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Vol. I · No. 233 · Independent Wire

The people’s broadsheet

Public News Choice

From the people, not the palace.

Friday, August 21, 2026 All the news the palace would rather you stream past
Public News Choice Breaking

The wire opens: a newspaper for people who still want the record

Public News Choice Breaking

The machines were trained on the library. The library was not asked.

Public News Choice Breaking

TEST: The X thread from the Hill that should have been a story

Public News Choice Breaking

TEST: Kyiv counts the night after another grid strike

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1 The wire opens: a newspaper for people who still want the record Press 18421 ▲ 2411 Read
2 The machines were trained on the library. The library was not asked. Tech 15661 ▲ 1981 Read
3 Who owns the microphone, and why the same story prints in every city Press 12110 ▲ 880 Read
4 TEST: The X thread from the Hill that should have been a story Government 11200 ▲ 2100 Read
5 The FOIA queue is the quietest scandal in Washington Government 9804 ▲ 1320 Read
6 TEST: Kyiv counts the night after another grid strike War 8900 ▲ 1620 Read
7 Treasury paper, public memory, and the story that is always next year's Finance 7740 ▲ 410 Read
8 War reporting without the press pass from the palace War 6430 ▲ 290 Read
9 TEST: A Substack essay on Britain’s quiet press merger Press 6400 ▲ 510 Read
10 TEST: Tokyo night shift, model shops, and a very old copyright statute Tech 5400 ▲ 430 Read
11 Whistleblowers still have to walk in with a box of paper Government 5122 ▲ 205 Read
12 How to read this paper Independent 4310 ▲ 160 Read
13 TEST: Taipei watches the strait, not the panel show War 4200 ▲ 180 Read
14 US Meddling In Brazilian Elections War 3600 ▲ 432 Read
15 Trump Jr.-funded Polymarket helps gov't insiders cash out on war War 3600 ▲ 432 Read
16 Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections War 3600 ▲ 432 Read
17 TEST: Mexico City press gaggle, and the recorder they tried to take Press 3600 ▲ 140 Read
18 TEST: Lagos independent radio and the licence that never arrives Press 3100 ▲ 90 Read
19 TEST: São Paulo ledgers and the story the ticker will not tell Finance 2800 ▲ 70 Read
20 TEST: Nairobi county books, and the FOI clock that does not run Government 2100 ▲ 55 Read
21 TEST: Ottawa’s access-to-information attic Government 1900 ▲ 40 Read
22 Why America is running out of missiles Independent 440 ▲ 52 Read
23 Germany's demographic disaster Independent 437 ▲ 52 Read
24 The Great Dumb-Down is here Independent 435 ▲ 52 Read
25 Niall Ferguson: Elon’s Favorite Sci-Fi Prophet Was Wrong War 237 ▲ 28 Read
26 The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making Independent 223 ▲ 26 Read
27 UK Jury Refuses to Convict 7 From Palestine Action Independent 196 ▲ 23 Read
28 Israel Admits Firing on Hind Rajab’s Car & Ambulance Independent 161 ▲ 19 Read
29 Tough Love: My Sister Stole My Inheritance Independent 151 ▲ 18 Read
30 Immigrant Wants to Pay $368,000 in Fines, but Broken Payment System Won’t Let Him Independent 134 ▲ 16 Read
31 Why This Former U.S. Army Physician is Running for Congress (w/ Dr. Adam Hamawy) | TCHR War 122 ▲ 14 Read
32 MI5 Sought To Recruit BBC Leader As Broadcaster Investigated Spy Agency, Leaks Reveal Government 122 ▲ 14 Read
33 My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’ War 122 ▲ 14 Read
34 The Mecca Security Pact Is Not About Iran War 121 ▲ 14 Read
35 Whistleblower: Politics drove Trump Admin. University “Antisemitism” Inquiries Government 121 ▲ 14 Read
36 AOC for President? Plus. . . Tech 105 ▲ 12 Read
37 ADC files federal lawsuit against DHS and CBP over unconstitutional targeting of Max Blumenthal Independent 104 ▲ 12 Read
38 Israeli Mole Inside the UN Independent 85 ▲ 10 Read
39 Houthis may meet their match as Yemen slips back into civil war War 78 ▲ 9 Read
40 As Baghdad tries to please Trump, Iran tells Iraqi militias not to disarm Independent 78 ▲ 9 Read
41 Why would the Pentagon want to hide weapons testing results? War 78 ▲ 9 Read
42 The Socialist Surge Hits Florida Government 70 ▲ 8 Read
43 How AOC Could Win the Presidential Nomination Government 68 ▲ 8 Read
44 The Jason Arday delusion Press 64 ▲ 7 Read
45 Meet the Leftist radicals taking on Meloni Independent 64 ▲ 7 Read
46 The invasion of the delivery robots Independent 63 ▲ 7 Read
47 America’s unstoppable Hispanic future Independent 63 ▲ 7 Read
48 Where Is the AI Jobs Apocalypse? Tech 62 ▲ 7 Read
49 Ronald Reagan’s Greatest Speech Independent 61 ▲ 7 Read
50 The Reckoning of Dr. Anthony Fauci War 54 ▲ 6 Read
51 The Real Covid Scandal Is Bigger Than Fauci War 54 ▲ 6 Read
52 WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Last Empire’ Independent 54 ▲ 6 Read
53 Listen to This Article: No, Jason Arday Wasn't the Media's Fault Tech 54 ▲ 6 Read
54 Pentagon Eyeing Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use War 52 ▲ 6 Read
55 Australian Shadow Flights: F-35 Jet Parts to Israel Independent 51 ▲ 6 Read
56 Rolling Stone hits hysterical note suggesting Putin NATO attack nigh War 48 ▲ 5 Read
57 How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO War 47 ▲ 5 Read
58 The Benefit of Not Reading War 47 ▲ 5 Read
59 Just Days After Being Sworn In as Attorney General, Todd Blanche Shows Why He Is Unfit for That Office Government 47 ▲ 5 Read
60 L.A.’s Fashion District Feels Like a Ghost Town a Year After the Raids Independent 47 ▲ 5 Read
61 Listen to This Article: The Covid Cover-Up Suffers a Blow in Court War 47 ▲ 5 Read
62 Black Adults And Their Families Face Worsening Financial Stability Government 45 ▲ 5 Read
63 A Border Wall in Paradise. Plus. . . Government 43 ▲ 5 Read
64 What The Intercept Is Reading Independent 43 ▲ 5 Read
65 PATRICK LAWRENCE: Landlord Diplomacy Government 39 ▲ 4 Read
66 An independent Europe means no more US rooster in the henhouse War 38 ▲ 4 Read
67 The Mecca Pact could be an opportunity for Iran Independent 38 ▲ 4 Read
68 Officials say 'America-hating' media to blame for USS Lincoln outrage War 38 ▲ 4 Read
69 Arthur Brooks: Why Bumble Embraced Human Nature Government 36 ▲ 4 Read
70 Texans Revolt Against a Border Wall in the Wilderness Independent 36 ▲ 4 Read
71 A storm is coming for Labour Independent 34 ▲ 4 Read
72 The sexless lives of millennial feminists Independent 34 ▲ 4 Read
73 The Japanese crime wave sweeping Britain War 34 ▲ 4 Read
74 Will Trump target Mexico next? Government 34 ▲ 4 Read
75 MI5 sought to recruit BBC leader as broadcaster investigated spy agency, leaks reveal Government 34 ▲ 4 Read
76 Jeffrey Sachs: Fauci Must Come Clean Independent 31 ▲ 4 Read
77 US cries foul as Israel bombs Turkey-linked airbase in Syria Government 30 ▲ 4 Read
78 Vijay Prashad: The Fidel Castro I Knew Government 30 ▲ 4 Read
79 From Black Power To Hip Hop: The Evolution Of Mopreme Shakur Government 30 ▲ 4 Read
80 The Student Movement For Palestine Is Not Going Away, But It Is Adapting To A New Political Reality War 29 ▲ 4 Read