Sitemap - 2023 - Rant! with Alex Finley

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever offends you the least

Why do Republicans hate America being a superpower?

When the fascists tell you their plans, believe them

VESPERS link

Reminder: VESPERS! with special guest Casey Michel

A #YachtWatch Update: A Tale of Two Yachts in Turkey

A Former Spy Gives Thanks

Will the uniforms be nice in the coming fascist era?

AFRICA: A BRIEF HISTORY OF BEING SCRAMBLED AFTER

This Week, A Book Was Yanked While A Teenager's Johnson Was Not

The Ark and the Covenant

Is it bad when all your lawyers plead guilty to crimes?

What Could Have Been: A Peek Into the Writing Process

My Week Was Better Than Jim Jordan's

The perks of a new Russian passport

Against US Aid to Ukraine? You're Pro-Putin, According to Putin

VESPERS link

Reminder: VESPERS! with a special guest

Russian Spies, Ukrainian Oligarchs, and America's Mayor

More Details on Sham Election Observers

Curious, George: Russia's fake election in Ukraine and a Voter Fraud Case in Michigan

VESPERS link, September 21 at noon ET (6pm Europe)

Vespers! Plus a small assignment

The World Kept Turning While I Slept In

The Enablers: A New Report About Washington Influence Peddling

On Self-Coups and Hypocrisy

Who's on first, at Walgreens

A Ukrainian Peace Plan, a Chinese Grand Bargain, and NASCAR Transparency

CLASS 13: THE SOLUTION IS IN OUR HANDS

China aimed to influence the Trump administration to accept a pro-China 'Grand Bargain'

Alfa Nero and the Billionaires Who Own Nothing

CLASS 12: DON'T SAY MEAN THINGS ABOUT BEIJING

From Crudité to Coup d'État

Russia's Horny Spy Whale and a Russophobic Shark

CLASS 11: IT'S NOT JUST RUSSIA!

Why you shouldn't store classified documents in a bathroom

Welcome to Bins Fulla Moolah, Saudi Arabia's retirement community for world soccer stars!

VESPERS link

CLASS 10: A PROFESSOR AND THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

VESPERS!

On Russian redheads and drug traffickers

Alex in Les Sables d'Olonne

CLASS 9: HOW RUSSIA USED HOT CHICKS AND GUNS TO WOO AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES

Russia! Russia! Russia!

Eventually, everything becomes normal

CLASS 8: A LITTLE PENNE ALLA VODKA

Who wants to be my billionaire?

Russian intelligence needed a safety school

VESPERS! LINK

CLASS 7: CASE STUDIES OF RUSSIAN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS

Vespers! with a SPECIAL GUEST!

Well, that's not good.

Russia, we have a defector!

CLASS 6: ANATOMY OF A RUSSIAN INFLUENCE OPERATION

How to Build an Authoritarian System

SAIS Johns Hopkins is the best international relations program in the US, according to Russian intelligence

VESPERS! LINK

CLASS 5: INFORMATION OPERATIONS: HOW DISINFORMATION WORKS

Vespers!

Russia, desperate for weapons, turns to Steven Seagal to train Russian military in martial arts

What happens when deliberate lies are treated like legitimate ideas?

CLASS 4: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION OPERATIONS

An abandoned yacht and Putin's new social contract

What do Fox News and Russian influence operations have in common?

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: SMART PEOPLE LOOKING AT COMPUTERS

Vespers link

HIGH HEELS, WIGS, AND FLAMBOYANT ROBES

IRAN: THEY THINK WE'RE GREAT!

U.S. Government to Drop Tons of Reports on Terrorists in New Phase of War on Terror

VESPERS!

CLASS 3: ACTIVE MEASURES

What’s the German word for “Germany’s got 99 problems and a mole in their intelligence service is only one of them”?

Probably Just A Coincidence

Influence For Hire

CLASS 2: PUTIN, OLIGARCHS, AND RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE

With Friends Like These...

A #YachtWatch Update: It Takes More than Two to Tango

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Alex's Books

A few questions about the FBI's pension plan

CLASS 1: SPYING 101

Introduction to Foreign Influence Operations

Coming soon