My back and forth with the State Department over the charges against Julian Assange

“We, as journalists, do that all the time,” The Intercept’s Ryan Grim tells the @statedeptspox about the U.S. government charges against Julian Assange.

Update:

“Scoop”

The Biden administration is using more leverage to surveil Americans than it is to stop a foreign country that receives billions of U.S. dollars from committing war crimes

Jeff Yass has given more to the PAC running ads for Bhavini Patel ($800k) than Patel has raised in total this cycle ($602k). These are the only ads Moderate PAC has run this cycle

Q: One US senator suggested today that there be joint US-Israeli strikes against Iran...Are you ruling out anything at this point?

PENTAGON: Our commitment to Israel's security is ironclad.

Devastating exposé of a historic war crime, the contours of which we haven’t yet fathomed

New #Deconstructed : Astra Taylor (Astra Taylor) and Leah Hunt-Hendrix (@Lhunthendrix) join Ryan Grim to discuss their new book, “Solidarity: The Past, Present, And Future of a World-Changing Idea.” interc.pt/3xBvd6b interc.pt/3xBvd6b

Did the U.S. greenlight or otherwise have foreknowledge of Israel's bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus? If not then giving blanket insurance against the blowback of such an action would be allowing another state to dictate when America goes to war.

Democrats and Republicans keep writing letters to the Pentagon demanding 'de-radicalization' efforts. It turns out there is a far bigger problem: veterans getting fucked over by the military. theintercept.com/2024/04/11/mil…

There’s a Bigger Driver of Veteran Radicalization Than Donald Trump interc.pt/43TFeaK by Daniel Boguslaw interc.pt/43TFeaK

One of the most interesting things about this is that Warnock had vocally condemned Israeli human rights abuses against Palestinians as a reverend but has toed this line since 2021 after Republicans surfaced his past remarks theintercept.com/2021/01/01/war…

“You can be the most worthless Republican in America, but if you kiss the ring, he’ll say you’re wonderful.” – Ron DeSantis

Explanations of U.S. support for Israel tend focus on issues like lobbying and ideology, which are important to a degree. But another factor is perception of Israeli technical and military competence that began the 1967 war. Another reason they may escalate more to avenge Oct 7.

Today, the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University CILRU was vandalized by anti-Muslim racists. The hate crime is a predictable result ofIslamophobic attacks against Muslim and Arab professors and students at Rutgers University by the Committee on Education & the Workforce Democrats Virginia Foxx Rep. Elise Stefanik

🚨Iran has told the White House that if the US defends Israel against its forthcoming retaliation for the Damascus strike, it will consider the US a viable target as well
theintercept.com/2024/04/10/ira…

Biden Administration Fears Iran Might Target U.S. Forces Over Israel Strike interc.pt/4cTSMYc by Ken Klippenstein interc.pt/4cTSMYc

Microsoft Pitched OpenAI’s DALL-E as Battlefield Tool for U.S. Military
Sam Biddle reports: theintercept.com/2024/04/10/mic…