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Attorney for Epstein Survivors Warns That Justice Is Impossible With Bondi as AG
The Trump Justice Department is protecting the powerful at the expense of Epstein’s victims, says an attorney representing nine of his accusers.
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Cut through the noise with The Intercept’s reporters as they tackle the most urgent issues of the moment. The Briefing is a new weekly podcast delivering incisive political analysis and deep investigative reporting, hosted by The Intercept’s journalists and contributors including Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy, and Jordan Uhl.
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Chilling Dissent
“Terrorist”: How ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter
Spencer Ackerman on how the politics of counterterrorism led to ICE and CBP completing their transformation into a death squad — and why the agencies are unreformable.
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Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti
Mary Moriarty on steps local officials are taking to collect and preserve evidence despite federal obstruction, and Jill Garvey on how to document ICE safely.
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Protests and Power Plays: From Tehran to the Arctic Circle
Hooman Majd on the Iran protests and the government’s brutal response, and Lois Parshley explains the financial and tech interests in Greenland.
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Trump’s War on America
“It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.
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Greg Grandin on Trump’s “Universal Police Warrant”
From Venezuela to Greenland, the Trump administration is redefining and invoking the Monroe Doctrine to seize whatever it wants, whenever it wants.
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AI’s Imperial Agenda
“Empire of AI” author Karen Hao on how Silicon Valley’s young AI companies parallel colonial empires of old.
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Deportation, Inc.
The true cost of fulfilling Trump’s mass deportation agenda and who’s profiting.
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“Trump Has Appointed Himself Judge, Jury, and Executioner”
The Trump administration is killing civilians in the Caribbean and Pacific and trying to suppress videos of boat strikes and press coverage.
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Lethal Illusion: Understanding the Death Penalty Apparatus
Malcolm Gladwell and Liliana Segura unpack how the death penalty is administered in America.