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  •  | Former President Barack Obama left walks next to Indonesian President Joko Widodo right in Bogor Indonesia on June 30 2017 Photo Adi WedaAFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    Listen to Barack Obama’s chilling description of U.S. involvement in the gigantic 1965 Indonesia massacre

    Originally published: The Intercept on January 13, 2023 by Jon Schwarz (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jan 16, 2023)

    This week, Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged the “staggering mass slaughter” that took place 57 years ago.

  •  | Last year Shiva Rajbhandari right and other high school students on March for Our Lives Idahos board lobbied for legislation to require minors to pass a gun safety test before being allowed to purchase weapons Photo Sarah A MillerIdaho StatesmanTribune News Service via Getty Images | MR Online

    Idaho’s Far Right suffers election loss to 18-year-old climate activist

    Originally published: The Intercept on September 13, 2022 by Robert Mackey (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Sep 15, 2022)

    High school senior Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by local extremists.

  •  | San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins attends a news conference at City Hall on July 7 2022 in San Francisco Photo Santiago MejiaSan Francisco Chronicle via AP | MR Online

    Upheaval in the San Francisco DA’s office after Brooke Jenkins appointment

    Originally published: The Intercept on July 17, 2022 by Tana Ganeva (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jul 19, 2022)

    Prosecutors worried that Jenkins was too close to the mayor and planned to bring back the war on drugs. Many were just fired.

  •  | welcome to Guantanamo | MR Online

    The truth never mattered at Guantánamo

    Originally published: The Intercept on June 11, 2022 by Elise Swain (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jun 18, 2022)

    The deceit and lies and cover-ups of the worst moments in post-9/11 history have created an endless stage of hypocrisy for all the world to see.

  •  | Oil giants under fire after breakdowns trigger nine days of flaring | MR Online

    Fossil fuel lobbyists continue to seize on Russia’s war in Ukraine to push long-term interests

    Originally published: The Intercept on April 25, 2022 by Lee Fang (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Apr 28, 2022)

    The unfolding crisis is now a common—and effective—talking point for corporate interest groups seeking regulatory relief.

  •  | Activists are escorted out of an Enbridge Line 3 pump station after being arrested near Park Rapids Minn on June 7 2021 | MR Online

    Prosecutors hit anti-pipeline protesters with felony charges to send a message, defense says

    Originally published: The Intercept on January 8, 2022 by Alleen Brown and Sam Richards (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jan 12, 2022)

    One county prosecutor asked oil company Enbridge for reimbursement to help with some of the prosecutions clogging up rural courts.

  •  | Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is seen during a press conference in Buffalo NY on July 24 2020 Photo AP PhotoJeffrey T Barnes File | MR Online

    Buffalo’s developer class backing last-ditch attempt against socialist India Walton

    Originally published: The Intercept on September 15, 2021 by Akela Lacy (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Sep 18, 2021)

    A federal judge who wants Buffalo’s incumbent mayor back on the ballot is being scrutinized for his real estate ties.

  •  | A legal observer from the National Lawyers Guild is arrested in the Mott Haven neighborhood of New York City on June 4 2020 Photo CS Mundy | MR Online

    Legal observers sue the NYPD over assault and detention at Bronx Protest

    Originally published: The Intercept on September 8, 2021 by Nick Pinto (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Sep 17, 2021)

    Police violated the constitutional rights of National Lawyers Guild observers during racial justice protests in Mott Haven, a new lawsuit alleges.

  •  | Photo illustration Soohee ChoThe Intercept Getty Images | MR Online

    Over two decades, U.S.’s global war on terror has taken nearly 1 million lives and cost $8 trillion

    Originally published: The Intercept on August 31, 2021 by Murtaza Hussain (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Sep 03, 2021)

    A new report from the Costs of War Project makes staggering estimates for the human and financial costs of the global forever wars.

  •  | The Supreme Court released a ruling blocking President Joe Bidens latest coronavirus pandemic related eviction moratorium in a 6 3 decision on Aug 26 2021 Photo Anna MoneymakerGetty Images | MR Online

    Supreme Court ended eviction moratorium, but pandemic has shown road map for fighting back

    Originally published: The Intercept on August 27, 2021 by Natasha Lennard (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Aug 30, 2021)

    The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC’s eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.

  •  | President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis Ariz on June 23 2020 Photo Saul LoebAFPGetty Images | MR Online

    Trump’s turn from immigration to the enemy within

    Originally published: The Intercept on October 13, 2020 by Ryan Devereaux (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Oct 07, 2020)

    Trump’s shift from demonizing immigrants to targeting leftists is straight out of the fascist playbook.

  •  | Portland police take control of the streets in Portland Oregon on September 5 2020 Photo Paula BronsteinAP | MR Online

    A progressive prosecutor faces off with Portland’s aggressive police

    Originally published: The Intercept on September 16, 2020 by Alice Speri (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Sep 18, 2020)

    Portland’s new district attorney said he wouldn’t prosecute most protesters. Police kept arresting them anyway.

  •  | Photo illustration The InterceptGetty Images | MR Online

    Leaked documents reveal what TikTok shares with authorities – In the U.S.

    Originally published: The Intercept on August 10, 2020 by Mara Hvistendahl (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Aug 12, 2020)

    A glimpse at what the social media platform does in the U.S. underscores that data privacy issues extend beyond China.

  •  | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington DC on Aug 5 2020 Photo Pablo Martinez MonsivaisAFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    The filthy hypocrisy of America’s “clean” China-free internet

    Originally published: The Intercept on August 6, 2020 by Sam Biddle (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Aug 08, 2020)

    The Trump administration wants to keep other countries from weaponizing technology the way the U.S. and its allies already have.

  •  | Protesters hold their cellphones in the air during a Black Lives Matter event in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 20 2020 in Portland Ore Photo Nathan HowardGetty Images | MR Online

    As Trump threatens secret police deployment nationwide, Democrats debate expanding surveillance powers and new money for DHS

    Originally published: The Intercept on July 21, 2020 by Ryan Grim (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jul 23, 2020)

    The rogue deployment of secret federal police forces in Portland, Oregon, has added a new complication to negotiations over reauthorizing the Trump administration’s vast surveillance powers and appropriating new money for the Department of Homeland Security.

  •  | People with the boogaloo movement pray as they demonstrate against business closures due to concern about Covid 19 at the State House in Concord NH on May 2 2020 Photo Michael DwyerAP | MR Online

    Leaked documents show police knew far-right extremists were the real threat at protests, not “ANTIFA”

    Originally published: The Intercept on July 15, 2020 by Ryan Devereaux (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jul 17, 2020)

    We’ve seen the way that the police responded to nonviolent civil disobedience at Standing Rock or in Ferguson versus the laissez-faire approach they’ve used in a number of these white supremacist riots. They clearly can regulate their behavior. Why they choose not to when it’s groups protesting police violence is what I think local government needs to understand.

  •  | Photo illustration Soohee ChoThe Intercept Getty Images | MR Online

    Police surveilled George Floyd protests with help from Twitter-affiliated startup Dataminr

    Originally published: The Intercept on July 9, 2020 by Sam Biddle (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jul 16, 2020)

    The monitoring seems at odds with claims from both Twitter and Dataminr that neither company would engage in or facilitate domestic surveillance following a string of 2016 controversies.

  •  | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a COVID 19 briefing on July 6 2020 in New York City Photo David Dee DelgadoGetty Images | MR Online

    Instead of freeing elderly prisoners in response to Coronavirus, Cuomo created a prison nursing home way upstate

    Originally published: The Intercept on July 8, 2020 by Natasha Lennard (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jul 10, 2020)

    THE ADIRONDACK CORRECTIONAL Facility is tucked away in the mountainous North Country of New York State, less than a two-hour drive from the Canadian border. Three years ago, it was converted to incarcerate teens aged 16 to 17, automatically prosecuted as adults under pernicious state law. As of this May, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, all of the young people were transferred out of the facility: It will now serve as a nursing home prison.

  •  | A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist on June 2 2020 in New York Photo Wong Maye EAP | MR Online

    We crunched the numbers: Police — not protesters — are overwhelmingly responsible for attacking journalists

    Originally published: The Intercept on June 4, 2020 by Trevor Timm (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jun 06, 2020)

    WE ARE WITNESSING a truly unprecedented attack on press freedom in the United States, with journalists are being systematically targeted while covering the nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

  •  | Police in Manhattan on Wednesday arrested protesters who demanded racial justice and an end to police impunity following the killing of George Floyd Photo Seth WenigAP | MR Online

    White House forced to retract claim viral videos prove Antifa is plotting violence

    Originally published: The Intercept on June 4, 2020 by Robert Mackey (more by The Intercept)  | (Posted Jun 05, 2020)

    THE WHITE HOUSE engaged in an extraordinary act of rumor-mongering on Wednesday, releasing a compilation of viral video clips posted on social media recently by people who believed, wrongly, that the piles of bricks they came across had been planted there by anti-fascist activists, known as Antifa, to inspire violence at protests.

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