2017 - The Intercept

Demonstrators march during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Glenn Greenwald

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Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Glenn Greenwald

The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s tyrant — followed by 4 million people — because the U.S. government required it to do so.

Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who was convicted of a July 2001 murder of Duran Bailey, at the Clark County Courthouse for her new hearing on the case on Oct. 12, 2017

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

Jordan Smith

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

Jordan Smith

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

Jordan Smith

Sloppy work by police and prosecutors sent teenager Kirstin Lobato to prison based on a rumor that she had cut off a man’s penis.

Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the current publisher of The New York Times, and his son, Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, at The New York Times building in New York on Dec. 13, 2017. The younger Sulzberger, who is known as A. G., will become the publisher on Jan. 1, 2018. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

Jon Schwarz

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

Jon Schwarz

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

Jon Schwarz

Walker used an article by Sulzberger to bolster the resolve of wavering GOP lawmakers in the midst of Walker’s 2011 attack on public sector unions.

Real estate developer Donald Trump (C) w. wife Ivana sitting in their home, Mar-a-Lago, w. household staff behind. (Photo by Ted Thai/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Shaun King

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Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Shaun King

Voices

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Shaun King

If a novelist dreamed up "coastal elites" like Donald Trump and his cabinet, the critics would say the writer went way over the top.

Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. poses for a portrait in his office on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, in Washington. As President Trump argued about what he said to the family of a soldier killed in Niger, a North Carolina congressman was quietly doing what he's done more than 11,000 times: signing a condolence letter to that family and others. Republican Rep. Walter Jones began signing the letters to families in 2003 as penance for his 2002 vote supporting war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

Zaid Jilani

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

Zaid Jilani

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

Zaid Jilani

In a GOP increasingly driven by elites, Walter Jones is the only House Republican not in a blue state or swing district who voted against party priorities.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (left) and Albert Kelly, senior advisor, visit Bird Creek on the Chapman Ranch in Pawhuska May 26, 2017. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Sharon Lerner

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Sharon Lerner

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Sharon Lerner

Albert Kelly’s bank made a generous loan to Scott Pruitt before Kelly was banned from being a banker. In need of a new job, he found one at the EPA.

FBI agents visit the site of the Oklahoma City bombing. On April 19, 1995, a fuel-and-fertilizer truck bomb exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people. Timothy McVeigh, convicted on first-degree murder charges for the worst terror attack on US soil at that time, was scheduled to be executed on June 11, 2001. (Photo by © Ralf-Finn Hestoft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

Peter Maass

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

Peter Maass

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

Peter Maass

FBI agents chatted about their love of dogs and their workout routines to entice Winner to talk during a disputed interrogation at her home.

UNITED STATES - MAY 31: Larry Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, is interviewed in his Washington office on May 31, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

David Dayen

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

David Dayen

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

David Dayen

In 1987, Lawrence Mishel became research director at the Economic Policy Institute, a new think tank designed to fill an ideological gap.

One Year of Immigration Under Trump

One Year of Immigration Under Trump

One Year of Immigration Under Trump

Officer Involved 2017

Officer Involved 2017

Officer Involved 2017

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

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One Year of Immigration Under Trump

One Year of Immigration Under Trump

One Year of Immigration Under Trump

Officer Involved 2017

Officer Involved 2017

Officer Involved 2017

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

17 Years After Being Convicted of a Grisly Murder in Vegas, Kirstin Lobato Sees Her Charges Dismissed

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

New New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin’s Far-Right Gov. Scott Walker

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

The GOP Pushed Historically Unpopular Bills in 2017. One House Republican Consistently Resisted.

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

A Leftist Economist Steps Aside As the Debate Shifts His Way

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