Verdant Square Network15h ago

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing https://theintercept.com/2026/06/28/age-verification-privacy-surveillance-journalists-whistleblowers/

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Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

The KIDS Act, ostensibly aimed at protecting children, will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.

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Verdant Square Network1d ago

Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism https://theintercept.com/2026/06/27/britain-keir-starmer-resign-labour-left/

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Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism

As head of Labour, Starmer served his role ignobly: weeding out the left and paving the way for the far right.

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Verdant Square Network2d ago

30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech https://theintercept.com/2026/06/26/daniel-sanchez-estrada-zines-prairieland-free-speech/

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30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.

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Milo Dide3d ago
The #Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-#Protester Database https://theintercept.com/2026/06/24/intercept-lawsuit-ice-protesters-surveillance-travel/
The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database

The Department of Homeland Security refuses to comply with FOIA requests over its unlawful efforts to stifle the First Amendment.

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Verdant Square Network3d ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wades Into Tennessee Primary, Endorsing Justin J. Pearson https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/aoc-endorses-justin-pearson-tennessee-congress/

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wades Into Tennessee Primary, Endorsing Justin J. Pearson

The congresswoman has a strong track record of backing winners this cycle, though she stayed out of key races in her home state.

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Verdant Square Network3d ago

Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back. https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/trump-venezuela-earthquakes-aid-sanctions/

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Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back.

In January, Trump said “we’re in charge” of Venezuela. Amid a humanitarian crisis, they’re merely “our new and great friends.”

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Verdant Square Network3d ago

The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-new-york-primaries-analysis-dsa/

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The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover

How democratic socialists, boosted by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, swept the Democratic establishment in Tuesday’s primaries.

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Verdant Square Network3d ago

Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/police-luigi-mangione-wealthy-ceos-threat/

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Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War

A police intel document warned corporate bodyguards that “challenges faced by the middle and lower classes” might spur attacks on wealthy CEOS.

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Verdant Square Network3d ago

Establishment Democrats to the Dustbin of History https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/democrats-socialist-left-midterms-centrists-new-york/

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The Left Just Keeps Winning. It’s Time for Democrats to Bend the Knee.

It’s increasingly clear that the energy is with the left wing of the Democratic Party — not the centrists, not the establishment.

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Verdant Square Network4d ago

The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans https://theintercept.com/2026/06/24/new-york-primaries-left-socialists-mamdani-republican-gop/

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The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans

Socialist victories in New York inspired panic among some on the right, while Trump delighted in the downfall of Rep. Dan Goldman.

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