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Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?

The agency trains officers to conceal their true intentions — and has long existed to violently suppress the left.

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FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant

Federal agents asked about links between the woman and the Prairieland case — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on...

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C. Frances

The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape

Democratic strategist Adam Carlson backed Platner through all his other scandals. He says he shares the blame, but that people are learning the wrong...

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Trickle-Down Suppression: Local Cops Echo Trump’s “Terrorist Org” Attacks on Antifa

Local authorities accused the same legal assistance group targeted by Joseph McCarthy a half century ago of being part of a vast antifa conspiracy.

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Matt Sledge

FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants

Reversing a red card against U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun isn’t FIFA’s only unusual concession to Trump.

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Nick Turse

There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.

While establishment Democrats argue socialists are confined to the coasts, DSA chapters have helped elevate more than 300 candidates nationwide.

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Akela Lacy

Graham Platner Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem

Alex Scheel is running an anti-war campaign to unseat incumbent Rep. Marilyn Strickland. He’s also a longtime member of the DSA in Washington state.

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Voices

The Horrifying Lessons of 250 Years of American History

President Donald Trump is trying to whitewash America’s past. Could rebellion offer a brighter future?

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Nick Turse

Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists

Matt Sledge, who was at the sentencing for the Prairieland defendants, and Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” on the...

03.07.2026 6

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How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart

The Cuban lobby and AIPAC have gotten what they wanted from Trump, and now they are dealing with the consequences.

02.07.2026 7

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Greg Grandin

RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, Too

The Health and Human Services secretary is targeting the largest Muslim civil rights organization as Republicans run on Islamophobia in a tough...

02.07.2026 5

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Jessica Washington

ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts

“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman.

01.07.2026 8

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Noah Hurowitz

Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term

Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche have pushed hard for new death sentences, including in states that have abolished executions.

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Liliana Segura

Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver

A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent.

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Akela Lacy

Congressional Dems Shift to Overwhelmingly Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War on Lebanon

Democratic leaders did not formally whip for Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s bill, but they spoke in favor of it on the House floor.

30.06.2026 7

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Matt Sledge

How to Show That Israel’s Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is Systemic — and Has Gone on for Decades

A new report demonstrates the patterns by compiling accounts detailing rape by soldiers using bottles, batons, and other sharp objects — even...

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Voices

Even the Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ceded Ground in the Fight for Trans Existence

This was always the plan for the anti-trans zealots who saw girls’ sports as an easy entry point from which to decimate trans people’s civil...

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Voices

Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants

The rate of homicides among women soldiers from intimate partner violence is at least three times higher than the national average.

30.06.2026 7

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Daniel Johnson

Socialists Are Surging. In Colorado, a 29-Year Incumbent Is Sweating.

Rep. Diana DeGette didn’t take a socialist challenger seriously. Now she’s scrambling to convince voters she’s still the progressive pick.

30.06.2026 10

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Akela Lacy

The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation

Twenty years ago, U.S. military officials condemned terrorist “snuff films.” Now our top officials post them.

29.06.2026 9

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Nick Turse

Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group

The political arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, known for protesting the genocide in Gaza, is wading into the race for the open Senate seat in Michigan.

29.06.2026 9

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Jonah Valdez

The Businessman Who Helped Peter Thiel Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.

Aron D’Souza sees the media as in peril. His solution is an AI-powered tribunal to adjudicate the facts of reporting.

29.06.2026 10

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Voices

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

A House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.

28.06.2026 10

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Voices

Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism

As head of Labour, Starmer served his role ignobly: weeding out the Left and paving the way for the far right.

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30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

The harsh sentence for a defendant who wasn’t even at the Prairieland protest is likely only the start of the Trump administration’s efforts to...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wades Into Tennessee Primary, Endorsing Justin J. Pearson

The congresswoman has a strong track record of backing winners this cycle — but she's emerging from controversy after sitting out key races in her...

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Akela Lacy

The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover

How democratic socialists, boosted by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, swept the Democratic establishment in Tuesday’s primaries.

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Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back.

In January, Trump said “we’re in charge” of Venezuela. Amid a humanitarian crisis, they’re merely “our new and great friends.”

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Nick Turse

Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War

Cops warned corporate bodyguards that “challenges faced by the middle and lower classes” might spur attacks on wealthy CEOS.

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Glen Stellmacher

Establishment Democrats to the Dustbin of History

It’s increasingly clear that the energy is with the left wing of the Democratic Party — not the centrists, not the establishment.

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Voices

The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database

The Department of Homeland Security refuses to comply with FOIA requests over its unlawful efforts to stifle the First Amendment.

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The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans

As some on the right panicked over the ascent of “communists,” others gloated over the downfall of the Democratic establishment.

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Noah Hurowitz

Socialists Are Setting the Agenda in New York City

Claire Valdez and Brad Lander rapidly won their primaries Tuesday night, sending a sign of strength for an NYC left led by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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Akela Lacy

Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines

Anti-ICE activists received lengthy prison terms — including a 100-year sentence — in the first major trial of the NSPM-7 era.

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Matt Sledge

Rep. Adriano Espaillat Was Slow to Help Mahmoud Khalil. It Could Cost Him His Seat.

New York City democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier has pointed to the incumbent’s dragging response as a key reason why she’s running...

23.06.2026 10

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Akela Lacy

ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.

After a whirlwind trip to Turkey and Azerbaijan in a botched deportation attempt, a Belarusian describes medical neglect in a detention center...

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Jessica Washington

The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory

Despite extracting extraordinary concessions, the reaction in Iran isn’t entirely jubilant. Past betrayals are too recent to forget.

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Voices

FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants

“They were asking me to inform,” said a protester, one of dozens contacted by the feds, who was arrested while playing the cello.

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C. Frances

Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.

Dalton Eatherly streams his racist provocations online. It was only a matter of time before the violence rhetoric entered the real world.

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Voices

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

As Iran and the U.S. reach a deal to supposedly end this cycle of war, Tariq Kenney-Shawa and Jonah Valdez discuss what’s happened since Israel’s...

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Trump-Loving Crypto Super PAC Finally Backs a Democrat: Ritchie Torres

Torres, the only Democrat boosted by cash from the conservative Fellowship PAC, has no serious competition in his House race.

19.06.2026 10

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Matt Sledge

Undercover Cops Infiltrated Delaney Hall ICE Protest to Spy and Make Arrest

A complaint by Newark police didn’t mention that ICE led the ambush on a protester and made the initial arrest.

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C. Frances

Police Chased the Wrong Man, Then Shot Him and Watched as He Bled Out

Sheriff’s deputies in Michigan fired 27 shots at John Jenuwine. “He was not the guy that they were supposed to be chasing,” said the victim’s father.

18.06.2026 10

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Akela Lacy

ICE’s Unseen Toll in Minneapolis: Suicide Helpline Calls More Than Doubled During Surge

ICE’s crackdown in Minneapolis left deep scars on the besieged city, says a new Human Rights Watch report.

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Ryan Devereaux

Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show

Company records reviewed by The Intercept show Israel urged Facebook and Instagram to take down posts supportive of Iran.

18.06.2026 10

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Sam Biddle

Senate Democrats Aren’t Happy About Trump’s Spy Law Ultimatum

Before Trump paused Jay Clayton’s nomination, Democrats thought they were on a “glide path” to renewing FISA. Now the president wants to tie...

17.06.2026 7

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Matt Sledge

Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It

Trump’s indictment against ICE protesters in Minneapolis is part of an attempt to criminalize organizing as a “conspiracy.”

17.06.2026 10

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Voices

How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages?

ICE investigators leaned on Signal communications to build their case against protesters. Take these steps to keep your chats safe.

17.06.2026 9

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Nikita Mazurov

Are Jeffries and Schumer Getting Ready to Greenlight Domestic Spy Power for Trump?

Democrats balked at handing Bill Pulte spy powers. Will they stay strong against Trump’s new pick for intel chief?

17.06.2026 10

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Matt Sledge

Once a Target of TrackAIPAC, Ro Khanna Gains Its Endorsement

With endorsements and a new pledge for lawmakers, TrackAIPAC is flexing its growing influence on the Capitol.

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Jonah Valdez