Charles McPhedran

Context:

www.politico.eu/article/zebr...

He’s phoning his 🦓🦓s

They are LARP-ing James Bond films in North Korea, by the looks of it.

Thanks. Knee deep in something else at the moment, but will try to come back to this.

Reuters says its source doesn’t know where the hacker was operating from and what they did with the material accessed. Further details follow:

#Breaking: Reuters is reporting that foreign hackers compromised the FBI’s Epstein files THREE years ago. The bureau says the investigation into the cyber break-in at its New York office is ongoing, but I imagine lawmakers will want to know more.

That’s why researchers describe Russian disinformation “ecosystems”. They are massive and ever changing.

CNN: “One of the 7 Iranian soccer players granted refuge in Australia has changed her mind, forcing Australian officials to hurriedly move the other 6 women after she divulged their secret location to the Iranian embassy, the government in Canberra said.”

I understand this is not the only Russian disinformation network running an interference campaign in the Hungarian elections. That’s tactically advantageous because if one set of bots or amplifiers is tackled by the platforms, then Moscow still has options.

This story raises suspicions about whether obscure, ulterior motives were behind the Trump administration’s kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and the installation of Delcy Rodríguez as interim president of Venezuela in January.

4 people have been killed. This is a densely populated area in the heart of Beirut. There was, reportedly, no advance warning.

Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an IMF lifeline and help from the Nordics and Baltics are set to keep it solvent.

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine will get money from EU countries to fund its war effort even if Hungary and Slovakia continue to block a promised €90 billion loan, two EU diplomats have told POLITICO.

(Map above shows that the only way out is by foot. Many of those who want to go simply cannot manage to walk 22 kilometres by foot.)

Volunteers are warning that the situation in Oleshky, an occupied town on the bank of the Dniepr in Kherson is desperate. There is no power, water, medical supplies and all of the roads out are mined. They’re pleading with the Red Cross to organise a route for nearly 250 people who want to flee.

I understand this is not the only Russian disinformation network running an interference campaign in the Hungarian elections. That’s tactically advantageous because if one set of bots or amplifiers is tackled by the platforms, then Moscow still has options.

Perhaps the sale was discussed in the redacted sections?!

The history of the Ryabolovlev sale to Trump looks like yet another failure of US justice:

Running out of time: Israel escalates Iran strikes as Trump weighs ‘elegant exit’ The Israeli military is pushing for more strikes on Iran before the window of opportunity closes, when US President Trump decides to end the war.

NEW: Israel has concluded in #Iran war
• Regime change not an option
• Protests didn’t mobilize
• Kurdish option is no more
Result: Escalation of strikes as Trump looks for “elegant exit” and wait for next round www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Also: Did he really do 20-30 mill in renovations, and did the IRS investigate?

Terrific. Thanks. The Mueller investigation’s findings on this were never made public, right?

Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen seems to have joined the dots on this in 2020. “Trump,” Cohen wrote, “was convinced the real buyer of that house was Vladimir Putin.” Because many of them are wallets in charge of Putin’s money.

How is it that Trump has never been asked about this? Looks sus.

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This e-mail from Epstein to Michael Wolff is making the rounds. It’s about Trump’s purchase of a Florida mansion at auction. The future president then flipped it to Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev with a huge capital gain. According to Epstein, the 50 million Trump made saved him. 1/2

Orban orders Hungarian government to hold over $80 million in seized Ukrainian cash, gold amid probe Orban has tasked the Hungarian tax and customs authority to determine the origin and purpose of the detained shipments and probe possible links between seven expelled Ukrainians and "criminal or terro...

⚡️ Orban orders Hungarian government to hold over $80 million in seized Ukrainian cash, gold for 60 days amid probe.

Breaking: Seven members of Iran’s women’s football team have sought asylum, ABC understands The ABC understands at least seven members of Iran’s women’s football team have sought asylum in Australia.

#Breaking: At least 7 of 13 Iranian female footballers have now sought asylum in Australia. One player reportedly refused to board before the team’s outbound flight took off. The gov’t says members of the team were given a choice without Iranian chaperones present.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

In the South, Russia’s infiltration tactics do not seem to have led to lasting gains (as was also the case in Kupiansk).

Russia drops three aerial bombs on Sloviansk, killing at least four people and wounding 16 others, Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin says. #Ukraine