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Does Saudi Arabia Own Donald Trump?
DOES SAUDI ARABIA OWN DONALD TRUMP? ON TUESDAY MORNING, President Donald Trump tweeted: “For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” ✔ For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi […]
Saudi Media Casts Khashoffi Disappearance as a Conspiracy, Claims Qatar Owns Washington Post
Photo: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images SAUDI MEDIA CASTS KHASHOGGI DISAPPEARANCE AS A CONSPIRACY, CLAIMS QATAR OWNS WASHINGTON POST IN SAUDI ARABIA, major media outlets have cast the disappearance and apparent murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a foreign conspiracy to denigrate the image of the kingdom. The media accounts, which come from outlets run […]
Is This the Beginning of the End of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE U.S.-SAUDI ALLIANCE? THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Jamal Khashoggi last Tuesday is threatening to upend the terms of the decades-long alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the nine days since Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian resident of Virginia and a Washington Post columnist, […]
Israel’s Gabriella Blum Helped Write the Laws of Drone Warfare. Nearly Two Decades Later, She Has Regrets.
Israel’s Gabriella Blum Helped Write the Laws of Drone Warfare. Nearly Two Decades Later, She Has Regrets. IN 1991, WHEN Gabriella Blum was 16 years old, the Israel Defense Forces suggested she go see the world. She’d skipped first grade and subsequently graduated high school in Tel Aviv early — too early to start the mandatory […]
Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Targets Dupont, Chemours, 3M, and Other Makers of PFAs Chemicals
NATIONWIDE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT TARGETS DUPONT, CHEMOURS, 3M, AND OTHER MAKERS OF PFAS CHEMICALS The Teflon Toxin Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood. A CLASS ACTION lawsuit against 3M, DuPont, and Chemours was filed this week on […]
New “Dark Money” Documentary Shines Light Into the Shadows Cast by the Super-Rich
Photo: Courtesy of PBS NEW “DARK MONEY” DOCUMENTARY SHINES LIGHT INTO THE SHADOWS CAST BY THE SUPER-RICH IF YOU, LIKE most Americans, believe you’re being screwed by the U.S. political system, and would like to know exactly how the screwing functions, tune into “Dark Money,” a new documentary premiering Monday, October 1 on PBS. The […]
The Government Wants Airlines to Delay Your Flight So They Can Scan Your Face
Photo: Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images THE GOVERNMENT WANTS AIRLINES TO DELAY YOUR FLIGHT SO THEY CAN SCAN YOUR FACE OMNIPRESENT FACIAL RECOGNITION has become a golden goose for law enforcement agencies around the world. In the United States, few are as eager as the Department of Homeland Security. American airports are currently […]
American Dissident: Noam Chomsky on the State of the Empire
Photo Illustration: Elise Swain/The Intercept. Photo: Heuler Andrey/AFP/Getty Images AMERICAN DISSIDENT: NOAM CHOMSKY ON THE STATE OF THE EMPIRE THE WORLD LAUGHED at U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations, but the imperial declarations he issued are no laughing matter. Trump may come off as a buffoon, but his global agenda is consistent […]
Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China
Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept GOOGLE SUPPRESSES MEMO REVEALING PLANS TO CLOSELY TRACK SEARCH USERS IN CHINA GOOGLE BOSSES HAVE forced employees to delete a confidential memo circulating inside the company that revealed explosive details about a plan to launch a censored search engine in China, The Intercept has learned. The memo, authored by a Google […]
Are New York’s Free LINKNYC Kiosks Tracking Your Movements?
Photo illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images ARE NEW YORK’S FREE LINKNYC INTERNET KIOSKS TRACKING YOUR MOVEMENTS? LINKNYC KIOSKS HAVE become a familiar eyesore to New Yorkers. Over 1,600 of these towering, nine-and-a-half-foot monoliths — their double-sided screens festooned with ads and fun facts — have been installed across the city since early 2016. Mayor Bill […]
Sheryl Sandberg Misled Congress About Facebook’s Conscience
Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images SHERYL SANDBERG MISLED CONGRESS ABOUT FACEBOOK’S CONSCIENCE FACEBOOK CHIEF OPERATING officer Sheryl Sandberg draped herself in the star-spangled banner of American principles before today’s Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on social media. Sandberg proclaimed that democratic values of free expression were integral to the company’s conscience. “We would only operate in a […]
Are We Making Elections Less Secure Just to Save Time?
ARE WE MAKING ELECTIONS LESS SECURE JUST TO SAVE TIME? SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENS on election night. With polls closing, American supporters of both parties briefly, intensely align as one: We all want to know who’s going to win, and we don’t want to wait one more minute. The ravenous national appetite for an immediate victor, […]
Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlight Risks That Off-Duty Cops Pose to Pipeline Opponents
RECENT ARRESTS UNDER NEW ANTI-PROTEST LAW SPOTLIGHT RISKS THAT OFF-DUTY COPS POSE TO PIPELINE OPPONENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, four opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline and an independent journalist covering their activities were arrested and charged under Louisiana House Bill 727, which makes trespassing on “critical infrastructure” facilities — a category that explicitly includes oil […]
Big Banks Were Meant to Gain From Bipartisan Deregulation Bill All Along, Senate Letter Reveals
Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP BIG BANKS WERE MEANT TO GAIN FROM BIPARTISAN DEREGULATION BILL ALL ALONG, SENATE LETTER REVEALS DEMOCRATS WHO COLLABORATED on the bank deregulation lawpassed earlier this year have categorically insisted that it only benefits small community banks and credit unions. Take Sean Patrick Maloney, a House Democrat who is simultaneously running […]
