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Sharp Left Turn: Democrats Have a Shot to Take Congress on Socialist Momentum - The Intercept
Democrats are on the verge of reversing their political fortunes. The party is heading into the midterm elections Tuesday under the kind of conditions campaign consultants dream of, after two years wielding hardly more power than a strongly worded letter.
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else - The Intercept
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else The Intercept
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining - The Intercept
military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept.
Little-Known Federal Software Can Trigger Revocation of Citizenship - The Intercept
Software used by the Department of Homeland Security to scan the records of millions of immigrants can automatically flag naturalized Americans to potentially have their citizenship revoked based on secret criteria, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept.
Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In. - The Intercept
The U.S. Army announced last year that it had enough of a specific model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But even so, Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle — and executives at the company that produces the vehicle found a wa...
ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says - The Intercept
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents shot a person in New York City on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security - The Intercept
Rep. Delia Ramirez is expected to introduce a bill to abolish the Department of Homeland Security and eliminate all immigrant detention in the United States on Tuesday, the Illinois Democrat shared exclusively with The Intercept.
Abdul El-Sayed Tests the Limits of Islamophobia in Michigan - The Intercept
As Abdul El-Sayed’s one-time primary opponent attempts to redirect closing arguments in the Michigan Senate contest to the topics of Israel and antisemitism, the Democratic nominee has entered the final stretch of the midterms against a barrage of bigoted attacks over his own rac...
“Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians - The Intercept
As Miguel Parra Hernandez, a Mexican national, was fleeing from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement on foot last month, he turned into a parking lot. An unmarked government vehicle came screaming into the lot after him and struck him.
Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer - The Intercept
The Trump administration’s extradition case against millionaire left-wing donor James “Fergie” Chambers, detained in Spain since July, ran into an apparent hurdle when two witnesses called before a federal grand jury announced their intention last week to refuse to testify.
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments - The Intercept
In September of last year, we noted that Facebook representatives were meeting with the Israeli government to determine which Facebook accounts of Palestinians should be deleted on the ground that they constituted “incitement.” The meetings — called for and presided over by one o...
Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party - The Intercept
Michigan Democratic Senate primary loser Rep. Haley Stevens on Sunday released a video that will place her in an ignominious legacy of establishment Democrats who act against the collective good.
Warnings About ICE at the Polls Risk Their Own Kind of Voter Suppression - The Intercept
Anxiety over ICE at the polls is a double-edged sword for the Trump administration: There’s the fear that federal immigration agents will illegally descend on voters, and there’s the threat that by boosting awareness of that fear, activists and journalists will help the federal g...
Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies’ Companies - The Intercept
A company run by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, hired by the Israeli government to push pro-Israel views on a major conservative media network, has directed $13 million from Israel to several Republican digital strategy firms and allies, according to a previously un...
Zoom Censorship of Palestine Seminars Sparks Fight Over Academic Freedom - The Intercept
Few companies have benefited from the coronavirus pandemic as much as Zoom, the online conferencing platform that has become a ubiquitous substitute for in-person interaction, work, and school. But a fight over Zoom’s right to censor speech is now brewing across the academic worl...
Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out - The Intercept
CeCe Moore, an actress and director-turned-genetic genealogist, stood behind a lectern at New Jersey’s Ramapo College in late July. Propelled onto the national stage by the popular PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” Moore was delivering the keynote address for the inaugural conferenc...
The CIA Is Resorting to an Open Casting Call for Would-Be Cuban Assets - The Intercept
Imperial ambitions are ever-shifting under President Donald Trump. Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba are oftentimes spoken about as one continuous train of complete victories and soon-to-be-complete-victories. With the midterms fast approaching, and the date for an apparent te...