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"The fighting has largely stopped, but almost no progress has been made on rebuilding."
An update from Gaza by my friend and colleague Hasan Jaber
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Four days before PM Netanyahu’s future is decided in elections…
BREAKING: Israel orders army to prepare to fully close West Bank after attack
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News: Canada barred its diplomats from meeting with, attending events with or even being anywhere near US midterm candidates until the election, as part of a "risk-averse" approach to avoid any Trumpworld allegations of interference. Story via @btaplatt & me on @TheTerminal.
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Some UK government services may be offline temporarily due to cyber-security issue, Downing Street says bbc.in/4ib2uZE
I must have missed the episode of Battlestar Galactica where the Cylons went on a shopping spree with the humans’ money…
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions. axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
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Russia nearly knocked out a Finnish satellite intentionally, the U.N. determined.
As just announced in the @UN First Committee, Russia’s COSMOS 2612 military satellite has been exhibiting threatening behavior by intentionally maneuvering dangerously close to a commercial satellite, behaviors consistent with on-orbit weapons operations. This violates long-established safety thresholds in low Earth orbit. The United States will continue to secure and defend American vital national security interests in, from, and to space.
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🚨עשרות מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר ביצעו ביום שני בלילה גיחה במתווה התקפי, הגיעו עד גבול איראן ושבו לישראל. מקור אמריקני אמר לי כי היתה תחושה שבישראל קיוו שהאיראנים יירו על המטוסים כדי להצדיק תקיפה. הפרטים בכתבה שלי ב-@N12News
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US STATE DEPT IS PREPARING TO ISSUE AN ORDERED DEPARTURE OF SOME PERSONNEL AND FAMILY MEMBERS AT US EMBASSIES ACROSS THE GULF - US OFFICIALS
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Ballistic missile strikes have been reported in Kyiv. Preliminary reports indicate that six missiles were launched, with additional launches possible from Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions. liveuamap.com/en/2026/21-oct…
Could someone please mail a copy of Lament for a Nation to these guys?
FACT SHEET: Monitoring Canadian Activities in U.S. Politics
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🇰🇵 🇰🇷 The powerful sister of North Korea's leader said "a grave situation is prevailing" along the Southern border, according to state media, and Pyongyang was considering deploying "more tactical strike means" to the area.
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Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
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Picking up a fight with Canada and allying with Russia ahead of the mid-terms seems totally in line with U.S. public opinion.
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Mom and dad aren't mad, they’re just disappointed that you experimented with separation.
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Strong majority of Albertans vote to remain in Canada, rejecting referendum question on separation theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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From Trump 47’s initial ambassador to Ukraine 👇
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According to former Canadian deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick accused Canada of acting like Ukraine and threatened to send US troops across the border unless Ontario Premier Doug Ford abandoned his proposed 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the US, a retaliatory measure against Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.
Chrystia Freeland's proposal for a new international alliance of democracies closely resembles the post-Westphalian world described in Binding Chaos in which sovereign nations collaborate based on principles, not power.
In her new book, Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider’s View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People, Chrystia Freeland's proposed "friendshoring" alliance would unite democracies representing approximately 60 per cent of global economic output, establish collective economic defence commitments, expand membership across the Global South and remove members that become too authoritarian.
Five central ideas
Economic collective defence
“Just as NATO allies are pledged to support one another in the event of military attack, members of the friendshoring alliance need to be prepared to back one another up in the event of trade hostility from the outside.”
Democracies should defend one another against coercive trade measures, much as NATO members pledge collective military defence.
A new democratic trading bloc
“Together, this club of democracies accounts for roughly 60 per cent of the global economy.”
NATO members, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand would form the initial alliance. Freeland estimates this group represents approximately 60 per cent of the global economy.
Expansion beyond Western countries
“The friendshoring door should also be wide open to democracies outside the security alliance.”
India, Brazil, Indonesia and democracies across Latin America, Africa and Asia should be eligible to join.
Expulsion mechanisms
“As well as figuring out who is admitted, the friends need to devise a mechanism for kicking a country out.”
Members that abandon democratic principles must be removable. Freeland argues that alliances become vulnerable when authoritarian governments can remain members indefinitely.
Resistance to US economic coercion
“Trump is trying to turn trade from a win-win relationship to a battle for dominance over adversaries and a protection racket for friends.”
Freeland argues that Trump's administration has transformed trade negotiations into instruments of political dominance, using tariffs and investment demands to extract concessions.
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Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks.
Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. wapo.st/4yt6dHY






























