Sam Biddle
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Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
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February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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SCOOP: NY-17 candidate Cait Conley worked defense contractors looking to help the feds use AI for border surveillance and military projects -- PrimerAI & Hidden Level. Her campaign did not answer questions about if she's still working for either firm theintercept.com/2026/02/09/n...
NY Democratic House Candidate Worked for Palantir Partners Pushing AI Border Surveillance
A former Biden national security adviser hoping to unseat Mike Lawler consulted for two defense tech firms that partner with Palantir.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
SCOOP: NY-17 candidate Cait Conley worked defense contractors looking to help the feds use AI for border surveillance and military projects -- PrimerAI & Hidden Level. Her campaign did not answer questions about if she's still working for either firm theintercept.com/2026/02/09/n...
Has anyone else been getting a ton of blatantly fake bot followers/DMs here every single day for months?
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Has anyone else been getting a ton of blatantly fake bot followers/DMs here every single day for months?
This rehash of my reporting on the ICE bounty hunter program notes that one of the firms I revealed in December, French firm Capgemini, has now canceled its contract
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ICE launches nationwide program for covert surveillance of immigrants
After criticism, the French company Capgemini says it is reviewing “the content and scope” of its role in a program to covertly monitor immigrants in the U.S.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This rehash of my reporting on the ICE bounty hunter program notes that one of the firms I revealed in December, French firm Capgemini, has now canceled its contract
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operation logic bomb, screenshot, snes (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/12694/o...
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
operation logic bomb, screenshot, snes (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/12694/o...
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Great new reporting by @catebrown.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Great new reporting by @catebrown.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Well yeah their software is perfect, not much to spend on
Apple, whose capital expenditure is just a fraction of its peers, is the only Big Tech company that saw capex decline YoY in Q4, decreasing 19% to $2.37B (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
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February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Well yeah their software is perfect, not much to spend on
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
This is such bullshit just on the strength of Nitasha’s reporting alone, but I am one of the lucky few who’s been able to call her a colleague and friend. She is a not only a joy to work with and a mensch but someone who makes your own work immeasurably better just by being near her. So so stupid.
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This is such bullshit just on the strength of Nitasha’s reporting alone, but I am one of the lucky few who’s been able to call her a colleague and friend. She is a not only a joy to work with and a mensch but someone who makes your own work immeasurably better just by being near her. So so stupid.
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This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
As @attackerman.bsky.social points out today we shouldn’t lose sight of the way Democratic administrations allowed for the present crisis.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
As @attackerman.bsky.social points out today we shouldn’t lose sight of the way Democratic administrations allowed for the present crisis.
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Trump has finally delivered the Jade Helm presidency the far right warned of in 2015: a techno-authoritarian assault on the White House’s enemies. Only now instead of raising an alarm over a hoax, they’re cheering the real thing.
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Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency
Conservatives once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Trump has finally delivered the Jade Helm presidency the far right warned of in 2015: a techno-authoritarian assault on the White House’s enemies. Only now instead of raising an alarm over a hoax, they’re cheering the real thing.
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I worked retail in Texas during the boom years of Alex Jones. grew up hearing his voice. Was still stocking books during Jade Helm.
"the government is going to execute you in the street and disappear your neighbors" was Jones' whole brand
"the government is going to execute you in the street and disappear your neighbors" was Jones' whole brand
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I worked retail in Texas during the boom years of Alex Jones. grew up hearing his voice. Was still stocking books during Jade Helm.
"the government is going to execute you in the street and disappear your neighbors" was Jones' whole brand
"the government is going to execute you in the street and disappear your neighbors" was Jones' whole brand
Trump has finally delivered the Jade Helm presidency the far right warned of in 2015: a techno-authoritarian assault on the White House’s enemies. Only now instead of raising an alarm over a hoax, they’re cheering the real thing.
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency
Conservatives once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.
theintercept.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Trump has finally delivered the Jade Helm presidency the far right warned of in 2015: a techno-authoritarian assault on the White House’s enemies. Only now instead of raising an alarm over a hoax, they’re cheering the real thing.
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This unprecedented militarization of America could cost more than $1 billion this year if current domestic deployments continue.
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Trump Has Already Spent $500 Million Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities
A report from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the immense expenses of the Trump administration’s military occupations.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This unprecedented militarization of America could cost more than $1 billion this year if current domestic deployments continue.
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I'm assuming Clinton expanded on her deeply held opposition to right-wing theocratic authoritarianism during her recent speaking gig at a Saudi real estate conference, wherein she described the kingdom as a "very strong model for other parts of the world" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/w...
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I'm assuming Clinton expanded on her deeply held opposition to right-wing theocratic authoritarianism during her recent speaking gig at a Saudi real estate conference, wherein she described the kingdom as a "very strong model for other parts of the world" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/w...
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Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
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EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
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We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
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These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
Apple employees are not happy about the largely generic letter Cook sent after I published this, which doesn't name ICE, CBP, DHS, Pretti, Good, or anything else specific to the current situation.
Apple employees are speaking out internally about Tim Cook's cozy relationship with the White House.
“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
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“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
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Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Apple employees are not happy about the largely generic letter Cook sent after I published this, which doesn't name ICE, CBP, DHS, Pretti, Good, or anything else specific to the current situation.
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
Apple employees are speaking out internally about Tim Cook's cozy relationship with the White House.
“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
theintercept.com/2026/01/27/a...
“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
theintercept.com/2026/01/27/a...
Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Apple employees are speaking out internally about Tim Cook's cozy relationship with the White House.
“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
theintercept.com/2026/01/27/a...
“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."
theintercept.com/2026/01/27/a...
Army General Tapped to Lead NSA Said He Doesn’t Know Much About the Biggest NSA Controversy
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Army General Tapped to Lead NSA Said He Doesn’t Know Much About the Biggest NSA Controversy
In the Senate this week, Trump’s NSA pick Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd could face tough questions on “backdoor” searches about Americans.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Army General Tapped to Lead NSA Said He Doesn’t Know Much About the Biggest NSA Controversy
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And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 AM
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.