Report: Pentagon Plans A Deep-Cover Spy Network Aimed At China — And Says The Report Is Not True
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. Photo: mariordo59, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Washington Post reports, from six people familiar with the initiative, a planned corps of nonofficial-cover officers posing as businesspeople — a covert arm of economic warfare against China, run by a 39-year CIA veteran. The Pentagon’s answer is a flat denial: “simply not true.” The report and the denial, together, inside.
Tom Skerritt in 2014. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Entertainment · Movies
Tom Skerritt, Of ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun’ And ‘Picket Fences,’ Dies At 93
His family confirmed the death on Thursday: natural causes, at 93. Dallas, Viper, and an Emmy for Sheriff Jimmy Brock.
The object over Cypress, California. Photo: Michael Davies, Davies Daily.
World News
TicTac Object Over The Plaza
A Michael Davies original: one dark object, filmed three times over a Cypress shopping plaza on Wednesday morning — every frame his.
Christina Applegate in 2009. Photo: Capital M, CC BY 3.0.
Entertainment · TV
Applegate Was Treated For MS For Five Years. She Doesn’t Have It.
The one story all three tabloids carried: her 2021 diagnosis was wrong, her symptoms are worse, and the search starts over.
Putin with Witkoff at an earlier meeting. Photo: kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0.
World News
Putin Frees An American At The Envoy’s Meeting; By Nightfall, Kyiv Is Under Fire
The release of Stephen Hubbard, an envoy’s praise — and 21 ballistic missiles on Kyiv the same night.
Israeli F-35s. U.S. Air Force photo, public domain.
Politics · Foreign
Report: U.S. And Israel Draw Up Plans For Post-Midterm Strikes On Iran
Reported plans for a post-midterm campaign, a confirmed meeting at Ovda, and a departure order for U.S. staff in Saudi Arabia.
Downtown Bend. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
Politics · Domestic
A Week After The Bend School Shooting, The Wounded Teacher Tells It Herself
Becky Drury was shot closing her classroom door. Her statement corrects the story told about her.
Russell Brand in 2008. Photo: appolinar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Entertainment · Movies
The Russell Brand Trial: The Charges, The Evidence, And What Brand Has Said
The full case through nine days of evidence: the charges, the testimony, the defence, and Brand’s own words. Defence case opens next week.
An Ebola treatment unit. Photo: CDC Global, CC BY 2.0.
World News
Ebola Reaches Its Widest Spread Ever: Congo, Kenya, And Now Nigeria
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record has now produced cases in four countries.
Corey Lewandowski in 2017. Photo: City Club of Cleveland, CC BY 3.0.
Politics · Domestic
Justice Department Opens An Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski
A referral from the DHS inspector general, a denial from his lawyer, and a word from the president.
Calley Means. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Politics · Domestic
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead Of The Midterm Elections
The Kennedy ally who introduced him to Trump quit over stalled food policy — 12 days before the midterms.
The knockout blow in Edmonton: Malott lands flush on Buckley. Photo: Home of Fight (@homeoffight) on Instagram — frame from the UFC broadcast
Sports · MMA/Boxing
Malott Stops Buckley in Edmonton; Two Title Fights Headline UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi
Last Saturday in Edmonton, twelve of thirteen fights ended inside the distance, and Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley in the second round of the main event. This Saturday in Abu Dhabi, two title fights headline UFC 333. The full results and every fight breakdown are inside.
The tower, the street, and the classroom. Illustrations: Davies Daily
Politics · Domestic
The People Who Keep It Running Are Running Out
One in eight teaching jobs vacant or under-filled, controllers 1,536 short, election officials leaving at a 25-year high, 911 centers running at 19% fully staffed. Four systems, one pattern — and the exceptions that prove it’s fixable.
Chart: Davies Daily. Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; NPR grocery-price investigation, Oct. 20, 2026.
Politics · Domestic
The Numbers Say Fine; The Checkout Stand Says Otherwise
Unemployment is 4.2% and the economy grew — so why does the grocery cart say times are hard? Ground beef at $6.79 a pound, sentiment near record lows, and a paycheck that shrank this year. Both sides of the numbers, explained.
The lineup after the leap. Frame: Tesla event footage.
World News
Elon Musk Speaks To Thiel
Years after his PayPal partner wrote the most famous complaint in tech, Elon Musk answered it in a Texas field: a Tesla Roadster that drove upside down, flipped through the air on rocket thrusters, and leapt over five cars. The video, the back story, and the fine print.
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