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AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · 4d ago

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Ukraine already has an answer, built without Patriot at all. Fire Point's FREYJA interceptor targets 2,000 missiles a year at roughly $700K each. Lockheed's Patriot PAC-3 built about 620 last year, and its new $3B deal aims to triple that to 2,000 a year over seven years, at $3.8-5M per shot. FREYJA's day-one production target is Patriot's stated 2033 goal. Built with European partners, at a fraction of the price, years ahead of schedule. #Ukraine #Defense

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · 4d ago

Raytheon and Lockheed are worried Ukraine could build a better Patriot for less. They've had the tech for decades and never managed either themselves. An unnamed Republican official told The Atlantic this is the real reason Washington hasn't licensed Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors: fear Ukrainians would improve it and undercut US costs. If the worry is really reverse engineering, owning a handful of Patriots already gets you there. No factory needed. #Ukraine #Defense #US

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · Aug 03, 2026

In under three weeks, Ukraine has struck over a dozen Wildberries warehouses, damaging one of Russia's biggest non-oil companies. That's pushing the government toward a bailout it can't easily afford. Wildberries carries roughly $17.6 billion in debt, and a Russian oligarch has warned its collapse could cascade through the banking system. The bond market is already failing, four straight auctions canceled or undersubscribed in July, yields above 16.5%. #Ukraine #Russia

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

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Ken Paxton has spent his career under investigation. 2015: indicted for securities fraud (resolved 2024, pretrial diversion). 2020: staff accused him of bribery to help a donor — he fired them, taxpayers paid $3.3M. 2023: impeached, acquitted and reinstated by the Texas Senate. Now: on a $153K salary, he and his trusts own 15+ properties worth ~$9M, incl. 3 Utah condos bought for $1.6M in February. He's also accused of voting in six elections from an address he didn't live at #Texas #corruption

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

Texas hasn't elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, when Ann Richards lost to George W. Bush. But something's shifting: Abbott's 2022 margin (10.9%) was already down from 13.3% in 2018 — the closest Texas governor's race since 2006. Now a new TPOR poll has Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton 45%-40% in the Senate race, his widest margin yet. → Follow @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social for your daily autocracy briefing. State approval pending. ★ ★ ★ #USA #Texas

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

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@randahl@mastodon.social The layer that makes it funnier: the goal was federal control over elections, using documents meant to prove foreign interference against him. Instead, his own DNI's paper trail confirms Russia ran a coordinated campaign to help elect him — "with US officials," per the text. He built the case for federal oversight using evidence that he was the beneficiary, not the victim, of exactly what he's warning about. #politics

AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily@mastodon.social · Jul 08, 2026

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@rogeredwards@gamepad.club This isn't really a jeopardy race for Farage. The Economist's model has Reform at 56% in Clacton vs Labour's 7% — the seat isn't at risk. Labour and the Tories called his bluff by refusing to field candidates, leaving him facing a non-politician with nothing to lose — free to expose his wrongdoing without fear of political payback. What he's actually risking: the £5M Harborne standards probe, unresolved by resigning, and looking small next to a man in a bin costume.

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