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Help us continue our investigative reporting on ICE. interc.pt/4nxavc7
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“He should apologize to the children that have been separated from their parents,” said Rep. @AOC of GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who demanded she apologize for calling ICE detention centers “concentration camps.” interc.pt/2Ksh813 by @nicholasballasy
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will propose a sweeping 10 percent cut to Pentagon spending, with the savings redirected as grant money to “high-poverty” areas in the U.S. interc.pt/3hW7KAi
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Secret Pakistan cable documents U.S. pressure to remove Imran Khan interc.pt/3qn86cc by @mazmhussain, @ryangrim interc.pt/3qn86cc
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The Intercept obtained a leaked Pakistani document showing the U.S. threatened severe consequences if Imran Khan were to stay on as prime minister because of his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. interc.pt/3KupDGs
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Scientists warn that losing another fifth of Brazil’s Amazon will trigger the feedback loop known as dieback, in which the forest begins to dry out and burn in a cascading system collapse, beyond the reach of any subsequent human intervention or regret. interc.pt/31V1DUa
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“If the no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister succeeds, all will be forgiven in Washington because the Russia visit is being looked at as a decision by the Prime Minister.” interc.pt/3DUsiW9
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Fetterman Staff Quit Amid Frustration Over “Just Working on Israel All the Time” interc.pt/434rEmx by @akela_lacy interc.pt/434rEmx
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A Texas elementary school speech pathologist refused to sign a pro-Israel oath, now mandatory in many states — so she lost her job. Watch our 3-minute video of this story: interc.pt/2EoOutW by @ggreenwald
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Historic turnout in Pakistan is swamping the military’s effort to rig the election interc.pt/48hdNIC by @ryangrim interc.pt/48hdNIC
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Denver’s City Council, led by Democratic Socialist, stuns for-profit prison operators by nuking contracts interc.pt/2yMD0MI by @ryangrim
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The Intercept obtained a leaked Pakistani document showing the U.S. threatened severe consequences if Imran Khan were to stay on as prime minister because of his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. interc.pt/3s7RsOp
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Columbia University hired private investigators to pursue pro-Palestine students. Vanderbilt University canceled a divestment vote, then expelled students after they protested. Pomona College sent police officers in riot gear to arrest 20 students.
@prem_thakker reports, repression of student activism is sweeping the nation:
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Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” interc.pt/3UhuSyh by @jeremyscahill, @ryangrim interc.pt/3UhuSyh
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Rep. @AOC responds to Republicans who say a physical barrier should be part of a border funding bill: “They should not be using a humanitarian crisis as a bargaining chip.”
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The five New York City ZIP codes with the highest rates of positive tests for the coronavirus have an average per capita income of $26,708, while residents in the five with the lowest rates had an average income of $118,166. interc.pt/39TOrlP
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For years, the FBI knew — but did not warn the public about — the fact that white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement could result in "abuses of authority and passive tolerance of racism." interc.pt/3ozzL3L
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Khan alleges that Munir ordered agents of Pakistan’s notorious intelligence service to kill him. interc.pt/3L2nD8c theintercept.com/2024/06/27/…
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Entire staff of Nevada Democratic Party quits after democratic socialist slate won every seat interc.pt/3teNwqv by @akela_lacy, @ryangrim
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Sources close to the ousted prime minister say Khan also accuses Gen. Asim Munir for assassination attempt and cover-ups. interc.pt/3L2nD8c theintercept.com/2024/06/27/…
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“I do not think that for the future of humanity, and for our country to continue to prosper, that we cannot have another presidential cycle where climate change is not being asked about at almost every debate.” — Rep. @AOC interc.pt/2DFgWH1
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U.S. helped Pakistan get IMF bailout with secret arms deal for Ukraine, leaked documents reveal interc.pt/3LtvFrk by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain interc.pt/3LtvFrk
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From prison, Imran Khan says top Pakistani general betrayed secret deal to stay out of politics interc.pt/3L2nD8c by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain interc.pt/3L2nD8c
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Rep. @AOC & Sen. @BernieSanders team up on new legislation that would effectively put the payday-lending industry out of business interc.pt/2VmzIgS by @ddayen
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Mike Bloomberg exploited prison labor to make 2020 presidential campaign phone calls interc.pt/2Mq5fId by @jbwashing
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Ecuador will imminently withdraw asylum for @JulianAssange and hand him over to the UK. What comes next? interc.pt/2LcoGGa by @ggreenwald
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“We are seeing people being fired from their jobs, being investigated by HR over their social media posts or conversations with colleagues, and having job offers rescinded. There is a clear trend that people’s jobs are being targeted right now.” interc.pt/46OPEJH
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Secret Pakistan document undermines espionage case against Imran Khan interc.pt/48q6aQr by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain interc.pt/48q6aQr
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“I’m not someone who says, ‘History will judge them’ — they will have to be judged before then,” Francesca Albanese said in an exclusive interview. interc.pt/4jViC0s
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“We have a newsroom in Rio de Janeiro, full of Brazilian reporters — 25, 30, 32 years old. They’re hearing your threats. Do you know what they’re doing?
They’re reporting. And that’s exactly what they’re going to keep doing.”
— @ggreenwald interc.pt/31k5Gd5
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“She bucked her Party’s leadership, because she refused to ignore the needs of her constituents — which in this case meant opposing a genocide.” interc.pt/3YAsjsk
ALT A photo of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in Washington on July 24, 2024, overlaid with the headline, "In Dearborn, Rashida Tlaib Did Nearly Twice as Well as Kamala Harris."
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“You can debate a lot of things, but not arithmetic,” says Noam Chomsky on the #NeverBiden movement. “Failure to vote for Biden in this election in a swing state amounts to voting for Trump.”
Watch @mehdirhasan’s interview with Noam Chomsky on the 2020 presidential race:
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This retired cop has been in jail for months after posting a Charlie Kirk meme on Facebook. His bail is set at $2 million.
Read more: interc.pt/4nl4uPp
✍️ @LilianaSegura 📹 @JordanUhl nitter.app/theintercept/status/19…
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For every two Palestinian deaths, Palestinians are mentioned only once in the coverage of major newspapers we analyzed. For every Israeli death, Israelis are mentioned eight times — or a rate 16 times more per death that of Palestinians.
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“If CNN lied about Davis having refused comment (when, in fact, he was one of their anonymous sources), then this is obviously a major journalism scandal,” writes @ggreenwald. interc.pt/2wiSDuI
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Mnuchin denied that his former bank robo-signed foreclosure documents. The evidence that he's lying is overwhelming. interc.pt/2usqGwE
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Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics. interc.pt/4gJzoOb
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Watch the video that’s been viewed more than 4.6 million times in 24 hours, a message from a post-#GreenNewDeal future from @AOC, @NaomiAKlein, and @mollycrabapple. interc.pt/2UktTeE
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Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, despite company denial interc.pt/3vZdi3U by @kenklippenstein
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Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, is charged with compromising his country’s secret communications. A crucial document leaked to The Intercept says that compromise didn’t happen.
Read more from @RyanGrim and @MazMHussain.
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The document of a March 2022 meeting encouraging the removal of Imran Khan as prime minister was provided to The Intercept by an anonymous source in the Pakistani military who said that they had no ties to Imran Khan or Khan’s party. interc.pt/3YIdrru
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The charge of an illegitimate marriage is all that’s left after a court acquitted Khan over his handling of a classified cypher. interc.pt/3yLJJsN
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"As far as I can tell, American democracy deceives its people into voting, but neither the government nor the people actually govern. It's the transnational corporations who govern." Bolivia's @evoespueblo speaks to @ggreenwald — full interview coming soon.
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.@prem_thakker: It’s been 110 days since journalist Samer Abu Daqqa was killed by the Israeli military, 65 days since Hind Rajab’s killing. Today would be Shireen Abu Akleh’s birthday.
If there are no updates into these cases, how can monthslong investigations and no policy change — all while thousands more are killed — be justified?
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Imran Khan Remains Imprisoned Over His Wife’s Menstrual Cycles. State Department Says That’s “Something For the Pakistani Courts to Decide.” interc.pt/3yLJJsN by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain interc.pt/3yLJJsN
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About 65 percent of people in local jails across the U.S. have not been convicted of a crime. Many are in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. They, too, are separated from their families. interc.pt/2te7hBU
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At least 280 Israeli teenagers have announced their forthcoming refusal to join the Israel Defense Forces by signing a letter that condemns “the regime of occupation and Jewish supremacy.”
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The New York Times, LA Times, and Washington Post play an influential role in shaping U.S. views of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The Intercept’s analysis of major newspaper coverage of the Gaza war showed a consistent bias against Palestinians.
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With bold immigration plan, Bernie Sanders becomes the only candidate to call for break up of ICE and CBP interc.pt/32p5XL1 by @aidachavez
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In a secret meeting, Pakistan’s powerful military ordered the press to stop covering Imran Khan interc.pt/3IUhHNX by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain, @worqas interc.pt/3IUhHNX
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Forty-one delegates are up for grabs in the satellite caucuses. Only the Sanders campaign invested in winning them. interc.pt/2vVNkny #IowaCaucuses
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Pakistan confirms secret diplomatic cable showing U.S. pressure to remove Imran Khan interc.pt/45gFX5R by @ryangrim, @mazmhussain interc.pt/45gFX5R
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The White House is stuck in a surreal alternate reality in which reporters and government officials continue to do their jobs as if the president were not mad as a hatter, writes James Risen. interc.pt/3bxxuiH
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Breaking: Brazilian judge declines to move forward with charges against Glenn Greenwald "for now" interc.pt/2GXLmp0 by @mazmhussain
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has compiled a short list of successors in his home state of Kentucky, preparing for the possibility that he does not serve out his full term, Kentucky Republicans tell The Intercept. interc.pt/3sOlkdx
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Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — all countries that hosted vaccine trials — will have to be satisfied with Pfizer’s gratitude, because (like most countries in the world) they won’t be receiving enough of the vaccine to inoculate their populations anytime soon.
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GOP lawmaker who voted against paid sick leave in Florida takes paid leave from Congress interc.pt/2QbMBWs by @lhfang
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At least 280 Israeli teenagers have announced their forthcoming refusal to join the Israel Defense Forces by signing a letter that condemns “the regime of occupation and Jewish supremacy.” theintercept.com/2024/01/08/…
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Rep. Devin Nunes, at glitzy New York fundraiser, refused questions about his reported contacts with Lev Parnas interc.pt/38hR9Cb by @lhfang, @paulabowd
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The collection effort has been met with little resistance from telecom providers asked to turn over voluminous data on the activity that day.
“No one wants to be on the wrong side of the insurrection,” a source involved in the collection effort said.
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In 2020, a study of thousands of Florida police officers found that officers who were fired for misconduct or resigned while under investigation were three times more likely to be fired for misconduct at their next job within three years. interc.pt/36nuTHd
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The former prime minister of Pakistan is currently behind bars, facing charges that he mishandled a sensitive secret document. But according to an analysis leaked to The Intercept, that claim is entirely false.
Read more from @RyanGrim and @MazMHussain.
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Trump officials want to put Assange behind bars because he revealed U.S. war crimes. Democrats want to put him behind bars because he revealed corruption at the highest levels of the DNC, writes @ggreenwald. interc.pt/2QNG1E3
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Two Brazilian firms owned by a top donor to President Trump and Mitch McConnell are significantly responsible for the ongoing destruction of the Amazon rainforest, carnage that has developed into raging fires that have captivated global attention. interc.pt/329nTd2
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The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions. interc.pt/3WYc73L
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Texas prepares to execute Rodney Reed amid a flood of new evidence pointing to his innocence interc.pt/34F4hP4 by @chronic_jordan
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“Anything fired out of a shotgun at 90 miles per hour is lethal. Calling them ‘less lethal’ is just fun with words.” interc.pt/3d7xN3M
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There is no democracy without a free press. We ask advocates for press freedom everywhere to join in condemning the Bolsonaro government’s transparent effort to intimidate and criminalize journalists. interc.pt/2TPWz2n
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AOC was offered $100,000 by AIPAC to “start the conversation.” She turned them down. interc.pt/41aoCtZ by @ryangrim interc.pt/41aoCtZ
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Joe Biden has long facilitated Israel’s impunity. Now, as Gaza burns, he is doing it as president. by @jeremyscahill @PaulAbowd
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You cannot erase the murderous past of George W. Bush and his allies and act like all that matters is opposing Trump interc.pt/2yGxYUs
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The Intercept's @ggreenwald explains the shocking news from Brazil linking the Bolsonaro family to the murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco.
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Edward @Snowden said that if Trump is concerned about wiretapping, he should fix the NSA mass surveillance programs. interc.pt/2mJSoo1
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The secretly taped audio reveals how senior Democratic officials have worked to crush competitive primaries and steer political resources to hand-picked candidates, long before the party publicly announces a preference. interc.pt/2vKSwKA
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A tenacious voter drive has emerged on Standing Rock in response to a voter ID law introduced by North Dakota Republicans, and it’s being led by tribal members who helped organize the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline. interc.pt/2ztmvoD (video by @JHafiz22)
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Under international law, the crime of genocide implicates not only those carrying out the crime, but also those complicit in it, including by “aiding and abetting.”
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Watch @ggreenwald explain what the Secret Brazil Archive’s revelations mean, and why this reporting is so important for the entire democratic world: interc.pt/2XXmW5C
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John Kelly was a bully, bigot, and liar for Trump. Goodbye and good riddance. interc.pt/2RJdKig by @mehdirhasan
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Statement by @TheIntercept about the threats of imprisonment from Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro toward @GGreenwald and our journalists working to expose corruption in his government:
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Jeff Sessions rebuked in surprise vote as House rolls back his asset forfeiture program interc.pt/2fgK6zK by @ZaidJilani
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We can’t feign surprise at politicians cynically generating populist fervor. The problem isn’t that the fascists are hypocrites, it’s that they’re fascists, writes @natashalennard. interc.pt/3haswwn
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“Anything fired out of a shotgun at 90 miles per hour is lethal. Calling them ‘less lethal’ is just fun with words.” interc.pt/3e02IAt
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The FBI is “searching cell towers and phones pinging off cell sites in the area to determine visitors to the Capitol,” a recently retired senior FBI official told The Intercept.
The data is also being used to map links between suspects, which include members of Congress.
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“What coronavirus has essentially done ... is it has taken these slow moving crises that we have already been experiencing in the United States, and basically pressed fast forward on every single one.” @AOC joins @mehdirhasan on #Deconstructed. interc.pt/2y2WoYZ
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“What Sanders represents is not the left wing, it is the moral center,” says @RevJJackson. “Healthcare for everybody is moral. Education you can afford without student loan debt is the moral center.” interc.pt/2w6V5XN
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In victory, @Ocasio2018 showed that authentic progressive values can redefine political reality. interc.pt/2Dz7MNq
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Harvard Law Review editors vote to kill article about genocide in Gaza interc.pt/3RbPhUa by @natashalennard interc.pt/3RbPhUa
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Popovich is using his white privilege in ways perhaps no white man in sports ever has. interc.pt/2grN74b
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Joe Biden claimed “zero” parallels between U.S. withdrawals from Afghanistan and Vietnam. As the Taliban take Kabul, he’s proved wrong. interc.pt/3xO8AG5
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U.S. Muslims are more accepting of homosexuality than evangelical Christians, Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses. interc.pt/28zIwxK
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“Biden should never be permitted to escape the cold fact that he served as the arms dealer and most consequential public propagandist for a war of choice against an overwhelmingly defenseless civilian population,” writes @JeremyScahill.
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The ruling leaves Khan behind bars on precisely one charge: namely, that he and his third wife Bushra Bibi entered into an “un-Islamic marriage.” interc.pt/3yLJJsN
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Science guy @BillNye asked Rep. @AOC if she has a plan to work with people in Congress who are afraid of change.
“One of the keys to dismantling fear is dismantling a zero-sum mentality,” she explained. Watch her full interview at #SXSW: interc.pt/2TGECnh #AOCintercept
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Right-wing extremists have carried out 329 murders since 1994. In the same period, a grand total of zero murders have been attributed to antifa participants. interc.pt/2XvKbFQ
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“We should not be in the position of thinking about legislation in the context of personal investment. As long as you own stocks, it’s hard to rule out of your mind.” — @SenJeffMerkley. interc.pt/2Eqg1uV
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Florida prisoners will stop all work to protest “slave labor,” price gouging, and unexplained deaths in custody. interc.pt/2EGbWj9
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New evidence supporting credibility of Tara Reade's allegation against Joe Biden emerges interc.pt/2KJfhTT by @ryangrim
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In Dearborn, Rashida Tlaib Did Nearly Twice as Well as Kamala Harris interc.pt/3YAsjsk by Matthew Sledge interc.pt/3YAsjsk
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George W. Bush should be treated as a pariah not because he is a Republican or a conservative, but because he caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people and tortured hundreds of others, writes @mehdirhasan. interc.pt/2MqaQxD
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