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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d

Amid the Republican-Democrat shutdown blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling is taking on Trump’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

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Inside the Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 4d

thank you!

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 5d

NEW 🎧 POD: the government shutdown memory hole PLUS a scathing federal ruling from a Reagan appointee blasting Trump for his attacks on pro-Palestine students and making up his own definition of antisemitism as a cudgel. All on the latest Intercept Briefing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown

Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 10/02/2025 · 35m

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 7d

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has been covering the drug war and the criminal justice system for more than 20 years.

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Introducing Collateral Damage

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7d

"Trump administration will argue before a panel of three conservative [..] judges Tuesday to put [..] Mahdawi back behind bars."

"They're arguing that I should be put in prison just for speaking up against the genocide of my people."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Genocide

Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up

The Republican appointees will rule on whether the Trump administration can put the Columbia student and Palestinian activist back in jail.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 8d

Read more of @akelalacy.bsky.social's interview with Mohsen Mahdawi, along with a preview of what could happen in court, here:

Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up

The Republican appointees will rule on whether the Trump administration can put the Columbia student and Palestinian activist back in jail.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 8d

“They’re arguing that I should be put in prison just for speaking up against the genocide of my people,” Mahdawi told The Intercept in an exclusive interview.

Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up

The Republican appointees will rule on whether the Trump administration can put the Columbia student and Palestinian activist back in jail.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 8d

One judge has already expressed support for the government’s right to imprison Mahdawi, a Palestinian student protest leader.

Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up

The Republican appointees will rule on whether the Trump administration can put the Columbia student and Palestinian activist back in jail.

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: In an exclusive interview ahead of today’s hearing in Trump’s fight to reimprison him, Mohsen Mahdawi told me his case is part of Trump’s plan to crush critics at home & abroad by deploying National Guard and backing the genocide & takeover of Gaza theintercept.com/2025/09/30/m...

Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up

The Republican appointees will rule on whether the Trump administration can put the Columbia student and Palestinian activist back in jail.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile over at TruthSocial....

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The Bitchuation Room Podcast @bitchuationroom.bsky.social · 13d

What do we think...did Kamala soft-endorse Zohran?

We asked @akelalacy.bsky.social

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The Bitchuation Room Podcast @bitchuationroom.bsky.social · 14d

Live TODAY with @akelalacy.bsky.social and @mohanadelshieky.bsky.social at 1/4pm ET! 🤠

Talking Trump's TikTok takeover, the pyrotechnic funeral, and the latest with Ilhan Omar.

Streaming at 1/4pm ET: youtube.com/live/C-Gg-6n...

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 16d

But the pressure worked. A professor canceled an Israeli military funded grant after student pressure. “This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency." theintercept.com/2025/09/22/m...

MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure

As students push for MIT to drop projects tied to the Israeli military, the school has obscured information about the funding.

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 16d

Earlier this year, MIT restricted access to an internal search tool after students used it to publicized the school’s ties to the Israeli military. Students found a loophole and identified other Israeli grants - then the school put up more restrictions & a disciplinary warning

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 16d

SCOOP: An MIT professor canceled an Israeli military funded research grant after pressure from students. “This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency." theintercept.com/2025/09/22/m...

MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure

As students push for MIT to drop projects tied to the Israeli military, the school has obscured information about the funding.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 20d

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground

A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.

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Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground

A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 19d

that there’s a difference between the two and you have two parties that have made that their policy - and now liberals and Democratic leaders in particular are trapped in the worst excesses of their own creation

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 19d

Not just in rhetoric, but in policy. A bipartisan project that many warned would lay the groundwork to do away with 1A rights for the greater public and what we’re seeing it now. the problem isn’t who’s paying attention, it’s that people have convinced themselves & the mainstream

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 19d

I know everyone’s like “if you think this is the worst assault on free speech you haven’t been paying attention for 2 years” but the thing is — the entire crackdown on antigenocide protests was premised on the separation of “free speech” from criticism of Israel

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 20d

Meanwhile on X.com...

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 21d

“It is telling that those claiming they are for free speech are the ones punishing and silencing those who exercise that right. ... “It is also notable that every single Republican censure resolution against members of Congress targets legislators of color.” theintercept.com/2025/09/16/i...

Nancy Mace Targets Ilhan Omar in Charlie Kirk Speech Crackdown

The censure attempt comes as waves of people face professional reprisal over their speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 21d

NEW: Add to the list of people facing censorship over remarks on Charlie Kirk -- Rep. Ilhan Omar. theintercept.com/2025/09/16/i...

Nancy Mace Targets Ilhan Omar to Crack Down on Charlie Kirk Speech in Congress

The censure attempt comes as waves of people face professional reprisal over their speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 22d

New poll finds that, by almost a three-to-one margin, American Jews believe Trump uses allegations of antisemitism as an "excuse" to cut university funding, rather than "truly cares about protecting Jewish students." (drive.google.com/file/d/1sjIV...)

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 22d

idk about you guys but I think saying a Supreme Court Justice and the First Lady don’t have brain processing power because they’re Black and somehow must have benefited from affirmative action is racist 🙂

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 22d

Four days ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution to stop just this kind of military strike theintercept.com/2025/09/11/v...

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