by Jonathan | Aug 25, 2023 | Short Takes
It’s not likely, but it’s not impossible. Keir Giles, a Russia expert with the international affairs think-tank Chatham House, urged caution about reports of Prigozhin’s death. “Multiple individuals have changed their name to Yevgeniy Prigozhin, as...
by Jonathan | Aug 24, 2023 | Short Takes
To quote extensively: In the early 2000s, researchers … found high levels of toxic compounds used as a common flame retardant in household items. The compounds… were gradually phased out… This summer, scientists detected a new set of similar flame retardants in the...
by Jonathan | Aug 23, 2023 | Short Takes
That’s the story, as of ~10 minutes ago. On the manifest of a plane that went down north of Moscow. This is one day after a video of him in Africa (probably) was released. In related news, the Russian general in charge of Ukrainian forces was sacked. The timing...
by Jonathan | Aug 23, 2023 | Short Takes
A key witness charged in Trump’s classified documents case “retracted his prior false testimony” after hiring a new lawyer — and ditching the one paid for by a Trump PAC, Axios’ Sareen Habeshian writes from a new Justice Department filing So...
by Jonathan | Aug 21, 2023 | News, Politics
Two stories on the Hunter Biden investigation today, one from Politico and the other from the Washington Post. The Investigation Politico’s post is a medium length read that goes over the history of the investigation. Hunter Biden’s lawyers either...