Frank Bajak

Why Israel Closed the Pegasus Deal Probe for Which Ghana Convicted Officials Neither country appears to have an interest in opening the Pandora’s box of the Pegasus affair. @eitaymack✍️ thewire.in/world/why-isra…

@Alonso_GD It won’t happen. The hapless would-be despot is getting desperate and flooding the zone with shit.

You study in the US, get an OPT, fall in love and get married, find a job, maybe even have a kid And then to be a permanent resident you need to quit your job, move away from your family and somehow survive 6 months in a country you left 4 years ago Ridiculous policy

The AP laid off one of Pennsylvania's most talented, thoughtful and generous reporters in Mark Scolfaro (@houseofbuddy), who always found time to crack a joke or tell a tale on deadline. Mark has made generations of reporters better, and his layoff makes the commonwealth worse.

A statement on today’s layoffs from the AP News Guild:

@houseofbuddy Dang. You are such a pro, Mark. It was always great working with you. Best of luck!

It’s my turn in the barrel — I’ve just been laid off from AP after 23 years. I owe so much to my colleagues, past and present, and to the oh-so-many people who have talked to me, helped me, made me laugh. If you think you want my personal contacts, DMs are open.

Some life news. I was laid off today after 21 years with the AP. I am now a free agent, so if you know of any openings …

The @AP's coverage of the Butler assassination attempt was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. Three people I worked with on that coverage are now gone from AP via layoffs or buyouts, taking with them great skill, sourcing and decades of institutional knowledge.

Very serious point here — media vastly overreport what Trump says rather than clarifying for the reader the actual strategic situation.

A fighter jet deal meant to improve Peru's ties with the US has instead become a flashpoint after the interim president postponed the deal at the last minute. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@mitrataj @gonza_banda If Sánchez wins the runoff does he move toward the center in order to more effectively govern? Or does he move closer to the center before round two, assuming he advances? Interesting times.

@gonza_banda I think Sánchez himself probably holds progressive, pro-institutionalist views (he initially condemned Castillo's attempted self-coup) but he knows that Castillo's base (and the right-wing parties he'll have to govern alongside) don't and is willing to set them aside

Petro weighs in on Sánchez's advance, portraying it as a win for progressivism But as @gonza_banda pointed out to me the other day, it's actually a triumph OVER progressivism by a more rural, socially-conservative, nationalist and economically-radical left, embodied by Castillo

Jaime Bayly pulveriza a Rafael López Aliaga: No hay fraude, Si es religioso debería ser humilde, compasivo y amar al prójimo. ¿Cómo va a amenazar con meterle cosas por el culo al jefe del JNE? López Aliaga habla como un canalla. Me dió vergüenza. No está a la altura para ser Presidente. Tags: Curwen Piero Corvetto Roberto Burneo #AlertaContraElRacismo Ipsos Datum

A robot couldn't stop dancing at a HaiDiLao Hotpot restaurant in Cupertino, California, sending food and chopsticks flying despite the best efforts of three staff members.

Update: I'm working on legislation to ban corrupt and destabilizing prediction markets, where insiders who know the outcome (especially in government) can rig the game to favor certain bets.

Software-defined war is hell.

A taste of the current mood in Poland, from a lawmaker who served as deputy prime minister and minister of education, @GiertychRoman

Dear Mr. Ambassador, Your position that you will not maintain relations with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, who was elected by a parliamentary majority representing the majority of Poles, is simply outrageous. The times when ambassadors dictated to Poles who should hold what office in Poland are over and will never return. We want good relations with the United States, but your representatives will not choose the authorities of the Republic of Poland for us. I have never been a fan of Włodzimierz Czarzasty, but in this matter, as a Member of Parliament, I stand firmly behind him. Your President first insulted Polish soldiers and then demands support for his dreams of receiving the Nobel Prize. The times when Nero, under threat of punishment, demanded recognition for his musical talents have been regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire. From the Polish perspective, Donald Trump’s efforts to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while at the same time hanging a photograph of himself with the greatest criminal of our times—Putin—are similar to Nero’s demands for awards and praise. If you do not like the Polish authorities, please change your job. In Poland, Poles will democratically decide who holds the highest offices. Please come to terms with that. And please tell your President to apologize to Polish soldiers, and especially to the families of those of our heroes who fell while carrying out a NATO defense mission. Yours sincerely, Roman Giertych

The Washington Post laid off its entire award-winning photo staff. Every photographer, fired. The WaPo photo staff has won 5 Pulitzers, including as recently as 2019. With a newsroom that still has 300 journalists, how do you produce a daily report with…no photographers? —>

The DEA since 2018 has catalogued allegations against Rodríguez ranging from drug trafficking to gold smuggling. One informant told DEA that Rodríguez used hotels in Isla Margarita “as a front to launder money.” W/ ⁦@JimMustian⁩ ⁦@etuckerAP⁩ apnews.com/article/delcy-…

How Delcy Rodríguez rose from sidelined aide to Venezuela’s interim president – and why Donald Trump sees her as a partner. apnews.com/article/delcy-…