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Narativ with Zev Shalev

Narativ with Zev Shalev

Daily dispatches from the frontlines of the war on democracy from ex-CBS News EP. “Rarely wrong, often ahead, and effective in ways history may yet fully credit.”

Top posts

Whistle Blower: Russian Breach of US Data Through DOGE Was Carried Out Over Starlink "Directly to Russia"

Apr 16 • Zev Shalev

BREAKING NEWS: Russian IP Addresses Accessing US Government Data via Elon Musk's DOGE

Apr 15 • Zev Shalev

FiveStack: Mark Carney Wins Epic Showdown with Donald Trump

May 6 • Dean Blundell and Zev Shalev

America Just Deported Its First Substack Journalist for Telling the Truth

Jun 19 • Zev Shalev

Trump's $415 Million Inside Trade: The Greatest Pump & Dump in History

Apr 10 • Zev Shalev

Recent posts

Putin's Perfect War: How Trump Got Played on Iran While NATO Chief Calls Him "Daddy"

Intelligence Wars Expose the Performance Behind Trump's Nuclear Claims

Jun 25 •

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1:00:26

The Secret Police State Takes Shape: Day 157 of Trump's Surveillance Revolution

Intelligence Leaks Expose Iran Lies While DOJ Plans To Ignore Courts

Jun 25 •

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26:28

From Bunker Busters to F-Bombs: How Donald Trump Was "Played" into a Foreign Policy Disaster

How Putin and Netanyahu manipulated Trump into coordinated theater that left America looking weak and vulnerable

Jun 24 •

FiveStack: Trump's F-Bomb Meltdown Exposes His 72-Hour Foreign Policy Failure

From Social Media Ceasefires to Missing Uranium: When Presidential Theater Goes Nuclear

Jun 24 •

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1:04:09

Day 155: Trump's F-Bomb Meltdown Exposes His Authoritarian Spiral

When Presidents Curses Our Allies and Courts Strip Due Process, Democracy Is Dying in Real Time

Jun 24 •

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24:03

ANALYSIS: Trump's Iran Strikes: Tactical Victory, Strategic Disaster

Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed infrastructure while accelerating nuclear breakout timeline

Jun 23 •

Podcasts

FiveStack w Dean & Zev

Putin's Perfect War: How Trump Got Played on Iran While NATO Chief Calls Him "Daddy"

Narativ with Zev Shalev

The Secret Police State Takes Shape: Day 157 of Trump's Surveillance Revolution

The New Feudalism

The United States of Surveillance

As the dollar crashes and authoritarians unite, your every move is being watched, stored, and weaponized

Jun 27 •

Exclusive: A New Suspect Emerges in the Hacking of Democracy

How Leonard Leo's $1.65 billion deal created unprecedented election security vulnerabilities

Jun 20 •

Dems Demand Answers About Palantir's "Surveillance Nightmare"

Ten lawmakers demand answers about the federal mega-database violating privacy laws first exposed on Narativ.

Jun 18 •

The Shadow Network: How Three Companies Built a Permanent Backdoor to American Democracy

Starlink satellites, Palantir surveillance, and compromised power systems create an interconnected threat to election integrity that extends far beyond…

Jun 18 •

The Perfect Storm: How Hurricane Milton Opened a Backdoor to America's Votes

Three exclusive graphics reveal how emergency powers, satellite technology, and corporate partnerships converged during the 2024 election

Jun 17 •

Iran

From Bunker Busters to F-Bombs: How Donald Trump Was "Played" into a Foreign Policy Disaster

How Putin and Netanyahu manipulated Trump into coordinated theater that left America looking weak and vulnerable

Jun 24 •

ANALYSIS: Trump's Iran Strikes: Tactical Victory, Strategic Disaster

Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed infrastructure while accelerating nuclear breakout timeline

Jun 23 •

Trump's Iran Bombing: A $50 Billion Gift to Putin's War

As allies ramped up sanctions against Russia, Trump departed G7 meeting early to coordinate strikes on Iran that help Putin's war machine

Jun 23 •

Analysis: Trump's Attack On Iran Creates Multiple Crisis Points

Trump's decision to bomb Iran triggers the biggest escalation of risk for the United States since George W. Bush's quagmire-plunging invasion of Iraq

Jun 22 •

Breaking News: The U.S. military conducted air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities

The strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan occurred on Sunday morning local time, according to President Trump

Jun 22 •

Narativ with Zev Shalev

26:28

The Secret Police State Takes Shape: Day 157 of Trump's Surveillance Revolution

Intelligence Leaks Expose Iran Lies While DOJ Plans To Ignore Courts

Jun 25 •

and

Day 155: Trump's F-Bomb Meltdown Exposes His Authoritarian Spiral

When Presidents Curses Our Allies and Courts Strip Due Process, Democracy Is Dying in Real Time

Jun 24 •

and

24:03

Trump Nuclear Strike Fails As Iran Targets US Bases

PLUS Caught on Camera - ICE Agents Beat Up A father of Three Marines

Jun 23 •

and

25:14

Federal Court Greenlights Trump's Military Deployment Against Americans

Day 152: Appeals Court Ruling Opens Door to Nationwide Military Occupation of Blue States

Jun 20 •

and

23:27

Trump's Personnel Chief Born in Moscow, Refuses Security Clearance While Vetting 4,000 Federal Workers

Day 150 reveals the stunning scope of foreign influence and surveillance state expansion

Jun 19 •

and

22:48

FiveStack w Dean & Zev

1:00:26

Putin's Perfect War: How Trump Got Played on Iran While NATO Chief Calls Him "Daddy"

Intelligence Wars Expose the Performance Behind Trump's Nuclear Claims

Jun 25 •

and

FiveStack: Trump's F-Bomb Meltdown Exposes His 72-Hour Foreign Policy Failure

From Social Media Ceasefires to Missing Uranium: When Presidential Theater Goes Nuclear

Jun 24 •

and

1:04:09

SPECIAL FIVESTACK: Iran Targets US bases, Trump Lies About Operation's Success; Putin's Boon: $50 Billion Dividend For Russia's War Machine

As missiles fly and oil prices surge, the biggest winner sits in Moscow

Jun 23 •

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53:24

Lawrence O'Donnell Finally Asks What We've Been Screaming: "If Trump Gets Dementia, How Would We Know?"

From Europe's tech rebellion to America's constitutional crisis, the revenge of the nerds meets the decline of democracy

Jun 20 •

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53:16

Obama Sounds the Alarm: "America Dangerously Close to Autocracy" as Surveillance State Targets Substack Journalists

From deportations to health scares, the democracy doomsday clock hits midnight on the FiveStack

Jun 19 •

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46:55

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