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Just as Donald Trump demonizes leftist organizers today as domestic terrorists, both federal officials and local police in the South and North condemned civil rights activists as rioters and insurrectionists. interc.pt/4oAs2k8
A photo of a Dec. 17, 1964, NYPD surveillance photo, Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, the activist Coretta Scott King, arrive in New York City, overlaid with the headline, "Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance" and the DEK, "After J. Edgar Hoover cast the civil rights leader as a “liar,” NYPD’s spy unit heeded the call."
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The Pentagon has built up a force of 15,000 troops in the Caribbean since the summer — the largest naval flotilla in the Caribbean since the Cold War. interc.pt/43R4r76
A photo of members of the U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, working at José Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, on Sept. 13, 2025 in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, overlaid with the headline, "U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028," and the DEK, "As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years."
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Since May, Israeli soldiers and American subcontractors have killed nearly 3,000 Palestinians seeking aid, according to a September tally by Gaza health officials. interc.pt/4rm9o1G
A photo of a Palestinian carrying the body of a man killed while trying to receive aid near a distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip, on Aug. 4, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid," and the DEK, "The aid group oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine."
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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So. How many of you are in trouble? interc.pt/3KhNsEp
A photo of a detailed view of the badge worn by Matthew Elliston during an ICE hiring event on Aug. 26, 2025, in Arlington, Texas, overlaid with the headline, "The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine," and the DEK, "Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment."
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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At UConn, there was a brief panic among university administrators after members of UConn’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine and a campus group called Unchained blocked access to a military aircraft manufacturing facility about 25 miles from campus. interc.pt/4rjmRaz
“Ok. The P&W CEO is pretty upset with us about it right now and is pressing [University President] Radenka [Maric] for action,” wrote Nathan Fuerst to Kimberly Beardsley-Carr, both high-level UConn administrators. “Can you see if UConn PD can proactively reach out? If we can determine that no UConn Students were arrested, that would be immensely helpful.” Fuerst was referring to a contractor for the Israeli military called Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of the $235 billion company formerly known as Raytheon — and a major UConn donor. Both UConn and Pratt & Whitney denied that the request occurred, pointing out that the military contractor has no CEO. Fuerst, Beardsley-Carr, and Maric did not respond to requests for comment.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The use of drones to surveil protesters and others taking part in activities ostensibly protected under the Constitution frequently raises concerns. interc.pt/44qGBPE
A photo of FBI agents preparing to fly a drone in Boulder, Colo., on March 23, 2021, a day after a mass shooting left 10 dead, overlaid with the headline, "The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition," and the DEK, "An FBI procurement document requests information about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on free speech."
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The existing law has never triggered the criminal prosecution of a lawmaker accused of insider trading. interc.pt/43D9GHt
A photo of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at a press conference during the government shutdown on Capitol Hill on Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Everyone Wants to Ban Congressional Stock Trades, but Some Supporters Worry Mike Johnson Is Stalling," and the DEK, "Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations."
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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We're chronicling all publicly declared U.S. attacks and providing a tracker with information on each strike. interc.pt/485R3NM
Screenshots of U.S. attacks on boats, with the headline, "How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?" and the DEK, "The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean."
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Police believe Johnson offered to put the alleged victim in his will to keep the child quiet. interc.pt/4o4gepV
A photo of protestor debris on the East Front steps in front of the entrance to the Rotunda in the Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 7, 2021, overlaid with the headline, "Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say," and the DEK, "Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump’s pardon entitled him to multimillion-dollar reparations."
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Americans want the files. interc.pt/49oMsZf
A photo of a protester holding a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him," and the DEK, "Americans were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.”"
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Under a 2010 ruling from the Supreme Court, domestic groups can face “material support” charges for providing nonviolent support to designated foreign terrorist organizations. interc.pt/4i1EqYJ
A photo of Hungarian and foreign participants gathering for an annual “memorial hike” of several neo-Nazi groups in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 8, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers," and the DEK, "The Trump administration moved to designate antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorists — setting up the prosecution of their U.S. allies."
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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A quote from Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin that says, "“There is a surrender caucus that is made up of senators who do not believe this is a crisis, who do not think this is a unique threat to democracy, and who think we should just lay low, in James Carville’s words.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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“Don’t talk about me and my food insecurity to justify kicking people like me off of my health care.” interc.pt/47UslQ6
A photo of people waiting in line to pick up groceries from the anti-hunger nonprofit Forgotten Harvest in Detroit on Nov. 4, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”" and the DEK, "People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up."
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
A photo of members of the National Guard walking down Beale Street on Oct. 24, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn., overlaid with the headline, "Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising," and the DEK, "Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price." COST OF TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF CITIES Los Angeles................. $172M Washington, D.C...........$270M Portland......................... $15M Chicago..........................$13M Memphis..........................$3M TOTAL..........................~473M
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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That's a lot of SNAP benefits. interc.pt/4nL43Ox
COST OF TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF CITIES Los Angeles................. $172M Washington, D.C...........$270M Portland......................... $15M Chicago..........................$13M Memphis..........................$3M TOTAL..........................~473M
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Oh, thanks, guys. interc.pt/47QdXbA
A photo of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., leaving a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2025, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect, overlaid with the headline, "Key Senate Dem Says Party Caved on Shutdown to Make a Symbolic Point About the GOP," and the DEK, "Sen. Dick Durbin said the fight proved “Republicans are not sensitive to health care insurance premiums and we are.” That won’t keep costs down."
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Trump himself is a byproduct of the wealthy being empowered to violate the law." interc.pt/3XrScKp
A photo of Donald Trump departing the courtroom after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City, overlaid with the headline, "Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption," and the DEK, "The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him."
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF
A photo of a view through the gate of the Islamic University of Gaza, where bombed buildings have doubled as shelters for families amid the genocide, on Oct. 16, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Gaza’s Students Kept Studying Amid the Rubble. Now Universities Hope to Rebuild." and the DEK, "Palestinian students learned remotely, with flickering internet, through two years of Israel’s genocide. Now universities need funding to rebuild."
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Senators voted 51-49 against the resolution, dooming it even as a U.S. aircraft carrier sailed toward the Caribbean. interc.pt/47sCJzQ
A photo of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., arriving for a Senate committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Rand Paul Warns of “Warmongers,” but MAGA Rejects Venezuela War Powers Bill," and the DEK, "It was potentially the last chance for Paul, Tim Kaine, and Adam Schiff to block U.S. military action in Venezuela with a war powers resolution."
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. interc.pt/4oUJNer
A collage of screenshots from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, overlaid with the headline, "YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations," and the DEK, "The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions."
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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"Mamdani did not have to sacrifice Palestinian solidarity to win this election," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/3JJ0SZM
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Trump's brutal crackdown on immigrants may soon get worse with bounty hunters and cash rewards.

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November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The solicitation says ICE is considering “monetary bonuses” paid out based on performance. interc.pt/3Jr7Anc
A photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents knocking on the door of a residence in Chicago on Jan. 26, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants," and the DEK, "Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate."
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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“I found their justification for what they’re doing so flimsy that it makes the case for the Iraq War look like a slam dunk,” Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said on Morning Joe. interc.pt/4nRmHVf
A screenshot from the video President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Sept. 15, 2025, showing a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, overlaid with the headline, "Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes," and the DEK, "Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors."
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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“They keep bombing and killing people and then declare that the so-called ceasefire is still going on.” interc.pt/433UvH1
A photo of unexploded munitions left by Israeli strikes in Gaza seen on Oct. 30, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "We Asked People in Gaza What They Think of the Ceasefire: “Just a Declaration, Not Reality”" and the DEK, "Israel and the Trump administration insist that the ceasefire is still in place. Dozens of residents in Gaza disagree." White text on a black background that says, "Is the Ceasefire Still On? We asked 60 residents in Gaza whether the y believed the ceasefire still held." 50 said no, 4 said yes, but at risk, and 6 said yes, hopeful it will remain.
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM