Frank Bajak
@fbajak.bsky.social
Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
The AP investigation by garanceburke.bsky.social and byrontau.bsky.social highlights the near absolute lack of privacy protections in the U.S. in the arena of license-plate readers from companies led by Flock. Brewing for two decades, this lapse now empowers flagrant Trumpian overreach.
Byron Tau (@byrontau.bsky.social)
investigative reporter in washington for the ap
formers: wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' a new book on big data and big government. buy: https://bit.ly/buyMoC
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November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The AP investigation by garanceburke.bsky.social and byrontau.bsky.social highlights the near absolute lack of privacy protections in the U.S. in the arena of license-plate readers from companies led by Flock. Brewing for two decades, this lapse now empowers flagrant Trumpian overreach.
What I'd really like is to hear from Adm. Alvin Holsey, the Southcom chief who decided to retire early after Trump turned his area of command into a high-seas shooting gallery.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What I'd really like is to hear from Adm. Alvin Holsey, the Southcom chief who decided to retire early after Trump turned his area of command into a high-seas shooting gallery.
This is the reporter that Donald Trump called "Piggy." She is Catherine Lucey, currently with Bloomberg.
I don't think it is a coincidence that, back in 2018, Lucey was the first reporter to ask Trump about Stormy Daniels. Trump responded with a lie, but, clearly, did not forget the question.
I don't think it is a coincidence that, back in 2018, Lucey was the first reporter to ask Trump about Stormy Daniels. Trump responded with a lie, but, clearly, did not forget the question.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Russia has embraced a novel technique: Sabotage-as-a-Service.💣
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎧 Listen to it now:
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November 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There’s now broad media agreement—backed up by Supreme Court rulings more or less making the act legally impossible—that open bribery is not only permitted but also required and best done on camera. (Also, I’m sure this standard will continue to be applied to any future Democratic administration.)
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
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How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“I don’t know who they’re a subcontractor with, but I don’t work with them because I have a conflict of interest and I fully recused myself,” said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. “My marriage is one thing and work is another. I don’t combine them.” Her husband is Strategy Group CEO Ben Yoho.
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“I don’t know who they’re a subcontractor with, but I don’t work with them because I have a conflict of interest and I fully recused myself,” said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. “My marriage is one thing and work is another. I don’t combine them.” Her husband is Strategy Group CEO Ben Yoho.