Florida Governor Rick Scott Is Punishing a Prosecutor for Opposing the Death Penalty
State Attorney Aramis Ayala has drawn the ire of Florida Republicans for her decision to stop pursuing the death penalty.
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John Yoo Thinks Presidents Can Legally Torture Children. Even He Has "Grave Concerns" About Donald Trump.
Yoo, who wrote some of the Bush administration's most notorious justifications for torture, isn't crazy about Trump's use of executive power.
Intercepted Podcast: Dumb, Dumber and Don Jr.
The old adage that the cover-up is worse than the crime seems like it was tailored for Trump and his merry band of imbeciles, ideological zealots, and family members.
Trump Says Palestinian Statehood Isn't Necessary for Peace. Netanyahu Calls Him the Greatest.
Trump said the U.S. would support a "peace" that does not include Palestinian independence from occupation — as if such a thing were possible.
Will H.R. McMaster, a Political Novice, Survive the White House Shark Tank?
H.R. McMaster’s promotion — from an Army war-fighting think tank to head of the NSC — illustrates a deeper problem facing the current administration.
Intercepted Podcast: Full Metal Jackass
Former Nixon lawyer John Dean and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg analyze the Trump moment.
Leading Putin Critic Warns of Xenophobic Conspiracy Theories Drowning U.S. Discourse and Helping Trump
A new cottage industry of Democratic conspiracy mongers has gone mainstream, and it benefits Trump.
I Spent a Week Trying To Make the Broadband Lobby Answer a Simple Question About Selling Your Data
Lobbyists for Comcast and Verizon framed this week's rollback of privacy regulations as a boon for privacy. What?
A Louisiana Town Plagued by Pollution Shows Why Cuts to the EPA Will Be Measured in Illnesses and Deaths
For the people living next to the neoprene plant in St. John the Baptist Parish, the lifetime risk of cancer from air pollution is more than 800 times the national average.
The Long History of Deportation Scare Tactics at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez discusses the parallels between Trump’s immigration crackdown and previous deportation campaigns directed at immigrants.