Verdant Square Network22h ago

FBI Tip Claimed Mahmoud Khalil Called for “Violence on Behalf of Hamas” Two Days Before ICE Arrest https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/mahmoud-khalil-fbi-tip-ice-arrest/

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FBI Tip Claimed Mahmoud Khalil Called for “Violence on Behalf of Hamas” Two Days Before ICE Arrest

The FBI probe was promptly closed and found Khalil did not “warrant further investigation.” The Trump administration kept calling him a threat.

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Verdant Square Network23h ago

Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/hegseth-pentagn-budget-defense-iran-war-cost/

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Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket

War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request.

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Verdant Square Network1d ago

7 Examples of Gaza Media Coverage That Prove Pro-Israel Bias https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/gaza-media-coverage-israel-bias/

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7 Examples of Gaza Media Coverage That Prove Pro-Israel Bias

U.S. media outlets were crucial in helping Israel sell the Gaza genocide to the American public.

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Verdant Square Network1d ago

A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential” https://theintercept.com/2026/05/11/trump-new-york-us-attorney-john-sarcone-misconduct/

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A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”

A legal disciplinary panel won’t disclose any details about its inquiry into John Sarcone, a Trump loyalist in New York.

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Verdant Square Network1d ago

Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC https://theintercept.com/2026/05/11/real-estate-expo-israel-west-bank-settlement-nyc/

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Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC

The controversial event and the NYPD’s response to resulting protests present a test for Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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Verdant Square Network4d ago

Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking https://theintercept.com/2026/05/09/david-morens-foia-arrest-trump/

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Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking

The Justice Department is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration.

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Verdant Square Network4d ago

Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/splc-donations-banks-censorship/

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Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court

Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations, acting as the government’s de facto censors.

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Verdant Square Network4d ago

Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/gop-memphis-tennessee-gerrymander-map-black-voters/

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Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow

With the Supreme Court blessing racial gerrymandering, Tennessee’s GOP rushed to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.

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Verdant Square Network5d ago

Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-ivermectin-covid/

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Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back

Those who cheered ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, are now making unsubstantiated claims about its use against hantavirus.

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Verdant Square Network5d ago

The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It  https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act/

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The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It 

Journalist Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson on the right’s “power grab” in the South.

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