FRIDAY BREAKING: She Just GOT FIRED...
Major breaking news just in: new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is OUT as press secretary just 5 days into the role. Her tenure in the White House depicted by this GIF below:
And there’s a whole lot of other news to get you up-to-date on. So let’s get into today’s headlines.
A few important notes before we dive in:
Not Even Half a ‘MoochKatie Zacharia is OUT. Her exit came shortly after Trump said he told her, “Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider” the role. He said she might say in the administration “in some form but maybe a more pleasant form,” and blamed the “fake news” for “brutalizing” her. The Party of Personal Responsibility™ always blaming others. It's pathetic. And are we talking about “fake news” like Sean Hannity? Because last night, Zacharia went on his show and oooof….. It was brutal! Hannity grilled Zacharia about her background and her pretending to be a lawyer. Zacharia was clearly caught off guard by the tough questioning. It was clear the order was sent by the powers that be that Hannity had the go-ahead to take her down. And he did. Just 2 days earlier, he had attacked the “media mob” for asking her about not passing the bar exam. Then, he found himself asking the same questions, and was not a fan of her answers. This morning on Fox & Friends didn’t go any better for her. Here’s a helpful chart we put together:
The White House Hobbled Ukraine’sDefensesTwo U.S. officials and a western official told Reuters that Pentagon leaders received a message from inside the White House saying Ukraine’s SpaceX Starshield service needed to be slowed. A senior official denied that Trump personally ordered it. This morning, when asked by the press, prolific liar Trump said the report was false. Their refusal to take the blame shows they know how politically toxic this decision was. Meanwhile, The Telegraph reports that Elon Musk approached Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink. Zelenskyy is not happy. He explained how Ukraine uses Starshield to intercept jet-powered Shaheds aimed at civilians, to strike Russian military in occupied territory, and to deliver food and water by drone to soldiers on the front. When speeds dropped, some Shaheds got through. Zelenskyy held back his attacks on Russian refineries for days, but those days are now over. Trump has only grown more hostile toward Zelenskyy, while Putin has continued to attack Ukrainian energy sites. So, Zelenskyy declared: “The block on attacking refineries is out. We’re done.” He accused Trump of passing the throttling off as a “technical glitch” and of blaming missed missile warnings that killed multiple people on “bad weather.” “It was not a technical problem, it was the will,” he said. Ukraine then set a Ryazan refinery ablaze. Zelenskyy told FT that Trump openly admires leaders who hold power for decades and said it’s a “pity” the U.S. has helped Putin. Out of Patriots, and Trump Lies AboutTomahawksUkraine has now run out of Patriot missiles. The Washington Post says Ukraine had just 10 left on October 7, with irregular deliveries since May. Russia launched more than 850 Shaheds in about a day. Zelenskyy said Moscow escalated after “receiving sanctions relief” from the U.S. The UK is sending more Storm Shadows, per Bloomberg. On state regime media Newsmax, Trump blamed low U.S. munitions on Biden giving “massive amounts” of Tomahawks to “P.T. Barnum,” his name for Zelenskyy. Oh, the projection. But here are the facts: the U.S. has NEVER sent Ukraine a single Tomahawk. Not one. The reason we are low on munitions is entirely due to Trump’s failed war in Iran. Europe Is Pushing Back
Ukraine also launched around 350 drones into Russia. Strikes hit Moscow-region warehouses and reportedly another Yandex data center. Ukraine’s Navy says Neptunes destroyed 6 Su-34s at Borisoglebsk. Russian drones hit ships off Romania and Bulgaria, with at least 2 dead and 19 missing. Iran EscalatesOvernight, Iran fired anti-ship missiles and Shahed-136s toward port anchorages at Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Jebel Ali, leaving Emirates flights circling off Dubai. Iran’s forces are on their highest alert for 72 hours. The IRGC also struck a tanker in the Gulf of Oman. About 30 tankers have been hit since October 5. After 5 days of missile tests, U.S. and Israeli reports suggest Iran’s launcher stockpile may now exceed prewar levels. Iran says it’s identified about $2 trillion in U.S.-linked regional assets and has threatened undersea Internet cables. Brent crude surged to $110, and jet fuel scarcity is coming next. Per CNN, the Pentagon has now drafted options to drop a MOAB (Mother of All Bombs) on Iranian sites as a “fireworks show” before a possible withdrawal. Trump told Newsmax it’s “like a tiny nuclear bomb.” By the way, back home, wholesale inflation is at 6.3%. Mortgages are near 7.5%. And U.S. import and export prices today have surged above expectations. Import prices are up 8.1% year over year. Export prices are up 11.6% year over year. Palestinian Villagers and a JewishAmerican Journalist Attacked in theWest BankViolent, masked Israeli occupiers attacked Palestinian villagers near Abu Falah in the West Bank earlier, setting olive groves on fire and hurling rocks. Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, a Jewish American, was brutally attacked by these so-called “settlers.” “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” she said. She is now recovering in the hospital. Levine was wearing visible markings identifying her as press. The Washington Post says they are outraged by the attack, which was caught on video. Levine was there to photograph was was supposed to be a peaceful olive harvest before it was stormed by the masked attackers. Netanyahu’s response was horrifying. He called the facts “unclear” and described Levine as “allegedly assaulted,” despite the whole thing being caught on video. He recast the attack as a two-sided confrontation between some 200 “Arabs and far-left activists” and about 40 Israeli youths and warned against using “disputed incidents” to demonize “settlers.” There is nothing to debate here. The footage is out there for all to see. And the Post has reported extensively on what happened. Other Loyalists Sliding Out…
Canada Isn’t Backing DownCarney on U.S. Ambassador to Canada Hoekstra’s “election interference” claims: “He’s wrong.” At an Alberta rally, the crowd erupted when he said the Pacific Link pipeline would reduce Canada’s dependence on the U.S. Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it." This cover of The Economist is sure to drive Trump nuts:
A few more notes…
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