THE WIRE TAP
Chris Sampson, Glenn Kirschner, Frank Figliuzzi, Shaun PinnerLooking at a world in crisis and possible solutions
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The Reformer They Removed
A note on method. What follows rests on the open English- and Ukrainian-language record through July 17, 2026, and on my four years of field reporting from Kyiv. Solid reporting is presented as fact and sourced to a named outlet and date. W...
Judge Boasberg Blows Up Rubio's Censorship-Visa Regime
Judge Boasberg just froze Marco Rubio’s censorship-visa regime, and the paper trail that sank it was written by the State Department itself.
Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio, decided July 14, 2026, runs 58 pages. It i...
THE SOVEREIGNTY HE SOLD
Marco Rubio stood in front of a camera on July 13, 2026, and told the American people that a court in The Hague was coming for their birthright.
He invoked the Declaration of Independence. He invoked juries of our peers. He invoked 250 yea...
CULTURE SATURDAYS: THE WORLD OF FRAME DRUMS PT 2
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Journalist-Photographer - Videographer -Musician- Based in Ukraine - Writing about people and the war. I've been in country the entire full scale invasion and I'm not giving up on our people.
Legal Analyst. Former 30-year federal prosecutor. Army vet. Rule of law guy. 100% independent.
FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender
\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Former British Soldier & \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukrainian Marine | Author of Live.Fight.Survive | Defender of Mariupol | Writer & Independent Journalist ✍️ | Proud Husband & Father
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