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The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People https://theintercept.com/2025/10/03/fcc-brendan-carr-cellphone-prison-censorship/

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The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People

Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for people who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.

The Intercept

Verdant Square Network 17h ago

Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/podcast-government-shutdown-free-speech/

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Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown

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

The Intercept

Verdant Square Network 17h ago

Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/trump-mexico-drug-war-cartels-bullets/

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Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.

The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while enabling the flow of guns into Mexico by slashing federal regulators.

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Verdant Square Network 19h ago

Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict” https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/venezuela-boat-strike-justification/

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Trump Declares He Can Wage Secret Wars Against Anyone He Calls an Enemy

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

MAHA Slams “Corporate Capture” by Food and Pharma Giants — While Trump Strips Regulations https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/rfk-maha-tylenol-vaccines-maha-epa-trump/

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MAHA Slams “Corporate Capture” by Food and Pharma Giants — While Trump Strips Regulations

RFK Jr.’s rhetoric can appeal to desperate parents in a broken health system. But experts say his policies only hurt children.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

Sunrise Movement, Founded to Fight Climate Change, Pivots to Fighting Trump https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/sunrise-movement-climate-change-trump-protest/

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Sunrise Movement, Founded to Fight Climate Change, Pivots to Fighting Trump

While Trump targets his critics on the left, Sunrise has decided that it can’t fight climate change without fighting authoritarianism.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/gaza-remittance-wire-transfer-hamas-ice/

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She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.

To keep her in ICE detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

Trump Administration Conjures Up New ‘Terrorist’ Designation to Justify Killing Civilians https://theintercept.com/2025/10/01/trump-venezuela-boat-strike-designated-terror-organization/

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Trump Administration Conjures Up New “Terrorist” Designation to Justify Killing Civilians

The U.S. military justified the slaughter of alleged drug traffickers by claiming links to “designated terrorist organizations.”

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

Hegseth Attack on “Beardos” Targets Troops on Race and Religion, Military Sources Say https://theintercept.com/2025/10/01/pete-hegseth-war-pentagon-beardos-dei/

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Hegseth Attack on “Beardos” Targets Troops on Race and Religion, Military Sources Say

Hanafi Muslim and Nordic pagan service members told The Intercept Hegseth's new policy was exclusionary to their beliefs.

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Verdant Square Network 2d ago

Introducing Collateral Damage https://theintercept.com/2025/10/01/collateral-damage-podcast-trailer-radley-balko/

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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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