System Update With Glenn Greenwald: Episode Two

System Update With Glenn Greenwald: Edward Snowden, Andray Domise, and Cassie King

A conversation about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the social fabric and the risk of acquiescing to more surveillance during times of peril.

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Demonstrators protest the killing a local 26-year-old man by a federal officer at Monument Square in Portland, Maine, on July 14, 2026. A US immigration officer on July 13, fatally shot a man identified by rights groups as a 26-year-old Colombian, an incident likely to fuel criticism of President Donald Trump's deportation drive. The shooting happened in Biddeford, a town of 22,000 people in the northern state of Maine, and comes a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot dead a Mexican man in Texas. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP via Getty Images)

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After ICE killed Maine father Johan Sebastián Guerrero, most of the serious candidates to replace Platner called for abolishing or “dismantling” ICE.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

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- July 15

The billionaire Republican megadonor had come under scrutiny for his ties to Clarence Thomas, while the senator drew ire for unconditionally supporting Israel.

Jay Clayton, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether Trump Ordered Subpoenas of NYT Journalists

Matt Sledge

- July 15

Democrats questioned whether Jay Clayton would be able to stand up to Trump about using public office for retribution.

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