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Florida Might Make Its Own Spy Squad. Muslims Think They Have a Pretty Good Idea Who’ll Be Targeted.
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (990+ words) An Israeli spyware firm is tracking the GOP legislation, according to lobbying disclosures. Under a bill gaining traction in its state legislature, Florida could soon have its own spy squad. The spooks operating in the shadows of the Sunshine State…...
Trump Demanded El Mencho’s Head. Mexicans Are Paying the Price.
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (761+ words) The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won't change that. On Sunday, in the wake of a military operation to kill one of the country's most infamous drug traffickers, clashes broke out across…...
Nonprofit Coalition Asks Courts to Prevent Coercive Federal Investigation Tactics
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (126+ words) Seventeen organizations filed an amicus brief calling out pretextual federal investigations and arguing for judicial oversight. Seventeen nonprofit organizations, led by The Intercept's Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…...
Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.”
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1286+ words) Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem's tale about a cannibal was a fabrication. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a preposterous story demonizing immigrants in high-profile public remarks alongside President Donald Trump and on Fox News last summer,…...
What Does Trump Want With Cuba?
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1922+ words) The Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign is pushing Cuba into a deeper humanitarian crisis. Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. The country's long-standing economic and political turmoil reached new heights this week as the effects of the Trump administration's…...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (858+ words) Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena until months later. Google never gave him a chance to fight it. Google provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a wide array of personal data on a student…...
AIPAC Just Helped Put a Bernie Sanders Alum in Congress
2+ week, 1+ day ago (595+ words) The pro-Israel lobby poured money into New Jersey's special election " and ended up splitting the vote between two moderates. A progressive organizer beat the odds against millions in outside spending to win the special primary election for a congressional seat…...
Pam Bondi Is Pushing Death Sentences for People Spared By Her Predecessor
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1447+ words) Trump's AG is ramping up death penalty prosecutions, targeting defendants previously told they wouldn't face execution. When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that she would seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione " the first capital prosecution announced during Donald Trump's…...
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1082+ words) In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested " as Trump's Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to "end the resistance." On Friday, legal observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea. A fellow observer…...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1851+ words) By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. KAMPALA, UGANDA " Ever since President Donald Trump was elected a year ago, sex workers in Kampala have suffered. The…...