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Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row https://theintercept.com/2026/05/30/richard-glossip-release-bond-death-row/

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Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row

In an exclusive interview at home in Oklahoma City, Richard Glossip describes his first days of freedom in a world he hasn’t experienced for nearly 30 years.

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Verdant Square Network 19h ago

ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting “Horrific Conditions” In Delaney Hall Jail https://theintercept.com/2026/05/29/ice-pepper-spray-nj-newark-delaney/

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ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting “Horrific Conditions” In Delaney Hall Jail

ICE detainees at the New Jersey facility told a visiting Rep. Dan Goldman that the pepper spray attacks were “retribution for the ongoing hunger strike.”

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Verdant Square Network 20h ago

The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor’s Race https://theintercept.com/2026/05/29/la-mayor-rae-huang-nithya-raman-spencer-pratt/

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The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor’s Race

Rae Huang supporters say Nithya Raman is compromised. Raman’s base calls Huang a spoiler. Looming over it all: reality TV star Spencer Pratt.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

After Uvalde, Texas Stuffed Schools Full of Cops. They Brutalized Students. https://theintercept.com/2026/05/29/uvalde-texas-schools-police-violence/

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After Uvalde, Texas Stuffed Schools Full of Cops. They Brutalized Students.

Texas’s response to school shootings was as predictable as it was doomed to produce only more violence in schools — violence by cops.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest https://theintercept.com/2026/05/29/ai-data-centers-water/

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The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest

From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national politics.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who” https://theintercept.com/2026/05/28/graham-platner-jake-auchincloss-democrats-maine-senate/

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Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who”

Rep. Jake Auchincloss urging voters not to support Democrat Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race shows the limits of party unity.

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Verdant Square Network 1d ago

Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies’ Companies https://theintercept.com/2026/05/28/israeli-government-money-brad-parsc/

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Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies’ Companies

New public disclosures reveal a web of right-wing businesses being paid by Israel's government through Brad Parscale.

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Verdant Square Network 2d ago

Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel https://theintercept.com/2026/05/28/garden-grove-california-chemical-leak-f-35-israel/

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Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel

The military contractor whose leak displaced 50,000 Californians makes millions aiding fighter jet production for Lockheed Martin.

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Verdant Square Network 2d ago

Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/sunrise-movement-endorses-saikat-chakrabarti-congress-california/

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Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal

The former AOC staffer is known for provoking the political establishment. Sunrise argues he’s needed in Congress to take on Trump.

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Verdant Square Network 3d ago

Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Supercharges Violence in the Americas https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/

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Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Supercharges Violence in the Americas

The Trump administration’s aggression in the Americas has resulted in cartels fragmenting and embracing new strategies.

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