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Iran fired rockets into Tel Aviv in response to Israel's attacks on Lebanon. What comes next?The post Israel's Limited, Localized" Invasion of Lebanon Is Sparking a Regional War appeared first on The Intercept.

Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation last week that would block $20 billion of U.S. weapons sales to Israel.The post Progressives Escalate Calls for Arms Embargo as Israel Expands War Into Lebanon appeared first on The Intercept.

Based on dubious carbon accounting, Drax, which runs the U.K.'s biggest power plant, is rapidly expanding its wood pellet operations across America.The post The Dirty Business of Clean Energy: The U.K. Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the U.S appeared first on The Intercept.

An Eric Adams staffer excused herself from an FBI interview to go to the bathroom, allegedly to delete encrypted messaging apps.The post Encrypted Apps Can Protect Your Privacy - Unless You Use Them Like Eric Adams appeared first on The Intercept.

Activists are drawing parallels between the state-sanctioned killing of Williams in Missouri and U.S. backing for Israel's war on Gaza.The post I Saw a Mirror": Marcellus Williams's Execution Enrages Palestine Solidarity Protesters appeared first on The Intercept.

Maura Finkelstein was terminated by Muhlenberg College for an Instagram repost.The post Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech appeared first on The Intercept.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey scuttled a deal that would have spared Williams's life, and the courts and governor failed to intervene to stop the execution.The post Missouri Kills Marcellus Williams Over Objections From Prosecutor and Victim's Family appeared first on The Intercept.

Calling south Beirut a militant stronghold" makes it sound like a giant military base, rather than a dense and vibrant urban area.The post Beirut Suburbs or Hezbollah Stronghold"? U.S. Media Parrots Israeli Propaganda to Justify Bombing Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.

The source of the quote corrected Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, but they kept accusing the Palestinian House representative of antisemitism anyway.The post CNN Anchors Won't Stop Lying About Something Rashida Tlaib Never Said appeared first on The Intercept.

As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.The post In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions appeared first on The Intercept.

A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.The post You Should Stop Calling Immigrants Migrants" appeared first on The Intercept.

Weapons used in earlier Israeli strikes into Lebanon that have killed civilians have been found to be U.S.-made.The post Israel Bombed Lebanon Today, Killing Hundreds. The U.S. Is Sending More Bombs. appeared first on The Intercept.

Stoking and exploiting racist fears of immigrants is essentially all that Trump is running on.The post Trump's Conspiracy Theory Campaign appeared first on The Intercept.

The United States voted against a U.N. resolution that sets a 12-month timeframe to end Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.The post Most of the World Agrees Israel's Occupation of Palestine Must End. The U.S. Is Fine With It. appeared first on The Intercept.

An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is doing little to respond.The post The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel's attack that turned pagers belonging to Hezbollah members into explosive devices is shocking - but not unprecedented.The post A Brief History of Booby-Trapping Electronics to Blow Up appeared first on The Intercept.

Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly force.The post Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi appeared first on The Intercept.

A police shooting that injured three people and one officer is the result of New York Mayor Eric Adams's enforcement-first mentality.The post There Are So Many Armed Cops on Subways That Now They're Shooting Each Other appeared first on The Intercept.

Personally, I would not accept an endorsement from a world-historic war criminal.The post Do Kamala Harris's Neocon Supporters Just Hate Trump, or Is There Something More to Her Appeal? appeared first on The Intercept.

Trump always wants to cast himself as a victim. Delaying his sentencing until after the election makes that harder.The post It's Good Trump Won't Be Sentenced Until After the Election appeared first on The Intercept.

In addition to billions in weapons, the U.S. military is renovating an air base in the south of Israel, according to a new contract.The post U.S. Army Is Upgrading an Israeli Base to Make Room for New Boeing Jets appeared first on The Intercept.

FBI counterterror officials went in person to Michigan to spy on Stop Camp Grayling" demonstrators, new documents reveal.The post They Protested a Military Base Expansion. So the FBI Investigated Them as Terrorism Suspects. appeared first on The Intercept.

After the AG's meddling, a trial court judge rejected Williams's innocence claim - even though prosecutors mishandled the murder weapon.The post A Prosecutor Wanted to Spare Marcellus Williams's Life. Missouri's Attorney General Got in the Way. appeared first on The Intercept.

Residents of Springfield, Ohio, worry that politicians are inciting violence against Haitian immigrants. It's a long U.S. tradition.The post America's Racist, Xenophobic, and Highly Specific Fear of Haiti appeared first on The Intercept.

Even before making his endorsement, Kennedy was surrounded by far-right supporters of Donald Trump.The post RFK Campaign Paid $10 Million to Consultant Who Appears to Have Been on Capitol Grounds During Jan. 6 Attack appeared first on The Intercept.

The candidates fought to out-hawk each other on sustaining the bloody status quo in the Middle East at the presidential debate.The post Trump and Harris Agree: More Bombs for Israel appeared first on The Intercept.

With tens of thousands more killed and Ukraine's leverage tanking, the quickly withdrawn House Democrats' letter is proving prescient.The post Progressives Were Pilloried for Wanting to End the Ukraine War in 2022. Things Have Only Gotten Worse. appeared first on The Intercept.

In a total capitulation to a far-right narrative, even typical liberal shibboleths about our nation of immigrants" were absent on Tuesday night.The post Kamala Harris Accepted Trump's Racist Lie That Immigration Is Bad appeared first on The Intercept.

The number of Americans opposed to sending arms to Israel has grown, month after month, as the brutal war on Gaza grinds on.The post Most Americans Want to Stop Arming Israel. Politicians Don't Care. appeared first on The Intercept.

The Supreme Court's 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma resulted in the largest restoration of Indigenous land in U.S. history.The post Justice for Indigenous Nations Is Rare. But This Supreme Court Decision Proves It Is Possible. appeared first on The Intercept.

Questions remain about the police response to the shooting of former President Donald Trump - questions that 911 logs may help answer.The post The Intercept Sues to Release 911 Recordings From Trump Rally Shooting appeared first on The Intercept.

A decade after Texas passed landmark legislation to address flawed forensics, the courts have refused to apply it as intended.The post Shaken Baby Syndrome Is Junk Science. Texas Plans to Be First to Execute Someone for It. appeared first on The Intercept.

Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, described by some in Congress as a warlord," is seeking to expand cooperation with the U.S.The post Top U.S. General Meets With Alleged War Criminal in Libya appeared first on The Intercept.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a human rights activist, was protesting an illegal West Bank settlement when she was reportedly shot in the head by Israeli soldiers.The post Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond? appeared first on The Intercept.

Two students, including one activist with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, were arrested in front of campus.The post Columbia Welcomes Students Back to Campus With Arrests appeared first on The Intercept.

Sean Grayson had a history of credibility issues. It didn't stop him from being hired at police departments in Central Illinois.The post Cop Who Shot Sonya Massey Lied to Make a Drug Arrest. It Didn't Hurt His Career. appeared first on The Intercept.

Despite U.S. talk of peace and stability, and two decades of war, the people of Yemen are still suffering.The post The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years, but Houthis Can Still Choke the Red Sea appeared first on The Intercept.

IBM employees questioned the company's ties to the Israeli military. CEO Arvind Krishna's answer raised even more concerns.The post IBM CEO: We Listen to What Israel and Saudi Arabia Consider Correct Behavior" appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel's military operations in the occupied West Bank have killed at least 20 Palestinians over three days.The post Israel's West Bank Attacks Fuel Its Annexation Plans appeared first on The Intercept.

The prosecutor's actions two decades ago doomed Marcellus Williams's shot at exoneration. Now the AG won't let his life be spared.The post His Best Chance to Get Off Death Row Was DNA on the Murder Weapon, but Prosecutors Contaminated" the Evidence appeared first on The Intercept.

In her first major TV interview during her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris signaled no change from Biden on Israel policy.The post Harris Will Continue to Ignore U.S. Law and Arm Israel, If Elected appeared first on The Intercept.

Videos leaked to The Intercept include both Stand With Kennedy" and Stand Against Robert F. Kennedy Jr." campaign spots.The post Why Is a Dem-Aligned Political Shop Making RFK Jr. Ads? appeared first on The Intercept.

After congressional criticism and subpoenas, Columbia suddenly decided to skip speaking to student protesters and go to hearings.The post Columbia Cuts Due Process for Student Protesters After Congress Demands Harsher Punishment appeared first on The Intercept.

The political press has doubled down on horse-race coverage of the election, overlooking the threat Trump poses to democracy.The post Why the Media Won't Report the Truth About Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

The Pentagon buzzword can apply to anything from missiles to pepperoni pizzas inside the military - while papering over the corpses that lethality" produces.The post What Kamala Harris Meant by Most Lethal Fighting Force" in Her DNC Speech appeared first on The Intercept.

The Department ofHomeland Security wants to use face recognition technology on drivers and passengers approaching the border.The post Homeland Security Still Dreams of Face Recognition at the Border appeared first on The Intercept.

New York University students who speak out against Zionism will now risk violating the school's nondiscrimination policies.The post College Administrators Spent Summer Break Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests appeared first on The Intercept.

It was Jamaal and I this time," said Rep. Cori Bush, who was ousted by AIPAC millions, but who is it going to be in two years?"The post At DNC, the Squad Warns Democrats to Wake Up to the Threat of AIPAC appeared first on The Intercept.

Democrats united behind Kamala Harris, but tension over Gaza simmered throughout the DNC.The post Kamala Harris Mentioned Palestinian Suffering - in the Passive Voice appeared first on The Intercept.