"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

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NEW: Ukrainian officials continue to report disruptions to US assistance to Ukraine. Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar101926 (1/5)

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Far more consequential things going on than the instant implosion of Trump's 'lawyer' press secretary... but maybe notable for how Trump 2.0 is feeling as sloppy and erratic as ever. A national embarrassment to be sure, but also concerning as Trump's power withers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

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Hate to say ….

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