Jessica Washington
@jesswash.bsky.social
Politics Reporter for @theintercept.com
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Listen to our episode of the Briefing with @katmabu.bsky.social:
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Listen to our episode of the Briefing with @katmabu.bsky.social:
“The pitch they made, it made sense. Everyone knew it was going to be painful, but it was important … and they just wasted it all."
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SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”
People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“The pitch they made, it made sense. Everyone knew it was going to be painful, but it was important … and they just wasted it all."
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Still looking to speak with SNAP recipients! 🚨
I'm looking to speak with SNAP recipients about their reaction to the shutdown deal for @theintercept.com, if you're interested my email is Jessica.Washington@theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Still looking to speak with SNAP recipients! 🚨
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my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
LGBTQ+ group Human Rights Campaign ended sponsorships from arms firms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, who profit off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
I'm looking to speak with SNAP recipients about their reaction to the shutdown deal for @theintercept.com, if you're interested my email is Jessica.Washington@theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm looking to speak with SNAP recipients about their reaction to the shutdown deal for @theintercept.com, if you're interested my email is Jessica.Washington@theintercept.com
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I’m late to it—there are already several episodes—but this is a gripping, infuriating, and much-needed podcast on the human cost of the War on Drugs.
The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.
Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.
Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.
Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.
Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.
Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.
Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m late to it—there are already several episodes—but this is a gripping, infuriating, and much-needed podcast on the human cost of the War on Drugs.
Me writing about how white Christian nationalism is the explanation for literally everything.
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Me writing about how white Christian nationalism is the explanation for literally everything.
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"Organizing gets the goods,” says @mauricewfp.bsky.social on
The Intercept Briefing. Don't miss our post election coverage, which just landed on the podcast feeds. @jesswash.bsky.social @amandalitman.bsky.social of @runforsomething.net, and Mitchell of the @workingfamilies.org on lessons from Tues.
The Intercept Briefing. Don't miss our post election coverage, which just landed on the podcast feeds. @jesswash.bsky.social @amandalitman.bsky.social of @runforsomething.net, and Mitchell of the @workingfamilies.org on lessons from Tues.
Maurice Mitchell and Amanda Litman discuss the lessons from Tuesday night, as Democrats and progressives prepare for the midterm elections.
Democrats Swept Tuesday Night’s Election. Now What?
Maurice Mitchell and Amanda Litman discuss the lessons from Election Day, as Democrats and progressives prepare for the 2026 midterm elections.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Organizing gets the goods,” says @mauricewfp.bsky.social on
The Intercept Briefing. Don't miss our post election coverage, which just landed on the podcast feeds. @jesswash.bsky.social @amandalitman.bsky.social of @runforsomething.net, and Mitchell of the @workingfamilies.org on lessons from Tues.
The Intercept Briefing. Don't miss our post election coverage, which just landed on the podcast feeds. @jesswash.bsky.social @amandalitman.bsky.social of @runforsomething.net, and Mitchell of the @workingfamilies.org on lessons from Tues.
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“If this is supposed to be an intimidation tactic, you really picked the wrong girl,” @katmabu.bsky.social told @theintercept.com
I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social an Illinois Congressional candidate facing federal conspiracy charges for protesting ICE for @theintercept.com. Here's what she had to say about the right to protest and what a leader owes their community. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/01/2025 · 22m
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November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“If this is supposed to be an intimidation tactic, you really picked the wrong girl,” @katmabu.bsky.social told @theintercept.com
I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social an Illinois Congressional candidate facing federal conspiracy charges for protesting ICE for @theintercept.com. Here's what she had to say about the right to protest and what a leader owes their community. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/01/2025 · 22m
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November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social an Illinois Congressional candidate facing federal conspiracy charges for protesting ICE for @theintercept.com. Here's what she had to say about the right to protest and what a leader owes their community. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Collateral Damage from @theintercept.com is a must listen investigative podcast about the decades-long impact of the war on drugs and how it relates to the challenges we're facing now.
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Episode One: Dirty Business
The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Collateral Damage from @theintercept.com is a must listen investigative podcast about the decades-long impact of the war on drugs and how it relates to the challenges we're facing now.
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
Whenever I'm talking about politics with my husband we have a nuclear weapons don't exist rule so that we don't panic. Seems like it's time to abandon that.
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Whenever I'm talking about politics with my husband we have a nuclear weapons don't exist rule so that we don't panic. Seems like it's time to abandon that.
The DOJ indicted a congressional candidate for protesting. Here's what happened: theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The DOJ indicted a congressional candidate for protesting. Here's what happened: theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...
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Trump's DOJ is targeting House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social — who went viral earlier this year after video emerged of ICE agents slamming her to the ground — with conspiracy charges.
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Trump’s DOJ Charged This House Candidate With Conspiracy For Protesting ICE #politics #trump
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump's DOJ is targeting House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social — who went viral earlier this year after video emerged of ICE agents slamming her to the ground — with conspiracy charges.
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The idea that a remotely mainstream Democratic policy agenda item is "abolish the police" or "abolish prisons" is deeply unserious.
even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The idea that a remotely mainstream Democratic policy agenda item is "abolish the police" or "abolish prisons" is deeply unserious.
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This retired cop has been in jail for months after posting a Charlie Kirk meme on Facebook. His bail is set at $2 million.
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The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme #politics #charliekirk #trump
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October 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This retired cop has been in jail for months after posting a Charlie Kirk meme on Facebook. His bail is set at $2 million.
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The Trump administration is leaving $10 million worth of contraceptives to rot, rather than allow non-profit organizations to deliver it to women in Sub-Saharan Africa. theintercept.com/2025/10/24/t...
Trump Would Rather Let Birth Control Expire Than Give It to Africans as Aid
Time is running out to deliver a stockpile of contraceptives intended as aid for low-income women, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Trump administration is leaving $10 million worth of contraceptives to rot, rather than allow non-profit organizations to deliver it to women in Sub-Saharan Africa. theintercept.com/2025/10/24/t...
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this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”
Bigots in the tent
What did you think winning meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”
I cannot have another conversation about transphobia being a result of people pushing too hard for civil rights. I will scream.
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I cannot have another conversation about transphobia being a result of people pushing too hard for civil rights. I will scream.
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
After ICE set off tear gas next to a Chicago Elementary School, teachers had to explain why the U.S. government was targeting their communities. My latest for @theintercept.com on how children have become collateral damage in the administration's war on immigrants. theintercept.com/2025/10/19/c...
Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School
Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while Trump spends millions to militarize American cities.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
After ICE set off tear gas next to a Chicago Elementary School, teachers had to explain why the U.S. government was targeting their communities. My latest for @theintercept.com on how children have become collateral damage in the administration's war on immigrants. theintercept.com/2025/10/19/c...
Curious to hear from people in DC if the increased Fed presence is making you scared to come out for the second No Kings protest.
October 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Curious to hear from people in DC if the increased Fed presence is making you scared to come out for the second No Kings protest.
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This my official (late) announcement that I'm thrilled to share the podcast series I've been working on with a dream team over the last few years. Collateral Damage is a gutting examination of the half century long war on drugs that has built a massive war machine aimed at the public.
Trump appears to be merging the war on terror with the war on drugs.
Trump’s War on Drugs
Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This my official (late) announcement that I'm thrilled to share the podcast series I've been working on with a dream team over the last few years. Collateral Damage is a gutting examination of the half century long war on drugs that has built a massive war machine aimed at the public.
I'm working on a story about what's happening in Chicago with ICE, and it's so clear to me that things people have been warning about are already here.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm working on a story about what's happening in Chicago with ICE, and it's so clear to me that things people have been warning about are already here.