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Is Donald Trump Tweeting the U.S. Into a War on North Korea?
The political burlesque show running at the White House seems to consume the overwhelming majority of attention among cable news pundits and personalities. Such attention is not entirely unfounded given the potential for criminal indictments to hit members of Donald… Read More ›
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How Do Chicago Police Treat Mental Health? With SWAT Raids
On a balmy day in February, Jedidiah Brown drove onto a busy expressway in the heart of Chicago, firearm in tow, with the intention of killing himself. The South Side activist, now 30 years old, sat in his parked car… Read More ›
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What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert it?
During his successful 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump, for better and for worse, advocated a slew of policies that attacked the most sacred prongs of long-standing bipartisan Washington consensus. As a result, he was (and continues to be) viewed as uniquely repellent… Read More ›
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Videos of Baltimore Cops Allegedly Planting Evidence Test Body Camera Programs
Baltimore has been wrestling with yet another police scandal. Last month, the city public defender’s office discovered body camera footage showing a local cop placing a bag of heroin in a pile of a trash in an alley. The cop, unaware… Read More ›
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Trump Signals Cuts to Unpopular “Countering Extremism” Programs, But Worse Could Be Coming
Since being rolled out under the Obama administration, “Countering Violent Extremism” programming (CVE) has been a contentious subject in the United States. Pitched as a way of working with local communities to prevent “radicalization,” such programs have existed for years in European countries, where… Read More ›
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EPA Staffers Are Being Forced to Prioritize Energy Industry’s Wish List, Says Official Who Resigned in Protest
EPA staffers are spending their days addressing an industry wish list of changes to environmental law, according to Elizabeth Southerland, a former senior agency official who issued a scathing public farewell message when she ended her 30-year career there on Monday. Southerland, who most recently served… Read More ›
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White House Says Russia’s Hackers Are Too Good to Be Caught but NSA Partner Called Them “Morons”
The hackers behind the dump of Democratic Party emails in the midst of last year’s presidential race left apparent evidence of their identity — a breadcrumb trail winding from the stolen files back to the Russian government, according to assessments from the U.S. intelligence… Read More ›
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Intercepted Podcast: Pyongyang and the White House Gang
Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. The developments coming out of the White House this week are like a twisted mash up of “Here Comes Honey… Read More ›
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Donald Trump and the Coming Fall of American Empire
Even as President Donald Trump faces ever-intensifying investigations into the alleged connections between his top aides and family members and powerful Russian figures, he serves as commander in chief over a U.S. military that is killing an astonishing and growing… Read More ›
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Justice Department’s Demand for Extreme Secrecy in Reality Winner Trial Contested by Defense
The Justice Department is seeking to impose extreme secrecy rules in the trial of alleged Intercept source and whistleblower Reality Winner that could prevent her defense team from citing countless publicly available news articles in appearances before the court —… Read More ›