Briefing Room 10.01.26

Welcome back to The Briefing Room, our subscriber-only show that looks at the headlines filling most news outlets than us. I mean, sure, yeah, that's all great, but what else is happening in the world?

And after a week in which nearly all media coverage was focused very much on Venezuela and Trump's threats to, well, various nations, the answer is a shit-ton of major stuff was happening elsewhere, stuff that you do really need to hear about.

First, there was the stunning near-collapse of UAE-backed forces in Yemen. Then there was the growing chatter of an Islamic NATO in the works. And if that wasn't all enough, there were shenanigans with Russian Shadow Fleet vessels beyond even the seizure of the marinara in UK waters.