Incredible. Italy brought to a standstill as Italians descend to the streets to protest for Gaza. No business as usual. Schools closed. Businesses closed. Shameful on the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

OK, we got the Antifa "order," and it's weak. It cites no specific laws. I imagine, this was the drafting process: Boss: Quick, Trump said something, what can we do? Lawyer: Basically nothing, other than enforce laws? Boss: Hmm. Well, make it sound like something, OK? Lawyer: I'll ... try?

Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be. Don't miss this one by @natashalennard.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...

In other words dont let the Uber fascism of MAGA confuse you about the real and ongoing historical role of Disney in American society and rhe development of modern capitalism. Instead, read The Extended Universe (lmao)

Trump’s chaotic, maximalist crackdown strategy targets liberals alongside leftists as an imagined whole. There’s no promise that establishment liberal figures & organizations will act with the integrity and solidarity it takes to rebuff such attacks @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...

Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be... latest @theintercept.com on Trump's RICO threats, antifa "terror designation", etc theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries. When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom. I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

After decrying political correctness, Hegseth launches political correctness crusade in the wake of the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk theintercept.com/2025/09/17/m...

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Über Charlie Kirk, politische Gewalt und Fragen, von denen ich nie dachte, dass ich sie mir mal stellen würde. Neuer Text @woz.ch:

The people yearn for @mollycrabapple.bsky.social

when your wars are too crimey even for john yoo, boy howdy

oh how i would love to luncheon with this man. (the gilded age is a show about people calling lunch 'luncheon', for those who don't know).

Some good news. interc.pt/48hBUdK

from my latest: "The trans-shooter myth largely began circulating in 2023 around the Nashville shooting, 'as the right began rolling back LGBTQ rights in earnest'... Two years later, and just a decade after the so-called trans tipping point, anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage."

SCOOP: Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela. theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

Support independent media that isn't afraid to tell it like it is.

Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.

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...

NEW 🎧 POD: After the shooting of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, many influential voices were falling over themselves to valorize his legacy. But who was the real Charlie Kirk? @natashalennard.bsky.social & @alibreland.bsky.social help me break it all down podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We still don't know who Kirk's killer is & what their motivations were, but that hasn’t stopped a thunderous chorus on the right calling for retribution. @shaneburley.bsky.social @natashalennard.bsky.social @jaredlholt.bsky.social @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social therealnews.com/will-charlie...

‘THIS IS WAR’: Will Charlie Kirk’s assassination unleash a wave of political retribution? What possibilities should people be prepared for? I talk to far-right experts @natashalennard.bsky.social, @jaredlholt.bsky.social, & @shaneburley.bsky.social on @therealnews.com youtu.be/axYrXBN1TzM?...

even if the shooter does turn out to support left positions, the idea that the broader left is engaged in a politics of violence is ofc bunk. It was Kirk who has defended the removal of whole groups of people from the body politic (his 'debate me' thing was schtick to condescend to teens)

"Kirk, the founder of the far-right movement Turning Points USA, was committed to organizing America’s white young men, from college campus to college campus and beyond, into a politics of revanchist, resentment-fueled, patriarchal white nationalism," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social

Precisely because of the central place of political violence in this country, this moment feels both predictably and uniquely dangerous. Following Charlie Kirk's shooting, Trump called it a “dark moment for America”— for all the wrong reasons. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/11/c...

Precisely because of the central place of political violence in this country, this moment feels both predictably and uniquely dangerous. Following Charlie Kirk's shooting, Trump called it a “dark moment for America”— for all the wrong reasons. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/11/c...

Nothing Will Stop Trump From Weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s Killing to Attack the Left @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/11/c...

Precisely because of the central place of political violence in this country, this moment feels both predictably and uniquely dangerous. Following Charlie Kirk's shooting, Trump called it a “dark moment for America”— for all the wrong reasons. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/11/c...

this needs to be a bigger story — RFK is rushing to appoint SEVEN more anti-vaccine extremists to his phony vaccine panel so it’s packed with quacks. my read? he’s panicking and accelerating his plans to take away all of our vaccines. free to read: wapo.st/3JStzDh

One need not be a fan of the U.S.’s twisted devotion to gunpower to appreciate the danger of an anti-trans gun ban and its stakes for trans people’s standing in this country… latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/05/t...

Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense.. latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/05/t...

A high-ranking Pentagon official told The Intercept Trump's strike on a boat in the Caribbean was a criminal attack on civilians. Two government officials said Pete Hegseth's rationale for the attack came together after the fact.

So if I'm reading this right, the value proposition of AI is that it doesn't work and doesn't make money, but it can kill you now and kill you later.

At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. We join with more than 150 other media outlets across the world to condemn these crimes. Read more: interc.pt/3HS71C2

But...but *you're* the mayor right now

BREAKING: I spoke with the parents of the two pro-Palestine protesters, including a 15-year-old teenage boy, who were dragged into an Egyptian government building in New York and allegedly beaten by Egyptian officials, and were then arrested by the NYPD: theintercept.com/2025/08/22/g...

Last year, Israeli soldiers destroyed Ali Skaik's home in Gaza City and held him for hours, stripped, blindfolded, injured, and at gunpoint. Now Israel is invading Gaza City again. And Ali is terrified. Read his testimony in @thenation.com. It is unforgettable. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

"The Free Press is actively stoking genocide denial, but it’s not the first media organ to take this odious tack of minimization," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/45quXFB

EXCLUSIVE: Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions theintercept.com/2025/08/20/t...

The Free Press did an “investigation” into preexisting conditions in starving kids in Gaza — the same logic that would have you believe typhus killed Anne Frank. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/08/19/b...

"...we are supposed to be less horrified by the fact that children with disabilities like cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis are starving to death under the deliberate siege policies of a wealthy, occupying nation-state..." writes @natashalennard.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/08/19/b...

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"I dare say there is nothing such a person could see of Palestinians suffering that would permit them to shift their worldview." "It is a supremacist, eugenicist lens that is beneath contempt, yes, but also beneath debate." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide

The Free Press did an “investigation” into preexisting conditions in starving kids in Gaza — the same logic that would have you believe typhus killed Anne Frank. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/08/19/b...

I dare say there is nothing such a person (like these Free Press writers) could see of Palestinians suffering that would permit them to shift their worldview at this point, because the humanity of Palestinians has been a priori excluded from it. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/08/19/b...

The Free Press’s so-called corrections are a ghoulish reminder: It is not a problem of insufficient evidence, it is not a problem of knowledge, that continues to fuel, with support and funds, this genocide. ... latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/08/19/b...

The site did an “investigation” into preexisting conditions in starving kids in Gaza — the same logic that would have you believe typhus killed Anne Frank.