Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last
The New York City mayor has said he doesn’t want to “normalize” ICE. But the NYPD, led by Jessica Tisch, has other…
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Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract
Sofia Liguori stepped down from DeepMind due to current military contracts — not speculative fears of an AI apocalypse.…
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Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal.
Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at…
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Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong
Mississippi has yet to release any support for its claim that a “thorough and impartial” review showed the shooting was…
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Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll
At least 10 patients with kidney failure near Taiz, a city under a Houthi siege, died because they were unable to get…
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Mike Rogers Spent $100K on Private Jets and Luxury Travel Last Quarter
The Republican running for Senate in Michigan is directing campaign funds toward chartered flights, a Miami car…
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The Army Wants to Sic AI Agents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong?
Documents obtained by The Intercept show the military is trying to deploy autonomous AI agents to hack its adversaries.…
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President Apocalypse
While Trump campaigns for a Nobel Peace Prize, his war on humanity’s only home continues unabated. The post President…
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Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?
With Democrats campaigning on ending the war, advocates want them to put their money where their mouth is and risk a…
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DHS Was Designed as a Weapon
Rep. Delia Ramirez and writers Rozina Ali and Will Sommer discuss the ICE raid on Ilhan Omar and the years of…
Read at source →Long After the Maui Fires, Toxic Metals Linger in Residents’ Bodies
The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires affected a community already…
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Lockheed Martin Showered Susan Collins With Cash as F-35 Program Hit Turbulence
Collins received tens of thousands from Lockheed during a two-month period surrounding a critical 2023 watchdog report.…
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Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington…
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America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment
Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution was not without precedent — it tapped into a dark and forgotten U.S.…
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Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”
One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.” The post Inside ICE,…
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Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room
The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit. The post…
Read at source →Reflecting on the Trump Era
Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation should have been an easy lift. But it quickly became a monument to…
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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free…
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Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. The post Don’t…
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ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get
With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a decrepit tyrant — and the checks…
Read at source →Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... Oregon
The group Defending Main Street, long associated with Susan Collins, spent thousands attacking Troy Jackson in the…
Read at source →Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death — Six Months Late
After months of questions from The Intercept, the U.S. military finally acknowledged the March death of Maj. Sorffly…
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Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.
The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind…
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A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention
Dana Joudeh was denied proper food and medical care throughout her pregnancy in an Israeli prison. She gave birth to a…
Read at source →ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem
After ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and…
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Where Are the Iran War Protests?
Despite a wildly unpopular war with Iran, a mass protest movement for peace hasn’t materialized — at least in the ways…
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Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms
As Kalshi and Polymarket dodge state regulations, prediction markets are upping the ante on next month’s elections. The…
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents…
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Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts…
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Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall
Despite at least 10 arrests and the destruction of the tree at the center of the protest, the standoff continues. The…
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Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
Authorities are taking unprecedented steps to charge protesters in a sleepy Vermont town that hosts an ICE intelligence…
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He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
A veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession. The post He Confessed to an…
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Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says
A hardline anti-Islamic Republic group went after a tenured professor for comments about Iran. When that didn’t work,…
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The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War
From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack. The post The U.S.…
Read at source →The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.
Decades after blaming Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it.…
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military…
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