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An American ISIS Fighter Describes the Caliphate’s Final Days and His Own
A new documentary podcast from The Intercept and Topic Studios offers the most detailed account yet of an American who lived and died inside the Islamic State. ...[Read more]
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Sanders Unveils Final $3.5T Reconciliation Package Alongside Infrastructure Bill
Senate Democrats have unveiled their $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill with provisions like paid leave, expanding Medicare coverage and proposals to tackle the climate crisis in the U.S. The Democrats plan on passing the bill alongside the bipartisan infr ...[Read more]
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Up to Half of Pentagon Spending Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers
Up to half of the estimated $14 trillion that the Pentagon has spent in the two decades since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan has gone to private military contractors, with corporate behemoths such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, and General Dynami ...[Read more]
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Why the World Needs WikiLeaks
My organization, WikiLeaks, took a lot of heat during the run-up to the recent presidential election. We have been accused of abetting the candidacy of Donald J. Trump by publishing cryptographically authenticated information about Hillary Clinton’s cam ...[Read more]
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Villagers & Pillagers: Who Will Survive the Collapse?
Unless you live in a state of denial you’re probably like me, troubled about the future. There’s not much left of mine, but my daughter’s generation and their children will have to survive the aftermath of fossil-fueled civilization on the ravaged, ...[Read more]
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Sanders, Omar Unveil Bill to End ‘Absurd Corporate Handouts’ to Fossil Fuel Industry
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate dozens of tax loopholes, subsidies, and other federal giveaways to the fossil fuel industry and cut off U.S. support for international oil and gas projects that a ...[Read more]
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CVS Health quietly donated a staggering amount to a dark money group advocating against health care access
Last year, as the United States was ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, CVS Health donated a staggering amount of money to a dark money group that advocated for limiting health care access. According to The Intercept, CVS Health which also owns the healt ...[Read more]
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Further evidence supports controversial claim that SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA
A team of prominent scientists has doubled down on its controversial hypothesis that genetic bits of the pandemic coronavirus can integrate into our chromosomes and stick around long after the infection is over. If they are right—skeptics have argued th ...[Read more]
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‘Neoliberal proto-fascism’: Noam Chomsky explains how Trumpism has made the GOP a ‘white supremacist’ cult
"The fascist symptoms are there, including extreme racism, violence, worship of the leader — sent by God, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — immersion in a world of 'alternative facts' and a frenzy of irrationality," Chomsky warned. ...[Read more]
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The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case
The battle to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States is shaping up to be a legal case of paramount importance to the future of national security reporting. The U.S. continues to press the case even after ...[Read more]
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Protesters claim to seize Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta
A group of about 20 protesters entered Edinburgh Castle on Tuesday evening, claiming to have “seized” the landmark under article 61 of Magna Carta. Members of the public were evacuated as the demonstrators entered the grounds of the castle without a ...[Read more]
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