Akela Lacy
@akelalacy.bsky.social
human @theintercept.com | co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast
Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/
https://akelalacy.substack.com/
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Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/
https://akelalacy.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/akela_lacy/
Former Rep. Marie Newman @marienewman.bsky.social criticized Chicago IL-07 candidate Jason Friedman for taking $ from AIPAC donors: “If you receive money from AIPAC donors who believe in genocide and are funding genocide, then in fact, you believe in genocide.” theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
AIPAC Donors Back Real Estate Tycoon Who Opposed Gaza Ceasefire for Deep-Blue Chicago Seat
Jason Friedman opposed a local Gaza ceasefire resolution in Chicago. Now pro-Israel donors are funding his campaign.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Rep. Marie Newman @marienewman.bsky.social criticized Chicago IL-07 candidate Jason Friedman for taking $ from AIPAC donors: “If you receive money from AIPAC donors who believe in genocide and are funding genocide, then in fact, you believe in genocide.” theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
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Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Six and five figure donors to AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, have picked a candidate to replace Rep. Danny Davis in Chicago. Jason Friedman’s donors have given just under $2 million to AIPAC and UDP since 2021. theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
AIPAC Donors Back Real Estate Tycoon Who Opposed Gaza Ceasefire For Deep Blue Chicago Seat
Jason Friedman opposed a local Gaza ceasefire resolution in Chicago. Now pro-Israel donors are funding his campaign.
theintercept.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Six and five figure donors to AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, have picked a candidate to replace Rep. Danny Davis in Chicago. Jason Friedman’s donors have given just under $2 million to AIPAC and UDP since 2021. theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
Trump is absolutely right to point out that he picked up Sanders supporters. The response to that shouldn’t be like yeah this guy really had it figured out, it should be how did Democrats fumble that so badly. And we know!
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump is absolutely right to point out that he picked up Sanders supporters. The response to that shouldn’t be like yeah this guy really had it figured out, it should be how did Democrats fumble that so badly. And we know!
If your takeaway from the Mamdani Trump meeting is this is the path forward I would ask you, what happens to all the fascism
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If your takeaway from the Mamdani Trump meeting is this is the path forward I would ask you, what happens to all the fascism
NEW: AIPAC donors have picked a candidate to represent Chicago in Congress. Donors who have given $2 million to AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, are backing real estate mogul Jason Friedman, who opposed the city’s resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
AIPAC Donors Back Real Estate Tycoon Who Opposed Gaza Ceasefire For Deep Blue Chicago Seat
Jason Friedman opposed a local Gaza ceasefire resolution in Chicago. Now pro-Israel donors are funding his campaign.
theintercept.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: AIPAC donors have picked a candidate to represent Chicago in Congress. Donors who have given $2 million to AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, are backing real estate mogul Jason Friedman, who opposed the city’s resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza theintercept.com/2025/11/22/c...
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
NEW POD 🎧: @rbreich.bsky.social thinks Democrats are on the brink of a new era. We talked Epstein, his endorsements of Mamdani and Graham Platner, and why he thinks Demoratic leaders should be replaced
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Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/21/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW POD 🎧: @rbreich.bsky.social thinks Democrats are on the brink of a new era. We talked Epstein, his endorsements of Mamdani and Graham Platner, and why he thinks Demoratic leaders should be replaced
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NEW POD 🎧: Robert Reich thinks Democrats are on the brink of a new era. We talked Epstein, his endorsements of Mamdani and Graham Platner, and why he thinks Demoratic leaders should be replaced podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/21/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW POD 🎧: Robert Reich thinks Democrats are on the brink of a new era. We talked Epstein, his endorsements of Mamdani and Graham Platner, and why he thinks Demoratic leaders should be replaced podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Justice Dems is primarying Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Darializa Avila Chevalier launched her primary campaign today
Zohran proved New Yorkers are ready to turn the page on machine politics.
#NY13 voters made that clear & it's why we're proud to endorse @DarializaforNY for Congress.
The Congress we deserve invests in babies not bombs, immigrants over ICE & renters not real estate developers.
#NY13 voters made that clear & it's why we're proud to endorse @DarializaforNY for Congress.
The Congress we deserve invests in babies not bombs, immigrants over ICE & renters not real estate developers.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Justice Dems is primarying Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Darializa Avila Chevalier launched her primary campaign today
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No one knows how many people die in Mississippi's jails, in part, because many of the state’s hundreds of local law enforcement agencies find reporting requirements burdensome, state officials say
No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails. Here’s Why.
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
No one knows how many people die in Mississippi's jails, in part, because many of the state’s hundreds of local law enforcement agencies find reporting requirements burdensome, state officials say
Tacking onto Bolts’s great coverage here: “The GOP leaders are being very candid, very straight up in saying that they are introducing this bill because they have been in communication with ICE.”
theintercept.com/2019/04/04/n...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Tacking onto Bolts’s great coverage here: “The GOP leaders are being very candid, very straight up in saying that they are introducing this bill because they have been in communication with ICE.”
theintercept.com/2019/04/04/n...
theintercept.com/2019/04/04/n...
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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$100 covers rent for one month for a family.
$70 covers infant formula for one month.
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$25 covers diapers for one month.
$70 covers infant formula for one month.
$70 coovers food for a family for one month.
$25 covers diapers for one month.
A young person who facilitated a session at Communiversity today alerted me to a situation happening in Tunisia with West African migrants. They are from there and will be heading home in a week & is fundraising for mutual aid to support the migrants - linktr.ee/tnmutualaid - I donated.
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Linktree. Make your link do more.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
$100 covers rent for one month for a family.
$70 covers infant formula for one month.
$70 coovers food for a family for one month.
$25 covers diapers for one month.
$70 covers infant formula for one month.
$70 coovers food for a family for one month.
$25 covers diapers for one month.
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Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
theintercept.com/2025/11/14/b...
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
theintercept.com/2025/11/14/b...
Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
theintercept.com/2025/11/14/b...
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
theintercept.com/2025/11/14/b...
The last time I spoke with @saikatforcongress.bsky.social I was interviewing him about leaving AOC’s office as chief of staff. Now he’s running to replace Nancy Pelosi — and he thinks he has the key to moving progressive policies in Congress. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Saikat Chakrabarti’s Plan for the Political Revolution
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/14/2025 · 43m
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The last time I spoke with @saikatforcongress.bsky.social I was interviewing him about leaving AOC’s office as chief of staff. Now he’s running to replace Nancy Pelosi — and he thinks he has the key to moving progressive policies in Congress. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I saw down with @saikatforcongress.bsky.social to talk about why he thinks progressives in Congress haven’t done more, where he falls on “abundance” & why in some ways, Justice Democrats started before its time. Listen to our conversation on The Intercept Briefing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Saikat Chakrabarti’s Plan for the Political Revolution
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 11/14/2025 · 43m
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I saw down with @saikatforcongress.bsky.social to talk about why he thinks progressives in Congress haven’t done more, where he falls on “abundance” & why in some ways, Justice Democrats started before its time. Listen to our conversation on The Intercept Briefing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is up today.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
Episode Six: Airborne Imperialism
A U.S.-led program killed Veronica and Charity Bowers in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers. Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes make their deaths newly and urgently relevant.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is up today.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
I don’t trust straight men in monochrome sweatsuits. there I said it
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don’t trust straight men in monochrome sweatsuits. there I said it
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Maurice Mitchell and Amanda Litman discuss the lessons from Tuesday night, as Democrats and progressives prepare for the midterm elections.
Democrats Swept Tuesday Night’s Election. Now What?
Maurice Mitchell and Amanda Litman discuss the lessons from Election Day, as Democrats and progressives prepare for the 2026 midterm elections.
interc.pt
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Maurice Mitchell and Amanda Litman discuss the lessons from Tuesday night, as Democrats and progressives prepare for the midterm elections.
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Good read here from @akelalacy.bsky.social on the Zohran-NYPD question.
theintercept.com/2025/11/05/z...
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Zohran Mamdani Avoided Campaigning Against the Police. Will They Work With Him?
To implement his sweeping agenda, Zohran Mamdani will have to navigate the New York Police Department and its influential union.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Good read here from @akelalacy.bsky.social on the Zohran-NYPD question.
theintercept.com/2025/11/05/z...
theintercept.com/2025/11/05/z...
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MEANWHILE: Bari Weiss' "anti-woke" University of Austin just announced a $100 million donation from Jeff Yass, the Pennsylvania billionaire who recently funded the Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher push in Texas. UAustin says they will no longer charge tuition or accept government money.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
MEANWHILE: Bari Weiss' "anti-woke" University of Austin just announced a $100 million donation from Jeff Yass, the Pennsylvania billionaire who recently funded the Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher push in Texas. UAustin says they will no longer charge tuition or accept government money.
I love the random Twitter accounts being like wow Mamdani barely broke 50% seems like he’s not that popular. He won more votes than any mayoral candidate since 1969!
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I love the random Twitter accounts being like wow Mamdani barely broke 50% seems like he’s not that popular. He won more votes than any mayoral candidate since 1969!