Mike Jensen

This federal judge appointed by President Trump found his claims of “chaos“ in Portland, Oregon “untethered to the facts.“

New weapons systems for Ukraine might be used to send a deterrence signal: stop the drones, surveillance, and sabotage, or we will increase Ukraine's capacity to execute damaging strikes.

CopyCop Deepens Its Playbook with New Websites and Targets CopyCop expands Russian influence ops with 300+ fake websites targeting the US, France, Canada & more—using AI, deepfakes, and GRU-backed infrastructure.

Storm 1516 -- an influence operation attributed to Russia -- is expanding its target audiences

www.recordedfuture.com/research/cop...

Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis Moscow is attempting to collect information from UK spacecraft, according to the MoD.

#BBCNews - Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis
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Pentagon review reportedly confirms Aukus submarines pact is safe US official says inquiry launched in June still under way but Australian PM and defence minister confident deal is secure

AUKUS Pillar 1 is reportedly full steam ahead after review
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Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.

Meeting with 800 generals is aimed at getting them to back a national defense strategy designed to pull back from competing with China and Russia. China and Russia seek to bully other countries, countries that are weak and afraid back away from a bully. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Ex-MI5 chief says those who think UK already at war with Russia 'may be right' Baroness Manningham-Buller, MI5 director general from 2002 to 2007, recalled meeting Vladimir Putin after the G8 meeting in 2005, and said "we all hoped that the past history of Russia wouldn't prevai...

"It's a different sort of war, but the hostility, the cyber attacks, the physical attacks, intelligence work, is extensive."

Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says Eliza Manningham-Buller points to extent of cyber-attacks and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow

By the time you have figured out your adversary is already at war with you, deterrence has failed. There is no binary of war/peace. Deterrence matters to keep things from escalating to a full-blown war
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So, the laws could be changed to both alleviate the human suffering and alleged sin. Why would one then endorse strict immigration laws?

We all remember that part of the Gospels where Joseph goes to the Egyptian consulate to make sure their refugee status has been approved and then leaves with the visas and documentation in hand so they could present them to the officials working the border checkpoint.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Oddly, coercing researchers through threats requests that require cost-prohibitive legal representation does not make their list of things that censor otherwise free speech.

I didn't get Raptured, but the Rule of Law may soon leave this Earthly realm A friendly reminder that Rant!

TL/DR When political systems no longer have what Easton called "diffuse support," life becomes pretty uncomfortable and democracies have to rely on their their people as the last remaining guardrails. alexzfinley.substack.com/p/i-didnt-ge...

After U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site Satellite imagery indicates Iran is increasing construction at a deeply buried site in “Pickaxe Mountain,” just south of the Natanz nuclear facility hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes in June.

After U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

Upcoming "urgent" meeting with hundreds of generals and admirals -- and no set agenda -- at the Pentagon raises questions
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Pursuing charges against Jim Comey probably won't go well. It is not a good look for the DoJ to lose cases and this one they probably will lose
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Russian propagandists doubt Trump's support for Ukraine

He could silence those critics with new military aid and backing for an air defense zone around NATO countries extending hundreds of kilometers into Ukraine
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Kremlinese-to-English translation:

Groundless --> grounded, justified
Unworthy of attention --> worthy of your careful attention
Denied --> we did it and it's my job to say we didn't

Backing away from Russia, Trump says Ukraine should win back its land and NATO allies should shoot down incursions The president’s remarks come after a meeting with Ukraine’s president.

This is a pretty bold stance. It would be a more credible policy if the US agreed to take part in responses to airspace violations, GPS jamming, and other gray zone threats to NATO countries
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Reports From Regions Show the Cost of Putin’s War Outside Moscow Executive Summary: The proportion of deaths in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine among men from non-Russian republics and from poorer but predominantly ethnic Russian regions has ...

"Losses at the local level are having an enormous effect on the lives and attitudes of those living outside of Moscow, drawing wider attention and highlighting deep social and demographic issues that could shape Russia’s future."
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They could win it faster if the US provided more aid.

How long before Tylenol mounts a multi-billion lawsuit?

YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review Stephen Colbert on the separation of church and state | The Spiritual Life w/ Fr. James Martin

Colbert on the problem of Christian nationalism: it lets politcs corrupt faith, making religion subservient to political aims which are fleeting and unworthy of the eschatological aims of religion
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Think of an economy as like baking a cake. H1-B visas exist so that if you're out of a specific ingredient, you can Instacart it and keep baking. Add a $100k delivery charge and you'll choose to:
1. Quit baking; or
2. Use an inferior recipe; or
3. Import cake instead of making it

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data

The guy who thought he had a $15 billion defamation claim against the NY Times and who launched lawsuits so frivolous against political opponents that he was fined nearly $1 million, he probably doesn't have a good judgement on whether there is a case.

'Kukly': Putin's version of Jimmy Kimmel In 2002, Putin shut down a puppet program. We're joined by fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to talk about why; the Russian societal capacity for economic suffering; and free speech.

"Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul told The Counteroffensive. “If you're really strong and you're really confident, then you don't need to worry about the Jimmy Kimmels of the world.”
www.counteroffensive.news/p/kukly-puti...

Hanania's pinned tweet links to his post about crime rates. He says, "In the crime discussion, conservatives talk about race and blue cities. Liberals talk about high crime rate in red states. Who is right? I do a deep dive into the data. The answer is clear. Race is the main factor, and partisanship has no impact at all."

Just a reminder that Richard Hanania is not a centrist and has not changed his white supremacist views. The data most definitely doesn't show crime rates are about race unless you ignore every other causative variable (urban/rural, poverty, population density, etc.).

A citizen is the highest office in a democracy. A president works for all of the American people.