Day: October 14, 2026
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Ukrainian forces do not have access to Starshield or Starlink services over Russia, such that the latest Starshield in-motion speed restrictions cannot affect Ukraine’s ability to conduct long-range strikes against targets in Russia.
The speed restrictions on Starshield could have major implications for Ukraine’s interception efforts against Russia’s faster jet-powered drones.
The Starshield restrictions will significantly impact Ukraine’s ability to conduct the intermediate-range strikes that have facilitated Ukraine’s counteroffensive operations in key frontline sectors throughout 2026.
The Starshield speed restrictions come as Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps publicized more details on Operation Vivaldi in the Lyman direction, which has heavily relied on a coordinated, months-long intermediate-range strike campaign to facilitate successful Ukrainian ground advances.
Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi continues to generate cascading effects on neighboring sectors immediately north and south of the Lyman area.
Ukrainian forces struck a data center of the Russian state-owned bank Sberbank in Saratov Oblast and industrial infrastructure in Rostov Oblast on the night of October 13 to 14. Russian forces launched 39 Iskander-M, KN-23, and S-400 ballistic missiles, Zircon and Onyx anti-ship missiles, and 128 drones and loitering munitions against Ukraine overnight.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces advanced on October 14.
The subpoenas come days after agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving alleged false statements and omissions on decades-old immigration paperwork.
The allegations have not been proven. Omar calls the investigation political intimidation. President Donald Trump says he had nothing to do with the search.
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In some areas he’s not wrong at all. SNAP participation just hit a 17-year low, and welfare spending as % of GDP is near multi-decade lows after the pandemic drop.
However, Medicaid, the single largest means-tested welfare program has grown to record-high spending levels, costing taxpayers nearly a trillion.
So yes, its down but you have to ignore the really expensive half…
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