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Elise Swain

1 year

I wrote about what it was like to be friends with former Guantánamo Bay prisoners while reporting as a photojournalist for a week at America’s most shameful facility under extremely limited press access. My dispatch from GTMO ⬇️

Censorship Has Never Been Worse at Guantánamo Bay

Reporters visiting Guantánamo Bay are forced to turn a blind eye as the military pretends the prison doesn’t exist.

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Elise Swain

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5 years

The historic grassroots movement led by Bernie Sanders has been systematically demonized and suppressed so that the broken Democratic Party can repeat the failure of 2016 and rally behind the guy who, tonight, confused his sister for his wife.

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How fast would @AP fire me for this one??

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Pete Buttigieg outperformed Warren in Iowa, NH, NV, and SC, now dropped out. CNN reported Warren campaign focused on "blunting the momentum" for Sanders. Sanders raised $46.5 million in February to Warren's $29 million. Why continue to split progressive vote?

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CNN panel being forced to talk about Bernie because of the AOC endorsement is *chef’s kiss*

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A lone demonstrator, Ann, in New York City handed out memorial cards today for the anniversary of American peace activist Rachel Corrie’s murder by Israelis in bulldozers on March 16, 2003. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Tonight at a rally for @BernieSanders , Rep. @Ilhan says, "I am beyond honored and excited for a president who will fight against Western imperialism" — [crowd fucking looses it] — "and fight for a just world."

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6 years

If you had an off switch, Senator, would you not keep it secret? #Zuckerberg

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Can a women win? Sanders: Yes. Warren: Yes. Klobuchar: James Madison was 5”4’. #DemDebate

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I just unleashed my dog on the annoying man rat

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Sanders Swept up 4 delegates from Uttumwa, Iowa in one of the first satellite caucuses of the day. by @akela_lacy , @ryangrim

Pork Plant Workers Turn Out for Sanders in First Caucus in Iowa

Two dozen workers gathered at the headquarters of the local United Food and Commercial Workers, with 14 casting their votes for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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🌈🌈🌈Rainbow Coalition comes full circle as Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders in Michigan 🌈🌈🌈 by @ryangrim

Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders in Michigan

Sanders was a key supporter of Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign, which came stunningly close to an upset.

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VIDEO: Ran into @RoKhanna , a national co-chair for the @BernieSanders campaign and I asked him why he supports Sen. Sanders #IowaCaucuses

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4 years

I wrote about how Biden’s inability to admit fault — he has said, “I am not sorry for anything I have ever done” — simply shows that he is a byproduct of an institution of impunity.

With Tara Reade's Allegations, Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Only the Latest Chapter of America’s...

The reactions to Tara Reade's allegations that Joe Biden sexually assaulted her are just the latest episode in America's accountability problem.

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Elise Swain

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3 years

. @Photoshop has decided now to completely block images of money from being opened on their application. This is insane. My job requires me to make digital illustrations. Some include images of money. This is actively stopping me from finishing my work on deadline.

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2 years

I spent months speaking with Sabri al-Qurashi, who has suffered from the US “war on terror” for two decades. He’s an innocent Yemeni man who was thrown in #Guant ánamo and then dumped in Kazakhstan. His life there is excruciating. Story is here ⬇️

Sabri al-Qurashi Has Lived Without Legal Status in Kazakhstan Since His 2014 Guantánamo Release

No rights”: Former Guantánamo detainee Sabri al-Qurashi was released in 2014, but his hosts in Kazakhstan are denying him any semblance of normal life.

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NEW: 150+ International organizations call on Biden to close Guantánamo "The U.S. has lost its credibility for human rights, justice, and accountability," @YumnaRizvi told me.

More Than 150 International Organizations Call on Biden to Close Guantánamo on 21st Anniversary

“We need to see compensation, acknowledgement, and an apology for what happened to us,” former Guantánamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi said.

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Elise Swain

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7 years

we roughed up some folks

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8 months

I've just been laid off from The Intercept after 7 years of working across various editorial positions and I'm so proud of the work I've done. I can't imagine how painful it would be if I *wasn't* axed along with my comrades today — in a way, I am grateful to be leaving.

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Scoop: @theintercept is cutting 15 positions, and EIC Roger Hodge is departing

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Full statement from Majid Khan, a CIA torture victim who was released today from Guantanamo ⤵️ "I’m in a little bit of shock because I have been waiting so long to be free."

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4 years

new years eve in 2020 in the parallel universe where Bernie Sanders won 2016

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Nothing more depressing than remembering that this is where the bar is set with “adversarial” questioning of those in power.

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Days ago in Afghanistan, a US drone strike killed a 25-year old named Malana and her four family members as they rushed her to the hospital following the birth of her second child. @democracynow and @RT_com are the only broadcast news outlets I found covering this.

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The latest Guantánamo prisoner to be repatriated in Algeria has been brutally re-incarcerated and prosecuted on criminal charges, based on false information that the U.S. provided, says @theCCR , @ACLU and others in an urgent letter to the State Dept. NEW:

Despite U.S. Guarantee, Guantánamo Prisoner Released to Algeria Immediately Imprisoned and Abused

The U.S. said it pushed for Saeed Bakhouch’s “appropriate and humane treatment,” but he was immediately imprisoned and abused in Algeria.

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3 years

After 20 years in arbitrary detention, a former Guantánamo detainee was released from a United Arab Emirates prison to his family’s care in Yemen. His freedom lasted less than a week. My latest for @theintercept . Share widely.

Former Guantánamo Detainee Disappeared After Return to Yemen, Family Says

After 20 years in detention, a former Guantánamo detainee was released from a UAE prison to his family’s care in Yemen. His freedom lasted less than a week.

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Elise Swain

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4 years

Today is my first day as Photo Editor for @theintercept ! I’m very excited to join the incredible art team, and am profoundly grateful for my time working on @Intercepted . This concludes... ~*~ some personal news ~*~

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Great day for justice — The prosecution of @mccarter_tracy , a domestic violence survivor, has finally been halted by the Manhattan DA, years after pledging in a 2020 campaign tweet to do so. @theintercept 's coverage of her story⤵️

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5 years

Behold! The universal journalist group shot.

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6 years

I'd like @democracynow to know that @jeremyscahill while beginning an interview this week for @intercepted , in an extremely rare flub, said to a guest: "Welcome to Democracy Now"

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4 years

my new Brooklyn stoop :,)

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By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians. We’re publishing the images you didn’t see from Gaza over the weekend Latest w/ @alicesperi

Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel's Bombing of Gaza

By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians.

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NEW: Up to four detainees, who have never been charged with a crime, have contracted Covid-19 at the Guantánamo Bay prison

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hi @MattBors , miss you, this is so fucking it, man

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Read the statement of the last Afghan in Guantánamo, Muhammad Rahim, in his own words as he fights to be cleared for release. He has never been charged in 17 years, yet is still not cleared for release. (He was the last to be transferred from the CIA torture program to GTMO.)

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7 years

On police brutality in Brazil: "This is an international human rights crisis. This is an egregious scandal." by @ShaunKing

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"What our country needs, desperately, is a great deal more resistance to its ongoing foreign policy, which is a threat to the globe, not merely for nuclear weapons, but even through, simply, the ongoing war,” Carmen Trotta told the federal court.

Anti-Nuclear Pacifists Get Federal Prison Terms for Nonviolent Protest

Anti-nuclear activists with the Plowshares movement were sentenced to federal prison, amid the pandemic, for a nonviolent protest.

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5 years

“This global capitalist experiment, this experiment of industrialization and burning fossil fuels rampantly is an utter, abject failure” @DahrJamail told me. Our conversation here:

A War Reporter Covers “The End of Ice” — and It Will Change the Way You Think About Climate...

Dahr Jamail’s new nonfiction book “The End of Ice” takes the reader on a journey through the impact, science, and emotions of the climate change apocalypse.

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Elise Swain

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I was all chill about being laid off from The Intercept but now my roommate and I lost our apartment because of me losing my job, I was then scammed badly for thousands, and now the severance payout is 50% less of what was written on contract because of taxes. Fuck this.

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@ewarren Oh honey no

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Sabri is an amazing painter, he created these works from his last year in Guantanamo, 2014, to 2018 in Kazakhstan.

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3 years

@Photoshop is blocking me entirely from even opening this image, dragging it into my work, or otherwise editing it in any way.

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3 years

To be clear, the application will not even open the image downloaded from Getty Images that my organization paid for. I see no work around for this and I am losing time.

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We, @theintercept , are hiring a photo fellow to learn photo editing for a newsroom this summer. You will be working closely with *me* and I will teach you many things. This is a PAID position. Please apply and share widely. BIPOC to the front!

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What could a banana cost? Ten dollars?

Vice President Kamala Harris

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We cannot ignore the strain that emergency situations like the coronavirus pandemic put on many families who are already living paycheck to paycheck. I introduced the LIFT Act to give working families up to $500 a month. We need it now more than ever.

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Solidarity to everyone today across the media industry who lost their jobs. I will love my coworkers at @theintercept so deeply and I will miss working with them profoundly. My dream is to see you all on onlyfans very soon.

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3 years

Formaldehyde causes leukemia, according to suppressed EPA assessment by @fastlerner

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5 years

Smash that like button if you’re thinking of leaving the Democratic Party. Also, tell me why?

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4 years

With scant comments about U.S. assassination programs, there are indications that Biden would keep the drone wars around. My latest:

Joe Biden's Silence on Ending the Drone Wars

Biden has said precious little about the U.S. drone assassination programs — leaving an open question of whether he plans to change them at all.

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3 years

Look, I get that there are Anti-Counterfeit measures in place for years. But there is no work around for this. @Photoshop needs to be able to implement an immediate way to appeal their CDS and allow honest artists to continue their work.

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Drones are the weapon of choice for the U.S. to continue a foreign policy of assassination with impunity around the world. Iran’s Soleimani was assassinated in Iraq, reportedly by drone. More on the legacy of drone warfare here: w/ @Schwarz

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On @intercepted , @ryangrim hosts as we cover the long caucus day in Iowa ... that is still not over. Listen close for cameos from Rep. @RoKhanna , neoliberal shill @TVietor08 , and el Chapo himself @cushbomb

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Why racism is an impeachable offense by @ShaunKing

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#SuperTuesday @intercepted : Which side are you on? @theintercept ’s @lhfang talks dark money, superdelegates, and Warren. @peterdaou has seen the oppo research on #BernieSanders and says there will be “no surprises” and he talks about moving Left.

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@pinkmenotmom @mehdirhasan @ewarren She is impressive! It is pretty clear that she is not going to beat Sanders as the Dem nominee. So the question becomes: Why, strategically, continue to split the progressive vote and ramp up attacks on Sanders?

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2 years

The reality of America's blind, trigger-happy lethal strike program is now crowdfunding money to save the lives of civilians maimed by Hellfires. Adel Al Manthari is now very close to death. Begging y'all to donate and share widely. by @nickturse

Civilian Victim of U.S. Drone Strike Starts GoFundMe to Save His Legs — and His Life

Because of the broken system to compensate civilian casualties, Adel Al Manthari, the sole survivor of a drone strike in Yemen, turned to GoFundMe.

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Largest crowd here for #Bernie in Des Moines precinct 36 #IowaCaucuses

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From @airwars "U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria killed 7,745 to 12,561 civilians from August 2014 to April 2019, including as many as 2,296 children." Now imagine for Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen? This assassination program must end now.

Analysis | No, Americans don’t support airstrikes that kill civilians, even when they target...

Polls that show Americans support airstrikes against suspected terrorists ignore some very large caveats.

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My new report details the miserable story of what happened this month to the last prisoner released from GTMO: Saeed Bakhouch, who spent 20 years there. Full story here: After Torturing Him, U.S. Breaks Guarantees of Safety to Former Guantánamo Detainee

After Torturing Him, U.S. Breaks Guarantees of Safety to Former Guantánamo Detainee

The U.S. held Saeed Bakhouch at Guantánamo Bay for 20 years without charge, then sent him to have his rights violated in Algeria.

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3 years

There are countless examples of using money in art for our journalism. This for example:

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The take I’ve been waiting for ⤵️ A Preview of What’s to Come by @_grendan

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5 years

At Christmas, you tell the truth. A Christmas card from me and @schwarz :

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2 years

@__jackkelly the last thing the cop sees

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I am locked in the bathroom at The Intercept. I have been banging and yelling if you see this tweet send help!

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And this:

$3.5 Trillion for the Build Back Better Agenda Is Much, Much Less Money Than You Think

“Biden’s $3.5 trillion agenda”: This big, scary-sounding number represents just 1.2 percent of U.S. GDP over the next 10 years.

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Syrian photojournalist @BassamKhabieh spent eight years photographing in Eastern Ghouta. As the civil war has entered its tenth year, his photo book asks us to remember the children. @jbwashing and I reviewed “Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria”

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5 years

The prison at Guantanamo is still open. The people who engineered torture were never held accountable and the men allegedly responsible for the September 11th attacks have not yet been convicted. In addition to @MargotWilliams on @intercepted , a thread ⤵️

Intercepted Bonus: Inside the Secretive Court at Guantanamo Bay as CIA Torture Architect Testifies

In this Intercepted bonus, The Intercept's Margot Williams on her reporting from the secretive war court at GTMO.

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6 years

There is a progressive movement at the local level to reshape the criminal justice system by winning elections for district attorney. My piece on @JonesWright4DA and @PPriceCares who spoke to @intercepted last week.

In Races for District Attorney, Insurgent Candidates Are Challenging Police-Backed Incumbents

Pamela Price and Geneviéve Jones-Wright talked with Jeremy Scahill about running for district attorney seats on platforms of police and prison reform.

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5 years

I want H Jon Benjamin to narrate the Current Affairs twitter feed

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@benshapiro where was the american drone flying ben

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membership emails from @theintercept be like

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Marxist scholar @profdavidharvey on @intercepted "The closer we get to actually doing something about the real centers of political and economic power in society, I think that we will be treated as criminals."

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The truth is that, through a worldwide drone war we commenced two decades ago, we’ve invented a new form of terror for millions of people across the world. h/t @schwarz

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I spoke with @DahrJamail about his excellent new book “The End of Ice.” Fully expected to have to write [Mutual sobbing] in the transcript of our Q&A, however, we kept it together. Worth a read nonetheless:

A War Reporter Covers “The End of Ice” — and It Will Change the Way You Think About Climate...

Dahr Jamail’s new nonfiction book “The End of Ice” takes the reader on a journey through the impact, science, and emotions of the climate change apocalypse.

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Live shot of Donald Rumsfeld entering hell

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that's right

مقاطعة

@Boycott4Pal

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تضامنت الصحفية الأمريكية أليس سوين @eliseswain مع الشعب الفلسطيني، وسخرت من وكالة أسوشييتد برس بتساؤلها عما إذا كان رسم العلم الفلسطيني على أظافرها كفيلا بجعلها تخسر وظيفتها، وذلك بعد فصل مراسلة صحفية جراء مواقفها المعلنة عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، دعمًا للقضية الفلسطينية.

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how it feels after going outside in NYC right now

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These last six days have already felt like an entire year.

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TEN DAYS. It’s been ten days since Biden was inaugurated and reports are emerging that a drone strike in Somalia occurred last night. Who’s surprised? Not me. Here’s what we DON’T know about Biden’s lethal strike policy. Hint: it’s everything.

Joe Biden's Silence on Ending the Drone Wars

Biden has said precious little about the U.S. drone assassination programs — leaving an open question of whether he plans to change them at all.

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. @CNN trying to say @BernieSanders is leading in the polls:

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Read the transcript of @intercepted here. @RoKhanna on ending military aid to Saudi Arabia, @nomiprins on Paradise Papers, @ColMorrisDavis on terrorism coverage by media & Trump. @jeremyscahill 's take on whataboutism: "History matters. Context matters."

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"It's interesting how much official, legalized corruption people will tolerate in this country while simultaneously expressing shock at Trump’s abuse of power through politically unacceptable actions." — @jeremyscahill

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1.4 million formerly disenfranchised Floridians can register to vote today. "That’s the largest number of people to gain access to the ballot all at once since American women won the right to vote in 1920" writes @alicesperi

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On @intercepted , I speak with former Guantanamo detainee @MansoorAdayfi to discuss the consequences of life after Guantanamo, accountability, and "Guantanamo 2.0"

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Eli, goddamnit

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The Hitler-Biden Debate

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Pay attention to language during this time by this administration and how something which should be plain to understand, devolves into coded ambiguity. "Tender Age shelter"= cages where severe emotional child abuse occurs "infest" = vulnerable human beings dehumanized to vermin

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10 hours of cable news coverage on Roseanne Barr's show being canceled 30 minutes spent on Hurricane Maria's shocking and catastrophic death toll 48 seconds of coverage from @FoxNews on 4,645 dead Americans. via @democracynow and @mmfa

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Gonna tell my kids this was Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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On @intercepted : @DanielJJonesUS of #TheReport details his time exposing how CIA abused power, lied, and then covered up their torture program following 9/11 that spanned both Bush and Obama administrations. His complete findings are still classified.

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Here’s a behind the scenes image from my cursed week at Guantánamo Bay shot by Mark Fallon, @glynco , as I waded out into the void. Full report here ⬇️

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New @Intercepted bonus: Extended interview with @Ocasio2018 where she speaks about Trump, Crowley, #MeToo , foreign policy and more by @jeremyscahill

An Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Young Democratic Socialist Who Just Shocked the...

We spoke with Ocasio-Cortez last month about her grassroots start, immigration, the #MeToo movement, and foreign policy on the Intercepted podcast.

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Forget $15 an hour — the minimum wage should be $24 by @Schwarz

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Honored to be an SPD finalist for 'original documentary photo feature' while I was photo editor for @theintercept . Alongside amazing company here... NYT, New Yorker, and ProPublica. Link to my nominated story here:

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This would be a great moment for you to shut the fuck up forever.

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This would be a great moment to have a non-pathological commander-in-chief.

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Interim Bolivian government taps the same lobby firm hired to sell the 2009 coup in Honduras by @lhfang

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This is like some Scooby Doo episode where they unmask the suspect and SURPRISE: it was the MEK this whole time. by @mazmhussain

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@nandorvila Direct google translate

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Re-upping this essay from me and @alicesperi about how news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians by shying away from publishing graphic images. Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel’s Bombing of Gaza

Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel's Bombing of Gaza

By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians.

theintercept.com

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“The Report may be the first major feature film to make the Obama administration look bad.” Great review by @DavidKlion

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