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Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (291+ words) A military watchdog has been "inundated" with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war. The United States is waging a religious war. This is, at least, how dozens of fanatical U.S. military commanders understand President Donald Trump's…...
Nida Allam Concedes to Valerie Foushee With Razor-Thin Loss for Progressives in Key Midterm Primary
11+ hour, 49+ min ago (536+ words) Democratic primary voters in North Carolina stuck with the incumbent backed by the AI lobby over a challenger running against corporate power and AIPAC. Progressive insurgents lost a close North Carolina primary this week, when Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., narrowly…...
The U.S. Killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. What Comes Next?
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1234+ words) This tells any potential adversaries of the U.S.: Get nuclear weapons. Hedging is not a strategy." On Saturday morning, the United States and Israel carried out intensive airstrikes against Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the Islamic…...
Fool Me Twice: The Case for War With Iran Is Even Thinner Than It Was for Iraq
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (281+ words) The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration's case for war with Iran hardly exists at all. The specter of an Iranian war has become something of a national miasma, the build-up having gone on now…...
Florida Might Make Its Own Spy Squad. Muslims Think They Have a Pretty Good Idea Who’ll Be Targeted.
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (990+ words) An Israeli spyware firm is tracking the GOP legislation, according to lobbying disclosures. Under a bill gaining traction in its state legislature, Florida could soon have its own spy squad. The spooks operating in the shadows of the Sunshine State…...
Trump Demanded El Mencho’s Head. Mexicans Are Paying the Price.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (761+ words) The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won't change that. On Sunday, in the wake of a military operation to kill one of the country's most infamous drug traffickers, clashes broke out across…...
Nonprofit Coalition Asks Courts to Prevent Coercive Federal Investigation Tactics
1+ week, 3+ day ago (126+ words) Seventeen organizations filed an amicus brief calling out pretextual federal investigations and arguing for judicial oversight. Seventeen nonprofit organizations, led by The Intercept's Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…...
Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.”
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1286+ words) Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem's tale about a cannibal was a fabrication. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a preposterous story demonizing immigrants in high-profile public remarks alongside President Donald Trump and on Fox News last summer,…...
What Does Trump Want With Cuba?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1922+ words) The Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign is pushing Cuba into a deeper humanitarian crisis. Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. The country's long-standing economic and political turmoil reached new heights this week as the effects of the Trump administration's…...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
3+ week, 2+ day ago (858+ words) Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena until months later. Google never gave him a chance to fight it. Google provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a wide array of personal data on a student…...