On The Intercept Briefing, @akelalacy.bsky.social, @natashalennard.bsky.social, and @alibreland.bsky.social dive into the weaponization of Charlie Kirk’s murder and increasing political violence in the U.S.

This is bleak reading

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

Tomorrow, March 26, at 6 PM Eastern, Shawn Musgrave, newsroom counsel and reporter, will be doing an AMA on r/fednews (www.reddit.com/r/fednews/) about our lawsuit and all things FOIA. Anyone can file a FOIA btw, so come learn how to do it!

the fact that republicans don’t seem to be concerned with getting reelected is a huge red flag right now. either they are convinced Musk will steal the next election for them (again!) or they know the plan is martial law and no elections

If you've been to a pro-Palestine protest, especially in LA, you need to see this. Read @sambiddle.com's full story: interc.pt/41yPDrU 📹 @jordanuhl.com

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

Lots of reporting suggested that, this time around, Trump and his lawyers would avoid the sloppy legal work that plagued his first administration so they’d fare better in the courts. I see no evidence of that in this round of executive orders. This is poor, slipshod work obviously assisted by AI.

"security" inmates held by Israel: Jan 2023: 4,658 Jan 2024: 8,600 Jan 2025: 10,221 It's clear Israel accelerated its mass incarceration policy in anticipation of an eventual exchange. In other words, Israel took (even more) Palestinians hostage to use as bargaining chips. Many of them are children

FUN FACT: The Little Red Book app is putting my "note" under review for saying that I'm Taiwanese American. #wow

JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...

Trump's super PAC got $62 million in dark money in the closing weeks of the race, a big increase for the group, arriving just after the last disclosure deadline before the election.

Great reporting, and my first art direction story. Illustration by Vicky Leta on a very short timeline!