The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech - The Intercept
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Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity - The Intercept
It has been an excellent 48 hours for Schadenfreude.
NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing - The Intercept
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani never quite promised to reform the police.
Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies
The Trump administration is considering a set of proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer — with assistance from Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal — to provide CIA Director Mike Pompeo and the White House with a global, p...
TomDispatch: Ecocide in Iran - The Intercept
Esmaeil Baqaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, recently warned of the increasing environmental damage caused by the U.S. war, drawing attention to oil contamination in the Persian Gulf that has begun washing up on Iranian shores. “This incident is only one visible ...
Nobel Literary Prize Goes to Genocide Apologist Peter Handke - The Intercept
Austrian author Peter Handke sits in the garden at his house in Chaville, France, on Oct. 10, 2019. Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature.
Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All Black - The Intercept
A federal jury handed prosecutors a mixed victory in the trial of nine protesters for their roles during or after a chaotic demonstration outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last July, convicting eight defendants of terrorism charges but sparing some of th...
Fact Check: Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years - The Intercept
As early as 1984 and as recently as 2018, former Vice President Joe Biden called for cuts to Social Security in the name of saving the program and balancing the federal budget. Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted Biden’s record on Social Security in prosecuting the case th...
Biden Administration Plans for Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years - The Intercept
As twin mental health and drug misuse crises kill thousands of people per week, the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies “must be explored,” urges a federal letter on behalf of the U.S. health secretary and shared with The Intercept.
Former Drone Operators Say They Were "Horrified" By Cruelty of Assassination Program - The Intercept
U.S. DRONE OPERATORS are inflicting heavy civilian casualties and have developed an institutional culture callous to the death of children and other innocents, four former operators said at a press briefing today in New York.
Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos "to Anticipate Criminal Activity" - The Intercept
When civil liberties advocates discuss the dangers of new policing technologies, they often point to sci-fi films like “RoboCop” and “Minority Report” as cautionary tales. In “RoboCop,” a massive corporation purchases Detroit’s entire police department. After one of its officers ...
Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles and Even Defecate En Route, Despite Company Denial - The Intercept
In anticipation of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s scheduled trip to Bessemer, Alabama, to support the unionization drive by Amazon workers there, Amazon executive Dave Clark cast the $1 trillion behemoth as “the Bernie Sanders of employers” and taunted: “So if you want to hear about $15 a...
UnitedHealthcare Guided Yale’s Groundbreaking Surprise Billing Study - The Intercept
In 2016, an academic study from some of the most respected scholars in health care economics prompted a national outcry. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Yale University researchers, found that 22 percent of the time someone goes to an emergency room...
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians - The Intercept
Two weeks before Hamas commandos led a series of raids into Israel on October 7, Benjamin Netanyahu stood before an empty chamber at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The Israeli prime minister brandished a map of what he promised could be the “New Middle East.” I...
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing - The Intercept
Caitlin Vogus is a senior adviser to the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a First Amendment attorney.
Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill - The Intercept
Hours before joining progressives to block a crypto bill that critics said was a handout to President Donald Trump, a top Senate Democrat was lobbying her colleagues to pass the legislation.
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Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown” - The Intercept
The U.S. military is straining under the pressures of the Iran war, according to two U.S. officials familiar with operations in the Middle East. One cautioned that this stress could lead to a “breakdown” in the military’s ability to effectively continue a war that President Donal...
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