Earlier this year, MIT restricted access to an internal search tool after students used it to publicized the school’s ties to the Israeli military. Students found a loophole and identified other Israeli grants - then the school put up more restrictions & a disciplinary warning

SCOOP: An MIT professor canceled an Israeli military funded research grant after pressure from students. “This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency." theintercept.com/2025/09/22/m...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues. theintercept.com/2025/09/17/t...

I know everyone’s like “if you think this is the worst assault on free speech you haven’t been paying attention for 2 years” but the thing is — the entire crackdown on antigenocide protests was premised on the separation of “free speech” from criticism of Israel

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“It is telling that those claiming they are for free speech are the ones punishing and silencing those who exercise that right. ... “It is also notable that every single Republican censure resolution against members of Congress targets legislators of color.” theintercept.com/2025/09/16/i...

NEW: Add to the list of people facing censorship over remarks on Charlie Kirk -- Rep. Ilhan Omar. theintercept.com/2025/09/16/i...

New poll finds that, by almost a three-to-one margin, American Jews believe Trump uses allegations of antisemitism as an "excuse" to cut university funding, rather than "truly cares about protecting Jewish students." (drive.google.com/file/d/1sjIV...)

idk about you guys but I think saying a Supreme Court Justice and the First Lady don’t have brain processing power because they’re Black and somehow must have benefited from affirmative action is racist 🙂

Four days ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution to stop just this kind of military strike theintercept.com/2025/09/11/v...

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.

When I asked Jeffries’s office if he plans endorse Mamdani, they pointed me to a series of his recent statements including the latest: “I certainly will have more to say about the New York City mayor’s race in short order.” theintercept.com/2025/09/15/z...

NEW: Even after Hochul's endorsement, New York’s Democratic establishment remains split over whether they should rally behind Mamdani, Cuomo, or — seemingly – no one. theintercept.com/2025/09/15/z...

“What we do not need is the whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s politics to make it sound like he was open-minded.” Listen to the full ep on Apple: interc.pt/4plmAmt Spotify: interc.pt/4nr6khY Elsewhere: interc.pt/3KjxIjJ @akelalacy.bsky.social @natashalennard.bsky.social @alibreland.bsky.social

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...

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.

If you hate read Ezra Klein’s column yesterday, you’re not alone. Think of this as a rebuttal. Kirk didn’t “practice politics the right way.” He denigrated Black people, immigrants, gay and trans people, and women — and hid it behind religion. Listen 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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...

The notion that “both sides” are working to “maintain the viability of the American experiment” is the part of this column that felt the most divorced from reality for me

SCOOP from @akelalacy.bsky.social! Ilhan Omar Brings War Powers to Block Trump Attacks After Venezuela Boat Strike theintercept.com/2025/09/11/v...

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ilhan Omar is introducing a war powers resolution in response to Trump’s strike on a boat leaving Venezuela last week theintercept.com/2025/09/11/v...

I’m not sure we’re using “conservative activist” appropriately here

We’re in a political environment where constantly saying racist, homophobic or transphobic things is completely justifiable but calling for things like, I don’t know, housing, a living wage, for police not to kill people, to stop genocide, is divisive, unproductive & overly polarizing

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...

new progressive poll sounds alarms for Rep. Dan Goldman: loses by almost 20 pts against Brad Lander, just 41% would back him against a generic opponent, and support drops when voters are asked about him not endorsing Mamdani, AIPAC $ & backing Israel's war on Gaza demandprogress.org/wp-content/u...

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...

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...

Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar Don't miss this important coverage by @akelalacy.bsky.social and @jesswash.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/09/09/i...

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

Some Dems are swearing off AIPAC and crypto money for the midterms. Others… not so much. ✍️ @jonahmv.bsky.social @akelalacy.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com Read more in the thread

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...

The last time Rep. Jimmy Gomez faced a primary, AIPAC and the crypto lobby spent > $1 million to help him. His latest challenger isn’t worried about either lobby. She’s betting that small dollars and frustration with Dems taking corporate PAC $ can help her win theintercept.com/2025/09/04/a...

NEW: This candidate is challenging an AIPAC Democrat in LA. Now she has backing from Justice Democrats. They’re betting they can beat Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who got more than $ 1 million from AIPAC and crypto the last time he faced a primary theintercept.com/2025/09/04/a...

A centrist San Franciscan championed efforts to recall the city's progressive DA and other progressive officials. Then, he boasted of his accomplishments to run for the city's board of supervisor, and succeeded. And now... he's facing a recall himself. One of my 10 elections to watch this month:

NEW 🎧 POD: this week I dive into America’s history grappling with protests against racist policing. We talk defining violence, why certain protests become defined as “riots,” and how deeply American the crusade against “woke” really is. W/ Rick Loessberg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Reuters Exclusive: The Trump administration has terminated more than half of all federal funding for gun violence prevention programs in the U.S., cutting $158 million in grants that had been directed to groups in cities like New York, LA, Chicago & Baltimore. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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...

pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing

NEW: A poll sent out in Pittsburgh this month asked if voters would support two Democratic candidates backed by pro-Israel groups including “a right-wing organization that supports Trump and is funded by MAGA millionaires and billionaires” against Rep. Summer Lee. theintercept.com/2025/07/25/a...

The FBI agent’s claim in this case is astounding - that face shields designed to protect against police tear spray and rubber bullets are typically used only by “violent” protesters. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

NEW: The federal government wants to make aiding anti-ICE protesters a crime theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

NEW: The federal government wants to make aiding anti-ICE protesters a crime theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

Feds Criminalize Aiding Protests Against ICE Crucial reporting by @akelalacy.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

NEW: U.S. nonprofits funnel millions of dollars to Americans who volunteer to join the IDF as “lone soldiers.” with Georgia Gee theintercept.com/2025/07/19/l...

Read the story from Georgia Gee and @akelalacy.bsky.social about how lone soldier programs recruit American teens to provide reinforcements to the Israeli military during its ongoing genocide in Gaza right here:

FDNY helped NYPD identify a pro-Palestinian protestor using the facial recognition tech, Clearview AI — which the NYPD isn’t allowed to use. Manhattan DA used the ID to charge a hate crime. A judge dismissed the case & warned about government surveillance: www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...