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September 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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NEW: Patriots Owner Robert Kraft said he has spent years “building bridges.” So we counted every $ Kraft’s foundation has donated to the Friends of the IDF and his giving to several pro-Israel groups that espouse Islamophobia and genocide denial.
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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September 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
NEW: Patriots Owner Robert Kraft said he has spent years “building bridges.” So we counted every $ Kraft’s foundation has donated to the Friends of the IDF and his giving to several pro-Israel groups that espouse Islamophobia and genocide denial.
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A former public defender and former federal prosecutor both say they’ll make the right call on charging the federal immigration agents who killed Pretti and Good. theintercept.com/2026/09/19/m...
September 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
A former public defender and former federal prosecutor both say they’ll make the right call on charging the federal immigration agents who killed Pretti and Good. theintercept.com/2026/09/19/m...
At Leavenworth, former workers say CoreCivic made conditions dangerous, which led to a near-death attack.
ICE Revives Former “Hellhole” Prison — And Hires the Same Company To Run It
At Leavenworth, former workers say CoreCivic made conditions dangerous, which led to a near-death attack.
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September 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
At Leavenworth, former workers say CoreCivic made conditions dangerous, which led to a near-death attack.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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September 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
What’s driving religious fundamentalists, tech accelerationists, and anti-immigrant ethnonationalists to bring about the end of the world? theintercept.com/2026/09/18/n...
September 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
What’s driving religious fundamentalists, tech accelerationists, and anti-immigrant ethnonationalists to bring about the end of the world? theintercept.com/2026/09/18/n...
What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power?
Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War
What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power?
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September 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power?
Beset by critics in Knoxville, Flock partnered with a nonprofit accused of “astroturfing” for a campaign to generate support for its surveillance cameras. theintercept.com/2026/09/17/f...
September 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Beset by critics in Knoxville, Flock partnered with a nonprofit accused of “astroturfing” for a campaign to generate support for its surveillance cameras. theintercept.com/2026/09/17/f...
The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE.
The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech
The New York Times published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on free speech, without mentioning Gaza, Israel, or ICE.
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September 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE.
September 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
So far, settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdover cases. Without policy changes, however, they might keep growing toward a $1 billion total since 2018.
NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing
So far, NYPD settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdovers. Without policy changes, they might keep skyrocketing.
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September 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
So far, settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdover cases. Without policy changes, however, they might keep growing toward a $1 billion total since 2018.
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
September 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
Iran’s ability to overwhelm U.S. air defenses in the Middle East using attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles has left the U.S. military in a precarious state. The Trump administration failed to appreciate Iran’s military prowess, said the first official.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Iran’s ability to overwhelm U.S. air defenses in the Middle East using attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles has left the U.S. military in a precarious state. The Trump administration failed to appreciate Iran’s military prowess, said the first official.
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The military is straining under the pressures of the Iran war, according to two U.S. officials familiar with operations in the Middle East. One cautioned that this stress could lead to a “breakdown” in the military’s ability to effectively continue a war that President Trump started
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Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The military is straining under the pressures of the Iran war, according to two U.S. officials familiar with operations in the Middle East. One cautioned that this stress could lead to a “breakdown” in the military’s ability to effectively continue a war that President Trump started
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Why would three multibillionaire tech CEOs all come together to agree that the technologies their companies are developing might be too dangerous? One thing is clear: Talk of existential risk is a highly convenient way to not address the already known harms produced by AI.
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Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI
The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich.
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September 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Why would three multibillionaire tech CEOs all come together to agree that the technologies their companies are developing might be too dangerous? One thing is clear: Talk of existential risk is a highly convenient way to not address the already known harms produced by AI.
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Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable
The Intercept and 404 Media discuss the growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude and Grok, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.
Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones
Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.
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September 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.
In case anyone was starting to feel that American democracy is just a little too secure, distaste for the common man is now finding purchase beyond the political right, with centrist liberals test-running their own brand of distaste for mass participation.
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Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.
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September 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
In case anyone was starting to feel that American democracy is just a little too secure, distaste for the common man is now finding purchase beyond the political right, with centrist liberals test-running their own brand of distaste for mass participation.
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The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
Osama Bin Laden Won
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
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September 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee.
Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left
A far-right hacker posts in tandem with DataRepublican, the X account of Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds, about hacks against the left.
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September 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee.
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech.
Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech.
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September 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech.
Flying United? Your checked bags may have an unwelcome neighbor in the cargo hold.
United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report.
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United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report.
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September 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Flying United? Your checked bags may have an unwelcome neighbor in the cargo hold.
United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report.
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United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report.
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BREAKING: Tonight, a United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv is set to carry onboard 5 cargo shipments destined for the weapons giant Elbit Systems.
Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights
Unfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight.
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September 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
BREAKING: Tonight, a United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv is set to carry onboard 5 cargo shipments destined for the weapons giant Elbit Systems.
Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...