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NEW: I profiled Nick Shirley, the right-wing YouTuber behind the viral Minnesota “fraud” video. He’s built a following off xenophobic content, painting immigrants as “taking over” American cities and platforming figures like Islamophobe Tommy Robinson.
theintercept.com/2025/12/31/n...
Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History
Before alleging fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley built a following with anti-immigrant clips.
theintercept.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
NEW LAWSUIT: an Oregon music teacher who lost her job after StopAntisemitism ( @stopantisemites.bsky.social ) doxxed her in 2024 for posting against Israel’s genocide in Gaza is suing the group and its Executive Director Liora Reznichenko.
✍🏽 @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/12/20/s...
StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing.
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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theintercept.com
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.

✍️ @jonahmv.bsky.social
StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing.
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.
interc.pt
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: A new poll confirms a growing divide among Republicans on U.S. support for Israel. This is especially true for younger voters. In the 2026 and 2028 elections, will Democrats try and court their votes?

✍🏽 @theintercept.com

Poll by @imeupolicy.bsky.social

theintercept.com/2025/12/16/a...
Republicans Are Splitting Over Israel. Will Democrats Take Advantage?
A new poll shows a growing divide among Republicans on U.S. support for Israel. Democrats have a chance to pick up their votes.
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
NEW: In Feb. 2024, YouTube deleted the account of British journalist Robert Inlakesh who covers Palestine. YouTube first told him his page had violated "community guidelines."

But when @theintercept.com reached out, YouTube accused him of being an Iranian agent.

theintercept.com/2025/12/07/y...
A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent.
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
theintercept.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
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.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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nickturse.bsky.social
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028

As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.

theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
New from me @theintercept.com: the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s legacy will always be that of a tool of Israeli occupation and genocide, instrumental in the killings of 1000s of Palestinians and worsening a manufactured famine. Not whatever “success” GHF claims.

theintercept.com/2025/11/25/g...
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid
The aid group GHF oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine.
theintercept.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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freedom.press
YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations: "A capitulation to Trump sanctions"

Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
The IDF in the ICE and CBP in occupied in Los Angeles,
West Bank, California
Palestine
🤝
assaulting children
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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theintercept.com
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
SCOOP: YouTube deleted accounts of 3 major Palestinian human rights organizations— Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — as a part of the Trump admin's campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes. ✍🏽w/ Nikita Mazurov
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
After Israel's new wave of bombings in Gaza that killed 109+ Palestinians, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, a writer/poet in Gaza, spoke to 60 residents in Gaza for @theintercept.com to ask whether they think the "ceasefire" is holding. Nearly all said "THERE IS NO CEASEFIRE."

theintercept.com/2025/10/30/g...
We Asked People in Gaza What They Think of the Ceasefire: “Just a Declaration, Not Reality”
Israel and the Trump administration insist that the ceasefire is still in place. Dozens of residents in Gaza disagreed.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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lauraflynn.bsky.social
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.
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
Breaking: Days after Trump officials toured the new U.S. base in Israel, the Israeli military launched strikes on Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 20 Palestinians.

U.S. Vice President Vance downplayed the strikes as "little skirmishes here and there."

theintercept.com/2025/10/28/c...
Netanyahu Is Blowing Up the Gaza Ceasefire — and Trump Is the One Losing Face
Netanyahu ordered airstrikes on Gaza on Tuesday, raising the question of whether the U.S. would hold him accountable for the ceasefire.
theintercept.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
Please READ/SHARE our story on Mohammed Ibrahim, 16 yr old Palestinian American and the 300+ Palestinian children who Israel has locked in conditions of abuse, torture and medical neglect. Most are held w/ NO CHARGES or haven't had a trial
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theintercept.com/2025/10/26/m...
This 16-Year-Old American Is Among Hundreds of Palestinian Children Jailed in Israel
Mohammed Ibrahim is one of more than 300 Palestinian children being held indefinitely in Israeli custody.
theintercept.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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theintercept.com
James Zogby and @jonahmv.bsky.social spoke about what it will take for this ceasefire to succeed, and Palestinian writer Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi shared her hopes and fears.
Trump’s Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is Already Failing Palestinians
James Zogby and Jonah Valdez on what it will take for this ceasefire to succeed, and Palestinian writer Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi shares her hopes and fears.
interc.pt
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
The Congressional Black Caucus’s silent partnership with AIPAC

www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Yet to this day, the Congressional Black Caucus—the long-standing corps of lawmakers dedicated to safeguarding civil rights (and known as “the conscience of Congress”)—has not issued a formal declaration condemning Israel; it hasn’t even produced a statement calling for a ceasefire. The CBC’s silence isn’t accidental: More than half of its current 61 members have been endorsed or funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful US lobbying arm for Israel’s agenda. In the 2023–24 election cycle alone, AIPAC endorsed 26 of the caucus’s members, raising $4.6 million for them and another $3.5 million for Black Democratic candidates.
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
I write for @theintercept.com about Israel’s mounting CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS — withholding Gaza aid and killing Palestinians.

w/ brief commentary from @ramyabdu.bsky.social and @tksshawa.bsky.social who both say the GENOCIDE is continuing but through different means.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”
theintercept.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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theintercept.com
On Friday, ICE kicked off a scheme to offer thousands of dollars to unaccompanied children as young as 14 in exchange for agreeing to be deported.
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering Payment for Deportation
ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.
interc.pt
October 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
BREAKING: We've obtained a government memo revealing the start of a new ICE operation that targets unaccompanied immigrant children 14 years or older, pressuring them to take $2,500 if they agree to be deported.
💻@theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/10/03/i...
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering Payment for Deportation
ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.
theintercept.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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lilianasegura.bsky.social
“I am in utter shock and disbelief the government has punished my father for simply doing his life’s work of journalism,” said Oscar Guevara...“My father should have never had to face over 100 days in detention. He is the center of our family. He is the reason our home feels like home.”
Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay | American Civil Liberties Union
The government detained him for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement
www.aclu.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
jonahmv.bsky.social
"The Trump Administration is waging a secret war against undisclosed enemies without the consent of Congress, according to a confidential notice that was sent to several congressional committees this week and obtained by The Intercept."

by @nickturse.bsky.social

theintercept.com/2025/10/02/v...
Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”
“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”
theintercept.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM