for

From Senate committee debate on bill to ban stock trading by officeholders. "This is self-flagellation." - Ron Johnson (R., Wisc.) "In the audience, how many of you don't want to make money? Anybody want to be poor? I don't." - Rick Scott (R. Fla.) www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/bus...

New entries in @Starlink's GeoIP file for #India appear the day after the country's space regulator granted a license to launch operations in India. This was the final regulatory hurdle for the satellite provider to enter the massive South Asian market. www.reuters.com/world/india/...

China National Space Administration recruitment campaign launching in 3, 2 …

We have been hearing for years now about North Korean IT workers getting jobs at US companies. The DoJ indicted a number of these workers today, and here’s one story explaining how it happens. www.wsj.com/business/he-...

#Iran is back online as of 05:00 UTC (8:30am local). Iran Telecom Minister: With conditions returning to normal, the state of communication access has reverted to its previous state. x.com/HashemiSatta...

The U.S.’s publicly held debt is nearing 100% of gross domestic product and is projected to surpass the post-World War II record of 106% in a few years. Here’s what happened.

Only two years … not bad