James Marinero

The war is going so well for Russia that Putin is cutting off mobile data in downtown Moscow this week during 2 major conferences he is attending, hoping it will keep Ukrainian drones away. Spoiler alert: it won't keep Ukrainian drones away.

🕸️🕷️Campaign plans: We’re planning to raise funds for net launchers to protect Ukrainian ground robots (UGVs) from Russian FPV drones in one of our upcoming NAFO campaigns. Our friends from the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade’s UGV unit have requested these systems for testing.

Steady state resilience for Brazil. Quick free read: jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/brazils-gv...

I'm just noting that those are precisely the target class that Storm Shadows were designed to punch through to. And you can't build data centres overnight, even if you can get the GPUs and swtiches.

Please donate whatever you can spare. Just chipped in my share. You save the lives of Ukrainian freedom fighters and civilians alike. If you save on life you save the world.

The targets are becoming scarcer and therefore harder to find.

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First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

Jared’s father, Charles Kushner, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion and witness tampering. He hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, videotaped it, and mailed the tape to his sister. Trump pardoned him and made him Ambassador to France and Monaco. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

The Trump Regime is making up bullshit about election fraud to disenfranchise millions of voters. @kamlager-dove.house.gov visited the LA County Ballot Processing Center & joins me to explain their security procedures & to give the latest on how CA is fighting back. youtu.be/JvE3FcOiaXs?...

A nurse who spends election season getting neighbors to the polls won't be a poll monitor this year. DHS agents, some armed, had started knocking on doors. So the nurses' union took DHS to court. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-is-o...

You know it's true🎶 Everything Mike does🎶 He does it for Trump🎶 Hey Mike Rogers, when you see Trump today, show him this!

DHS agents, some armed, knocked on doors in Kansas City, Missouri, and San Francisco asking about voting. One nurse quit going to campaign events. 225,000 nurses sued instead. They won in 33 days. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-is-o...

If still debating whether Donald Trump or Elon Musk willfully crippled Ukraine's missile defense, helping to slay innocent civilians, you are a rube. If the U.S. President had no role, then an oligarch governs national security. If not, the U.S. President serves Russia. Both answers are mortifying.

Today at 15:10, a Russian drone attacked a public bus in Kherson city centre. Passenger trains, markets, bus stations, shopping malls, schools, playgrounds… Russia’s sickening attacks on civilians continue unabated. Six people were injured and taken to hospital, one later died 🙏

☕ Happy Sunday, Tooniacs. Tony was just minding his business, enjoying a quiet Sunday stroll when the Open #ToonieTuesday found him again.😂 Apparently, there are no days off until these four cross the finish line. SOMEBODY - $9,778 / $17,960 - $8,182 to go 🅿️🅿️Bogdan.nelen@gmail.com 🧵⤵️

Ready for something new. Hungry for something better. Change is in the air.

Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

I may not be able to talk, but my vote can’t be silenced! I voted early and in less than 10 minutes. Check out your local early voting sites and VOTE 🗳️

Musk slowed Starlink/Starshield. And hobbling the F-25 is possible. jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/the-f-35s-...

Here’s a message for the naysayers that are complaining about what is — and isn’t — happening in my case against AG Todd Blanche: I AM NOT SURRENDERING. I know the value of my work and I know what it means to be fighting for truth and accountability. I know what this case means for the survivors.

Of great interest!

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Did China save the world economy with a 50% drop in oil imports? Free read with the numbers... jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/chinas-qui...

BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN

Hormuz ship attacks hit an all time high and supertankers divert. Quick free briefing: jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/warning-up...

Understanding conflict outcomes: The seemingly overwhelming power of the USA is unable after 8 months of 2026 to vanquish Iran which has had 47 years to harden itself. in our model USA scores 48, Iran 79. The answers are deeply buried, almost literally. and soft too. gvindex.io/conflict-set

Paper strength does not finish a war. Hardness gaps and systemic damping explain unfinished fights in Ukraine and Iran, using GVIndex conflict-set scores jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/what-may-l...

Why the Aframax Rio attack is really important. 🎁 medium.com/the-dock-on-...

FAFO: Orban may stand trial over the illegal detention of an Oschadbank convoy and seizure of funds. As suspected at the time, it seems likely Orban personally ordered the illegal action for political reasons. I look forward to seeing that asshole's perp walk after conviction.

Carney announced a new million-barrel pipe to the Pacific. A 10% US energy tariff has been on the books since March 2025; USMCA-qualified barrels can still clear. Canadian barrels are the heavy feedstock US refineries are tuned to. First new oil flow planned for 2032. gvindex.io/tariffs-are-...

In an update, NBC News said that there were injuries to US marines during the Sept 14 attack in the Strait of Hormuz. 8 US Marines injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit the non-Navy vessel they were aboard in the Strait of Hormuz. Ship: St Helena? jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/8-marines-...

Yanbu is loading again. Perim still owns the exit. Petroline is back at 2.65 mn b/d, not 5.5. Asia still chooses Hormuz or a halved Bab. Oman STS working The scarce barrel is diesel. Europe’s crack cleared $100. StanChart has prices elevated through 2027. jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/yanbu-is-l...

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

It's Tuesday and it's time for SIDEBAR Live! Join me at 5:30 pm ET and we'll kick off today's show with @macfarlanenews.bsky.social who was at Former Special Counsel Jack Smith's testimony today before Senate Judiciary! youtube.com/live/x8ZPTJn...

"Poor, sad, stupid orange white man. He would sell his soul—and country—for a few hollow words of praise."

🇺🇦👀 "We will find a countermeasure to the Russian drones and will definitely prepare our response. And we will hold out. A day longer than they do," — Budanov

Saudi oil transfers to the fleet off Oman, now full. A 2nd transfer station off India would raise throughput but not open a new door. Empty VLCCs still have to return to Hormuz. 7 million b/d is a rebound, not a reopening. Iran's offer is on the table. jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/the-omani-...

European governments spent the week warning of Russian drones and sabotage. Official Mi-8 probe in Poland; El Mundo: CIA warned Spain, France and Italy of Gerbera drone launches from Mediterranean shipping containers — one source, unconfirmed. EU GVI: 29 jamesmarinero.substack.com/p/mediterran...

Once again, and despite court orders & the federal law, Todd Blanche is trying to delay production in the Epstein Files; specifically, he doesn’t want to have to review & produce the foreign-language documents. My latest filing exposes Blanche for his legal hackery. youtu.be/72FTfVLdUS8?...

Nuclear warheads do not stop massed drone attacks. Russia’s MOD said it downed about 1,110 Ukrainian drones across the country, Crimea and the Black Sea (20/9) A nuclear state claims more than 1,000 drones shot down and still has a refinery burning in the capital. gvindex.io/nuclearlimits