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SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Heard a tourist refer to the dreaded, adjacent neighborhood as "Doom-bo" and it warmed my heart.
December 30, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Heard a tourist refer to the dreaded, adjacent neighborhood as "Doom-bo" and it warmed my heart.
My new troll for 2024 is that whenever someone messages me about being in LA i'm gonna say "Louisiana or Los Angeles?"
December 29, 2023 at 5:08 PM
My new troll for 2024 is that whenever someone messages me about being in LA i'm gonna say "Louisiana or Los Angeles?"
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I have updated my newsletter's Year In Review (joshgondelman.substack.com/p/59-a-littl...) to reflect an overlooked accomplishment. (Singing the praises of Polar Seltzer for Slate.) slate.com/human-intere...
One Seltzer Brand Towers Above the Rest—and It’s Not Even Close
I don’t even have words for the seasonal flavors.
slate.com
December 26, 2023 at 2:18 PM
I have updated my newsletter's Year In Review (joshgondelman.substack.com/p/59-a-littl...) to reflect an overlooked accomplishment. (Singing the praises of Polar Seltzer for Slate.) slate.com/human-intere...
Samhita ironically used the word “HERSTORY” in a tweet and I admonished her to use the gender-neutral “thistory.”
December 21, 2023 at 9:14 PM
Samhita ironically used the word “HERSTORY” in a tweet and I admonished her to use the gender-neutral “thistory.”
Just found an IG account that’s basically all donkeys at a ranch braying.
December 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Just found an IG account that’s basically all donkeys at a ranch braying.
I need to get back to posting here. How y'all been?
December 20, 2023 at 11:09 PM
I need to get back to posting here. How y'all been?
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since Garland's CIVIL WAR trailer is making people React, here's my piece on the Speculative American Civil War novel @ali-gharib.theintercept.com let me write in '17 theintercept.com/2017/10/14/t...
The Speculative Civil War Novel Comes Home
Christopher Brown's "Tropic of Kansas" and Omar El Akkad's "American War" reimagine speculative secession novels with haunting overtones for the Trump era.
theintercept.com
December 14, 2023 at 2:05 PM
since Garland's CIVIL WAR trailer is making people React, here's my piece on the Speculative American Civil War novel @ali-gharib.theintercept.com let me write in '17 theintercept.com/2017/10/14/t...
Why isn't everyone on here fighting about Israel? What kind of twitter clone is this???
October 12, 2023 at 4:16 AM
Why isn't everyone on here fighting about Israel? What kind of twitter clone is this???
Here's @sambiddle.bsky.social on the mysterious funding behind the group trying to trade your digital security in the name of a far-reaching campaign against sex abuse:
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network theintercept.com/2023/10/01/a...
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network theintercept.com/2023/10/01/a...
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network
The Heat Initiative, formed to attack Apple encryption in the name of stopping child abuse, is part of a political dark-money network.
theintercept.com
October 2, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Here's @sambiddle.bsky.social on the mysterious funding behind the group trying to trade your digital security in the name of a far-reaching campaign against sex abuse:
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network theintercept.com/2023/10/01/a...
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network theintercept.com/2023/10/01/a...
Wild scoop from @natashalennard.bsky.social about the extent to which the far-right is willing to go in their vigilante campaign against abortion rights:
Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/t...
Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/t...
Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court
The lawyer behind Texas's bounty hunter abortion ban is retaliating against people who get abortions and those who help them.
theintercept.com
October 2, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Wild scoop from @natashalennard.bsky.social about the extent to which the far-right is willing to go in their vigilante campaign against abortion rights:
Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/t...
Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/t...
Hawley took campaign cash from the Big Three and took a bunch of anti-union positions.
Now he wants you to believe he's pro-worker.
@premthakker.bsky.social has the details:
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/j...
Now he wants you to believe he's pro-worker.
@premthakker.bsky.social has the details:
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/j...
Sen. Josh Hawley Received Campaign Donations From General Motors and Ford
The senator, who joined striking UAW workers on the picket line this week, no longer accepts money from corporate PACs.
theintercept.com
September 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Hawley took campaign cash from the Big Three and took a bunch of anti-union positions.
Now he wants you to believe he's pro-worker.
@premthakker.bsky.social has the details:
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/j...
Now he wants you to believe he's pro-worker.
@premthakker.bsky.social has the details:
theintercept.com/2023/09/29/j...
Menendez Indictment Looks a Lot Like Egypt Recruiting Intelligence Source, Say a Bunch of Former CIA Officials
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social & @drboguslaw.bsky.social report: theintercept.com/2023/09/27/m...
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social & @drboguslaw.bsky.social report: theintercept.com/2023/09/27/m...
Menendez Indictment Looks Like Egypt Recruiting Intelligence Source, Say Former CIA Officials
The indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez looks like an effort by Egyptian intelligence to recruit a spy, former CIA officials said.
theintercept.com
September 27, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Menendez Indictment Looks a Lot Like Egypt Recruiting Intelligence Source, Say a Bunch of Former CIA Officials
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social & @drboguslaw.bsky.social report: theintercept.com/2023/09/27/m...
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social & @drboguslaw.bsky.social report: theintercept.com/2023/09/27/m...
Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It
Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own “byzantine” and “tedious” bureaucracy.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/20/p...
Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own “byzantine” and “tedious” bureaucracy.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/20/p...
Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It
The Pentagon budget is so bloated that the Department of Defense built an AI program called GAMECHANGER to make sense of all its policies.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It
Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own “byzantine” and “tedious” bureaucracy.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/20/p...
Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own “byzantine” and “tedious” bureaucracy.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/20/p...
Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
by @premthakker.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/c...
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
by @premthakker.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/c...
Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
by @premthakker.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/c...
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
by @premthakker.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/c...
AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
by @akelalacy.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/a...
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
by @akelalacy.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/a...
AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 1:02 PM
AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
by @akelalacy.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/a...
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
by @akelalacy.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/a...
UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying “You Strike, You’re Fired.”
by @drboguslaw.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/u...
by @drboguslaw.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/u...
UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying “You Strike, You’re Fired.”
“Telling workers they’ll be fired for striking is violating federal labor law, and that’s not something becoming of a senator.”
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 1:01 PM
UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying “You Strike, You’re Fired.”
by @drboguslaw.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/u...
by @drboguslaw.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/21/u...
Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
Deconstructed podcast with @ryangrim.bsky.social @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Arif Rafiq theintercept.com/2023/09/22/d...
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
Deconstructed podcast with @ryangrim.bsky.social @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Arif Rafiq theintercept.com/2023/09/22/d...
Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
Deconstructed podcast with @ryangrim.bsky.social @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Arif Rafiq theintercept.com/2023/09/22/d...
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
Deconstructed podcast with @ryangrim.bsky.social @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Arif Rafiq theintercept.com/2023/09/22/d...
Menendez “Appreciated” Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales
Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/m...
Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/m...
Menendez "Appreciated" Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales
A federal indictment says Sen. Bob Menendez took bribes in exchange for approving weapons sales to Egypt’s dictatorship.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Menendez “Appreciated” Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales
Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/m...
Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/m...
North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.
by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/n...
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.
by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/n...
North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law
Republicans in North Carolina shielded the redistricting process from the public records law in a state with a history of gerrymandering.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 12:58 PM
North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.
by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/n...
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.
by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/22/n...
The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
by @schwarz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2023/09/23/t...
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
by @schwarz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2023/09/23/t...
The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work
In a viral speech, the Australian multimillionaire argued for more unemployment as a corrective to workers’ attitudes toward employers.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2023 at 12:57 PM
The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
by @schwarz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2023/09/23/t...
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
by @schwarz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2023/09/23/t...
Omg what is going on? Is the EARTH in retrograde???
September 20, 2023 at 12:42 AM
Omg what is going on? Is the EARTH in retrograde???
Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
by @ryangrim.bsky.social and @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/15/u...
by @ryangrim.bsky.social and @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/15/u...
Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
A UAW official said the union’s paid Twitter account was verified until Friday morning, hours after the strike began.
theintercept.com
September 15, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
by @ryangrim.bsky.social and @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/15/u...
by @ryangrim.bsky.social and @kenklippenstein.bsky.social theintercept.com/2023/09/15/u...
The death penalty is so noxious that even giant corporations don't want to be involved:
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection.
Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
by Lauren Gill & Daniel Moritz-Rabson theintercept.com/2023/09/14/l...
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection.
Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
by Lauren Gill & Daniel Moritz-Rabson theintercept.com/2023/09/14/l...
Manufacturers Say States Can’t Use Their IV Equipment for Lethal Injection
Companies already ban the use of their drugs for lethal injection. Now they’re blocking IV equipment.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2023 at 7:18 PM
The death penalty is so noxious that even giant corporations don't want to be involved:
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection.
Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
by Lauren Gill & Daniel Moritz-Rabson theintercept.com/2023/09/14/l...
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection.
Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
by Lauren Gill & Daniel Moritz-Rabson theintercept.com/2023/09/14/l...