Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times got tossed onto the trash heap by a federal judge in just four days, reconfirming the well-known concept that it doesn't take long to recognize pure bullshit www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

My guest @ahjohnson.bsky.social is brilliant in this latest episode of @theintercept.com podcast. He perfectly explains why all of these institutional pillars, including media, appear to have fallen so quickly in the wake of an obvious smear campaign. theintercept.com/2025/09/19/b...

The mainstream media barely made a peep about Trump’s latest attack on Mahmoud Khalil’s free speech rights.

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This is a clear example of how transphobia harms the cis women and girls its proponents pretend to care about.

I'm currently working on a story about pregnant women in immigration detention. And one element of the story I didn't realize would become so central, is that the Trump administration is doing everything in their power to prevent us from seeing how bad it really is inside these facilities.

The corporate media ecosystem unabashedly bending the knee to MAGA in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing should concern everyone. As my podcast guest @ahjohnson.bsky.social told me yesterday, "things are bad but, I think we've learned they can get a lot worse."

I wrote about the weaponization of the Justice Department to exclusively protect white christian conservatives earlier this year. Feels very relevant right now in light of everything we've seen from AG Pam Bondi theintercept.com/2025/02/22/t...

The perfect antidote to a bizarre series of takes on the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Grateful to have spoken w brilliant colleagues on the immediate weaponization of Kirk's killing. 1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...

In 2016, major companies across the United States pushed back against North Carolina's anti-trans policies. A decade later, they've proven themselves to be fair-weather friends.

Companies like TD Bank, American Airlines, and Nike fought North Carolina’s discrimination against transgender people. They aren't doing the same in Texas.

Deaths are projected to start exceeding births in 2031, two years earlier than previously projected, as a result of Trump's immigration crackdown.

We discussed this phenomenon on this episode a few months ago after the political assassinations in Minnesota: "The Disinformation Machine After a Murder" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Breaking: A federal judge on in Rhode Island blocked the Trump administration from barring migrants living in the U.S. illegally from accessing numerous federally-funded services, including Head Start preschools, health clinics and food banks. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Qatar is now the 6th country Israel has attacked this year. “In the past two years, Israel has bombed nation after nation with no repercussions—all while conducting a genocide and manufacturing a famine in Gaza using U.S. taxpayer dollars,” said Rep. Summer Lee. theintercept.com/2025/09/09/i...

"Qatar is refuting the Trump administration's claim that the U.S. warned the country before Israel bombed Hamas ceasefire negotiators in Doha." "The call from a U.S. official came during the sound of explosions caused by the Israeli attack." #Qatar #USA #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide

My latest for @theintercept.com with @akelalacy.bsky.social on progressives' response to Israel's strike on Doha yesterday. theintercept.com/2025/09/09/i...

NEW 🎧 POD: what’s one word to describe Congress’s return this week? I’ll help you: unhinged. From Epstein to the National Guard roulette to a looming shutdown, I break down everything you need to know but wish you didn’t w/ @jesswash.bsky.social & Matt Sledge podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NEW: Progressives in Congress call for Israel arms embargo after Doha strikes theintercept.com/2025/09/09/i... with @jesswash.bsky.social

Important article by @jesswash.bsky.social @theintercept.com explaining yet another Trump policy designed to hurt, rather than help people with low incomes.

“Israel fears the people who tell the world about what is happening in Gaza — the war, the genocide, the famine. Anas made it a mission to tell these stories, our stories, all over the world. And people listened,” a pseudonymous Palestinian journalist who lives in the US writes for @theintercept.com

‼️Trump's demands of UCLA are far worse than you think. His demands could result in thousands of trans people outside UCLA losing care, risking lives. From Poppy Press on Instagram, an independent student-run outlet by UCLA students, reposted with permission 🧵 www.instagram.com/p/DNTwD5IvAAy/

On the latest Intercept Briefing, journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social spoke to @jessica_m_wash about why post-Dobbs restrictions “aren’t unintended consequences.”

Go listen to ‪@kylietcheung.bsky.social‬ and I talk about abortion, fetal personhood and state-sanctioned gender-based violence. This is the kind of conversation around reproductive justice that needs to be heard and isn't being had publicly enough!

I loved this conversation about Coercion with @jesswash.bsky.social for @theintercept.com so much!!!

In an excellent letter, @rcfp.org urges chief judges to ensure Rule 5.2(c) doesn't hinder public access in key immigration cases. Their letter builds on work The Intercept has been doing to lift restrictions in cases across the country theintercept.com/2025/07/09/s...

I wrote about how the Trump administration just unleashed a national abortion ban on the Veterans Affairs department for @theintercept.com with no exception for rape, incest, or health.

“They’re testing what they want to do with the rest of the country on us,” one veteran told The Intercept.

ICE recruitment is ramping up, with increasing use of window smashing to make arrests. We'll discuss on Your Call 10am PT today w/ reporters: @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com @jesswash.bsky.social Stream live 10am PT @kalwradio.bsky.social! www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

Catch me on at 10:30 am PT/1:30 pm ET!

Looking to speak with student borrowers who've been impacted by the Trump administration's policies or fear how these changes could impact them going forward. If you're interested, email: [email protected]

Looking to speak with student borrowers about how they're navigating payments and forgiveness programs under the Trump administration. If you're interested, email: [email protected]

🚨"The change appears to be “the first nationwide abortion ban that Trump is supporting and putting in place.” My latest for @theintercept.com

nonprofits funding Americans joining the IDF, feds making it a crime to aid anti-ICE protesters, and AIPAC's next targets -- all that and more waiting for you on my substack open.substack.com/pub/akelalac...

I've done my fair share of televised debate style panels and I keep feeling like the central flaw is we do not have enough of a shared reality to have debates with each other. There are just core realities you have to share or it doesn't work.

I'd actually be really interested in hearing a compelling case for why building the DC stadium would generate economic growth, when other stadium developments haven't. Genuinely. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Also asked about Dem candidates' approaches to trans people. The more "electable" position? "A Democratic candidate who fights for all of our freedoms to be ourselves, pushing back against Republican attacks on people based on our races, backgrounds, or genders." The loser? Republican-lite.

Check out my conversation with @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social & @jesswash.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing!!!

My latest for @theintercept.com the Trump administration appears to have taken the first steps to kick mixed-status families out of public housing --- forcing low-income families to choose between homelessness, financial ruin, or separation. theintercept.com/2025/07/22/h...

For my first stab at hosting the @theintercept.com podcast, I couldn't have asked for a better guest: @leahlitman.bsky.social spoke with me and @jesswash.bsky.social about SCOTUS, vibe-based constitutional scrutiny, and, of course, "Pride Puppy."

EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...

SCOOP @motherjones.com: The Labor Dept quietly reposted grants for women workers that DOGE previously killed They're trying to spin it as proof they support women workers—even though they're also trying to eliminate the Women's Bureau & the new grants roll back support for marginalized women ⤵️

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Very late on this but my alma mater caving into transphobic paranoia and threats still makes my blood boil

We tracked 1 month of ICE's immigration raids in Los Angeles— violent patterns emerged: Federal agents repeatedly drew guns, launched tear gas and flash bangs, beat people during immigration operations. Visuals: @binaricorn.bsky.social Our report @theintercept.com: theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...

This is obvious but establishment Democrats opposing Zohran Mamdani just proves to progressive/left voters that the party doesn't actually share their values.

This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.

Hot take: I love a deranged press release. Like oooh what wild lie are we gonna spin this time.