New York Machine Trying to Toss Kat Brezler, Organizer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Off Local Ballot
The machine in all its banality is a thing to behold.
Politics
Joe Biden's Presidential Campaign Pledged Not to Take Special-Interest Money — but Not His PAC
Biden’s American Possibilities PAC is still taking corporate cash.
Voices
Joe Biden Won't Blame the Republicans for Trump. That Should Disqualify Him.
Biden says Trump is the sole cause of America’s political crisis — but in fact, the president is a symptom of the GOP’s derangement.
Obama's Agriculture Secretary, Now Working for the Dairy Industry, Urges 2020 Democrats to Be Nice to the Dairy Industry
Some dairy companies have begun to include a list of suicide prevention hotlines in the envelope with farmers’ checks.
Chinese Fund Backed By Hunter Biden Invested in Major Chinese Surveillance Firm
The flurry of media reports about private investment in China’s increasingly sprawling surveillance state left out a prominent investor: Hunter Biden.
How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback
Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.
Making a Killing
GOP Lawmaker Gave Pro-War Speech on Yemen — by Reading Saudi Lobbyist’s Talking Points Verbatim
Rep. Ed Royce spoke on the House floor against ending U.S. support for the Yemen war. His talking points were scripted by lobbyists for Saudi Arabia.
New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children
Rep. Betty McCollum's bill seeks to ban Israel from using U.S. funds to detain, interrogate, or torture Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank.
Intercepted Podcast
Shadow Players: Erik Prince, Julian Assange, and the Bizarre World of Trump
The Intercept’s Betsy Reed, Vanessa Gezari, and Matthew Cole along with lawyer James Goodale and reporter Dahr Jamail join this week.
The First-Ever Medicare for All Hearing Was Strangely Collegial
Given that Medicare for All isn’t a threat to become law while Republicans control the White House and Senate, the hearing took on a friendly feel.