Intercepted Podcast
Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump, and the Bipartisan Brotherhood with Saudi Arabia
Journalists Rula Jabreal and Sam Husseini are this week’s guests along with Indigenous historian Nick Estes and actor Ismail Khalidi.
Politics
Making a Killing
The UAE’s Powerful Ambassador Is Still Hobnobbing in Washington After Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE's ambassador to the U.S., was key in marketing Mohammed bin Salman as a reformer to Washington's foreign policy establishment.
Corporate-Funded Judicial Boot Camp Made Sitting Federal Judges More Conservative
“It winds up spilling over into criminal cases, even though law and economics is mostly regulatory. It’s like a virus.”
Voices
MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice
This is as extreme a perversion of journalism as can be imagined, yet it pervades the nation's largest corporate media outlets.
Public Pensions for Sale
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, Sworn Foe of Pensions, Made a Fortune Charging High Fees to Public Pensions
Gov. Bruce Rauner made a fortune charging high fees to public pensions. Once elected, he tried to slash pension benefits.
The 2018 Midterm Cycle Could Be the Most Islamophobic U.S. Election Ever
Donald Trump has ushered in an era of pervasive Islamophobia in American politics.
Public Pensions for Sale
How a Gang of Hedge Funders Strip-Mined Kentucky’s Public Pensions
Kentucky’s willingness to gamble massively on high-risk alternative investments for its pensions has made the state an easy mark for Wall Street hucksters.
Voices
The Despicable Campaign to Roll Back Transgender Protections in the Massachusetts Midterms
“Once we have formal legal protections, stripping them away at the ballot does way more harm than if the protections were never there in the first place.”
Public Pensions for Sale
How Wall Street Drove Public Pensions Into Crisis and Pocketed Billions in Fees
Public pensions squander tens of billions of dollars each year on risky, poor-performing alternative investments like hedge funds.
Anti-Muslim Bigots Are Weaponizing Abuse Allegations Against Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison’s Republican opponent for attorney general, Doug Wardlow, has sent a mailer that accuses Ellison of defending known terrorists.