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Ukraine's War Runs on a Subscription. On October 14, Someone Changed the Plan.
Starshield capped Ukraine's drones at 100 mph, Starlink's roaming-plan limit. Nobody signs for it.
Jerry van der Laan
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Everyone Is Asking What Side You're On. Nobody Is Answering What You Asked.
From a Dutch birthday party to the Grenfell inquiry: how a question becomes an identity.
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Kuwait and Iraq Are Losing the Same Share of Their Economy. Only Iraq Devalued.
The oil can wait underground. Iraq's salaries could not.
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France's Riots Began Over Classrooms. The Election They Shape Is About Order.
Interest on France's debt now outranks its schools. That makes order the state's cheapest answer.
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Everyone Is Watching Chinese Cars Win Europe. Nobody Is Asking What Any Maker Can Still Switch Off.
A test in an Oslo mine exposed a question Europe's vehicle-security rules still struggle to answer.
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Russia Controls the Northern Sea Route in the Name of Ice. The Ice Is Retreating.
Moscow's permits exist for safety in ice. In 2025 they also let through ships with no ice class.
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PJM's Capacity Auction Paid Its Price Ceiling Three Times. New Supply Fell 80 Percent.
Three auctions paid their ceiling. In the last, every new megawatt came with 260 existing ones.
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He Signed Operation Northwoods in 1962. In 1975 He Helped Investigate the CIA.
Lyman Lemnitzer gave an affidavit to his own commission. No inquiry of the era published his memo.
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Washington Licensed Russian Diesel. Two Days Later, Its Truce Plan Covered Only Refineries.
The Kremlin's 2025 truce list named five kinds of target. The 2026 plan, as Washington describes it, names only one.
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I Forecast Medicine Gaps From Hormuz. The Gloves Got There First.
The first Track Record audit scores fourteen lines and follows Gulf naphtha to a hospital glove.
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Swiss Intelligence Knew Who Owned Crypto AG. It Told the Police Otherwise.
Operation Rubicon was in print by 1995. The record that could prove it stayed with those who ran it.
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Who Owns BlackRock? The Banks Sold Out. The Index Funds Moved In.
BlackRock has no controlling shareholder. Its own client funds appear among its largest reported holders, and the rules governing how those shares are voted reveal a deeper question about who exercises power on behalf of investors.