Punching Upwards, Episode 25 for 1 March 2026

Topics: Politics / Epstein Files

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* FBI records tied to Trump accuser missing from Epstein files, CNN, 26 February 2026

* Epstein files: Drafts expose Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein relationship details, CNN, 6 February 2026

Primary Sources:

* Department of Justice

* House Oversight Comittee

* Federal Bureau of Investigation

* Distributed Denial of Secrets (Bloomberg emails): public release, limited release

Resources:

* Jmail

* GitHub archive

* Epstein Files Explorer (photos)

* DocETL Epstein Email Archive Explorer

* Library of Leaks (DDoS release / Bloomberg emails)

* Epstein Gate (AI analysis)

* Epsteinfilez (searchable archive)

* Epstein Docs (searchable archive, source code)

* Wikipedia: Epstein files, Jeffrey Epstein, Litigation involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Virginia Giuffre

Residences

* 9 East 71st Street, New York

* 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida

* Little Saint James, US Virgin Islands

* Apartment at 22 Avenue Foch, Paris

* Zorro Ranch, 49 Rancho San Rafael Road / Zorro Ranch Road, Stanley, New Mexico

Background:

* True Anon Truth podcast, episode 465 for 28 August 2025: Matthew Petti (fromm Reason) on Epstein, Ehud Barak and spyware (alternative link)

* The Big Take podcast, Bloomberg, episode for 11 September 2025: Jason Leopold & Ava Benny-Morrison on the Bloomberg email cache (alternative link)

* How Bloomberg News Vetted the Epstein Emails, Jeff Kao et al., Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Disclosure podcast, Bloomberg, episode for 4 November 2025: Jason Leopold on Bloomberg’s Epstein money laundering investigation (alternative link)

* Off The Hook podcast, 2600 Magazine, episode for 26 November 2025: Emma Best on DDoS document release (alternative link)

* Why Epstein emails have so many =’s, The Prime Time, 7 February 2026

* Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide, Hanna Duggal & Marium Ali, Al Jazeera, 10 February 2026

Legal Proceedings

* Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (5:16-cv-00797), District Court, C.D. California

* Doe v. Trump (1:16-cv-07673), District Court, S.D. New York

News Coverage:

* Bachelor of the Month: Jeffrey Epstein, Cosmopolitan Magazine, July 1980

* The Fantasist, Philip Weiss, New York magazine, 7 December 2007

* Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Pedophile, Goes Free, Conchita Sarnoff, The Daily Beast, 20 July 2010 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey and Ghislaine: Notes on New York’s Oddest Alliance, Vicky Ward, Vanity Fair, 8 March 2011 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey Epstein scandal: women with new identities run firms from Epstein-linked property, Jon Swaine, The Guardian, 7 January 2015

* Video: Woman Claiming Trump Raped Her At Age 13 Tells Story, The David Pakman Show, 1 November 2016

* Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Spy Industry Connections, Matthew Petti, Reason, 27 August 2025

* ‘Impressive island’: Ex-Israeli prime minister’s hacked emails reveal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Mikael Thalen, Straight Arrow News, 27 August 2025

* The PM and the sex offender: Emails show Israel’s Barak was alerted of Epstein allegations, Mikael Thalen, Straight Arrow News, 28 August 2025

* Prince Andrew ‘stayed in touch with Epstein five years longer than claimed’, Gabriel Pogrund, The Times, 30 August 2025 (archived copy)

* Revealed: Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for Israel advice, John McEvoy & Martin Williams, Declassified UK, 1 September 2025

* Epstein aide solicited stories for another birthday ‘booklet,’ hacked emails show, Mikael Thalen, Straight Arrow News, 9 September 2025

* UK Ambassador Told Epstein ‘I Think the World of You,’ Emails Reveal, Harry Wilson et al., Bloomberg, 10 September 2025 (archive copy)

* Key Takeaways From Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Emails, Jason Leopold et al., Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archive copy)

* Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein ‘were planning fertility treatment together’, Gabriella Swerling & Robert Mendick, The Telegraph, 11 September 2025

* Epstein’s Inbox: A trove of emails reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s secrets, Jason Leopold et al., Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey Epstein’s Inbox Shows New Details of Relationship With Maxwell, David Gura & David Fox, Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Starmer Fires Mandelson as Envoy to US After Epstein Emails, Ailbhe Rea et al., Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Epstein Ties Dethrone UK’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ Mandelson, Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Mandelson Downfall Puts New Scrutiny on Starmer’s Chief of Staff, Ailbhe Rea, Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Mandelson’s Firm Global Counsel Cutting Ties With Him After Epstein Emails, Philip Aldrick & Harry Wilson, Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Key Takeaways From Peter Mandelson’s Emails With Jeffrey Epstein, Alex Campbell, Bloomberg, 11 September 2025 (archived copy)

* The Network, Max Abelson et al., Bloomberg, 25 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Key Takeaways From Epstein’s Emails Revealing His Support Network, Max Abelson et al., Bloomberg, 25 September 2025 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails and His ‘Hour of Terror’, Jason Leopold, Bloomberg, 26 September 2025

* Exclusive: How private intelligence brought the U.S. treasury secretary into contact with Epstein’s corporate web, Jack Poulson & Harrison Berger, All-Source Intelligence, 29 September 2025

* The Silence of Power – How Bibi’s Office Helped Shield Barak from an Epstein Sex-Trafficking Story, Rob Waldeck, The (b)(7)(D), 21 October 2025

* Following Epstein’s Money, Jason Leopold et al., Bloomberg, 31 October 2025 (archived copy)

* House Democrats Urge Bank Subpoenas Over New Epstein Disclosures, Jason Leopold, Bloomberg, 31 October 2025 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire, Murtaza Hussein & Ryan Grim, Drop Site News, 7 November 2025

* Epstein’s Library – The disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life, Surya Mattu et al., Bloomberg, 14 November 2025 (archived copy)

* Epstein’s pilot coordinated flights with Trump’s multiple times during first term: emails, Alexander Willis, RawStory, 14 November 2025

* A California woman accused both Epstein and Trump. Did she ever exist?, Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 November 2025

* The French Account – An HSBC branch in Paris closed Jeffrey Epstein’s account in 2007 after the bank flagged suspicious activity, including transactions tied to a French modeling agent, Jason Leopold et al., Bloomberg, 21 November 2025 (archived copy)

* “Modi on board”: Jeffrey Epstein Pressed Steve Bannon to Meet With Indian PM Shortly Before His Death, Meghnad Bose et al., Drop Site News, 21 November 2025

* Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials, Margaux MacColl, The San Francisco Standard, 23 November 2025

* Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”, Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussain, Drop Site News, 25 November 2025

* Jeffrey Epstein’s Federal Agents for Hire, Daniel Boguslaw & Harrison Berger, The American Conservative, 27 November 2025

* Who was Jeffrey Epstein? – Inside the mind of a 21st-century monster, Tanya Gold, The Observer, 27 November 2025 (archived copy)

* Jeffrey Epstein Bought Books About Pedophilia, Woody Allen, and Trump, Micah Lee, Zeteo, 29 November 2025

* Jeffrey Epstein Was Concerned About Roughly 20 Underage Girls as Feds Closed In: Emails, Saagar Enjeti, Drop Site News, 2 December 2025

* “Our Deadline is Noon Tomorrow” – New Emails Reveal Full Barak Allegations and Panic in Epstein Inner Circle, Rob Waldeck, The (b)(7)(D), 4 December 2025

* Jeffrey Epstein rekrutierte auch in der Schweiz eine junge Frau, Watson, 6 December 2025

* Le réseau du délinquant sexuel s’étendait jusqu’en Suisse, Christian Brönnimann et al., 24 Heures, 7 December 2025 (archived copy)

* Le réseau de Jeffrey Epstein s’étendait jusqu’en Suisse, Julie Eigenmann, Le Temps, 7 December 2025

* Les pistes genevoises et suisses du prédateur sexuel, Adrien Iseli, 20 Minutes, 7 December 2025

* Israel’s ex-PM Ehud Barak and Epstein had close relationship, emails reveal, Erin Hale & John Power, Al Jazeera, 9 December 2025

* “Ask Jeffrey”: Epstein Ran Wexner’s Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal, Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussain, Drop Site News, 10 December 2025

* Businessman Asked Epstein For Elon Musk Connection, Leaked Emails Show, Freddy Brewster, The Lever, 10 December 2025 (archived copy)

* Epstein’s Investments – Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails reveals, Max Abelson at al., Bloomberg, 10 December 2025 (archived copy)

* Trump team email to Epstein: ‘Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me’, Alexander Willis, RawStory, 12 December 2025

* New emails suggest Trump made ‘insulting’ bid to fund Epstein-linked modeling ‘project’, Alexander Willis, RawStory, 12 December 2025

* New York Times reporter pitched Epstein interview on ‘your terms’, John Power, Al Jazeera, 13 December 2025

* Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich, David Enrich et al., The New York Times, 16 December 2025 (archived copy)

* The Epstein Back Channel – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Maintained His Long-Term Ties to Jeffrey Epstein While Defense Minister and Leaked Top Secret Israeli Attack Plans, Rob Waldeck, The (b)(7)(D), 18 December 2025

* Epstein and the Clintons: As Hillary Launched Presidential Campaign, Epstein Feared Exposure, Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussain, Drop Site News, 19 December 2025

* Epstein, Israel, and the CIA: How the Iran-Contra Planes Landed at Les Wexner’s Base, Ryan Grim et al., Drop Site News, 19 December 2025

* Wie zwei deutsche Schwestern Epsteins Missbrauchsfalle entkamen, Susanne Amann et al., Der Spiegel, 20 December 2025 (archived copy)

* Auch deutsche Frauen im Visier von Epstein, Sophia Baumann et al., ZDF, 20 December 2025

* Israel’s digital house of cards, Garsha Vazirian, Tehran Times, 24 December 2025

* One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein, Harry Wilson et al., Bloomberg, 10 February 2026 (archived copy)

* A look at former Israeli leader Ehud Barak’s decade-plus friendship with Epstein, Erin Mansfield, USA Today, undated

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Punching Upwards, Episode 24 for 22 February 2026

Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 8: Robotics Slop

* Punching Upwards 15: State Secret or Vibe Physics?

* Punching Upwards 22: Moltbook Madness

Sources

* ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her, NPR, 14 February 2026

* Before Siri and Alexa, there was ELIZA – excerpt from Better Mind the Computer, BBC Horizon, 21 March 1983

* Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI, The Guardian, 25 July 2023

* Reading ELIZA: Critical Code Studies in Action, David M. Berry & Mark C. Marino, Electronic Book Review, 3 November 2024

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Punching Upwards, Episode 23 for 15 February 2026

Topics: Politics / Minneapolis Protests

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 19: The Death of Renee Good

* Punching Upwards 21: The Death of Alex Pretti

Sources

* The Shame of Our Cities, County Highway (Volume 3, Issue 3), 12 November 2025

* Tweet by Walter Kirn on County Highway story (archived copy), 1 December 2025

* Ilhaan Omar oo ka qayb qaadatay Cunto Siinta ilmaha ee Safari Restaurant (video of Ilhan Omar preparing and delivering meals at the Safari restaurant during the pandemic), Somali TV of Minnesota, 3 May 2020

* I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal, Nick Shirley, 26 December 2025

* Verdict reached in Feeding Our Future trial of Aimee Bock and Salim Said, KARE 11, 19 March 2025

* Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty in $250 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme, US Department of Justice, 19 March 2025

* F.B.I. Sees ‘Massive Fraud’ in Groups’ Food Programs for Needy Children, The New York Times, 8 March 2022

* Justice Dept. Charges 48 in Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud in Minnesota, The New York Times, 20 September 2022

* How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch, The New York Times, 29 November 2025

* Children in headscarves seen being brought into notorious Minneapolis daycare hit by fraud allegations as local claims misspelt sign was just a ‘printing error’, The Daily Mail, 31 December 2025

* Federal authorities announce end to immigration crackdown in Minnesota, The Associated Press, 12 February 2026

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Punching Upwards, Episode 22 for 8 February 2026

Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 8: Robotics Slop

* Punching Upwards 15: State Secret or Vibe Physics?

Sources

* Inside Moltbook, the new social media network for artificial intelligence agents, CBS News, 3 February 2026

* Linux Unplugged - Tested, not Hyped: Our Take on Open Source AI Agents, Jupiter Broadcasting, 2 February 2026

* The Moltbook Experiment Failed, The PrimeTime, 3 February 2026

* This is What 2 Years of ChatGPT Does to Your Brain, Angela Collier, 24 January 2026

* Molty🦞 – Peter’s crusted AI assistant

* Moltbook

* Church of Molt

* 🦾rentahuman.ai🦞

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 21 for 1 February 2026

Topics: Politics / Minneapolis Protests

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 19: The Death of Renee Good

Sources

* ABC World News Tonight with David Muir – Full Broadcast, ABC News, 26 January 2026

* Did ICE Just Murder Someone For Carrying A Gun?, Brandon Herrera, 27 January 2026

* Streets of Minneapolis, Bruce Springsteen

* Did Obama deport more people than Trump? What to know as Trump calls for more ICE arrests, Syracuse University, 19 June 2025

* Minneapolis Has Too Much ICE This Time of Year – Anatomy of a Catastrophe IV, the Renee Nicole Good Killing, Bullshido, 8 January 2026

* Footage shows altercation between Alex Pretti and federal officers 11 days before he was killed, The Guardian, 29 January 2026

* Sig M18 Pistols Pulled From Use By Air Force Global Strike Command, TWZ, 22 July 2025

* Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say, The Washington Post, 11 April 2023

* Handgun ‘defect’ responsible for dozens of injuries to US police officers and civilians, investigation alleges, The Independent, 12 April 2023

* Wounded officers sue Sig Sauer, say gun goes off by itself, Boston.com, 2 December 2022

* TTAG Test Shows P320 Striker-Fired Pistols Are Not Drop-Safe (archive.org copy), The Truth About Guns, 8 August 2017

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Punching Upwards, Episode 20 for 25 January 2026

Topics: Politics / Trumpism

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 18: Trump’s South American Adventure

* Punching Upwards 17: Vlad vs. Vlad

Sources

* Trump Goes All-In on Greenland at Davos: “It’s our Territory”, The New York Post, 21 January 2025

* NATO Chief Rutte Details Greenland Breakthrough in Talks With Trump, Bloomberg, 22 January 2026

* The North Atlantic Treaty, NATO, 4 April 1949

* NATO — Expand or Die?, The New York Times, 28 December 1994

* NATO Expansion Would Be an Epic “Fateful Error”, The Los Angeles Times, 7 July 1997

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 19 for 18 January 2026

Topics: Politics / Minneapolis Protests

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* What we know about the deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting as protests grow, CBS News, 8 January 2026

* White House: Vance & Leavitt on deadly ICE shooting, Fox News, 8 January 2026

* Who’s to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars, Racket News, 10 January 2026

* “This is not a game”: Chicago police superintendent on anti-ICE violence, Fox News, 7 October 2025

* America This Week, Live on Monday 1/12/26, Racket News, 12 January 2026

* ICE shooting: Side-by-side videos show fatal shooting of Renee Good, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, 9 January 2026

* Video taken by ICE agent shows new angle of fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, News 19 WLTX, 10 January 2026

* Another angle leading up to the Renee Good shooting, Reddit r/minnesota, 11 January 2026

* Wife of ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good speaks out and confirms couple were protesting when spouse was killed, The Daily Mail, 9 January 2026

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Punching Upwards, Episode 18 for 11 January 2026

Topics: Politics / Trumpism

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour and Evgeny Kuznetsov for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially!

Sources

* New details in daring US military operation to capture Maduro, his wife in Venezuela, ABC News, 6 January 2026

* Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died, CBS News, 20 October 2011

* Mock house, CIA source and Special Forces: The US operation to capture Maduro, Reuters, 4 January 2026

* The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America, The Collector, 5 May 2024

* _US Military and Clandestine Operations in Foreign Countries, 1798-Present, Global Policy Forum, December 2005

* U.S. Unseals Drug Trafficking Charges Against Venezuela’s President Maduro, NPR, 26 March 2020

* What are the US charges against Venezuela’s Maduro?, France 24, 7 January 2026

* Justice Department Unseals Superseding Indictment in Maduro Case, Lawfare, 7 January 2026

* The Maduro Indictment Appears Legally Solid, The Atlantic, 8 January 2026

* In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say, Reuters, 7 January 2026

* Maduro’s capture draws echoes of Noriega in 1990, Axios, 3 January 2026

* Music torture: How heavy metal broke Manuel Noriega, The BBC, 30 May 2017

* United States of America v. Nicolás Maduro et al., superseding indictment S2 11 Cr. 205 (AKH), US Department of Justice, undated (unsealed on 26 March 2020)

* United States of America v. Nicolás Maduro et al., superseding indictment S4 11 Cr. 205 (AKH), US Department of Justice, undated (unsealed on 3 January 2026)

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 17 for 4 January 2026

Topics: Politics / War in Ukraine

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour and Evgeny Kuznetsov for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* “F**k the EU” - US diplomat embarrassed after undiplomatic language caught on tape, Euronews, 7 February 2014

* Should Ukraine accept the U.S.-backed peace deal?, CTV News, 23 November 2025

* Military expert watching for security guarantees, territorial lines in Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, CTV News, 28 December 2025

* Putin indicated Russia could be open to territory swap as part of Ukraine deal, Kommersant says, Reuters, 26 December 2025

* Russia scores highest Ukraine gains since first year of war, CTV News, 3 January 2026

* Russia’s Igor Strelkov: I Am Responsible for War in Eastern Ukraine, The Moscow Times, 21 November 2014

* What Putin Fears Most, Robert Person and Michael McFaul, Journal of Democracy, April 2022

* The war in Ukraine and international law, Harvard Law Today, 2 March 2022

* Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns, The Washington Post, 3 December 2021

* Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with US Senators: Nord Stream 2 is a powerful weapon being given to Russia, Official Website of the President of Ukraine, 2 June 2021

* The Speech Putin Wrote Mid-Flight: Munich 2007, Full Historic Address, APT News

* Russia & Ukraine, Institute for the Study of War

* The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine, The New York Times, 29 March 2025

* Lessons from Russia’s Operations in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, Kofman et al., RAND Corporation, 9 May 2017

* Protocol of the Central Election Commission: on the results of the repeat voting in the elections of the President of Ukraine, The Central Election Commission of Ukraine, 2019

* Battalion Tactical Groups Of The Russian Armed Forces in the Altered Physiognomy of Modern Conflicts, Mitrovic and Bojanic, Vojno delo, August 2021

* The Russian Way of Warfare – A Primer, Boston and Massicot, RAND Corporation, 2017

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 16 for 28 December 2025

Topics: Politics / Free Speech

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour and Evgeny Kuznetsov for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 1: The Arrest of Graham Linehan

Sources

* Met Police says it will no longer investigate “non-crime hate incidents”, ITV News, 20 October 2025

* Former Conservative Adviser Lauren McEvatt shares her view on the Home Secretary’s new “common sense” system, which will aim to scrap non-crime hate incidents, GB News, 23 December 2025

* Non-crime hate incidents to be scrapped, The Telegraph, 22 December 2025

* Scrap non-crime hate incidents, police leaders to recommend, The BBC, 23 December 2025

* Non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped, police leaders say, Sky News, 23 December 2025

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 15 for 21 December 2025

Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence

🦉 No AI Content

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour and Evgeny Kuznetsov for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* Plötzlich Staatsgeheimnis, ARD Tagesschau, 15 December 2025

* Privatmann meldet Patent an: Plötzlich Staatsgeheimnis, Reddit thread (r/de), 15 December 2025

* Das staatsgeheime Patent, Hadmut Danisch, 15 December 2025

* Vibe Physics, Angela Collier, 24 July 2025

* Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries, Gizmodo, 15 July 2025

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 14 for 14 December 2025

Topic: Privacy / Crypto Wars

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour and Evgeny Kuznetsov for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously, Patrick Breyer, 26 November 2025

* EU “Chat Control” Twist: Commissioner Sides with Parliament Over Governments – Boost for European Parlament’s Strong Mandate, Patrick Breyer, 4 December 2025

* EU countries reach long-awaited deal on online child abuse detection, Euronews, 27 November 2025

* Trilogue, European Union EUR-Lex

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Punching Upwards, Episode 13 for 7 December 2025

Topic: Aviation

Credits

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Sources

* Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-24-51, FAA, 28 November 2025

* Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-0268-E, EASA, 28 November 2025

* Accident: Jetblue A320 near Tampa on Oct 30th 2025, inflight upset causes injuries, The Aviation Herald, 31 October 2025

* Airbus rush to update A320 software after plane’s sudden altitude drop, France 24, 29 November 2025

* Should every computer chip have a cosmic ray detector? (archive.org copy), New Scientist, 7 March 2008

* Critical vulnerability in Airbus A320: downgrade or replace a Thales ELAC “before next flight” ✈️👊🌞🛬💥, Eye on Cyber, 29 November 2025

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 12 for 30 November 2025

Topic: Politics / Free Speech

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen and Fadi Mansour for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide hefty financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* The Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Today, liber-net, 19 November 2025

* Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime, CBS 60 Minutes, 17 February 2025

* The New Priests of Truth - Inside Germany’s Censorship Ecosystem (interview with Andrew Lowenthal of liber-net), Jasmin Kosubek, 27 November 2025

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

Punching Upwards, Episode 11 for 23 November 2025

Topic: Aviation / UPS Flight 2976

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen and Fadi Mansour for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide hefty financial backing via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* Aviation Investigation Preliminary Report DCA26MA024 (UPS Flight 2976), NTSB, November 2025

* Crash: UPS MD11 at Louisville on Nov 4th 2025, burst into flames on takeoff, The Aviation Herald, 5 November 2025

* NTSB releases new images and preliminary report on UPS cargo plane crash, NBC News, 21 November 2025

* Aircraft Accident Report AAR-79-17 (American Airlines Flight 191), NTSB, December 1979

* Gyroscopic Precession, AOPA Foundation, 29 January 2012

* Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO) Manual, ICAO, 2017

* Owner’s & Operator’s Guide: MD-11 Family, Aircraft Commerce, Issue 47, August 2006

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Punching Upwards, Episode 10 for 16 November 2025

Topic: Science / H5N1

Credits

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Sources

* Shooting at B.C. ostrich farm as cull gets underway, The Canadian Press, 6 November 2025

* Denmark to cull 17 million mink over COVID-19 mutation fears, ABC News, 6 November 2020

* Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian “Ostrich Cull”, Racket News, 10 November 2025

* B.C. ostrich cull started a ‘new kind of war’ after birds gunned down, family says, Global News, 10 November 2025

* Gunshots end months-long Canadian ostrich cull saga that captivated RFK Jr, The BBC, 7 November 2025

* The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals, Peacock et al., Nature, 2024

* Finding the real case-fatality rate of H5N1 avian influenza, Li et al., Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2008 (Sci-Hub mirror)

* Evolution of Influenza A Virus by Mutation and Re-Assortment, Shao et al., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017

* The ecology and adaptive evolution of influenza A interspecies transmission, Joseph et al., Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2016

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Punching Upwards, Episode 9 for 9 November 2025

Topic: Infosec

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen for being the first paying subscriber to the show! I appreciate this immensely.

Thanks to Sir Galteran for supporting the show via Fountain.fm

Sources

* Norway transport firm steps up controls after tests show Chinese-made buses can be halted remotely, The Associated Press, 5 November 2025

* Show notes for Security Now! episode 1050, GRC.com, 4 November 2025

* The interoperable EU-wide eCall, The European Commission

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Punching Upwards, Episode 8 for 2 November 2025

Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence

Credits

Thanks to Sir Galteran for supporting the show via Fountain.fm

Sources

* I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird, The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025

* NEO Home Robot, 1X Technologies

* I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human, The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025

* Cambridge Dictionary definition of the word “robot”

* R.U.R., Wikipedia

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Punching Upwards, Episode 7, for 26 October 2025

Topic: Aviation / War in Ukraine

Credits

Thanks to Sir Galteran for supporting the show via Fountain.fm!

Sources

* Russia accused of sabotaging EU chief’s plane by jamming GPS, BBC News, 2 September 2025

* THIS Just makes Me So ANGRY and Frustrated!, Mentour Now!, 12 September 2025

* GPS jamming of leader’s plane puts Putin’s hybrid warfare on Europe’s radar, NBC News, 2 September 2025

* Bulgaria U-turns on claim Moscow jammed GPS of von der Leyen’s plane, Euro News, 4 September 2025

* Ursula von der Leyen’s flight to Plovdiv: what the data tells us, Flightradar24, 5 September 2025

* Electronic Flight Bag, the new standard, Airbus FAST Magazine, 2021

* Aeronautical charts for flight simulation: ChartFox

* Aeronautical Chart Users’ Guide, FAA, 20 February 2025

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Punching Upwards, Episode 6 for 19 October 2025

Topic: Privacy / Crypto Wars

Sources

* Why chat control is so dangerous, Netzpolitik.org, 2021

* Chat Control: The EU Wants to Break Encryption & Germany Is The Deciding Factor, Tuta, 24 September 2025

* RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2, Robert Shirey, IETF Network Working Group, 2007

* Doomed to Repeat History? - Lessons from the Crypto Wars of the 1990s, Danielle Kehl, Andi Wilson, Kevin Bankston, 2015

* Bugs in Our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning, Abelson, Anderson, Bellovin et al., 2021

* Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Rules to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, The European Commission, 2022

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Punching Upwards, Episode 5 for 12 October 2025

Topic: Infosec

Sources

* Tagesthemen report featuring Hendrik Heinle

* heise online — Datenleck bei Modern Solution: Sicherheitslücke betrifft rund 700.000 Käufer

* heise online — Datenleck bei Modern Solution: Hausdurchsuchung statt Bug Bounty

* heise online — Kommentar zu Modern Solution: Der Staat darf kein Handlanger von Stümpern sein

* heise online — Datenleck: Anzeige gegen IT-Experte kam von Modern Solution

* heise online — Modern Solution: Staatsanwaltschaft scheitert mit Anklage gegen IT-Experten

* heise online — Modern Solution: Jetzt doch Strafverfahren gegen Sicherheitsforscher

* heise online — Gericht sieht Nutzung von Klartext-Passwörtern als Hacken an

* heise online — Kommentar zu Modern Solution: Der Hackerparagraf muss endlich weg!​

* heise online — Modern Solution: Berufungsgericht bestätigt Schuld des Sicherheitsforschers

* heise online — Kommentar zu Modern Solution: Wer gemeinnützig handelt, wird bestraft

* heise online — Modern Solution: Verurteilter IT-Experte reicht Verfassungsbeschwerde ein

* heise online — Bundesverfassungsgericht lehnt Beschwerde im Fall Modern Solution ab

* Legal texts: § 202a, § 202b, § 202c StGB

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Punching Upwards, Episode 4 for 5 October 2025

Topics: Politics / War in Ukraine

Drones / War / Denmark / Poland / Ukraine / Russia / EU / NATO / War in Ukraine

Sources

* The Bureau of Investigative Journalism — Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than Bush

* Military Mechanics — The RQ-4 Global Hawk: The Largest, Most Advanced, and Most Expensive UAV Ever Built

* FAB INDUSTRIES — NATO Claims It Has Shot Down Russian Drones over Poland

* Channel 4 — Drones over Denmark are ‘hybrid attack’ says defence minister

* France 24 — ‘Drone Wall’: EU summit in Copenhagen follows airspace violations

* France 24 — ‘Denmark is on high alert after reporting several drone incursions’

* The Associated Press — Pentagon press briefing: 12/11/24

* CBS New York — Drones seen across N.J. were part of FAA research project, White House says

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Punching Upwards, Episode 3 for 28 September 2025

Topic: Politics / War in Gaza

Sources

* NBC News – IDF shows journalists raw footage of the October 7 Hamas terror attack

* NBC News – Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza City

* The Hindustan Times – Palestine Shames Israel For Massacre, Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing In Gaza, Netanyahu Aide Hits Back

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Punching Upwards, Episode 2 for 21 September 2025

Topics: Politics / Free Speech

Sources

* FOX 10 Phoenix – Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah Valley University

* Charlie Kirk Gets Challenged to a Fist Fight, Things Get Wild

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Punching Upwards, Episode 1, for 14 September 2025

Topics: Politics / Free Speech

Sources

* Sky News – Graham Linehan arrest: Met Police chief says officers “in impossible position”

* Resistance Radio – Guest: Graham Linehan

* The Joe Rogan Experience 2361

* The Glinner Update — I just got arrested again

* The Case of David Paisley vs. Graham Linehan

* The BBC — Graham Linehan “relentlessly” harassed trans activist, court told

* Public Order Act 1986

* The BBC — Online speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting

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