The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 10/27/25
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters.” (10/27/25)
Quantum Vibe, 10/27/25
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (10/27/25)
House Republicans accuse Biden’s FBI of retaliating against whistleblower who exposed misconduct
Source: Fox News
“According to the House Judiciary Committee, the Biden administration’s FBI used a security-clearance process to potentially retaliate against a whistleblower, and even tried to interrogate his wife while denying her repeated requests for an attorney. In a letter signed by Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Jen Kiggans, R-Va., the committee on Monday informed FBI Director Kash Patel that the Biden administration used a security-clearance interview process to skirt whistleblower protections and investigate Special Agent Valentine Fertitta in 2024. Fertitta had blown the whistle on the FBI’s misuse of ‘law-enforcement authorities.’ After that, his security clearance evaluation process became unusually prolonged. During that time, the FBI made attempts to interrogate his wife, Emily Fertitta, and asked her to participate in a two-day interview.” (10/27/25)
Inflating Russian missile costs hides US weapons crisis
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Mike Fredenburg
“The West likes to inflate the cost of Russian weapons as a way to suggest Moscow is in a financial bind and manipulate the narrative of a looming Ukraine victory — while also masking real inefficiencies in the U.S. defense industry. By assuming Russian weapons have input costs similar to U.S. systems or conflating export prices with Russia’s internal costs, Western estimates produce misleading figures. These inflated costs bolster the narrative that the strain on Moscow is tremendous, while downplaying the increasing challenges for Ukraine and NATO to effectively counter Russia’s relatively inexpensive missiles and drones.” (10/27/25)
Politicians Aren’t Heroes
Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“Seth Moulton is not a progressive; he will tell you that himself. He’s a New Democrat Coalition member, he rather prominently picked a fight by opposing trans participation in youth sports right after the 2024 elections, and he’s generally a down-the-line, center-left Democrat. Yet the moment he jumped into a U.S. Senate primary against progressive Ed Markey, he essentially kicked off his campaign with the announcement that he would be returning all donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and would refuse any further contributions from them. ‘AIPAC has aligned itself too closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government’, Moulton wrote in a statement. This is far from an isolated incident. Mallory McMorrow, running for Senate in Michigan, has called Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide, and after appearing to solicit support from AIPAC in a leaked message, said she would not accept any.” (10/27/25)
Turkey: Prosecutors File New Espionage Charges Against Istanbul’s Politically Imprisoned Mayor
Source: US News & World Report
“Prosecutors filed new espionage charges against Istanbul’s jailed mayor on Monday, intensifying the judicial pressure on the opposition politician seen as a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The new charges against Ekrem Imamoglu stem from an investigation launched last week into alleged links between his political campaign and a businessman arrested in July for reportedly carrying out intelligence activities on behalf of foreign governments. Imamoglu’s former campaign manager, Necati Ozkan, and journalist Merdan Yanardag were also charged. … Imamoglu rejected the accusations as ‘nonsense’ in a statement posted on social media.” (10/27/25)
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 10/27/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Deploys Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Near Venezuela, US OKs Israeli Airstrike in Gaza, and More.” (10/27/25)
Having a Ball
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Live long enough and everything will happen, at some point. Even bizarre, incomprehensible things, such as Saturday’s Washington Post editorial, ‘In defense of the White House ballroom.’ In short, a defense of, ahem … Trump. The paper began by noting the ballroom was something of a Rorschach test, with Trump’s opponents viewing his actions as ‘reckless’ while his supporters see ‘a change agent unafraid to decisively take on the status quo.’ But the editors add that ‘it has become far too difficult to build anything in America,’ before concluding: ‘Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere.'” (10/27/25)
Students trek across Serbia to campaign for station collapse victims ahead of anniversary
Source: SFGate
“Nine students from southwestern Serbia who have been trekking across the country for nearly two weeks said Monday they’re tired but determined to walk to the country’s north to keep attention focused on a deadly railway station disaster a year ago. They hope to reach Novi Sad on Nov. 1 when a major rally is planned to mark one year since a canopy collapsed in the northern city’s train station, killing 16 people. They believe the victims died because government corruption led to sloppy renovations at the station. The group, which has been joined by a handful of additional students since departing from the southwestern town of Novi Pazar on Oct. 16, headed out Monday from the central Serbian town of Ub after spending the night there.” (10/27/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/students-trek-across-serbia-to-campaign-for-21122430.php
The Neocons Have Finally Found a Way Into MAGA Hearts
Source: Antiwar.com
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
“‘Neocon’ may have become a dirty word, but after a few years, their agenda is back in play. And no doubt many of their players, too. After being banished to the wilderness for plunging the nation into a 20-year war, the neocons fell flat with the Trump base in Ukraine and lost the thread with MAGA in Israel. Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere are another matter. The neocons have evolved, and regime change is back on the menu. How? Rather than pushing ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ like George W. Bush’s famous second inaugural speech at the height of the Iraq War, neoconservatives have adopted the prevailing MAGA/New Right language of ‘America First’ to inject regime change back into fashion.” (10/27/25)