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Two months before the layoffs, EMILY's List announced a 2024 plan to spend tens of millions of dollars to back Harris, a Butler ally.The post Laphonza Butler's EMILY's List Spends Millions on Kamala Harris While Laying Off Grassroots Staff appeared first on The Intercept.

The family of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee wants to stop the United Arab Emirates from forcibly repatriating him to Russia in violation of international law.The post White House Faces Calls to Stop Ex-Guantanamo Detainee's Forced Return to Russia appeared first on The Intercept.

The longtime No Labels ally has denounced the group's plans to field a 2024 presidential candidate - but he's still appearing at their events.The post Rep. Josh Gottheimer Headlines No Labels Call While Eyeing Run for Higher Office appeared first on The Intercept.

A new, well-funded pressure group is fighting to get Apple to weaken iPhone privacy protections in the name of catching child predators.The post New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network appeared first on The Intercept.

Over 4.5 million people will not be submitting comments because they are dead.The post George W. Bush Is Building a Memorial to the War on Terror. He Wants Your Feedback. appeared first on The Intercept.

The FTC launch a antitrust lawsuit against Amazon while the DOJ's trial against Google is underway.The post The Feds Take Big Tech to Court appeared first on The Intercept.

The lawyer behind Texas's bounty hunter abortion ban is retaliating against people who get abortions and those who help them.The post Texas Anti-Abortion Crusader Demands Abortion Patient Information In Court appeared first on The Intercept.

The senator, who joined striking UAW workers on the picket line this week, no longer accepts money from corporate PACs.The post Sen. Josh Hawley Received Campaign Donations From General Motors and Ford appeared first on The Intercept.

A North Carolina facility's record of violations undercuts the dream of plastics recycling.The post They Promised Advanced Recycling" for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste appeared first on The Intercept.

Mayor Andre Dickens said he wants residents to be heard on Cop City - but his own administration is slow-walking a possible vote on it.The post Atlanta Mayor Dismisses Cop City Referendum as Not an Election" appeared first on The Intercept.

Reading the indictment, it certainly appears like the Egyptian government was using a classic source-recruitment pattern to get Menendez and his wife to spy for them."The post Menendez Indictment Looks Like Egypt Recruiting Intelligence Source, Say Former CIA Officials appeared first on The Intercept.

The New York Police Department touts the transparency" of its officer database, but you'd never know about cops who rack up dozens of lawsuits and millions in payouts.The post NYPD Transparency" Site Leaves Out Misconduct Lawsuits Settled for Millions appeared first on The Intercept.

Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.The post The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work appeared first on The Intercept.

Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.The post Menendez Appreciated" Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales appeared first on The Intercept.

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.The post North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law appeared first on The Intercept.

Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.The post Inside Biden's Secret Arms Deal appeared first on The Intercept.

Telling workers they'll be fired for striking is violating federal labor law, and that's not something becoming of a senator."The post UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying You Strike, You're Fired." appeared first on The Intercept.

Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP's involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.The post Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests appeared first on The Intercept.

Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own byzantine" and tedious" bureaucracy.The post Pentagon's Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It appeared first on The Intercept.

Google had been in contact with the Republican National Committee about Rumble's exclusive rights, emails show.The post Rumble Had Exclusive Rights to Stream Republican Debate - Yet Was Buried in Google Search appeared first on The Intercept.

The U.S.-brokered loan let Pakistan's military postpone elections, deepen a brutal crackdown, and jail former Prime Minister Imran Khan.The post U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal for Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal appeared first on The Intercept.

The Times blocked a bot that had given the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine huge troves of websites.The post New York Times Doesn't Want Its Stories Archived appeared first on The Intercept.

An Intercept investigation reveals how rare it is for officers who use excessive, deadly force to be barred from working as cops.The post Most Cops Involved in High-Profile Killings Since 2014 Kept Their Police Licenses appeared first on The Intercept.

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks ran tough-on-crime campaigns for prosecutor. Now she's fashioning herself as a reformer.The post Leading Democrat in Maryland Senate Race Once Blamed Murders On Decriminalized Pot appeared first on The Intercept.

Some 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers are participating in what they're calling their Stand Up Strike.The post UAW Temporarily Loses Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three appeared first on The Intercept.

Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, Palestinians question whether the pseudo-government born from the peace process can - and should - survive.The post Mahmoud Abbas Holocaust Controversy Spotlights Deep Disillusion With Palestinian Authority appeared first on The Intercept.

Naomi Klein unpacks the world of conspiracy theories, rising fascism, and her new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World."The post Naomi Klein on Conspiracy Culture and the Mirror World" appeared first on The Intercept.

As Biden sends the internationally banned weapons to Ukraine, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to block their transfer to any country. The post Republican Disarray Delays House Vote to Ban Cluster Bomb Transfers appeared first on The Intercept.

Medical manufacturers say states can't use their IV equipment to kill, a stance that could fuel new challenges to lethal injection.The post Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection. Now They're Blocking IV Equipment. appeared first on The Intercept.

Unencumbered by a fierce legal battle, Mitchell remains one of the most influential people in the movement that's undermining American democracy.The post Trump Lawyer Cleta Mitchell Escaped Georgia Indictment - and Still Leads Election Denial Movement appeared first on The Intercept.

Jeffrey Zients recused himself from dealings with his brother-in-law's company, which is backed by the U.S. and a key player in green energy projects around the globe.The post White House Chief of Staff's Wealth and Connections Collide With Biden's Clean Energy Strategy appeared first on The Intercept.

X and Reddit prevent users from sharing links to Distributed Denial of Secrets. Russia and Indonesia are also blocking access.The post Tech Companies and Governments Are Censoring the Journalist Collective DDoSecrets appeared first on The Intercept.

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein, who have access to top-secret information, recently had public health episodes.The post Pentagon-Funded Study Warns Dementia Among U.S. Officials Poses National Security Threat appeared first on The Intercept.

A new proposal would require the FEC's investigators to get explicit approval from the commissioners for any investigative activity, no matter how big or small.The post A Trump Appointee Is Trying to Gut the FEC's Ability to Investigate Campaign Finance Crimes appeared first on The Intercept.

The message is clear: Try to spread opinions cops don't like through the media, and you might be charged next.The post Cop City Indictments Threaten Press Freedom Too appeared first on The Intercept.

Hope for a revival of the Guatemalan spring" - cut short in 1954 by a CIA-backed coup - lifted Bernardo Arevalo's unlikely campaign.The post Guatemalans Guarded the Memory of Democracy Through Years of War and Corruption. Now They See an Opening. appeared first on The Intercept.

Vice's hard-nosed coverage on Saudi Arabia changed after investment deals with the repressive kingdom. A deleted documentary is not completely gone, however.The post Vice Pulled a Documentary Critical of Saudi Arabia. But Here It Is. appeared first on The Intercept.

Rep. Greg Casar gives a rundown of a recent trip he, AOC, and a handful of other Democratic lawmakers took to leftist-run Latin American nations.The post Inside the Lefty Congressional Delegation to Latin America appeared first on The Intercept.

California lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would make it legal to possess or grow some plant-based psychedelics. The post California Might Legalize Magic Mushrooms appeared first on The Intercept.

A general failed to mention six U.S. outposts and described a quarter-billion dollar drone hub as low-cost."The post Pentagon Misled Congress About U.S. Bases in Africa appeared first on The Intercept.

In solidarity with those facing racketeering charges, protesters against the planned police compound chose to stand their ground against state repression.The post Defying RICO Indictment, Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Bulldozer to Stop Cop City appeared first on The Intercept.

Democrat Isaiah Martin's platform for his Texas congressional race indicates support for Israel - and makes no mention of climate change.The post Gen Z Candidate Launches Campaign That Ignores His Generation's Priorities appeared first on The Intercept.

According to Brooks Roberts's wrongful shooting claim, officers opened fire when they saw he had a gun - but he thought his brother was being robbed.The post Undercover Federal Police Shot and Paralyzed Unhoused Man in Wheelchair appeared first on The Intercept.

A military officer's hacked email account reveals the apparent recruitment of at least 100 Cubans, some of whom posted on Facebook about their journey to Russia.The post Hacked Documents Reveal Russia's Contracts for Cuban Mercenaries in Ukraine appeared first on The Intercept.

A previously unreported NSA inspector general report about Anne Neuberger reveals disarray and dysfunction at the top of the cybersecurity hierarchy.The post Top Biden Cyber Official Accused of Workplace Misconduct at NSA in 2014 - and Again at White House Last Year appeared first on The Intercept.

Novels, nonfiction, podcasts, and more, recommended by Intercept staffers.The post What We're Reading and Streaming appeared first on The Intercept.

Federal Prison Industries dangles the promise of workforce readiness as it exploits incarcerated workers like me.The post I Worked in Federal Prison Sweatshops for 23 Cents an Hour appeared first on The Intercept.

The progressive goal of less work and more living is finally back on the political agenda.The post Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let's Talk About Laboring Less appeared first on The Intercept.

Migrant children are drowning at the border. Their deaths are met with indifference. Rescue workers call these bodies floaters."The post Floaters: Our Reflection in the Rio Grande appeared first on The Intercept.