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Bondi says she doesn't know what's happened to the alleged tapes of border czar Tom Homan accepting a bribe, much less the $50,000 that undercover FBI agents gave him in a paper bag.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

WELCH: There's a tape, right, with Mr Homan. Is there a tape with audio and video of the transfer of $50k?

BONDI: You would have to talk to Director Patel about that

WELCH: I'm talking to you

BONDI: I don't know the answer

WELCH: You do know

BONDI: Don't call me a liar!

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 20h

Simple question that AG Pam Bondi refuses to answer: "What happened to the $50,000 that the FBI delivered to Mr. Holman in a paper bag?"

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 21h

Pam Bondi is incapable of answering simple questions.

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 20h

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 23h

Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck

CBS News Chicago reporter Asal Rezaei said she was turning away from the facility's fence when a masked agent shot a pepper ball at her truck.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 5d

"Arrested while covering a protest. Shot in the face with a pepper ball. Shoved to the ground and taken away on a stretcher.

Journalists have repeatedly been injured & impeded while reporting on action by masked ICE officials" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175... by @brianstelter.bsky.social

Welcome to October. Here's the latest on Sora, Jane Fonda, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon, Bari Weiss, YouTube TV, "SNL," Hunter S. Thompson, and much more...

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Reliable Sources lead: Portland is not burning. Trump's rhetoric is totally divorced from reality. One way to prove it is by pairing Trump's words with the pictures... cnn.it/4q0hlJs

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 1d

Tax agency chaos: Trump appoints a seventh #IRS chief in 10 months: The head of Social Security

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein-Trump: Trump refused to rule out a pardon for Maxwell and said he would “have to take a look at” doing do and that he will “speak to the DOJ.”

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 2d

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New: SpyFaces in the Crowd: Michael Ellis

The CIA deputy director's partisan background breaks tradition at the agency

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 2d

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New: SpyFaces in the Crowd: Michael Ellis

The CIA deputy director's partisan background breaks tradition at the agency

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 2d

Can there be any question now that Trump & co are determined to impose military rule on majority Democratic states and cities? www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

Pentagon says it is deploying California National Guard to Portland

The U.S. military said it is reassigning about 200 federalized members of the California National Guard from the Los Angeles area to Portland.

www.reuters.com

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 3d

Ka$h Patel "summarily dismissed" a new agent trainee at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia, who displayed a pride flag at his previous work area. abcnews.go.com/US/kash-pate...

Kash Patel fires FBI trainee who displayed pride flag: Sources

The FBI has "summarily dismissed" a new agent trainee who displayed a pride flag at his previous work area, several sources with knowledge of the action told ABC News.

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 3d

New in SpyWeek: Leaks and Piques
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New in SpyWeek: Leaks and Piques

Hegseths mobilizes lie detectors, Tulsi cancels intel report, Trump cuts NYPD counterterrorism funds, Mossad spy hanged, questions about Venezuela info

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 3d

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Can This Be Fiction? Ex-CIA Novelist Takes Us Inside Israel’s Covert Ops in Iran

David McCloskey shifts from Russia to Iran in his latest great spy thriller, “The Persian.”

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 4d

Watch @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social chat with David McCloskey. #SpyTalk #MSWMedia

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 4d

New #SpyTalk podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🕵

Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/dav...

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 4d

The Washington Post’s pre-Halloween Thursday Night Massacre.
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Got An Opinion? Tough.

Sorry for the second post today, and for the dreariness of its content.

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 4d

As first reported by SpyTalk: www.spytalk.co/p/cyber-secu...

Cyber Security Act Sunsets Under Shadow of Government Shutdown

Even in the face of heightened cyber threats, Sen. Rand Paul’s objections could not be overcome before federal funding ran out

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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 5d

Too little, too late.

SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 5d

“You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”—former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...