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Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Bad News and was previously the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won once. He edited and contributed reporting to groundbreaking investigative project on heroin treatment that not only changed federal and state laws, but also shifted the culture of the recovery industry. The story, by Jason Cherkis, was a Pulitzer finalist and won a Polk Award.
He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a co-host of the show Counter Points. He is the author of the books “We’ve Got People” (2019) and “This Is Your Country on Drugs” (2009).
Grim grew up in rural Maryland. His third book, due out in late 2023, will be called “For What Purpose: AOC, The Squad, and the Final Act of a Political Revolution.”
He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a co-host of the show Counter Points. He is the author of the books “We’ve Got People” (2019) and “This Is Your Country on Drugs” (2009).
Grim grew up in rural Maryland. His third book, due out in late 2023, will be called “For What Purpose: AOC, The Squad, and the Final Act of a Political Revolution.”
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House Republicans Are Hurtling Toward the Most Pointless Shutdown Ever
Biden on the picket line and Republicans in disarray. A tale of two parties.
Washington Post Completely Botches Chaturbate Rules in Virginia Candidate Takedown
The article about Susanna Gibson, a Democrat running in a crucial legislative district, bore the telltale signs of an opposition research dump.
Rumble Had Exclusive Rights to Stream Republican Debate — Yet Was Buried in Google Search
Google had been in contact with the Republican National Committee about Rumble’s exclusive rights, emails show.
U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal for Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal
The U.S.-brokered loan let Pakistan’s military postpone elections, deepen a brutal crackdown, and jail former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
UAW Temporarily Loses Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
Some 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers are participating in what they’re calling their Stand Up Strike.
New GOP Measure Would Bar Pentagon Assistance to Pakistan
The defense budget amendment would cut off funds to Pakistan amid an ongoing crackdown by the military establishment and its civilian allies.
Biden Administration Adds Insulin to Drug Price Negotiation List in Major Blow to Big Pharma
“This was an unexpected victory in a long fight against an illegal cartel of three corporations who have raised their insulin prices in lockstep.”
Imran Khan Booked Under Pakistan State Secrets Law for Allegedly Mishandling Secret Cable in 2022
A fight over recent amendments to the Official Secrets Act sent Pakistan into a constitutional crisis.
Pakistan Confirms Secret Diplomatic Cable Showing U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan
After initially suggesting the cable published by The Intercept was inauthentic, Pakistani officials now claim it doesn’t reveal a conspiracy.